Science Letter articles from April 2009

Science Letter archives from April 2009

Attivio Selected to Enhance Mobile Content Search for Thumbplay.com.
April 7, 2009... Attivio announced that its Active Intelligence Engine(TM) (AIE) has been chosen to enhance search functionality for Thumbplay, the #1 mobile entertainment destination in the U.S. Attivio enables swift, highly scalable and distributed search for...

Scathing New Book Exposes Dangers of Illegal Street Racing and More.
April 7, 2009... "New Model. Original Parts." The only thing missing from the tagline for the latest installment of the action-packed "Fast & Furious" movie series is "Same Illegal, Dangerous Game." Frequently, the concept of street racing, drifting and...

CSC Positioned in 'Leaders' Quadrants of Desktop and Help Desk Outsourcing Reports.
April 7, 2009... CSC (NYSE:CSC) announced that it has been positioned in the "leaders" quadrants of two Gartner reports, "Magic Quadrant for Desktop Outsourcing Services, North America," authored by Richard T. Matlus and William Maurer, and published on March...

Dimension Data Study Shows 73% of Networking Devices are Running with Known Security Vulnerabilities.(Report)
April 7, 2009... Dimension Data, a $4.5 billion IT solutions and services provider, released data showing that 73% of networking devices have known security vulnerabilities that may expose organizations to external and internal security attacks. The company...

Entrepreneur's April Issue Reports the Princeton Review's 'Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools' in Six Key Areas.
April 7, 2009... Entrepreneur Magazine, the nation's leading publication for and about entrepreneurs, reports in its April issue the MBA programs most highly rated by their students in six areas key to a successful career in business. The lists, titled "Student...

Fitch Publishes ABCP Semiannual Update Report for BA Credit Card Trust 2001-Emerald.(Report)
April 7, 2009... Fitch Ratings has published the Semiannual Update for BA Credit Card Trust, class A 2001-Emerald notes (Emerald notes, rated 'F1'), sponsored by FIA Card Services, N.A. (FIA; rated 'A+/F1+' by Fitch) (see also Fitch Ratings). The report...

GenCorp Reports 2009 First Quarter Results.(Financial report)
April 7, 2009... GenCorp Inc. (NYSE: GY) reported results for the first quarter 2009 (see also GenCorp Inc.). Sales for the first quarter of 2009 totaled $170.9 million compared to $176.6 million for the first quarter of 2008. The Company reports its...

Gomez Announces 2008 Results.(Financial report)
April 7, 2009... Gomez, Inc., a leading provider of web application experience management services, announced 44 percent year-over-year revenue growth for 2008. This achievement was powered by Gomez's strategic expansion of its suite of on-demand web...

Harris Publishes Business Succession Planning Resource.
April 7, 2009... Harris announced that as a part of its efforts to support the local business community, it recently published Here, Take the Wheel: Succession Planning Stories and Insights from Business Owners. The reference book provides insights from several...

Hotwire Introduces the Hotel Rate Report - Listing the Cities with the Biggest Discounts on Hotels.(Report)
April 7, 2009... Hotwire.com(R), a leading discount travel site, announced the introduction of the site's latest tool to save customers money: The Hotwire Hotel Rate Report. The report will be published monthly, and will feature the top 10 cities with the...

Harvard Business Review Article by Johnson, Christensen and Kagermann Achieves McKinsey Award.
April 7, 2009... Mark Johnson, co-founder and chairman of Innosight LLC, an innovation strategy consulting firm, and co-authors, Clay Christensen, the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Henning Kagermann,...

'Da'Sheal: the Eternal Warrior'.
April 7, 2009... Inspired by action movies, television and the music of Linkin Park, Michael Timothy Mason was inspired to write the science fiction/fantasy novel "Da'Sheal: The Eternal Warrior" (published by iUniverse) (see also iUniverse). Imagine being...

