Science Letter back issues from March 2009:
365 Main Forms Service Company to Meet Growing Technical Needs of Customers.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Data center developer and operator 365 Main announced that the company has established a remote hands service company to serve the technical service needs of its customers. The Remote Hands services, ranging from equipment installation and inventory to software installation and tape ...
'AL-KIAMA: the Life After': Sequence Leading to Armageddon Battle and Commencement of Judgment Day.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "AL-KIAMA: The Life After" (published by AuthorHouse), by Moustafa F. Moukarim, is a novel describing the events leading to Armageddon and Judgment Day as visualized by Hasib F. Moukarim (see also AuthorHouse). "The novel is timely because it deals with security and current ...
'HAMZA: Strive for a Wiser Life': Author Offers Accessible Introduction to Druze Faith in Story of Faith and Tradition.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Moustafa F. Moukarim offers another perspective on religion and faith for readers to consider in his new book, "HAMZA: Strive for a Wiser Life" (published by AuthorHouse). In his story, a very special boy is born one thousand years after the birth of Christ. His parents name him Hamza, ...
Finding Your Place in the Kingdom: First-time Author Helps Readers Open Their Hearts to God's Love and Live a Life of Faith.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "His Glory: Reclaiming Dominion in the Kingdom of God" (published by AuthorHouse) by Darin Williams promises to help readers understand their own spirituality and take the first steps on a quest for knowledge and fulfillment by explaining how we all are created in God's image (see also ...
AZEK Trim Voted #1 Brand in Quality by Builder Magazine Study.
Mar 03, 2009 ... AZEK(R) Trim, manufactured by AZEK Building Products, was named the #1 brand in "Quality" in Builder Magazine's 2009 Brand Use Study in the category of Exterior Trim (see also AZEK Building Products). "The results of the Builder Brand Use Study highlight that builders trust the ...
Document Automation Cuts Production Costs Up to 80%.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Document automation can reduce operating costs, increase revenue opportunities, and mitigate risk, according to a white paper published by Cincom Systems titled "Achieve Rapid ROI with Cincom Eloquence(R) for Document Automation" (www.cincom.com/roi?refid=PR1) (see also Cincom Systems). ...
2009 Edition of Ernst & Young Tax Guide Now Available Online and in Stores.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Hailed by critics as one of the best resources available for taxpayers, the Ernst & Young Tax Guide 2009(C) is now available online and in book stores (see also Ernst & Young). Published for over two decades and useful for do-it-yourself taxpayers and professional preparers, the ...
I-95 Corridor Coalition Validates Quality of INRIX GPS-Enabled Traffic Probe Data in Comprehensive Study Across 4 States.
Mar 03, 2009 ... INRIX announced that the I-95 Corridor Coalition has completed the most comprehensive validation of vehicle probe data ever in the U.S., finding that the quality of INRIX traffic information "provides an accurate overall picture of traffic conditions for limited access roadways within the ...
'One': Unique New Book Reveals Oneness with God.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Many people seek a closer relationship with God, but are unsure how to achieve that goal. "One" (published by iUniverse), by Jasper Watson, invites Christians and those seeking the Divine to discover oneness with God through exploring a deeper and more meaningful relationship (see also ...
'The Sound of Hope: a True Story of an Adoptee's Quest for Her Origins'.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Every United States citizen enjoys the right and the liberty to have full access to their own public records, including birth certificates -- except adoptees. Only six states allow adoptees to view their original birth certificate. In the other 44 states, adoptees must petition the courts ...
Business Strategist Applies Corporate Experience to Self-Help: 'Make It Happen'.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Many people seek answers to questions of motivation and self-actualization. "Make It Happen" (published by iUniverse) by Justin Honaman employs lessons learned in his career working with multinational corporations to the individual level in an effort to help others direct their energies ...
Lee Hecht Harrison's Orville Pierson Publishes New Book: 'Highly Effective Networking'.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Lee Hecht Harrison, a leading talent management solutions company, announced that Orville Pierson, Senior Vice President and Director of Program Design for the firm has published a new book entitled, "Highly Effective Networking: Meet the Right People and Get A Great Job" published by ...
