Science Letter back issues from April 2009:
Attivio Selected to Enhance Mobile Content Search for Thumbplay.com.
Apr 07, 2009 ... Attivio announced that its Active Intelligence Engine(TM) (AIE) has been chosen to enhance search functionality for Thumbplay, the #1 mobile entertainment destination in the U.S. Attivio enables swift, highly scalable and distributed search for the more than 1.5 million content items under ...
Scathing New Book Exposes Dangers of Illegal Street Racing and More.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "New Model. Original Parts." The only thing missing from the tagline for the latest installment of the action-packed "Fast & Furious" movie series is "Same Illegal, Dangerous Game." Frequently, the concept of street racing, drifting and stunting is glamorized to the point of ignoring ...
CSC Positioned in 'Leaders' Quadrants of Desktop and Help Desk Outsourcing Reports.
Apr 07, 2009 ... CSC (NYSE:CSC) announced that it has been positioned in the "leaders" quadrants of two Gartner reports, "Magic Quadrant for Desktop Outsourcing Services, North America," authored by Richard T. Matlus and William Maurer, and published on March 3, 2009; and "Magic Quadrant for Help Desk ...
Dimension Data Study Shows 73% of Networking Devices are Running with Known Security Vulnerabilities.(Report)
Apr 07, 2009 ... Dimension Data, a $4.5 billion IT solutions and services provider, released data showing that 73% of networking devices have known security vulnerabilities that may expose organizations to external and internal security attacks. The company also reported that each device deployed - such as ...
Entrepreneur's April Issue Reports the Princeton Review's 'Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools' in Six Key Areas.
Apr 07, 2009 ... Entrepreneur Magazine, the nation's leading publication for and about entrepreneurs, reports in its April issue the MBA programs most highly rated by their students in six areas key to a successful career in business. The lists, titled "Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools," were ...
Fitch Publishes ABCP Semiannual Update Report for BA Credit Card Trust 2001-Emerald.(Report)
Apr 07, 2009 ... Fitch Ratings has published the Semiannual Update for BA Credit Card Trust, class A 2001-Emerald notes (Emerald notes, rated 'F1'), sponsored by FIA Card Services, N.A. (FIA; rated 'A+/F1+' by Fitch) (see also Fitch Ratings). The report presents a detailed overview of the ...
GenCorp Reports 2009 First Quarter Results.(Financial report)
Apr 07, 2009 ... GenCorp Inc. (NYSE: GY) reported results for the first quarter 2009 (see also GenCorp Inc.). Sales for the first quarter of 2009 totaled $170.9 million compared to $176.6 million for the first quarter of 2008. The Company reports its fiscal year sales and income under a 52/53 ...
Gomez Announces 2008 Results.(Financial report)
Apr 07, 2009 ... Gomez, Inc., a leading provider of web application experience management services, announced 44 percent year-over-year revenue growth for 2008. This achievement was powered by Gomez's strategic expansion of its suite of on-demand web performance testing and monitoring solutions, the ...
Harris Publishes Business Succession Planning Resource.
Apr 07, 2009 ... Harris announced that as a part of its efforts to support the local business community, it recently published Here, Take the Wheel: Succession Planning Stories and Insights from Business Owners. The reference book provides insights from several successful business owners regarding the ...
Hotwire Introduces the Hotel Rate Report - Listing the Cities with the Biggest Discounts on Hotels.(Report)
Apr 07, 2009 ... Hotwire.com(R), a leading discount travel site, announced the introduction of the site's latest tool to save customers money: The Hotwire Hotel Rate Report. The report will be published monthly, and will feature the top 10 cities with the largest reductions in hotel price. And these price ...
Harvard Business Review Article by Johnson, Christensen and Kagermann Achieves McKinsey Award.
Apr 07, 2009 ... Mark Johnson, co-founder and chairman of Innosight LLC, an innovation strategy consulting firm, and co-authors, Clay Christensen, the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Henning Kagermann, co-CEO of SAP AG, achieved a 2008 McKinsey ...
'Da'Sheal: the Eternal Warrior'.
