Science Letter articles from August 2008

Science Letter archives from August 2008

'All of Scandinavian Cooking': New Cookbook's Smorgasbord of Delicious Recipes Showcase Best of Scandinavian Cuisine.
August 5, 2008... In her new cookbook, "All of Scandinavian Cooking" (published by AuthorHouse - http://www.authorhouse.com/), Sofie Michelsen showcases the best recipes from Norway, Denmark and Sweden. The book includes recipes encompassing the variety of...

Chainalytics Named To List of 100 Great Supply Chain Partners for Fifth Consecutive Year.
August 5, 2008... For the fifth year in a row, Chainalytics LLC, the leading provider of advanced analytical supply chain services, has been named to the list of 100 Great Supply Chain Partners published in the July, 2008 issue of Global Logistics & Supply Chain...

Compuware's Business Service Management eBook Helps Align IT with Business Goals.
August 5, 2008... Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ:CPWR) announced the availability of a free and complete eBook, "The Definitive Guide to Business Service Management." This eBook, available at http://www.compuware.com/ebook , provides IT organizations with easily...

Enterprise Bank Announces Second Quarter Results.(Financial report)
August 5, 2008... Enterprise National Bank N.J. (the "Bank") (BULLETIN BOARD: ENBN) reported a net loss of $43 thousand, or $(0.02) per share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2008, compared to the loss of $121 thousand, or $(0.07) per share, reported in the first...

Transforming a Vacant Block to a $34.5 Million Economic Engine: Habitat for Humanity - New York City & HR&A Advisors Calculate Benefits of Affordable Housing.
August 5, 2008... A long-dormant block on Atlantic Avenue in Ocean Hill-Brownsville, Brooklyn, will generate almost $34.5 million in economic stimulus, thanks to the affordable condominiums that Habitat for Humanity - New York City is building on the site (see...

Indosat Announces Change of Control Offers for Any and All of Indosat Finance Company B.V.'S 7.75% Guaranteed Notes Due 2010 and Indosat International Finance Company B.V.'S 7.125% Guaranteed Notes Due 2012.
August 5, 2008... PT Indosat Tbk. ("Indosat"), Indosat Finance Company B.V. ("Indosat Finance") and Indosat International Finance Company B.V. ("Indosat International Finance") announced that, in connection with the indirect acquisition by Qatar Telecom (Qtel)...

Stake Claim Now for Social Networking Sites, the new Domain Names of Web 2.0, Says Info-Tech Research Group.(Report)
August 5, 2008... Companies should be staking claims on social networking services by creating pages and groups, just as they did by registering Internet domain names in the late 1990's, says Info-Tech Research Group in a new report to be published this week...

ISSI Announces Third Fiscal Quarter 2008 Results.(Financial report)
August 5, 2008... Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISSI) reported its financial results for the third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2008 (see also Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc.). Revenue in the third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2008 was $58.5...

K-Tron Reports Best Quarter in Its History, With Record Revenues, Net Income and Earnings Per Share.(Financial report)
August 5, 2008... K-Tron International, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTII) reported the best quarterly and six month results in its history, with record second quarter and first half revenues, net income and earnings per share. Second quarter 2008 net income was $7.158 million,...

Pennsylvania Manufacturers Report 1.2% Employment Loss According to State Industrial Directory.(Directory)
August 5, 2008... Manufacturers' News, Inc. -- Industrial employment in Pennsylvania dropped 1.2% over the past 12 months according to the 2009 Pennsylvania Manufacturers Register, a compilation of state industry published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc....

Munich Re America Corporation Commences Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation for Its 7.45% Senior Notes Due 2026.
August 5, 2008... Munich Re America Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), which was formerly known as American Re Corporation, announced that it has launched a cash tender offer (the "Tender Offer") for all of the Company's outstanding 7.45%...

PA Gaming Control Board Releases Proposed Ownership Structure for Pittsburgh Casino.
August 5, 2008... The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board published on its web site the ownership structure of the proposed joint venture agreement by Holding Acquisition, Co., L.P. and PITG Gaming, L.L.C. which, is currently pending before the Board for its...

