As religious leaders face difficult times, including competition for much-needed contributions and the attention of their congregants, one church found help from consultant, author and speaker Pat Rocchi, author of "The Six P's of Change." Rocchi spoke to the leadership of Bethlehem Baptist Church, a multicultural congregation located outside of Philadelphia, Pa., at the invitation of Pastor Charles Quann. Rocchi outlined many of the challenges such places of worship face: According to the Pew Forum for Religion & Public Life (November 2008), fewer Americans ...

Access Technology Solutions (ATS) announced an international e-commerce partnership with Etsy, the world's most vibrant handmade marketplace. ATS' international "sell and ship" solution now makes it much easier for Etsy's sellers to offer expedited shipping with full order tracking and more affordable rates. Buyers benefit from lower shipping costs and faster delivery. Equally important, Etsy sellers can calculate and pay international shipping charges, duties & taxes in one simple transaction from home. They avoid dreaded lines at local post offices and ...

Nexen Group Inc. announces the Roller Pinion System, Universal Rack model. Nexen's Roller Pinion System (RPS)--also available in Premium Rack and Standard Rack models--delivers precise linear positioning with zero backlash for high-precision motion control applications. The Universal Rack model provides an ideal solution for customers that require the advanced features of the RPS system with thrust ratings up to 750 - 10500 N. Differing from a traditional rack and pinion system, the RPS features a unique roller pinion/toothed rack combination. The pinion is comprised ...

An iPhone is a great mobile phone. It gives great versatility because you can use it for everything that any handheld mobile device should do for you, and more. But, if you really want your iPhone to last for a long time, then you should take care of it. You should make sure that the phone remains pristine for a long time, and to do that, you need to clean it regularly. Dust can spoil the brilliance touch-sensitive display and then using the iPhone will be less enjoyable. But, at the same time, when you are cleaning your iPhone, you should ensure that you are not spoiling ...

On 7th May 2011, StarlightRegistry.com, an online wedding registry company founded by Sarah Rigos, released a blog post announcing the results of an investigation into which department store wedding registry was the best. The winner was Bloomingdales. Starlight Registry graded five of the most popular traditional department store registries to identify which are the best and worst based around a wide range of criteria including the quality of gift selection, returns policies, discounts offered, online and offline accessibility, and overall customer satisfaction. The ...

The arrival of the St. Augustine Air Show usually elicits feelings of excitement from residents all over Florida, but in St. Augustine particular. This two-day annual event is filled with thrills and entertainment for the families viewing the show. The St. Augustine Air show dates back to 1967 and is an event that is geared towards honoring Military Veterans both past and present. Flight demonstrations, static displays and other activities mark this great event. The children are not left out as activities are also arranged for them. Aerobatic, military and civilian aircrafts ...

DURHAM, N.C. – Even when treated with hormone therapy to suppress tumor growth, obese men face an elevated risk of their prostate cancer worsening, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found. The research, reported at the American Urological Association annual meeting Sunday (May 15, 2011), advances the link between obesity and prostate cancer, which has generated research interest in recent years as the incidence of both conditions remains high and often overlaps. "Over the past decades, there has been increasing prevalence of obesity in the U.S. and ...

ATS 2011, DENVER – Changes in the ability of lung cells to divide may play a role in initiating or prolonging lung tissue inflammation, a hallmark of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study conducted by researchers in France. The results will be presented at the ATS 2011 International Conference in Denver. "We found that lung tissue cells of patients with COPD had an impaired ability to divide, or had lost their ability to divide," said lead author Valerie Amsellem, MD, PhD, professor of medicine at the National Institute of Health and Medical ...

ATS 2011, DENVER – Continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, can increase alertness and even improve quality of life for sufferers of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), even if their symptoms are minimal, according to a study conducted by researchers in Europe. Patients enrolled in the study reported an improvement in daytime sleepiness within six months of beginning CPAP treatment. The study will be presented at the ATS 2011 International Conference in Denver. "Treatment with CPAP clearly reduces daytime sleepiness and improves quality of life in patients with very ...

ATS 2011, DENVER –A simple, minimally-invasive technique using cells from the interior of the nose could help clinicians detect lung cancer in its earliest – and most treatable – stages, according to a study conducted by researchers in Boston. The study will be presented at the ATS 2011 International Conference. "Our data suggests that evaluating gene expression changes in nasal cells found in the interior surface of the nose may serve as a non-invasive approach for the early detection of lung cancer in smokers," said study author Christina Anderlind, MD, Instructor ...

