NanoDays at Mohawk Valley Community College March 29

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UTICA -- With Nano Utica and the Quad-C project promising to create more than 1,000 high-tech jobs in the Mohawk Valley, the region has been hearing a lot about nanotechnology and the ways it is revolutionizing research and development in medicine, computing, new materials, food, energy and other areas.

On Saturday, March 29, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., MVCC will bring such concepts to life at NanoDays, part of a nationwide festival of educational programs organized by the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net), and brought to the Mohawk Valley by MVCCs STEM Center. Admission is free.

MVCCs Information Technology Building on the Utica Campus will be transformed into a showcase of everything nano; giving visitors a unique, hands-on opportunity to explore the miniscule world of atoms, molecules and nanoscale forces. A range of exhibits will demonstrate the special and unexpected properties found at the nano scale, examine tools used by nanoscientists, and invite discussion of technology and society.

Students will explore capillary action and non-Newtonian fluids, investigate new nano products and materials, and imagine what society might be like if we all wore invisibility cloaks. Other activities will include using electricity to make a nickel coin look like a penny, a demonstration of ferrofluids and a display and video on the materials used to make the integrated circuits used in computers and cell phones.

For more information about the event, as well as videos and information about nano, visit: http://www.mvcc.edu/nanodays. To learn more about NISE Net and the science of nano, visit: http://www.whatisnano.org.

On Saturday, March 29, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., MVCC will bring such concepts to life at NanoDays, part of a nationwide festival of educational programs organized by the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net), and brought to the Mohawk Valley by MVCCs STEM Center. Admission is free.

MVCCs Information Technology Building on the Utica Campus will be transformed into a showcase of everything nano; giving visitors a unique, hands-on opportunity to explore the miniscule world of atoms, molecules and nanoscale forces. A range of exhibits will demonstrate the special and unexpected properties found at the nano scale, examine tools used by nanoscientists, and invite discussion of technology and society.

Students will explore capillary action and non-Newtonian fluids, investigate new nano products and materials, and imagine what society might be like if we all wore invisibility cloaks. Other activities will include using electricity to make a nickel coin look like a penny, a demonstration of ferrofluids and a display and video on the materials used to make the integrated circuits used in computers and cell phones.

For more information about the event, as well as videos and information about nano, visit: http://www.mvcc.edu/nanodays. To learn more about NISE Net and the science of nano, visit: http://www.whatisnano.org.

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29th Sci-Tech Festival of Kim Il Sung University Held

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Pyongyang, March 19 (KCNA) -- The 29th Science and Technology Festival of Kim Il Sung University took place here on March 11-14.

On display at the festival, divided into discussion and exhibition of sci-tech achievements and exchange of new technologies, were at least 290 research findings and papers on latest science and technology and scores of new technologies and intellectual products in forms of model, diagram and CD, all of them which are conducive to the development of the basic science and the building of an economic power.

What was eye-catching are achievements presented by the IT Institute, the Nano Technology Institute and the Material Science Faculty of the university. Among them are a titanic ceramic tool, computer programs for ensuring video meeting in real time and putting the production and economic management on an IT basis, and functional nano powder materials.

The titanic ceramic tool is able to process high-intensity structural steel, and it is 2-3 times higher in cutting efficiency and twice longer in serviceable time than the hard alloy tool. Functional nano powder materials are of economic significance in the fields of medicine, food and consumer goods industries and agriculture for their use in the state of solid or liquid.

Pyongyang Medical College and Pyongyang Agricultural College under the university, too, presented tens of research findings, including biological medicines, a method of processing rice seed-covering material and an apparatus for measuring hydrogen exponent and water content of soil.

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Law:The fourth annual immigration symposium, co-sponsored by the UH Law Center, the Houston Bar Association and two other law schools, will be from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Texas Southern University law school on 3100 Cleburne St. Non-attorneys have free attendance.

Awareness:A mock wall symbolizingIsraeli Apartheid Week will be erected along with checkpoints to have students experience firsthand the Palestinian situation from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Butler Plaza in front of the M. D. Anderson Memorial Library.

Music:A flute master class will be given by guest artist Claire Jonson from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Moores School of Music Choral Recital Hall, Room 160.

Frontier Fiesta:The three-day festival of musicians, carnival rides and a cook-off will begin at 4 p.m. with a performance by A Great Big World at 10 p.m. in Lots 20A and 20C.

Art: An experimental film screening of two movies from contemporary artist Stephanie Barber will be shown from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Blaffer Art Museum.

Friday

Health:A free diabetes screening will be given to students, faculty and administrators from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the University Health Center.

Workshop:A marketing research seminar will discuss information processing for e-commerce sites from 10:30 a.m. to noon in Melcher Hall, Room 365B. Timothy Gilbride from Notre Dame University will be the guest speaker.

