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H5N1 research symposium to be webcast live to public

Public release date: 2-Apr-2012
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Contact: Jim Sliwa
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American Society for Microbiology

The Royal Society in London will host an international symposium this week to address research issues surrounding H5N1 avian influenza research. Sponsored in part by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the two-day meeting, April 3-4, will feature key influenza researchers and will be webcast to the public in its entirety.

The journals Nature and Science received papers in 2011 from two teams of researchers showing that the H5N1 virus could be genetically manipulated in ferrets, a model organism for influenza, to mutate into a form that might spread rapidly among a human population through aerosol transmission. Various national and international bodies, including the US National Security Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), have expressed concern that the safety and security of both research workers and wider society needs to be considered before work of this kind is published in full. Set against this is the basic principle of openness in science: scientists should operate openly and publish their findings. This conference will discuss virus research and the safety, security, and ethical aspects from the perspectives of participating researchers, publishers, policymakers and funders.

Speakers will include Paul Keim, Chair of the NSABB; Bruce Alberts, editor-in-chief of Science; Philip Campbell, editor-in-chief of Nature; and the researchers whose papers sparked the controversy, Ron Fouchier of the Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, and Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. A full copy of the program can be found online at http://royalsociety.org/events/2012/viruses/.

The entire proceedings of the 2-day symposium will be webcast live to the public on the internet. The webcast, which will feature all speakers' talks and their slides, open-floor discussions and news conferences can be accessed at http://www.voiceprompt.co.uk/royalsociety/030412/. The webcast will start on Tuesday April 3 at 9:00 a.m. BST (4:00 a.m. EDT). After the symposium the entire video of the meeting will be made available on demand online for 12 months.

The symposium is organized by the Royal Society in partnership with the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Foundation for Vaccine Research with support from the American Society for Microbiology, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Fondation Mrieux, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Institut Pasteur, and the Society for General Microbiology.

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A previous symposium on H5N1 research issues held by the ASM at its annual biodefense meeting in February 2012 can be watched online at http://www.asmbiodefense.org/index.php/program-information/nsabbs-recommendations-for-h5n1-research.

The American Society for Microbiology is the largest single life science society, composed of over 39,000 scientists and health professionals. ASM's mission is to advance the microbiological sciences as a vehicle for understanding life processes and to apply and communicate this knowledge for the improvement of health and environmental and economic well-being worldwide.

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Public release date: 2-Apr-2012
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Contact: Jim Sliwa
jsliwa@asmusa.org
202-942-9297
American Society for Microbiology

The Royal Society in London will host an international symposium this week to address research issues surrounding H5N1 avian influenza research. Sponsored in part by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the two-day meeting, April 3-4, will feature key influenza researchers and will be webcast to the public in its entirety.

The journals Nature and Science received papers in 2011 from two teams of researchers showing that the H5N1 virus could be genetically manipulated in ferrets, a model organism for influenza, to mutate into a form that might spread rapidly among a human population through aerosol transmission. Various national and international bodies, including the US National Security Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), have expressed concern that the safety and security of both research workers and wider society needs to be considered before work of this kind is published in full. Set against this is the basic principle of openness in science: scientists should operate openly and publish their findings. This conference will discuss virus research and the safety, security, and ethical aspects from the perspectives of participating researchers, publishers, policymakers and funders.

Speakers will include Paul Keim, Chair of the NSABB; Bruce Alberts, editor-in-chief of Science; Philip Campbell, editor-in-chief of Nature; and the researchers whose papers sparked the controversy, Ron Fouchier of the Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, and Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. A full copy of the program can be found online at http://royalsociety.org/events/2012/viruses/.

The entire proceedings of the 2-day symposium will be webcast live to the public on the internet. The webcast, which will feature all speakers' talks and their slides, open-floor discussions and news conferences can be accessed at http://www.voiceprompt.co.uk/royalsociety/030412/. The webcast will start on Tuesday April 3 at 9:00 a.m. BST (4:00 a.m. EDT). After the symposium the entire video of the meeting will be made available on demand online for 12 months.

The symposium is organized by the Royal Society in partnership with the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Foundation for Vaccine Research with support from the American Society for Microbiology, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Fondation Mrieux, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Institut Pasteur, and the Society for General Microbiology.

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A previous symposium on H5N1 research issues held by the ASM at its annual biodefense meeting in February 2012 can be watched online at http://www.asmbiodefense.org/index.php/program-information/nsabbs-recommendations-for-h5n1-research.

The American Society for Microbiology is the largest single life science society, composed of over 39,000 scientists and health professionals. ASM's mission is to advance the microbiological sciences as a vehicle for understanding life processes and to apply and communicate this knowledge for the improvement of health and environmental and economic well-being worldwide.

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Technology ? Connecting our Past and our Future ? Journeys of a ...

These days with social media it is so easy to connect with people all over the globe.? We can make new friends and reconnect with old friends with ease. We can use social media to share knowledge and ideas or simply stay in touch with friends.

