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Genetics researchers at the University of Adelaide have solved a 40-year mystery for a family beset by a rare intellectual disability - and they've discovered something new about the causes of intellectual disability in the process.

While many intellectual disabilities are caused directly by a genetic mutation in the so-called "protein coding" part of our genes, the researchers found that in their case the answer laid outside the gene and in the regulation of proteins.

Protein regulation involves the switching on or off of a protein by specific genes. As a consequence in this case, either too much or too little of this protein can trigger the disability.

The team has studied a large (anonymous) Australian family of 100 people, who for generations have not known the source of their genetically inherited condition.

The disability - which results in a lower IQ, behavioural problems such as aggression, and memory loss, and is linked with developmental delays, epilepsy, schizophrenia and other problems - affects only the male family members and can be passed on by the female family members to their children.

Genetic samples taken from the family and laboratory testing involving mice have confirmed that the protein produced by the HCFC1 (host cell factor C1) gene is the cause of this disability.

"The causes of intellectual disability generally are highly variable and the genetic causes in particular are numerous. The vast majority of intellectual disabilities are due to genetic mutations in proteins, so it was rather unexpected that we found this particular disability to be due to a regulatory mutation," says the leader of the study, Professor Jozef Gecz from the University of Adelaide's School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health.

"We've been researching this specific disability for 10 years and it's taken us the last three years to convince ourselves that the protein regulation is the key," he says.

"For the family, this means we now have a genetic test that will determine whether or not a female member of the family is a carrier, which brings various benefits for the family.

"From a scientific point of view, this widens our viewpoint on the causes of these disabilities and tells us where we should also look for answers for those families and individuals without answers.

"This is just the tip of the iceberg in understanding the impact of altered gene regulation on intellectual disability - the gene regulatory landscape is much bigger than the protein coding landscape. We have already found, and I would expect to continue finding, a number of other intellectual disabilities linked with protein regulation over the next 20 years or so."

Professor Gecz and his team have published their findings in this month's issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics.

Professor Jozef Gecz (email) School of Paediatrics & Reproductive Health The University of Adelaide Business: +61 8 8161 6339 Mobile: +61 429 170 699

Source: http://www.healthcanal.com/genetics-birth-defects/33293-Protein-regulation-linked-intellectual-disability.html

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When a species gets rare, its market value rises. The higher its price, the more it's hunted. The more it's hunted, the rarer it gets. Not a happy cycle, and this keeps happening ...

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Cycads are stumpy, palm-like, very ancient plants, with a lineage that goes back 300 million years. Recently, they've become fashionable for high-end gardeners, and because they are so sought after, they're increasingly valuable. Poachers now snatch them from the wild, sometimes from private botanical gardens.

When Hurricane Frances swept through South Florida in 2004, thieves sneaked into Miami's mandatory evacuation area, slipped into the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and stole over 30 endangered cycads. Some had been in the garden's collection for decades.

"These are unbelievably well-organized and highly profitable criminal syndicates," says Niel Maritz, who owns a game lodge in Limpopo, South Africa, with hundreds of cycads on it. He told The [Toronto] Globe and Mail, "They come in the full moon, they remove the plants at night," taking them away on trucks.

Some poachers even use helicopters, says Harvard's Piotr Naskrecki. In his new book, Relics, he describes how, for the rarest cycads, "small electronic identification chips have been installed deep in trunks. This, in theory, should help identify stolen plants when they are being transported across international borders. But it didn't take long for poachers to start using X-ray machines to locate and remove the chips."

Cycads in the wild are getting harder and harder to find.

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It was a single fish, caught off northeastern Japan and put on the auction block at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market. It weighed 593 pounds. That's huge. And very rare. On Jan. 5, 2012, when the bidding ended, Kiyoshi Kimura, president of a sushi restaurant chain, had paid $1,238 per pound; that's $736,000 for one animal. Imagine being the fishing team who went to work that day and came home with three quarters of a million dollars.

Is any fish worth that much? Yes, says writer Trevor Corson (The Secret Life of Lobsters), but "it's money spent on advertising, not fish." Serving your customers a piece of one of the last great oceanic giants attracts media attention and gives the buyer bragging rights. People want to feast on something their neighbors, their friends can't have.

