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Zuma's Revenge! - Screenshots

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 04:00 AM PDT

Zuma's Revenge! and Zuma's Revenge! HD both  feature classic Adventure mode action with 60 levels and six bosses, plus Challenge mode with all 60 challenges and trophies as well as the ever popular Tiki Temple.  Also highlighted are the touch-screen capabilities, a first for the Zuma franchise, that usher-in a new, intuitive way to play.

Water, Vol. 4, Pages 260-271: Treatment of Olive Mill Wastewater with Constructed Wetlands

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:00 AM PDT

The objective of this study was to investigate the application of constructed wetlands as a mean to manage olive mill wastewater (OMW). Two free water surface (FWS) constructed wetlands, one without (CW1) and one with effluent recirculation (CW2), were operated for a two-year period with diluted OMW (1:10) and evaluated in terms of the removal of COD, TSS, TKN, NH4+-N, NO3−-N, TP and total phenols. The organic loading rate of CWs was adjusted to 925 kg BOD/ha·d. In CW1 the removal efficiency averaged 80%, 83%, 78%, 80%, and 74% for COD, TSS, TKN, TP, and total phenols, respectively, during the operation period. Effluent recirculation further improved the treatment efficiency which approached 90%, 98%, 87%, 85%, and 87% for COD, TSS, TKN, TP, and total phenols, respectively. Constructed wetlands also showed high removal efficiency for NH4+-N. Nitrate concentration maintained low in both CWs basins, probably due to the prevalence of high denitrification rates that efficiently removed the NO3--N produced by NH4+-N oxidation. Despite the increased removal percentages, pollutant concentration in effluent exceeded the allowable limits for discharge in water bodies, suggesting that additional practices, including enhanced pre-application treatment and/or higher dilution rates, are required to make this practice effective for OMW management.

IJMS, Vol. 13, Pages 3394-3413: Conformational Changes in DNA upon Ligand Binding Monitored by Circular Dichroism

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy is an optical technique that measures the difference in the absorption of left and right circularly polarized light. This technique has been widely employed in the studies of nucleic acids structures and the use of it to monitor conformational polymorphism of DNA has grown tremendously in the past few decades. DNA may undergo conformational changes to B-form, A-form, Z-form, quadruplexes, triplexes and other structures as a result of the binding process to different compounds. Here we review the recent CD spectroscopic studies of the induction of DNA conformational changes by different ligands, which includes metal derivative complex of aureolic family drugs, actinomycin D, neomycin, cisplatin, and polyamine. It is clear that CD spectroscopy is extremely sensitive and relatively inexpensive, as compared with other techniques. These studies show that CD spectroscopy is a powerful technique to monitor DNA conformational changes resulting from drug binding and also shows its potential to be a drug-screening platform in the future.

IJMS, Vol. 13, Pages 3382-3393: Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oil of Kumquat (Fortunella crassifolia Swingle) Peel

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:00 AM PDT

The aim of this study was to determine the main constituents of the essential oil isolated from Fortunella crassifolia Swingle peel by hydro-distillation, and to test the efficacy of the essential oil on antimicrobial activity. Twenty-five components, representing 92.36% of the total oil, were identified by GC-MS analysis. The essential oil showed potent antimicrobial activity against both Gram-negative (E. coli and S. typhimurium) and Gram-positive (S. aureus, B. cereus, B. subtilis, L. bulgaricus, and B. laterosporus) bacteria, together with a remarkable antifungal activity against C. albicans. In a food model of beef extract, the essential oil was observed to possess an effective capacity to control the total counts of viable bacteria. Furthermore, the essential oil showed strongly detrimental effects on the growth and morphological structure of the tested bacteria. It was suggested that the essential oil from Fortunella crassifolia Swingle peel might be used as a natural food preservative against bacteria or fungus in the food industry.

