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Cloud-based 3D modelling technology advances exploration geophysics for improved geologic understanding and drill targeting TORONTO, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Geosoft announced the release of VOXI Earth Modelling, a cloud-based geophysical inversion software service that generates 3D voxel models from airborne or ground gravity and magnetic data. VOXI is available as part of the Geosoft 2012 Software Release. Over the past decade, 3D geophysical modelling has become...
GARDNER, Mass., April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. (OTCQB:PEYE) (the "Company") today announced that it has accepted a customer order for $1,032,000 for delivery of endoscopes. The purchase order is contingent upon successful completion of validation testing of prototype units, and execution of a mutually acceptable supply agreement specifying, among other items, the delivery schedule. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110804/CG47436LOGO)...
NEW ORLEANS, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- People who received injections of the multiple sclerosis (MS) drug interferon beta-1a soon after their first signs of possible MS were less likely to progress to clinically definite MS than people who switched to interferon beta-1a from placebo, according to new phase three results of the three-year REFLEXION clinical trial that will be presented as part of the Emerging Science program (formerly known as Late-Breaking Science) at...
CHICAGO, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) announced today that it will report its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2012, after the stock market closes on Monday, May 7, 2012. Allscripts management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the company's earnings and other information at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time that same day. More Details on the Call The Allscripts earnings announcement will be distributed via PR Newswire...
FORT WORTH, Texas, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- David Cistola, M.D., Ph.D., has been named vice president for research at the UNT Health Science Center, announced President Scott Ransom. Cistola currently serves as associate dean for research and professor of clinical laboratory science in the College of Allied Health Sciences; and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. He also served for 18 years on...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Florida Medical Manufacturers Consortium (FMMC) today announced that U.S. Representative Erik Paulsen (R-Minnesota) will be the keynote speaker at the 6th Annual Florida Medical Device Symposium on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, in St. Petersburg, Florida. Congressman Paulsen represents Minnesota's Third Congressional District - the western suburbs of Minneapolis. As co-chair of the House Medical Technology Caucus, he is a leading...
MIAMI, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- As part of Dade Medical College's growth and expansion plans, the college names John Murphy as the new Vice President of Financial Operations and Pammaree Campbell as the new Corporate Director of Financial Aid. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120419/CG91066) Murphy moves from the Corporate Director position to focus on the regulatory and compliance initiatives of the college's financial processes. In this expanded role,...
MIAMI, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Dade Medical College has named Roger Lopez as Executive Vice President of Operations for the company. The move comes as the school continues to grow its offerings of specialized allied healthcare and nursing education programs for the community. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120419/CG91060) Previously, Lopez managed all employee, process and technology operations for the college and in this expanded role, Lopez will...
REDONDO BEACH, Calif., April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Prader-Willi California Foundation, a charitable organization that serves families raising a child with Prader-Willi Syndrome, announced its 12th annual statewide Walking for Prader-Willi Syndrome awareness events. Each walkathon event offers attendees a free t-shirt and features music, arts and crafts activities, and exercise-inspired games for the kids. This year's events will be held from 10:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. on...
LONG BEACH, Calif., April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Epson America, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide(1), will be working with North American Star League (NASL) to take eSports viewing to the next level. As the one of the biggest StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty(TM) organizations outside of Korea, NASL began its third season on April 11, with its Sunday ShowDown live events beginning Sunday, April 22, at the Anthill Pub on the University of Irvine campus. On display at...
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The Chinese Prickly Ash or Flatspine Prickly Ash (Zanthoxylum simulans) is a species of flowering plant native to eastern China and Taiwan. It is one of several plants of Zanthoxylum from which Sichuan Pepper is produced. It is a small spreading tree that grows to 23 feet tall. Its leaves are 2.75 to 5 inches long and pinnate (having parts of a leaf arranged on both sides of the stem). Each leaf has 7 - 11 small leaflets that are each 1.25 to 2 inches long. There are numerous spines on the...
Buxus sempervirens or Boxwood is indigenous to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. This small slender evergreen tree grows from 3 - 30 feet in height with a narrow trunk reaching less than 8 inches in diameter. Yellowish green oval shaped leaves grow from just over half an inch to just under one and a quarter inches in length and less than half an inch wide. Unremarkable petaless flowers of the same yellowish green color are pollinated by insects and produce...
Buddleja davidii or Summer Lilac is an indigenous shrub of northwest China and Japan and is widely cultivated for use as an ornamental plant. However, in England and parts of the northwestern United States it is considered an invasive weed. Often referred to as the Butterfly Bush, it is food for several species of butterflies. It does not thrive well in harsh cold climates and will die in temperatures below 5°F. Photo Copyright and Credit
