Boulder, Colo., USA – The dynamics of Earth are discussed in this new batch of GSA Bulletin papers posted online 6 April. Topics include the link between wildfire-flooding events and the supply of sand to beaches, with specific focus on a coastal California watershed; high-pressure metamorphism in the mountains of northwest China; generation of the Gold Hill shear zone and widespread tectonism in the Appalachian mountain belt; and the nature of magma-filled fractures (dikes) in the earth. GSA BULLETIN articles published ahead of print are online at http://gsabulletin.gsapubs.org/content/early/recent. ...

PITTSBURGH—A vibrating steering wheel is an effective way to keep a driver's eyes safely on the road by providing an additional means to convey directions from a car's navigation system, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and AT&T Labs have shown. The study, one of the first to evaluate combinations of audio, visual and haptic feedback for route guidance, found that younger drivers in particular were less distracted by a navigation system's display screen when they received haptic feedback from the vibrating steering wheel. For elder drivers, the haptic feedback ...

The study, published online this month in the journal Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, found that approximately one-third of adults who were physically abused in childhood had seriously considered taking their own life. These rates were five times higher than adults who were not physically abused in childhood. The findings suggest that children exposed to physical abuse may be at greater risk for suicidal behaviours in adulthood. Investigators examined gender specific differences among a sample of 6,642 adults, of whom 7.7 per cent reported that they had been physically ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– An international team of researchers has reported a new understanding of a little-known process that happens in virtually every cell of our bodies. Protein folding is the process by which not-yet folded chains of amino acids assume their specific shapes, hence taking on their specific functions. These functions vary widely: In the human body, proteins fold to become muscles, hormones, enzymes, and various other components. "This protein folding process is still a big mystery," said UC Santa Barbara physicist Everett Lipman, one of several ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A University of Michigan Health System study examined who's having outpatient surgery in the U.S. today, and showed 1 in 84 highest-risk patients suffers a dangerous blood clot after surgery. Hospitalized patients are often warned of the possibility of venous thromboembolism, which include blood clots that can form in the veins and travel to the lungs. However these warnings have not necessarily been extended to the outpatient surgery population, says U-M surgeon and lead study author Christopher J. Pannucci, M.D. With more than 60 percent of procedures ...

Citing the lack of clear guidelines for ordering blood transfusions during surgery, Johns Hopkins researchers say a new study confirms there is still wide variation in the use of transfusions and frequent use of transfused blood in patients who don't need it. The resulting overuse of blood is problematic, the researchers say, because blood is a scarce and expensive resource and because recent studies have shown that surgical patients do no better, and may do worse, if given transfusions prematurely or unnecessarily. "Transfusion is not as safe as people think," says Steven ...

One of America's most automobile-dependent large cities may be heading into a new era, according to the 31st annual Kinder Houston Area Survey conducted by Rice University. Among the findings in this year's survey: Houstonians support mass transit, feel better about the economy and say relations between ethnic groups are better than ever. The survey results were released today at a luncheon hosted by the Greater Houston Partnership and Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research. Mass transit and a preference for urban living A large and growing proportion of Harris ...

A recent report from Scottish Widows revealed that for 47% of Scots a holiday is an unaffordable luxury, while a day out with children is an impossibility for 45%, but any homeowners in the survey that are on variable rate deals with Halifax or RBS could expect to have even less money after the announcement of a rate hike on May 1st. While millions of Scots struggle to make ends meet, two of the biggest mortgage providers have plunged a million of their customers into uncertainty over their financial futures. RBS will raise their rates 0.25% to 4% while Halifax will ...

A research collaboration between the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Children's Hospital Boston has created a microfluidic device that can harvest rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from blood to enable their expansion in culture for analysis. These cells, which have detached from a primary cancer site and often create a secondary—or metastasized—tumor, hold an extraordinary amount of information regarding patient-specific drug sensitivity, cancer progression, and patient response to therapy. Such information could help clinicians ...

SAN DIEGO, April 24, 2012—A preliminary 16-person study suggests that eating pistachios may help alter levels of potentially beneficial bacteria in the gut, a finding that holds promise for supporting digestive health(1). The research, presented as an abstract this week at the Experimental Biology conference, is the first study of pistachios and almonds and their modulating role on the gut microbiota composition. "Gut microbiota, or the microbial environment in the gastrointestinal tract, provides important functions to the human host," said Volker Mai, PhD, lead study ...

City streets can be mean, but somewhere near Brooklyn, a tree grows far better than its country cousins, due to chronically elevated city heat levels, says a new study. The study, just published in the journal Tree Physiology, shows that common native red oak seedlings grow as much as eight times faster in New York's Central Park than in more rural, cooler settings in the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains. Red oaks and their close relatives dominate areas ranging from northern Virginia to southern New England, so the study may have implications for changing climate and ...

Women's charity Engender launched the Who Counts? campaign this month as a result of research from women's groups across Scotland highlighting the number of women forced into poverty because of low-pay, poor health and housing and/or a lack of access to childcare and education. The campaign is funded by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, and aims to persuade public bodies to address poverty among women now before government efficiency savings drive down wages even further and condemn thousands more women and children to the poverty trap. Niki Kandirikirira, Engender's ...