Rhode Island Manufacturing Jobs Fell 4.1% in 2008 According to State Industrial Directory.(Directory)
Mar 03, 2009 ... Industrial employment in Rhode Island dropped 4.1% over the past twelve months according to the 2009 Rhode Island Manufacturers Register, a compilation of state industry published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL. MNI (http://www.manufacturersnews.com/) reports ...
Mystery Writers of America Elect Lee Child National President; Board Elects Others for Leadership Positions.
Mar 03, 2009 ... The Mystery Writers of America (MWA) announced that international bestselling author Lee Child has been elected president and will serve a one-year term beginning in February 2009. Child will succeed Harlan Coben (see also Mystery Writers of America). Child is a NY Times ...
Overland Storage Receives Deficiency Letter From Nasdaq.(Report)
Mar 03, 2009 ... Overland Storage, Inc. (NASDAQ:OVRL) announced that it received a Nasdaq Staff Deficiency Letter (the "Nasdaq Letter") indicating that, based on the Company's shareholders' equity as reported in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 28, 2008, the Company does not ...
Informative Office Furniture Manufacturing Industry Report for 2009, Global Edition.(Report)
Mar 03, 2009 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ff97f2/2009_worldwide_off) has announced the addition of the "2009 Worldwide Office Furniture Manufacturing Industry Report" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets). The Office Furniture ...
news2biz LATVIA Comprises News, Analyses and Key Figures Designed for Targeted Reading.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b25271/news2biz_latvia) has announced the addition of the "news2biz LATVIA" subscription to their offering (see also Research and Markets). Since 1996 we have published news2biz LATVIA, a bi-weekly business report ...
news2biz LITHUANIA out now.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/682de1/news2biz_lithuania) has announced the addition of the "news2biz LITHUANIA" subscription to their offering (see also Research and Markets). Since 1996 we have published news2biz LITHUANIA, a bi-weekly ...
Sierra Wireless' Tender Offers for Wavecom Are Successful.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ:SWIR)(NASDAQ:-)(NASDAQ:TSX:)(NASDAQ:SW), a leading provider of wireless solutions for mobile computing, and Wavecom (Paris: AVM - NASDAQ: WVCM), a leading provider of embedded wireless technology for M2M (machine-to-machine) communication, announced that Sierra ...
Deposit Disputes - the Stories Behind the Resolution.
Mar 03, 2009 ... The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has published a series of case studies, selected at random, into disputes between landlords and tenants over deposit monies due. These studies have been undertaken to underline the dual role of tenancy deposit protection that has been a legal ...
Scripps Reports Fourth-Quarter Results.(Financial report)
Mar 03, 2009 ... The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE:SSP) reported fourth-quarter operating results for its television, newspaper, and licensing and syndication businesses. The operations that formerly comprised the company's Scripps Networks and interactive media divisions, which were spun off into a separate ...
University of Miami Research Can Help Retailers Lure Back Consumers Dismayed by Missing a Sale.(Report)
Mar 03, 2009 ... You know that awful feeling you get when you go back to find an item you were eyeing at 40 percent off only to find out it is now only marked down 10 percent? Retailers get a depressed feeling too by watching you walk away in frustration with your hands free of shopping bags (see also ...
Westlake Chemical Reports Fourth Quarter Results.(Financial report)
Mar 03, 2009 ... Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE:WLK) reported a net loss of $109.6 million, or $1.68 per diluted share, on sales of $597.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2008. This compares to fourth quarter of 2007 net income of $18.8 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, on sales of $850.6 ...
Investigators at Maastricht University target assessment research.
Mar 03, 2009 ... According to a study from Netherlands, "The present study examines the reliability and construct validity of the Dutch version of the Psychopathy Check List: Youth Version (PCL:YV) in a sample of male adolescents admitted to a secure juvenile justice treatment institution (N = 98). Hare's ...
Study findings on assessment research are outlined in reports from University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Mar 03, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Assessment, "Research linking psychopathic tendencies to childhood behavior problems is predicated on the assumption that the findings are based on using psychometrically sound measures of psychopathic tendencies. Although evaluated ...