A Complete Account of Who's Buying by Age.
August 5, 2008... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3cb88a/whos_buying_by_ag) has announced the addition of the "Who's Buying by Age, 2nd Edition" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets Ltd.). The only...

RISI Power List Reveals the Top Fifty Most Influential People in the Global Pulp and Paper Industry.(Industry overview)
August 5, 2008... RISI announced that Teguh Ganda Wijaya of APP has been named as the most powerful person in the global pulp and paper industry for 2008. RISI published the industry's first ever Power List in the July issues of its leading magazines, Pulp &...

Shore Community Bank Announces Second Quarter Earnings.(Financial report)
August 5, 2008... Shore Community Bank (BULLETIN BOARD: SHRC) reported a net loss of $215,113 for the second quarter of 2008, compared to net income of $166,284 reported in the second quarter of 2007. On a diluted basis, the net loss per share for the second...

Hospital Expenditures for Physician On-Call Pay Rates Nearly Double.
August 5, 2008... Sullivan, Cotter and Associates, Inc. has published its fourth annual survey of physician on-call pay rates and practices, the 2008 Physician On-call Pay Survey Report. The survey report, with data from 132 healthcare organizations nationwide,...

Video: Interested in a Career in the Fashion Industry?
August 5, 2008... Do you love fashion and want to turn your love of the industry into a career? The Art Institutes Passion for Fashion Competition gives high school students interested in the highly competitive fashion industry an opportunity to earn a full...

Vista Provides Update on Exploration and Metallurgical Testing Results at the Mt. Todd Project in NT, Australia.
August 5, 2008... Vista Gold Corp. (TSX & Amex: VGZ) ("Vista" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on activities underway at its Mt. Todd Project in the Northern Territory, Australia. The Company is currently conducting technical programs that...

Field Poll Understates Support for Proposition 8.
August 5, 2008... A new Field Poll released shows Proposition 8 -- the Marriage Protection ballot initiative -- is gaining among likely voters, although the survey continues to significantly understate support for the initiative, officials with the Proposition 8...

Data from A.A.B. Badawy and colleagues advance knowledge in amino acids.
August 5, 2008... According to a study from Wales, "The Phenomenex EZ:faast (TM) amino acid analysis kit is available for gas (GC) or liquid (LC) chromatographic analysis of amino acids (AA) using mass spectrometry (MS) and other GC detectors. We used it for...

Data from K. Sorimachi and colleagues advance knowledge in amino acids.
August 5, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Amino Acids, "When nucleotide (G, C, T and A) contents were plotted against each nucleotide, their relationships were clearly expressed by a linear formula, y = alpha x + beta in the coding...

Reports on amino acids findings from Polytechnic University provide new insights.
August 5, 2008... "The rapidly increasing number of sequence entering into the genome databank has called for the need for developing automated methods to analyze them. Information on the subcellular localization of new found protein sequences is important for...

Studies from Donghua University describe new findings in amino acids.(Report)
August 5, 2008... According to recent research from Shanghai, People's Republic of China, "The knowledge of subnuclear localization in eukaryotic cells is essential for understanding the life function of nucleus. Developing prediction methods and tools for...

Studies from Nanjing University reveal new findings on amino acids.(Report)
August 5, 2008... According to recent research from Nanjing, People's Republic of China, "Measuring residue conservation at aligned positions has many applications in biology. Recently, a new conservation score has been defined." "Unlike the previous...

Study data from University of Chichester update knowledge of amino acids.
August 5, 2008... According to a study from Chichester, the United Kingdom, "Carnosine (Carn) occurs in high concentrations in skeletal muscle is a potent physico-chemical buffer of H+ over the physiological range. Recent research has demonstrated that 6.4...

Study findings from Isfahan University provide new insights into amino acids.
August 5, 2008... According to recent research from Iran, "5-(4-Methylthio-2-phthalimidylbutanoylamino)isophthalic acid (5) as a novel diacid monomer containing phthalimide and flexible chiral groups was prepared by dehydration of L-methionine and phthalic...

