Around one in 20 men is infertile, but despite the best efforts of scientists, in many cases the underlying causes of infertility have remained a mystery. New findings by a team of Australian and Swedish researchers, however, will go a long way towards explaining this mystery. According to their research published in Science this week, a small set of genes located within the power-plants of our cells – the mitochondria – are crucial to unravelling the secrets of male infertility. Most of our genes are subjected to a rigorous quality-control process that prevents ...

Engineers investigating "listener fatigue"-- the discomfort and pain some people experience while using in-ear headphones, hearing aids, and other devices that seal the ear canal from external sound -- have found not only what they believe is the cause, but also a potential solution. In two separate papers and a presentation at the 130th Audio Engineering Society convention in London on May 14th, 2011, Stephen Ambrose, Robert Schulein and Samuel Gido of Asius Technologies of Longmont, Colo., describe how sealing a speaker in the ear canal dramatically boosts sound pressures ...

Lombard, IL, May 13, 2011 – Dynamic chest compression occurs during spinal manipulation. While dynamic chest compression has been well studied in events such as motor vehicle collisions, chest compression forces have not been studied during chiropractic manipulation. In a study published online today in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, researchers quantified and analyzed the magnitude of chest compressions during typical as well as maximum chiropractic manipulation and have found them to be well under the threshold for injury. "Results from ...

The Iowa Driver's Rights Cards are small, but they are making a BIG impact on a person's preservation and protection of their Constitutional and Statutory Rights, the evidence obtained during an investigation and the final outcome if charges are filed. What are Iowa Driver's Rights Cards? The Iowa Driver's Rights Cards, developed by the attorneys at Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm, PLC (GRL Law) of Des Moines, Iowa, are two cards: one card for your key chain with GRL's 24x7 telephone number on it, and the other card to hand to a police officer investigating you as ...

New research shows that elevated levels of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) or I (cTnI) in patients who had angioplasty indicate a higher risk of all-cause mortality and long-term adverse events such as heart attack. Routine monitoring of these protein levels following nonemergent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) could improve long-term outcomes for these patients. Details of the analysis are available online in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, a peer-reviewed journal of The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI). More than ...

Researchers compared hospitalization rates and rehospitalization rates of patients admitted for heart attack and for heart failure. Heart attack admissions are considered non-discretionary, whereas, heart failure admissions are considered more discretionary. Hospitalization after heart attack is mandated in treatment guidelines, so physicians have little or no room for discretionary decisions. Researchers examined Medicare claims data in 306 regions between 2007 and 2009. The results showed no relationship between heart attack hospitalization rates and readmission rates. ...

[EMBARGOED FOR MAY 13, 2011] Canadian investigators have shown that a species of ebolavirus from Zaire that is highly virulent in humans can replicate in pigs, cause disease, and be transmitted to animals previously unexposed to the virus. The findings are published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases and are now available online. (Please see below for a link to the embargoed study online.) In order to prevent human outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever, it is important to identify animal species that replicate and transmit the virus to other animals and, potentially, ...

Politicians should be careful when they rail against mainstream news media. A study from North Carolina State University shows that perceived bias of media outlets can lead to increased political engagement – but only on specific issues. When there is a general perception of bias in the news media it actually results in increased apathy among citizens. "With this study, we wanted to see whether people's perception of media bias affected their political participation, beyond voting," says Dr. Andrew Binder, an assistant professor of communication at NC State and co-author ...

The brain is a coding machine: it translates physical inputs from the world into visual, olfactory, auditory, tactile perceptions via the mysterious language of its nerve cells and the networks which they form. Neural codes could in principle take many forms, but in regions forming bottlenecks for information flow (e.g., the optic nerve) or in areas important for memory, sparse codes are highly desirable. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt have now discovered a single neuron in the brain of locusts that enables the adaptive regulation ...

The Corporate University Xchange Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Corporate Learning salute corporate and government learning organizations that create exciting, impactful programs resulting in measurable improvements in employee and business performance. Since 1999, these independently judged awards have set the standard for corporate learning. "These corporate learning organizations are key to the realization of business strategy," said Peter McAteer, CEO of CorpU. "Winning these awards is an added indicator of their success." The presentations ...

A Spanish study has analysed traffic accidents involving cattle being transported for human consumption in the country for the first time. Despite the "relatively" low mortality rate, animals suffer high-risk situations that cause pain and stress. The scientists say that specific protocols for action are needed with regard to these accidents, and to prepare the emergency services to deal with them. Most of the 86 lorry accidents identified from 2000 to 2009 in Spain involved the transportation of pigs (57%), followed by cattle (30%), chickens (8%), and sheep (5%). Despite ...

The key to increasing sales and overall profitability is to quickly have all of your sales information available at the touch of a finger. Our new iPhone/iPad sales CRM Tool will bring all the information you need to your sales staff and managers. Rather than waiting for a team to assemble reports, the reports can be instantly delivered to your via the CRM Tool. Increase sales and watch your profitability soar when your staff has access to the CRM Tool. Your customers are everything to your business. Your business would not exist without them, and the best way to make ...

This release is available in German. The car is racing far too fast toward the tail end of a traffic jam – a crash is inevitable. The inflated airbag can protect the car's occupants. But if the person in the passenger seat is leaning too far forward, perhaps looking for something in a bag in the foot space, the force of the airbag can cause injury. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC in Würzburg have now developed sensors that can help prevent such scenarios. These sensors can be integrated into the car seat, for example, where they ...