Florida Author Writes of Romance and Intrigue During the Algerian War: 'The Maghreb Amulet'.
April 7, 2009... Chantal's life was ideal. She lived in the romantic city of Paris during the 60's, had a job that she adored and a man that she loved madly. Everything was picture perfect; that is until the day that her lover Alex was arrested for murder. "The...

Start Your Own Screen-Printing Business.
April 7, 2009... Anyone interested in the art, production, market and profitability of screen-printing, here's good news: An industry leader has the basics, hints and tips in turning the art of screen-printing into a lucrative business (see also iUniverse). ...

Rock Band Franchise Officially Surpasses $1 Billion in North American Retail Sales, According to the NPD Group1.
April 7, 2009... MTV Games, a part of Viacom's MTV Networks, (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:VIA.B), Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS), announced that the Rock Band(R) franchise has officially...

2009 U.S. Luggage & Leather Goods Stores Industry Report.(Report)
April 7, 2009... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9568c3/2009_u_s_luggage) has announced the addition of the "2009 U.S. Luggage & Leather Goods Stores Industry Report" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets)....

2009 U.S. Mattress Manufacturing Industry Report Provides a Broad Scope on the Size of the Industry.
April 7, 2009... Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b5f486/2009_u_s_mattress) has announced the addition of the "2009 U.S. Mattress Manufacturing Industry Report" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets). The U.S...

Chartered Surveyors See Rents to Fall Due to Unstable Economy and Excessive Supply.
April 7, 2009... Rents dropped across the residential lettings sector as would-be-sellers continued to flood the rental market with unsellable properties, says the RICS Lettings Survey published recently (see also Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors). ...

Scholars for Peace in the Middle East Calls for a Halt to False Assertions on Hampshire College Divestiture.
April 7, 2009... Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, representing 27,000 academics from 2000 colleges and universities in North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia, calls for a halt to false assertions that Hampshire College has divested from Israel...

Timber Market Profiles and Rankings Identify Market Changes: Hotspots for Bioenergy and Timberland Investing Activities.
April 7, 2009... Forisk Consulting and Timber Mart-South have published the March 2009 Update to the Timber Market Profiles and Rankings, which includes 2007 and 2008 market rankings for wood demand and stumpage prices by product. The update is a useful tool...

2009 Spur Awards Honor Best Westerns.
April 7, 2009... Former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating picked up his second Spur Award from Western Writers of America in the annual competition that honors excellence in literature of the American West (see also Western Writers of America, Inc.). Keating's...

Data from University of Tokyo provide new insights into analyst research.
April 7, 2009... According to a study from Hongo, Japan, "A new silica-organic, double-network hydrogel was prepared from a mixture of silica nanoparticles, sodium silicate, and acrylamide to enable biomolecule encapsulation in a one-pot reaction, overcoming...

New analyst research reported from Michigan State University.
April 7, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "On-plate enrichment of phosphopeptide digests followed by MALDI-MS is attractive for analyzing small quantities of phosphoproteins because it involves minimal sample handling and reduces sample...

New analyst research research has been reported by H.D. Qiu et al.
April 7, 2009... "Ionic liquids (ILs) have been used in various regions of chemistry," scientists in Lanzhou, People's Republic of China report (see also Analyst Research). "Ionic liquids have designability, thus giving us the ability to manipulate the...

New analyst research study findings have been reported by F.J. Shang and co-researchers.
April 7, 2009... "An effective and robust electrochemical approach has been developed for selective detection of dopamine in the presence of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine 9L-DOPA), ascorbic acid, uric acid and other dopamine metabolites. A 'layer-by-layer' film of...

Report summarizes analyst research study findings from University of Louisville.
April 7, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "The first, fully integrated, planar fiber optic platform with spectroelectrochemical capabilities, termed the electroactive fiber optic chip (EA-FOC) is presented here....

Reports from University of Lyon describe recent advances in analyst research.
April 7, 2009... According to a study from Lyon, France, "This paper describes a microfluidic device fabricated in poly(dimethylsiloxane) that was employed to perform amperometric quantifications using on-chip calibration curves and on-chip standard addition...

