Please remember this article is intended to demonstrate the marketing potential for social media for internet business owners. I am aware because it relates to children some have concerns about social media, but this informative article remains focused solely on the?
Social media allows individuals to get in touch in the shape of distinguishing common interests and solid cyber-based relationships. They could be offset by possible advertising options if there are negative aspects to social media.
Please remember this article is intended to show the marketing potential for social networking for online business owners. I realize as it pertains to kids some have concerns about media, but this informative article remains focused solely on the on marketing possibilities related to social media.
That said, one negative linked to social media for a few web business owners is the addictive nature of playing social network. Time allocated to the website corresponding with other friends might chip away at the time you might absolutely need for other business related activities.
If you?ve spent any period of time on social networking then you know it is feasible to post a entry and when a new post is manufactured be alerted to new posts to your blog. You may find yourself heading back once again to your social networking site to learn updated comments repeatedly per day. This may probably result in the desire to thank the patient for his or her comment. Of course all of this is completed under the notion that you are attempting to market your business through social media, nevertheless the truth is there comes a spot where you can spend an amount of time corresponding with people you dont really know for starters small element of marketing potential. When youre having a great time on the web the total amount between work and play gets a little fuzzy.
Still another negative that may seem notably similar is that social media can preserve you from your business that may be benefited by face-to-face contacts. The face-to-face contacts may be in the shape of business-to-business marketing or conference affiliates, but time can be minimized by social media, and sometimes does, for events that are often of equal or greater value.
Among the keys to effective online marketing is attempting to keep things balanced.
Demonstrably it may take some time to develop your social media page and it may be hard to fully determine what your goals come in relation to social media, but then you may need to commit to merely a certain quantity of time each day to the social network and avoid finding its way back to the page repeatedly throughout the day. You may even wish to configure your email box to send all emails from the social media site to a special folder that you can very quickly evaluate on an everyday basis without the necessity to revisit your site multiple times each day. You could even desire to turn the feature off that alerts you to new posts and messages if the diversion becomes too pronounced.
Recall, your social media page can there be to help you join with prospects and market your company while leading them to most of your site, but much too often individuals come to see the social media page with something similar to a habit.
Allow social media marketing to be of use without arriving at a place where it is using you. web design philadelphia
No increase in brain aneurysm rupture risk during pregnancy and deliveryPublic release date: 7-Feb-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
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Study in Neurosurgery questions high rate of cesarean deliveries in women with aneurysms
Philadelphia, Pa. (February 7, 2013) For women with aneurysms involving the brain blood vessels, pregnancy and delivery don't appear to increase the risk of aneurysm rupture, reports a paper in the February issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
The study also finds that women with known, unruptured aneurysms have a very high rate of cesarean deliverywhich isn't supported by evidence and "may not be necessary," according to Dr. Brian L. Hoh of University of Florida, Gainesville, and colleagues.
Pregnancy Doesn't Increase Risk of Aneurysm Rupture
The researchers used a national hospital database (the Nationwide Inpatient Sample) to estimate the risk of brain aneurysm rupture during pregnancy and delivery. An aneurysm is a weakened spot in a blood vessel wall. If the aneurysm enlarges or ruptures (breaks), it can cause life-threatening bleeding in the brain.
The database identified 714 women hospitalized for ruptured aneurysm during pregnancy and 172 during delivery between 1988 and 2009. Based on an estimated rate of 1.8 percent among women of childbearing age, Dr. Hoh and colleagues calculated that, across the United States, approximately 49,000 women with unruptured aneurysms were hospitalized during pregnancy and 312,000 during delivery.
Using these figures, the researchers estimated a 1.4 percent risk of aneurysm rupture during pregnancy and 0.05 percent during delivery. Based on previous studies, these rates were "comparable with the risk of aneurysm rupture in the general population," Dr. Hoh and coauthors write.