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It takes three chiru to make a shahtoosh. Chiru are delicate-looking antelopes that live in the high Tibetan plateaus. A shahtoosh, says the Times of India, is a "most prized" shawl, "beloved of Mughal emperors. It is very warm, yet so soft and fine" that you can bunch it up and slip it through the band of a wedding ring. It's also illegal, banned because three chiru have to be culled and skinned to make a single garment, and as shahtooshes became more popular, the chiru population in Tibet has plummeted.

Yet you can still buy a shahtoosh if you can afford the black market fee, which in India, says the Times, is as high as $20,000. "At these prices," the paper says, "the profitability of poaching overwhelms any official ban."

Governments still try to enforce the worldwide ban. A few years ago, U.S. federal marshals showed up in the Hamptons on Long Island and issued subpoenas to women who, they had reason to believe, had purchased a shahtoosh. Christie Brinkley was one of them (I read that she got it as a gift from Richard Gere). She and the others were asked to turn in their shahtooshes, which, for the most part, they did. The importers were charged, sentenced, but these "ultra soft, ultra thin, ultra warm" wraps, as Vanity Fair describes them, still attract customers in Europe and Asia, and prices are still rising.

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This year, NPR's own Frank Langfitt went looking for illegal ivory in China and found it pretty much everywhere. Grace Gabriel, of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, says she's seen black market prices jump from $270 a pound to more than $900. A jump like that may not last, but since mature elephants carry about 22 pounds of ivory in their tusks, that works out to ? very roughly ? $19,800 an elephant.

The increase has had its effect. Elephant hunting has gotten more relentless, and more violent. In January 2012, according to National Geographic, "a hundred raiders on horseback charged out of Chad into Cameroon's Bouba Ndjidah National Park, slaughtering hundreds of elephants ? entire families ? in one of the worst concentrated killings since a global ivory trade ban was adopted in 1989. Carrying AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades, they dispatched the elephants with ... military precision," and made off with more than a million dollars in ivory.

More recently, The New York Times reported how a team of wildlife rangers in Garamba National Park in the Congo came upon a group of poachers who, said chief ranger Paul Onyango, "opened up on us with PKMs, AKs, G-3s, and FNs." He said, "Most poachers are conservative with their ammo, but these guys were shooting like they were in Iraq. All of a sudden, we were outgunned and outnumbered." The rangers backed off.

Where does all this ivory go? Bryan Christy of National Geographic found buyers all over, most surprisingly among South Asian Catholics and Buddhist Temple shops, where religious icons are often made of illegal ivory. Do people know? Do they care? He ends his story with a 42-year-old Chinese entrepreneur who has just bought a couple of carved ivory "balls," one for himself, one for a friend. The entrepreneur plans to put his $50,000 ball in a conspicuous place in his new home where it will "hold the house against devils." This ivory trinket, says Christy, is "simply a very precious toy."

Christy then asks the entrepreneur, why did you buy this ivory thing? Why are they popular among young entrepreneurs?

"Value," he replies. "And art."
"Do you think about the elephant?" I ask.
"Not at all," he says.

And there's the problem. We aren't thinking when we choose a scarf, choose an exotic plant, buy an ivory ball. We should, but much too often, we don't.

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Does Demi Moore have a new love in her life? Maybe.

Page Six reports that the 49-year-old actress has been spending time in NYC with former Knick Baron Davis.

NBA star Davis, who is recovering from a knee injury and undergoing physical therapy in New York, was spotted dining with Moore and a group of friends at Meatpacking District hot spot Catch on Friday. Moore and Davis were also spotted at a late-night dinner with a few other friends last Wednesday at Ken & Cook in NoLIta.

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Online marketing is changing.

Gone are the days when ?should I have a website?? was? a relevant question.? Now, simply having ?only? a website is not enough for a B2B business and even more so for B2C businesses and retailers.? Customers are web savvy and increasingly social and mobile savvy, which is where SoLoMo strategies come into play!

What is SoLoMo?? It stands for SOcial, LOcal, and MObile.

Get acquainted with the term as it is increasingly being used and will be commonplace shortly!? SoLoMo refers to how today?s consumers are using social networking, local search, and mobile technology together in their everyday lives, particularly related to product/business research, looking for deals, and making purchases.