Apr 07, 2009 ... Inspired by action movies, television and the music of Linkin Park, Michael Timothy Mason was inspired to write the science fiction/fantasy novel "Da'Sheal: The Eternal Warrior" (published by iUniverse) (see also iUniverse). Imagine being unconscious and then waking ten years in ...
Florida Author Writes of Romance and Intrigue During the Algerian War: 'The Maghreb Amulet'.
Apr 07, 2009 ... Chantal's life was ideal. She lived in the romantic city of Paris during the 60's, had a job that she adored and a man that she loved madly. Everything was picture perfect; that is until the day that her lover Alex was arrested for murder. "The Maghreb Amulet" (published by iUniverse) by ...
Start Your Own Screen-Printing Business.
Apr 07, 2009 ... Anyone interested in the art, production, market and profitability of screen-printing, here's good news: An industry leader has the basics, hints and tips in turning the art of screen-printing into a lucrative business (see also iUniverse). "Start Your Own Screen-Printing ...
Rock Band Franchise Officially Surpasses $1 Billion in North American Retail Sales, According to the NPD Group1.
Apr 07, 2009 ... MTV Games, a part of Viacom's MTV Networks, (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:VIA.B), Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS), announced that the Rock Band(R) franchise has officially surpassed $1 billion dollars in North American ...
2009 U.S. Luggage & Leather Goods Stores Industry Report.(Report)
Apr 07, 2009 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9568c3/2009_u_s_luggage) has announced the addition of the "2009 U.S. Luggage & Leather Goods Stores Industry Report" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets). The U.S Luggage & Leather Goods ...
2009 U.S. Mattress Manufacturing Industry Report Provides a Broad Scope on the Size of the Industry.
Apr 07, 2009 ... Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b5f486/2009_u_s_mattress) has announced the addition of the "2009 U.S. Mattress Manufacturing Industry Report" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets). The U.S Mattress Manufacturing Industry report, ...
Chartered Surveyors See Rents to Fall Due to Unstable Economy and Excessive Supply.
Apr 07, 2009 ... Rents dropped across the residential lettings sector as would-be-sellers continued to flood the rental market with unsellable properties, says the RICS Lettings Survey published recently (see also Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors). Between the third and fourth quarters ...
Scholars for Peace in the Middle East Calls for a Halt to False Assertions on Hampshire College Divestiture.
Apr 07, 2009 ... Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, representing 27,000 academics from 2000 colleges and universities in North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia, calls for a halt to false assertions that Hampshire College has divested from Israel (see also Scholars for Peace in the Middle ...
Timber Market Profiles and Rankings Identify Market Changes: Hotspots for Bioenergy and Timberland Investing Activities.
Apr 07, 2009 ... Forisk Consulting and Timber Mart-South have published the March 2009 Update to the Timber Market Profiles and Rankings, which includes 2007 and 2008 market rankings for wood demand and stumpage prices by product. The update is a useful tool for investors, researchers, policy makers, and ...
2009 Spur Awards Honor Best Westerns.
Apr 07, 2009 ... Former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating picked up his second Spur Award from Western Writers of America in the annual competition that honors excellence in literature of the American West (see also Western Writers of America, Inc.). Keating's THE TRIAL OF STANDING BEAR, published by ...
Data from University of Tokyo provide new insights into analyst research.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to a study from Hongo, Japan, "A new silica-organic, double-network hydrogel was prepared from a mixture of silica nanoparticles, sodium silicate, and acrylamide to enable biomolecule encapsulation in a one-pot reaction, overcoming the brittleness of the silica matrix. The ...
New analyst research reported from Michigan State University.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "On-plate enrichment of phosphopeptide digests followed by MALDI-MS is attractive for analyzing small quantities of phosphoproteins because it involves minimal sample handling and reduces sample loss. This work describes a method for ...
New analyst research research has been reported by H.D. Qiu et al.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "Ionic liquids (ILs) have been used in various regions of chemistry," scientists in Lanzhou, People's Republic of China report (see also Analyst Research). "Ionic liquids have designability, thus giving us the ability to manipulate the structure (with respect to the organic ...
