Washington (February 17) — Three leading Canadian language and speech experts will take centre stage in discussions on the latest developments in speech research at this year's annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C. (February 17-21). Ellen Bialystok of York University has been a driving force in revealing the unique window that bilingualism opens on brain function. Her research disproves earlier claims of cognitive deficits among bilingual children, discovering, instead, that bilingual children and adults have distinct ...

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Clinical Affairs and Quality Committee has developed a guideline for the use of radiation therapy in treating bone metastases. The guideline will be published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology•Biology•Physics, an official journal of ASTRO. Bone metastases are caused when a malignant tumor spreads to the bone. They can lead to debilitating effects including pain, fractures and paralysis due to spinal cord compression. The care of these patients requires collaboration between several types of cancer treatment ...

Close to the globe, Earth's magnetic field wraps around the planet like a gigantic spherical web, curving in to touch Earth at the poles. But this isn't true as you get further from the planet. As you move to the high altitudes where satellites fly, nothing about that field is so simple. Instead, the large region enclosed by Earth's magnetic field, known as the magnetosphere, looks like a long, sideways jellyfish with its round bulb facing the sun and a long tail extending away from the sun. In the center of that magnetic tail lies the plasma sheet. Here, strange things ...

Now a remnant low pressure area, former Tropical Storm Carlos continues to move southwest inland over Australia's Northern Territory and dump heavy amounts of rainfall. NASA's Aqua satellite saw some of the high thunderstorms within Carlos over land and extending north into the Timor Sea. The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite measures cloud-top, sea surface and land temperatures. Those are important factors in determining the strength and power of a tropical cyclone. Sea surface temperatures need to be at least as warm 26.6 ...

Infrared satellite data from NASA's Aqua satellite reveal that Tropical Storm Dianne is getting organized off the coast of Western Australia today. NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) infrared imagery suggests that Dianne's center of circulation is consolidating and getting organized. There are bands of thunderstorms wrapping into the center of the storm, indicating strengthening is occurring. The AIRS instrument flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite. The AIRS infrared image of Tropical Storm Dianne from Feb. 17 at 06:05 UTC (1:05 a.m. EST) showed a large area of ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Most people know that exercise is important to maintain and improve health; however, sedentary lifestyles and obesity rates are at all-time highs and have become major national issues. In a new study, University of Missouri researchers found that healthy adults who received interventions focused on behavior-changing strategies significantly increased their physical activity levels. Conversely, interventions based on cognitive approaches, which try to change knowledge and attitudes, did not improve physical activity. "The focus needs to shift from increasing ...

NASA satellite data indicates that Bingiza is still maintaining tropical storm intensity and carrying heavy rainfall over the Mozambique Channel as it prepares for its second landfall in Madagascar. Deadly Tropical Cyclone Bingiza, which crossed over northern Madagascar three days ago, has continued to affect Madagascar while moving along Madagascar's west coast. Bingiza had weakened from a powerful category 3 tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 100 kts (~115 mph/185 kmh) to tropical storm force winds of about 35 kts (~40 mph/65 kmh) when the Tropical Rainfall Measuring ...

Neurons are complicated, but the basic functional concept is that synapses transmit electrical signals to the dendrites and cell body (input), and axons carry signals away (output). In one of many surprise findings, Northwestern University scientists have discovered that axons can operate in reverse: they can send signals to the cell body, too. It also turns out axons can talk to each other. Before sending signals in reverse, axons can perform their own neural computations without any involvement from the cell body or dendrites. This is contrary to typical neuronal communication ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The psychological effects of the BP oil spill, the largest recorded environmental disaster in human history, extend far beyond people living around the areas of the Gulf of Mexico that were directly impacted by the spill, a new study finds. Writing in the online edition of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, a publication of the National Institutes of Health, the researchers reported that even in areas that did not have oil exposure, people still experienced elevated levels of anxiety and depression and reduced ability to show resilience ...

St. Louis, MO, February 18, 2011 – Cancer survivors die of non-cancer-related causes at much higher rates than the general public. In 2008, the U.S. economic burden of cancer totaled over $228 billion but only 41% of these costs involved direct cancer care. The majority of expenses were attributed to increased morbidity, lost productivity, and premature mortality. A commentary published in the March 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association examines the current evidence supporting nutrition recommendations for preventing cancer recurrence and managing ...

Patients with both type 1 diabetes and CKD have an increased risk of adverse outcomes. Despite aggressive treatment, many patients with type 1 diabetes and overt nephropathy develop End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and/or succumb to a premature death. The competing risks of death and ESRD may confound the estimates of risk for each outcome. Now, the researchers at the University of Helsinki, University Hospital of Helsinki and Folkhälsan Research Center, Finland, and at the Queen Elisabeth Hospital and Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Australia, have determined ...

Stretching before a run neither prevents nor causes injury, according to a study presented today at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). More than 70 million people worldwide run recreationally or competitively, and recently there has been controversy regarding whether runners should stretch before running, or not at all. This study included 2,729 runners who run 10 or more miles per week. Of these runners, 1,366 were randomized to a stretch group, and 1,363 were randomized to a non-stretch group before running. Runners in the ...