Energy:Americas trajectory into the future of energy and the upcoming challenges will be discussed by senior vice president of BP Felipe Bayon from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Cullen College of Engineering Lecture Hall, Room L2D2.

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A*STAR scientists create stem cells from a drop of blood

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Contact: Tan Yun Yun tan_yun_yun@a-star.edu.sg 656-826-6273 Biomedical Sciences Institutes (BMSI)

1. Scientists at A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) have developed a method to generate human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) from a single drop of finger-pricked blood. The method also enables donors to collect their own blood samples, which they can then send to a laboratory for further processing. The easy access to blood samples using the new technique could potentially boost the recruitment of greater numbers and diversities of donors, and could lead to the establishment of large-scale hiPSC banks.

2. By genetic reprogramming, matured human cells, usually blood cells, can be transformed into hiPSCs. As hiPSCs exhibit properties remarkably similar to human embryonic stem cells, they are invaluable resources for basic research, drug discovery and cell therapy. In countries like Japan, USA and UK , a number of hiPSC bank initiatives have sprung up to make hiPSCs available for stem cell research and medical studies.

3. Current sample collection for reprogramming into hiPSCs include invasive measures such as collecting cells from the bone marrow or skin, which may put off many potential donors. Although hiPSCs may also be generated from blood cells, large quantities of blood are usually required. In the paper published online on the Stem Cell Translational Medicine journal, scientists at IMCB showed for the first time that single-drop volumes of blood are sufficient for reprogramming into hiPSCs. The finger-prick technique is the world's first to use only a drop of finger-pricked blood to yield hiPSCs with high efficiency. A patent has been filed for the innovation.

4. The accessibility of the new technique is further enhanced with a DIY sample collection approach. Donors may collect their own finger-pricked blood, which they can then store and send it to a laboratory for reprogramming. The blood sample remains stable for 48 hours and can be expanded for 12 days in culture, which therefore extends the finger-prick technique to a wide range of geographical regions for recruitment of donors with varied ethnicities, genotypes and diseases.

5. By integrating it with the hiPSC bank initiatives, the finger-prick technique paves the way for establishing diverse and fully characterised hiPSC banking for stem cell research. The potential access to a wide range of hiPSCs could also replace the use of embryonic stem cells, which are less accessible. It could also facilitate the set-up of a small hiPSC bank in Singapore to study targeted local diseases.

6. Dr Loh Yuin Han Jonathan, Principal Investigator at IMCB and lead scientist for the finger-prick hiPSC technique, said, "It all began when we wondered if we could reduce the volume of blood used for reprogramming. We then tested if donors could collect their own blood sample in a normal room environment and store it. Our finger-prick technique, in fact, utilised less than a drop of finger-pricked blood. The remaining blood could even be used for DNA sequencing and other blood tests."

7. Dr Stuart Alexander Cook, Senior Consultant at the National Heart Centre Singapore and co-author of the paper, said "We were able to differentiate the hiPSCs reprogrammed from Jonathan's finger-prick technique, into functional heart cells. This is a well-designed, applicable technique that can unlock unrealized potential of biobanks around the world for hiPSC studies at a scale that was previously not possible."

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Michael S. Parmacek, MD, Named Chair of the Department of Medicine at Penn

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Newswise PHILADELPHIA Michael S. Parmacek, MD, Herbert C. Rorer Professor of Medical Sciences, has been named Chair of the Department of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Parmacek has been with Penn for over 15 years, most recently serving as the interim chair of the department and the chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. The Department of Medicine at Penn is the oldest in the country and includes 12 divisions, with origins dating back to 1765 when John Morgan, MD, assumed leadership as the first department chair in the first medical school in the United States.

As Chair of the Department of Medicine, Dr. Parmacek will lead the largest department in the Perelman School of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, said J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, Executive Vice President for the Health System and Dean of the Perelman School of Medicine. His exceptional leadership and strategic vision will be invaluable to the talented clinicians and researchers in the department who work each day to provide exceptional patient care and push medical technology and innovation at Penn to new levels.

Dr. Parmacek is currently the Herbert C. Rorer Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, and Director of the Penn Cardiovascular Institute. He came to Penn as Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine in 1998, following successful roles at the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago. A nationally recognized expert in cardiovascular biology and medicine, he has distinguished himself at Penn with significant research advances and at the same time has built one of the nations leading cardiovascular medicine divisions. Dr. Parmacek has been named to multiple important local, regional and national leadership positions, including the Advisory Council of the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Health Research Advisory Council and the Founding Director of Penns nationally renowned Cardiovascular Institute.

