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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Is the childhood obesity trend on the decline? - Mother Nature Network
There's nothing like a little good news on a Tuesday to totally make the week a little brighter. ?MNN correspondent, Melissa Breyer's post on the decline in childhood obesity in several cities across the U.S. hit me like a beacon of hope in what has otherwise been a rather sad year for children's health news.
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So reading a post about how this troubling trend might just be on the decline gives me hope that maybe this is just the tip of the good news iceberg for children's health. ?I know I shouldn't break out the bubbly just yet. ?The trend has only really been identified in a few cities across the country. ?But what is so inspiring is the vast differences in the cities that are reporting declines.?
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According to Breyer's post, Philadelphia, which has the highest big-city poverty rate in the country, saw declines, as did New York City, Los Angeles, Anchorage, Alaska, and the little town of Kearney, Nebraska. ?So it's not just affluent communities that are seeing health improvements, it's kids from a variety of socio-economic environments. ?
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Yet in the report upon which Breyer based her post, researchers noted one very important similarity. "The places that are reporting declines are those that are taking comprehensive action to address the childhood obesity epidemic," said the study's authors. ??
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It also means that more communities might soon follow suit in strengthening their own childhood obesity programs. ?And that means that we might very well see even greater declines across the board in 2013. ?
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And that is some very good news indeed. ?
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Source: http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/blogs/is-the-childhood-obesity-trend-on-the-decline
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The Fifth International Conference on Wireless & Mobile Networks ...
The Fifth International Conference on Wireless & Mobile Networks (WiMoN ? 2013)
June 1 ~ 2, 2013, Istanbul, Turkey
http://netcom2012.org/wimon13/index.html
The conference looks for significant contributions to the Wireless and Mobile networks in theoretical and practical aspects. WiMoN-2013 addresses topics regarding integration of latest technologies to realize wireless, mobile and ubiquitous service environments for advanced applications and services. Original papers are invited on Wireless and Mobile communications, Network protocols and security. The goal of this conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to focus on advanced Wireless, Mobile networking concepts and establishing new collaborations in these areas. Authors are solicited to contribute to the conference by submitting articles that illustrate research results, projects, surveying works and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in the following areas, but are not limited to
Topics of Interest:
- Mobile and Wireless Communications
- Network Protocols & Wireless Networks
- Wireless & Mobile Network Architectures
- Wireless & Mobile Network Operations & management
- Wireless, Mobile Internet and Web applications
- Wireless Multimedia systems
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- Spectrum Allocation and Management
- Wireless LANs and Wireless PANs
- Heterogeneous wireless networks
- Measurement & Performance Analysis
- Mobile Computing
- Next Generation Mobile Networks
- Mobile Adhoc Network Routing and sensor networks
- Measurement & Performance Analysis
- Wireless & Mobile Network Security
- Routing, switching and addressing techniques & algorithms
- Internet access and broadband technologies
- Traffic and congestion control, QoS, Resource Management
- Ubiquitous networks
- Recent trends in wireless & Mobile Networks
Paper Submission
Authors are invited to submit papers through the conference Submission system by January 05, 2013. Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this conference.
The proceedings of the conference will be published by Springer (LNCS) in Communications in Computer and Information Science(CCIS) Series (Confirmed).Hard copy of the Springer Proceedings will be distributed during the Conference. The softcopy will be available on SpringerLink
Selected papers from WiMoN 2013, after further revisions, will be published in the special issue of the following journal.
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline : January 05, 2013
Authors Notification : February 25, 2013
Final Manuscript Due : March 10, 2013
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Holiday Gifts for the Entertainment-Obsessed!
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Monday, December 10, 2012
Oxytocin produces more engaged fathers and more responsive infants
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Reports new study in Biological Psychiatry
Philadelphia, PA, December 10, 2012 A large body of research has focused on the ability of oxytocin to facilitate social bonding in both marital and parenting relationships in human females. A new laboratory study, led by Dr. Ruth Feldman from Bar-Ilan University in Israel and published in the current issue of Biological Psychiatry, has found that oxytocin administration to fathers increases their parental engagement, with parallel effects observed in their infants.
Oxytocin is a neuropeptide that plays an important role in the formation of attachment bonds. Studies have shown that intranasal administration of oxytocin increases trust, empathy, and social reciprocity.
In this study, researchers examined whether oxytocin administration to the parent enhances physiological and behavioral processes that support their social engagement with their infant and improves their parenting. They also examined whether oxytocin effects on the parent's behavior would affect related physiological and behavioral processes in the infant.
Thirty-five fathers and their five-month-old infants were observed twice, once after oxytocin administration and once after placebo administration. The fathers received the nasal sprays in a solitary room while their infant was cared for in another room. After 40 minutes, fathers and infants were reunited and engaged in face-to-face play that was micro-coded for parent and child's social behavior. Salivary oxytocin levels were measured from the fathers and infants both before and several times after the drug administration.
