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Montgomery College to Hold Parent/Student Night, May 12

Montgomery College is hosting a parent/student night at its Rockville Campus, 51 Mannakee Street, Rockville, MD 20850 on Monday, May 12 in the Physical Education Building, from 6 to 9 p.m. Doors will open at 5 p.m. High school seniors planning on attending Montgomery College in the fall, and their parents or guardians, are encouraged to attend. Information will be available on the college’s enrollment process and financial aid and scholarships. Breakout sessions will be offered on “Financing a College Education,” “What I did after MC” and an admissions session in Spanish. Student

The College of American Pathologists Wins National Honors; Becker’s Healthcare Names as a Great Place to Work

NORTHFIELD, ILL. — The College of American Pathologists (CAP), the leading medical society for board-certified pathologists, announced today its recognition as one of Becker’s Healthcare “150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare.”  Becker’s awarded the CAP for its robust benefits, professional development opportunities, wellness initiatives, past awards, and for creating a work environment that promotes employee collaboration and satisfaction.  “The CAP is honored to be named to this group of extraordinary

Intelligent Automatic Chord Selector Device Makes Playing the Guitar Easy

Company seeks crowdfunding to develop the new MiKord, a device that automatically forms cords on a guitar enabling people to play guitar without lessons. CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA—A guitar can open up a world of music and fun, but learning to play a guitar can be frustrating and time consuming. Rather than slogging through lessons and tab books just to learn one or two songs, the new MiKord device enables guitar owners to begin strumming and singing without having to learn a single chord. Red Flare Technologies, the makers of MiKord, has launched a crowdfunding campaign 

Echo Connect Allows Users to Sync and Charge SmartphonesAnywhere

The 5 centimeter-tall flexible silicone key ring charges and syncs both iPhones and Androids. LONDON—Smartphones are everywhere and can do just about anything – until they run out of battery life. Power charge cords are messy and easily left behind, but those problems are all in the past with the new Echo Connect, a key ring that also charges and syncs iPhones, iPads, iPods, and Andriod devices. Now in a pre-production phase, the creators of Echo Connect have launched a crowdfunding campaign  to raise $50,000 by June 29 to help produce the first run

NCCN Publishes Comprehensive Stage-Specific Breast Cancer Resources for Patients

New NCCN Guidelines for Patients®: Breast Cancer Stages 0 – IV now available free-of-charge at NCCN.org/patients; NCCN Guidelines for Patients® are educational resources that offer patient-friendly treatment information.FORT WASHINGTON, PA — The National Comprehensive Cancer Network ® (NCCN ®), with the support of the NCCN Foundation ®, announces the availability of the NCCN Guidelines for Patients®: Breast Cancer Stages 0 – IV —the latest addition to the library

ROTRON® CHEM-TOUGH REGENERATIVE BLOWERS OFFER FIELD-PROVEN SOLUTION FOR METHANE EXTRACTION AND FLARING

KENT, OH –  ROTRON® Chem-Tough Regenerative (Side Channel) blowers from AMETEK Precision Motion Control (PMC) are ideally suited for applications that require the safe and efficient handling of corrosive and/or potentially explosive gases such as methane gas extraction and flaring done by the oil and gas industry. ROTRON’s unique and proprietary Chem-Tough technology takes advantage of low-friction polymers and dry lubricants, as well as anodize and hard-coat plating that become an integral part of the blower’s molecular structure.  Permanent “dry” lubricity and salt spray resistance are

Veidekke ASA: Wins major contract for health building in Sweden

At Huddinge Hospital south of Stockholm, Veidekke has been awarded the contract by TKV Fastighet AB to build a teaching building and laboratory with a floor area of 20,000 m2. This is a turnkey contract valued at SEK 317 million, excluding VAT. A challenge in the project is to create as little disturbance as possible for ongoing hospital operations, and an innovative logistics solution has been used to reduce traffic loads. Both Veidekke Entreprenad and subsidiary Arcona will make use of their extensive experience in building customized training facilities in this project. The Virtual

