PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Roughly 3.5 billion years ago, the first epoch on Mars ended. The climate on the red planet then shifted dramatically from a relatively warm, wet period to one that was arid and cold. Yet there was at least one outpost that scientists think bucked the trend. A team led by planetary geologists at Brown University has discovered mounds of a mineral deposited on a volcanic cone less than 3.5 billion years ago that speak of a warm and wet past and may preserve evidence of one of the most recent habitable microenvironments on Mars. Observations ...

DARIEN, IL – A study in the Nov. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP found that vulnerability to sleep deprivation is influenced by the interaction between waking social activity and individual personality traits. Results show that extraverts who were exposed to 12 hours of social interaction were more vulnerable to subsequent sleep deprivation than those who were exposed to an identical period of isolated activity. Speed on the Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT) for extraverts in the socially enriched group was significantly slower at 4 a.m., 6 a.m. and noon compared with speed ...

London, UK (November 1, 2010) – In April 2010, the US government adopted a new nuclear strategy that depends on the conclusion that the current missile defense systems will reliably protect the continental United States in the extreme circumstances of nuclear-armed combat. Now research in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, published by SAGE, shows that these defenses have not been tested against real-world threats and would not be effective in real combat conditions. The April 2010 strategy relies on assumptions that the current US Ground-Based Missile Defense (GMD) and ...

Protected areas are generally seen as a triumph for the preservation of nature, yet the reality on the ground is more complex. The world's largest protected areas encompass vast amounts of wilderness but do not extensively overlap the highest priority areas for conservation or include unusually large numbers of birds, amphibians, or mammals, according to an analysis published in the November issue of BioScience. The study, by Lisette Cantú-Salazar and Kevin J. Gaston of the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, nonetheless describes anecdotal evidence that some very ...

Alexandria, VA — Racial and ethnic disparities among children with frequent ear infections (FEI) significantly influence access to affordable healthcare, according to new research published in the November 2010 issue of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. Ear infections are one of the most common health problems for children, with most kids experiencing at least one by their third birthday. Annual costs in the United States alone are in the billions of dollars. Despite changes that have occurred in healthcare to help low-income children, such as the Children's ...

VIDEO: Steven Moss, M.D., a gastroenterologist with Rhode Island Hospital, and his colleagues found that 33 individuals were responsible for 305 cases of medical intervention to remove foreign bodies that were... Click here for more information. PROVIDENCE, RI – A new study from Rhode Island Hospital found that 33 individuals were responsible for 305 cases of medical intervention to remove foreign bodies that were intentionally swallowed, resulting in more than $2 million in ...

SEATTLE--Primary-care clinicians know teen depression is common, but they've lacked a reliable screening test for it. Now researchers at the University of Washington (UW), Seattle Children's, and Group Health report the PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 item) is a good screening test for major depression in adolescents. Led by Laura P. Richardson, MD, MPH, the team tested the PHQ-9 as a screening tool for depression in 442 teenage patients, age 13-17, at Group Health. The test is brief, available free of charge, easy to score and understand, and proven to find ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. – A little self-awareness can help people struggling in the world of relationships, says Jeffrey Hall, assistant professor of communication studies at the University of Kansas. Hall recently completed a study into styles of flirting among dating adults, surveying more than 5,100 people regarding their methods of communicating romantic interest. "Knowing something about the way you communicate attraction says something about challenges you might have had in your past dating life," Hall said. "Hopefully, this awareness can help people avoid those mistakes ...

Researchers have found that allergic infants may be at increased risk of peanut allergy if their mothers ingested peanuts during pregnancy. The data are reported in the November 1 issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Led by Scott H. Sicherer, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, researchers at five U.S. study sites evaluated 503 infants aged three to 15 months with likely milk or egg allergies or with significant eczema and positive allergy tests to milk or egg, which are factors associated with ...

Researchers have developed an efficient method for extracting and archiving CT radiation dose information that can enable providers to keep track of estimated radiation dose delivered to each patient at a given facility, help providers make more informed health care decisions and improve patient safety, according to a study in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (www.jacr.org). To facilitate access to and analysis of radiation dose information, researchers at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA, designed, ...

An overwhelming majority of Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) facilities performing breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the U.S. are up-to-par with American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) and European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) technical standards and requirements, according to a study in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (www.jacr.org). The BCSC is a collaborative effort to improve breast cancer research. It consists of five mammography registries and two affiliated sites with linkages to pathology ...

DETROIT – The race of liver donors may affect recurrent hepatitis C in patients after liver transplant, according to a study by Henry Ford Hospital. "Patients receiving white cadaveric donor grafts had significantly more aggressive recurrent hepatitis C than those receiving grafts from African-American donors regardless of recipient race," says Matthew Moeller, M.D., gastroenterology fellow at Henry Ford Hospital and lead author of the study. "This difference was especially marked in African-American recipients and persisted on multivariate analysis." The study ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010 – Researchers at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have reached an early, but important, milestone in the quest to grow replacement livers in the lab. They are the first to use human liver cells to successfully engineer miniature livers that function – at least in a laboratory setting – like human livers. The next step is to see if the livers will continue to function after transplantation in an animal model. The ultimate goal of the research, which will be presented Sunday ...