Reports on analyst research findings from University of Birmingham provide new insights.
April 7, 2009... According to a study from Birmingham, the United Kingdom, "Metabolomics datasets, by definition, comprise of measurements of large numbers of metabolites. Both technical (analytical) and biological factors will induce variation within these...

Reports summarize analyst research research from D. Demaria and co-authors.
April 7, 2009... "An ATR-FT-IR-based method was applied to measure the degree of substitution (DS) of esterified cellulose. The strategy makes use of the capability of certain ionic liquids (ILs) to dissolve cellulose derivatives," researchers in Netherlands...

Research from University of Leeds yields new findings on analyst research.
April 7, 2009... According to recent research published in the journal Analyst, "The monomers trifluoromethacrylic acid (TFMAA), 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA) and itaconic acid (IA) have been compared for the molecular imprinting of (-)-ephedrine. Data from...

Research from University of Strathclyde provides new data about analyst research.
April 7, 2009... According to a study from Scotland, "The preparation and use of tri-functional linkers for surface complexation to both gold and silver nanoparticles is reported. These molecules confer excellent stability towards nanoparticles ensuring...

Research results from J. Meija and co-authors update knowledge of analyst research.
April 7, 2009... "Currently, several mathematical methods exist to address simultaneous species formation and degradation using multiple spiking isotope dilution mass spectrometry," scientists writing in the journal Analyst report (see also Analyst Research)....

Researchers from University of Newcastle publish findings in analyst research.
April 7, 2009... "We describe a simple method for the covalent immobilisation of proteins to hydrogen-terminated silicon surfaces and demonstrate various protein detection strategies. Using hydrosilation chemistry, 1-undecenylaldehyde is attached to the surface...

Researchers from University of Toledo publish findings in analyst research.
April 7, 2009... "A pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) modified electrode was investigated for the electrocatalytic oxidation and detection of thiocholine (SCh) at low concentrations. PQQ entrapped in a polypyrrole matrix on a glassy carbon electrode effectively...

Study data from Arizona State University provide new insights into analyst research.
April 7, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "This article describes an effective microchip protocol based on electrophoretic-separation and electrochemical detection for highly sensitive and rapid measurements of nitrate ester explosives,...

Data on analytical science reported by researchers at Hunan University.
April 7, 2009... "Pseudomonas aeruginosa immobilized multiwalled carbon nanotubes were used as a novel kind of solid-phase extraction adsorbents of heavy metals, and the concentration of copper ions in the aqueous solution was obtained with the use of linear...

New analytical science study findings have been reported by researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
April 7, 2009... "An immunoaffinity column (IAC), which can bind diazinon primely, was developed to treat the water and soil samples. The IAC, having an appropriate binding capacity for diazinon (200ng per mg gel), was prepared by entrapping the anti-diazinon...

New findings from University of Guilan in the area of analytical science described.
April 7, 2009... "In this research, new electrodes were prepared by incorporating zeolite KY into sol-gel matrix. Calibration plot with Nernstian slope (58.60.5mV/decade) for cesium ion was observed over a linear range of about four decades of concentration...

Recent findings from M. Nekoei and co-authors highlight research in analytical science.
April 7, 2009... "4-(2-Thiazolylazo)resorcinol (TR) was used as a new compound to play the role of an excellent ion carrier in the fabrication of an Er(III) membrane electrode. The electrode shows a very good selectivity toward Er(III) ions over a wide variety...

Reports outline analytical science study findings from Peking University.
April 7, 2009... "Reliable, reproducible and valid fingerprint analysis methods using high-performance liquid chromatography-photodiode array detection (HPLC-DAD) for characteristic bioactive flavonoids and saponins of Semen Ziziphi spinosae (SZS) were...

Research from Donghua University provides new data about analytical science.
April 7, 2009... According to recent research published in the journal Analytical Letters, "A stable poly(crystal-violet) (PCV) electroactive film was electrodeposited on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The redoxation of hydroquinone showed a pair of...