Findings from A. Battesti and co-researchers advance knowledge in bacteriology.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "Bacteria respond to nutritional stress by producing (p) ppGpp, which triggers a stringent response resulting in growth arrest and expression of resistance genes. In Escherichia coli, RelA produces (p) ppGpp upon amino acid starvation by detecting stalled ribosomes," scientists writing in ...
Findings from A.M. Breier and co-authors broaden understanding of bacteriology.
Mar 03, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the Journal of Bacteriology, "DnaA functions as both a transcription factor and the replication initiator in bacteria. We characterized the DNA binding dynamics of DnaA on a genomic level." "Based on cross-linking and chromatin ...
Findings in bacteriology reported from J. Lukasiewicz and co-researchers.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "Hafnia alvei, a gram-negative bacterium, is an opportunistic pathogen associated with mixed hospital infections, bacteremia, septicemia, and respiratory diseases. Various 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid (Kdo)-containing fragments different from known structures of core ...
Investigators at Newcastle University target bacteriology.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "Upon nutrient limitation cells of the swarming soil bacterium Myxococcus xanthus form a multicellular fruiting body in which a fraction of the cells develop into myxospores. Spore development includes the transition from a rod-shaped vegetative cell to a spherical myxospore and so is ...
New bacteriology findings from University of Michigan described.(Report)
Mar 03, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Gram-negative bacteria assemble functional amyloid surface fibers called curli. CsgB nucleates the major curli subunit protein, CsgA, into a self-propagating amyloid fiber on the cell surface." "The CsgG lipoprotein is ...
New bacteriology study findings have been reported by S. Pina and co-researchers.
Mar 03, 2009 ... According to a study from Barcelona, Spain, "Haemophilus parasuis is the agent responsible for causing Glasser's disease, but little is known about the pathogenic determinants of this major pig disease. Here we describe, for the pathogenic strain Nagasaki, the molecular characterization of ...
Research from J.F. Kim and co-researchers in the area of bacteriology described.
Mar 03, 2009 ... According to a study from South Korea, "Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis is a probiotic bacterium that naturally inhabits the guts of most mammals, including humans." "Here we report the complete genome sequence of B. animalis subsp. lactis AD011 that was isolated from an ...
Research from University of Guanajuato yields new findings on bacteriology.(Report)
Mar 03, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the Journal of Bacteriology, "Previous studies showed that a Bacillus subtilis strain deficient in mismatch repair (MMR; encoded by the mutSL operon) promoted the production of stationary-phase-induced mutations. However, overexpression of the ...
Studies from Kyoto University in the area of bacteriology published.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10, a psychrotrophic gram-negative bacterium isolated from Antarctic seawater, produces eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) as a component of phospholipids at low temperatures. EPA constitutes about 5% of the total fatty acids of cells grown at 4 degrees C. We found ...
Investigators at University of California release new data on biology.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "Highly elongated eukaryotic cells (e.g., neuronal axons, fungal hyphae, and pollen tubes) are generated through continuous apically restricted growth (tip growth), which universally requires tip-localized Rho GTPases. We used the oscillating pollen tube as a model system to determine the ...
Massachusetts General Hospital reports research in biology.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "Tissue organization in epithelial organs is achieved during development by the combined processes of cell differentiation and morphogenetic cell movements. In the kidney, the nephron is the functional organ unit," scientists in the United States report (see also Biology). ...
New biology research from A. Peaucelle and co-researchers described.
Mar 03, 2009 ... According to a study from Versailles, France, "Plant organs are produced from meristems in a characteristic pattern. This pattern, referred to as phyllotaxis, is thought to be generated by local gradients of an information molecule, auxin [1-6]." "Some studies propose a key role ...
New biology study findings have been reported from M. Simonetta et al.(Report)
Mar 03, 2009 ... "Mad2 is a key component of the spindle assembly checkpoint, a safety device ensuring faithful sister chromatid separation in mitosis. The target of Mad2 is Cdc20, an activator of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C)," researchers in Milan, Italy report (see also Biology). ...
New findings in biology described by J. Taranda and co-researchers.
