Science Letter articles from November 2008

Science Letter archives from November 2008

AWWA Releases 2008 State of the Industry Report.(Report)
November 4, 2008... Source water supply and protection emerged as the top area of concern among North American water professionals in the 2008 "State of the Industry Report," published by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) (see also American Water Works...

Coach Reports First Quarter Earnings of $0.44; Maintains FY09 Guidance of $2.25.(Financial report)
November 4, 2008... Coach, Inc. (NYSE: COH), a leading marketer of modern classic American accessories, announced an increase of 7% in earnings per diluted share to $0.44 for its first fiscal quarter ended September 27, 2008, up from $0.41 per diluted share a year...

Steven Berger Joins Crystal IS, Inc. as CEO.
November 4, 2008... Crystal IS, Inc., the world's leading supplier of single crystal aluminum nitride substrates, announced that it has hired Dr. Steven Berger as President and CEO (see also Crystal IS, Inc.). Dr. Berger joins Crystal IS from FEI Company...

Exar Corporation Announces Preliminary Results of Its Annual Shareholder Meeting.
November 4, 2008... Exar Corporation (NASDAQ:EXAR) announced that based on a preliminary tally, shareholders at its annual meeting held on October 16, 2008 voted to elect the following nominees to the Board: Messrs Pierre Guilbault, Brian Hilton, Richard L. Leza,...

Philly Fed Manufacturers Report Sharp Declines in Business Conditions.
November 4, 2008... Conditions in the region's manufacturing sector deteriorated significantly in October, according to firms polled this month. Coincident with the turmoil in financial markets over the past few weeks, indexes for general activity, new orders,...

Global Payments' Paul R. Garcia Listed Among Georgia's Top Performing CEOs by Atlanta Business Chronicle.
November 4, 2008... Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN), a leader in payment processing services, announced that the Atlanta Business Chronicle has named its Chairman, President and CEO, Paul R. Garcia, among "The Top Performing CEOs in Georgia." The October 10-16,...

JAKKS Pacific Reports 2008 Third Quarter Results.
November 4, 2008... JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAKK) announces results for the Company's third quarter and first nine months ended September 30, 2008 (see also JAKKS Pacific, Inc.). Third quarter 2008 net sales were $357.8 million, compared to $318.4...

State Industrial Directory Reports Tennessee Manufacturing Jobs Down 3.3%.(Directory)
November 4, 2008... Industrial employment in Tennessee dropped 3.3% over the past twelve months according to the 2009 Tennessee Manufacturers Register, a compilation of state industry published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL. The Register...

2009 U.S. Men's Clothing Stores Industry Report Contains Timely and Accurate Industry Data.(Report)
November 4, 2008... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/19542b/2009_u_s_mens_cl) has announced the addition of the "2009 U.S. Men's Clothing Stores Industry Report" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets). The...

2009 U.S. Drinking Places & Bars Industry Report Provides Data for All 50 U.S. States and Over 900 Metro Areas.(Report)
November 4, 2008... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a12f73/2009_u_s_drinking) has announced the addition of the "2009 U.S. Drinking Places & Bars Industry Report" to their offering (see also Research and Markets Ltd.). The...

2009 U.S. Furniture Wholesale Industry Report Available Now.(Report)
November 4, 2008... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c46fec/2009_u_s_furnitur) has announced the addition of the "2009 U.S. Furniture Wholesale Industry Report" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets Ltd.). ...

2009 U.S. Office Furniture Manufacturing Industry Report Is an Essential Purchase for Those in the Industry.(Report)
November 4, 2008... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/010b01/2009_u_s_office_f) has announced the addition of the "2009 U.S. Office Furniture Manufacturing Industry Report" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets...

Accurate Industry Statistics, Forecasts and Demographics for the 2009 U.S. Hardware Wholesale Industry.(Report)
November 4, 2008... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/754a10/2009_u_s_hardware) has announced the addition of the "2009 U.S. Hardware Wholesale Industry Report" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets Ltd.). The...