Study findings on amino acids are outlined in reports from University of Bologna.
August 5, 2008... "Given a protein that is localized in the mitochondria it is very important to know the submitochondria localization of that protein to understand its function. In this work, we propose a submitochondria localizer whose feature extraction...

Data from L.J. Gooren and colleagues advance knowledge in andrology.
August 5, 2008... According to recent research from Netherlands, "Testosterone has a steeply dose-dependent effect on muscle mass and strength irrespective of gonadal status. So, for reasons of fairness, people who engage in competitive sports should not...

Researchers from Catholic University detail new studies and findings in the area of andrology.
August 5, 2008... According to a study from Santiago, Chile, "The acrosome is a secretory vesicle located in the sperm head. The acrosome reaction consists in the fusion of the sperm plasma membrane with the external acrosomal membrane." "It has been...

Data from P. Kinnear and colleagues advance knowledge in anthropology.
August 5, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "Within the North American Great Plains four primary groups of people are actively interested in Plains archaeology: professional archaeologists, amateur archaeologists, artifact collectors...

Reports from J.R. Vickers and co-researchers add new data to research in anthropology.
August 5, 2008... According to recent research from Edmonton, Canada, "Human effigies are rare and widely distributed on the northern and central Plains but may be absent from the southern Plains. Easily disorganized or destroyed, few figures had survived...

Research conducted at D.J. Seymour and co-authors has provided new information about anthropology.
August 5, 2008... "Innovative methodological and theoretical approaches are required to tackle the difficult problem of discovering and interpreting mobile group sites in the protohistoric Southwest. Traditional and outmoded practices that may be appropriate for...

Research from J.R. Duddleson and co-authors in the area of anthropology published.
August 5, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "Surface alterations allow insight into the technofunction of individual vessels and vessel types, something about which little is known for the Plains Woodland time period. The ceramic...

Scientists at University of Bradford report research in antiquity.
August 5, 2008... "The discovery of the extraordinary Hirschlanden figure was reported in this journal in 1964. Since then the statue has featured in numerous discussions of Iron Age art and society, to the extent that it has become one of the iconic images of...

Studies from Ruhr University reveal new findings on antiquity.
August 5, 2008... According to a study from Bochum, Germany, "The important paper by S. Celestino Perez and C Lopez-Ruiz that we published in 2006 (Antiquity 80: 89-101) suggested that the warrior slabs (stelae) with their horned-helmet motifs found in Iberia...

Studies from University of Durham have provided new data on antiquity.
August 5, 2008... "A group of Linearbandkeramik people at Talheim, Germany were previously found to have died at the same time, probably in a massacre, and the authors were able to ask some searching questions of their skeletons. The isotope signatures of...

Findings from M. Takahashi and co-researchers advance knowledge in applied ergonomics.
August 5, 2008... "Nursing home caregivers (n = 775; 604 women; mean age 33.6 years) were studied to examine how work schedules affect their sleep. The shift group (n = 536) worked under a rotating two-shift system (n = 365), a rotating three-shift system (n =...

Investigators at Griffith University target applied ergonomics.
August 5, 2008... According to recent research from Brisbane, Australia, "Labour force participation of adolescents in Australia is growing at an unprecedented rate. This increased participation is coupled with a growing realisation of the vulnerability of...

New applied ergonomics study findings recently were published by researchers at University of South Australia.
August 5, 2008... According to recent research from Adelaide, Australia, "The sleep and performance of train drivers was monitored across a 106-h rail operation between the Australian cities of Adelaide and Perth. The drivers worked alternating 8-h shift...

New applied ergonomics study findings reported from University of Milan.(Clinical report)
August 5, 2008... According to a study from Milan, Italy, "Among healthcare workers, shiftwork (mostly if nightwork is also included), ageing and work-related stress may be factors leading to impaired health. Such risk factors may also operate in interaction,...

