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Series to Focus on Next Generation Touch, Gesture and Motion-based Technologies, as well as High Performance Displays CAMPBELL, Calif., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society for Information Display (SID), the leading global organization dedicated to the advancement of electronic display technology, in collaboration with IHS Conferences, today unveiled the final agenda for its Market Focus Conference series taking place during Display Week 2013 (May 19-24) in Vancouver,...
Drugs streamed into Health Canada's accelerated review process are more likely to be withdrawn from the market or earn a serious safety warning than those that undergo the standard review, according to a recent paper out of York University. The study, published online by the Archives of Internal Medicine on Oct. 8, is the first of its kind undertaken in Canada. It tracked a total of 434 new active substances (NASs) approved by Health Canada between 1995 and 2010, examining how many...
A new study by York University researchers finds that songbirds follow a strict annual schedule when migrating to their breeding grounds – with some birds departing on precisely the same date each year. The study, published in the journal PLoS ONE, is the first to track the migration routes and timing of individual songbirds over multiple years. Researchers outfitted wood thrushes with tiny geolocator "backpacks," recording data on their movements. Spring departure dates of birds...
Premier event, co-sponsored by ventureLAB, to provide top-level collaboration opportunities for York Region and Greater Toronto Area (GTA) bio-medical industry leaders and officials. York Region, Ontario (PRWEB) June 04, 2012 More than 250 bio-medical industry professionals and healthcare officials will gather at the MedEdge Life Sciences Business Summit in Richmond Hill, Ontario. The summit takes place Thursday, June 14 at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge...
A new study on children who are raised bilingual examined the effects on children's development of growing up speaking two languages. The study found that different factors were responsible for the language- and non-language-related outcomes of bilingualism found in previous research. The research was carried out at York University in Toronto and published in the journal Child Development. Bilingual children show differences in how they develop language and cognitive skills through the...
ARMONK, N.Y. and TORONTO, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it is helping students at York University's Schulich School of Business develop leadership skills by learning to collaborate on course work virtually in the cloud. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120117/NY36554 ) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO ) In the fall of 2011, 400 students enrolled in "Management 1000" at the Schulich School of Business...
After 20 days of exposure to music-based, cognitive training 'cartoons' Canadian scientists who specialize in learning, memory and language in children have found exciting evidence that pre-schoolers can improve their verbal intelligence after only 20 days of classroom instruction using interactive, music-based cognitive training cartoons. The study – conducted at York University by Dr. Sylvain Moreno, who is now with Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute (RRI) – is posted online...
A study out of York University has some refreshing news: Being fat can actually be good for you.Published today in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, the study finds that obese people who are otherwise healthy live just as long as their slim counterparts, and are less likely to die of cardiovascular causes."Our findings challenge the idea that all obese individuals need to lose weight," says lead author Jennifer Kuk, assistant professor in York's School of...
A newly-identified protein may hold the key to keeping appetite and blood sugar in check, according to a study by York University researchers.Suraj Unniappan, associate professor in York's Department of Biology, Faculty of Science & Engineering, is delving into the metabolic effects of a protein called nesfatin-1, abundantly present in the brain. His studies found that rats administered with nesfatin-1 ate less, used more stored fat and became more active. In addition, the protein...
NEW YORK, June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- David Miller, former Toronto mayor and leader of the group of the world's largest cities fighting climate change, has been named Future of Cities Global Fellow by Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20091027/NY99197LOGO) "We are delighted that David Miller is bringing his international expertise and leadership in city-building to NYU-Poly," NYU-Poly President Jerry M. Hultin said in...
