Combining computerized tomography (CT) with fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) images results in significantly more defined tumor outlines and potentially different treatment options in head and neck cancer patients compared to using CT alone, according to research presented today, at the Cancer Imaging and Radiation Therapy Symposium in Atlanta. This symposium is co-sponsored by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). CT is the standard method for determining tumor delineation before ...

Without sufficient investments in upstream oil field activities utilizing new and advanced technologies, Mexico faces the prospect of becoming a net oil importer in 10 years, according to new research by Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and Oxford University. The stakes of the current political stalemate over oil are quite high, the study concluded. Were Pemex, Mexico's national oil company, able to fully develop its oil in line with international standards and technology, Mexican citizens could earn $1,055 per capita per year by 2020, versus ...

Declining rates of hospitalization have discouraged primary care doctors from seeing their patients in the hospital and encouraged the growing use of "hospitalists," a new physician specialty focused on the care of hospitalized patients. Further developments in the field mean that frequently hospitalized patients also may need a specialist focused on their care, according to an expert on hospital care at the University of Chicago. The model defining the role of hospitalists, who practice only in hospitals, was first identified in a 1996 article in the New England Journal ...

Fasthosts Internet Ltd, a leading web hosting and Internet services provider, has announced a brand new range of ADSL packages specifically designed for business needs.  The Fasthosts Broadband range is now faster and more feature-packed, with a 24Mb entry-level package.  A new fibre optic package offers up to 40Mb downloads, over 7 times faster than the UK average, enabling businesses to increase productivity and fully benefit from hosted services and cloud computing.   The Fasthosts Business Broadband range now comprises: the entry-level ADSL Lite (with 20GB monthly ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Digging in the ground to plant trees may be an excellent gateway to further involvement in politics and civic affairs, concludes a new University of Maryland study, based on work with New York City environmental volunteers. "The more a person is involved in environmental stewardship, the more s/he engages with other types of civic and political activities," says the report, "Digging Together", which the researchers released to coincide with Arbor Day. The study finds that participants in the MillionTreesNYC project are significantly more active civically ...

Voyages Jules Verne, the specialist tour operator, has launched the latest edition of its popular Classic Resorts & Weekends brochure. The brochure features a choice of 32 itineraries across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, and clients can choose from classic city breaks and cultural forays or simply book a relaxing resort stay with the option to add on some sightseeing trips once they get there. The new brochure, which covers departures from April 2011 to April 2012, encompasses perennial Voyages Jules Verne favourites - such as Venice from the Water, ...

Patient safety is a hot topic in the U.S., Australia and Europe. Large resources are set aside for research projects that will make life safer for patients. In Norway, the research field is still new – but researchers from Stavanger are in the forefront. "Until about five years ago the Norwegian health care system had a low focus on safety and risk management compared with other high-risk sectors", says Professor Karina Aase at the University of Stavanger. Together with her colleagues, she has concluded that there is an under-reporting of adverse events in Norwegian ...

Stealth Energy Inc. (the "Company") is pleased to report that well 7-1 Dexter, in Musselshell County, which was previously drilled and reported on 20 Dec. 2010, has been scheduled for completion on 4 May 2011. The Company has experienced some frustration with obtaining a traditional 'frac' due to the current intense demand for this process. Management has decided to use "Radial Drilling Technology" ("RDT") to potentially put the well into production. RDT is a relatively new completion technology which provides increased exposure to natural ...

The benefit and harm of positron emission tomography (PET) in patients with head and neck tumours, applied alone or in combination with computed tomography (CT), cannot currently be reliably assessed. This is the result of a final report published by the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG). The Institute was commissioned by the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) to assess the advantages and disadvantages of this diagnostic method. However, as the authors of the report explain, suitable studies for this purpose are lacking. Tobacco and alcohol ...

A planet that we thought we knew turns out to be rather different than first suspected. Our revised view comes from new data released today by an international team of astronomers. They made their observations of the planet "55 Cancri e" based on calculations by Harvard graduate student Rebekah Dawson (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), who worked with Daniel Fabrycky (now at the University of California, Santa Cruz) to predict when the planet crosses in front of its star as seen from Earth. Such transits give crucial information about a planet's size and orbit. The ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Patricia Schnitzer, associate professor in the MU Sinclair School of Nursing, says that most unintentional child injury deaths of young children result from inadequate supervision or failure to protect children from harm. Although injuries to children may be unintentional, they can be prevented and should not be considered accidents. "Persistent references to tragic, freak, and horrible accidents indicate there is still important work needed to frame unintentional injuries as preventable," Schnitzer said. "Understanding and addressing social norms about ...

Cleaning LCD screens has been considered to be quite a hassle most times, mainly because no sooner are you done with the cleaning task than new smear marks begin appearing on your precious electronic screen! That's the reason people are perennially in a quest to find out how to clean an LCD screen in the best way. Here is some advice on a new product you can use on different types of liquid crystal displays such as flat screen monitors or LCD TVs. The LCD Screen Cleaning Product Now, if you want to learn how to clean LCD screens the right way, you will need a good ...