Decision at the Annual General Meeting of Securitas AB (publ) 2014

At today's Annual General Meeting of Securitas AB (publ) the following was resolved:The Annual General Meeting adopted the Statement of Income and the Balance Sheet as per 31 December, 2013. The Annual General Meeting discharged the Board of Directors and the President from liability for the financial year 2013. DividendIn accordance with the proposal of the Board, the Meeting resolved to declare a dividend of SEK 3.00 per share. May 8, 2014 was determined as record date for dividend and payment from Euroclear Sweden AB is expected to commence on May 13, 2014. Authorization of the

CREAFORM LAUNCHES NEXT GENERATION OF Go!SCAN 3D PORTABLE SCANNERS

Now in Two Versions, New Go!SCAN 3DTM White-light Handheld 3D Scanners Offer Unprecedented Ease of Use and Capability to Scan Any Object in Full ColorLévis, QC, Canada, May 5, 2014 - Creaform, a worldwide leader in portable 3D measurement solutions  and 3D engineering services , today announced the launch of two completely new versions of the Go!SCAN 3D scanner. Both versions provide unmatched fast and reliable 3D measurements, while offering the easiest portable 3D

CREAFORM RELEASES COMPLETELY RE-ENGINEERED HandySCAN 3D™ PORTABLE SCANNERS

Next Generation of the Metrology-Grade HandySCAN 3DTM Aims to Revolutionize 3D Laser Scanning Market with Never-Before-Seen Performance LevelsLévis, QC, Canada, May 5, 2014 - Creaform, a worldwide leader in portable 3D measurement solutions  and 3D engineering services , today announces the launch of the next generation of HandySCAN 3D laser scanners, which have been completely re-engineered for optimum speed, accuracy and portability. “Creaform has again

Report from ÅF's Annual General Meeting 2014

Viktor Svensson, Executive Vice President, Corporate Information             +46 70 657 20 26On Monday, May 5, 2014, ÅF AB (publ)'s annual general meeting was held at the ÅFGroup's headquarters in Solna, Sweden. Adoption of the Income Statement and the Balance Sheet The meeting adopted the income statements and balance sheets for the Group andthe parent company for 2013. The members of the Board of Directors and thePresident were discharged from liability for the fiscal year 2013. Dividend The proposed dividend of SEK 6.50 per share was approved by the AGM. The recordday for

How can we create safe schools?

Routledge Education publishes essential guide to creating the safest schools possibleAs of today, 5 May 2014, there have been 41 school shootings in the United States in 2014. Seven of which had fatal results1. How can we keep this statistic from rising?  Students, parents, and school staff deserve a safe learning environment. Yet recent headlines of violence, bullying, and drug abuse have shown the vulnerability of schools. In Creating Safe Schools, leading expert Franklin Schargel provides leaders, teachers, counselors, parents, and students with the necessary information to address

Schneider Associates Names Alexis Walkenstein Vice President

Walkenstein promoted to management team at dynamic Boston-based PR agencySchneider Associates  (SA), a Boston-based public relations and integrated marketing agency specializing in launching and accelerating growth for products, services, companies, institutions and communities, announces the promotion of Alexis Walkenstein to Vice President. Joining the firm in December 2013 as Director of Media Relations, Walkenstein will now collaborate with the management team and staff to drive top tier media placements and public relations strategies on behalf of diverse

THE COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS WINS NATIONAL HONORS; BECKER’S HEALTHCARE NAMES AS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK

NORTHFIELD, ILL. — The College of American Pathologists (CAP), the leading medical society for board-certified pathologists, announced today its recognition as one of Becker’s Healthcare “150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare.”  Becker’s awarded the CAP for its robust benefits, professional development opportunities, wellness initiatives, past awards, and for creating a work environment that promotes employee collaboration and satisfaction.  “The CAP is honored to be named to this group of extraordinary

Ernest Khirallah Joins Cooperative of American Physicians

Vice President, Marketing and Corporate CommunicationsThe Cooperative of American Physicians, Inc.  (CAP) announced today the addition of Ernest R. Khirallah to its management team as its new Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications. Mr. Khirallah brings years of expertise in marketing, advertising, branding, and communications in the health care space – including many years as a consultant to CAP during a period of successful membership growth. Most recently, Mr. Khirallah served as the Executive Director of the American Academy of