New applied ergonomics study findings reported from University of Wales.
August 5, 2008... According to a study from Wales, "We compared the effects of different types of free-time activity on subjective and objective indices of sleep, recovery and well-being in an experimental field study. Twelve participants spent four consecutive...

New applied ergonomics study results reported from K. Kogi et al.(Report)
August 5, 2008... According to recent research from Kawasaki, Japan, "In this paper, practical means of facilitating participatory steps taken in workplace improvement programs in small workplaces were reviewed." "The reviewed programs included those...

New research on applied ergonomics from L. Rotenberg and co-authors summarized.
August 5, 2008... According to recent research from Brazil, "The association between working hours and work ability was examined in a cross-sectional study of male (N = 156) and female (N = 1092) nurses in three public hospitals. Working hours were considered in...

Research conducted at Queensland University of Technology has updated our knowledge about applied ergonomics.
August 5, 2008... According to a study from Brisbane, Australia, "This study examined organizational factors affecting the impact of shiftwork on work life conflict and subjective health. A model was proposed in which support from supervisors, support from...

Research from Stockholm University yields new findings on applied ergonomics.
August 5, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Applied Ergonomics, "It is often claimed that shift workers give priority to long series of days off and therefore prefer compressed work schedules at the expense of what is optimal for...

Research reports on applied ergonomics from University of South Australia provide new insights.
August 5, 2008... "There is a paucity of information regarding Australian nurses' sleep and fatigue levels, and whether they result in impairment. Forty-one Australian hospital nurses completed daily logbooks for one month recording work hours, sleep,...

Researchers from University of Connecticut detail findings in applied ergonomics.
August 5, 2008... "Characteristics of shiftwork schedules have implications for off-shift well-being. We examined the extent to which several shift characteristics (e.g., shift length, working sundays) are associated with three aspects of off-shift well-being:...

Scientists at Griffith University target applied ergonomics.(Report)
August 5, 2008... "Twelve-hour shifts are a popular alternative to 8-h shifts as many consider these shift arrangements superior in terms of facilitating a better social and family life. This view is largely based on anecdotal evidence, however as few studies...

Studies from University of Sao Paulo have provided new data on applied ergonomics.(Report)
August 5, 2008... "The aim of this study was to evaluate work ability among college educators before and after an intervention at the workplace. An administrative restructuring in the workplace started to be implemented in 2005," scientists in Cerqueira Cesar,...

Findings from C. Garvey et al in audiology reported.
August 5, 2008... "The treatment of external auditory canal (EAC) stenoses often requires the prolonged use of a stent or splint," researchers in the United States report (see also Audiology). "Traditional stents often occlude the EAC, resulting in a...

New audiology findings from L. Lundy and co-authors described.
August 5, 2008... According to a study from the United States, "The vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) has become a useful tool to assess the saccule and inferior vestibular nerve function. Vestibulopathies involving the saccule or inferior vestibular...

Reports from C. Garvey et al highlight recent research in audiology.
August 5, 2008... "Skin disorders of the external ear are common," scientists in the United States report (see also Audiology). "Although audiologists will not necessarily treat these conditions, it is important for them to be aware of these disorders and...

New bioactive and compatible polymers study results reported from H. Yeganeh et al.
August 5, 2008... "To prepare elastomers with acceptable physical properties and good blood compatibility, polyurethane networks were synthesized via cross-linking reaction of epoxy-terminated polyurethane prepolymers (EUPs) and hexamethylene diamine. EUPs were...

Research on biology discussed by scientists at University of California.
August 5, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Current Biology, "Striking diversity in size, arrangement, and complexity of leaves can sometimes be seen in closely related species. One such variation is found between wild tomato species...

Scientists at University of Strasbourg target biology.
August 5, 2008... According to recent research from Strasbourg, France, "Plant growth is adaptively modulated in response to environmental change. The phytohormone gibberellin (GA) promotes growth by stimulating destruction of the nuclear growth-repressing DELLA...