One thing I have learned in reconnecting with friends from the past is that even though time has passed and changes have transformed our lives ? the underlying character traits of most people, remain the same.? If someone I knew had been an adventurous soul in college or high school ? they were still adventurous souls.? At least this has been my experience when I have reconnected with people from my past.

Quite honestly at this point in my life, I am so involved with my ?now?, I don?t really have the urge to dig into my past. I?ve never been to any of my high school reunions and there have been many.? But when I do reconnect with people from my past, they are always people I have a natural and lasting connection with.? What attracted me to those people then, are usually the same things that attract me to them now and vice versa.

With any type of relationship, I take the attitude that the people who are in my life are those that are meant to be there at this time. There?ll be good relationships and not so good relationships, but each is meant to play its purpose in my life.? The same holds true in business relationships ? there?s always an ebb and tide in most relationships, and we learn by it?. Or we should.? There?s the sweet and the bitter side to anything in life and it?s almost like those two ingredients need to be there for a ?life well lived.?

I?ve learned a lot about filmmaking and the art of storytelling over the last couple of years, and the one thing that stands out, is that every story needs a ?conflict? or an ?opposition?. Every story needs contrast.? If it doesn?t ? it?s not a good story ? at least in terms of the entertainment business of films, TV shows, books, magazines etc.? I?ve been thinking about that a lot lately and I try to identify those themes when I watch a movie or read a book.? There is always an element of conflict or opposition to almost all stories and stories are taken from real life.

So when I look at my ultimate story ?my life?s story ?I tell myself to accept both the pain and the joys of life, because they are meant to be there. They are part of the process. I tell myself to expect the unexpected and leave any and all possibilities open. I tell myself to bridge the past with the now and allow the future to be what it?s meant to be for a life well lived.

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LG Lucid (Verizon Wireless)

The LG Lucid ($79.99) may be a budget Android?smartphone?for Verizon Wireless, but it never seems?inexpensive. It wasn't too long ago that 4G LTE data, 1080p video recording, and a dual-core processor were considered high-end, even if cutting edge handsets are just now moving past those specs. That makes the Lucid a good choice if you don't need the absolute fastest speeds or latest features, but don't want to miss out on anything important either.

Design and Call Quality
The LG Lucid measures 4.69 by 2.45 by 0.45 inches (HWD) and weighs 5 ounces. The shell is made entirely of glossy plastic, and appears completely black from the front. There's an attractive, maroon-colored fade on the tapered back panel that gives the Lucid a classier, more translucent look, at least from that angle.?

The 4-inch IPS glass capacitive touch screen is made of Gorilla Glass, and sports a typical-for-Android 800-by-480-pixel resolution. The display is suitably bright and colorful, if not as vivid or with as deep blacks as a Super AMOLED panel. The Lucid supports plenty of gestures, including flipping the device to mute the incoming call, snoozing the alarm, or pausing video playback, as well as tapping on the sides of the device to advance the cursor in either direction while typing; I had trouble triggering the side motions, though.

For typing, you get a choice of either LG's default keyboard or Swype. Typing in portrait and landscape modes was easy in my tests, but the predictive text still needs work. For the typo "laxy," I saw five initial suggestions, none of which were "lazy" even though the z is right next to the x, and it capitalized words automatically that weren't proper names.

The Lucid hits dual-band EV-DO Rev A (850/1900 MHz) and single-band 4G LTE (700MHz) speeds with 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi. The phone also works as a mobile hotspot for up to 10 devices over LTE, or five over 3G, with the appropriate data plan. Voice quality was good, with a full, loud tone in the earpiece, and clear transmissions through the microphone. Reception was an issue during my tests; I heard plenty of dropouts and computerized syllables, whereas calls to the same numbers with an Apple iPhone 4 on Verizon in the same spot didn't exhibit these problems. Calls sounded fine through a Jawbone Era headset ($129, 4.5 stars) and voice dialing worked well over Bluetooth. The speakerphone was a disappointment, with only average gain and an unusually tinny and harsh timbre. The 1700mAh battery is good for a solid 6 hours and 43 minutes of talk time.

Hardware, Android, and Apps
The dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8660 CPU and 1GB RAM is now standard fare for current Android phones. Our benchmark tests pit it roughly equivalent with comparably equipped dual-core Android phones?which means fast, generally speaking, except for occasional sluggishness in the user interface and in scrolling up and down Web pages, which we've seen on plenty of Android devices. The poor reception noted above may play a role with data speeds, too?I saw an average of 7Mbps up and just 1.5 Mbps down in a series of tests, which is several Mbps lower than what the more-expensive LG Spectrum ($199.99, 3.5 stars) achieved.

