UTC Aerospace Systems celebrates 25 years of providing nacelles for the Airbus A320 family, looks ahead to the next 25

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CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- UTC Aerospace Systems is marking more than 25 years of providing nacelle systems to Airbus for its A320 family of single-aisle aircraft. The Aerostructures business headquartered in Chula Vista, Calif. received its first contract to provide the complete nacelle system for the CFM56-5Aengines built by CFM International in 1984. It received another contract to provide the nacelle system for the V2500 engines that power the A320 in 1985. The A320 airplane entered into service on March 28, 1988. Air France was the launch customer. UTC Aerospace Systems is a unit of United Technologies Corp. (UTX).

Since the beginning of the program, the Aerostructures business has made a number of improvements to provide its Airbus customer with the highest level of support for the A320 program. The company's facilities close to the Airbus final assembly line in Toulouse, France have expanded multiple times. The main plant that supports Airbus was further enhanced in 2009 with the addition of a mixed-model moving assembly line to enable higher production rates and assure optimal quality. The company set up a facility in Hamburg, Germany in 1992 to support the A321, A319 and A318 final assembly lines there. In 2011, the company opened a facility in Tianjin, China collocated with the Airbus A320 Final Assembly Line.

"We have now delivered more than 11,000 nacelles for the Airbus A320 family in the past 25 years and we're extremely proud of our collaboration and performance on the program," said UTC Aerospace Systems Aerostructures President Marc Duvall. "Our relationship with Airbus is an example of companies working together. We have Aerostructures employees embedded at Airbus final assembly locations to install engines and nacelles onto their aircraft. Our on-time delivery performance on a daily basis is very high. It is a textbook case of the kind of progress that can be made when we marry our continuous improvement and lean expertise with relentless customer focus."

In 2011, Airbus selected UTC Aerospace Systems' Aerostructures business to provide the nacelle system for the Pratt & Whitney PurePower Geared Turbofan engines that will power the A320neo (new engine option). The Aerostructures business is also the nacelle provider for the Airbus A350 XWB that is scheduled to enter into service next year. Later this year, the company will complete the expansion of its Toulouse assembly facility for the nacelle system for the Trent XWB engine. The expansion will include a groundbreaking volumetric robotic cell to aid in the assembly process for the A350 XWB nacelle, the largest commercial nacelle that the Aerostructures business has designed and built.

UTC Aerospace Systems also makes a wide range of additional systems for the A320 family including; primary and secondary flight control actuation systems, cabin crew seating, air data sensors, fuel measurement and management systems, ice detection systems, security and surveillance systems, specialty heaters and temperature sensors, electric power generation, ram air turbine emergency power system, fire protection, pilot controls, cabin pressure control and ventilation system, interior and exterior lighting, and wheels & brakes. The company also provides, full authority digital engine control (FADEC)/EEC, main fuel pump, and fuel splitter valve for the V2500 engine.

UTC Aerospace Systems designs, manufactures and services integrated systems and components for the aerospace and defense industries. UTC Aerospace Systems supports a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and customer service facilities.

United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Connecticut, is a diversified company providing high-technology products and services to the building and aerospace industries.

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McDonald’s director of nutrition says its food is healthy

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This product image provided by McDonald's shows packaging for the restaurant's new chicken McWrap sandwich wraps. The world's biggest hamburger chain says the new sandwich wrap will come in three varieties: Chicken & Bacon, Sweet Chili Chicken and Chicken & Ranch. The company already offers similar wraps in other parts of the world, including Europe. (AP Photo/McDonald's)

Interview Representative says new menu options are part of the fast-food chains endeavor to achieve variety and balance.

It sounds like the set-up to a joke: The director of nutrition for McDonalds came to town.

Wait. The fast-food giant the same place lambasted in the documentary "Super Size Me" for encouraging poor nutrition has one of those?

It does, and Cindy Goody was in Utah last week to speak at the Utah Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Annual Meeting.

Goody, who is responsible for providing accurate and timely nutrition information to McDonalds customers, also stopped by The Tribune to promote the McWrap. These portable meals contain chicken and greens and are one of the new menu items meant to appeal to the health conscious.

Goody also answered questions about nutrition and fast food. (Questions and answers have been edited for space.)

People dont eat at McDonalds for the nutrition. What do you do?

Were making nutrition more mainstream at McDonalds today. In the past couple of years weve launched fruit and maple oatmeal, [and] blueberry banana nut oatmeal. Premium chicken sandwiches have buns made with 8 grams of whole grains. With the launch of the new Happy Meal [last year, it] automatically includes a smaller-sized kid fries [reducing calories from 230 to 100] and automatic inclusion of apples and we reformulated our 1 percent chocolate milk to now fat-free chocolate milk. All of that came from careful listening to moms in particular and recognizing people are becoming more mindful about what theyre putting in their mouth.