Mar 03, 2009 ... According to a study from Buenos Aires, Argentina, "The transduction of sound in the auditory periphery, the cochlea, is inhibited by efferent cholinergic neurons projecting from the brainstem and synapsing directly on mechanosensory hair cells. One fundamental question in auditory ...
New findings reported from University of Erlangen describe advances in biology.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "Numerous animal navigators are not simply at the mercy of winds and currents but cope with drift to reach their goals [1-7]. Here, we report how a fruit-catching Costa Rican fish combines an analysis of aerial motion with a novel way of compensating for drift to optimize its catching ...
Research from R.C. Fleischer and co-authors in the area of biology published.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "The Hawaiian ''honeyeaters,'' five endemic species of recently extinct, nectar-feeding songbirds in the genera Moho and Chaetoptila, looked and acted like Australasian honeyeaters (Meliphagidae), and no taxonomist since their discovery on James Cook's third voyage has classified them as ...
Researchers from Uppsala University report details of new studies and findings in the area of biology.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "Genes that have experienced accelerated evolutionary rates on the human lineage during recent evolution are candidates for involvement in human-specific adaptations. To determine the forces that cause increased evolutionary rates in certain genes, we analyzed alignments of 10,238 human ...
Study results from B. Schierwater et al provide new insights into biology.(Report)
Mar 03, 2009 ... "For more than a century, the origin of metazoan animals has been debated. One aspect of this debate has been centered on what the hypothetical ''urmetazoon'' bauplan might have been," scientists writing in the journal Plos Biology report (see also Biology). "The ...
Study results from Y. Lai and colleagues in the area of bone marrow transplantation published.
Mar 03, 2009 ... According to recent research from Nanning, People's Republic of China, "In an effort to reduce the incidence and severity of acute GVHD (aGVHD), we have developed a new prophylaxis regimen combining cyclosporine and MTX with a short 30-day course of low-dose (500 mg per day) mycophenolate ...
Data on botany detailed by J. Xu and co-authors.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "Solanum nigrum is a newly discovered Cd-hyperaccumulator. In the present study, the protective effects of proline against cadmium toxicity of callus and regenerated shoots of S. nigrum are investigated based on a high frequency in vitro shoot regeneration system," scientists in ...
Data on botany reported by researchers at University of Bonn.
Mar 03, 2009 ... According to recent research from Bonn, Germany, "The desiccation tolerant resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum encodes three classes of transketolase transcripts, which are distinguished by their gene structures and their expression patterns. One class, represented by tkt3, is ...
Findings from K. Hayashi et al in botany reported.
Mar 03, 2009 ... According to recent research from Inada, Japan, "The plant genome contains a large number of disease resistance (R) genes that have evolved through diverse mechanisms. Here, we report that a long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposon contributed to the evolution of the rice blast ...
Findings in botany reported from Wuhan University.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "Allopolyploidy is an important speciation mechanism and is ubiquitous among plants. Brassica napus is a model system for studying the consequences of hybridization and polyploidization on allopolyploid genome," scientists in Wuhan, People's Republic of China report (see also Botany). ...
Huazhong Agricultural University reports research in botany.(Report)
Mar 03, 2009 ... "The genetic transformation efficiency of a rice variety is largely determined by its tissue culturability. Establishment of a highly efficient tissue-culture system has greatly accelerated the wide spread application of transgenic japonica varieties," scientists writing in the journal ...
Investigators at Huazhong Normal University zero in on botany.
Mar 03, 2009 ... According to a study from Wuhan, People's Republic of China, "Microsporogenesis, associated with the functional expression of many genes, is a highly programmed and regulated process in flowering plants. To elucidate the roles of genes during anther development, two anther-specific cDNAs ...
Investigators at Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. release new data on botany.(Report)
Mar 03, 2009 ... "Systemic acquired resistance (SAR), a natural disease response in plants, can be induced chemically. Salicylic acid (SA) acts as a key endogenous signaling molecule that mediates SAR in dicotyledonous plants," scientists in Yokohama, Japan report (see also Botany). "However, ...