Over the course of his career, he has made multiple seminal discoveries which have impacted the understanding the molecular and genetic basis of congenital heart disease, atherosclerosis, aortic aneurysm and dissection and heart failure. He has published a substantial body of scholarly work in high-impact journals, including Science, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Genes and Development and the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Parmacek was elected an Established Investigator by the American Heart Association (AHA), President of the Association of Professors of Cardiology, Fellow of the AHA and American College of Cardiology, and member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians.

Dr. Parmacek earned his medical degree from Northwestern University. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan and Cardiovascular Disease fellowship training at Northwestern University. Following his clinical training, Dr. Parmacek performed a postdoctoral research fellowship in molecular cardiology at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Michigan.

In the almost 250 years since it was established, the Department of Medicine at Penn has been served by 23 Chairs. Today, the department includes 500 full-time faculty members, over 200 associated faculty, and over 300 academic support staff. The most recent NIH Report ranks the department #3 in funding among all departments of Medicine in U.S. medical schools, with just over $110,000,000 in grant support.

The Department of Medicine also has a long history of training the future leaders in American medicine, and Dr. Parmacek will be at the forefront of these highly competitive training programs, which currently include 166 residents and 157 subspecialty fellows. In addition to these rigorous training programs, the department is responsible for more than 430,000 outpatient encounters and more than 25,000 inpatient admissions each year.

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The PDF to Flipbook Software, eFlip Standard, is Released by Pageflippdf.com

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Pageflippdf.com, a famous name when it comes to offering cost effective and useful programs for editors and publishers, has released its PDF to flipbook software, eFlip Standard. The software provides a digital publishing platform for tablets, web and mobile.

Integrated online service in eFlip allows users to share PDF to flipbook online immediately. The website is providing opportunity for its customers to get a eFlip Publisher account with a complimentary five GB (250+ eBooks) of online storage space (three years of free cloud host).

EFlip Standard provides users enough online cloud space. The service is introduced, while keeping in mind that a few users may not like to upload flip books to their own service even though they have one. Users can create flipbook with the real effects of 3D page flip in no time. They can make limitless digital publications from MS Office, PDF, Image and OpenOffice and can combine numerous PDF files to single Page Flip book.

Speaking on the occasion, a representative from the company said, We are glad to announce the release of PDF to flipbook software. With the help of this software, users can make unrestricted digital publications form files in multiple formats. They can also manage all flipbook pages by deleting, adding, arranging in order and switching view mode. He further added, We aim to offer the best software and tools to the masses for creating and experiencing problem 3D page flip effects online.

EFlip Standard provides users a complete set of tools for digital publishing and distribution. They can share their publications with others via social website, email and even distribute it on CD-ROM without any payment.

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EFlip Co Ltd started services in the year 2009. The company provides digital publication tools and business software and PC or Mac utility tools at affordable prices. The company is located in China. For more PDF to flipbook tools, go to http://www.pageflippdf.com/.

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Graduate Profiles Dr Curtis & Dr Veasey: LIME Indigenous Pathways into Medicine – Video

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Audio-Digest Foundation Announces the Release of General Surgery Volume 61, Issue 1: Gunshot Wound/Cervical Spine

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Audio-Digest Foundation Announces the Release of General Surgery Volume 61, Issue 1: Gunshot Wound/Cervical Spine.

The goal of this program is to improve the management of gunshot wounds and injury to the cervical spine. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:

1. Weigh the evidence supporting selective nonoperative management of abdominal gunshot injuries. 2. Select patients that would benefit from nonoperative management of gunshot wounds. 3. Perform a stepwise clinical evaluation of the cervical spine in a patient who is alert and cooperative after blunt trauma. 4. Order appropriate imaging in patients with possible cervical spine injury. 5. Evaluate computed tomography scans to rule out injury to cervical spine after blunt trauma.

The original programs were presented by George Velmahos, MD, PhD, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, and Division Chief of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Audio-Digest Foundation, the largest independent publisher of Continuing Medical Education in the world, records over 10,000 hours of lectures every year in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family practice, gastroenterology, general surgery, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, otolaryngology, pediatrics, psychology, and urology, by the leading medical researchers at the top laboratories, universities, and institutions.

Recent researchers have hailed from Harvard, Cedars-Sinai, Mayo Clinic, UCSF, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, The University of California, San Diego, The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, The University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and many others.

Out of these cutting-edge programs, Audio-Digest then chooses the most clinically relevant, edits them for clarity, and publishes them either every week or every two weeks.

In addition, Audio-Digest publishes subscription series in conjunction with leading medical societies: DiabetesInsight with The American Diabetes Association, ACCEL with The American College of Cardiology, Continuum Audio with The American Academy of Neurology, and Journal Watch Audio General Medicine with Massachusetts Medical Society.