Adding healthy options may make people feel better about eating at McDonalds, but those "healthy" options could still have a lot of sugar, sodium and fat. Can you really make processed foods healthy?

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Global Sports and Fitness Nutrition Foods and Drinks Industry

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NEW YORK, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Global Sports and Fitness Nutrition Foods and Drinks Industry

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This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Sports and Fitness Nutrition Foods and Drinks in US$ Million by the following Product Segments: Sports/Energy Foods, and Sports/Energy Drinks. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Rest of World. Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2010 through 2018. Also, a six-year historic analysis is provided for these markets.

The report profiles 244 companies including many key and niche players such as Abbott Laboratories Inc., The Balance Bar Company, Clif Bar & Company, Coca-Cola Co., Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc., GlaxoSmithKline Plc, GNC Holdings, Inc., Monster Beverage Corporation, Nestle SA, Optimum Nutrition Inc., Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., PepsiCo Inc., The Quaker Oats Company, Inc., Red Bull GmbH, Rockstar Inc., and Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd.

Market data and analytics are derived from primary and secondary research. Company profiles are primarily based upon search engine sources in the public domain.

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Study Reliability and Reporting Limitation I-1

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Data Interpretation & Reporting Level I-2

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NAMSA Expands Laboratory in Irvine, California

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NORTHWOOD, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

NAMSA, the worlds leading medical research organization, continues its steady growth with the expansion of its microbiology laboratory in Irvine, California. The newly expanded and state-of-the-art laboratory space will utilize the latest technology for microbiology and sterility assurance testing and will open in spring 2013.

An increased demand for NAMSAs sterility assurance and analytical services has led the company to invest in additional laboratory space in its Irvine location. The project increases its usable capacity by nearly 50 percent. In addition, the building is being improved to meet the requirements of silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards. LEED was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to set a benchmark for design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings.

At NAMSA, we believe that everything we do must be in our clients best interests. This expansion is one of several examples of that commitment, said Gina Skolmowski, Corporate Vice President of Operations for NAMSA. Through this effort we have optimized our processes to meet increased demand for efficient lot release testing.

The expansion will not impact the delivery of current services, but will provide a more streamlined flow for future testing. The newly expanded space will be used for in vitro toxicology, sterility and bioburden testing. The expansion of these functional areas will also allow for growth in adjacent areas for analytical services and packaging testing. NAMSA is planning an open house to showcase the new features of the facility.

The medical device research, regulatory approval and commercialization process is continuously taking longer and costing more, driving the need for efficiencies wherever possible, and we are very focused on helping our clients meet that need, said Skolmowski.

With recent acquisitions and expansions, NAMSA is well positioned as a fully integrated provider for both medical device manufacturers and human cellular and tissue products (HCT/P). NAMSA has breadth and depth in consulting, non-clinical and clinical services. By having expertise in cardiovascular, orthopedic, ocular, neurologic, gastroenterologic, urologic, combination product and related medical devices, NAMSA helps manufacturers accelerate the process of bringing their products to market.

About NAMSA

NAMSA (www.namsa.com) is a global medical device research organization providing a comprehensive range of services to prove efficacy, non-clinical and clinical safety of medical devices, IVDs, HCT/P and combination products. For more than 45 years, NAMSA clients have utilized its testing and consulting services to bring safe and effective therapies to market.

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Longevity Risk Not a Topic of Discussion for Majority of Middle-Income Americans, New Study Says

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CHICAGO, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --One out of every four 65-year olds today will live past age 90. Yet, for 87 percent of our country's middle-income Americans age 55 and older, the idea of one's own longevity is often not contemplated or discussed, according to a new study released by the Bankers Life and Casualty Company Center For A Secure Retirement (CSR).

The study, Longevity Risk and Reward for Middle-Income Americans, which surveyed 500 Americans ages 55 to 75 with an annual household income of between $25,000 and $75,000, found that middle-income Americans do not spend much time thinking about longevity.In fact, for most, longevity is not a topic of discussion.

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Self Perception on LongevityDespite their reluctance to discuss longevity, those surveyed accurately estimated average life expectancy for American adults. On average, respondents with a median age of 65 said they think they will live to age 86, irrespective of gender, income or health.

When it comes to perception of common factors influencing longevity, two-thirds feel that their life expectancy is out of their control, saying that genetics (65%) is the determining factor in how long they will live as compared to their own actions, such as eating right (46%), exercising (44%) or smoking (37%).

Longevity Risk and RewardsLiving longer has its rewards. Middle-income retirees say they are having experiences in retirement that they never imaged, such as travel, volunteering and community involvement.

However, longevity also comes with risk. According to the study, the two primary concerns are declining health associated with age, and the ability to create a sustainable retirement income that may need to last 20 years or more.

