The Elite Ayrshire Business Circle in conjunction with South Ayrshire Council has held a special meeting entitled "Encouraging Trade and Business between Ayrshire and China". The meeting was attended by Chinese Consul-General in Edinburgh Mr Li Ruiyou, Consul Mr Wan Degang, and Deputy Consul Miss Zhu Hongying. Main speakers included Wendy Liu, manager of the China-Britain Business Council's Glasgow office, Bill Ure and Kellie Zdanowicz of JB Management, and Kirsteen Higgins, Smart Exporter Operations Manager, Scottish Enterprise. The meeting in the Robertson ...

BioStream, an integrated security solution manufacturing company, has opened its regional headquarters in Dubai to support its partners in the region. Its a sister company of AxxonSoft, which is world leader in video management system with best user-friendly user interface and features to manage large, medium and small scale security installations. "We initially formed Dubai office in 2009 for the UAE, but now it will serve as a regional headquarters for the Middle East North Africa (MENA), South Asia and CIS countries," BioStream Chief Executive Officer ...

Scientists have uncovered specific facial characteristics which make MPs look like they belong to one of the two major political parties in Britain. Labour MPs have broader smiles, dimples and a rounder, softer face than their Conservative counterparts, according to research from Queen Mary, University of London and UCL (University College London) published this week. The study* involved a small group of people rating images of 90 male backbench MPs on whether they thought they were Labour or Conservative on a scale of one to six; one being definitely Labour and six ...

Atherosclerosis is a major contributor to worldwide mortality and is characterized by narrowing of the arteries due to a thickening of the vessel wall. This restricts blood supply to the tissues and can lead to heart attack or stroke. In many cases, implantation of a stent can successfully be used for revascularization of the obstructed or stenosed arteries to improve blood flow. However, when a regrowth of cells occurs in the inner vessel wall (the intima) or healing of the endothelial cell lining in the vessel lumen is incomplete, the result can be a restenosis, i.e. ...

Intelestream, Inc., a leading provider in CRM consulting and CRM software as a service, today announced the company has implemented a centralized online CRM solution for FirstService Residential, North America's largest residential property management company. "FirstService Residential has demonstrated a true commitment to Customer Service Management through its implementation of a single CRM system in the cloud accessible by its multiple companies across the country, elimination of information silos and focus on user adoption," commented Ray Stoeckicht, VP ...

Australian scientists studying the reliability of species distribution models for revealing the response of animals to climate change have focused their research on the endangered marsupial, the Northern Bettong. The research, published in Ecography demonstrates that studying weather events, rather than the gradual changes of the climate, offers a clearer insight into the Bettong's movements, range boundaries and likely contact with competitors. "Scientists often use Species Distribution Models (SDM) to predict how an animal will respond to a changing habitat by describing ...

Hurricanewindpower.com releases Cyclone (TM) VAWT in response to the consumer demand for the Vertical style wind turbine which has proven to be very popular with certain segments of the population. Market research has indicated that a gap exists between consumer interest in Vertically oriented wind generators and the market availability. Many segments of the population are intrigued by wind power , however are unable to utilize a tradition wind turbine due to housing restrictions, city ordinances or just a matter of persoanl taste. Many customers express interest in the ...

Scientists of the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITG) have developed a molecular technique to easily and dependably identify the biting midges that spread bluetongue disease. Until know this identification was a problem. The technology helps to understand how the disease spreads, and how to control it. They report in the journal Medical and Veterinary Entomology. Bluetongue primarily affects sheep, but also cattle and other ruminants. It is not dangerous to people, but it causes great economical damage. Until a few years ago, the disease did not hit northern ...

Patriot Taxiway Industries announced the delivery of 40 additional KC-135 Portable LED Cargo Lighting System kits to the Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Earlier this year, the command's Surgeon General Office ordered16 kits to be deployed with medical crews in support of worldwide Aeromedical Evacuation (AE) mission. Doctors and nurses praised the improved lighting inside the cargo compartment, which enhanced the capability to perform basic and emergency inflight medical care to wounded military personnel. "With Patriot Taxiway's President ...

A research alliance of Heidelberg University Hospital and the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ), jointly with colleagues of the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research in Leipzig, have discovered a new metabolic pathway which makes malignant brain tumors (gliomas) more aggressive and weakens patients' immune systems. Using drugs to inhibit this metabolic pathway is a new approach in cancer treatment. The group's results have been published in the prestigious specialist journal Nature. Glioma is the most frequent and most malignant ...

Whether it's making Carrie-esque fascinators or burlesque nipple tassels, Create Boutique can tailor bespoke workshops to suit your needs, catering for groups of up to forty people. Our workshops are run by specialists from a Milliner who has designed for Dita Von Teese, to a creative who designs for luxury underwear brand Myla. We've teamed up with cool, "in the know" venues across London such as the Hospital Private Members Club, that can host a luxury workshop, or alternatively we can bring the Boutique to you. The workshops are a great way to socialise ...

The increasing use of "narrative verdicts" by coroners in England and Wales may be leading to greater underestimation of suicide rates, warn experts on bmj.com today, based on ongoing research part funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Professor David Gunnell at the University of Bristol and colleagues from the Universities of Oxford and Manchester say changes are needed urgently to ensure the future reliability of national suicide statistics. Suicide accounted for 4,648 deaths in England and Wales in 2009. Official statistics produced by the ...