Smart Phones are increasingly becoming common and consumers are using Smart Phones on the go to get fast feedback, look for deals, check prices, and make purchases, sometimes while in a store looking at the very product in front of them!? As well, 80% of searches on smartphones are goal-oriented, to find a location or to make a purchase. (adage.com)

Key stats for business owners and marketers related to SoLoMo:

By 2014 mobile Internet use is projected to overtake desktop Internet use for good!
50% of all local searches are performed on mobile devices
56% of smartphone users check social media sites on a mobile device daily
88% of smart phone information seekers took action the same day
Half of those seeing a mobile Ad take an action on that ad (look for more information or purchase!)

sources: Microsoft 2012, econsultancy.com, business2community

How is your business represented on mobile devices?? Do you have a mobile-friendly website?? Additionally, does your company/store have a presence on Social Media platforms?

TAKEAWAY: This data shows just how important smartphones, social media and location services have become and this will only grow in the next few years.? Businesses must evaluate what technologies and social media services their customers and potential customers are using, and develop a SoLoMo plan to reach out to them in relevant ways on those platforms.

An important consideration is how your website, social, and local strategies all work together.? Try to develop synergies between them.? For example, one SoLoMo idea is for a local retailer to offer a coupon on Facebook targeted to mobile user.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ? Caterpillar says the global economy is weaker than previously thought, and it's cutting its profit and revenue guidance for 2012.

Caterpillar Inc. is the world's largest construction and mining equipment maker, so its results are watched closely as a sign of where the broader economy is headed.

Profit in the third-quarter was almost $1.7 billion, or $2.54 per share. That was up from $1.14 billion, or $1.71per share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 4.6 percent to $16.45 billion.

The results included a $273 million gain from selling a majority interest in a logistics business.

The company now expects 2012 revenue of $66 billion, with profit of $9 to $9.25 per share. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had expected revenue of $67.2 billion, with profit of $9.41 per share.

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That snake heading towards you may be further away than it appears. Fear can skew our perception of approaching objects, causing us to underestimate the distance of a threatening one, finds a study published in Current Biology.

"Our results show that emotion and perception are not fully dissociable in the mind," says Emory University psychologist Stella Lourenco, co-author of the study. "Fear can alter even basic aspects of how we perceive the world around us. This has clear implications for understanding clinical phobias."

Lourenco conducted the research with Matthew Longo, a psychologist at Birkbeck, University of London.

People generally have a well-developed sense for when objects heading towards them will make contact, including a split-second cushion for dodging or blocking the object, if necessary. The researchers set up an experiment to test the effect of fear on the accuracy of that skill.

Study participants made time-to-collision judgments of images on a computer screen. The images expanded in size over one second before disappearing, to simulate "looming," an optical pattern used instinctively to judge collision time. The study participants were instructed to gauge when each of the visual stimuli on the computer screen would have collided with them by pressing a button.

The participants tended to underestimate the collision time for images of threatening objects, such as a snake or spider, as compared to non-threatening images, such as a rabbit or butterfly.

The results challenge the traditional view of looming, as a purely optical cue to object approach. "We're showing that what the object is affects how we perceive looming. If we're afraid of something, we perceive it as making contact sooner," Longo says.

"Even more striking," Lourenco adds, "it is possible to predict how much a participant will underestimate the collision time of an object by assessing the amount of fear they have for that object. The more fearful someone reported feeling of spiders, for example, the more they underestimated time-to-collision for a looming spider. That makes adaptive sense: If an object is dangerous, it's better to swerve a half-second too soon than a half-second too late."

The researchers note that it's unclear whether fear of an object makes the object appear to travel faster, or whether that fear makes the viewer expand their sense of personal space, which is generally about an arm's length away.

"We'd like to distinguish between these two possibilities in future research. Doing so will allow us to shed insight on the mechanics of basic aspects of spatial perception and the mechanisms underlying particular phobias," Lourenco says.

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When it comes to choosing a career, the happiest workers are those who pursue their passions, so if you are someone who has a strong interest in fitness, nutrition and health care, that interest could very well become your dream job.

There are several jobs within the fitness and nutrition realm. Some require training and certification and some do not. If you are interested in pursuing a professional career in this field, consider one of the following five degrees.

