Conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Museum of Natural History, and other conservation and research groups have discovered that groups of dolphins in the western Indian Ocean do not mix freely with one another. In fact, dolphin populations are kept separate by currents and other unseen factors. Specifically, the researchers have found that genetically distinct populations of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin may be formed in part by currents, surface temperature differences, and other environmental barriers, a finding made possible by ...

Debenhams has launched its latest app for the professional shopper on Android and Nokia phones, making the retailer the first on the high street to offer apps for the three key smartphones. The free-to-download, fully transactional apps follow the highly successful launch of the Debenhams iPhone app in October 2010. Designed to target the on-the-move shopper and enrich the in-store experience, the Debenhams iPhone app achieved 360,000 downloads and sales of nearly GBP1 million within five months of launch. With the success of the iPhone app and sales on the Debenhams ...

SEATTLE – A study of Yup'ik Eskimos in Alaska, who on average consume 20 times more omega-3 fats from fish than people in the lower 48 states, suggests that a high intake of these fats helps prevent obesity-related chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. The study, led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and conducted in collaboration with the Center for Alaska Native Health Research at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, was published online March 23 in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. "Because Yup'ik Eskimos have a traditional ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A prototype scanner aboard the international space station has been taking new images of Earth's coastal regions during the 16 months since it was launched, providing scientists with a new set of imaging tools that will help them monitor events from oil spills to plankton blooms. The images and other data are now available to scientists from around the world through an online clearinghouse coordinated by Oregon State University. Additional details of the project will be announced in a forthcoming issue of the American Geophysical Union journal, EOS, ...

Travelzest has announced the launch of its Hotel & Villa Collection brochure for 2011. The 250-page brochure brings together four of Travelzest's biggest brands for the first time, in recognition of the fact that some of its customers are interested in more than one company in Travelzest's wide-ranging portfolio of luxury hotels and luxury villas. The included brands are Best of Morocco, Tapestry Collection, VFB Holidays and the Wow House Company. Travelzest's Hotel & Villa Collection 2011 brochure includes over 30 different destinations in regions as diverse as Canada, ...

Menlo Park, Calif. — Scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that a puzzling gap in the electronic structures of some high-temperature superconductors could indicate a new phase of matter. Understanding this "pseudogap" has been a 20-year quest for researchers who are trying to control and improve these breakthrough materials, with the ultimate goal of finding superconductors that operate at room temperature. "Our findings point to management and control of this other phase as the correct path toward optimizing these novel superconductors for energy applications, ...

Access Legal, the law firm from Shoosmiths, has been named best provider of home purchase and sale conveyancing services by the Conveyancing Alliance. The national law firm came top in a survey conducted by the Conveyancing Alliance which was voted for by estate agents. Users of the Conveyancing Alliance portal ranked law firms on several service standards including communication levels, speed of delivery and client feedback. Client feedback was a key area for Access Legal, as it is very customer focused and aims to treat people as individuals rather than just another ...

New Orleans, LA – Research led by Daitoku Sakamuro, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and the LSUHSC Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, has identified a protein that enables the activation of a DNA-repair enzyme that protects cancer cells from catastrophic damage caused by chemo and radiation therapy. This protein, called c-MYC oncoprotein, can initiate and promote almost all human cancers and discovering the role it plays in cancer treatment resistance may lead to advances that save lives. The work is published in the March 29, ...

University of British Columbia chemists have developed a new model to predict the optical properties of non-conducting ultra-fine particles. The finding could help inform the design of tailored nano-structures, and be of utility in a wide range of fields, including the remote sensing of atmospheric pollutants and the study of cosmic dust formation. Aerosols and nano-particles play a key role in atmospheric processes as industrial pollutants, in interstellar chemistry and in drug delivery systems, and have become an increasingly important area of research. They are ...

Littlewoods Europe has announced the addition of a wish lists feature to its website. The wish list service is new to the Littlewoods Europe site and it allows customers to save items they are interested in and then come back later and purchase the items directly from their wish list, with the list keeping a record of the items which have been purchased and the items which are still to be bought. The wish list service also allows the creation and naming of multiple lists for one account. This means that customers can organise lists in the way that is best suited ...

LAUREL, Md. -- Wild migratory birds may indeed play a role in the spread of bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1. A study by the U.S. Geological Survey, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the Chinese Academy of Sciences used satellites, outbreak data and genetics to uncover an unknown link in Tibet among wild birds, poultry and the movement of the often-deadly virus. Researchers attached GPS satellite transmitters to 29 bar-headed geese – a wild species that migrates across most of Asia and that died in the thousands ...

ESA's Integral gamma-ray observatory has spotted extremely hot matter just a millisecond before it plunges into the oblivion of a black hole. But is it really doomed? These unique observations suggest that some of the matter may be making a great escape. No one would want to be so close to a black hole. Just a few hundred kilometres away from its deadly surface, space is a maelstrom of particles and radiation. Vast storms of particles are falling to their doom at close to the speed of light, raising the temperature to millions of degrees. Ordinarily, it takes just a ...

OSP International LLC has today launched The PM Exam Simulator (http://www.pm-exam-simulator.com), a tool to help candidates for PMI's Project Management Professional (PMP) exam to prepare effectively. This new PMP Exam Simulator offers unlimited online access to over 1,800 exceptionally realistic PMP exam practice questions. "Anyone who has sat the PMP exam knows that studying the PMBOK Guide and having 35 contact hours is just not enough," says Cornelius Fichtner, PMP, President, OSP International LLC. "When I talk to successful candidates about their experiences with ...

