Education is often heralded as an engine for peace and prosperity, but in the fifty-year civil war that has gripped Sudan, schools have played an important role in deepening the country's divisions. That's the conclusion of Anders Breidlid, a professor of international education and development at Oslo University College. His research on education in Sudan is published in the November issue of Comparative Education Review. Since taking power in northern Sudan in 1989, the Arab-dominated National Congress Party (NCP) "targeted the Ministry of Education to conduct their ...

People love to speculate about differences between the sexes, and neuroscience has brought a new technology to this pastime. Brain imaging studies are published at a great rate, and some report sex differences in brain structure or patterns of neural activity. But we should be skeptical about reports of brain differences between the sexes, writes psychological scientist Cordelia Fine in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The results from these studies may not necessarily withstand the tests of larger sample ...

Should global warming cause sea levels to rise as predicted in coming decades, thousands of archaeological sites in coastal areas around the world will be lost to erosion. With no hope of saving all of these sites, archaeologists Torben Rick from the Smithsonian Institution, Leslie Reeder of Southern Methodist University, and Jon Erlandson of the University of Oregon have issued a call to action for scientists to assess the sites most at risk. Writing in the Journal of Coastal Conservation and using California's Santa Barbara Channel as a case study, the researchers illustrate ...

Boston, MA – A comprehensive review of national opinion polls, including newly released data, shows that those who say they intend to vote for a Democratic congressional candidate in 2010 and those who say they intend to vote for a Republican in their district hold starkly different views of what they want the future of health reform legislation to be, mirroring the divide between Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress on this issue. Nearly three-fourths (73%) of registered voters who say they intend to vote for a Democratic candidate favor the health care legislation ...

Medical schools and clinics could boost the number of primary care physicians in medically underserved areas by selecting and encouraging students from these communities, who often exhibit a strong sense of responsibility for and identification with the people there, according to a new study by UCLA researchers and colleagues published in the current issue of the American Journal of Public Health. Training these students in underserved settings during medical school and their residencies could also increase the likelihood they would continue serving those populations, ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida have found that a molecule long believed to be a beneficial tumor suppressor — and thus a potential cancer drug target — appears to act as an oncogene in some lethal brain tumors. The protein, epithelial cadherin (E-cadherin), is known for its ability to keep cancer cells glued together, preventing them from breaking away and metastasizing. But, based on their findings, published online in PLoS ONE, the scientists suggest E-cadherin can also function as an oncogene in some cancers. An oncogene helps push cancer ...

Proteins are molecular machines that transport substances, catalyze chemical reactions, pump ions, and identify signaling substances. They are chains of amino acids and the individual amino acid sequence is known for many of them. However, the functions a protein can carry out inside the cell are determined by the three-dimensional spatial structure of the protein. Establishing this so-called tertiary structure presents a great challenge to scientists. There is, thus, a lot of catching up to be done in structure analysis. To push progress, the National Institute of General ...

In a research paper published online Saturday in the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, a publication of the American Geological Union (AGU), scientists reported the southern Baffin Bay off West Greenland has continued warming since wintertime ocean temperatures were last effectively measured there in the early 2000s. Temperatures in the study were collected by narwhals, medium-sized toothed Arctic whales, during NOAA-sponsored missions in 2006 and 2007. The animals were tagged with sensors that recorded ocean depths and temperatures during feeding dives from the ...

Liberals may owe their political outlook partly to their genetic make-up, according to new research from the University of California, San Diego, and Harvard University. Ideology is affected not just by social factors, but also by a dopamine receptor gene called DRD4. The study's authors say this is the first research to identify a specific gene that predisposes people to certain political views. Appearing in the latest edition of The Journal of Politics published by Cambridge University Press, the research focused on 2,000 subjects from The National Longitudinal Study ...

RICHLAND, Wash. -- A new study of an exotic, infectious virus that has caused three recent outbreaks in the United States reveals clues to how the virus might damage lungs during infection. The findings also suggest possible new ways to treat lung diseases in humans. Not only does the infection from monkeypox virus increase production of proteins involved in inflammation, but it decreases production of proteins that keep lung tissue intact and lubricated. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. "Going into this study, we thought ...

Oakland, Calif.(October 28, 2010) — Increasing urine BPA (Bisphenol-A) level was significantly associated with decreased sperm concentration, decreased total sperm count, decreased sperm vitality and decreased sperm motility, according to a Kaiser Permanente study appearing in the journal of Fertility and Sterility. The five-year study recruited 514 workers in factories in China and compared workers who had high urine BPA levels with those with low urine BPA. Men with higher urine BPA levels had 2-4 times the risk of having poor semen quality, including low sperm concentration, ...

Cincinnati, OH, October 28, 2010 -- The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that parents limit combined screen time from television, DVDs, computers, and video games to 2 hours per day for preschool-age children. In a study soon to be published in The Journal of Pediatrics, researchers found that many children are exposed to screen time both at home and while at child care, with 66% exceeding the recommended daily amount. According to Dr. Pooja Tandon, "A majority of children under the age of 5 years in the United States spend almost 40 hours a week with ...

Many men – whose fertility may be at risk from cancer treatment – are not being offered the chance to store their sperm according to new research published today in the Annals of Oncology (Thursday). Guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) state that any men or adolescent boys who are receiving treatment that may leave them infertile should be offered the opportunity to store their sperm. But in a study funded by Cancer Research UK, researchers at the University of Warwick and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS ...

iViZ Security, pioneers in on-demand penetrating testing solution in the world, announced their entry into the Phillippines market with its strategic partnership with Imaginet International Inc., a leading IT Systems Integrator and managed service provider. This partnership will also cater to companies and clients all over the Asia Pacific region. Today, companies find it increasingly challenging to manage information security to protect themselves from hackers. This is made severe by the alarmingly large number of new vulnerabilities discovered every year. In 2008 alone, ...

