Fleksy, the keyboard app that doesn't even require you to look at the screen or hit any actual keys to type, is busy at SXSW this week. The startup is showing off its software working with the Leap Motion Controller to provide gesture-based typing input that works just like its iPhone and Android app, but for typing in mid-air. The company is also debuting its iOS SDK this week, which will allow third-party apps on Apple's mobile OS to tak advantage of the unique software keyboard.
HONG KONG (AP) ? China's exports surged more than expected in February in a possible sign of stronger global demand.
Exports leaped 21.8 percent, well ahead of analysts' expectations of single-digit growth as companies shut down for the Lunar New Year holiday, data showed Friday.
Imports fell 15.2 percent, a decline from January's 28 percent growth. That suggested domestic demand might be weakening, but the picture is clouded by the holiday, when companies shut down for up to two weeks.
"We are impressed by China's ability to expand its exports so strongly despite a muted external environment," said Credit Agricole CIB economist Dariusz Kowalczyk in a report.
China's trade growth has been rebounding in recent months in a sign of recovery in the world's second-biggest economy.
Economic growth rebounded in the final quarter of 2012 from a three-year low. The latest trade data might help to reassure analysts who say China's recovery is still shaky and will be too weak to drive a global rebound without a revival in the United States and Europe.
Trade data for January and February are complicated by the Lunar New Year, which falls at different times in those two months each year. Businesses shut down for up to two weeks. Last year, the holiday began in January, making that month's performance look better by comparison this year, while this year the holiday fell entirely in February.
For the combined January-February period, exports rose 23.6 percent compared with the same two months last year while imports grew 5 percent.
February's import decline was also probably caused by falling prices for shipments coming into China rather than stalling demand, Kowalczyk said.
Exports rose to $139.4 billion while imports declined to $124.12 billion, resulting in a global trade surplus of $15.2 billion, compared with a trade deficit of $32 billion in the same month last year.
China usually runs a global trade deficit for at least one month early in the year as factories restock following the holiday shutdown.
Premier Wen Jiabao, the country's top economic official, announced a 7.5 percent annual economic growth target this week. That is below double digit rates of the past decade but in line with Communist Party plans to shift from relying on trade and investment to domestic consumption to drive growth.
8:00 PM:MC Hammer was arrested at a Dublin, California mall Thursday on charges of obstructing an officer. Hammer tweeted about the incident that a "chubby elvis looking dude was tapping on my car window, I rolled down the window and he said, 'Are you on parole or probation?'"
7:45 PM: Phoenix Suns player Michael Beasley got a staredown from coach Lindsey Hunter after taking a bad shot during Friday's 113-88 loss to the Boston Celtics.
7:30 PM: Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Mike McCoy suffered a quad contusion after colliding with teammate Ryan Langerhans during Saturday's spring training game against the Detroit Tigers. Langerhans still managed to make the catch.
7:15 PM: Georgia tight end Ty Flournoy-Smith was arrested Friday on charges of reporting a false crime. Flournoy-Smith claimed that someone stole his textbooks but he had already sold them back to a bookstore.
7:00 PM: Video from the stands of Kyle Larson wreck during the last lap of Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide race at Daytona, including a tire that landed in the seats. NASCAR said that 28 people were treated for injuries from the crash.
6:45 PM: San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker will miss Sunday's game against the Phoenix Suns due to a right triceps contusion.
6:30 PM: Pro Football Talk has the full transcript of Manti Te'o's press conference at the NFL Combine on Saturday.
6:15 PM: Florida State & Pittsburgh will reportedly face each other in football on Labor Day night, with an official announcement from the ACC expected on Monday. As a result, the Seminoles have canceled their game against FCS school Wofford.
6:00 PM: Cleveland Cavaliers player Omri Casspi was taken to the hospital Saturday with acute stomach pain. Casspi is not expected to play tonight against the Orlando Magic.
5:45 PM: Former Notre Dame RB Cierre Wood said he didn't get the ball as much as he wanted during his junior season before he left early for the NFL Draft.
5:30 PM: Video of Concord (Indiana) High School basketball player Franko House hitting a full-court shot & hardly reacting to it. The basket was made at the end of the third quarter of the Minutemen's 52-38 win over Westview on Friday.