Bachelor of Science in Dietetics/Human Nutrition

A B.S. in Dietetics or Human Nutrition will prepare you to work as a clinical dietician or nutritionist. Working in a variety of settings, including hospitals, nursing homes, schools and private sector cafeterias, dieticians advise others on healthy eating choices and plan nutritional menus for individuals and groups. In clinical settings, they are responsible for developing a nutrition plan for patients to help them reach a health goal.

Bachelor of Science in Education ? Kinesiology

With this degree, you will be eligible to take a teacher certification exam and teach physical education and health science courses at the primary or secondary level. Many physical education and health science teachers also serve as coaches for their school?s sports teams. Graduates are also prepared to organize and lead physical activity programs at community centers and sports associations, as well as coach community sports teams.

Master of Science in Athletic Training

Through a combination of coursework and clinical experience, a graduate with a master?s in athletic training will be prepared to conduct research, educate the public and provide clinical support to sports medicine providers. With a focus on correct sports training and injury rehabilitation, graduates can work in a variety of sports-related settings, including their own private athletic training practice.

Doctor of Physical Therapy

With a DPT, you will be eligible to become a licensed physical therapist. While physical therapists work with patients who have all sorts of injuries, some therapists partner with sports medicine practitionerswho only treat patients with sports-related injuries. Physical therapists assess patient injuries and prescribe a range of exercises meant to rehabilitate a patient?s range of motion and mobile ability. The therapist then guides the patient through these exercises in a clinical setting.

M.D. in Sports Medicine

This degree requires the regular four years of medical school plus additional training for the sports medicine specialization. Doctors who practice sports medicine often provide orthopedic care and physical therapy to patients with sports-related injuries to their bones, ligaments, muscles and tendons. Some sports medicine doctors also go on to become orthopedic surgeons, providing a full range of orthopedic care.

Specific information regarding admittance, tuition rate and program length will vary, depending on the school you wish to attend. To find out more about a degree program, contact the admissions department of the school you plan on applying to.

Jillian Terry is a freelance writer for various learning websites, such as www.TeachingDegree.org. Her articles cover topics in education that apply to all students of all ages and stages of schooling. Jillian is also an advocate of homeschooling and online education. Please leave your questions and comments for her below!

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FILE - This is a Dec. 17, 1986 file photo of British disc jockey and BBC TV presenter Jimmy Savile at Madame Tussauds museum in London. The BBC is struggling to contain a crisis sparked by allegations of serial sexual abuse against the late Jimmy Savile, a longtime children's television host. Dozens of women have come forward to say that Savile, who died in October 2011 aged 84, sexually assaulted them when they were as young as 13. London's Metropolitan Police, which is leading a national investigation, says it has identified 40 potential victims. (AP Photo/John Redman)

LONDON (AP) ? A top BBC editor stepped aside Monday while the BBC reviews its editorial decision to pull the plug on a segment about sexual abuse allegations against a prominent U.K. children's television star, the late Jimmy Savile.

The broadcaster said Monday the editor of the "Newsnight" program that opted not to broadcast the allegations, Peter Rippon, is "stepping aside with immediate effect."

The BBC says Rippon's explanation of his decision in a blog post earlier was "inaccurate or incomplete in some respects."

He is the first BBC figure directly blamed for the broadcaster's failure to properly report on abuse claims against Savile, who died last year at the age of 84 after a long career in children's television.

The BBC is facing criticism for providing different explanations for pulling the December segment that would have lifted the veil on Savile's abusive history, which had been rumored but not reported on at the time.

Savile hosted the music program "Top of the Pops" and "Jim'll Fix It." He was also active in numerous charities.

The BBC is set to air its own investigation of its failure to report on Savile's sexual abuses Monday night on the "Panorama" show.

On the show set for broadcast Monday, BBC correspondents claim the Savile segment was pulled because of pressure from senior management.

The fallout and allegations of a cover-up have damaged the BBC's reputation, and Savile's actions are also being investigated by police and other agencies.

Police say there may be more than 200 potential victims of the entertainer, known for his garish track suits and platinum hair.

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Green roofs and green walls will grow from a $5.3 billion market in 2011 into a $7.7 billion market in 2017, driven by mandates and incentives in cities worldwide, according to Lux Research. But while installations will increase 70 percent to 204 million square meters, costs and lack of validation will limit their rise.