Kitchen Incubator, A Center for Culinary Entrepreneurship, opened its doors on October 16 as part of downtown's "A Night in Market Square." The first of it's kind in Texas, Kitchen Incubator ("Kitchen Inc") combines commercial kitchens for rent with a unique multi-chef cafe, cooking school and culinary event venue. An extravagant grand opening, Kitchen Inc celebrated with a full day of chef demonstrations and tastings, an edible artisan market and culinary crafts. Over 1,000 guests were estimated to have attended the event throughout the evening. Prior to settling in ...

No Slippy Hair Clippy, creator of the world's first and finest no-slip clip for girls of all ages, is launching its Affiliate Program on October 28, 2010. The No Slippy Hair Clippy Affiliate Program offers website owners, bloggers and online entrepreneurs a quick and easy way to earn extra income, while helping to make the world prettier one girl at a time. No Slippy Hair Clippy Affiliates will earn 15% commission on all online sales made through affiliate links they place on their sites. They also get to enjoy exclusive privileges such as a 90-day return cookie, cutting-edge ...

Update on Venezuela Gold Mining: Eldora Gold Resources Canada News - Uncertainty grips expectant gold-mining communities in Venezuela. Continuing a report on the situation of gold-mining in Bolivar State and in particular on the Las Cristinas mine in Sifontes municipality, Correo del Caroni reporter, Natalie Garcia maintains that the end of the Crystallex concession has reopened the debate on the Venezuelan State's gold-mining policies, which could be said to have failed, given current labor instability and cordons of misery south of Bolivar State. Update on Venezuela ...

The Preiss Company ("TPCO"), one of the largest off-campus student housing providers in the nation, has announced the addition of University Village at Slippery Rock to its expanding student housing portfolio. TPCO has been hired by property owner Oculus Capital Group (OCG) in Washington, DC to provide third-party management services to the apartment community located at One Vineyard Circle in Slippery Rock, PA and serves the students at Slippery Rock University. This award marks the company's first student housing presence in Pennsylvania. University Village at Slippery ...

Cadre Technologies is pleased to announce that D&M Distribution is implementing Cadre's LogiView Supply Chain Management Solution to accommodate an ever-increasing demand for information within its diverse client base. D&M Distribution Services, a division of Oklahoma City-based Dallas Miller Logistics provides reliable transportation, warehousing, distribution, and logistics services. "The LogiView solution allows us to increase customer satisfaction by providing access to data that our customers have not had before," said Kathy Rogers, logistical administrative ...

The CIO Cloud Summit team is pleased to announce that it has formed a strategic partnership with CloudTweaks, an online news media site that provides a variety of articles and resources on cloud computing topics and trends. CloudTweaks, with a team of content creators from around the globe, including CTOs, CEOs, cloud bloggers, engineers and technology enthusiasts, delivers in-depth articles, the latest news, interviews and other valuable content on cloud computing to a growing audience of technology professionals, including representatives government agencies, financial ...

Sims Recycling Solutions, the world's largest electronics recycler is partnering with the San Jose Sharks and HP in an effort to encourage the community and local Sharks hockey fans to recycle their electronics. The event will be held in the Main Parking lot of HP Pavilion at San Jose at 525 W Santa Clara St., San Jose, CA on October 30, 2010 from 9:00am-1:00pm. Everyone bringing an item to recycle will be able to watch the Sharks morning skate and will also receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win merchandise signed by members of the San Jose Sharks hockey team. The ...

On Oct. 15, Brookfield Homes announced an unprecedented year-end sale on new homes from Carlsbad to Scripps Ranch to Chula Vista. Ten days into the sale, 10 homes have been sold, according to the leading San Diego home builder. "With extraordinarily low interest rates and incentives, buyers are moving quickly to purchase a home before year-end," said Lora Heramb, vice president of sales and marketing for Brookfield Homes San Diego/Riverside. "Ten sales in 10 days is a clear indicator that the demand for new homes is strong in San Diego." Brookfield is reporting four ...

Prodiance Corporation, a global provider of Enterprise Risk Management solutions, announced today that it has been selected by one of the largest global financial institutions to manage mission critical end-user applications (EUAs) used in financial and regulatory reporting. This success together with other major client wins, positions Prodiance as the undisputed market leader in the EUA Enterprise Risk Management market. The top 10 Prodiance customers have combined revenues in excess of $600 billion. To find out why 3 out of top 5 financial institutions and 30% of the ...

Though batch files can be run under any Microsoft's operating system from MS-DOS to Windows 7, it is not really handy and easy to distribute them in their original form. Batch files often require additional 3rd-party scripts or console applications to be run, and while distributing such batch file to its users one should include all additional tools to the package. If a batch file and all additional files are packaged with ZIP or other archives, a user has to create temporary folder and unpack contents of ZIP to this folder. This takes additional time and makes a customer ...

Stephita Wedding Invitations announces the launch of their exciting new 2010-2011 Classic Invitation Collection at http://www.stephita.com. Stephita provides unique invitations that are custom and handmade with the use of may different fonts, graphics, metallic pearl papers, satin ribbons, rhinestone buckles and pearl brooches. The line of invitations are suitable for many different types of occasions such as Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, Bat Mitzvahs, Wedding and BabyShowers, Corporate Announcements and many other events! In the marketplace, there is a true lack of customizable ...