New analyst research study findings have been reported by F.J. Shang and co-researchers.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "An effective and robust electrochemical approach has been developed for selective detection of dopamine in the presence of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine 9L-DOPA), ascorbic acid, uric acid and other dopamine metabolites. A 'layer-by-layer' film of tyramine and pyrrole-1-propionic acid 9PPA) ...
Report summarizes analyst research study findings from University of Louisville.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "The first, fully integrated, planar fiber optic platform with spectroelectrochemical capabilities, termed the electroactive fiber optic chip (EA-FOC) is presented here. Spectroelectrochemical techniques provide complementary optical and ...
Reports from University of Lyon describe recent advances in analyst research.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to a study from Lyon, France, "This paper describes a microfluidic device fabricated in poly(dimethylsiloxane) that was employed to perform amperometric quantifications using on-chip calibration curves and on-chip standard addition methods. This device integrated a network of Au ...
Reports on analyst research findings from University of Birmingham provide new insights.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to a study from Birmingham, the United Kingdom, "Metabolomics datasets, by definition, comprise of measurements of large numbers of metabolites. Both technical (analytical) and biological factors will induce variation within these measurements that is not consistent across all ...
Reports summarize analyst research research from D. Demaria and co-authors.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "An ATR-FT-IR-based method was applied to measure the degree of substitution (DS) of esterified cellulose. The strategy makes use of the capability of certain ionic liquids (ILs) to dissolve cellulose derivatives," researchers in Netherlands report (see also Analyst Research). ...
Research from University of Leeds yields new findings on analyst research.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Analyst, "The monomers trifluoromethacrylic acid (TFMAA), 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA) and itaconic acid (IA) have been compared for the molecular imprinting of (-)-ephedrine. Data from NMR titrations were fitted using the program ...
Research from University of Strathclyde provides new data about analyst research.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to a study from Scotland, "The preparation and use of tri-functional linkers for surface complexation to both gold and silver nanoparticles is reported. These molecules confer excellent stability towards nanoparticles ensuring particle monodispersity in biological buffers, and ...
Research results from J. Meija and co-authors update knowledge of analyst research.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "Currently, several mathematical methods exist to address simultaneous species formation and degradation using multiple spiking isotope dilution mass spectrometry," scientists writing in the journal Analyst report (see also Analyst Research). "While all of these strategies have ...
Researchers from University of Newcastle publish findings in analyst research.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "We describe a simple method for the covalent immobilisation of proteins to hydrogen-terminated silicon surfaces and demonstrate various protein detection strategies. Using hydrosilation chemistry, 1-undecenylaldehyde is attached to the surface through stable Si-C bonds; the reaction ...
Researchers from University of Toledo publish findings in analyst research.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "A pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) modified electrode was investigated for the electrocatalytic oxidation and detection of thiocholine (SCh) at low concentrations. PQQ entrapped in a polypyrrole matrix on a glassy carbon electrode effectively mediated the amperometric detection of ...
Study data from Arizona State University provide new insights into analyst research.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "This article describes an effective microchip protocol based on electrophoretic-separation and electrochemical detection for highly sensitive and rapid measurements of nitrate ester explosives, including ethylene glycol dinitrate (EGDN), ...
Data on analytical science reported by researchers at Hunan University.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "Pseudomonas aeruginosa immobilized multiwalled carbon nanotubes were used as a novel kind of solid-phase extraction adsorbents of heavy metals, and the concentration of copper ions in the aqueous solution was obtained with the use of linear sweep anodic stripping voltammetry (LSASV). The ...
New analytical science study findings have been reported by researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "An immunoaffinity column (IAC), which can bind diazinon primely, was developed to treat the water and soil samples. The IAC, having an appropriate binding capacity for diazinon (200ng per mg gel), was prepared by entrapping the anti-diazinon antibody into sol-gel, which was made from ...
New findings from University of Guilan in the area of analytical science described.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "In this research, new electrodes were prepared by incorporating zeolite KY into sol-gel matrix. Calibration plot with Nernstian slope (58.60.5mV/decade) for cesium ion was observed over a linear range of about four decades of concentration (1.010-5 to 1.010-1 M, at 25C)," scientists ...
