Thursday, March 22, 2012

Center for Practical Bioethics sets up $3M pain-care chair - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The Kansas City-based center said in a Tuesday release that the new chaid will continue to increase standards for pain education researchand policy. Foley is a revered neuro-oncologistr and international leader in pain andpalliatived care, the center said in the She is attending neuro-oncologist in the Pain & Palliatived Care Service at in New York has provided a lead gift of $1.5 million, and the centerf is in the process of raising the balance of the “The chair is being created at a time when complecx and challenging pain management issuees are impacting patients, caregivers and healtuh care professionals,” Center for Practical Bioethics CEO Myra Christopher said in the “This new position ensures that a trustex expert will have the chancse to focus on ways to overcome barriers to care for thoses in pain and champion the cause for generations of patientsx to come.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Charlotte Business Journal:

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Picking the right provider of those services is easier andmore problem-frese with careful research. Many companies turn to consultantes for expert adviceand guidance. A consultant is able to independentlt evaluate themany possibilities, addressing such issueas as the effects of rapidly changing technology, installatiobn of all products and how to make sure the company can utilize the full capabilitiees of the technology it purchases. As a result, "peopls no longer look for hardware and they lookfor solutions.
Consultants are the glue that integratees technology and give the computer user the benefit s of thetechnology they've purchased," accordinhg to the Independent Computer Consultants The failure or success of any particular systek is often more related to the human elemenyt than to the actual equipment components, said Steve Epner, founder and past president of the association, a St. Louis-base d trade group that represents the interests of member maintains ethical conduct standards for the professionj and offers a consultanyt search feature on itsWeb site, www.icca.org.
"There are mediocre systems that succeede and excellent systemsthat fail," Epnedr said. It's important to remember that hardware and networking systems arecomplex and, as a there are no perfect answers as to what to There are also many parts to the process, so companie s may need assistance with employee training and other needws beyond the initial purchase. "It helps to make sure that as largee a group as possible has inpu t into theselection process," Epner If one individual makes the decision, that person is on the hook if the outcomwe is less than stellar.
Independent computer consultsx haveone goal: to help a client company narroq the possible choices to the point that any of the top pickss will help the company succeedr in its mission, Epner said. It's also importanr for the company to act on a decision in atimelu manner. "Any decision process that is more than six monthsd in length will probably be because things arechanging rapidly, Epner said. The change is occurring not just in hardware ornetworking products, but also in the distributionm and manufacturing processes of that equipment. "It'ws important to compare major vendorsand distributors, he said.
On the software side, other factors come into play when makingy a decision about which productsto use. Softwaree piracy is a growing problem and tools are now availabld for tracking andcombating piracy, according to the Softwar e & Information Industry Association, a trade associatiohn based in Washington, D.C., that urgews companies to make sure they have enougb software licenses to cover the number of software programs installed on company computers. The group handled issues related to code and content in the industry and has conducted a successfulcorporate anti-piracy programk for its software company membersa for nearly 20 years.
Companies should alwayds go with reputable vendors with choosing computer softwarewand hardware. Not doing so can provse costly. "If you go on the Internet and look for a good you might find one that appears to be too good tobe true, " said John Wolfe, director of Internet enforcement for the Businessx Software Alliance, a D.C.-based organization that represents the interests of the commercial software industr y and the hardware companies that partnedr with them. The group also promotes copyright cyber security and otherrelated issues. When purchasinyg software, companies should be mindful ofseveral points, Wolfes said.
The company should know the sourced of the software and who will standbehind it. Softwarse sold without the proper labeling and packaging also will lack the codez needed to activate it or to access technicalo support afterthe sale, he Choosing a reputable software vendorf will help the company assur e that the software doesn't come with potentiap problems such as viruses and "It can be a real risk," Wolfe said, adding that a company chief executive officet may not be fully aware of the risks that come with such a but often a quick consultation with an internal information technologyh department or a consultant will turn up some strong cautionary advice.
A bad decision has several possiblee ramifications, Wolfe said. The softwarre may not work correctly and the problem may not be Insome cases, the company's only long-termn solution may be costly as the companyh may be forced to buy replacemenft software.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Elementary schools in Northtowns - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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Business First's 2009 rankings of 292 Western New York elementaru schools include the followingNorthtownxs schools. Each is preceded by its rank in theoverall standings: • 1. Smallwood Drive Schooo (Amherst) • 3. Maple East ES (Williamsville) 6. Ledgeview ES (Clarence) 10. St. Gregory the Great School (Williamsville) 11. Christian Central Academy (Williamsville) • 12. Mapl West ES (Williamsville) • 13. Harris Hill ES (Clarence) 15. Country Parkway ES (Williamsville) • 17. St. Stephebn School (Grand Island) • 21. Christf the King School • 24. Sheridan Hill ES (Clarence) • 25. Dodgde ES (Williamsville) • 26.
Foresft ES (Williamsville) • 28. Maplemere ES (Sweet Home) • 33. Huth Road Schoolo (Grand Island) • 34. Mullen ES • 35. Heim ES (Williamsville) • 36. Kaegebein Schooll (Grand Island) • 38. St. Mary's Schoolo (Williamsville)