5:15 PM: Yahoo's From The Marbles reports at least six fans were injured at Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide race in Daytona when they were hit by parts from Kyle Larson's car crashed in a wreck near the end of the race.
5:00 PM: Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin, fiance of tennis player Maria Kirilenko, scored his first hat rick in over two years in Saturday's 5-1 win over the New Jersey Devils.
4:45 PM: A former Lake Worth, Florida resident was arrested on government fraud charges for burying her mother in their backyard, moving to Ohio and continuting to collect her mother's Social Security checks for the next 14 years.
4:30 PM: Miami Marlins catcher Jeff Mathis is expected to be out six weeks after suffering a broken collarbone when he was hit by a foul tip during Saturday's spring training game against the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Study identifies factors associated with eradication of bacteria linked to gastric cancerPublic release date: 12-Feb-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Craig Boerner craig.boerner@vanderbilt.edu 615-322-4747 JAMA and Archives Journals
In an analysis of the results of interventions to eradicate the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (a risk factor for gastric cancer) in seven diverse community populations in Latin America, researchers found that geographic site, demographic factors, adherence to initial therapy and infection recurrence may be as important as the choice of antibiotic regimen in H pylori eradication interventions, according to a study appearing in the February 13 issue of JAMA.
"Gastric adenocarcinoma is the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Although gastric cancer rates are declining in some areas, the number of deaths is expected to increase over the coming decades due to growing and aging populations in high-incidence regions such as Latin America and eastern Asia. Helicobacter pylori infects more than half of the world's adult population, and chronic infection with this bacterium is the dominant risk factor for gastric cancer, accounting for an estimated two-thirds of all cases globally," according to background information in the article. "The feasibility of large-scale programs is uncertain and success in specific populations will depend on the efficacy of the antibiotic regimen used and the risk of recurrent infection following eradication."
Douglas R. Morgan, M.D., M.P.H., of Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn., and colleagues estimated risk of H pylori recurrence and assessed factors associated with successful eradication 1 year after treatment with one of three regimens. The study included 1,463 participants, 21 to 65 years of age from 7 Latin American communities, who were treated for H pylori and observed between September 2009 and July 2011. Potential participants were selected using a census of households (Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua), a large public clinic registry (Chile), or household recruitment (Honduras and 2 sites in Mexico). Participants were randomized to 1 of 3 treatment groups: 14-day lansoprazole, amoxicillin, and clarithromycin (triple therapy); 5-day lansoprazole and amoxicillin followed by 5-day lansoprazole, clarithromycin, and metronidazole (sequential); or 5-day lansoprazole, amoxicillin, clarithromycin, and metronidazole (concomitant).
Of the 1,133 participants who were urea breath test (UBT; a diagnostic procedure used to identify the presence of H pylori) negative following initial treatment, 1,091 had a 1-year UBT result, of whom 125 had become UBT positive, a recurrence risk of 11.5 percent. The recurrence risk ranged from 6.8 percent in Costa Rica to 18.1 percent in Colombia. The researchers found that recurrence at 1 year was significantly associated with study site, number of children in the household, and nonadherence to therapy, but not with treatment assignment.
In the primary analysis of treatment effectiveness based on the 1,340 participants with definitive 1-year UBT results, the estimated 1-year eradication success rate was 80.4 percent for triple therapy, 79.8 percent for sequential therapy, and 77.8 percent for concomitant therapy. Overall effectiveness was 79.3 percent.
"In a single-treatment course analysis that ignored the effects of re-treatment, the percentage of UBT-negative results at 1 year was 72.4 percent and was significantly associated with study site, adherence to initial therapy, male sex, and age. One-year effectiveness among all 1,463 enrolled participants, considering all missing UBT results as positive, was 72.7 percent," the authors write.
"In our current study, adherence, study site, sex, and age were significantly associated with the probability of a successful 1-year outcome. From the public health perspective, a 'one size fits all' intervention strategy may not be optimal."
"Ongoing research initiatives are needed, given the expected increase in the gastric cancer burden in Latin America over the next 2 decades, evidence that H pylori infection is the dominant risk factor, and evidence that eradication reduces gastric cancer risk," the researchers conclude.
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(JAMA. 2013;309(6):578-586; Available pre-embargo to the media at http://media.jamanetwork.com)
Editor's Note: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provided financial support for the trial, and the National Institutes of Health supported the SWOG (Southwest Oncology Group) administrative and statistical infrastructure. All authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest and none were reported.