A gene known to be important in cardiac development has been newly associated with congenital heart malformations that result in obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract. These are the findings from a study conducted by Nationwide Children's Hospital and appearing in the journal Birth Defects Research Part A. Left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) malformations, including aortic valve stenosis, coarctation of the aorta, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, Shone complex and interrupted aortic arch type A, are responsible for a major portion of childhood death from ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 29, 2011 - With the creation of a 3-D nanocone-based solar cell platform, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Jun Xu has boosted the light-to-power conversion efficiency of photovoltaics by nearly 80 percent. The technology substantially overcomes the problem of poor transport of charges generated by solar photons. These charges -- negative electrons and positive holes -- typically become trapped by defects in bulk materials and their interfaces and degrade performance. "To solve the entrapment problems that reduce solar cell efficiency, ...

BOSTON (April 29, 2011) — A gene therapy approach using a protein called CD59, or protectin, shows promise in slowing the signs of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a new in vivo study by researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine. Led by senior author Rajendra Kumar-Singh, PhD, the researchers demonstrated for the first time that CD59 delivered by a gene therapy approach significantly reduced the uncontrolled blood vessel growth and cell death typical of AMD, the most common cause of blindness in the elderly. The study was published on April ...

Online Credit Card Applications have made it easy to apply for Credit Cards for Bad Credit. People who rank low on their credit score were earlier shunned by issuers, who slotted them into the 'high risk' category. But, now, even instant approval credit cards for bad credit are easily available. Making more people want to apply for a quick and easy solution to their problems. Financial experts suggest that people should take this opportunity to improve their credit rating. If used in the right way, a credit card can improve the financial ratings of a person, and can ...

Plans for the International Dog Bite Prevention Challenge are well underway. Doggone Safe challenged its presenters to visit schools and educate 50,000 children about dog safety in a single week. The Challenge will occur during Dog Bite Prevention Week (May 15-21, 2011). So far presenters have pledged to educate over 17,000 kids in six countries, six Canadian provinces and twenty six US states. Doggone Safe has applied to be considered for a Guinness Record attempt for the Challenge. Half of all children are bitten by a dog and most of the time the biter is the family ...

This is the fourth of a six-part series on improving your writing style. Whether you write for business or academic purposes, there are a few golden rules that will help you sharpen up your prose. Part 4: Limit use of cliches Phrases become 'cliche' when they are overused. Writing that is full of cliches is annoying to read and suggests laziness on the part of the author. Once clever, these phrases have now become trite and should be replaced with a more concise phrase, or even omitted altogether. Consider the following, and their alternatives: 1. News of the ...

Tsinghua University, one of China's foremost higher learning institutions, hold the Centenary Celebration Ceremony at the Great Hall of People on April 24, attended by Chinese President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and other state and Communist Party leaders with Three Nobel Prize winners, Lee Tsung-dao, Yang Chen-ning and Lee Yuan-tseh all as Tsinghua Alumni. President of Gstarsoft Co., Ltd. Lu Xiang, Vice President Huang Meiyu and Pan Li, etc., who are founders of GstarCAD, were also invited to attend the ceremony on behalf of Tsinghua alumni from computer technology ...

The Maybank MoneyTree Young Entrepreneur Startup Challenge "YES 3 Red Carpet" party was held on Friday, 15th April 2011 at the Eastin Hotel, Petaling Jaya. The YES 3 Red Carpet party was a cocktail party to celebrate the entrepreneurial journey of the YES 3 finalists and for the grand finale, the unveiling of the YES 3 Grand Prize Winner, Team FutsalEx, from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM). The Finalists of the YES Challenge were ushered in ala Celebrity style where they were accompanied by an entourage and bodyguards before being greeted by the sound of applause ...

4ipnet, Inc., a provider of wireless network security and management products, today introduced its high-end 802.11n/a/b/g EAP300 Indoor Access Point, the most affordable access point in the market. The EAP300 is cost effective for maximum deployment flexibility, and provides a wide range of advanced features to deliver wire-like performance at data speed rating up to 300Mbps per radio. With its IP50 dust-proof metal housing, EAP300 packs 3x3 transmit/receive MIMO antennae and dual band 2.4-GHz / 5 GHz MIMO radios, making it the perfect choice for wireless connectivity ...

The Rate Speeches website allows people to find ratings and to add ratings of speeches, presentations, speakers, and presenters. The website also gives public speaking and presentation skills experts online tools for evaluating speeches and presentations. Before attending a speech or a presentation by a speaker, prospective attendees can check the rating of the speaker and prior speeches by that speaker to decide whether to attend or not. Audience members can add and rate speakers and speeches to share their experiences with others and also to give feedback to the speaker. ...

DPFG, INC. RELEASES THE SPRING 2011 EDITION OF THE DPFG REPORT DPFG, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of the Spring 2011 Edition of the DPFG Report ("Report"). The Report is our electronic corporate newsletter that was created to help keep you up to date on the latest seasonal and educational topics that matter most to the real estate industry. We encourage you to pass on the newsletter to your co-workers and any other colleagues that could benefit from reading the Report. We also hope that you take a moment or two to provide any feedback that you ...

Didrick Medical, a leading provider of cutting edge prosthetic fingers, has appointed Aasim Saied its Chairman. In this role, Saied will be structuring Didrick Medical for a global launch. Florida based Didrick Medical has completed the development of the X-System - an interchangeable series of components that can be configured into more than 500 positions to function as artificial fingers for finger amputees. The X-System is the only product that restores function to individuals missing a portion or all of any finger or fingers while having their palm still intact. Saied ...

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