Investigators at University of North Carolina zero in on borrelia.
August 5, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "Outer surface proteins (Osp) A and C of the Lyme disease spirochete (Borrelia burgdorferi) are selectively produced and of functional significance in the tick vector and mammalian host,...

Research conducted at R. Kavallauskaite and co-authors has provided new information about carbohydrate research.
August 5, 2008... "The main factors - the amount of catalyst NaOH, the temperature and composition of reaction mixture - influencing the effectiveness of starch cationization with glycidyltrimethylammonium chloride (GTAC) were investigated. It was found that...

Data on cell biology published by researchers at Columbia University.
August 5, 2008... According to a study from the United States, "A critical microtubule (MT) polarization event in cell migration is the Rho/mDia-dependent stabilization of a subset of MTs oriented toward the direction of migration. Although mDia nucleates actin....

New research on cell biology from State University of New York summarized.
August 5, 2008... "Type III Neuregulin1 (Nrg1) isoforms are membrane-tethered proteins capable of participating in bidirectional juxtacrine signaling. Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), which can modulate the release of a rich array of...

Reports outline cell biology research from University of Virginia.
August 5, 2008... "Mechanisms that control vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC) differentiation are poorly understood. We identify Pitx2 as a previously unknown homeodomain transcription factor that is rapidly induced in an in vitro model of SMC differentiation...

Reports outline cell biology study findings from New York University, Medical Department.
August 5, 2008... "Rac1 regulates a wide variety of cellular processes. The polybasic region of the Rac1 C terminus functions both as a plasma membrane-targeting motif and a nuclear localization sequence (NLS)," investigators in the United States report (see...

Reports outline cell biology study results from J. Wu et al.
August 5, 2008... "Centrosome duplication is tightly controlled in coordination with DNA replication. The molecular mechanism of centrosome duplication remains unclear," researchers in the United States report (see also Cell Biology). "Previous studies...

Research conducted at S.H. Kim and co-researchers has updated our knowledge about cell biology.
August 5, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "Telomeres are maintained by three DNA-binding proteins (telomeric repeat binding factor 1 [TRF1], TRF2, and protector of telomeres 1 [POT1]) and several associated factors. One factor,...

Research conducted at Yale University, Medical Department has provided new information about cell biology.
August 5, 2008... "A bilobed structure marked by TbCentrin2 regulates Golgi duplication in the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei. This structure must itself duplicate during the cell cycle for Golgi inheritance to proceed normally," scientists in the United...

Research in the area of cell biology reported from Cleveland Clinic.
August 5, 2008... According to a study from the United States, "Integrin activation is essential for dynamically linking the extracellular environment and cytoskeletal/signaling networks. Activation is controlled by integrins' short cytoplasmic tails (CTs)." ...

Studies in the area of cell biology reported from University of California.
August 5, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "The mitotic kinesin centromere protein E (CENP-E) is an essential kinetochore component that directly contributes to the capture and stabilization of spindle microtubules by kinetochores....

Study data from N. Kakinuma et al provide new insights into cell biology.
August 5, 2008... According to a study from Tsukuba, Japan, "Phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling is activated by growth factors such as insulin and epidermal growth factor (EGF) and regulates several functions such as cell cycling, apoptosis, cell...

Data on cellular physiology reported by M. Cattaneo and co-researchers.
August 5, 2008... "When expressed in the absence of light chains, secretory I1g-mu chains (R,) undergo endoplasmic reticulum associated degradation (ERAD). This process involves the recognition of terminally misfolded or unassembled molecules, their...

Data on cellular physiology reported by researchers at University of Missouri.
August 5, 2008... "Posttranslational modification by ubiquitination marks defective or outlived intracellular proteins for proteolytic degradation by the 26S proteasome. The ATP-dependent, covalent ligation and formation of polyubiquitin chains on substrate...

New cellular physiology data have been reported by scientists at Ocular Surface Center.(Report)
August 5, 2008... "Myofibroblasts play an important role in morphogenesis, inflammation, and fibrosis in most tissues. The amniotic membrane stroma can maintain keratocytes in cultures and prevent them from differentiating into myofibroblasts," scientists in the...