Treating Hip Fractures Delaying Hip Fracture Surgery Appears Detrimental (Embargo: February 15) Reduction of wait time encouraged for both economic and humanitarian reasons Patients who wait more than 36 hours for surgery to correct a hip fracture have a 39 percent rate of medical complication and those who wait 48 hours have a 46 percent complication rate. Patients who receive surgical treatment within 24 hours have a lower complication rate of 25 percent and a shorter hospital stay. Each day the surgery was delayed added an additional two days to hospital stay. High ...

(If you didn't catch Part 1, please check back to last week's post: http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/prompt-proofing-blog-post-goal-setting-part-1-of-4-196406.php.) This week we're going to think about two more categories: relationships and spirituality. Both of these categories may have multiple meanings, depending on your situation. 3) Relationships What do you think of when you read this word? Romantic relationships? With Valentine's Day having just passed, this may well be the first idea that we associate with this word. But there are many kinds ...

Bezeq, the Israeli Telecommunication Corporation, today announced that it has selected Evolven Software, the pioneer of Granular Configuration Automation solutions, with the goal of reducing IT operating expenses, improving system availability & performance, reducing the risk of production outages and cutting incident investigation time for Bezeq's core systems. Following a rigorous evaluation process, the technology division at Bezeq selected Evolven Software to automate Change & Configuration Control in their most critical IT systems, including billing, CRM and web ...

As capital markets continue to evolve and shift in response to the dynamics of the current global economy, both buyers and sellers in the M&A space are grappling with a new and tougher deal making environment. The faltering banking industry, the failure of seemingly "rock-solid" companies and a steady stream of other negative news in the financial markets have changed the way companies view and take stock of M&A opportunities. However buyers and sellers can still land winning deals, provided they shop and compete with the understanding that the margin for error is now ...

This prestigious certification is an international accreditation of the company's commitment to quality, developmental standards, delivery models and competency levels. Compatibility Maturity Model Integration is now the prevalent standard for assessing the competence of a company in employing process based methodologies to software development. It is a process improvement approach that renders an organization the important elements for effective processes. CMMI certification from Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute is awarded only to companies with ...

Thousands of buyers still risk their money by purchasing property abroad without taking on specialist legal advice. Without knowledge of local laws, procedures and processes, this is one of the strangest and riskiest phenomena in the world of overseas property.... The overseas property market remains a hugely popular asset class for investors and end users alike and a key consideration when investing in property abroad is seeking the proper legal advice before purchase. But also, if the unthinkable should happen, being able to recover any funds potentially placed at ...

Tour operator Escaped to Peru have recently experienced an increase in interest for archaeological tours in the north of Peru. "We noticed that more people were asking for quotes on tours to the north of the country," said Escaped To Peru's Managing Director Gary Sargent, "The vast majority of people usually want to do the archaeological circuit in the south of the country that includes Machu Picchu." The team at Escaped To Peru attribute this increase to the discovery of a 1200-year-old tomb in the Lambayeque region. Publicity surrounding the archaeological dig has ...

Meteor Creations announces the release of the free lite version of their popular iPhone game Animals on Board. For Animals on Board Lite, the independent Tokyo-based game developer brings all the charm and fun of Animals on Board with three Time Attack game modes so players can experience the joy of tossing animals without dipping their hands in their pockets. As Noah, it is the player's job to try and save as many animals as possible from the Great Flood by taking the unconventional yet playful approach of throwing animals onto the Ark. The very precise yet simple slingshot-like ...

Now Music Festival 2011 - I Love 80s will be the largest 80's music festival in Singapore. This massive two-day event will be the debut of event organiser Now Music Group. Set to take centre stage at The Padang on 2nd (Saturday) and 3rd April (Sunday) 2011, the event will feature stellar line-up of some of the biggest names in the music industry in the 80s. Pop icons like Billy Ocean, Samantha Fox and Howard Jones will be making their first public appearances in Singapore alongside living legends Alphaville, Belinda Carlisle, Go West and Tony Hadley. 80's music fans ...

A new option is here for nurses to use their nursing skills - by becoming a nurse expert witness. Every year there are thousands of court cases requiring knowledge of a medical expert witness. Jurex Center for Legal Nurse Consulting is hosting a 2-day legal nurse certification course in Atlanta, Nashville, Cincinnati and Chicago in March, April, May & June to train nurses to acquire work as expert witnesses. Certified practitioners can augment their existing nurse jobs, or work full-time, with consulting work at law firms, insurance agencies or hospitals, to cite a few ...

Streaming Video Worldwide: Experts from Casmiro.com, a leading platform for monetization of video online, report the video market is taking a social turn. According to large and small independent filmmakers, majority of their exposure and brand activity occurs directly from their social network pages. Over the last 3 years, traditional video distribution has taken a circuitous route toward the final goal of most independent filmmakers: the sale. Every model from pressing and mailing DVD's to driving your audience to a third party platform for consumption, all defy the beauty ...

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After much anticipation and months of planning, the first-ever Winterfest will be taking place in Lake Arrowhead Village this weekend, Friday, February 18th through Monday, February 21st. While many mountain resort communities power-down for the winter season, Lake Arrowhead Village is pulling out all the stops with Winterfest 2011. According to Lake Arrowhead Village Marketing Director Rebecca Smith, "Winter is one of the best things about Lake Arrowhead Village. The winter season is extraordinarily beautiful up here on the mountain and we wanted to create a signature ...