ESHRE 29th annual meeting: July 7-10, 2013

Public release date: 21-May-2013
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Contact: Christine Bauquis
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European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

Journalists: Register now for the world's leading event in reproductive medicine

The annual meeting of ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology) is now the world's leading event in reproductive medicine. Well over 9000 experts are expected this year, presenting a wealth of new research and clinical developments, much of which is of great public interest. Reports from proceedings of the ESHRE congress always provide a good source of news and features.

This year's event will be held at the ExCeL Congress Centre in London from 7th to 10th July.

The scientific programme for this year's event is now complete and the press programme promises a selection of important new studies in reproduction, infertility and treatments. Investigators from several major studies have already agreed to speak at the press conferences.

There will be press conferences during the mornings of 8th and 9th July, and a preview press briefing on Friday 5th July in London, at which all the press releases (under embargo) will be previewed with expert comment.

As ever, journalists are welcome to attend the congress, and ESHRE will provide a fully supported press room, press briefings, and press releases. All scientific sessions are open to registered journalists, and registration is free to bona fide journalists presenting formal press credentials. ESHRE's media policy requires accreditation with a recognised press card or commissioning letter from an editor confirming the assignment. Before seeking registration, you should check ESHRE's media policy here.

Registration in advance is recommended, but journalists may register on site provided that press credentials are provided with a formally recognised press card and/or a commissioning letter from a recognised media organisation.

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Business cards are not acceptable.

The official congress language is English and there are no simultaneous translations.

Details of the congress and of the invited scientific programme can be found at http://www.eshre2013.eu.

Registration

Registrations should be made online and be accompanied by a scanned copy of your press credentials at http://www.eshre2013.eu/Registrations/Press-registration.aspx

For any question, please contact ESHRE Communications Co-ordinator

Christine Bauquis
Fax: +32 (0) 2 269 56 00
Tel: +32 (0) 2 269 09 69
Mobile: +32 (0) 499 25 80 46
E-mail: christine@eshre.eu

Hotel accommodation:

If you want to book a hotel room, please contact our officially appointed agency: http://www.eshre2013.eu/Plan-Your-trip/Hotel-accommodation.aspx

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Public release date: 21-May-2013
[ | E-mail | Share ]

Contact: Christine Bauquis
christine@eshre.eu
32-022-690-969
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

Journalists: Register now for the world's leading event in reproductive medicine

The annual meeting of ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology) is now the world's leading event in reproductive medicine. Well over 9000 experts are expected this year, presenting a wealth of new research and clinical developments, much of which is of great public interest. Reports from proceedings of the ESHRE congress always provide a good source of news and features.

This year's event will be held at the ExCeL Congress Centre in London from 7th to 10th July.

The scientific programme for this year's event is now complete and the press programme promises a selection of important new studies in reproduction, infertility and treatments. Investigators from several major studies have already agreed to speak at the press conferences.

There will be press conferences during the mornings of 8th and 9th July, and a preview press briefing on Friday 5th July in London, at which all the press releases (under embargo) will be previewed with expert comment.

As ever, journalists are welcome to attend the congress, and ESHRE will provide a fully supported press room, press briefings, and press releases. All scientific sessions are open to registered journalists, and registration is free to bona fide journalists presenting formal press credentials. ESHRE's media policy requires accreditation with a recognised press card or commissioning letter from an editor confirming the assignment. Before seeking registration, you should check ESHRE's media policy here.

Registration in advance is recommended, but journalists may register on site provided that press credentials are provided with a formally recognised press card and/or a commissioning letter from a recognised media organisation.

###

Business cards are not acceptable.

The official congress language is English and there are no simultaneous translations.

Details of the congress and of the invited scientific programme can be found at http://www.eshre2013.eu.

Registration

Registrations should be made online and be accompanied by a scanned copy of your press credentials at http://www.eshre2013.eu/Registrations/Press-registration.aspx

For any question, please contact ESHRE Communications Co-ordinator

Christine Bauquis
Fax: +32 (0) 2 269 56 00
Tel: +32 (0) 2 269 09 69
Mobile: +32 (0) 499 25 80 46
E-mail: christine@eshre.eu

Hotel accommodation:

If you want to book a hotel room, please contact our officially appointed agency: http://www.eshre2013.eu/Plan-Your-trip/Hotel-accommodation.aspx

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Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/esoh-e2a052113.php

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More attacks across Iraq kill 13 people

BAGHDAD (AP) ? New attacks in Iraq killed 13 people and wounded dozens on Tuesday, officials said, after a bloody day that claimed more than 100 lives across the country.

The latest spiral of violence, which targeted both Sunni and Shiite communities, has increased fears that Iraq is sliding back to the brink of civil war.

A suicide bomber set off his explosives-laden vest at a military checkpoint in the town of Tarmiyah, 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Baghdad. The blast was followed by militants who opened fire at the Iraqi troops, killing three soldiers and wounding nine, a police official said.

In Baghdad's western suburb of Abu Ghraib on Tuesday night, a bomb targeted Sunni worshippers as they were leaving a mosque, killing six and wounding 18, two police officers said.

Medical officials confirmed the casualty figure. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.

In the northern city of Tuz Khormato, two parked car bombs went off simultaneously, killing three civilians and wounding 38 people, said Mayor Shalal Abdool. The town is about 200 kilometers (130 miles) north of the Iraqi capital.

And in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, three bombs exploded back-to-back at a sheep market, killing one person and wounding 25, police Col. Taha Salaheddin said.

The attacks came as authorities raised the death toll from Monday's wave of bloodshed ? a series of blitz attacks stretching from north of Baghdad to the southern city of Basra and targeting bus stops, open-air markets and rush-hour crows ? to 113 from 95, after many of the wounded died of their injuries.

