Thursday 4 February 2021

Water Pipes Will Freeze and Burst Due to Extreme Cold and Wind Chill

Roto-Rooter Plumbers Provide Professional Tips and Service [PR.com]

US virus deaths surpass 450K; daily toll is stubbornly high

Coronavirus deaths in the United States surpassed 450,000 on Thursday, and daily deaths remain stubbornly high at more than 3,000 a day, despite falling infections and the arrival of multiple vaccines.

Surface effect of electrodes revealed by operando surface science methodology

Surface and interface play critical roles in energy storage devices, thus calling for in-situ/operando methods to probe the electrified surface/interface. However, the commonly used in-situ/operando characterization techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray spectroscopy and topography, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) are based on the structural, electronic and chemical information in bulk region of the electrodes or electrolytes.

Imaging the first moments of a body plan emerging in the embryo

Egg cells start out as round blobs. After fertilization, they begin transforming into people, dogs, fish, or other animals by orienting head to tail, back to belly, and left to right. Exactly what sets these body orientation directions has been guessed at but not seen. Now researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) have imaged the very beginning of this cellular rearrangement, and their findings help answer a fundamental question.

Experimental vaccine blunts the deadliest of synthetic opioids

As the opioid epidemic raged on with an even greater force during COVID-19, the Scripps Research laboratory of chemist Kim Janda, Ph.D., has been working on new therapeutic interventions that may be able to prevent the bulk of deaths from opioid overdose.

Argus Broker Affiliates Announce Sale of Colorado Self Storage Development Land

Jeff Gorden, of The Gorden Group/KW Commercial, has arranged the sale of 38 acres of land in Aurora, Colorado. The parcel sold January 27, 2021 for $2,500,000. The Buyer’s development plan spans just over 38 acres and includes phased development of covered and uncovered RV Storage Spaces. Jeff Gorden and Joan Lucas, both Argus Broker Affiliates, represented the Buyer. The Seller was represented by Cushman & [PR.com]

Steadfast Becomes Member of MSPAlliance

Steadfast joins vibrant global consortium of cloud, managed service providers and technology enabling vendors. [PR.com]

Axiomtek Launches an Ultra-Compact Machine Vision System for Smart Manufacturing – MVS100-323-FL

The MVS100-323-FL is designed for manufacturing vision applications such as automated optical inspection, label inspection, optical character recognition and defect inspection. Its rich features include real-time vision I/O and camera interfaces. [PR.com]

LiceDoctors Expands Treatment Service Around Ann Arbor

LiceDoctors is pleased to announce that it has expanded its in-home treatment service in Michigan around the Ann Arbor area. "Families want privacy and safety, especially during COVID," reports owner Karen Sokoloff [PR.com]

Maple Leaf Farms Invites Consumers on Culinary Adventure with Duck Dishes from Around the World

Social media campaign explores unique flavors of duck dishes from across the globe. [PR.com]

GeoComm Announces Changes to Customer Success Team Focused on Improving Customer Experience

GeoComm, provider of Public Safety Location Intelligence®, today announced the promotion of Jodi Wroblewski, PMP to Director of Customer Success and Implementation. As GeoComm’s Implementation Manager for the last year, Wroblewski has demonstrated excellent leadership aimed at improving our customer’s experience. Improvements recognized under her leadership include: - Streamlining the delivery of [PR.com]

NHS England’s Ming Tang Named Most Influential Person in Data in 2021

DataIQ has chosen Ming Tang, managing director of data and analytics at NHS England, as the most influential person in data and analytics in the 2021 edition of the DataIQ 100. In partnership with Tableau, it is the first and only fully-curated power list of the data industry’s key figures. [PR.com]

UK Space Agency to Discuss the UK’s Approach to Small Satellite Development at Small Satellites 2021

SMi Reports: Mr. Michael Rudd, Head of Telecommunications Strategy, UK Space Agency, will be presenting a briefing on the UK’s approach to small satellite development at April’s Small Satellites conference. [PR.com]

Window Treatment Marketing Pros Partners with Window Fashion Vision to Help Business Owners Grow Their Firms

Window Treatment Marketing Pros will assist WF Vision with connecting industry members to various programs and resources by providing search engine optimization (SEO) services. WF Vision will work with Window Treatment Marketing Pros to provide best practice marketing and branding information, and opportunities to the industry. [PR.com]

Research America Joins NielsenIQ’s Connect Partner Network to Provide More Clients with More Data-Driven Solutions

Research America, Inc. announced that it has joined the NielsenIQ Connect Partner Network. [PR.com]

Private Placement Markets to Exit Private Real Estate Lending and Grow Its CMBS Operations

Private Placement Markets to begin the process of shrinking its Private Commercial Real Estate Markets Operations and Growing its CMBS Market. [PR.com]

Brooke Chase Associates, Inc. Recruits Jack Wintrow as Midwest Regional Rep for Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute

Joseph McElmeel, Chairman and CEO of executive search firm Brooke Chase Associates, Inc. is pleased to announce the successful recruitment by its Executive Recruiter, Richard Miller of Jack Wintrow as Midwest Regional Rep for Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute. [PR.com]

Learn How Collaboration Between Utilities Can Enhance the Uptake of Innovations at Smart Water Systems Conference 2021

SMi Reports: Case studies discussed at Smart Water Systems virtual conference 2021. [PR.com]

“Peter Pike and the Lincoln Love Letters,” by Neal W. Fandek

The second book in the exciting Peter Pike series asks the eternal question: What price love? [PR.com]

Expatica Launches New Website in Austria

The online resource for expat living expands into Austria with essential guides on moving, working, and living in the alpine nation. [PR.com]

Reprise Hosting Upgrades Network, Discounts Bandwidth Prices

The cheap dedicated server provider Reprise Hosting LLC (http://www.reprisehosting.com) marked its ninth year in business with significant network upgrades and lowered prices on server bandwidth. “In the latter half of 2020 we made significant investments in our regional peering and network quality in the Pacific Northwest,” said Brian Harrison of Reprise Hosting. “Additionally, we added network [PR.com]

Voucherify.io Announces Partnership with Braze

Voucherify.io today announced a partnership with Braze, Customer Engagement Platform. Voucherify is a Promotion Management System that helps to launch, manage, and track campaigns like coupons, in-cart promotions, giveaways, loyalty, and referral programs. Braze is a Customer Engagement Platform that helps brands incorporate empathy into cross-channel communications to connect and grow audiences, build loyalty, and [PR.com]

eCom Scotland’s Advice to Those Wanting to do Business with Post-Trump USA

Wendy Edie, of eCom Scotland, is joining some of Scotland’s top business leaders to discuss how to be successful at doing business with customers in the USA. [PR.com]

EMKA Cabinet Innovations for Mechanical Engineering

New guidance from EMKA addresses the closure issues of control cabinets and enclosures in mechanical engineering. [PR.com]

Unemployment Amid COVID-19 Soars. Transformify Received an Innovate UK Grant to Battle It.

Transformify, a leading cloud-based workforce management system allows companies to build and manage an integrated workforce across W-2 employees, 1099 contractors, freelancers, and service providers while addressing the requirements of IR 35 in the UK. [PR.com]