VirtoSoftware - SharePoint Web Parts vendor _http://www.virtosoftware.com/_ - expands its SharePoint product line presenting Virto Resource Utilization Gantt - a new light-weight interactive Silverlight-based web part that provide SharePoint users with a variety of tools for resource management and online utilization tracking. With this new component you can easily check the workload of your employees and utilization of material resources and, if needed, immediately make the necessary changes. The web part is fully compatible with both SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010. Virto ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University have created a new, unifying method to describe a basic chemical concept called "electronegativity," first described almost 80 years ago by OSU alumnus Linus Pauling and part of the work that led to his receiving the Nobel Prize. The new system offers simplicity of understanding that should rewrite high school and college chemistry textbooks around the world, even as it opens important new avenues in materials and chemical research, with possible applications in everything from solar energy to solid state batteries. The ...

Singapore tourists will be able to learn more about one of history's most famous maritime disasters at Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, which is coming soon to the local ArtScience Museum. The lavish exhibition, which has travelled the world and proven a huge success across various continents, will be coming to south-east Asia for the first time on October 29th 2011, running through until the 100th anniversary of the disaster in April 2012. For years, the public's imagination has been captured by the tragic sinking of the grand luxury liner RMS Titanic on its maiden ...

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg show that interactive technology generates new ways of seeing, showing and creating. The new technology boosts creativity. Jonas Ivarsson, Docent (Reader) at the Department of Education, Communication and Learning at the University of Gothenburg, has used students of architecture to study how new tools affect the specific abilities students develop in school. Within the research project Studying learning and representational technologies in design, supported by the Swedish Research Council, Ivarsson observed and video documented ...

Pattaya travellers can enjoy some high-quality performances by local guitarists at the Pattaya Classical Guitar Festival and Competition this October. Organised by the Thailand Guitar Society, in association with Pattaya People Media Group, the third annual event will be held on October 29th 2011 in the south of the city from 09:00 local time onwards. Performers from across Thailand will be joined by international musicians to take part in a packed schedule of concerts and competitions, commencing with classical guitar contests for adults and juniors at 09:30. ...

VIDEO: Toy dogs often suffer from tracheal collapse. A new procedure inserts a stent into the airway and allows the dogs to breathe easily. Click here for more information. Columbia, Mo. — Jack, a 12-year-old Yorkshire terrier, was lethargic and gasping for air when he arrived at the University of Missouri Veterinary Hospital. His tongue and gums were a bluish-purple. But, just one day following an innovative procedure, Jack bounced back to his former youthful exuberance. Jack ...

Phuket is to play host to an eagerly-contested fishing competition when the Phuket International Sportfishing Tournament kicks off in November. Beginning on November 24th 2011, the three-day competition will see various teams taking to the ocean in boats to try and catch as many fish as they can, with top honours going to the participants that snag the most in terms of overall weight. Boats will head out at 08:00 local time each day and return to shore at Chalong Bay by 19:00 (or 18:00 on November 26th, the final day), before weighing their haul at the Tamarind ...

Visitors to Malaysia can witness the spectacle of the 15th annual National Lion Dance Championship 2011, which will be held at Resorts World Genting this November. This showcase of the traditional Chinese dancing style - which sees teams of athletes performing amazing physical feats while dressed as an ornate lion - will be held at the Arena of Stars, with top-level performers from around the nation due to take part. Participants who have been training all year long will aim to demonstrate their skills and showmanship as they jump around on stilts and pull off dazzling ...

New Rochelle, October 4, 2011–The glassy, porous, and once gas-rich rock called pumice may have given rise to early life forms, according to a provocative new hypothesis on the origin of life published in Astrobiology, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.. The article is available free online at www.liebertpub.com/ast for the next week. Martin Brasier, Richard Matthewman, and Sean McMahon, University of Oxford (U.K.), and David Wacey, University of Western Australia (Crawley), contend that pumice has "four remarkable properties" that would enable it to ...

The Middle East's largest motoring event returns to Dubai later this year, with more than 100,000 car enthusiasts and industry members expected to be in attendance. Running from Thursday November 10th to Monday November 14th, the Dubai International Motor Show will offer visitors the chance to see the freshest models and experience the latest technology. With dedicated zones for performance cars and tuning, as well as an extensive showcase of supercars and motorcycles, the biennial event has plenty to satisfy even the most demanding of petrolheads. Many of the ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Growing up in a poor neighborhood significantly reduces the chances that a child will graduate from high school, according to a study published in the current (October) issue of the American Sociological Review. And the longer a child lives in that kind of neighborhood, the more harmful the impact. The study by sociologists Geoffrey Wodtke and David Harding of the University of Michigan and Felix Elwert of the University of Wisconsin is the first to capture the cumulative impact of growing up in America's most disadvantaged neighborhoods on a key educational ...

New York City is famous for its Halloween celebrations, which see costumed revellers taking to the streets of Manhattan in their thousands to mark the annual holiday. The Big Apple takes Halloween seriously, with preparations beginning in early September and gradually becoming more intense as the weekend closest to October 31st approaches. Countless parties and special events take place across New York in honour of Halloween, but arguably the most essential event for first-time visitors is the annual Village Halloween Parade. This colourful procession of costumed ...