No one has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks, but such systematic carnage carries the hallmarks of the two sides that brought nearly nonstop chaos to Iraq for years: Sunni insurgents, including al-Qaida's branch in Iraq, and Shiite militias defending their newfound power after Saddam Hussein's fall.

Hours after Monday's stunning bombings, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki accused militant groups of trying to exploit Iraq's political instability and vowed to resist attempts to "bring back the atmosphere of the sectarian war."

Sectarian tensions have been worsening since Iraq's minority Sunnis began expanding protests over what they say is mistreatment at the hands of the Shiite-led government.

Many Sunnis contend that much of the country's current turmoil is rooted in the policies of al-Maliki's government, which they accuse of feeding sectarian tension by becoming more aggressive toward Sunnis after the U.S. military withdrawal in December 2011.

Mass demonstrations by Sunnis, which began in December, have largely been peaceful. However, the number of attacks rose sharply after a deadly security crackdown on a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on April 23.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/more-attacks-across-iraq-kill-13-people-183059594.html

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Illinois Considers Stricter Liability Insurance Requirements ? CBS St ...

SPRINGFIELD, IL (IRN) - Illinois is low on many lists and a state lawmaker points out the state has the lowest requirements for car insurance in the Midwest. State Rep. Laura Fine (D-Glenview) wants to increase the minimum liability coverage required.

?(The General Assembly) set the rate, at that time, of $20,000 for bodily injury and $15,000 for property damage. That has not changed in 24 years,? Fine said.

Fine experienced the situation first-hand when he husband was hit by a distracted driver, and had to have his arm amputated. The driver?s liability insurance covered only $20,000 of the $500,000 cost.

?The insurance companies say the yearly increase (in premiums) will be minimal. I can?t put a figure on it but somebody threw around maybe $75 a year,? Fine said.

S.B. 1898 increases coverage of injury or death for one person from $20,000 to $25,000, two or more people from $40,000 to $50,000, and property damage from $15,000 to $20,000. The bill has passed the House Judiciary Committee.

Source: http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/05/20/illinois-considers-stricter-liability-insurance-requirements/

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WordPress founder claims 72,000 blogs defected from Tumblr after Yahoo acquisition news

WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg has spoken out in an attempt to capitalize on Yahoo's rumored $1.1 billion acquisition of rival blogging service Tumblr. He claims that once the news broke on Sunday, defections from Tumblr to his own site rose from 400 to 600 per hour to over 72,000 -- which presumably included users put off by Yahoo's track record of shutting down its acquisitions (like Del.icio.us, Geocities and Broadcast.com). If that figure is true, then Marissa Mayer's probably going to have to answer some rather awkward questions in a few hours.

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Echolocation: Blind people have the potential to use their 'inner bat' to locate objects, study finds

May 20, 2013 ? New research from the University of Southampton has shown that blind and visually impaired people have the potential to use echolocation, similar to that used by bats and dolphins, to determine the location of an object.

The study, which is published in the journal Hearing Research, examined how hearing, and particularly the hearing of echoes, could help blind people with spatial awareness and navigation. The study also examined the possible effects of hearing impairment and how to optimise echolocation ability in order to help improve the independence and quality of life of people with visual impairments.

Researchers from the University of Southampton's Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR) and University of Cyprus conducted a series of experiments with sighted and blind human listeners, using a 'virtual auditory space' technique, to investigate the effects of the distance and orientation of a reflective object on ability to identify the right-versus-left position of the object. They used sounds with different bandwidths and durations (from 10-400 milliseconds) as well as various audio manipulations to investigate which aspects of the sounds were important. The virtual auditory space, which was created in ISVR's anechoic chamber, allowed researchers to remove positional clues unrelated to echoes, such as footsteps and the placement of an object, and to manipulate the sounds in ways that wouldn't be possible otherwise (e.g. get rid of the emission and present the echo only).

Dr Daniel Rowan, Lecturer in Audiology in ISVR and lead author of the study, says: "We wanted to determine unambiguously whether blind people, and perhaps even sighted people, can use echoes from an object to determine roughly where the object is located. We also wanted to figure out what factors facilitate and restrict people's abilities to use echoes for this purpose in order to know how to enhance ability in the real world."

The results showed that both sighted and blind people with good hearing, even if completely inexperienced with echolocation, showed the potential to use echoes to tell where objects are. The researchers also found that hearing high-frequency sounds (above 2 kHz) is required for good performance, and so common forms of hearing impairment will probably cause major problems.

Dr Daniel Rowan adds: "Some people are better at this than others, and being blind doesn't automatically confer good echolocation ability, though we don't yet know why. Nevertheless, ability probably gets even better with extensive experience and feedback.

"We also found that our ability to use echoes to locate an object gets rapidly worse with increasing distance from the object, especially when the object is not directly facing us. While our experiments purposely removed any influence of head movement, doing so might help extend ability to farther distances. Furthermore, some echo-producing sounds are better for determining where an object is than others, and the best sounds for locating an object probably aren't the same as for detecting the object or determining what, and how far away, the object is."

The knowledge gained from this study will help researchers to develop training programmes and assistive devices for blind people and sighted people in low-vision situations. The team is also extending their research to investigate finding of objects in three-dimensional space and why some blind people seem to be able to outperform others, including sighted people.

The research was partly funded by a Research Council UK Basic Technology Programme grant to the Bio-Inspired Acoustical Systems project and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Vacation Bursaries.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/top_health/~3/DkcpGLJIvtE/130520094844.htm

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