"We found that after oxytocin administration, fathers' salivary oxytocin rose dramatically, more than 10 fold, but moreover, similar increases were found in the infants' oxytocin. In the oxytocin conditions, key parenting behavior, including father touch and social reciprocity, increased but infant social behavior, including social gaze and exploratory behavior, increased as well," explained Feldman.
In addition, respiratory sinus arrhythmia a measure that indexes better autonomic readiness for social engagement was higher in both parent and child.
"We should not be surprised that social bonding in male parents is affected by many of the same biological mechanisms that have been identified for females," commented Dr. John Krystal, Editor of Biological Psychiatry. "The question arising from this study is whether there is a way to harness the 'power' of oxytocin to promote paternal engagement with their infants in families where this is a problem."
Feldman concluded, "Such findings have salient implications for the potential treatment of young children at risk for social difficulties, including premature infants, siblings of children with autism, or children of depressed mothers, without the need to administer drug to a young infant."
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The article is "Oxytocin Administration to Parent Enhances Infant Physiological and Behavioral Readiness for Social Engagement" by Omri Weisman, Orna Zagoory-Sharon, and Ruth Feldman (doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.06.011). The article appears in Biological Psychiatry, Volume 72, Issue 12 (December 15, 2012), published by Elsevier.
Notes for editors
Full text of the article is available to credentialed journalists upon request; contact Rhiannon Bugno at +1 214 648 0880 or Biol.Psych@utsouthwestern.edu. Journalists wishing to interview the authors may contact Ruth Feldman at +972 3 531 7943 or feldman@mail.biu.ac.il.
The authors' affiliations, and disclosures of financial and conflicts of interests are available in the article.
John H. Krystal, M.D., is Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and a research psychiatrist at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System. His disclosures of financial and conflicts of interests are available here.
About Biological Psychiatry
Biological Psychiatry is the official journal of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, whose purpose is to promote excellence in scientific research and education in fields that investigate the nature, causes, mechanisms and treatments of disorders of thought, emotion, or behavior. In accord with this mission, this peer-reviewed, rapid-publication, international journal publishes both basic and clinical contributions from all disciplines and research areas relevant to the pathophysiology and treatment of major psychiatric disorders.
The journal publishes novel results of original research which represent an important new lead or significant impact on the field, particularly those addressing genetic and environmental risk factors, neural circuitry and neurochemistry, and important new therapeutic approaches. Reviews and commentaries that focus on topics of current research and interest are also encouraged.
Biological Psychiatry is one of the most selective and highly cited journals in the field of psychiatric neuroscience. It is ranked 5th out of 129 Psychiatry titles and 16th out of 243 Neurosciences titles in the Journal Citations Reports published by Thomson Reuters. The 2011 Impact Factor score for Biological Psychiatry is 8.283.
ABOUT ELSEVIER
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include SciVerse ScienceDirect, SciVerse Scopus, Reaxys, MD Consult and Nursing Consult, which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite and MEDai's Pinpoint Review, which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.
A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a world-leading publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
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Public release date: 10-Dec-2012[ | E-mail |
Share ] Contact: Rhiannon Bugno
Biol.Psych@utsouthwestern.edu
214-648-0880
Elsevier
Reports new study in Biological Psychiatry
Philadelphia, PA, December 10, 2012 A large body of research has focused on the ability of oxytocin to facilitate social bonding in both marital and parenting relationships in human females. A new laboratory study, led by Dr. Ruth Feldman from Bar-Ilan University in Israel and published in the current issue of Biological Psychiatry, has found that oxytocin administration to fathers increases their parental engagement, with parallel effects observed in their infants.
Oxytocin is a neuropeptide that plays an important role in the formation of attachment bonds. Studies have shown that intranasal administration of oxytocin increases trust, empathy, and social reciprocity.
In this study, researchers examined whether oxytocin administration to the parent enhances physiological and behavioral processes that support their social engagement with their infant and improves their parenting. They also examined whether oxytocin effects on the parent's behavior would affect related physiological and behavioral processes in the infant.
Thirty-five fathers and their five-month-old infants were observed twice, once after oxytocin administration and once after placebo administration. The fathers received the nasal sprays in a solitary room while their infant was cared for in another room. After 40 minutes, fathers and infants were reunited and engaged in face-to-face play that was micro-coded for parent and child's social behavior. Salivary oxytocin levels were measured from the fathers and infants both before and several times after the drug administration.
"We found that after oxytocin administration, fathers' salivary oxytocin rose dramatically, more than 10 fold, but moreover, similar increases were found in the infants' oxytocin. In the oxytocin conditions, key parenting behavior, including father touch and social reciprocity, increased but infant social behavior, including social gaze and exploratory behavior, increased as well," explained Feldman.
In addition, respiratory sinus arrhythmia a measure that indexes better autonomic readiness for social engagement was higher in both parent and child.