The mobile betting market has grown rapidly in the last few years and players now have a range of mobile betting services and sportsbooks to choose from for their mobile phone. The mobile betting market has grown by around 50% per annum on average of the last couple of years. William Hill recently reported a significant proportion of their GBP40 million sports betting turnover came from mobile and live betting markets. In 2009, Betfair chiefs issues their intent to develop their mobile betting business after seeing a 40% increase in mobile turnover in 2009 (before their ...

This release is available in German. Catching a ball is no problem for most people. Getting a robotic arm to catch a ball using a catcher attachment is a bit trickier. To find out just how tricky it is – or to see if it's easier than they think – visitors to the Sensor+Test trade fair in Nuremberg should head for the Fraunhofer booth, Booth 202 in Hall 12. There, researchers will be presenting an industrial robotic arm with six joints, at the end of which is a catcher. Visitors can control the arm using a hand-held input device: When they move the hand holding the device, ...

TLS Auto Recycling specializes in auto dismantling for all Toyota, Lexus and Scion years and models and have one of the largest Toyota wrecking yards in Northern California. Our staff has a combined experience of over 70 years in the dismantling and recycling business. We offer direct retail sales to the general public, as well as wholesale pricing to the automotive professional, such as dealerships and repair shops. All our used toyota parts, used lexus parts are tested and come with a 90-day guarantee. Additionally for those customers who are seeking extra protection ...

E Cigarettes Choice is known for great products and even better deals, but they are going above and beyond with their 50% off sale on cartridges through the end of May. As one of the leading electronic cigarette retailers in the United States, E Cigarettes Choice is the home of the No. 7 line of e cigarettes and is proud to have served thousands of customers. After the launch of their new cartomizers (a combination atomizer and cartridge), they are running a 50% off sale on all of their original cartridges through the end of May. "We're moving forward with advancing ...

In the first North American study to examine population rates of Emergency Department (ED) use for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), researchers from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) found 55 per cent of adults with IDD and mental illness visited the ED at least once in a 2 year period and 15.6 per cent visited at least 5 times. "A lot of attention has been paid to emergency department use in adults with mental health issues. Our study shows that those with an intellectual ...

It's something we just accept: the fact that the older we get, the more difficulty we seem to have remembering things. We can leave our cars in the same parking lot each morning, but unless we park in the same space each and every day, it's a challenge eight hours later to recall whether we left the SUV in the second or fifth row. Or, we can be introduced to new colleagues at a meeting and will have forgotten their names before the handshake is over. We shrug and nervously reassure ourselves that our brains' "hard drives" are just too full to handle the ...

Parents know the unparalleled joy and wonder of hearing a beloved child's first words turn quickly into whole sentences and then babbling paragraphs. But how human children acquire language-which is so complex and has so many variations-remains largely a mystery. Fifty years ago, linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky proposed an answer: Humans are able to learn language so quickly because some knowledge of grammar is hardwired into our brains. In other words, we know some of the most fundamental things about human language unconsciously at birth, without ever being taught. ...

Owning and operating a network of DVD rental kiosks provides supplemental and primary income for working people and entrepreneurs alike. Many DVDNow owner-operators entered into this business because they desire financial independence and the freedom to spend time on the good things in life that are most important to them. This is what Toni Carlos was thinking when she partnered up with her best friend Sue Bacey and started their DVDNow rental business, DVD To Go. Her most recent position being the Director of New York Compliance, Toni has been an attorney for 15 years. ...

Wimbledon, or the Wimbledon Championships, is the oldest association tennis tournament in the world and considered by most to be the most prestigious on both the ATP and WTA Tours. It has been held at the All England Tennis Club in London, SW19, since 1877 and along with the French Open, Australian Open and US Open forms tennis' Grand Slam. The current Wimbledon champion is Rafael Nadal although the Spaniard will face strong competition from Roger Federer, who has won the tournament six times, as well as Serbian star Novak Djokovic. British number one Andy Murray always ...

Andrew's Refinishing recently utilized the services of VIP Clouds to set up a suite of Google Enterprise Applications - Google Mail (Gmail), Google Docs, Google Calender, and Google Chat in order to better improve their business implementation strategies, and to enhance the overall structure of how electronic correspondence is maintained, and organized. "Google Apps has allowed us to organize our inbox to better suit each one of our employees' specific needs." said Simon Telfer, President of Andrew's Refinishing. "With emails being a major part of our ...

Grammy Award-winning music artist Steve Vai and technology entrepreneur Andy Alt have launched GuitarTV.com, a 24-hour interactive guitar channel dedicated to streaming videos of legendary guitar performances from the most accomplished guitarists in history, artist interviews, lessons, live broadcasts, and more. "Most people are fascinated to see someone play an instrument in an inspired way. We are moved by witnessing musical brilliance, and it was this notion that led me to purchase the GuitarTV domain 10 years ago," says GuitarTV.com Founder, Steve Vai. ...

Miratel Solutions are a leading provider of nonprofit fundraising services designed specifically for charitable organizations, enabling them to strengthen and build their donor base, improve operational efficiencies and optimize money raised in support of their missions. Established in 2000, the company have successfully completed more than 40 million donor interactions via phone, web, fax and mail resulting in over $1.3 billion in gross fundraising revenue. Some of Canada's largest and most reputable nonprofit organizations continue to entrust their telephone fundraising, ...