"Considering longevity and the risks of outliving retirement savings is a first step in developing and achieving heath, income and even personal goals for a satisfying retirement," said Chris Campbell, vice president of marketing and business development at Bankers Life and Casualty Company, a national life and health insurer. "Discuss with loved ones or a professional advisor how life expectancy may affect decisions you make about your retirement years."

Two Decades Separate Wisdom and Old AgeToday's middle-income Americans, ages 55 to 75, find themselves in their "wisdom" years, but not yet in "old age." Study respondents believe that wisdom comes with turning age 56, but old age does not really start until age 78.

Outlook on FutureWhen asked if their best years are ahead or behind them, the majority of middle-income retirees and pre-retirees are optimistic about the future. Six in ten (60%) middle-income Americans age 55 and older say their best years are ahead of them. Respondents attribute this to their positive attitude or outlook on life and freedom from work.

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New discovery may allow scientists to make fuel from CO2 in the atmosphere

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Michael Adams is a member of UGA's Bioenergy Systems Research Institute, Georgia Power professor of biotechnology and distinguished research professor of biochemistry and molecular biology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

(Phys.org) Excess carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere created by the widespread burning of fossil fuels is the major driving force of global climate change, and researchers the world over are looking for new ways to generate power that leaves a smaller carbon footprint.

Now, researchers at the University of Georgia have found a way to transform the carbon dioxide trapped in the atmosphere into useful industrial products. Their discovery may soon lead to the creation of biofuels made directly from the carbon dioxide in the air that is responsible for trapping the sun's rays and raising global temperatures.

"Basically, what we have done is create a microorganism that does with carbon dioxide exactly what plants doabsorb it and generate something useful," said Michael Adams, member of UGA's Bioenergy Systems Research Institute, Georgia Power professor of biotechnology and Distinguished Research Professor of biochemistry and molecular biology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

During the process of photosynthesis, plants use sunlight to transform water and carbon dioxide into sugars that the plants use for energy, much like humans burn calories from food.

These sugars can be fermented into fuels like ethanol, but it has proven extraordinarily difficult to efficiently extract the sugars, which are locked away inside the plant's complex cell walls.

"What this discovery means is that we can remove plants as the middleman," said Adams, who is co-author of the study detailing their results published March 25 in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences. "We can take carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere and turn it into useful products like fuels and chemicals without having to go through the inefficient process of growing plants and extracting sugars from biomass."

The process is made possible by a unique microorganism called Pyrococcus furiosus, or "rushing fireball," which thrives by feeding on carbohydrates in the super-heated ocean waters near geothermal vents. By manipulating the organism's genetic material, Adams and his colleagues created a kind of P. furiosus that is capable of feeding at much lower temperatures on carbon dioxide.

The research team then used hydrogen gas to create a chemical reaction in the microorganism that incorporates carbon dioxide into 3-hydroxypropionic acid, a common industrial chemical used to make acrylics and many other products.

With other genetic manipulations of this new strain of P. furiosus, Adams and his colleagues could create a version that generates a host of other useful industrial products, including fuel, from carbon dioxide.

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Gators could hold cure to human ailments

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You could say Mark Merchant has alligators in his blood.

Before he was a biochemistry professor at McNeese State University studying the antibiotic properties of alligator blood, Merchant was just another Southeast Texas kid fishing with his grandpa on the bayous.

The Nederland man remembers once seeing a huge old alligator that had lost a leg at some point but had healed and gone on to thrive in the bacteria-rich swampland

But if Merchant so much as scratched his arm in that water, he knew it was likely to get infected.

That told Merchant there was something special about alligators.

He tucked it away in his mind, where it later spawned the idea of using gators to create drugs that would combat infections, particularly those that have become resistant to antibiotics.

More than a decade ago, Merchant began studying the immune systems of alligators and crocodiles.

But his relationship to alligators goes beyond the scientific.

Take Murphy, the 10-foot alligator who lives in a pond inside a fenced enclosure at the McNeese research station where he keeps his specimens.

Murphy, named for Merchant's favorite beer, lurks in a hollowed-out space beneath the bank of his pool, no sign of him visible until Merchant nudges him with a stick to get his attention. Then the alligator's massive head glides into view and his jaws open in a threatening display of jagged teeth.

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Pollogen to Showcase Hybrid Energy Technology at the Upcoming 11th Anti – Aging Medicine Congress in Monte Carlo

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Hybrid Energy Technology, a breakthrough concept, delivers natural volume refilling, wrinkle reduction, skin rejuvenation and acne scars treatment without surgery, discomfort or downtime. Hybrid Energy Technology is available through Surgen, a cutting-edge platform which also integrates Pollogens patented TriFractional technology for advanced skin resurfacing.

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With a program developed by an international faculty from over 95 countries, the AMWC promises to deliver the most advanced academic and clinical sessions in preventive and anti-aging medicine. The conference will take place at the Grimaldi Forum from April 4-6 2013. Pollogen will be exhibiting at booth D1.