"We should not be surprised that social bonding in male parents is affected by many of the same biological mechanisms that have been identified for females," commented Dr. John Krystal, Editor of Biological Psychiatry. "The question arising from this study is whether there is a way to harness the 'power' of oxytocin to promote paternal engagement with their infants in families where this is a problem."
Feldman concluded, "Such findings have salient implications for the potential treatment of young children at risk for social difficulties, including premature infants, siblings of children with autism, or children of depressed mothers, without the need to administer drug to a young infant."
###
The article is "Oxytocin Administration to Parent Enhances Infant Physiological and Behavioral Readiness for Social Engagement" by Omri Weisman, Orna Zagoory-Sharon, and Ruth Feldman (doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.06.011). The article appears in Biological Psychiatry, Volume 72, Issue 12 (December 15, 2012), published by Elsevier.
Notes for editors
Full text of the article is available to credentialed journalists upon request; contact Rhiannon Bugno at +1 214 648 0880 or Biol.Psych@utsouthwestern.edu. Journalists wishing to interview the authors may contact Ruth Feldman at +972 3 531 7943 or feldman@mail.biu.ac.il.
The authors' affiliations, and disclosures of financial and conflicts of interests are available in the article.
John H. Krystal, M.D., is Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and a research psychiatrist at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System. His disclosures of financial and conflicts of interests are available here.
About Biological Psychiatry
Biological Psychiatry is the official journal of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, whose purpose is to promote excellence in scientific research and education in fields that investigate the nature, causes, mechanisms and treatments of disorders of thought, emotion, or behavior. In accord with this mission, this peer-reviewed, rapid-publication, international journal publishes both basic and clinical contributions from all disciplines and research areas relevant to the pathophysiology and treatment of major psychiatric disorders.
The journal publishes novel results of original research which represent an important new lead or significant impact on the field, particularly those addressing genetic and environmental risk factors, neural circuitry and neurochemistry, and important new therapeutic approaches. Reviews and commentaries that focus on topics of current research and interest are also encouraged.
Biological Psychiatry is one of the most selective and highly cited journals in the field of psychiatric neuroscience. It is ranked 5th out of 129 Psychiatry titles and 16th out of 243 Neurosciences titles in the Journal Citations Reports published by Thomson Reuters. The 2011 Impact Factor score for Biological Psychiatry is 8.283.
ABOUT ELSEVIER
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include SciVerse ScienceDirect, SciVerse Scopus, Reaxys, MD Consult and Nursing Consult, which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite and MEDai's Pinpoint Review, which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.
A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a world-leading publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
Media contact
Rhiannon Bugno
Editorial Office Biological Psychiatry
+1 214 648 0880
Biol.Psych@utsouthwestern.edu
[ | E-mail | Share ] ?
AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.
Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-12/e-opm121012.php
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A Boat Ride Towards Home
Due to a number of places or recreational spots you may choose from, you will find it difficult to instantly decide on what to pick as your next destination. With the added stress from your activities and aversions towards the daily grind, spending too much time thinking where to go or where to take family or friends with would just mix up with the flare.Living in a houseboat may appear to suggest isolation or having a subculture but it usually shows a strong sense of locality and community. Aside from being a dwelling place, a houseboat has gained a major popularity among different groups of people of all ages.What seemed to be a typical rural haven has transformed into a charming place that provides unique experience and convenience with the likes of a luxury hotel.
Houseboating remains a wonderful opportunity to enjoy a momentous escapade that ensures magnificent exploration of a local scenery. The perfect fit for a relaxing experience would be a riverbed filled with a bloody lotus garden. Another thing that adds splendour to a scintillating spectacle would be the picturesque beauty of nature that is of captivity to any nature lover. Who would not be amazed with a once-in-a-lifetime chance -a rare opportunity to enjoy seating at balcony while you fish. This only implies how staying in a boathouse can revolutionize recreation, dinning and clubbing.While owning one houseboat may be too much for others, some people choose to hire it for a little while. Houseboats that are for hire provide the same amenities and equipment a hotel has. A houseboat that is designed for tourists or local visitors who plan to personally experience a fabulous ride may enjoy a variety of services like a comfy living room complete with TV and audio equipment, kitchen amenities, including microwave oven fridge, and blender, also add a well-maintained sanitation in the comfort rooms. One can also chill out and enjoy a wonderful view of boats passing by, swans, geese, and other water birds that inhabit nearby while resting in a wide terrace.
Houseboats been considered as a great attraction for some who want to live life far from the rumblings of the city streets and escape from one's day-to-day pressures of life, several reasons why some people think of living in a houseboat would include having a closer contact with nature and building a stronger camaraderie among family members and friends.
To find out more about house boats echuca, visit Luxury on the Murray Houseboats, http://www.luxuryonthemurray.com.au .
Source: http://articles.submityourarticle.com/a-boat-ride-towards-home-306743
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