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How Synthetic Biology Is Exploring Biological Complexity: Sean Ward at TEDxVilnius – Video

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Before founding Synthace, Sean was a Research Associate in Bioinformatics at University College London, where he conducted research into protein folding, pro...

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Is therapeutic hypothermia beneficial in all patients following cardiac arrest?

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26-Feb-2014

Contact: Vicki Cohn vcohn@liebertpub.com 914-740-2100 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News

New Rochelle, NY, February 26, 2014Whole body cooling in comatose patients who have suffered a heart attack can limit the damage to brain tissue caused by the restoration of blood flow and oxygen. But new data indicate that in certain patients therapeutic hypothermia is less effective and may even worsen neurological outcomes, as described in an article in Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available free on the Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management website at http://www.liebertpub.com/ther.

Timothy Mader and coauthors representing the CARES Surveillance Group (Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA; OptiStatim, LLC, Longmeadow, MA; Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA) conclude that while therapeutic hypothermia may be effective for certain patient subsets, "more uniform and rigid guidelines for application are needed to assure more appropriate application."

The authors measured neurological outcomes at hospital discharge among a large group of adults who suffered heart attacks out of the hospital. They compared the results among patients whose hearts resumed beating with or without the need to be shocked and report their findings in the article "Comparative Effectiveness of Therapeutic Hypothermia After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Insight from a Large Data Registry."

"This manuscript is important to the field of therapeutic hypothermia in that it points to a need for additional research to be conducted and guidelines developed to clarify specific patient populations that will most benefit from cooling strategies," says W. Dalton Dietrich, III, PhD, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal and Kinetic Concepts Distinguished Chair in Neurosurgery, Professor of Neurological Surgery, Neurology and Cell Biology, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine.

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Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management provides a strong multidisciplinary forum to advance the understanding of therapeutic hypothermia. Novel findings from translational preclinical investigations as well as clinical studies and trials will be featured in articles, state-of-the-art reviews, provocative roundtable discussions, clinical protocols, and best practices. Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management is the journal of record, published online with Open Access options and in print. Tables of content and a sample issue may be viewed on the Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management website at http://www.liebertpub.com/ther.

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How To Prevent Ageing – Stay Young Forever – Future Pharma Health Care Futurist Speaker – Video

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Why Cities have a Great Future: Futurist speaker – keynote on real estate industry trends – Video

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Future of cities, real estate trends and the future of London. Why Cities are growing around the world. Urbanisation / urbanization and migration to cities i...

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Future of London Property Market – House Prices in London – Real Estate Trends Futurist Keynote – Video

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Future of London Property Market - House Prices in London - Real Estate Trends Futurist Keynote
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Ask Slashdot: What Essays and Short Stories Should Be In a Course On Futurism?

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57074803 story Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @05:10AM from the i-have-no-mouth-and-i-must-scream dept. Ellen Spertus writes "I'll be teaching an interdisciplinary college course on how technology is changing the world and how students can influence that change. In addition to teaching the students how to create apps, I'd like for us to read and discuss short stories and essays about how the future (next 40 years) might play out. For example, we'll read excerpts from David Brin's Transparent Society and Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity is Near. I'm also considering excerpts of Cory Doctorow's Homeland and Neal Stephenson's Diamond Age. What other suggestions do Slashdotters have?" You may like to read: Post

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Surveillance Costs: The NSA’s Impact on The Economy, Information Security, and Internet Freedom – Video

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Religious-Freedom Bills Proliferate in Statehouses

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Arizona has become amajor flashpointin the national debate over the boundaries between religious freedom and discrimination, as legislators there push to enact a new law that would allow business owners to deny service to customers for religious reasons.

But the state is hardly alone in mulling more explicit protections for religious business owners and individuals, whose objections to same-sex marriage have come into increasing conflict with newer lawsexpandingthe rights of gays andlesbians.

Heres a roundup of various religious-liberty measures circulating in other statehouses. Most have yet to pass a single chamber and a number have been tabled. Some deal specifically with the rights of businesses or students, while others are more broadly worded. In at least two states, the issue may go before voters as a ballot initiative.

* Proposed legislation:

Alabama:Abill introduced in the state Housewould create the Alabama Student Religious Liberties Act, which would prohibit school districts from discriminating against a student or parent on the basis of a religious viewpoint or religious expression in public schools and require school districts to allow religious expression in class assignments, coursework, and artwork.

Georgia:Lawmakers have introduced thePreservation of Religious Freedom Actmodeled after a two-decade-old federal law that sets a high legal bar for when the government may substantially burden an individuals exercise of religion.

Legislators in the lower house have also proposed a Georgia Student Religious Liberties Act that would prohibit teachers from penalizing students for expressing religious beliefs in assignments or homeworkand would also require schools to create forums for students to express their faith at school events.

Idaho:House lawmakers areconsidering a measurethat would prohibit the government from denying, revoking or suspending any professional or occupational license or registration based upon actions involving the exercise or expression of sincerely held religious beliefs. Another measure would expand the states existing Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Kansas:Kansas lawmakersintroduced a measurethat would prohibit religious individuals or businesses from being required to serve customers or hire people if doing so would be contrary to the sincerely held religious beliefs about sex or gender. The states attorney general said if enacted, the measure would likely be challenged in court. It passed the House on Feb. 12 and was referred to the Senates judiciary committee.

Currently, Senate leadership has no intention of working or voting on the bill, said Senate majority leader Terry Bruce, who thought the measure was too ambiguously worded. He said the chamber is going back and reviewing religious-protection statutes already on the books.

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Arizona's 'religious freedom' bill. How much would it cost the state? (+video)

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Business leaders fear the 'religious freedom' bill allowing firms to refuse to serve gay customers could have serious consequences for Arizona. Topping their concerns: the fate of the Super Bowl.

As Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) weighs whether or not to sign a bill allowing private business owners to refuse to serve gay and lesbian customers in the name of "religious freedom," opponents of the measure are urging the governor to think hard about the economic consequences to the state if it becomes law.

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Arizonas US Senators, John McCain and Jeff Flake, have both said they hope that Governor Brewer does not sign, and Apple Inc., which has announced plans to build a manufacturing plant in Mesa, Ariz., reportedly has urged the same.

Doug Parker, CEO of the new American Airlines Group, sent the governor a letter in which he discusses the states economic comeback and says, There is genuine concern throughout the business community that this bill, if signed into law, would jeopardize all that has been accomplished so far.

But the highest potential stakes involve the Super Bowl, which is scheduled to be played in Arizona in 2015. On Monday, the state Super Bowl Committee added its name to a letter urging the governor to veto the bill.

The big question is will the NFL take away the Super Bowl next year?, says Matthew Hale, a political scientist at Seton Hall University in South Orange Village, N.J. The NFL has a history of homophobia and bullying, and the first openly gay player is coming in the next draft. As a result, the pressure on the NFL to take away the big game" if the bill becomes law "will be tremendous.

If Arizona loses the Super Bowl because of antigay legislation, it would be "a true watershed moment in the fight for LBGT equality," he adds.

In urging a veto, many critics of the bill cite the negative economic fallout from SB 1070, the controversial immigration law that Arizona passed in 2010 authorizing police to stop people they felt looked like illegal immigrants. The so-called "show me your papers" law, much of which was struck down eventually by the US Supreme Court, generated headlines worldwide portraying the state as intolerant. Tourism income faltered, conventions were cancelled, and Arizona became the butt of late-night comics.

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