Argeron's creations showcase a broad range of talent. From the wildly creative to the classically simple, this range often includes a much-appreciated touch of each designer's personality and is what clients have come to expect in their work. Argeron's founder, Samantha Howard, said: "I began this business 10 years ago with the sole purpose of providing excellent design services at reasonable prices, and it has become so much more than that. I now realize that we are providing something of great value and importance to each client: a designer that they can count on. Five ...

With more and more users switching to digital photography, photo loss instances due to accidental deletion or formation is becoming quite often. Despite of the fact that data storage technology progress has gone exceptionally far in just few decades, users are frequently observed deleting their own or other's photos accidentally and regretting for that later. But the news is that though you delete these photos from the media, but they actually seize to physically exist on the media till you overwrite it. Hence, there is always a good possibility that you can recover ...

Cardsshoppe.com, the leading online provider of customized invitations and announcements for special occasions such as baby shower invitations and birth announcements along with other special events such as holiday invitations. Special pricing on all baby shower invitations and other specialized announcements and cards have been announced. All products can be customized and personalized to fit anyone's needs for any event, at no additional expense. "Customers need to have exactly what they want without paying extra to create customized products. We have proprietary ...

Nature has provided this unique source which contains 72 known minerals, beneficial Bacteria, beneficial Fungus, and complex humic substances, including Humic Acid. When applied to your turf or landscape this product will enable 100% uptake of your fertilizer program as well as "out compete" or, suppress, Ferry ring, Anthracnose, Red thred, Brown spot, Snow mold, reducing the need to apply Fungicides. Its high carbon content and natural microbial presence will lower the frequency and consumption of water. All amendments & additives perform better when used in conjunction ...

The CIO Canada Summit team is pleased to announce that it has formed a strategic partnership with Technology Digital and Business Review Canada. Both media sites are owned and operated by White Digital Media, a rapidly-expanding global media company and provider of a wide range of media products. Under the titles of Technology Digital and Business Review Canada, White Digital Media operates online magazines, websites, and daily and weekly newsletters with the help of a global network of staff members who provide company reports, breaking technology news, and original ...

The popularity of bathroom remodeling has followed this shift toward lavishness in a variety of ways. Homeowners have added hot tubs, saunas, steam rooms and other features to create more of a home spa where they can unwind at the end of a long day. According to DirectBuy of Orlando, the leading home improvement and furnishings club, that trend has led homeowners to take a closer look at the design of their new "living room." "It's quite natural that when you spend more time in a room, you're going to want it to be pleasing to the eye and functional—even if that room ...

After rapidly selling remaining Phase 11a homes at Mahogany at Old Creek Ranch in San Marcos, Brookfield Homes will release six new homes in Phase 11b this weekend, including two single-story homes. Located in the hills of San Marcos just east of Carlsbad, and with some homesites backing up to open space, Mahogany's one- and two-story homes range from 2,410 to 3,875 square feet. With three to five bedrooms, homes at Mahogany are priced from the $570,000s. The six new homes being released this weekend will include front-yard landscaping, granite kitchen countertops, ...

Brekeke Software, developer of SIP telephony software, today announced that the company has confirmed interoperability between Skype Connect 1.0 and Brekeke PBX. This new interoperability allows the users of Brekeke platforms to connect seamlessly with Skype users. Until recently, connecting Skype with any VoIP service required a third-party product, such as a gateway, in between them. Skype Connect now allows direct connection between Skype and SIP IP-PBX, which is usually installed as a business telephony system. Using Skype Connect, Brekeke PBX users can connect with ...

Kintz Plastics, Inc., a leading heavy gauge thermoformer, has been selected by Optiwind of Torrington, Connecticut, to produce covers for the vertical surfaces on Optiwind's innovative wind turbines. The Optiwind turbines are designed to harness wind power for mid-size commercial customers including schools, colleges, hotels, retailers, farms and municipalities. Unlike traditional wind turbines, the Optiwind turbines are compact, quieter, and will be built right on the site of the energy user. Optiwind turbines stand just under 200 feet tall and require a cover that ...

Irell & Manella LLP has successfully obtained lawful permanent residency for a young Chinese girl who was a victim of child trafficking. Irell attorneys Adam Goldberg, Trevor Stockinger and Mike Strub worked with attorney Sandy Chung and Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), an organization that arranges for pro bono representation for children facing removal proceedings, to help the victim obtain a Special Immigrant Juvenile Status visa. This visa allows juvenile abuse victims who have entered the U.S. without inspection to apply for relief from deportation, and further ...

Eminence, KY - Oct 30, 2010 - ADogandTwoCats.com today officially launched their new online store offering unique, hard to find and unusual pet products for dog and cat lovers, all within one shopping experience. Charlotte Barnett and Sherry Watts, the creative minds behind the company, decided to create ADogandTwoCats.com, after not being able to find pet products they wanted for their pets all in one place. The company offers a variety of high end, high style pet products for dog and cat owners who share the company's philosophy of 'they're not just pets, they're family". ...

ABC's award winning television show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition transforms the lives of struggling families with the gift of a beautiful new home. America's award winning charity The Original 1-800-Charity Cars transforms the lives of struggling families with the gift of a free charity car. This week the wish granting enterprises have teamed up to transform the lives of a struggling Florida family with the dual blessings of a beautiful new home and a critically needed car. "Working with the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition staff was inspirational" reflected Brian Menzies, ...