RISI's International Woodfiber Report Predicts North American Woodfiber Demand to Fall More Than 20 Million Tons by Year-End.(Report)
November 4, 2008... The International Woodfiber Report (IWR), following a flurry of pulp and paper mill closures and OSB mill curtailments, reported that North American virgin woodfiber demand could fall more than 20 million green tons by 2009. The Report,...

Sangui Biotech International, Inc., Reports Sales Decrease, Continued Losses.(Financial report)
November 4, 2008... Sangui BioTech International, Inc., published its financial statements for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2008, on October 21. According to the report on form 10-KSB as filed with the SEC the company yielded sales of its cosmetics and...

SEI Named One of the Best Places to Work by Philadelphia Business Journal.
November 4, 2008... SEI (NASDAQ:SEIC) announced it has been named one of the Best Places to Work by the Philadelphia Business Journal. The announcement, which appears in the newspaper's October 17, 2008 issue, highlights SEI among the Journal's annual ranking of...

Best Selling Author Gary Harpst's Six Disciplines Execution Revolution Named Finalist in National 'Best Book' 2008 Award.
November 4, 2008... Six Disciplines announced that the bestselling book, Six Disciplines(R) Execution Revolution: Solving the One Business Problem That Makes Solving All Other Problems Easier by author and CEO Gary Harpst, was named a finalist in the National...

Worth Magazine Recognizes the Colony Group and its CEO Among the Top Wealth Advisors in the Nation.
November 4, 2008... Worth Magazine has published its 2008 list of top wealth management advisors and firms, listed by state of domicile. The listing and accompanying articles appeared in the October/November 2008 issue (see also The Colony Group, Llc). Worth...

Third Wave Systems Makes Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Fast 50.
November 4, 2008... Third Wave Systems, international machining-modeling software and services provider for aerospace, automotive, cutting tool, and optics companies, was once again recognized by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal as one of the...

World Tea Expo Wins Again.
November 4, 2008... For the second time in three years, World Tea Expo(R) has been named one of TSW's Fastest 50, the annual list of the most vibrant events in North America (see also World Tea Expo). The World Tea Expo(R) is a robust marketplace that brings...

Findings from Polytechnic University broaden understanding of amino acids.
November 4, 2008... "In the Post Genome Age, there is an urgent need to develop the reliable and effective computational methods to predict the subcellular localization for the explosion of newly found proteins. Here, a novel method of pseudo amino acid (PseAA)...

New amino acids research from K. Nakashima and colleagues discussed.(Report)
November 4, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Amino Acids, "We examined the effects of orally administered glycine on myofibrillar proteolysis in food-deprived chicks. Food-deprived (24h) chicks were orally administered 57, 113, and...

Reports summarize amino acids study results from H. Zahradnickova and co-researchers.
November 4, 2008... According to recent research from Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, "A novel sample preparation protocol for gas chromatographic (GC) analysis of amino acid enantiomers in peptides was developed." "It comprises traditional acid hydrolysis,...

Research by Y. Wang and colleagues in amino acids provides new insights.
November 4, 2008... According to recent research from Wuhan, People's Republic of China, "Protein-RNA interactions play a key role in a number of biological processes such as protein synthesis, mRNA processing, assembly and function of ribosomes and eukaryotic...

Research conducted at La Sapienza University has updated our knowledge about amino acids.
November 4, 2008... According to recent research from Rome, Italy, "New N-For-Met-Leu-Phe-OMe (fMLF-OMe) analogues incorporating three different gamma-delta-didehydro-alpha-aminoacid residues (namely: Alg = (S)-Allylglycine; Dag = Diallylglycine; Cpg =...

Researchers at Annamalai University release new data on amino acids.
November 4, 2008... According to a study from India, "The present study was designed to explore whether L-carnitine (CA) regulates insulin signaling and modulates the changes in liver in a well-characterized insulin resistant rat model. Adult male Wistar rats were...

Researchers at Polytechnic University target amino acids.
November 4, 2008... "Evolutionary conservation derived from a multiple sequence alignment is a powerful indicator of the functional significance of a residue, and it can help to predict active sites, ligand-binding sites, and protein interaction interfaces,"...

