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Xylem Has Been Announced as The Winner of The Medium Business Category
Jan 3, 2014Xylem Inc. has been announced as the winner of the medium business category in the El Espectador Sustainable Awards sponsored by BBVA bank in Colombia. More than 1,800 companies entered the competition, which recognizes companies that ...
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Medical Center Study Has Found a Way to Boost The Corneal Transplant Acceptance Rate
Jan 3, 2014For the estimated 10 percent of patients whose bodies reject a corneal transplant, the odds of a second transplant succeeding are poor. All that could change, however, based on a UT Southwestern Medical Center study that has found a way to ...
Tags: corneal transplant, UT Southwestern Medical Center, interferon-gamma
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The 25cl Cup,Features The Logo and Website Address of C10 Embossed on The Body of The Cup
Jan 3, 2014The 25cl cup, a first in the beer market in France, features the logo and website address of C10 embossed on the body of the cup, which can be customised to promote an event, a brand of beer, or one of the member companies of the group. ...
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Siemens Last Month Inked a Deal with The Cape Wind Project
Jan 3, 2014Siemens last month inked a deal with the Cape Wind project that could be a significant step to advance wind farm activity in the United States. The plant is to operate in New England, on Horseshoe Shoal, an area of water toward the center ...
Tags: Siemens, Cape Wind project, offshore wind farm, renewable energy
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Violino Has Signed a 14,000-Square-Foot Permanent Showroom at The Las Vegas Market
Jan 3, 2014Leather upholstery resource Violino has signed a three-year lease for a 14,000-square-foot permanent showroom at the Las Vegas Market. The company said the new exhibit space, World Market Center B-870, is being renovated and will be open ...
Tags: furniture
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Rare Earthquake Lights Are More Likely to Occur on or Near Rift Environments
Jan 3, 2014Rare earthquake lights are more likely to occur on or near rift environments, where subvertical faults allow stress-induced electrical currents to flow rapidly to the surface, according to a new study published in the Jan./Feb. issue of ...
Tags: earthquake lights, rift environments, subvertical faults, seismology
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Ikea Plans to Double Its Market Share in Germany Over The Next Eight to 10 Years
Jan 3, 2014Swedish furniture retailer Ikea plans to double its market share in Germany over the next eight to 10 years, according to a report in German newspaper Handelsblatt that was cited in the International Business Times. Handelsblatt quoted ...
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Robot Inspired by The Gecko Has Taken a Important Step Towards a Future in Space
Jan 3, 2014A wall-crawling robot inspired by the gecko has taken a small but important step towards a future in space, scientists said on Thursday. The tiny legged prototype could be the forerunner of automatons which crawl along the hulls of ...
Tags: wall-crawling robot, spacecraft, European Space Agency
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New Technique Would Allow Us to Get at How The Virus Really Works
Jan 3, 2014By the time they're two, most children have had respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and suffered symptoms no worse than a bad cold. But for some children, especially premature babies and those with underlying health conditions, RSV can lead ...
Tags: respiratory syncytial virus, children health, prevent RSV infections
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Orchestra Musicians Suffer From Particular Stress on The Day of The Concert
Jan 3, 2014Even professional orchestra musicians suffer from particular stress on the day of the concert and release more cortisol. For the first time it has now been possible to demonstrate that, amongst others, the enzyme myeloperoxidase, which is ...
Tags: musicians, stress, cardiovascular disease, enzyme myeloperoxidase
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Vitamin Supplements Have a Flawed Methodology
Jan 3, 2014Most large, clinical trials of vitamin supplements, including some that have concluded they are of no value or even harmful, have a flawed methodology that renders them largely useless in determining the real value of these micronutrients, ...
Tags: vitamin supplements, flawed methodology, micronutrients
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EBD Is a Method for Accelerating The Redesign of Health Care Delivery
Jan 3, 2014A Virginia Mason study aimed at better understanding what patients mean when they describe their health care experience has identified 35 positive, negative and neutral emotion words that have clear, consistent meanings for patients, ...
Tags: emotion words, describe health care experience, experience-based design
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Patients May Be Driven by Lack of Alternatives Instead of The Severity of Their Illness
Jan 3, 2014A study from the University of Colorado School of Medicine shows patients with Medicaid insurance seeking care in an emergency department may be driven by lack of alternatives instead of the severity of their illness. The study is published ...
Tags: Medicaid insurance, emergency department, emergency care, Roberta Capp
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Knowledge Has Been Reflected in a Brand New Study Released by Duke University
Jan 3, 2014As a preeminent expert in the field of obesity surgery, board-certified bariatric surgeon Michael Feiz, M.D., F.A.C.S, has personally seen the physical, emotional and financial toll that obesity takes on his patients. As a matter of fact, ...
Tags: obesity surgery, Michael Feiz, healthcare costs, body mass index
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MD Now Urgent Care Announces Its Availability as a Certified Source
Jan 3, 2014MD Now Urgent Care – the largest and fastest growing provider of urgent care and occupational medicine services in South Florida announces its availability today as a certified source for screening and testing of Obstructive Sleep ...
Tags: MD Now Urgent Care, urgent care, occupational medicine services