Women with ruptured aneurysms were at high risk of poor outcomesincluding maternal mortality rates of 9.5 percent for those with rupture during pregnancy and 18 percent with rupture during delivery. The risk of poor outcomes appeared lower for women who underwent treatment for ruptured aneurysms: either surgical clipping or less-invasive, endovascular "coiling." However, because of the relatively small number of patients, these differences were not statistically significant.
High Rate of Cesarean Section May Be Unnecessary
The researchers also identified 218 deliveries in women with known unruptured aneurysms. Approximately 70 percent of these were cesarean deliveriesmuch higher than the 25 percent rate in women without aneurysms. However, there was no evidence that cesarean delivery improved outcomes for either the mother or baby, compared to "closely supervised vaginal delivery," Dr. Hoh and colleagues note. "Therefore, the method of delivery in patients with intracranial unruptured aneurysm should be based on obstetric considerations."
Aneurysms of the brain blood vessels are rarely detected in pregnant women. However, ruptured aneurysm during pregnancy and delivery is an unpredictable complication with a substantial risk of death for both the mother and infant. With MRI and other advanced brain imaging studies, more brain aneurysms are being detected before rupture or other problems occur.
In the absence of data on how pregnancy or delivery affects the risk of aneurysm rupture, the optimal management of unruptured aneurysms in pregnant women has been unclear. "We were not able to find an increased association between pregnancy or delivery and the risk of rupture of cerebral aneurysms," Dr. Hoh and colleagues conclude. "Once ruptured, however, prompt aneurysmal obliteration (either surgical clipping or endovascular coiling) should be helpful in decreasing the rate of poor outcomes."
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Neurosurgery, the Official Journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, is your most complete window to the contemporary field of neurosurgery. Members of the Congress and non-member subscribers receive 3,000 pages per year packed with the very latest science, technology, and medicine, not to mention full-text online access to the world's most complete, up-to-the-minute neurosurgery resource. For professionals aware of the rapid pace of developments in the field, Neurosurgery is nothing short of indispensable.
About Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is a leading international publisher of trusted content delivered in innovative ways to practitioners, professionals and students to learn new skills, stay current on their practice, and make important decisions to improve patient care and clinical outcomes. LWW is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information, business intelligence and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry. Wolters Kluwer Health is part of Wolters Kluwer, a market-leading global information services company with 2011 annual revenues of 3.4 billion ($4.7 billion).
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No increase in brain aneurysm rupture risk during pregnancy and deliveryPublic release date: 7-Feb-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Connie Hughes connie.hughes@wolterskluwer.com 646-674-6348 Wolters Kluwer Health
Study in Neurosurgery questions high rate of cesarean deliveries in women with aneurysms
Philadelphia, Pa. (February 7, 2013) For women with aneurysms involving the brain blood vessels, pregnancy and delivery don't appear to increase the risk of aneurysm rupture, reports a paper in the February issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
The study also finds that women with known, unruptured aneurysms have a very high rate of cesarean deliverywhich isn't supported by evidence and "may not be necessary," according to Dr. Brian L. Hoh of University of Florida, Gainesville, and colleagues.
Pregnancy Doesn't Increase Risk of Aneurysm Rupture
The researchers used a national hospital database (the Nationwide Inpatient Sample) to estimate the risk of brain aneurysm rupture during pregnancy and delivery. An aneurysm is a weakened spot in a blood vessel wall. If the aneurysm enlarges or ruptures (breaks), it can cause life-threatening bleeding in the brain.
The database identified 714 women hospitalized for ruptured aneurysm during pregnancy and 172 during delivery between 1988 and 2009. Based on an estimated rate of 1.8 percent among women of childbearing age, Dr. Hoh and colleagues calculated that, across the United States, approximately 49,000 women with unruptured aneurysms were hospitalized during pregnancy and 312,000 during delivery.