Investigators at Mississippi State University release new data on botany.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "Classic plant tissue culture experiments have shown that exposure of cell culture to a high auxin to cytokinin ratio promotes root formation and a low auxin to cytokinin ratio leads to shoot regeneration. It has been widely accepted that auxin and cytokinin play an antagonistic role in ...
Ludwig-Maximilians University reports research in botany.
Mar 03, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Planta, "We have investigated the consequences of blocking anthocyanin biosynthesis by silencing a key enzyme, anthocyanidin synthase, in transgenic plants of a red-leaved apple cultivar. This is complementary to a previous study of ...
New botany data have been reported by Y.J. Jing and co-authors.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "Tryptophan (Trp) is an essential amino acid required not only for protein synthesis but also for the production of many plant metabolites, including the hormone auxin. Mutations that disrupt Trp biosynthesis result in various developmental defects in plant organs, but how Trp affects ...
New botany findings from G. Lu and co-authors described.(Report)
Mar 03, 2009 ... According to a study from Shanghai, People's Republic of China, "Abscisic Acid (ABA) is an important phytohormone involved in abiotic stress resistance in plants. A group of bZIP transcription factors play important roles in the ABA signaling pathway in Arabidopsis." "However, ...
New botany study findings have been published by Y.H. Zhou and colleagues.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "Glycosyltransferases (GTs) are one of the largest enzyme groups required for the synthesis of complex wall polysaccharides and glycoproteins in plants. However, due to the limited number of related mutants that have observable phenotypes, the biological function(s) of most GTs in ...
New botany study findings have been reported by researchers at City University of New York.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "Carotenoids play crucial roles in structure and function of the photosynthetic apparatus of bacteria, algae, and higher plants. The entry-step reaction to carotenoid biosynthesis is catalyzed by the phytoene synthase (PSY), which is structurally and functionally related in all organisms," ...
New botany study findings recently were published by L. Wang and co-researchers.
Mar 03, 2009 ... According to recent research from Beijing, People's Republic of China, "Gibberellins (GAs) and brassinosteroids (BRs), two growth-promoting phytohormones, regulate many common physiological processes. Their interactions at the molecular level remain unclear." "Here, we ...
New botany study findings reported from University of California.
Mar 03, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "Flowers are determinate shoots comprised of perianth and reproductive organs displayed in a whorled phyllotactic pattern. Floral organ identity genes display region-specific expression patterns in the developing flower." "In ...
New data from Huazhong Normal University illuminate research in botany.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), the most important textile crop worldwide, often encounters water stress such as drought or waterlog during its growth season (Summer). To investigate molecular mechanism of water regulation in cotton plants, three cDNAs encoding the plasma membrane intrinsic ...
New data from X.J. Zong et al illuminate research in botany.
Mar 03, 2009 ... According to a study from Shandong, People's Republic of China, "Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades are involved in biotic and abiotic stress responses. In plants, MAPKs are classified into four groups, designated A-D." "Information about group C MAPKs is limited, ...
New findings from Tohoku University in the area of botany published.(Report)
Mar 03, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Plant Cell Reports, "Rice with LD-type cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) possesses the cytoplasm of 'Lead Rice' and its fertility is recovered by a nuclear fertility restorer gene Rf1. Rf1 promotes processing of a CMS-associated ...
Report summarizes botany study findings from F. Filardo and co-researchers.(Report)
Mar 03, 2009 ... "SPINDLY (SPY) is an important regulator of plant development, and consists of an N-half tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) domain containing 10 TPR motifs and a C-half catalytic domain, similar to O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) of animals. The best characterised role of SPY is a negative ...
Report summarizes botany study findings from G.A. Toole and co-researchers.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "Previous studies using spectroscopic imaging have allowed the spatial distribution of structural components in wheat endosperm cell walls to be determined. FT-IR microspectroscopy showed differing changes in arabinoxylan (AX) structure, during grain development under cool/wet and hot/dry ...
Reports on botany findings from North Carolina State University provide new insights.
Mar 03, 2009 ... "We have developed a method by which remarkably higher efficiencies of transient and stable transformation were achieved in bombardment transformation of plants. Over fivefold increase in transient gus gene expression was achieved when rice or maize suspension cells were bombarded with ...