EvoCam 4.0.6 - Live streaming and security camera software.. (Demo)

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 01:52 AM PDT



EvoCam is the ultimate webcam software for Mac OS X. Use EvoCam to publish a webcam with streaming video, view and record video from network cameras and video servers, create timelapse movies, or use it as part of your home security system with its configurable motion sensors - these are just a few of the things you can do with this easy-to-use yet incredibly powerful webcam software. A list of supported cameras is available.

Version 4.0.6:
  • Added 'When computer is in use / not in use' time period
  • Added 'Go to PTZ preset' action for Axis PTZ cameras
  • Added support for Astak Mole
  • Added support for Foscam FI8910W
  • Fixed issue where stream could not be played via AirPlay on Apple TV
  • Fixed issue where recordings would be recycled even if recording was disabled
  • Fixed issue where webserver root URL would redirect inconsistently
  • Fixed issue where webserver access could cause a crash
  • Fixed issue where removing an action set could cause a crash


Mac OS X 10.6 or later

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Evac

Posted: 10 Mar 2012 08:57 PM PST

If you're the kind of person who spent many hours playing Pac-Man, then Evac is for you. You play as a square, attempting to escape from a maze-like prison. In order to unlock the door at the end of each level, you must collect all of the multi-colored dots. This isn't an easy task, however, as red squares will attempt to capture you. Luckily, you're not left defenseless. Many different power ups exist, such as the ability to turn invisible or the ability to shock your pursuers.

RoboPostman 1.1.4 - Simplify the process of customizing email messages.. (Shareware)

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 01:18 AM PDT



RoboPostman lets you create a personal look and feel to every message you send out, without the extra effort! RoboPostman allows you to custom tailor messages to include dynamic content specific to each recipient. Include birthdays, custom notes, links with rotating affiliate codes, and more. Use the "Visual" editor to create brilliant messages with fonts, colors, links, and images without needing to know HTML.

Manage address lists with an unlimited number of records and specify as many custom fields as desired. Include anniversaries, nicknames, phone numbers, or even security questions. Easily import and export these lists for future use in other messages, or use the powerful built-in Text, CSV or Address Book import features to retrieve data from other sources.

List scrubbing is a vital feature of RoboPostman that will help keep your mailing list clean. Have it automatically connect to a POP3 mail account and check for unsubscribe requests or bounce noitifcations. It will automatically scan your list, set the status of recipients to the applicable state (bounced or unsubsribed), and then delete the message from the mail server. If your campaign is huge and POP3 access is too slow for your purposes, have RoboPostman open a text file and scrub all e-mail addresses it finds.

RoboPostman is mail server friendly. Supporting Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and TLS encryption, it also boasts numerous fall-back techniques in the event servers return errors during a mail operation. Other useful features are the ability to specify a range of recipients in an address list to mail, and the ability to limit how many messages are sent per mail server connection.



Version 1.1.4:
  • Minor bug fixes.


Mac OS X 10.5 or later

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Window Magician 1.0.1 - Automatically resize and reposition windows.. (Demo)

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 01:20 AM PDT



Window Magician helps streamline your user experience and optimize your workflow by automatically resizing and repositioning windows. Create "Window Watchers" to individually process windows with specific titles, from specific applications, and of specific types.

Ensure all of your Finder windows are positioned tightly in the most top-left corner of the screen. Ensure your web browser windows are always the same size. Automatically reposition Photoshop's default new document window location. Move all modal dialogs to the center of your screen. The uses are endless!

Window Magician is a small application which can be configured to launch during login, and sits quietly in the menu bar. Take back control of window management today!

Version 1.0.1:

  • Bug Fix: Fixed creating more than one monitor between launches.


Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

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Winclone 3.0.2 - Clone your Boot Camp partition.. (Commercial)

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 01:24 AM PDT



Winclone allows you to clone your Boot Camp partition, and now includes Vista cloning!

New Machine Setup a breeze - If you are in charge of setting up a bunch of machines with both Mac OS X and Boot Camp, Winclone will make your job a breeze. Simply create an image as your would for a backup, and Winclone will create the Windows partition and restore the OS and data onto the new partition.

