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 ...

SurfIdeas, a Portuguese company, has created an exciting new iPhone/iPod app iParkMeter, that allows an iPhone user to keep track of time left on parking meter. Anyone with a car will need iParkMeter. Once used the first time never want to park the car without have it with him again. For the main features our customers can have: - Get Background Alarms Local Notification Alerts let you get alarms even when you are not running iParkMeter. - Beautiful and Efficient Visual Interface Change settings with the fewest taps. With one glance see the most important ...

The focus for the Asian animation industry is shifting towards content production for television and movies on a local level. An infrastructure has gradually emerged in the Asian countries that have been subject to offshore animation practices. Additionally, the number of Asian animation studies becoming more attentive to owning and protecting animation content through investments in intellectual property protection mechanisms is rising. It is estimated that 90% of all American television animation is produced in Asia. According to Digital Vector's new report, "Much ...

ATC Express, Inc. and its affiliates and strategic alliances, is dedicated to successfully providing premier transportation and distribution services by utilizing our privately owned and operated fleet of vehicles, vast managerial experience, dedicated employees, and top quality partner carriers. ATC Express specializes in same day and next day less-than-truckload services. All trucks are equipped with lift gates and e-track for easy and reliable tie down. We also specialize in White Glove Service including blanket wrap and load lock. Whatever you require, we're confident ...

ABC Messenger & Transport is a specialty service courier delivery company. Established as a Suffolk County Long Island-based courier service in 1998, ABC Messenger & Transport has been delivering everything from an envelope, to a small package, to multiple cartons using our fleet of cargo vans and fully qualified COMPANY DRIVERS. In addition, our philosophy has always been to fix any problems on the spot, at the point of pick up or delivery, with patience and open communication. We will speak with you immediately, and all of our managers are hands-on and easy to contact ...

Over the past decade, pharmaceutical and life sciences companies have had to navigate a challenging and rapidly changing environment, working with external forces that demand new accountability and quicker response in order to produce globally. Professionals within the life science companies that work with key experts have been dissatisfied with the limited ability to get comprehensive and updated information about the key players in their field, while those that work in product launches want fast and easy access to critical launch-related knowledge and recommended action ...

Torklift International just took "glow power" to a whole new level by introducing a solution to step instability. Joining their revolutionary line up of glow in the dark scissor steps is the new "GlowGuide" handrail system. The GlowGuide's three attachment points allow its user increased balance and security while navigating up and down their steps. The unique multi-purpose design doubles as a broom and a telescoping wash brush as well. It takes five minutes of light from any source (natural or synthetic) for the GlowGuide to "glow" for up to 10 hours. GlowGuide's install ...

CDM Media announced today that it has formed a media partnership with FierceMarkets, a B2B e-media company that keeps decision makers informed on the latest news in their industries through e-mail newsletters, websites, webinars and live events. CDM Media and FierceMarkets have been strategic partners since 2009. FierceMarkets provides information, insight and analysis to more than one million registered newsletter subscribers and thousands of Web visitors in more than 120 countries. FierceMarkets' publications cover B2B markets in the telecom, life sciences, healthcare, ...

Eyeball Networks, a leading developer of firewall and NAT traversal infrastructure and developer tools for VoIP, IMS, and Packet Cable 2.0 networks, today announced the release of its AnyFirewall Engine firewall and NAT traversal solution for Android. AnyFirewall Engine is the first carrier-grade firewall and NAT traversal solution designed for the Android operating system for use in mobile devices and smartphones. Together with AnyFirewall Server, AnyFirewall Engine now enables developers and device makers to deliver instant, seamless, and guaranteed connections between ...

Total Power Control - Absolute control over all power features of your notebook or desktop computer. 12 February 2010 - Acritum Software has released Total Power Control - a Windows utility that simplifies any kind of daily work. Total Power Control - TPC puts at your fingertips a well laid out, easy to use tool that will help you get your work done quickly and easily. TPC significantly improves default Windows functionality by allowing you to switch to any existing power plan quickly, including high performance, balanced, power saver and all custom user plans. ...