Press Releases on November 19, 2013

2014 Acura RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD: The Most Powerful and Technologically Advanced Vehicle in Acura History to be Showcased at LA ...

The 377-horsepower Acura RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD luxury-performance sedan will be on public display for the first time this week at the Los Angeles International Auto Show, showcasing Acura's dynamic new three-motor hybrid system. The 2014 Acura RLX …

IT Governance launches updated title to add to growing range of ISO 27001:2013 books and tools

IT Governance EU has announced that the updated version of ‘ISO 27001 Assessments Without Tears’ is now available to purchase from its online store. BENELUX, BENELUX, BENELUX, November 19, 2013 /EINPresswire.com/ -- IT Governance EU, the European leader …

Industry Leaders to Speak at Aberdeen Breakfast Briefing on Maximising Economic Recovery from the UKCS

Friday 15 November 2013 Industry Leaders to Speak at Aberdeen Breakfast Briefing on Maximising Economic Recovery from the UKCS Oil & Gas UK is pleased to announce that Peter Jones, managing director UK, Taqa Bratani Ltd, Jim House, regional vice …

Heart attack survival similar among those receiving clot-busting drugs, angioplasty

Study Highlights: One-year survival rates after severe heart attack are similar among patients who initially receive clot-busting medications and those who undergo angioplasty. One year after treatment for severe heart attack, about 98 percent of patients …

MONDAY NEWS TIPS

(NewMediaWire) - November 18, 2013 Tip Highlights: Small vessel changes in eye, kidney provide clues to risky heart rhythm. Atrial fibrillation hospitalizations, costs soar in United States. Newly developed antidote successfully reversed anti-clotting …

Opening blocked kidney arteries no better than medication alone

Study Highlights: Opening blocked arteries to the kidney didn’t help patients any more than medication alone. The rate of death for heart- and kidney- related disease complications was the same among patients who received the stents and medical treatment …

Drug doesn't prevent recurrent cardiovascular events, linked to greater heart attack risk

Study Highlights: An experimental drug doesn’t prevent cardiovascular events from recurring in patients with blocked blood vessels to the heart. Compared to placebo, varespladib was also associated with an increased risk of heart attacks. Embargoed until 3 …

Biologists find an evolutionary Facebook for monkeys and apes

Why do the faces of some primates contain so many different colors — black, blue, red, orange and white — that are mixed in all kinds of combinations and often striking patterns while other primate faces are quite plain? UCLA biologists reported last year …

Music for your nose

The Gettysburg Address still a model for speechmaking 150 years later

The celebration of the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address [Nov. 19] offers an opportunity not simply to memorialize an extraordinary speech; it provides a model and a mirror for writing and speechmaking today. "It's only …

For anxious children and teens, context counts, UCLA researchers say

Anxiety disorders are common in children and adolescents, affecting up to 25 percent of the youth population. Anxiety causes distress and functional impairment and, if left untreated, can result in bad grades, problems at home and increased rates of …

You are what you eat: Low-fat diet changes prostate cancer tissue

Men with prostate cancer who ate a low-fat diet and took fish oil supplements had lower levels of pro-inflammatory substances in their blood and a lower cell cycle progression score — a measure used to predict cancer recurrence — than men who ate a typical …

Combining exercise, vessel-opening procedure reduces leg pain

Study Highlights: A combination of supervised exercise and a procedure to open clogged blood vessels in the legs reduces pain when walking better than supervised exercise alone. One year after the combined treatment, patients could walk 282 meters (about …

UCLA welcomes California State Auditor review of compliance with Title IX requirements

UCLA welcomes a California State Auditor review of our compliance with Title IX requirements. Preventing sexual violence and harassment require total vigilance, and UCLA takes seriously its responsibility to educate students, care for victims and properly …

Faith and healing

Spiritual belief often plays a significant role alongside the miracles of modern medicine as patients struggle to deal with life-threatening illnesses. At UCLA’s two hospitals, doctors, nurses and chaplains work as an integrated care team. More and more, …

Responses Posted to DOE's Regional Wind Resource Centers RFP Questions

Date: 11/12/2013 On November 12, Amendment 1 was posted to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Solicitation RHD-4-23073, a Request for Proposals for Regional Wind Deployment Resource Centers, on the FedBizOpps website. Amendment 1 responds to …

First Map Depicting 100-Meter Land-Based and Offshore Wind Resources Now Available

Date: 11/18/2013 The first map to depict land-based and offshore wind resources is now available on the DOE Wind Program website. Produced by DOE, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and AWS Truepower, this map provides wind developers and policy- …

Wind for Schools Project Funding Case Studies, Part 4: Begich Middle School, Anchorage, Alaska

Date: 11/18/2013 The Wind for Schools project was part of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) former Wind Powering America initiative (now known as Stakeholder Engagement and Outreach). Since 2005, DOE provided funding for Wind Applications …

U.S. Wind Industry Third Quarter 2013 Market Report

Date: 10/31/2013 The American Wind Energy Association published its U.S. Wind Industry Third Quarter 2013 Market Report. According to the report, the U.S. wind industry ended the third quarter with more than 2,300 megawatts (MW) of wind capacity under …

Estimated Economic Impacts of Utility-Scale Wind Power in Iowa

Date: 11/18/2013 NREL published Estimated Economic Impacts of Utility-Scale Wind Power in Iowa, a report that examines the first 1,000 megawatts of wind energy deployment in Iowa and associated economic impacts. This deployment supported 2,300 full-time- …