Edinburgh and Glasgow account for nearly 1 in 10 of all referrals for enforcement action, topping the list of UK authorities, with almost six million cases being passed to bailiffs over the last three years. In total 27 local authorities in Scotland revealed figures that accounted for 20% of all UK referral cases. Big Brother Watch, a civil liberties and privacy spin-off from lobby group The TaxPayer's Alliance, revealed the figures following its freedom of information request of the UK's 433 councils. A spokesperson for Debt Solutions Company, Trust Deed Scotland, ...

TORONTO, April 24, 2012—A new study has found huge variations in what ophthalmologists charge for a device used in one of the most common surgeries in Ontario. While universal insurance covers the cost of cataract surgery and implanting an artificial lens, some ophthalmologists charge extra for implanting a special lens deemed not "medically necessary" or for related tests. This would include lenses that correct refractive issues such as farsightedness. Those "add-on" fees varied substantially, with some ophthalmologists charging as much as eight times as much as others ...

Funding cuts for malaria control are the single most common reason for the resurgence of the deadly disease, according to a new study that has linked overall weakened malaria control programs to the majority of global resurgences since 1930. The study, published in the April 24 issue of the open-access Malaria Journal, analyzed the causes of 75 documented episodes of malaria resurgence throughout the world over the past 80 years, both in countries that were close to eliminating the disease and those with higher transmission rates that were attempting to control it. Among ...

The Voice Over Cafe brings you the latest news from the voiceover industry! Full-time voice talents Terry Daniel and Trish Basanyi host this fun and informative show, bringing on a guest and features for every episode including "The Legal Minute" with VO artist and lawyer Rob Sciglimpaglia, The Voice Over Cafe Mailbag, and who knows what else! Average running time is 30 minutes. A few years back, Trish Basanyi and Terry Daniel recorded twenty episodes of "Voice Overs on Demand", a podcast that quickly earned a steady following of voice over pros and ...

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In a shock announcement the humble cup cake has been declared dead. Wanted for questioning for this shocking crime is the latest trend to arrive in Australia, the Bake Pop. Cake Pops are the new sensation that has swept America by storm that are made easily with the Bake Pop kit; available in Australia from today. Trend spotters have declared the cup cake fad is over with an astonishing 3.6 million Bake Pops sold in just three months last year in America. Cake pops are the new cup cake and they seem to be everywhere you look, taking over food blogs, replacing cup cakes ...

This week began with a bang for one lucky Crazy Vegas player when she hit a jackpot-sized win while playing at the casino. Crazy Vegas has revealed that M.W. from the Netherlands won a total of EUR14,000 playing the video slot game Mermaid Millions. The game is a 5-reel slot game with a progressive jackpot, which means bigger payouts and bigger rewards. M.W. has been a member at Crazy Vegas Online Casino for just over a year and has now joined the ranks of the many lucky players who can call themselves big winners at Crazy Vegas. The game Mermaid Millions has an underwater ...

SAN DIEGO— Over the past three decades, researchers have firmly established that the omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil, including eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), have healthy effects on the heart. Omega-3 fatty acids seem to help both in preventing cardiovascular disease as well as in preventing future heart attacks, strokes, and other adverse events in people who have established cardiovascular disease. These findings have been so strong that the American Heart Association now recommends eating fish or taking fish oil as a preventive measure both ...

Night-time departures, early morning arrivals, and adjusting to several time zones in a matter of days can rattle circadian rhythms, compromise attention and challenge vigilance. And yet, these are the very conditions many pilots face as they contend with a technically challenging job in which potentially hundreds of lives are at stake. In an article to be published in a forthcoming issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, John A Caldwell, a psychologist and senior scientist at Fatigue Science, a Honolulu ...

Boston Law Firm Provides Seminar on Reverse Mortgages The cost of reverse mortgages has fallen dramatically, as the use of reverse mortgages has expanded greatly. This seminar will discuss aspects and uses of reverse mortgages, including using reverse mortgages to stretch a retirement portfolio, convert home equity into a tax-free income source, and financing long term care. Come and learn about options for your future financial planning. Featured Speakers: Leo J. Cushing, Esq., CPA, LLM Cushing & Dolan, PC Attorneys at Law Ellen J. Connors Reverse ...

If you walk into a cloud at the top of a mountain with a cup to slake your thirst, it might take a while for your cup to fill. The tiny, barely-there droplets are difficult to see, and for scientists they, along with rain and snow, are among the hardest variables to measure in Earth Science, says Ana Barros, professor of engineering at Duke University. As part of the Science Team for NASA's Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) that measure rainfall from space, Barros and her research team trekked into the Great Smoky Mountains and other areas of the southern Appalachian ...

The New York State Consumer Protection Board has issued a directive urging consumers to make sure their children and loved ones are protected from extremely painful and possibly fatal scalding burns. If you or someone you love has been scarred, disfigured, or disabled due to burn injuries, contact a New York litigation lawyer to learn more about your legal rights. Here are some helpful hints: - Home water temperature should be set at 120 degrees Fahrenheit or lower. - All domestic hot water lines should have an anti-scald device installed to interrupt the flow of hot ...