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Science26 Apr 2011

Mafiz Ali's Royal Wedding Menu at Ayr Spice Indian Restaurant

Celebrity TV chef Mafiz Ali is preparing a sumptuous feast at his Ayr Spice Indian Restaurant in Minishant, South Ayrshire for customers old and new to celebrate the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton this week. It will be a banquet fit for a future King and Queen. Ayr Spice Indian Restaurant, Minishant, South Ayrshire, Scotland Royal Wedding Menu Available Friday and Saturday 29/30 April 2011 GBP24.95 including welcome drink! Choice of drink and papadoms with chutneys on arrival STARTERS Royal Mixed Platter - Mixed dishes Royal ...

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Science26 Apr 2011

Radar shows promise for detecting concussions in athletes and soldiers

Walking and thinking at the same time can be especially difficult for persons who've suffered concussions, and scientists hope to use that multitasking challenge -- measured by a simple radar system -- to quickly screen individuals who may have suffered brain injuries. By asking an individual to walk a short distance while saying the months of the year in reverse order, researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) can determine if that person is impaired and possibly suffering from a concussion. This simple test, which could be performed on the sideline of ...

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Science26 Apr 2011

IntelliVocab 1.5 Released to Improve English Vocabulary Interactively

Faqden Labs is pleased to announce IntelliVocab 1.5 (formerly PowerVocab), an application for iOS devices which personalizes the English vocabulary learning for competitive exams and personal improvement. Being designed by students of MIT, IntelliVocab 1.5 is based on the latest research from MIT Computer Science and Web Semantics Lab allowing users to master English vocabulary in the most effective way. IntelliVocab completely controls the learning environment, so that users do not have to plan the learning approach. All they need to do is interact. Powerful enough ...

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Science26 Apr 2011

New perspectives on ion selectivity

The latest Perspectives in General Physiology series examines the ion selectivity of cation-selective channels and transporters. The series appears in the May 2011 issue of the Journal of General Physiology (www.jgp.org). According to Perspectives Editor Olaf Andersen in his introduction, a key tool in most recent studies on ion selectivity has been the so-called "toy models," which emphasize the fluid-like features of the selectivity filter and allow for the isolation of key features. Although proteins may indeed be fluid-like at small-length scales, however, they show ...

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Science26 Apr 2011

Cyara Solutions Continues Expansion into EMEA to Meet Growing Demand for a Better Contact Center Experience.

Cyara, a pioneer of next-generation solutions for simulating, testing and monitoring interactive voice response (IVRs) and contact center systems, today announced further expansion into Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with the opening of a dedicated EMEA office headquartered in London. The company also announced the opening of a United Kingdom-based data center and appointed Nick Duggan as director of sales EMEA to develop and support its rapidly expanding customer base in the region which includes Vodafone, Sky and Nationwide Building Society. The Cyara Solution ...

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Medicine26 Apr 2011

ACC/AHA issue first clinical guidance for controlling high blood pressure in the elderly

Hypertension is very common among older adults. 64 percent of older men and 78 percent of older women have high blood pressure, placing them at heightened risk for heart disease including heart failure, stroke, coronary artery disease and atrial fibrillation, as well as chronic kidney disease and diabetes mellitus. Despite its prevalence, rates of blood pressure control remain substantially lower in the elderly than in younger patients. In fact, over age 80, only one in three men and one in four women have adequate control of their blood pressure. Faced with an aging patient ...

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Medicine26 Apr 2011

Protein levels could signal that a child will develop diabetes

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Decreasing blood levels of a protein that helps control inflammation may be a red flag that could help children avoid type 1 diabetes, researchers say. Georgia Health Sciences University researchers are looking at blood levels of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, or IL-1ra, in children being closely followed because their genes put them at risk for type 1 diabetes. They also are looking at diabetic mice missing IL-1ra to see how the protein deficiency affects immune function and destruction of insulin-producing islet beta cells. "We want to know if we ...

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Medicine26 Apr 2011

Researchers report widespread use of medications among pregnant women

(Boston) – Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Harvard School of Public Health, have reported widespread and increasing medication use among pregnant women. The study, which currently appears online in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, also found that medication use varied by socioeconomic status, maternal age, race/ethnicity and state of residence. Although a number of antenatal medication exposures are known to cause birth defects, there is insufficient ...