Bremerhaven, 6 October 2011. In the central Arctic the proportion of old, thick sea ice has declined significantly. Instead, the ice cover now largely consists of thin, one-year-old floes. This is one of the results that scientists of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association brought back from the 26th Arctic expedition of the research vessel Polarstern. The ship arrived at its home port of Bremerhaven at about 7 o'clock this morning. Prior to that it had covered more than 11,800 nautical miles on its 16-week research voyage ...

Being badly affected will disease is something we lean to accept as we age. But how sad it is to notice our children become unwell because of disease . . . typically when the situation is preventable. Type 2 diabetes is one of the situations we all should take necessary steps to avoid our children to involve. According to the several reports we found to know that one in 36 children has suffered this disease and the percentage slowly growing. Taking essential steps of prevention is better than living Type 2 diabetes. Once children developed Type 2 diabetes seems a sign ...

AUSTIN, Texas—Chagas disease, a tropical parasitic disease that can lead to life-threatening heart and digestive disorders, may be more widespread in Texas than previously thought, according to research from The University of Texas at Austin. "We've been studying this for four years now, and this year the number of disease-causing insects is quite amazing," says Sahotra Sarkar, professor of integrative biology and philosophy at The University of Texas at Austin and lead author of a paper on the disease published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Endemic to rural ...

Enolsoft Corporation, a professional multimedia software developer, today is pleased to announce the release of updated YouTube Converter HD for Mac with support for downloading YouTube HTML5 videos on Mac OS X. Enolsoft YouTube Converter HD for Mac helps to download and convert YouTube videos (including YouTube HD and YouTube HTML5 videos) to all common video and audio formats such as AVI, WMV, MP4, 3GP, M4V, MOV, MP3, WMA, M4A and AIFF etc. By downloading and converting favorite YouTube HD videos to the formats they need, Mac OS X users now are able to playback YouTube ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Given the stakes of in vitro fertilization, prospective parents and their doctors need the best information they can get about the eggs they will extract, attempt to fertilize, and implant. New research at Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island has found a way to see which genes each egg cell is expressing without harming it. As researchers learn more about how those genes affect embryo development, the new technique could ultimately give parents and doctors a preview of which eggs are likely to make the most ...

With Breast Cancer Awareness Month already in full-swing, TonerGreen.com, an online leader in American made, remanufactured printer supplies, will be doing their part in supporting the fight against breast cancer. From October 10-21, TonerGreen.com will donate 5% of every sale to breast cancer research. Every sale will help fund program services, research, public health education, treatment, screening and other services that will help to prevent breast cancer and to eventually find a cure. On top of the 5% donation, TonerGreen.com will also show their appreciation to ...

Civilized human cohabitation requires us to respect elementary social norms. We guarantee compliance with these norms with our willingness to punish norm violations – often even at our own expense. This behavior goes against our own economic self-interest and requires us to control our egoistic impulses. Innovative combination of methods In collaboration with Professor Ernst Fehr, Dr. Thomas Baumgartner and Professor Daria Knoch reveal the neuronal networks behind self-control in an article recently published in Nature Neuroscience. For the purposes of their study, ...

Where you live could play a larger role in health disparities than originally thought, according to a new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. They examined a racially integrated, low-income neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland and found that, with the exception of smoking, nationally reported disparities in hypertension, diabetes, obesity among women and use of health services disappeared or narrowed. The results are featured in the October 2011 issue of Health Affairs. "Most of the current health disparities literature fails ...

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A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist has developed a partnership with colleagues in South Africa that is improving prospects for cattle breeders in that African nation--and could improve them for breeders around the world. Efforts by Mike MacNeil, an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) geneticist at the agency's Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory in Miles City, Mont., are designed to equip South Africa's scientists with better research tools to help cattle breeders and farmers in remote, underdeveloped areas. ARS is USDA's principal intramural ...

WASHINGTON – Children as young as 3 are likely to say that things made by humans have owners, but that natural objects, such as pine cones and sea shells, are not owned, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association. "Determining whether an unfamiliar object is owned is very important because it shows us that young children can decide when they're allowed to take or handle something," said the study's lead author, psychologist Karen Neary, PhD, of Waterloo University in Canada. "This article provides the first evidence about how children ...

Jordan Executive Travel Service (JETS), as a member of Signature Travel Network, is now offering Food Network Travel guided vacations in Italy, France and Northern California. Launching in 2012 and open for booking, these tour packages complement the previously launched Caribbean and Mediterranean Food Network at Sea cruises. Food Network Travel's guided vacations will be operated by Trafalgar and have been developed in association with Signature Travel Network and Food Network to bring foodie clients on highly customized culinary land vacations as seen through the lens ...

Steatite Embedded are pleased to announce the next generation VIA EPIA-M720 Mini-ITX board. Featuring the VIA VX900 MSP, the VIA EPIA-M720 is an upgrade from the popular VIA EPIA-LN delivering DDR3 and SATA II support for greater performance, richer digital media and extended connectivity for embedded devices. Combining a VIA 1.0GHz C7 processor with the VIA VX900 unified all-in-one media system processor, the VIA EPIA-M720 delivers a highly optimized platform that boasts comprehensive HD video performance, HD audio and HDMI support in a compact, power-efficient package ...