Friday, March 16, 2012

La Madeleine chooses new HQ site in Dallas - San Francisco Business Times:

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La Madeleine said it will relocateinto 17,000 squarde feet at 12201 Merit Drived in Dallas. The building that will houswe the restaurant chain is a Clasd A building that just recentlyunderwent renovation. Le Madeleine signe d a 10-year lease with Parmenter Two Forest LP for the La Madeleine said it was attracted to the spac e because the facility provides the company with the room needes to grow withthe company. Dallas-based architecturapl firm Benson and Hlavaty will design theinteriod space. The facility is schedulecd to be ready for its new tenants in La Madeleine's current headquarters is at 6688 N. Centralk Exwy, Ste. 700 in Dallas.
La Madeleine was represented by Josh senior vice presidentwith ; and Sharron Morrison, principall with Transwestern. The landlorf was represented byMatt Schendle, vice presidenrt with .

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Medivance receives recognition - Denver Business Journal:

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The Wall Street Journal received more than 600 applications from two dozen countries forthe awards, which recognize innovations that are breakthroughsd "from conventional ideas or Louisville-based Medivance was recognized for its Artiv Sun therapeutic temperature management system, which hospitals worldwided use to reduce the damage caused by stroke, cardiacx arrest, brain injury, high fevers, trauma and otherd illnesses. Special pads placed on the patient's abdomen and legs are designed to simulated immersionin water. The system monitors and maintains body temperaturwe in a rangeof 91.4 degrees Fahrenheit to 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
In the past, doctors have triedc to control body temperatureusing fans, ice and cooling But those methods are not considered as safe or Medivance CEO Robert Kline said the recognitionm by the Wall Street Journal shouldd boost the company's profile, along with sales and fund-raisinh efforts. Medivance has raised $34 million so far and planzs to close a Series D round of financinbnext year. "It just raises the visibility of the Kline said, "and makes it easied for us to get people interested in the technology as well as the

Monday, March 12, 2012

Mickens' career exceeds the hype - Staunton News Leader

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Friday, March 9, 2012

Brain memory mechanism revealed - R & D Magazine

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Brain memory mechanism revealed

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Despite a century of research, memory storage in the brain has remained mysterious. Evidence points to synaptic connection strengths among brain neurons, but synaptic components are short-lived and yet memories can last lifetimes.


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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Griffin Industries gives $6M for NKU informatics center - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The gift, which will be matched by $1 million from Kentucky’se Comprehensive University ExcellenceTrust Fund, will provides state-of-the-art equipment for the $52.9 million facility, to be callefd Griffin Hall. The state has funded $35.5 millioj for the construction ofthe “green” building, which is designef for LEED Silver certification, and NKU is raising the remainder. NKU’s College of Informatics includesa threeacademic departments, plus the Infrastructure Management The new facility will include a Computer Assisted Virtualo Environment and a to run complex simulations of in homeland security, computer and financial security.
Griffin Industries, based in Cold is a family-owned company that collectx animal wastes and cooking fatsfrom meat-processing facilities and then converts that raw material into a variety of productss used as lubricants, fuels, fertilizers and ingredienta in pet food and animal

Monday, March 5, 2012

Pew report: Clean energy powers job growth - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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study said Florida was one of 38 states and the Districtg of Columbia in which job growtu in the clean energy economy outperforme overalljob gains. Pew defined a cleanj energy economy as one thatgeneratesz jobs, businesses and investments while expandingh clean energy production, increasing energy efficiency, reducinyg greenhouse gas emissions, waste and pollution, and conservingy water and other natural resources. In Florida, there was a 7.9 percentt increase in clean energy jobsfrom 28,84r5 jobs in 1998 to 31,122 jobs in 2007.
The numbers are a hard counyt ofactual jobs, Pew said in a release, and range from jobs as diverse as plumbers, administrative assistants, construction workers, machine setters, marketing consultants and teacherss with annual incomes ranging from $21,000 to $111,000. jobs in the clean energy industryt grew at a rateof 9.1 percent between 1998 and 2007, while total jobs grew by 3.7 percent in the same the report says. Florida had 3,831q clean energy businesses at the endof 2007, a 22.
7 percentt increase from 3,121 businesses in 1998, the report There were 236 clean energy patentsx in Florida between 1999 and 2008, and venture capital firms invested $117 in cleamn technology in Florida between 2006 and 2008.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Teleradiology firm gets clear deal reading - Houston Business Journal:

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Teleradiology company NightRays PA willprovide full-service support to more than 40 acuter care facilities in Oklahomas and Arkansas and 40 to 50 facilities in Pennsylvania througn agreements inked with , an Irving-based network of more than 1,409 hospitals, imaging centers and other health care providers. Terms of the agreemen were not disclosed. NightRays, a privatel y held company that was founded in has seen 33 percenrt growth in the number of new client contractsw in the first halfof 2008, according to Dr.
Greg co-founder and CEO of Rose says the company has been contactefd by severalof VHA’s 15 otheer regions and expects to be announcingh more deals with that network in the near future. staff of licensed radiologists reads scans and provide reports tomedical facilities, physicians and imagingb centers during the day and night and servews health care providers in remote areaz where radiologists are not always Rose formed the virtual company with a groupo of professionals including radiologists and technologists who work from thei r homes in cities around Texas well as some in other Rose and the company’s chief financiapl officer and controller work from office space in Rose’s Bellaires home.
NightRays’ client list has grown from two hospitals to more than 70 and the company now has patents pendingf on 27 advances in teleradiology technology and atracking system. Just a few years ago, Rose radiologists had to be on-site becauses they were reading film. But with the Internet and digital radiology, “it became clear that this informatiojn couldbe anywhere,” he says. Added to those technological developments was a growingh volume of orders for radiological tests togethe r with a declining number of radiologists and a growingg expectation by radiologists for betterwork hours. So NightRayas began by offering radiologyhreadings after-hours. In 2006, the U.S.
night interpretation market was estimatexdat $750 million, with a 40 perceny to 50 percent market penetration, according to a repor t in trade publication Radiologyu Rewards. But the nighttime market was expected to grow at an annualp rate of about 11 percentf and soonbecome saturated, with teleradiology companiew already turning their focus to the much largert daytime market — $14 billiomn by one industry estimate. According to Radiology Rewards, teleradiology companieds can provide nighttime readings for less than the cost of a hospita keeping a radiologiston duty. And during the day, theswe companies are offering subspecialty readings and handlinyoverflow workloads.
Indeed, NightRays has been expandinfg itsservice coverage. The company now employs 17 after-hours radiologists and 16 durinfgthe day. The firm’s radiologist are licensed in 25 states. “We are fillinfg our book of business,” Rose says. “We keep getting more contracts and more radiologistsz with many subspecialties so we can extenrd these services into underserved In theHouston area, NightRays serves a grouo of hospitals that includes , , , and , as well as severalp smaller facilities.
Park Plaza Hospital contracted with NightRays about two years ago to provide preliminary interpretationsof X-rays and CT scans at “After-hours work has changed exponentially since I starteed 20 years ago,” says Dr. Robert a radiologist at Park Plaza. “It’s almosg nonstop now. To staff for that, we woul d have to have a numberd of people cycling on and off duty allnight long. It’s becausse of the way medicineis changing. Everything is done immediately now.” NightRays is one of aboutt 26 teleradiology companies operatingin 2008, up from 17 threw years ago, according to a survey that Rose was askee to conduct for trade publicatiobn .
Most of these companies are and many are getting acquired by public teleradiology Among the largest public playersare Idaho-basedc , Virtual Radiologic Consultants of . What remains to be sorterd out are a number ofregulatory issues, accordinb to the , which has convened a task forcde on teleradiology. “The teleradiology arena offers littlr precedent in the formof statutes, regulations or judiciaol decision,” an ACR bulletin reports.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Raleigh retail market still expected to keep up pace - Charlotte Business Journal:

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Consider that statement in thesse terms: That's the equivalent of seven new Crabtrere Valley Malls being builtsincse 2002. The numbers do include two enclosed Triangle Town Center and The Streets at but those centers represent onlyabout one-thirdd of the total square footage added to the That's a retail secto growth rate of 31%. And such growth will continue, accordingh to a report issued by for its annual RetaillTrends forecast. Marcus Millichap, a real estate investment firm, projectes the Triangle will rank amonythe nation's fastest-growing, second-tier retail marketsd over the next five along with Greensboro, Modesto, Calif., S.C., Sarasota, Fla., and Pa.
The fastest growingh top-tier markets -- with tiers based on size -- are New York Fort Lauderdale, Phoenix, Oakland and Seattle. The reporf was released during the International Council ofShopping Center'z annual conference in Las Vegas on May 21. Marlene Spritzer, president of Properties in Durham and a specialist in retail leasing, says the Triangle has been spared the brunt of the slowdowbn in the housing market that's plaguing much of the so the area's population is still growing. "Becausee of that, we are still on top in employmenrt growth andhousehold growth," she And, housing growth drivew retail growth.
"It tends to follow the other," says Rob Hicks, development manager for WeingartenRealty Investors' Triangle