According to a new study from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University, African-American women who reported high levels of depressive symptoms had a greater likelihood of adult-onset asthma compared to women who reported ...
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Medtronic, a medical device company, has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its CoreValve self-expanding transcatheter system. The device is designed for severe aortic stenosis patients who are too ill or ...
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Power Integrations LYTSwitch-4 high power LED drivers feature a wide dimming range and fast start-up, even when turning-on from a low conduction angle and easily meet international requirements for THD and harmonics. Output current is ...
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Armstrong Fluid Technology has entered the UK circulator marketplace with the launch of the Compass range of high efficiency wet rotor circulators ideal for domestic and light commercial applications. Addressing a gap in the market, the ...
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UV, blue and far-red light can prevent the development of edema on some plants in the tomato family. Edema is a physiological disorder characterized by watery blisters or tumors that often form along leaf veins. It can develop on plants, ...
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Around one in seven new passenger cars purchased in 2013 were classified as a medium car by industry accountant VFACTS, with the Toyota Camry crushing its competitors with a 38.7 per cent share in the cheaper bracket. A total of 24,860 ...
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Australia’s large car class continued its downward spiral in 2013 as the segment’s traditional heavyweights slumped to record lows. Large car sales slipped 14.7 per cent as a whole in 2013, and a larger 17.2 per cent in the ...
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Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today introduced a new family of relative humidity (RH) and temperature sensors that simplify RH sensing designs while providing industry-leading ...
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Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) and UCB (Euronext Brussels:UCB) today announced results from a Phase 2 trial evaluating romosozumab (AMG 785/CDP7851) in postmenopausal women with low bone mineral density (BMD). Published in the New England Journal of ...
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There is widespread concern about potential sulfur (S) deficiencies in corn and soybeans in the North Central region. Sulfur is relatively immobile within the plant, so symptoms usually appear in the new growth. Atmospheric deposition used ...
Prasad Dhond, Marketing Manager of Lighting Power Products at Texas Instruments (TI) gives a comprehensive overview of the effects of the incandescent bulb phase out in 2014. Below is his recent blog entry: You heard, right? The ...
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The increase has ranged from 30 percent to 40 percent, reports ABC News. In California, an estimated 50,000 people picked a health plan in the first week of December. News outlets also reported on the latest developments in Maryland, Oregon ...
Tire shipments are expected to increase more than 4%in 2013 to 297 million units,according to the Rubber Manufacturers Association(RMA).This represents an increase of 12 million units compared with 2012. In 2014,RMA expects demand ...
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China’s Ministry of Finance has announced the sliding-scale tariff plan for import of cotton in 2014. The tariff, applicable for cotton imports excluded from volume under import quotas, is as follows: a. If the cotton import ...
Michelin North America Inc. has announced a safety recall of approximately 1.3 million of its Michelin LTX M/S commercial light truck tires sold primarily in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. About 1.2 million of these tires were sold in the ...
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