Hybrid Energy Technology, an emerging advancement in fractional radio frequency technology, was specifically developed to work with the bodys natural mechanism to promote wrinkle reduction, skin volumizing and acne scars improvement without the need for surgery. Treatment is virtually painless, suitable for all skin types and colors and can be performed in a convenient walk in-walk out procedure.

In recent clinical evaluation Hybrid Energy demonstrated significant dermal refilling, and reduction of wrinkles as well as improvement in skin texture, minimizing of pores and volume increase.

The key advantage of Hybrid Energy (HE) Technology is the combination of Hot and Electrical Invisible Micro Ablation (IMA) which is administered via a disposable tip comprised of an array of micro pins.

Hot IMA facilitates smooth and painless penetration of the micro pins to target the mid dermis. Electrical IMA then selectively affects the target area using safe non-thermal energy. This creates direct dermis stimulation and triggers the bodys natural response mechanism in a safe process, with none to minimal pain and virtually no down time. As a result, while epidermal visible response is minimized, a significant effect is generated in the Dermis that delivers Auto-production of Hyaluronic Acid, Collagen Regeneration and Elastin Growth.

Hybrid Energy Technology is available through Surgen- a cutting-edge platform which also integrates TriFractional Technology - an advanced anti-aging 3 pulse radio frequency procedure that enables effective fractional skin resurfacing and is suitable for enhancing the Hybrid Energy treatment. The Surgen platform has a user friendly touch screen with pre-programmed but adjustable parameters for each treatment type.

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World Travel Globe Announces Its Working Relationship with Travel Search Engine Wego.com

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World Travel Globe gains support of travel search engine Wego.com, and announces its plans to work with the site.

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World Travel Globe is in the midst of developing an iPhone app that recommends cost effective travel means and venues recommendations that come, in part, from Wego.com. Users can browse Wego.com for cheap hotels, vacation packages, tours, special deals, activities, affordable flights, and more.

SrinuChowhan, Affiliate Marketing & Distribution Partnerships from WeGo explains that the app is informative, and is the perfect place to arrange almost all requirements needed for traveling. Its an excellent tool to arrange all of your travel requirements, said Chowhan.

With the help of this information, the World Travel Globe App allows users to book flights on demand, and also lists open rooms in five-star hotels that are available for reservation.

Additionally, the app pulls up information about the upcoming place of visit, including the country population, language, currency used, exchange rate, weather, time difference, and visa requirements. It also provides useful information like picture galleries, restaurant menus and hours, and metro and subway maps.

Its fun, easy to use, and a great aid to decision making while at your destination, added Chowhan, especially with the Whats Hot section.

The Whats Hot feature of the app allows users to check in on the current events and major attractions happening, at that point in time, around the world. Users just simply spin the globe, and can then pick from carnivals, festivals, major sporting events, and more. The design allows travelers to discover new places and adventures, whether they be for a planned trip or an impromptu one.

Its great to have the support from Wego.com, said Marcus Crellin, developer of the World Travel Globe. Once we get further into development, Im excited to help make traveling easier for everyone.

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Stem cell therapy –how profitable?

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By Amads Ma. Guerrero Philippine Daily Inquirer

INFORMATION booth

You feel like you have entered an attractive boutique hotel in miniature; everything is neat, clean, almost spotless and sparkling.

This is the Asian Aesthetic Center in Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City (contact number: 7099565) across the Ateneo de Manila. The equipment is state-of-the-art, and there are two main wings: The Dermatology Wing and the Surgical Wing.

In the Dermatology Wing we have a Laser Room, Slimming Room, a Wellness Room and a Facial Treatment Room. The Surgical Room was what interested me mostbut only as a writer and not personally, because my cells are not dysfunctional (to my knowledge!).

Unfortunately, colleague Neilsen and I could not enter the Surgical Wing because a procedure was under way. In this wing, we were told, is a stem cell laboratory unit with the stem cell extractor and activator machines, and a recovery room, along with other amenities.

The clinic is cozy and family-run, you might say. It is headed by Dr. Amy B. Tinaza, a cosmetic surgeon and a stem cell specialist, and her partner (professional as well as personal) Dr. Jomar S. Tinaza, chief facial plastic surgeon and her husband. And the centers PR is a sister in law, Charlotte Tinaza.

The Tinaza couple head the Stem Cell Therapy Team, and there are also Medical, Surgical, Specialist and After-Care Teams.

So why did she (Dr. Amy) choose to be a stem cell specialist? Although stem cell therapy is at an early stage, I believe it is the future of medicine, she replies.

The centers stem cell therapy is the Autologous Fat Stem Cell, in which the stem cell is from the fat cells of the same patient, and transferred back to the patient once the stem cell is activated.

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