X-ray observations made by the Suzaku observatory provide the clearest picture to date of the size, mass and chemical content of a nearby cluster of galaxies. The study also provides the first direct evidence that million-degree gas clouds are tightly gathered in the cluster's outskirts. Suzaku is sponsored by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) with contributions from NASA and participation by the international scientific community. The findings will appear in the March 25 issue of the journal Science. Galaxy clusters are millions of light-years across, and ...

It's not unusual for NASA satellites to attend the birth of tropical cyclones, and NASA's Aqua satellite was there when Tropical Cyclone Bune was born early today in the South Pacific Ocean. Bune developed from System 99P, a low pressure area that was about 200 miles southeast of Suva, Fiji yesterday, March 23. The low intensified into tropical depression 19P and today strengthened further into Tropical Storm Bune. A Tropical Cyclone Alert is in force for Lau, Lomaiviti and nearby smaller islands. A strong wind warning is also in force for the Lau group, Lomaiviti group ...

WARHEADS, the authentic, edgy sour candy, has signed up to be a leading sponsor of the 2011 USA Ultimate College Championships being held in Boulder, Colorado, May 27th-30th. Ultimate, a fast paced, non-stop action team sport, combines the endurance of soccer with the aerial passing of football using a high-tech plastic disc. As the national governing body of Ultimate, USA Ultimate's membership topped 35,000 in 2010 and includes groups of all ages and genders. Over 700 collegiate teams will test their skills in the upcoming Championship series, which culminates with the ...

Philadelphia, PA, March 25, 2011 – A new study published in the April 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association indicates that inadequate nutrition is linked to a greater risk of anemia in postmenopausal women. "This study suggests that inadequate nutrient intakes are a significant risk factor for anemia in this population of older women and use of multivitamin/mineral supplements is not associated with lower rates of anemia," reports lead investigator Cynthia A. Thomson, PhD, RD, Associate Professor Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson. ...

The largest-ever assessment of high-deductible health plans finds that while such plans significantly cut health spending, they also prompt patients to cut back on preventive health care, according to a new RAND Corporation study. The findings are published in the March edition of the American Journal of Managed Care. Studying more than 800,000 families from across the United States, researchers found that when people shifted into health insurance plans with deductibles of at least $1,000 per person, their health spending dropped an average of 14 percent when compared ...

A newly published report reveals that children with epilepsy are more likely to have psychiatric symptoms, with gender a determining factor in their development. Findings showed that girls had more emotional problems, while boys had more hyperactivity/inattention problems and issues regarding peer relationships. Details of this study in Norwegian children are now available online in Epilepsia, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International League Against Epilepsy. Previous studies have shown that children with epilepsy are at increased risk of ...

House prices in spa towns across England and Wales are on average GBP38,000 (or 16%) above their county average, according to Lloyds TSB research. Average house prices in fifteen of the eighteen spa towns surveyed are significantly higher than those in their neighbouring towns, suggesting those in the market for a mortgage would need to borrow more to buy in these areas. Boston Spa (GBP153,629, or 98%) and Ilkley (GBP152,022, or 97%) - both in West Yorkshire - command the highest house price premium to their county average. Only three spa towns have house prices below ...

Jerkin is about to impact the Los Angeles community again, as Vlado Footwear and the Los Angeles Sports Arena join forces to present Showdown LA II, Saturday, April 30th. Forty-two of the nation's top Jerkin dance crews are headed to the Los Angeles Sports Arena to compete and be recognized as NJA Los Angeles Champion for 2011. Sponsored by the Los Angeles Sports Arena and Vlado Footwear, the creator of the official Spectro Jerkin shoe, this affair proved last year to be exactly what the community wanted and is expected to once again attract thousands of youth from around ...

CCI Distribution a niche player in systems storage and peripherals distribution announces its partnership with Qsan Technology. Qsan Technology is a global specialist in mid-tier Storage Arrays supporting 1GbE & 10GbE iSCSI, Fibre Channel & 6GB SAS based solutions. The solutions are feature rich including Best-in-Class Performance, Active-Active Controllers, Replication, Writable Snapshots, support for VMware, Citrix and Hyper-V and scalable up to 144TB, at a price point that gives budget holders a faster ROI versus traditional SAN vendors. CCI Distribution is a leading ...

GenScript Corporation signed a worldwide (excluding Japan) non-exclusive license agreement with TransGenic Inc. through which GenScript Corporation is authorized to use GANP mice from TransGenic Inc. to produce high-affinity antibodies to scientists. GANP (Germinal Center Associated Nuclear Protein) is a protein discovered by Dr. Nobuo Sakaguchi at Kumamoto University to be over-expressed in B-cells centered in embryo. Research suggested that GANP is important in the reconstruction of antibody genes. Transgenic mice which express high level of GANP can be used to produce ...

Vendor credentialing policies are set by medical facilities to document and manage the increasing number of vendors entering their facilities. These policies are designed to ensure quality of care and protect the safety of the patients. However, for the suppliers, maintaining these credentials is extremely time consuming, and thus it can cost thousands of dollars for each individual representative. Tim Chambers, North American Director of Sales for Cleared For Business (CFB) further explains how some savvy healthcare and medical device companies are getting ...

The report presents in detail KPIs such as: % Agent utilization, $ Revenue per successful call and # Call handling time, among other KPI examples reviewed by the smartKPIs.com research team. "Top KPIs of 2010" is a collection of research reports discussing the most popular KPIs of 2010 across functional areas and industries. smartKPIs.com is an expert in the field of performance management and measurement, researching the use of KPI based performance management systems in practice around the world. The use of KPIs in Call Centers has a long tradition, making this industry ...