Research from M. Mohammadhossieni et al broadens understanding of analytical science.
April 7, 2009... According to recent research from Iran, "A polyvinyl chloride (PVC) based membrane sensor for terbium ions was prepared by employing Hematoporphyrin (HP) as an ionophore." "The sensor revealed a very good selectivity (expect for the...

Research from University of Sao Paulo in the area of analytical science published.
April 7, 2009... "A rapid and effective method for carbamide peroxide (CP) quantification in pharmaceuticals is proposed. The reagentless biosensor was prepared by using lyophilized turnip extract as horseradish peroxidase (HRP) enzyme source," scientists in...

Studies by R.I. Stefanvanstaden and co-authors describe new findings in analytical science.
April 7, 2009... According to a study from Bucharest, Romania, "C60 fullerenes nanotubes, (1,2-methanofullerene C60)-61-carboxylic acid, diethyl (1,2-methanofullerene C60)-61-61-dicarboxylate and tert-butyl (1,2-methanofullerene C60)-61-carboxylic acid are...

Research on anthropology discussed by scientists at University of Zurich.
April 7, 2009... "In their articles, researchers describe how the identity that is assigned to them by the social group they are Studying is the key criterion for determining a researcher's ability to gain access to the field," investigators in Zurich,...

Studies from Ohio State University have provided new data on anthropology.
April 7, 2009... "Did Neandertals share with modern humans their prolonged periods of growth and delayed ages of maturation? During the past five years, renewed interest in this question has produced dental studies with seemingly contradictory results,"...

University of Bayreuth reports research in anthropology.
April 7, 2009... According to recent research from Bayreuth, Germany, "From an analysis of information provided by the Diwan. in conjunction with comparative elements. it appears that the state of Kanem was founded towards 600 B.C. by refugees retreating from...

Data from University of California advance knowledge in applied genetics.
April 7, 2009... "The two nightshades Solanum ochranthum and S. juglandifolium show genetic and morphological similarities to the tomatoes (Solanum sect. Lycopersicon), but are isolated from them by strong reproductive barriers," scientists writing in the...

Findings from Colorado State University in applied genetics reported.
April 7, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "Breeding for malting quality is an important goal of malting barley breeding programs. Malting quality is a complex phenotype that combines a large number of interrelated components, each of...

Investigators at Cornell University target applied genetics.
April 7, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "We report herein the mapping of 115 PCR-based orthologous markers, including 110 conserved ortholog set or COSII markers, on the reference RFLP map of eggplant. The result permitted...

New applied genetics findings from H.B. Li and co-authors described.
April 7, 2009... According to recent research from Australia, "Crown rot (CR) is one of the most destructive diseases of barley and wheat. Fusarium species causing CR survive in crop residue and a growing acceptance of stubble retention practices has...

New applied genetics research from University of California discussed.(Report)
April 7, 2009... "Domesticated materials with well-known wild relatives provide an experimental system to reveal how human selection during cultivation affects genetic composition and adaptation to novel environments. In this paper, our goal was to elucidate...

New data from M. Venegascaleron et al illuminate research in applied genetics.
April 7, 2009... According to recent research from Seville, Spain, "Fatty acid desaturation in plastids and chloroplasts depends on the electron-donor activity of ferredoxins. Using degenerate oligonucleotides designed from known photosynthetic and...

Recent findings in applied genetics described by researchers from University of Bari.
April 7, 2009... According to recent research from Bari, Italy, "The availability of genetic maps and phenotypic data of segregating populations allows to localize and map agronomically important genes, and to identify closely associated molecular markers to be...

Reports from North Carolina State University, Department of Agriculture highlight recent research in applied genetics.
April 7, 2009... "B73 is a historically important maize line with excellent yield potential but high susceptibility to the foliar disease southern leaf blight (SLB). NC292 and NC330 are B73 near-isogenic lines (NILs) that are highly resistant to SLB,"...