Green roofs will account for $7 billion of the 2017 market, presenting a $2 billion opportunity to suppliers of polymeric materials such as geosynthetic fabrics and waterproof membranes, according to Building-Integrated Vegetation: Redefining the Landscape or Chasing a Mirage?

Green walls, meanwhile, will swell to a $680 million market, using $200 million worth of materials such as self-supporting polyurethane foam growth media.

Rapid urbanization over the past 50 years has caused air pollution, urban heat-island effects and loss of green spaces. To combat these and other environmental issues, cities such as Copenhagen, London, Singapore and Chicago have issued mandates or incentives for vegetated roofs to reduce storm-water volume, clean air pollutants, reduce the heat-island effect and sequester carbon dioxide.

However, it?s difficult to monetize the environmental benefits of green roofs and walls, and some wonder if building-integrated vegetation is merely a ?green curiosity,? says Aditya Ranade, Lux Research senior analyst and the lead author of the report.

While green roofs and walls do offer a multitude of environmental benefits, they face obstacles to widespread implementation, the report says. Installed cost ? $300/m2 to $500/m2 for green roofs and $900/m2 to $1,100/m2 for green walls ? is far higher than alternatives.

And while adoption is driven by a handful of cities in the developed world, growth in the developing world will depend on the global economic market.

The report forecasts more building material suppliers will develop building-integrated vegetation materials and create special grades of waterproof membranes and geosynthetic fabrics suited for building-integrated vegetation. Products will improve as the market becomes more mainstream and more performance standards are established.

In other green roof news, new research funded by the UK?s Royal Horticultural Society and Portugal?s Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia found green-roof plants other than sedums may help cool air temperatures more effectively, Energy Manager Today reports. The study looked at the possibility of using different plants ? sedum, Stachys byzantina, Hedera hibernica and Bergenia cordifolia ? for green roofs. Sedum is currently the most popular, according to RHS.

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In a sterile white boardroom in ABC Family's headquarters in Los Angeles, two young women are assiduously ignoring a spread of cookies in favor of two more important things: their laptops and a live broadcast of the show Pretty Little Liars playing on a large flat-screen TV.

Dalia Ganz, 28, is the show's social-media manager. She's patiently teaching one of the beautiful young actors on the show how to live-tweet this episode.

"Include #prettylittleliars in your answers," she instructs. That is a literal transcription of her words.

Over the next hour, Ganz will post pictures of actor Gregg Sulkin handsomely tweeting away on the show's Facebook page (where it will almost instantly receive hundreds of thousands of likes). She will tweet relentlessly and toss virtual goodies to fans. And she will obsessively monitor the show's popularity online. Pretty Little Liars is one of the most popular TV shows on Twitter, dominating trending topics and generating hundreds of thousands of tweets during the broadcast of every episode.

ABC Family's savvy social-media practices have contributed to its impressive ratings. Over the summer, the network was No. 1 in prime time for girls and women ages 12-34. Pretty Little Liars was TV's top series for the same demographic.

Focusing on that group makes all the sense in the world to ABC's head of research, Charles Kennedy.

"They're huge," he says of the generation known as millennials. "They're going to redefine brands the way baby boomers did."

Danielle Mullin, a marketing executive for the network, says one important element of its strategy is the social media team's cheeky, constant online presence.

"We act like a friend to our fans," she says. "And friends don't only talk to you between 9 and 5. And friends don't use a corporate tone of voice when they talk to you. So they actually do think they're speaking to their friend. And that's really an incredible opportunity for marketers."

'Family' Turns Out Not To Be Such A Bad Word

Technology has always meant intimacy to this generation, so social media and texting are key to ABC Family shows, in terms of both storylines and audience engagement. Diana Gal, 22, is a fan of Pretty Little Liars partly because she enjoys the social-media aspect. And she's noticed the network cannily taps into pre-existing fan bases.

Pretty Little Liars is a little like the CW's Gossip Girl. And MTV's reality show 16 and Pregnant was popular before ABC Family launched its breakthrough hit The Secret Life of the American Teenager, about a girl who gets pregnant at 15.

"So I think they're building off of things they already know will work," Gal observes. "And they've done a good job of it."