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Environment26 Apr 2011

Conservation of coastal dunes is threatened by poorly designed infrastructure

Although the dune ecosystem is unusual, fragile and is protected by the "habitats" directive of the network Natura 2000, its conservation is very vulnerable to the proliferation of car parks, nearby buildings and inadequate boardwalks installed for protection or beach access. Researchers at the University of Seville (UoS) have published a study in the Journal of Coastal Research of human impact on the natural dunes at two sites in the Gulf of Cádiz, specifically in the protected areas of La Flecha Litoral in El Rompido and Enebrales in Punta Umbria, both in Huelva province. ...

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Science26 Apr 2011

Wild hogs: Researchers examine impact of feral pigs in eastern N.C.

The nation's feral pig population continues to expand, increasing the potential for interaction with humans and domestic swine - and for spreading diseases. Researchers at North Carolina State University examined feral pigs from eastern North Carolina to determine exposure to two parasites that can be transmitted from animals to people – Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) and Trichinella. The study found that wild pigs host a significant number of these parasites. "If ingested by humans, these parasites can invade muscle tissue and organs, causing flu-like symptoms – with ...

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Science26 Apr 2011

Fighting HIV in South Africa should focus on couples, study finds

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A new study of sexual risk behaviors within long-term couples in South Africa finds that HIV-positive people take almost as much risk in their sexual behavior when they know their partner is HIV-negative or don't know their status, as when they know their partner is already infected. At the same time, HIV-positive partners who are on antiretroviral therapy and in intensive counseling do engage in less risky behavior. The Brown University researchers who led the study say both findings suggest that more couples-based HIV counseling is ...

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Physics26 Apr 2011

Beetle bling: Researchers discover optical secrets of 'metallic' beetles

WASHINGTON, April 25—Costa Rica was once regarded as the poorest of all the colonies of the Spanish Empire, sadly deficient in the silver and gold so coveted by conquistadors. As it turns out, all of the glittering gold and silver those explorers could have ever wanted was there all along, in the country's tropical rainforests—but in the form of two gloriously lustrous species of beetle. Today, the brilliant gold- (Chrysina aurigans) and silver-colored (Chrysina limbata) beetles have given optics researchers new insights into the way biology can recreate the appearance ...

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Medicine26 Apr 2011

Laying bare the not-so-sweet tale of a sugar and its role in the spread of cancer

BETHESDA, Md., April 25, 2011 – Cancer has a mighty big bag of tricks that it uses to evade the body's natural defense mechanisms and proliferate. Among those tricks is one that allows tumor cells to turn the intricate and extensive system of lymphatic vessels into something of a highway to metastasis. Yet research unveiled this week may aid in the development of therapeutics that will put the brakes on such cancer spread, and the researchers who completed the study say the findings may extend to other lymphatic disorders. In the latest issue of the Journal of Biological ...

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Science26 Apr 2011

Researchers identify novel pathophysiologic mechanism responsible for autoimmunity

(Boston) – Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered that human proteins with an affinity for Dermatan Sulfate (DS) have the propensity to become autoantigens. In a companion article, the researchers also found that DS physically interacts with dead cells and that the resulting DS–autoantigen complexes drive autoreactive B-1a cell responses and autoantibody production both in-vitro and in mouse models. These findings, which appear in two back-to-back papers in the May issue of the American Journal of Pathology, provide a promising tool ...

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Medicine26 Apr 2011

In cap and trade fight, environmentalists had spending edge over opponents, new report finds

New research challenges the commonly-held view that cap and trade legislation failed because of the spending advantages of opponents and false balance in news coverage. The report, "Climate Shift: Clear Vision for the Next Decade of Public Debate," was released today by American University Professor Matthew Nisbet. "There is a tendency among environmentalists and scientists to blame political inaction on the spending advantage enjoyed by conservatives and on false balance in media coverage," says Nisbet. "However, this analysis shows that the effort by environmentalists ...

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Environment26 Apr 2011

Collective conservation efforts boosted rhino population in Nepal

Chitwan, Nepal – After three rigorous weeks of conducting the National Rhino Census in Nepal, new data on the population of greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) was formally released today. According to the census, there are 534 rhinos in Nepal, marking an increase of 99 rhinos from the 435 recorded in the last census in 2008; 503 were recorded in Chitwan National Park (an increase of 95 from 2008 data), 24 in Bardia National Park (an increase of 2 from 2008 data) and 7 in Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve (an increase of 2 from 2008 data). These numbers ...

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Medicine26 Apr 2011

New class of cancer drugs could work in colon cancers with genetic mutation, U-M study finds

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A class of drugs that shows promise in breast and ovarian cancers with BRCA gene mutations could potentially benefit colorectal cancer patients with a different genetic mutation, a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center finds. Working in cell lines from colorectal cancer patients, researchers found that a new class of drugs called PARP inhibitors worked against tumors with mutations in the MRE11 gene. About 15 percent of all colorectal cancers have what's called microsatellite instability, a type of error in the DNA. ...