The LG Lucid is yet another of a slew of phones hitting the market with the older Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS, which is frustrating. Verizon promises an upgrade to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), but hasn't set a date yet. There are five home screens you can swipe between, and LG's customized notifications bar offers one-touch settings for the phone's various radios. You'll also find LG's collapsible categories in the main menu, which helps if you like grouping icons, but it can't be turned off if you don't.

As far as bundled apps, LG throws in a copy of Polaris, which is a document-editing suite for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. Verizon also preloads Netflix and Kindle apps, cordons off its bloatware into a single menu category. You also get Google Maps Navigation for free, voice-enabled, turn-by-turn GPS directions. The Lucid shares media wirelessly to DLNA-enabled devices, though I don't know how many people actually use this feature. You also get access to Google Play (formerly the Android Market), with its 400,000+ array of third-party apps, as well as books, music, and movies.

Multimedia, Camera, and Conclusions
There's 4GB of free internal storage for media, plus 1.34GB of free system memory for installing apps. There's also a microSD card slot underneath the battery cover; my 32GB SanDisk card worked fine. Music tracks sounded clear through?Samsung Modus HM6450?Bluetooth headphones ($99, 4 stars), and the modified music player displayed huge album art screens and a jukebox view in landscape mode. Google Play Music is preloaded, which gives you access to millions of tracks, cloud-based storage, and inexpensive MP3 purchases. Our standard suite of test movies played smoothly in full screen mode and looked vibrant at resolutions up to 1080p, and including H.264, DivX, and XviD files.

The 5-megapixel auto-focus camera features an LED flash, face tracking, and geotagging, but no image stabilization. Test photos looked sharp, albeit with a slightly cool cast. In lower-light settings, focus was a bit softer, and details were lost in dark areas, but the amount of noise was acceptable. Recorded 1920-by-1080-pixel and 1280-by-720-pixel videos played smoothly at 29 frames per second, although they looked a little dark, and the lack of image stabilization made the 1080p video in particular look a bit jumpy. You can record and edit 1080p high-definition videos right on the handset using Video Producer, a basic moviemaking app, and there's also a front-facing camera for video chats.

It's tough to fault the Lucid purely on specs. For a budget-priced Android phone, it's quite impressive, and closer to what was called high-end just six months ago, even if it falls a bit flat with voice calls and LTE data speeds. Consider this: The Lucid absolutely destroys the Samsung Illusion ($79.99, 3 stars), which has a much lower resolution screen, a single-core processor, and lacks 4G LTE support. On the other hand, the LG Spectrum bumps the Lucid's display to a stunning 1280-by-720-pixel, 4.5-inch panel and includes a faster processor, but it exhibited uneven voice quality and overall performance in our review. Our favorite touch-screen phone on Verizon remains the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx ($299.99, 4.5 stars), which offers insanely long battery life, a slightly larger and sharper screen, and a thinner overall design, although it's considerably more expensive than the Lucid.

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Pittsburgh college opens pharmacy to aid neighbors

Associated Press

Posted on March 31, 2012 at 6:00 PM

Updated today at 2:01 AM

PITTSBURGH (AP) ? A university has stepped in to fill a difficult role ? delivering basic health care and medications in a poor inner city neighborhood.

Dusquesne University has opened a pharmacy to serves its neighbors in Pittsburgh's Hill District, which hadn't had one for years. School officials say the program is the first of its kind in the nation, and they hope it will be a model for other inner cities.

"It's not a browse-the-aisles pharmacy" with soft drinks and candy for sale, said J. Douglas Bricker, dean of the Duquesne School of Pharmacy. Instead, the focus is solely on patient care.

"It's up-front counseling," said Terri Kroh, the pharmacy director. That means that when a new patient comes in with a prescription, he or she will first go with a staff member to a private room for a review of personal health issues. That way the pharmacy takes on a more active role in supporting both the primary care doctor and the patient.

"We do a lot of cholesterol screening, and then counsel patients on healthy diet, healthy lifestyle," all for free, Kroh said.

"It's wonderful. I don't think I can say more about them," said Barbara Strothers, a longtime area resident. "They take their time and explain."

Strothers, 55, said she's sent many friends to the pharmacy, and she feels it's helping with efforts to revitalize the community, which has suffered from crime and poverty in recent decades.

She said the pharmacists not only fill her prescriptions, but take the time to find the lowest-cost medication and monitor her progress and needs.

Bricker said the experiment was part of a long-term plan to be better neighbors to people who live near the school, which is in downtown Pittsburgh. But it's also based on some bottom-line realities of the health care business, where everyone is trying to find ways to deliver quality patient care yet control costs.

"It's built around a business model," Bricker said, adding that quality, preventive care "decreases emergency visits and hospital stays."

Louis Zangara, a pharmacist at the Hill District office, said no one was talking about such models when he first started practicing 25 years ago.

"This has become a real patient-centered type of care," Zangara said. "The whole profession has changed, but this is the direction that it is moving in. I think we're on the leading edge of that."

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