Recent findings from M. Nekoei and co-authors highlight research in analytical science.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "4-(2-Thiazolylazo)resorcinol (TR) was used as a new compound to play the role of an excellent ion carrier in the fabrication of an Er(III) membrane electrode. The electrode shows a very good selectivity toward Er(III) ions over a wide variety of cations, including alkali, alkaline earth, ...
Reports outline analytical science study findings from Peking University.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "Reliable, reproducible and valid fingerprint analysis methods using high-performance liquid chromatography-photodiode array detection (HPLC-DAD) for characteristic bioactive flavonoids and saponins of Semen Ziziphi spinosae (SZS) were developed and validated. HPLC separation of the ...
Research from Donghua University provides new data about analytical science.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Analytical Letters, "A stable poly(crystal-violet) (PCV) electroactive film was electrodeposited on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The redoxation of hydroquinone showed a pair of well-defined peaks on a PCV electrode with a potential ...
Research from M. Mohammadhossieni et al broadens understanding of analytical science.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to recent research from Iran, "A polyvinyl chloride (PVC) based membrane sensor for terbium ions was prepared by employing Hematoporphyrin (HP) as an ionophore." "The sensor revealed a very good selectivity (expect for the Fe3+ion) with respect to common alkali, ...
Research from University of Sao Paulo in the area of analytical science published.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "A rapid and effective method for carbamide peroxide (CP) quantification in pharmaceuticals is proposed. The reagentless biosensor was prepared by using lyophilized turnip extract as horseradish peroxidase (HRP) enzyme source," scientists in Araraquara, Brazil report (see also Analytical ...
Studies by R.I. Stefanvanstaden and co-authors describe new findings in analytical science.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to a study from Bucharest, Romania, "C60 fullerenes nanotubes, (1,2-methanofullerene C60)-61-carboxylic acid, diethyl (1,2-methanofullerene C60)-61-61-dicarboxylate and tert-butyl (1,2-methanofullerene C60)-61-carboxylic acid are proposed as chiral selectors for the design of ...
Research on anthropology discussed by scientists at University of Zurich.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "In their articles, researchers describe how the identity that is assigned to them by the social group they are Studying is the key criterion for determining a researcher's ability to gain access to the field," investigators in Zurich, Switzerland report (see also Anthropology). ...
Studies from Ohio State University have provided new data on anthropology.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "Did Neandertals share with modern humans their prolonged periods of growth and delayed ages of maturation? During the past five years, renewed interest in this question has produced dental studies with seemingly contradictory results," scientists in the United States report (see also ...
University of Bayreuth reports research in anthropology.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to recent research from Bayreuth, Germany, "From an analysis of information provided by the Diwan. in conjunction with comparative elements. it appears that the state of Kanem was founded towards 600 B.C. by refugees retreating from Syria-Palestine because of the collapsed ...
Data from University of California advance knowledge in applied genetics.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "The two nightshades Solanum ochranthum and S. juglandifolium show genetic and morphological similarities to the tomatoes (Solanum sect. Lycopersicon), but are isolated from them by strong reproductive barriers," scientists writing in the journal Theoretical and Applied Genetics report ...
Findings from Colorado State University in applied genetics reported.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Breeding for malting quality is an important goal of malting barley breeding programs. Malting quality is a complex phenotype that combines a large number of interrelated components, each of which shows complex inheritance." ...
Investigators at Cornell University target applied genetics.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "We report herein the mapping of 115 PCR-based orthologous markers, including 110 conserved ortholog set or COSII markers, on the reference RFLP map of eggplant. The result permitted inference of a detailed syntenic relationship between ...
New applied genetics findings from H.B. Li and co-authors described.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to recent research from Australia, "Crown rot (CR) is one of the most destructive diseases of barley and wheat. Fusarium species causing CR survive in crop residue and a growing acceptance of stubble retention practices has exacerbated disease severity and yield loss." ...