Reports summarize applied genetics research from M. Ghislain and co-authors.
April 7, 2009... "Neo-Tuberosum refers to cultivated potato adapted to long-day tuberization and a syndrome of related morphological and physiological traits, developed by intercrossing and selection of short-day adapted potatoes of the Solanum tuberosum...

Research from Department of Agriculture provide new insights into applied genetics.
April 7, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "Because cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is low in genetic diversity, public, verified single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers within the species are in demand. To promote marker...

Research from University of Bologna in applied genetics provides new insights.(Report)
April 7, 2009... "The evaluation of recombinant inbred lines (RILs) per se can be biased by inbreeding depression in case of allogamous species. To overcome this drawback, RILs can be evaluated in combination with testers; however, testers can carry dominant...

Researchers from University of California describe findings in applied genetics.
April 7, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "Cowpea is an important crop for subsistence farmers in arid regions of Africa, Asia, and South America. Efforts to develop cultivars with improved productivity under drought conditions are...

Scientists at Oklahoma State University publish new data on applied genetics.(Report)
April 7, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "In winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), the stem begins to elongate after the vernalization requirement is satisfied during winter and when favorable temperature and photoperiod conditions are...

Study results from E. Himelblau and colleagues update understanding of applied genetics.
April 7, 2009... "Seeds of rapid-cycling Brassica oleracea were mutagenized with the chemical mutagen, ethylmethane sulfonate. The reverse genetics technique, TILLING, was used on a sample population of 1,000 plants, to determine the mutation profile,"...

Study results from H. Iwata and colleagues in the area of applied genetics published.
April 7, 2009... According to recent research published in the journal Theoretical and Applied Genetics, "Association mapping can be a powerful tool for detecting quantitative trait loci (QTLs) without requiring line-crossing experiments. We previously proposed...

Study results from X.X. Zong and colleagues in the area of applied genetics published.
April 7, 2009... "A sample of winter faba bean germplasm from China was compared with germplasm from outside China, using AFLP analyses. Both sets of germplasm were obtained from the National Genebank of China, Institute of Crop Sciences (ICS), Chinese Academy...

New applied microbiology study findings recently were reported by researchers at University of Queensland.
April 7, 2009... According to recent research from Brisbane, Australia, "To investigate the microbial ecology of three facultative swine waste lagoons. Phylogenetic analysis of sequences in a 16S rRNA gene clone library and fluorescence in situ hybridization...

New biochemistry findings from F.J. Zara and co-authors described.
April 7, 2009... "Leeches exhibit a marked scope of diversity, including different kinds of symbiosis. The aim of the present study was to demonstrate through biochemical and histological analysis that a species of piscicolid leech, Myzobdella platensis, is a...

Study findings from University of Nottingham provide new insights into biochemistry.
April 7, 2009... "Hel308 is an SF2 (superfamily 2) helicase with clear homologues in metazoans and archaea, but not in fungi or bacteria," researchers in Nottingham, the United Kingdom report (see also Biochemistry). "Evidence from biochemistry and...

Data from G.S. Laszlo and colleagues advance knowledge in biology.
April 7, 2009... "Src is a nonreceptor tyrosine kinase that coordinates responses to diverse soluble and adhesive signaling molecules and regulates cell proliferation, survival, differentiation and migration [1]. Normally, Src activity is tightly regulated, and...

Findings from Fudan University broaden understanding of biology.
April 7, 2009... According to recent research from Shanghai, People's Republic of China, "When embedded in adjacent distractors, a target becomes more difficult to perceive. The neural mechanism for this ubiquitous visual crowding effect remains unresolved [1,...

Reports from Nagoya University describe recent advances in biology.
April 7, 2009... "Cell shape is determined by the interplay between the lipid bilayer and the underlying network of protein polymers [1]. We explored unknown determinants involved in cell morphogenesis as factors that transform phospholipid-based liposomes...