New cellular physiology research from T.N. Crotti et al outlined.
August 5, 2008... According to a study from the United States, "Expression of the alpha(v)beta(3) integrin is required for normal osteoclast function. We previously showed that an evolutionary conserved NFATc1 binding site is required for RANKL induction and...

New cellular physiology study findings reported from Kyoto Prefectural University.(Report)
August 5, 2008... "Circulation-derived cells play a crucial role in the healing processes of tissue. In early phases of tendon healing processes, circulation-derived cells temporarily exist in the wounded area to initiate the healing process and decrease in...

Researchers at University of Salerno release new data on cellular physiology.
August 5, 2008... "BAG3 protein, a member of the BAG co-chaperones family, sustains cell survival, through its interaction with the heat shock protein (HSP) 70, in a variety of normal and neoplastic cell types. bag3 gene expression is induced by stressful...

Researchers from Hokkaido University report recent findings in cellular physiology.
August 5, 2008... "Decorin, a small leucine-rich proteoglycan, plays an important role in the regulation of cell growth. Our recent study has shown that immobilized decorin in the collagen matrix sequesters myostatin into the extracellular matrix and prevents...

Researchers from University of Washington, Medical Department detail new studies and findings in the area of cellular physiology.
August 5, 2008... "The family of fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs) is encoded by four distinct genes. FGFR land FGFR4 are both expressed during myogenesis, but whereas the function of FGFR I in myoblast proliferation has been documented, the role of...

Scientists at University of Frankfurt release new data on cellular physiology.
August 5, 2008... According to recent research from Frankfurt, Germany, "Hypoxia inducible factor 1(HIF-1) coordinates major responses to hypoxia, with the notion that its alpha subunit is degraded under normoxia but stable under hypoxia. Recently, calcium was...

Studies from University of Salerno add new findings in the area of cellular physiology.
August 5, 2008... "Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is a well known chemopreventive nutrient within diet formulations, but it may also exert toxic effects on cultured cells, while this is limited when also another relevant nutrient as vitamin E is present. This...

Study data from Thomas Jefferson University provide new insights into cellular physiology.
August 5, 2008... "The insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1), a docking protein for both the insulin (InR) and the insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-IR) receptors, sends a mitogenic, anti-differentiation and transforming signal. We now show that down-regulation...

Research reports from C.S. Nautiyal and co-authors provide new insights into chemiluminescence.
August 5, 2008... "The significance of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) mediated increase in antioxidant potential in vegetables is yet unknown. The plant growth-promoting bacterium Bacillus lentimorbus NRRL B-30488 (B-30488) mediated induction of...

Report summarizes chromatography study findings from Central South University.
August 5, 2008... According to a study from Changsha, People's Republic of China, "A simple, rapid, and reproducible isocratic reverse-phase HPLC method was developed to simultaneously determine AKF-PD and its two oxidized metabolites in rat plasma....

Reports outline chromatography study findings from G. Altiokka and colleagues.
August 5, 2008... According to a study from Cairo, Egypt, "A rapid, selective and sensitive reversed-phase liquid chromatographic (LC) method was developed for the determination of piribedil in human serum, urine and pharmaceutical dosage form. LC analysis was...

Research conducted at M. Liu and co-researchers has updated our knowledge about chromatography.
August 5, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Chromatographia, "A reliable liquid chromatographic method with photodiode array detector (DAD) was developed and validated for simultaneous separation and determination of five...

Research from Federal University in the area of chromatography published.
August 5, 2008... According to a study from Santa Maria, Brazil, "A rapid, simple and sensitive liquid chromatographic method has been developed to assay ciclopirox olamine in raw material and topical solution. The analysis used a reversed-phase C-18 end-capped...

Research from University of Karachi provides new data on chromatography.
August 5, 2008... According to recent research from Karachi, Pakistan, "Rapid liquid chromatographic procedures for analytical quality control of pharmaceutical preparations and human serum containing antihistamine drugs, meclizine and buclizine alone or in...