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Boulder, CO, USA -- New research from three Geological Society of America journals is now online. Highlights for GSA BULLETIN (published online ahead of print on 19 Sept.), GEOSPHERE (with additions to two themed issues), and the October GSA TODAY science article are provided below. Representatives of the media may obtain complimentary copies of GSA BULLETIN and GEOSPHERE articles by contacting Christa Stratton at the address above. Please discuss articles of interest with the authors before publishing stories on their work, and please make reference to the appropriate ...

Avista Solutions, a leading provider of a web-based, end-to-end mortgage loan origination system, is pleased to announce its new partnership with Old Republic Credit Services (ORCS), a Chicago-based provider of customized credit products and services. At the request of its customers, Avista recently completed a seamless integration that allows users to order credit reports from ORCS without exiting their Avista Agile LOS. "With our new partnership with ORCS, Avista Solutions once again works to fulfill the needs of our current and future customers," Avista ...

The human body has a love-hate relationship with iron. Just the right amount is needed for proper cell function, yet too much is associated with brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Science knows that men have more iron in their bodies and brains than women. These higher levels may be part of the explanation for why men develop these age-related neurodegenerative diseases at a younger age. But why do women have less iron in their systems than men? One possible explanation for the gender difference is that during menstruation, iron is eliminated through ...

It is not necessary for an effective anti-fouling coating to release toxins into the environment. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg have shown that it is instead possible to mix into the coating molecules on which the adult barnacles cannot grow. The result has been published in the scientific journal Biofouling. Fouling of hulls is a problem for all boat owners, and one of the most difficult organisms to deal with is barnacles. A research group at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology has therefore studied the biology of barnacles in detail, and focussed ...

Retail guru Mary Portas and famous hosiery brand Charnos have joined forces to create a fabulous range of tights aimed at women that that want to look stylish and fashionable in their forties, fifties and beyond. The sensational range of Mary Portas tights which includes spots, stripes, argyle patterns, lace and luxurious basics is now available at MyTights.com. Mary Portas has collaborated with Charnos to design a new hosiery collection that takes the season's key trends and makes them wearable for grown up women. Fabulous and fashionable whatever your age, the Mary ...

A fish's personality may determine how it is captured. This association between personality difference and capture-technique could have significant evolutionary and ecological consequences for affected fish populations, as well as for the quality of fisheries. Anglers fishing near rocky outcrops or in areas of water with submerged vegetation may be more likely to catch timid fish, while those fishing in open water may be more likely to reel in bolder fish, according to new research conducted at Queen's University Biological Station. "Boldness -- the tendency of an ...

Intensive daily training for a limited period is better for children with reading and writing difficulties than the traditional remedial tuition offered by schools, reveals new research from the University of Gothenburg. Around 5% of school children in Sweden have problems learning to read and write on account of difficulties with word decoding. Phonemic building blocks "Most researchers agree that the underlying problem is a limited phonological ability, in other words limited awareness of the sounds that make up spoken words," says Ulrika Wolff, senior lecturer in ...

Business-Trader.com.au is a leading online marketplace designed to help Australians buy or sell a business. We've added additional features to our services and now offer multiple listings of businesses for sale, with resources for Australian business buyers and sellers. Our database contains listings of all categories of businesses including franchising opportunities and online websites. Business-Trader features multiple listing options for sellers and we also provide professional listing services for business brokers. Our business broker listings are available for ...

Patients who are fed more calories while in intensive care have lower mortality rates than those who receive less of their daily-prescribed calories, according to a recent study of data from the largest critical care nutrition database in the world. "Our finding is significant as there have been a number of previous studies in the area of critical care nutrition that have produced conflicting clinical recommendations and policy implications," says study lead Daren Heyland, a professor of Medicine at Queen's, director of the Clinical Evaluation Research Unit at Kingston ...

Reliant Technology would like to announce the new IBM Cost Reduction System, a strategic cost reduction strategy for IBM customers with limited budgets and growing data storage costs. Reliant Technology has created this system to help enterprises find cost-saving IBM storage solutions that will meet the data demands of the future despite stagnant or declining IT budgets. IBM customers can depend on Reliant Technology for competitive prices on used IBM equipment, IBM upgrades, IBM SAN equipment, replacement disks, and tape drives. Reliant Technology offers IBM DS3000, ...

U.S. efforts to bring stability to Iraq and Afghanistan in recent years have focused less on killing insurgents and more on gaining the cooperation of the local population. But does this population-centered approach to counterinsurgency actually work? A study published today (October 4, 2011) in the Journal of Political Economy finds evidence that it does. The study, by economist Eli Berman (University of California, San Diego) and political scientists Jacob Shapiro (Princeton) and Col. Joseph Felter (Stanford), focused on the Commander's Emergency Response Program ...

This press release is available in Spanish. A vaccine that protects cattle against East Coast fever, a destructive disease in eastern and central Africa, is being developed by scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Kenya. Entomologist Glen Scoles, veterinary medical officer Massaro Ueti and research leader Don Knowles at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Animal Disease Research Unit (ADRU) in Pullman, Wash., have been working on the collaborative project for more than five years. ARS ...