New anthropology study findings reported from University of California.
November 4, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "In this article, we examine U.S. and Italian parents' discourses on family time in parent-filled weekly activity charts and interviews with parents. Analysis indicates that in Los Angeles,...

New data from Trinity College illuminate research in anthropology.
November 4, 2008... "This article is less concerned with the weaknesses of the old anthropological idea of culture than with how and why, despite these weaknesses, it has retained such influence with the liberal state. It approaches these questions using a case...

Research findings from University of Sao Paulo update understanding of anthropology.
November 4, 2008... According to a study from Sao Paulo, Brazil, "Nutcracking capuchins are mentioned in reports dating as far back as the sixteenth century,(1,2) as well as in Brazilian folklore.(3) However, it was barely a decade ago that primatologists...

Research from R. Whitaker et al broadens understanding of anthropology.
November 4, 2008... According to recent research from Canada, "This article traces a series of frustrations and dilemmas that arose from people's attempts to participate in Northern Ireland's peace process in ways that challenged the reduction of its politics to a...

Study findings from York University provide new insights into anthropology.(Report)
November 4, 2008... "Allan Young's classic thesis on stress discourse underscores the way in which the biomedical discourse of ''stress'' reflects and legitimizes existing social inequities even as it removes the language of stress to the decontextualized domain...

Researchers from University of Giessen publish new studies and findings in the area of antioxidants and redox signaling.(Report)
November 4, 2008... "The NADPH oxidases are involved in vascular remodeling processes and oxygen sensing. Hypoxia-induced pulmonary arterial remodeling results in thickening of the vessel wall and reduction of the area of vessel lumen, leading to pulmonary...

New antipodes study findings reported from University of California.
November 4, 2008... According to a study from the United States, "This paper is part of an ongoing effort to make sense of the turbulent forces at play in South Africa in relation to other parts of the world. Engaging debates over neoliberalism from a South...

New antipodes study results from University of Maine described.(Report)
November 4, 2008... "This paper examines the patterns of state-sponsored and state-tolerated violence directed at a social movement organization in New Mexico known as La Alianza Federal de Mercedes during the 1960s and 1970s. Beginning in the 1960s, Alianza...

Report summarizes antipodes study findings from University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
November 4, 2008... "This paper asks how images of children are used by prominent signatories to NGO codes of conduct. The answer is that images of childhood and shared codes of conduct are both means through which development and relief NGOs produce themselves as...

Research findings from Cardiff University update understanding of antipodes.(Report)
November 4, 2008... According to a study from Wales, "Recent years have witnessed increased geographical interest in the changing nature of forestry in the UK. Critical attention has been given to a transition from a previously dominant regime of industrial...

Researchers from Carleton University detail new studies and findings in the area of antipodes.
November 4, 2008... According to recent research from Ottawa, Canada, "I take as a point of departure for a discussion of the idea of nature the John Muir Trust's much publicised Journey for the Wild which took place in the UK during the summer of 2006. My...

Data from Department of Agriculture provide new insights into applied genetics.(Report)
November 4, 2008... "Tan spot, caused by Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, is a destructive foliar disease of wheat causing significant yield reduction in major wheat growing areas throughout the world. The objective of this study was to identify quantitative trait...

New applied genetics study findings recently were published by H.D. Qin and co-researchers.(Report)
November 4, 2008... "Four-way cross (4WC) involving four different inbred lines frequently appears in the cotton breeding programs. However, linkage analysis and quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping with molecular markers in cotton has largely been applied to...

Reports from University of Manitoba describe recent advances in applied genetics.
November 4, 2008... "A single base change in the Bn-FAE1.1 gene in the A genome and a two-base deletion in the Bn-FAE1.2 gene in the C genome produce the nearly zero content of erucic acid observed in canola. A BAC clone anchoring Bn-FAE1.1 from a B. rapa BAC...

Reports outline applied genetics study findings from Y.H. Li and colleagues.(Report)
November 4, 2008... According to a study from Beijing, People's Republic of China, "The Chinese genebank contains 23,587 soybean landraces collected from 29 provinces. In this study, a representative collection of 1,863 landraces were assessed for genetic...