New applied genetics research from University of California discussed.(Report)
Apr 07, 2009 ... "Domesticated materials with well-known wild relatives provide an experimental system to reveal how human selection during cultivation affects genetic composition and adaptation to novel environments. In this paper, our goal was to elucidate how two geographically distinct domestication ...
New data from M. Venegascaleron et al illuminate research in applied genetics.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to recent research from Seville, Spain, "Fatty acid desaturation in plastids and chloroplasts depends on the electron-donor activity of ferredoxins. Using degenerate oligonucleotides designed from known photosynthetic and heterotrophic plant ferredoxin sequences, two full-length ...
Recent findings in applied genetics described by researchers from University of Bari.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to recent research from Bari, Italy, "The availability of genetic maps and phenotypic data of segregating populations allows to localize and map agronomically important genes, and to identify closely associated molecular markers to be used in marker-assisted selection and ...
Reports from North Carolina State University, Department of Agriculture highlight recent research in applied genetics.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "B73 is a historically important maize line with excellent yield potential but high susceptibility to the foliar disease southern leaf blight (SLB). NC292 and NC330 are B73 near-isogenic lines (NILs) that are highly resistant to SLB," scientists writing in the journal Theoretical and ...
Reports summarize applied genetics research from M. Ghislain and co-authors.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "Neo-Tuberosum refers to cultivated potato adapted to long-day tuberization and a syndrome of related morphological and physiological traits, developed by intercrossing and selection of short-day adapted potatoes of the Solanum tuberosum Andigenum Group, native from the Andes of western ...
Research from Department of Agriculture provide new insights into applied genetics.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "Because cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is low in genetic diversity, public, verified single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers within the species are in demand. To promote marker development we resequenced approximately 23 kb in ...
Research from University of Bologna in applied genetics provides new insights.(Report)
Apr 07, 2009 ... "The evaluation of recombinant inbred lines (RILs) per se can be biased by inbreeding depression in case of allogamous species. To overcome this drawback, RILs can be evaluated in combination with testers; however, testers can carry dominant alleles at the quantitative trait loci (QTL), ...
Researchers from University of California describe findings in applied genetics.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "Cowpea is an important crop for subsistence farmers in arid regions of Africa, Asia, and South America. Efforts to develop cultivars with improved productivity under drought conditions are constrained by lack of molecular markers associated ...
Scientists at Oklahoma State University publish new data on applied genetics.(Report)
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "In winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), the stem begins to elongate after the vernalization requirement is satisfied during winter and when favorable temperature and photoperiod conditions are attained in spring. In this study, we precisely ...
Study results from E. Himelblau and colleagues update understanding of applied genetics.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "Seeds of rapid-cycling Brassica oleracea were mutagenized with the chemical mutagen, ethylmethane sulfonate. The reverse genetics technique, TILLING, was used on a sample population of 1,000 plants, to determine the mutation profile," scientists writing in the journal Theoretical and ...
Study results from H. Iwata and colleagues in the area of applied genetics published.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Theoretical and Applied Genetics, "Association mapping can be a powerful tool for detecting quantitative trait loci (QTLs) without requiring line-crossing experiments. We previously proposed a Bayesian approach for simultaneously ...
Study results from X.X. Zong and colleagues in the area of applied genetics published.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "A sample of winter faba bean germplasm from China was compared with germplasm from outside China, using AFLP analyses. Both sets of germplasm were obtained from the National Genebank of China, Institute of Crop Sciences (ICS), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China," ...
New applied microbiology study findings recently were reported by researchers at University of Queensland.
Apr 07, 2009 ... According to recent research from Brisbane, Australia, "To investigate the microbial ecology of three facultative swine waste lagoons. Phylogenetic analysis of sequences in a 16S rRNA gene clone library and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analyses were used to assess bacterial ...
New biochemistry findings from F.J. Zara and co-authors described.
Apr 07, 2009 ... "Leeches exhibit a marked scope of diversity, including different kinds of symbiosis. The aim of the present study was to demonstrate through biochemical and histological analysis that a species of piscicolid leech, Myzobdella platensis, is a true parasite of blue crabs, feeding on their ...