PITTSBURGH, Nov. 17 – Fatigue and poor sleep quality, which affect many emergency medical services (EMS) workers, are linked to higher reported rates of injuries, medical errors and safety-compromising behaviors, according to a study by University of Pittsburgh researchers that is now available online in Prehospital Emergency Care and appearing in the January-March 2012 print edition. "Emergency medical technicians and paramedics work long hours in a demanding occupation with an unpredictable workload, which can easily lead to fatigue and poor sleep. Our study is one ...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 17 – Poor perceptions about workplace safety culture among emergency medical services (EMS) workers is associated with negative patient and provider safety outcomes -- the first time such a link has been shown in the pre-hospital setting, according to a study by University of Pittsburgh researchers that now appears online in Prehospital Emergency Care and is scheduled to be published in the January-March print edition. "There are sometimes drastic differences in how workers perceive their workplace safety from one EMS agency to the next," said senior ...

On-the-Move Community Integration, a 501c3 organization devoted to supporting adults with special needs access healthful, meaningful and environmentally responsible activities in their community, will begin a free reading program for adults with developmental disabilities in January of 2012. The program is critically important as such services are virtually nonexistent in the Portland area. The reading program, funded in part by a grant from the Meyer Memorial Trust, is open to all community members in the Tri-County area with developmental disabilities who wish to improve ...

PHILADELPHIA – Greening of vacant urban land may affect the health and safety of nearby residents, according to a study published online in the American Journal of Epidemiology this week. The team, led by senior author Charles C. Branas, PhD, associate professor of Epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, found in a decade-long comparison of vacant lots and improved vacant lots, that greening was linked to significant reductions in gun assaults across most of Philadelphia and significant reductions in vandalism in one section of the city. ...

Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL), http://www.oursoil.org, a US 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to protecting soil resources, empowering communities and transforming wastes into resources in Haiti is proud to announce the launch of its first household toilet program in honor of World Toilet Day, November 19, 2011. Worldwide, more people have cell phones than access to a toilet! In fact, 2.6 billion people lack access to proper, clean sanitation. This lack of sanitation is the world's biggest cause of infection. In Haiti, where only 17 percent ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Significant progress has been made in understanding the genetic risk factors underlying psychiatric disease. Recent studies have identified common genetic mutations conferring modest risk and rare variants comprising significant risk. One example of a rare cause of psychiatric disorders is the Disrupted in Schizophrenia-1 (DISC1) gene, first identified in a large Scottish pedigree displaying schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression. Common variants in DISC1 have been associated with altered cognition, brain structure and function, but it was ...

Don Chalmers Ford is proud to announce that they recently won two awards including Best Car Dealership and Best Business Owner for 2011 from Albuquerque the Magazine. Don Chalmers Ford will be featured in Albuquerque the Magazine's December/January "Best of the City" issue, their most popular issue of the year. Each year Albuquerque the Magazine has local residents vote on the best of the city in 150 categories, ranging from best in dinning, entertainment, people and much more. Don Chalmers Ford is honored to not only have won the awards, but for them to have ...

MammaCare, a revolutionary tool that has set standards for teaching women and clinicians how to perform clinical breast exams, is training professionals around the country to detect lumps earlier and save lives. Widely-publicized statistics inform women about the importance of early detection of cancer. The Center for Disease Control reports that second only to skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among American females. The National Science Foundation funded an extensive series of tests designed to enhance the MammaCare technology and to advance the ...

Everyone knows that climate affects our water supply, but new research from North Carolina State University gives scientists and water-resource managers an unprecedented level of detail on how climate and precipitation influence groundwater and surface water levels in the Southeast. Researchers found that the groundwater, primarily from unconfined aquifers, available in any given month is directly influenced by the amount of precipitation that fell in that watershed three months earlier. For example, groundwater levels in April are affected by precipitation that fell ...

Today, PrintingForLess.com (PFL) announced their new service that provides high-quality brochures in minutes at http://www.printingforless.com/Brochure-Printing.html. Customers can customize a professional, print-ready company brochure preloaded with industry-specific images, copy and content at no charge. "It's essential for business owners to move quickly in order to compete in today's economic environment," says Andrew Field, PFL Founder and CEO. "To help our customers get high-quality, custom-designed brochures fast, we have partnered with the designers ...

INDIANAPOLIS – A new national plan of action provides a roadmap for improving the care of patients with delirium, a poorly understood and often unrecognized brain condition that affects approximately seven million hospitalized Americans each year. "Delirium: A Strategic Plan to Bring an Ancient Disease into the 21st Century," written on behalf of the American Delirium Society, appears in the supplement to the Nov. 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Publication of the supplement, "Advancing Delirium Science: Systems, Mechanisms and Management" ...

According to the National Retail Federation's 2011 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, online retail shopping will be bigger than ever before, with more sales happening in the virtual space up from 2010. HyperdriveTV is poised to serve the needs of online shoppers worldwide with the launch of its eHype Store, debuting on Monday, November 28 and Tuesday, November 29, 2011, better known as Cyber Monday and Cyber Tuesday. The eHype Store is a live broadcast shopping show debuting on HyperdriveTV.com, featuring unique clothing and accessories, holiday gifts and ...

Clue Dental Marketing has officially launched a new online marketing product, the Total Online Domination Plan. The plan offers dental practices a complete SEO package enhanced with online reputation management, backlinking, YouTube videos, social media management and more. Upon signing up for the yearlong Total Online Domination Plan, clients will receive social media setup and regular updates, the production and online placement of YouTube videos, monthly press releases and articles, online review management, continuous link creation and directory submission, content ...