Reports outline applied genetics study results from H. Hartings et al.
November 4, 2008... According to a study from Bergamo, Italy, "In the present study we have analyzed the genetic diversity pattern in a sample of 54 Italian maize landraces, using morphological traits and molecular markers. Although the 54 landraces surveyed in...

Reports summarize applied genetics study results from A. Azuma and co-researchers.(Report)
November 4, 2008... "As a result of natural hybridization and human selection over millennia, the skin colors of grapes have become greatly diversified. The color is determined by the quantity and composition of anthocyanins," investigators in Akitsu, Japan report...

Research findings from K. Matsubara et al update understanding of applied genetics.
November 4, 2008... "The rice japonica cultivars Nipponbare and Koshihikari differ in heading date and response of heading to photoperiod (photoperiod sensitivity). Using simple sequence repeat (SSR) and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, we conducted...

Research from Chonnam National University provides new data about applied genetics.
November 4, 2008... According to recent research from South Korea, "A male-sterile (MS) radish (Raphanus sativus L.) was found in an accession collected from Uzbekistan. Unlike Ogura MS radishes in which no pollen grain is typically visible during anthesis, a...

Research from Ohio State University, Department of Agriculture has provided new data on applied genetics.(Report)
November 4, 2008... "The soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsumura) is a pest of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] in many soybean growing countries of the world, mainly in Asia and North America. A single dominant gene in PI 243540 confers resistance to the soybean...

Research from R. Kofler and co-researchers in the area of applied genetics described.
November 4, 2008... According to a study from Tulln, Austria, "We developed 74 microsatellite marker primer pairs yielding 76 polymorphic loci, specific for the short arm of rye chromosome 1R (1RS) in wheat background. Four libraries enriched for microsatellite...

Research from University of Shiga Prefecture provides new data about applied genetics.
November 4, 2008... "Root elongation induced by phosphorus deficiency has been reported as one of the adaptive mechanisms in plants. Genetic differences were found in rice for the root elongation under phosphorus deficiency (REP), for which a distinct quantitative...

Research in the area of applied genetics reported from X. Xu and colleagues.
November 4, 2008... "Field resistances (FR) against rice blast are highly evaluated by breeders for their durability, in contrast to the conspicuous but often less durable true resistances. However, lack of efficient systems for evaluation of resistance has...

Scientists at University of Hohenheim publish research in applied genetics.(Report)
November 4, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Theoretical and Applied Genetics, "Association mapping promises to overcome the limitations of linkage mapping methods. The main objective of this study was to examine the applicability of...

Studies from K. Lu and colleagues reveal new findings on applied genetics.(Report)
November 4, 2008... "Purple acid phosphatase (PAP) is important for phosphorus assimilation and in planta redistribution. In this study, seven Brassica napus PAP12 (BnPAP12) genes orthologous to Arabidopsis thaliana PAP12 (AtPAP12) are isolated and characterized,"...

Study data from M.C.A.M. Bink and colleagues update understanding of applied genetics.(Report)
November 4, 2008... "Several estimators have been proposed that use molecular marker data to infer the degree of relatedness for pairs of individuals. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of seven estimators when applied to marker data of a...

Study data from University of Wisconsin provide new insights into applied genetics.(Report)
November 4, 2008... "The traditional development of simple sequence repeat (SSR) or microsatellite markers by probe hybridization can be time-consuming and requires the use of specialized laboratory equipment. In this study, probe hybridization was circumvented by...

Data on applied microbiology published by researchers at University of Helsinki.
November 4, 2008... In this recent study, researchers in Helsinki, Finland conducted a study "To determine the effects of supplemented copper (Cu2+) on growth and viability of strains used as starters and adjunct cultures for Emmental cheese manufacture. Thirteen...

Investigators at University of Stellenbosch zero in on applied microbiology.(Report)
November 4, 2008... "The detection of viable Enterobacter sakazakii cells is important due to the association of this pathogen with outbreaks of life-threatening neonatal infections. The aim of this study was to optimize a PCR-based method for selective detection...