ATS 2011, DENVER – Vitamin D supplements may help patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) get more from their pulmonary rehabilitation programs, according to a study conducted by researchers from Belgium. The study results will be presented at the ATS 2011 International Conference in Denver. "Our study shows that high doses of vitamin D supplementation on top of a standard rehabilitation program improve the outcome in terms of exercise capacity and respiratory muscle strength," said Miek Hornikx, physiotherapist and doctoral student in the department ...

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ATS 2011, DENVER – Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) effectively decreases the risk of cardiovascular death in elderly patients who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a study conducted by researchers in Spain. The study is the first large-scale study to assess the impact of OSA and the effectiveness of CPAP treatment in cardiovascular mortality in the elderly. The findings will be presented at the ATS 2011 International Conference in Denver. "Our study offers two key conclusions," said Miguel Angel Martinez-Garcia, MD, study lead author ...

ATS 2011, DENVER – Researchers have linked a variant in the vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) with the onset of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Caucasian men. The study population consisted of participants in the Veterans Administration Normative Aging Study, a multidisciplinary study of aging that began in 1963. The VDR study will be presented at the ATS 2011 International Conference. "Our results show that this gene variant is associated with development of COPD in Caucasian men, and provides support for the notion that vitamin D metabolic pathways may ...

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ATS 2011, DENVER – Researchers in Baltimore have identified new compounds whichrelax airway muscles and may provide relief from shortness of breath for patients with COPD and asthma. The bitter-tasting compounds are at least as, if not more, effective than currently available agents used to manage these diseases, and may present new options for treatment. The study will be presented at the ATS 2011 International Conference in Denver. "We have identified compounds that are more potent than our previously identified set of compounds, paving the way for development of ...

ATS 2011, DENVER – The six-minute walking distance test (6MWD), a test that measures a patient's ability to tolerate exercise and physical activity, is an effective tool for understanding disease severity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a three-year global study of patients with COPD sponsored by drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline. The study will be presented at the ATS 2011 International Conference in Denver. "We found that baseline 6MWD was predictive of hospital admission with an acute COPD exacerbation, was relatively ...

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ATS 2011, DENVER – Hospital patients with pneumonia may be at risk of experiencing sudden cardiac arrest, often with few or no warning signs, according to research from the University of Chicago Medical Center under the auspices of the American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines project. The results of the study will be presented at the American Thoracic Society's 2011 International Conference in Denver. "We found a compelling signal that some patients with pneumonia may develop cardiac arrest outside of the ICU, without apparent shock or respiratory failure," ...

A team of researchers, led by King's College London and the University of Oxford, have found that a gene linked to type 2 diabetes and cholesterol levels is in fact a 'master regulator' gene, which controls the behaviour of other genes found within fat in the body. As fat plays a key role in susceptibility to metabolic diseases such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes, this study highlights the regulatory gene as a possible target for future treatments to fight these diseases. Published today in Nature Genetics, the study was one part of a large multi-national collaboration ...

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Researchers at Hewlett Packard and the University of California, Santa Barbara, have analysed in unprecedented detail the physical and chemical properties of an electronic device that computer engineers hope will transform computing. Memristors, short for memory resistors, are a newly understood circuit element for the development of electronics and have inspired experts to seek ways of mimicking the behaviour of our own brains' activity inside a computer. Research, published today, Monday, 16 May, in IOP Publishing's Nanotechnology, explains how the researchers ...

Bubbles are blocking the current path of one of the most promising high temperature superconducting materials, new research suggests. In a study published today, Monday, 16 may, in IOP Publishing's journal Superconductor Science and Technology, researchers have examined bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide (Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox, Bi2212) – one of the most promising superconducting materials capable of creating large magnetic fields way beyond the limit of existing magnets – and found that its capabilities are limited by the formation of bubbles during its fabrication process. ...

A team of researchers have found that pre-existing malaria prevents secondary infection by another Plasmodium strain, the parasite responsible for malaria, by restricting iron availability in the liver of the host. This discovery will be published this Sunday, May 15, in Nature Medicine and has important implications for the management and prevention of malaria, a condition which affects millions of individuals worldwide. The study was developed by the team led by researcher Maria M. Mota at Instituto de Medicina Molecular in Lisbon, Portugal, in collaboration with researchers ...

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