The network's slightly edgy scripted shows filled the gap left by the WB network. ABC Family has gone through a few reinventions over the years. It started 20 years ago as The Family Channel. It was owned by the Christian Broadcasting network. It was sold to Fox, then Disney, which also owns ABC ? with the proviso that the word "family" had to remain in the name.

Kate Juergens now runs the network's programming and development. She says at the beginning, executives feared the word "family" would alienate teen viewers.

"When we first came in the door, it was thought, 'Oh my god, it's such a burden,' " she recalls.

But research proved that the word"family" is no longer necessarily uncool for 15-to-30-year-olds today. They're more connected with their parents than previous generations. Indeed, they often still live with them.

"A unique aspect about the millennials is an incredible closeness they have with their parents," says Kennedy.

So ABC Family took a risk. Rather than playing down the family label, it decided to make families central to its brand ? what families are, the choices they make, how people fit in or not.

And parents are powerful characters in every ABC Family show, including Switched at Birth, a show that explores all kinds of dynamics through a domestic prism.

"Our family on our show is Latina, deaf, two [economic] classes mixed ? and that's very millennial, right?" observes creator Lizzy Weiss.

Her lead characters are two teenage girls who were literally switched at birth in the hospital. One is deaf, and Switched at Birth includes extended sequences subtitled while characters use American Sign Language. Juergens says she never saw this as a problem. After all, she points out, reality shows subtitle English speakers all the time. It just seemed like an exciting new way to tell a story.

It did feel risky to Weiss.

"I felt it was really ballsy, actually," she says. "And that's when I thought, wow, I am so excited to be at this network actually taking chances together."

Betting The Future On 'Bunheads' And Its Fans

Chances like Bunheads, a show on a channel for teenagers about the fractious relationship between a 40-year-old woman and a 60-year-old woman. But Juergens insists Bunheads was not a risk either.

"It was my team's favorite script last year coming out of our development process," she says, noting that it was written by Amy Sherman-Palladino, who created the much-loved Gilmore Girls for the WB. "And we thought, well, we all love it, and we have to make it. And we tested it with our millennial audience, and they all responded to it."

Juergens hoped Bunheads would broaden ABC Family's audience ? and it has pulled in older female viewers. But ABC Family is still banking on younger women. Research shows that more millennial women will graduate from college than young men. They're going to be leaders, decision-makers. And it's possible the most coveted audience, 18- to-35-year-old men, will cede that spot to 18- to-35-year-old women.

Whose favorite shows, as it may happen, are on ABC Family.

Source: http://www.wnyc.org/npr_articles/2012/oct/22/ratings-success-its-all-in-the-abc-family/

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The most common personal injury court action claims are accidents at work, attacks and road traffic accidents. Dental and medical accidents are also part of these legal matters and medical failure such as silicosis, asthma, incessant strain, occupational stress and occupational hearing impairment.

There are incidents like dog attacks, birth defects and injuries during child birth as well as wrongful deaths. These are all events that may be disagreed legally with the outcome of compensation from the individual or company responsible. In the eventuality of a manslaughter, compensation will made out to folks who have been influenced by the death of that person. Usually, it would be the direct family members of the deceased.

In figuring out what the case would be worth all is dependent upon the quantity of damage suffered in the event. Take account of the physical, financial and mental causes that occurred during and following the situation. In practice, the injured person employs a legal representative, who sits down with the client and the company that's answerable for the injury.

A negotiation will happen whereby the customer, the counsel, the insurance company of the customer as well as barrister of the company will discuss the injury and compensation terms. In practice, a settlement will include one of the following. Hospital treatment costs for further medical help as well as the compensation for funds that the customer paid from their own funds after the event took place.

Loss of revenue may also be compensated. The impact that absence from work had on the salary of the client as well as in the eventuality of the injury causing the person to have lost any money that could have been made in days to come. This is named as loss of earning capacity.

The legal representative could also barter on grounds of property loss. The damage of a vehicle, clothing, and private belongings may be compensated or mended on behalf of the client. The two aspects that are most difficult to negotiate and win a personal injury lawsuit are those of agony and suffering and emotional distress.

If an individual can prove serious discomfort suffered by the accident as well as any continuing pain traced by the accident, the company may compensate for it. In heavy accidents, emotional trouble may take place. These include anxiety, fear and significant sleep loss. This usually falls into the remit of pain and suffering.