New findings in applied microbiology described by X.B. Xu and co-researchers.
November 4, 2008... In this recent report, researchers in Beijing, People's Republic of China conducted a study "To investigate the effect of antagonistic yeast Pichia membranaefaciens on alleviating oxidative stress caused by Penicillium expansum in sweet cherry...

New findings in applied microbiology described from University of Manchester.
November 4, 2008... According to recent research from Manchester, the United Kingdom, "The overall kinetics of the fermentation of four oat fractions obtained by debranning using three potentially probiotic lactic acid bacteria were investigated. The main...

New findings reported from S.P. Luby and co-authors describe advances in applied microbiology.
November 4, 2008... In this recently published study, investigators in Dhaka, Bangladesh conducted a study "To measure enteric bacterial contamination of tubewells in three flood prone areas in Bangladesh and the relationship of bacteriological contamination with...

Reports from Huazhong Normal University describe recent advances in applied microbiology.
November 4, 2008... According to recent research from Wuhan, People's Republic of China, "Spring viraemia of carp virus (SVCV) is the causative agent of SVC disease. The main aim of our study was to develop a one-step reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal...

Reports outline applied microbiology study findings from E.M. Fox and colleagues.(Report)
November 4, 2008... According to a study from Fermoy, Ireland, "The current international standard method for detection of Enterobacter sakazakii from milk products is by the International Organization for Standardization and the International Dairy Federation...

Research from Logan College of Chiropractic reveals new findings on applied microbiology.(Report)
November 4, 2008... According to a study from Budapest, Hungary, "Catechol 1,2-dioxygenase is a key enzyme in the degradation of monoaromatic pollutants. The detection of this gene is in focus today but recently designed degenerate primers are not always...

Research from Technical University yields new findings on applied microbiology.
November 4, 2008... "The design and evaluation of an oligonucleotide microarray in order to detect and identify viable bacterial species that play a significant role in beer spoilage. These belong to the species of the genera Lactobacillus, Megasphaera,...

Research from University of Nevada yields new data on applied microbiology.(Report)
November 4, 2008... "This study investigated the influence of a range of evaporation rates (2.0, 5.3 and 7.4 mm day(-1)) on degradation of E. coli (ATCC Strain 25922) inoculated in canine faeces. Experiments were carried out in an environmental chamber and a first...

Research on applied microbiology described by N.B. Valentine and colleagues.(Report)
November 4, 2008... According to recent research published in the Journal of Applied Microbiology, "Having and executing a well-defined and validated sampling protocol is critical following a purposeful release of a biological agent for response and recovery...

Research reports from G. Hallas and co-authors provide new insights into applied microbiology.
November 4, 2008... In this recent study, researchers in Salisbury, Australia conducted a study "To compare the use of MI agar, Membrane Lactose Glucoronide Agar (MLGA), CM1046 agar and Colilert (R)-18 (Defined Substrate Technology (R), IDEXX Laboratories Pty....

Studies conducted at J. Dherbecourt et al on applied microbiology recently published.
November 4, 2008... "Short branched-chain fatty acids (BCFAs) are cheese flavour compounds, which result from the conversion of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs). In Swiss cheese, the production of short BCFAs is mainly performed by Propionibacterium...

Studies from University of Patras in the area of applied microbiology described.
November 4, 2008... In this recently published study, investigators in Patras, Greece conducted a study "To investigate the effect of organic nitrogen on lipogenesis during growth of Cunninghamella echinulata on tomato waste hydrolysate (TWH) media....

Study data from V. Broussolle et al provide new insights into applied microbiology.
November 4, 2008... "Our aim was to assess the diversity of the nutrient germination response of Bacillus cereus spores. B. cereus spore germination was monitored by decrease in optical density using a Bioscreen C analyser in response to the major germinant...

Researchers from Quinnipiac University detail new studies and findings in the area of biochemistry.
November 4, 2008... According to a study from the United States, "Saccharomyces cerevisiae uses vacuolar storage to dynamically control the cytoplasmic calcium concentration. Vex1p, a Ca2+/H+ antiporter and a member of file CAX (Ca2+/anion exchanger) family of...

