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LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Contemporary U.S. households have more possessions per home than any society in all of global history. Put simply, Americans sure do love their stuff. But at what point do all of the toys, gadgets and big box consumables that fill their homes become too much? University of California Television's (UCTV) web series "A Cluttered Life: Middle-Class Abundance," tackles these questions by following a team of UCLA anthropologists into the...
Armed with NXT robots and a NAO humanoid robot, the Spelman College SpelBots team will demonstrate the dexterity of the robot pupils and recount their experiences programming the “virtual agents” to 400 African-American and Hispanic high school students in the Los Angeles Unified School District at UCLA’s “Exploring Computer Science” Day, Jan. 31, 2013. Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) January 29, 2013 Armed with NXT robots and a NAO humanoid robot, the Spelman College SpelBots team...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Provider Network, Inc., The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and Open mHealth today announced the launch of a $100,000 mobile apps health prize challenge. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120418/LA89605LOGO-a) The Heritage Open mHealth challenge will encourage teams to create mobile applications using the Open mHealth architecture. The use of an open architecture overcomes inherent limitations created by...
UCLA researchers discover new point of attack for drug therapy Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of late-life dementia. The disorder is thought to be caused by a protein known as amyloid-beta, or Abeta, which clumps together in the brain, forming plaques that are thought to destroy neurons. This destruction starts early, too, and can presage clinical signs of the disease by up to 20 years. For decades now, researchers have been trying, with limited success, to develop drugs...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- UCLA Anderson School of Management has teamed up with three other UC schools to offer an executive training program that helps diverse business enterprises (DBEs) meet the changing technological needs of their customers. The first group of participants in the Advanced Technology Management Institute (ATMI), which launched in 2012, will complete its final program module on Jan. 26. "Entrepreneurs in emerging growth companies will find that...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Thirty-Seventh UCLA Entertainment Symposium, "Deals on the Edge," will welcome several hundred participants on March 8-9, 2013, at UCLA's Freud Playhouse, Macgowan Hall. The annual event addresses subjects at the forefront of the entertainment industry. The Symposium features leading entertainment industry executives who will share their perspectives on the status of the industry and the impact of evolving technologies on deal making...
TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SynCardia Systems, Inc. (www.syncardia.com), manufacturer of the world's first and only FDA, Health Canada and CE (Europe) approved Total Artificial Heart, announced today that Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles has discharged its first patient to receive the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart. Chad Washington, 35, left the hospital on Dec. 10, in time to celebrate the holidays at home with his wife and 4-year-old son...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Marking the importance of the 2013 Los Angeles mayoral election, NBC4, UCLA and the Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy & Jobs have joined together to co-host a jobs-focused mayoral debate on Monday, January 28 at UCLA's Royce Hall. The debate will be broadcast live on NBC4 from 7-8 p.m. and will continue as a live webcast from 8-8:30 p.m. at www.nbcla.com. The debate, moderated by NBC4 chief political reporter...
Study suggests potential new target in fight against debilitating disease For several years, neurologists at UCLA have been building a case that a link exists between pesticides and Parkinson's disease. To date, paraquat, maneb and ziram — common chemicals sprayed in California's Central Valley and elsewhere — have been tied to increases in the disease, not only among farmworkers but in individuals who simply lived or worked near fields and likely inhaled drifting particles. Now,...
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UCLA Anderson School of Management and the G. and R. Loeb Foundation invite business, financial and economic journalists from print, online and broadcast media to submit entries in 14 competition categories and nominations for two career achievement awards for the recently restructured 2013 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121219/LA32167LOGO) The Gerald...