A personal injury legal action can be compromised in the event of the customer being responsible for the accident to have occurred in the first place. The term comparative carelessness is utilized for this. If a hurt person doesn't report the accident within a fair time limit, and the accused company can prove that because of the person failing to seek medical help has caused the injuries to worsen, the compensation amount could be reduced noticeably.

Each state in the USA has its own limitations and statue. The time that elapsed between the situation taking place and when it is filed with a legal representative will also bring its own restrictions. By selecting the correct personal injury lawyer, one will have the mandatory assistance to get the best out of the unforeseen situation.

Avera & Smith a Gainesville personal injury law firm has truck accident, product liability & nursing home abuse attorneys.

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Businessman Innocente Marcolini, 60, diagnosed with brain tumour after using his mobile phone at work for up to six hours a day for 12 years
Italy?s Supreme Court found a ?causal link? between his phone use and illness
Experts predict more legal claims from victims after landmark ruling

A court has ruled that mobile phones can give you cancer in a landmark case that could open the gates for other victims to take legal action.

Businessman Innocente Marcolini, 60, was diagnosed with a brain tumour after using his mobile phone at work for up to six hours a day for 12 years.

Italy?s Supreme Court found that there was a ?causal link? between his phone use and his illness.

Experts now predict a barrage of legal claims by victims who believe their own illness was caused by their use of mobile phones.

Mr Marcolini told The Sun newspaper: ?This is significant for very many people. I wanted this problem to become public because many people still do not know the risks.

?I was on the phone, usually the mobile, for at least five or six hours every day at work. I wanted it recognised that there was a link between my illness and the use of mobile and cordless phones.

?Parents need to know their children are at risk of this illness.?

Oncologist and professor of environmental mutagenesis Angelo Gino Levis and neurosurgeon Dr Giuseppe Grasso gave evidence supporting Mr Marcolini?s claim.

They argued that mobile and cordless phones emit electromagnetic radiation causing damage to cells and increasing the risk of tumours. But they added that many tumours don?t appear for 15 years making short-term studies on mobile phone use redundant.

The jury is still out, however, for many scientists who claim it is still unknown what, if any, link there is between mobiles and brain tumours.?

Landmark ruling: Italy?s Supreme Court in Rome found there was a ?causal link? between Mr Marcolini?s phone use and his brain tumour ? opening the doors for other legal claims

Earlier on this month, a Danish study on more than 358,000 mobile users over 18-years-old found that those who used mobile phones for 10 years or more were no more at risk than those who never used them.

Researchers led by the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Copenhagen found cancer rates in the central nervous system were almost the same in both long-term mobile phone users and non-users.

But other scientists disagreed, saying the Danish study excluded business users and included as non-users people who began using mobiles later on.

The big debate: The jury is still out for many scientists who argue there is no evidence to support a link between cancer and mobile phone use

Denis Henshaw, Emeritus Professor of Human Radiation Effects, Bristol University said the study was ?worthless?, and the researchers themselves admitted non-users may have been misclassified which would bias the findings.

He said: ?This seriously flawed study misleads the public and decision makers about the safety of mobile phone use.?

Professor Henshaw has previously advocated cigarette-style warnings on mobile phone packets and urges more independent research.

He said: ?Vast numbers of people are using mobile phones and they could be a time bomb of health problems ? not just brain tumours, but also fertility, which would be a serious public health issue.

?The health effects of smoking alcohol and air pollution are well known and well talked about, and it?s entirely reasonable we should be openly discussing the evidence for this, but it is not happening.

?We want to close the door before the horse has bolted.?

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) rang alarm bells last year when it classified mobile phones as ?possibly carginogenic?.

In April, The Children with Cancer conference highlighted figures published by the Office of National Statistics, which showed a 50 per cent increase in frontal and temporal lobe tumours between 1999 and 2009.

The ONS figures showed that the incident rate has risen from two to three per 100,000 people since 1999, while figures from Bordeaux Segalen University showed a one to two per cent annual increase in brain cancers in children.

But earlier this year another study by Manchester University researchers found no statistically significant change in rates of newly diagnosed brain cancers in England between 1998 and 2007 ? saying it was unlikely ?we are on the forefront of a brain cancer epidemic?.