New biophysics data have been reported by S. Somodi and co-authors.(Report)
November 4, 2008... "The Kv1.3 channel inactivates via the P/C-type mechanism, which is influenced by a histidine residue in the pore region (H399, equivalent of Shaker 449). Previously we showed that the electric field of the protonated histidines at low...

New biophysics research from M. Dakovic and co-researchers described.
November 4, 2008... "Biosorption of uranium from nuclear waste liquids and contaminated surface waters and soils has recently attracted special interest. However, the detailed mechanism of uranium uptake by plants is not well understood," scientists writing in the...

New biophysics study results reported from I.M. Tolicnorrelykke et al.
November 4, 2008... "Dynamic organization of the cell interior, which is crucial for cell function, largely depends on the microtubule cytoskeleton. Microtubules move and position organelles by pushing, pulling, or sliding," scientists writing in the European...

Reports from University of Illinois highlight recent research in biophysics.
November 4, 2008... According to recent research published in the European Biophysics Journal with Biophysics Letters, "The redox midpoint potential (E-m) of the primary quinone of bacterial reaction centers, Q(A), in native membranes (chromatophores) measured by...

Reports summarize biophysics study results from University of Szeged.
November 4, 2008... "The steady-state operation of photosynthetic reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides was investigated by measuring the rate of cytochrome photo-oxidation under intensive continuous illumination (808 nm, 5 W cm(-2)). The native quinone...

Researchers from University of Ljubljana describe findings in biophysics.
November 4, 2008... According to a study from Ljubljana, Slovenia, "The temperature-induced budding of POPC-cardiolipin-cholesterol, POPC-POPS-cholesterol and POPC-POPG-cholesterol giant lipid vesicles in the presence of beta(2)-glycoprotein I (beta(2)-GPI) in the...

Studies from Jagiellonian University have provided new information about biophysics.
November 4, 2008... According to recent research published in the European Biophysics Journal with Biophysics Letters, "Fluorescence spectra and fluorescence lifetimes of protochlorophyll (Pchl) were measured in organic solvents having different physical and...

Investigators at Saitama University have published new data on cell and tissue research.
November 4, 2008... "The primordium of the mammalian adenohypophysis derived from Rathke's pouch (RP) is known to be formed by oral ectoderm invagination. However, in the early phase of pituitary development, the detailed process by which the oral ectoderm...

Study results from University of Kentucky broaden understanding of cell and tissue research.(Report)
November 4, 2008... According to a study from the United States, "Gap junctions in the cochlear lateral wall, which consists of the stria vascularis (SV) and spiral ligament (SPL), are important for generating a positive endocochlear potential and high potassium...

Technion, Medical Department details research in cell and tissue research.
November 4, 2008... "Members of the claudin family of proteins are the main components of tight junctions (TJs), the major selective barrier of the paracellular pathway between epithelial cells. The selectivity and specificity of TJ strands are determined by the...

Tsinghua University publishes research in cell and tissue research.
November 4, 2008... "Mantle tissue plays an important role in shell biomineralization by secreting matrix proteins for shell formation. However, the mechanism by which it regulates matrix protein secretion is poorly understood, largely because of the lack of...

Data from University Hospital provide new insights into cell biology.
November 4, 2008... "The primary cilium has evolved as a multifunctional cellular compartment that decorates most vertebrate cells. Cilia sense mechanical stimuli in various organs, but the molecular mechanisms that convert the deflection of cilia into...

Data on cell biology detailed by S. Sugiyama and co-authors.
November 4, 2008... "Neural circuits are shaped by experience in early postnatal life. Distinct GABAergic connections within visual cortex determine the timing of the critical period for rewiring ocular dominance to establish visual acuity," scientists in Paris,...

Data on cell biology published by M.M. Dix and colleagues.
November 4, 2008... "Proteolysis is a key regulatory process that promotes the (in) activation, translocation, and/or degradation of proteins. As such, there is considerable interest in methods to comprehensively characterize proteolytic pathways in biological...