Some stents that keep blood vessels open to treat heart disease are poorly designed to resist shortening, according to publications in the Journal of Interventional Cardiology. A case report published in the journal by Dr. Cindy Grines, of the Detroit Medical Center Cardiovascular Institute, and her colleagues describes a patient who experienced a heart attack after the recently marketed Ion stent (Boston Scientific, Natick, MA) in his artery shortened and accordioned. The articles indicate that some stents are susceptible to becoming deformed, which could result in adverse ...

This is the perfect opportunity for DIY homeowners who have that one room that's missing something to make their home meet their design expectations. Before the holiday season begins, you can win one of three mini makeovers. From now until November 29, homeowners are invited to like the Facebook page of Christine Tse Interiors and to leave a comment letting her know why your home needs a mini makeover. Explain your design dilemma in a few sentences and you might win. Winners will be announced on November 30, 2011 on the Facebook page. "Happiness come from inside ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Important clues to the prevention and management of delirium, a condition affecting an estimated 7 million hospitalized Americans, are being ignored, according to a study from the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University School of Medicine. The investigators conducted a systematic review of research on biomarkers linked to delirium and report that clinicians and researchers are not routinely using these chemical indicators found in the blood as tools to diagnose patients with delirium, to assess the severity of the condition or potentially to inform ...

The Vermillion Area Chamber of Commerce and Development Company (VCDC) is providing complimentary use of one of its downtown incubator offices to the South Dakota Nonprofit Association (SDNA). The move is part of a broader strategic expansion the SDNA this year. Building momentum on its April designation by Governor Daugaard as the SD Commission for National and Community Service, SDNA has been advancing its tripartite mission of providing leadership training programs, engaging nonprofit organizations in networking opportunities, and advocating for the nonprofit sector ...

The open houses will be held in Alliston on Tuesday December 6th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and in Bradford, on Tuesday December 13th also from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This is a great opportunity for the general public and anyone working in the social service sector to meet the CFSSC team. The professional clinic staff will be on hand to provide information on the single-session facilities that are now open to these local communities. The Alliston clinics run on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the CLASS - CTN building located on ...

This press release is available in French.Montreal, November 17, 2011 -- Colleagues who work with runny noses, sore throats and clammy skin are as seasonal as the flu. Yet are sick employees workplace troopers or are they insecure about their jobs? A new study from Concordia University, published in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, has found that presenteeism, i.e. attending work when ill, isn't always a productive option. Depending on individuals and their roles within an organization, sick employees can be present in body and not in spirit, while others ...

GUELPH, ONTARIO -- Marketable yields of organic horticultural crops frequently fall below those of conventional crops; this and other factors restrict widespread adoption of organic production. Researchers recently studied the growth and yield responses of tomatoes grown in organic substrates amended with vermicompost and compared the results with plants grown in a popular growing medium. "More research in this area is needed to provide a base of information that will lead to the expansion of the organic sector, especially in the greenhouse industry, to meet consumer demands ...

Perspective Magazine, the global multi-media information provider for the timeshare and fractional industry, is pleased to announce that educational organization Christel House will again be the Charity of Choice for the Second Annual Global Networking Expo, GNEX 2012 - A Global Meeting of Minds. "We are honored that Paul and Sharon Mattimoe have again selected Christel House as the Charity of Choice for the 2012 GNEX conference. By supporting Christel House during the conference, in their publications and through their sponsorship of the Christel House Open, the ...

BOULDER, Colo. – November 2011 – InDevR, a Boulder-based biotechnology company that develops advanced life science instrumentation and assays for analysis of viruses and other microorganisms, announced today the launch revolutionary new technology for microbiological analysis. ampliPHOX, a colorimetric detection system that incorporates core technology licensed from the University of Colorado Technology Transfer Office, will enhance laboratories around the world by offering a cost effective and easy to use alternative to fluorescence detection. ampliPHOX instrumentation ...

BLACKSBURG, VA -- Many landscape trees are started in-ground, then sold as bare-root ''liners'' to producers who plant them in large containers to grow. To minimize wind damage and to facilitate transport from potting areas to growing beds, the liners are often buried deeper than necessary. This deep planting of liners results in "finished" container plants with deep structural roots, important foundations of root systems responsible for trees' health and stability. Deep structural roots are thought to contribute to physiological stresses resulting from oxygen deprivation. J. ...

Grey Hat Apps LLC, a Colorado based company, is launching GamePric.es just in time for the holiday season. GamePric.es is a unique online price comparison engine dedicated to all things related to video games. The free service is making it easy for video game shoppers to find the lowest price for any game, console or accessory. GamePric.es monitors all of the major retailers such as Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop and Walmart and notifies users when price drops occur so gamers can focus on playing more video games instead of hunting down deals. Frustrated by having to manually ...

A brand new website for comparing vouchers in the UK market developed by Flat Rock Technology is already live at http://www.vouchercomparison.com. Voucher Comparison is the new project of the owners of the Vendari Limited. Voucher Comparison is different from all the other such websites on the online market because it is completely innovative and pioneers in a field that is yet to be explored. Voucher Comparison provides deal, cashback and voucher comparisons as well as daily comparisons. Voucher Comparison's main goal is to become one stop shop for end users who ...