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Social Science26 Apr 2011

Business law expert: Legal education must respond to market forces

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Dire predictions of impending doom for the future of legal education should be taken with a healthy dose of skepticism, says a University of Illinois business law expert. Law professor Larry E. Ribstein says both law schools and the legal profession are going through a period of change that will be rough for some, but will also open the door to new opportunities for others. "I think the horizon for what you can do with a legal education hasn't shrunk, but has actually expanded," said Ribstein, the Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Chair in Law. "Change can ...

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Science26 Apr 2011

Cheap Car Hire in Nice Introduced by Award-Winning Comparator Carrentals.co.uk

Award-winning car hire price comparator Carrentals.co.uk has announced new deals this week which can help people heading for the south of France to make the most of their travel budgets. Anyone taking a trip to the French Riviera can use the newly introduced Nice car hire deals to find great value deals from top name hire providers. Carrentals.co.uk has been saving travellers money on their car hire needs for over 5 years now and compares all the very best deals around from over 50 top name suppliers including Alamo, Auto Europe, Budget, Ebookers, Hertz, Holiday Autos, ...

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Science26 Apr 2011

LateRooms.com - Lake District Visitors to Enjoy Keswick Mountain Festival

This year's Keswick Mountain Festival gets underway on Wednesday May 18th and will bring an intriguing line-up of guest speakers to the Cumbrian town. TV survival expert Ray Mears and UK climbing legend Sir Chris Bonington are just two of the figures scheduled to appear during the five-day event, with both men due to give talks at the Theatre by the Lake. Visitors to the festival have an abundance of special activities to look forward to, with several triathlons taking place for athletes who fancy putting their stamina to the test. As well as a varied programme ...

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Science26 Apr 2011

Port Valdez invertebrates stabilized 26 years after quake

It took 26 years for marine invertebrates living on the Port Valdez seafloor to stabilize after Alaska's Great Earthquake of 1964, according to a scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. "The earthquake, which measured 9.2 on the Richter scale, and the tsunami waves that followed, impacted every marine community in Prince William Sound," said Arny Blanchard, a research assistant professor at the UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. Four decades of monitoring, including samples collected last year, have confirmed that the seafloor now resembles that of an ...

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Medicine26 Apr 2011

Rice bioengineering students' invention may help diagnose painful eye condition

VIDEO: A team of five Rice University seniors made a portable unit that controls the air around a patient's eyes so doctors can study and treat those who suffer from painful... Click here for more information. Rice University bioengineering students responded to an ophthalmologist's cry for help with a device to diagnose dry eye, the itching and burning sensation that results when a person doesn't produce enough tears or the tears evaporate too quickly. A team of five seniors ...

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Science26 Apr 2011

LateRooms.com - See The Subways During a Cotswold visit

Indie rock trio The Subways are set to play live at the Gloucester Guildhall this summer. The Hertfordshire-based band are currently putting the finishing touches to their third studio album and will perform at the Cotswold venue on Friday June 3rd. Fans have been waiting since 2008 to hear new material from the group, who shot to fame after being selected by Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis to play the famous festival's Other Stage as an unsigned act in 2004. Their latest album, which has been recorded with acclaimed producer Stephen Street, is therefore already ...

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Medicine26 Apr 2011

High percentage of omega-3s in the blood may boost risk of aggressive prostate cancer

SEATTLE – The largest study ever to examine the association of dietary fats and prostate cancer risk has found what's good for the heart may not be good for the prostate. Analyzing data from a nationwide study involving more than 3,400 men, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center found that men with the highest blood percentages of docosahexaenoic acid, or DHA, an inflammation-lowering omega-3 fatty acid commonly found in fatty fish, have two-and-a-half-times the risk of developing aggressive, high-grade prostate cancer compared to men with the lowest DHA ...

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Environment26 Apr 2011

Zeroing in on the elusive green LED

Troy, N.Y. – Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method for manufacturing green-colored LEDs with greatly enhanced light output. The research team, led by Christian Wetzel, professor of physics and the Wellfleet Constellation Professor of Future Chips at Rensselaer, etched a nanoscale pattern at the interface between the LED's sapphire base and the layer of gallium nitride (GaN) that gives the LED its green color. Overall, the new technique results in green LEDs with significant enhancements in light extraction, internal efficiency, and ...

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