For 60 years, the global medical community of doctors, nurses, physician assistants, and other medical professionals around the world has subscribed to Audio-Digest specialty series in order to remain current in their specialties as well as to maintain their Continuing Education requirements with the most cutting-edge, independent, and unbiased continuing medical education (CME).

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Antioch trustees reject autonomy for Dozier-Libbey Medical High

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ANTIOCH -- Dozier-Libbey Medical High School's future remains uncertain, but Antioch Unified's stance on keeping it in the district is clear.

Trustees voted unanimously this week to deny a petition to allow the medical-themed magnet school to become an independent charter, while establishing it as a dependent charter remaining under the auspices of the district.

"As a board member, I have to look at what's best for the entire district," said trustee Claire Smith, the lone current board member in office when the school was designed in the early 2000s and opened in 2008.

"I believe the current vision as it is presented to us tonight of Dozier-Libbey has gone off track from the board's original direction and vision," Smith said.

The 23 Dozier-Libbey teachers who petitioned for the change say they plan to appeal the board's decision with the county office of education. They also question the legality of the district's petition and its stance on the use of the facility if the school becomes an independent charter.

"The board's decision didn't come as a huge surprise," said Jefferson Weber, a Dozier-Libbey teacher. "What was interesting was that it seemed like they already had a decision predetermined. I had thought there would have been a little bit more discussion."

Still, the petitions could face "a year or so or more" of litigation to get resolved, Scott Fallbrook, the district's legal counsel, said Wednesday.

The specter of Dozier-Libbey becoming a charter has divided the community.

The tension bubbled over at times Wednesday night, as emotions ran high during more than four hours of public testimony from the standing-room-only crowd in excess of 400 at John Muir Elementary. Dozier-Libbey students and teachers wearing black shirts that said "Dozier-Libbey Medical Charter" sat on one side, with petition opponents -- many employees from other district schools -- on the other, some carrying signs lampooning the school's former "no D" policy and saying the district helped make the school what it is.

Teachers want to reinstate the "no D" policy while the district has said students should get the grades they earn. Some students prefer an F over a D, because it makes it easier to retake the class for a better grade.

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Michael S. Parmacek, MD, Named Chair of the Department of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the …

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PHILADELPHIA Michael S. Parmacek, MD, Herbert C. Rorer Professor of Medical Sciences, has been named Chair of the Department of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Parmacek has been with Penn for over 15 years, most recently serving as the interim chair of the department and the chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. The Department of Medicine at Penn is the oldest in the country and includes 12 divisions, with origins dating back to 1765 when John Morgan, MD, assumed leadership as the first department chair in the first medical school in the United States.

As Chair of the Department of Medicine, Dr. Parmacek will lead the largest department in the Perelman School of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, said J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, Executive Vice President for the Health System and Dean of the Perelman School of Medicine. His exceptional leadership and strategic vision will be invaluable to the talented clinicians and researchers in the department who work each day to provide exceptional patient care and push medical technology and innovation at Penn to new levels.

Dr. Parmacek is currently the Herbert C. Rorer Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, and Director of the Penn Cardiovascular Institute. He came to Penn as Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine in 1998, following successful roles at the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago. A nationally recognized expert in cardiovascular biology and medicine, he has distinguished himself at Penn with significant research advances and at the same time has built one of the nations leading cardiovascular medicine divisions. Dr. Parmacek has been named to multiple important local, regional and national leadership positions, including the Advisory Council of the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Health Research Advisory Council and the Founding Director of Penns nationally renowned Cardiovascular Institute.

Over the course of his career, he has made multiple seminal discoveries which have impacted the understanding the molecular and genetic basis of congenital heart disease, atherosclerosis, aortic aneurysm and dissection and heart failure. He has published a substantial body of scholarly work in high-impact journals, including Science, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Genes and Development and the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Parmacek was elected an Established Investigator by the American Heart Association (AHA), President of the Association of Professors of Cardiology, Fellow of the AHA and American College of Cardiology, and member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians.

Dr. Parmacek earned his medical degree from Northwestern University. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan and Cardiovascular Disease fellowship training at Northwestern University. Following his clinical training, Dr. Parmacek performed a postdoctoral research fellowship in molecular cardiology at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Michigan.

In the almost 250 years since it was established, the Department of Medicine at Penn has been served by 23 Chairs. Today, the department includes 500 full-time faculty members, over 200 associated faculty, and over 300 academic support staff. The most recent NIH Report ranks the department #3 in funding among all departments of Medicine in U.S. medical schools, with just over $110,000,000 in grant support.

The Department of Medicine also has a long history of training the future leaders in American medicine, and Dr. Parmacek will be at the forefront of these highly competitive training programs, which currently include 166 residents and 157 subspecialty fellows. In addition to these rigorous training programs, the department is responsible for more than 430,000 outpatient encounters and more than 25,000 inpatient admissions each year.

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