Research data from University of Bristol update understanding of biology.
April 7, 2009... "The likelihood that continuing greenhouse-gas emissions will lead to an unmanageable degree of climate change (1] has stimulated the search for planetary-scale technological solutions for reducing global warming [2] (''geoengineering''),...

Research from University of Helsinki in the area of biology published.
April 7, 2009... "Generation of membrane curvature is critical for the formation of plasma membrane protrusions and invaginations and for shaping intracellular organelles. Among the central regulators of membrane dynamics are the BAR superfamily domains, which...

Research on biology detailed by K. Fujiu and co-authors.(Report)
April 7, 2009... "Cilia and flagella can alter their beating patterns through changes in membrane excitation mediated by Ca2+ influx [1-6]. The ion channel that generates this Ca2+ influx and its cellular distribution have not been identified," scientists...

Research on biology discussed by scientists at University of Sussex.
April 7, 2009... According to a study from Brighton, the United Kingdom, "Ants are so low to the ground that slight undulations in the terrain over which they navigate will cause large and unpredictable changes to their view of the scene around them. We...

Scientists at Columbia University publish research in biology.
April 7, 2009... "Microtubules (MTs) participate in the spatial regulation of actin-based processes such as cytokinesis and cell polarization [1]. The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is a rod-shaped cell that exhibits polarized cell growth at cell...

Scientists at Lund University target biology.
April 7, 2009... "One of the reasons that the crystalline lenses of vertebrate eyes are highly transparent is that most of the cells have broken down all of their organelles, including the nuclei. These cells can neither synthesize new proteins nor generate...

Scientists at RIKEN discuss research in biology.
April 7, 2009... "Chloroplasts evolved from a cyanobacterial endosymbiont [1, 2], and chloroplast division requires the formation of an FtsZ division ring, which is descended from the cytokinetic machinery of cyanobacteria [3-5]. As in bacteria, the positioning...

Scientists at University of London release new data on biology.
April 7, 2009... According to recent research from London, the United Kingdom, "Sunlight is attenuated rapidly in the ocean, resulting in little visually useful light reaching deeper than similar to 1000 m in even the clearest water [1]. To maximize sensitivity...

Study data from Duke University update understanding of biology.
April 7, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "New information has been obtained recently regarding microtubule organization in Xenopus extract spindles. These spindles assemble in vitro by chromatin-mediated microtubule nucleation [1] and...

Study findings from University of British Columbia provide new insights into biology.
April 7, 2009... "Lignified cell walls are widely considered to be key innovations in the evolution of terrestrial plants from aquatic ancestors some 475 million years ago [1-3]. Lignins, complex aromatic heteropolymers, stiffen and fortify secondary cell walls...

Findings from University of Geneva in botany reported.
April 7, 2009... According to a study from Geneva, Switzerland, "Lotus japonicus, a model legume, develops an efficient, nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with Mesorhizobium loti that promotes plant growth. Lotus japonicus also forms functional nodules with Rhizobium...

New botany data have been reported by researchers at Aristotle University.
April 7, 2009... "L-Ascorbate (the reduced form of vitamin C) participates in diverse biological processes including pathogen defence mechanisms, and the modulation of plant growth and morphology, and also acts as an enzyme cofactor and redox status indicator....

New botany research from Chinese University of Hong Kong described.(Report)
April 7, 2009... "Sucrose binding proteins (SBPs) were predicted to be membrane-associated, but have been shown to localize in the lumen of protein storage vacuoles of various seeds. In this study, a new 64 kDa SBP has been identified from developing mung bean...

New botany study results reported from University of Helsinki.
April 7, 2009... According to recent research from Helsinki, Finland, "Lignification is a cell wall fortifying process which occurs in xylem tissue in a scheduled manner during tissue differentiation. In this review, enzymes and the genes responsible for lignin...

New findings reported from A.J. Mccormick and co-authors describe advances in botany.
April 7, 2009... According to a study from South Africa, "Sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids) accumulates sucrose to high concentrations and, as a result, has been the focus of extensive research into the biochemistry and physiology of sucrose accumulation....