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Study identifies factors associated with eradication of bacteria linked to gastric cancerPublic release date: 12-Feb-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Craig Boerner craig.boerner@vanderbilt.edu 615-322-4747 JAMA and Archives Journals
In an analysis of the results of interventions to eradicate the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (a risk factor for gastric cancer) in seven diverse community populations in Latin America, researchers found that geographic site, demographic factors, adherence to initial therapy and infection recurrence may be as important as the choice of antibiotic regimen in H pylori eradication interventions, according to a study appearing in the February 13 issue of JAMA.
"Gastric adenocarcinoma is the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Although gastric cancer rates are declining in some areas, the number of deaths is expected to increase over the coming decades due to growing and aging populations in high-incidence regions such as Latin America and eastern Asia. Helicobacter pylori infects more than half of the world's adult population, and chronic infection with this bacterium is the dominant risk factor for gastric cancer, accounting for an estimated two-thirds of all cases globally," according to background information in the article. "The feasibility of large-scale programs is uncertain and success in specific populations will depend on the efficacy of the antibiotic regimen used and the risk of recurrent infection following eradication."
Douglas R. Morgan, M.D., M.P.H., of Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn., and colleagues estimated risk of H pylori recurrence and assessed factors associated with successful eradication 1 year after treatment with one of three regimens. The study included 1,463 participants, 21 to 65 years of age from 7 Latin American communities, who were treated for H pylori and observed between September 2009 and July 2011. Potential participants were selected using a census of households (Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua), a large public clinic registry (Chile), or household recruitment (Honduras and 2 sites in Mexico). Participants were randomized to 1 of 3 treatment groups: 14-day lansoprazole, amoxicillin, and clarithromycin (triple therapy); 5-day lansoprazole and amoxicillin followed by 5-day lansoprazole, clarithromycin, and metronidazole (sequential); or 5-day lansoprazole, amoxicillin, clarithromycin, and metronidazole (concomitant).
Of the 1,133 participants who were urea breath test (UBT; a diagnostic procedure used to identify the presence of H pylori) negative following initial treatment, 1,091 had a 1-year UBT result, of whom 125 had become UBT positive, a recurrence risk of 11.5 percent. The recurrence risk ranged from 6.8 percent in Costa Rica to 18.1 percent in Colombia. The researchers found that recurrence at 1 year was significantly associated with study site, number of children in the household, and nonadherence to therapy, but not with treatment assignment.
In the primary analysis of treatment effectiveness based on the 1,340 participants with definitive 1-year UBT results, the estimated 1-year eradication success rate was 80.4 percent for triple therapy, 79.8 percent for sequential therapy, and 77.8 percent for concomitant therapy. Overall effectiveness was 79.3 percent.
"In a single-treatment course analysis that ignored the effects of re-treatment, the percentage of UBT-negative results at 1 year was 72.4 percent and was significantly associated with study site, adherence to initial therapy, male sex, and age. One-year effectiveness among all 1,463 enrolled participants, considering all missing UBT results as positive, was 72.7 percent," the authors write.
"In our current study, adherence, study site, sex, and age were significantly associated with the probability of a successful 1-year outcome. From the public health perspective, a 'one size fits all' intervention strategy may not be optimal."
"Ongoing research initiatives are needed, given the expected increase in the gastric cancer burden in Latin America over the next 2 decades, evidence that H pylori infection is the dominant risk factor, and evidence that eradication reduces gastric cancer risk," the researchers conclude.
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(JAMA. 2013;309(6):578-586; Available pre-embargo to the media at http://media.jamanetwork.com)
Editor's Note: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provided financial support for the trial, and the National Institutes of Health supported the SWOG (Southwest Oncology Group) administrative and statistical infrastructure. All authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest and none were reported.
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Fleksy, the keyboard app that doesn't even require you to look at the screen or hit any actual keys to type, is busy at SXSW this week. The startup is showing off its software working with the Leap Motion Controller to provide gesture-based typing input that works just like its iPhone and Android app, but for typing in mid-air. The company is also debuting its iOS SDK this week, which will allow third-party apps on Apple's mobile OS to tak advantage of the unique software keyboard.
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