Quick Lab Deployment - Deploy images with ARD: Using the included script and the image created with Winclone, you can easily send a new winclone image to a group of Intel Macs, imaging the entire lab in minutes.

Features:

  • Clone Windows XP or Windows Vista with ease.
  • Clone to your Boot Camp partition either on a separate drive or on the same that contains your Mac OS X partition.
  • Creates image documents that can be stored on any media and double-clicked to open in WinClone.
  • Verbose logging so you know what is going on.
  • Built on the open source ntfstools, which are included in Winclone, so you don't have to install anything else.
  • Fast: Restore a 10 GB image in less than 10 minutes.
  • Create a Boot Camp partition from within Winclone.
  • Do it all from the boot drive: You don't need to boot from a Firewire drive to clone the Windows partition.
  • Clean and uncomplicated interface



Version 3.0.2: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.

Mac OS X 10.6 or later

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Accordance 9.5.7 - Search through the entire Bible with this study aid.. (Commercial)

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 01:26 AM PDT



Accordance continues to be on the leading edge of Bible Software, both for the power of the searches and analysis of the texts, the unique original language texts available, and the wide range of available tools such as lexicons, commentaries, and journals. The interactive and customizable Atlas and Timeline integrate with different collections of images to illustrate the background of the Bible.

Version 9.5.7:
  • Bug fixes.


Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later

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Illuminate 1.1 - Find that document window you know you have open somewhere.. (Shareware)

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 01:30 AM PDT



Illuminate is the premier tool for finding that document window you know you have open somewhere. If you've ever opened the same webpage six times, frantically shuffled windows around trying to find the one you need, or squinted as Exposé's thumbnails to figure out what exactly they're showing, then Illuminate is the app for you.

Illuminate provides three ways to find the window you want: a visual search where you browse through window thumbnails, a quick switch where you type in part or all of the window's title, and a full text search which scours the contents of the windows themselves.

Version 1.1:

  • Added support for Safari tabs.
  • Added new front end app to house the preferences and control the Illuminate engine.
  • Added full help file.
  • Replaced all private APIs with public, fully supported APIs.


  • Mac OS X 10.6 or later
  • Intel based Macintosh
  • 2.1 MB of disk space


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IJMS, Vol. 13, Pages 3366-3381: Preparation and Characterization of New Nano-Composite Scaffolds Loaded With Vascular Stents

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:00 AM PDT

In this study, vascular stents were fabricated from poly (lactide-ε-caprolactone)/collagen/nano-hydroxyapatite (PLCL/Col/nHA) by electrospinning, and the surface morphology and breaking strength were observed or measured through scanning electron microscopy and tensile tests. The anti-clotting properties of stents were evaluated for anticoagulation surfaces modified by the electrostatic layer-by-layer self-assembly technique. In addition, nano-composite scaffolds of poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)/polycapr-olactone/nano-hydroxyapatite (PLGA/PCL/nHA) loaded with the vascular stents were prepared by thermoforming-particle leaching and their basic performance and osteogenesis were tested in vitro and in vivo. The results show that the PLCL/Col/nHA stents and PLGA/PCL/nHA nano-composite scaffolds had good surface structures, mechanical properties, biocompatibility and could guide bone regeneration. These may provide a new way to build vascularized-tissue engineered bone to repair large bone defects in bone tissue engineering.

IJMS, Vol. 13, Pages 3354-3365: The Hypoglycemic Effect of the Kelp on Diabetes Mellitus Model Induced by Alloxan in Rats