Asthma is Not Just Kids’ Stuff

On World Asthma Day, experts warn disease can occur at any age; adults face special challengesDoug Cooper was surprised when his doctor told him he had asthma, not because he’d had no symptoms – his breathing had been troubling him for a while. He just wasn’t expecting an asthma diagnosis at the age of 50. “I’d always assumed that asthma was a disease that started in childhood,” said the retired aircraft engine technician. “I learned that asthma can develop at any age.” One in 10 Ontarians over the age of 40 has asthma. Many of them have lived with the illness since childhood.

Martifer Solar Delivers First Grid Parity Project in Italy to IKEA

−  The power generation will be at a Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCoE) – equal to or less than the price from the electricity grid −  This project is one of the first completed PV plants to be delivered at grid parity in ItalyMartifer Solar, a subsidiary of Martifer SGPS, has delivered one of the first unsubsidized solar power plants in Italy for the Ikea Group on the rooftop of a new commercial store in Pisa, Tuscany. The project has a total capacity of 696.15 kWp and has been structured without a feed-in-tariff approach. This realization is a breakthrough in terms of a solar PV

Patheon to Highlight Softgel Technologies at FCE Pharma

Patheon Inc. , the pharmaceutical services business owned by DPx Holdings, will introduce the company’s capabilities at FCE Pharma in São Paulo, Brazil, May 12-14, 2014. Patheon executives as well as technical and scientific experts will attend FCE Pharma and will be available to discuss Patheon’s capabilities, while highlighting the company’s softgel technologies. Patheon is a world leader in softgel technologies, manufacturing and can customize alkali, acidic and non-animal gelatin shells for liquids, suspensions, semi-solids of any viscosity and solid fill

Acetium results in international meeting for Gastroenterology – excellent results on Acetium capsule repeated in Sweden

Biohit Oyj Press Release May 5,2014 at 3:30 local time (EEST)  Research results on Acetium capsule, invented and patented by Biohit Oyj, have been replicated and confirmed in Sweden. The results were presented in the major international meeting for gastroenterologists (Digestive Disease Week) in Chicago on May 3, 2014. Researchers at Uppsala University (Sweden) showed in collaboration with Finnish researchers that Acetium capsule eliminates 68 % (max. 87 %) of carcinogenic acetaldehyde formed from alcohol into the gastric juice (Hellström et al). The study also demonstrated that

ASTRO urges Medicare to provide national coverage of low-dose CT screening for adults at high risk for lung cancer

Fairfax, Va., May 5, 2014 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is concerned by the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee’s (MEDCAC) April 30, 2014 recommendation  to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that adults at high risk for lung cancer should not receive Medicare coverage of annual, low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening. ASTRO urges CMS to support the December 2013 proposal of the United States Preventative Services Task

New Research From All Children’s Hospital Shows Few At-Risk Children Outgrow Obesity

St. Petersburg, Fla. – May 5, 2014 – A new study by researchers from All Children’s Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center shows that few school-age children are able to outgrow their weight problems. Raquel Hernandez, M.D., M.P.H., lead investigator and assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Associate Director of Medical Education at All Children’s Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine, presented the study’s findings at the Pediatric Academic Societies  Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada. The

IKEA Foundation “Brighter Lives for Refugees” Campaign Thanks Customers and Co-workers for Support In Raising $10.6 Million for UNHCR

Campaign supports camps in Asia, Africa and Middle East with Sustainable Lighting and Improved Access to Renewable Energy and Primary Education(April 30, 2014) The IKEA Foundation announces the ‘Brighter Lives for Refugees’ campaign, which ran from February 3 – March 29, 2014, raised $10.6 million* (Є7.7 million) globally, and the US alone raised over $570,000 in its first campaign year. For every IKEA LEDARE (LED light bulb) purchased during the campaign period, Є1*(approx. $1.38) will be donated to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) by the IKEA Foundation. The $10.6 million

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