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Hypoglycemic effects and the use of kelp in diabetes mellitus (DM) model rats induced by alloxan were investigated. Sixty healthy male rats were used to establish DM models by injecting alloxan intraperitoneally. Kelp powder was added to the general forage for the rats. The levels of fasting blood glucose (FBG) were determined by an automatic blood glucose device. Electrochemiluminescence immunoassay was applied to determine the serum levels of insulin. The serum levels of malondialdehyde (MDA) were measured by thiobarbituric acid assay and nitric oxide (NO) by nitrate reductase assay. The activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) were determined by xanthinoxidase assay and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) by chemical colorimetry. The shape and structure of islet cells were observed with Hematine-Eosin staining, and the expression of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in islet cells were detected by immunohistochemical assay. The results showed that the serum levels of insulin after treatment with kelp powder increased significantly compared to those in the DM-model group, while the FBG in the medium-high dose treated groups decreased significantly compared to those in the DM-model group (P < 0.05). The levels of MDA and NO in the kelp powder groups were lower than those in the DM-model group, while the activities of SOD and GSH-Px were higher than those in the DM-model group, of which a significant difference existed between the medium-high dose treated groups and the DM-model group (P < 0.05). The shape and structure of islet cells improved with the up-expressing SOD and down-expressing iNOS in the medium-high dose treated groups compared to those in the DM-model group (P < 0.05). There were no significant differences between the medium and high dose treated groups, all above indexes (P > 0.05). It is suggested that kelp might aid recovery of the the islet cell secreting function and reduce the level of FBG by an antioxidant effect.

IJMS, Vol. 13, Pages 3341-3353: Generating Aptamers by Cell-SELEX for Applications in Molecular Medicine

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Aptamers are single-stranded oligonucleotides of DNA or RNA that bind to target molecules with high affinity and specificity. Typically, aptamers are generated by an iterative selection process, called systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX). Recent advancements in SELEX technology have extended aptamer selection from comparatively simple mixtures of purified proteins to whole living cells, and now cell-based SELEX (or cell-SELEX) can isolate aptamers that bind to specific target cells. Combined with nanotechnology, microchips, microfluidic devices, RNAi and other advanced technologies, cell-SELEX represents an integrated platform providing ultrasensitive and highly specific tools for clinical medicine. In this review, we describe the recent progress made in the application of cell-SELEX for diagnosis, therapy and biomarker discovery.

Young Brooklyn player draws a crowd

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 01:15 AM PDT

Young Brooklyn chess player draws a crowd in downtown Austin after film premiere ByFarzad Mashhood A young boy smiled at 13-year-old Justus Williams, eagerly holding out a plastic chessboard and a Sharpie.

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DJMixerPro 3.0.4 - Professional DJ software compatible with iTunes playlists.. (Demo)

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:59 AM PDT



DJMixerPro for Mac is a powerful, full-featured DJ mixing software for amateur and professional DJs alike. This DJ software combines an easy-to-use interface makes mixing your music easy. You have 2 decks, an advanced mixer and playlists/database. Complete automatic mixing, beat-matching with a single click, seamless looping, advanced BPM detection, keylock, Compatible with iTunes playlists and lots of effects and many other features.

Version 3.0.4:
  • Over 50 new powerful features, such as 4 DJ decks, Brand-new interface design, new controller natively supported, highly improved sampler, instant loops and hot loop points, AutoCue, record your mixes to MP3, Improved stability and etc.


Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later.

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Video Review - Silent Hill: Downpour

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Maxwell McGee returns to Silent Hill for this video review of Downpour.

 

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"Video Review - Silent Hill: Downpour" was posted by JimM on Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Silent Hill: Downpour Review

Posted: 11 Mar 2012 11:59 PM PDT

From side quests to sound design, Silent Hill: Downpour isn't afraid of change. The restult is a captivating game more expansive than the series has ever seen.

     

Score: 7.5 / good

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"Silent Hill: Downpour Review" was posted by Maxwell McGee on Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:59:36 -0700

GameSpot AU's Shippin' Out - March 12, 2012

Posted: 11 Mar 2012 11:22 PM PDT

GameSpot AU community manager James Kozanecki tells you what games are coming out in Australia in the week beginning March 12, 2012!

 

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Gaming Meme 101: Guile's Theme Goes with Everything

Posted: 11 Mar 2012 09:11 PM PDT

What's the one piece of video game music that goes with every single thing on the Internet? If you're not completely across the magical powers of this Street Fighter theme song, we're here to inspire you.

 

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