Using these figures, the researchers estimated a 1.4 percent risk of aneurysm rupture during pregnancy and 0.05 percent during delivery. Based on previous studies, these rates were "comparable with the risk of aneurysm rupture in the general population," Dr. Hoh and coauthors write.
Women with ruptured aneurysms were at high risk of poor outcomesincluding maternal mortality rates of 9.5 percent for those with rupture during pregnancy and 18 percent with rupture during delivery. The risk of poor outcomes appeared lower for women who underwent treatment for ruptured aneurysms: either surgical clipping or less-invasive, endovascular "coiling." However, because of the relatively small number of patients, these differences were not statistically significant.
High Rate of Cesarean Section May Be Unnecessary
The researchers also identified 218 deliveries in women with known unruptured aneurysms. Approximately 70 percent of these were cesarean deliveriesmuch higher than the 25 percent rate in women without aneurysms. However, there was no evidence that cesarean delivery improved outcomes for either the mother or baby, compared to "closely supervised vaginal delivery," Dr. Hoh and colleagues note. "Therefore, the method of delivery in patients with intracranial unruptured aneurysm should be based on obstetric considerations."
Aneurysms of the brain blood vessels are rarely detected in pregnant women. However, ruptured aneurysm during pregnancy and delivery is an unpredictable complication with a substantial risk of death for both the mother and infant. With MRI and other advanced brain imaging studies, more brain aneurysms are being detected before rupture or other problems occur.
In the absence of data on how pregnancy or delivery affects the risk of aneurysm rupture, the optimal management of unruptured aneurysms in pregnant women has been unclear. "We were not able to find an increased association between pregnancy or delivery and the risk of rupture of cerebral aneurysms," Dr. Hoh and colleagues conclude. "Once ruptured, however, prompt aneurysmal obliteration (either surgical clipping or endovascular coiling) should be helpful in decreasing the rate of poor outcomes."
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About Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery, the Official Journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, is your most complete window to the contemporary field of neurosurgery. Members of the Congress and non-member subscribers receive 3,000 pages per year packed with the very latest science, technology, and medicine, not to mention full-text online access to the world's most complete, up-to-the-minute neurosurgery resource. For professionals aware of the rapid pace of developments in the field, Neurosurgery is nothing short of indispensable.
About Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is a leading international publisher of trusted content delivered in innovative ways to practitioners, professionals and students to learn new skills, stay current on their practice, and make important decisions to improve patient care and clinical outcomes. LWW is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information, business intelligence and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry. Wolters Kluwer Health is part of Wolters Kluwer, a market-leading global information services company with 2011 annual revenues of 3.4 billion ($4.7 billion).
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Feb. 6, 2013 ? Hunger, thirst, stress and drugs can create a change in the brain that transforms a repulsive feeling into a strong positive "wanting," a new University of Michigan study indicates.
The research used salt appetite to show how powerful natural mechanisms of brain desires can instantly transform a cue that always predicted a repulsive Dead Sea Salt solution into an eagerly wanted beacon or motivational magnet.
Mike Robinson, a research fellow in the U-M Department of Psychology and the study's lead author, said the findings help explain how related brain activations in people could cause them to avidly want something that has been always disliked.
This instant transformation of motivation, he said, lies in the ability of events to activate particular brain circuitry -- a structure called the nucleus accumbens, which sits near the base of the front of the brain and is also activated by addictive drugs.
Cues for rewards often trigger intense motivation. The smell of food can make a person suddenly feel hungry when this wasn't the case earlier. Drug cues may prompt relapse in addicts trying to quit. In some cases, desires may be triggered even for a relatively unpleasant event.
Researchers studied how rats responded to metal objects that represented either pleasant sugar or disgustingly intense Dead Sea saltiness. The rats quickly learned to jump on and nibble the sweetness cue, but turned away from and avoided the saltiness cue.
But one day the rats suddenly woke up in a new state of sodium appetite induced by drugs given the night before. On their first re-encounter with the saltiness cue in the new appetite state, their brain systems became activated and the rats instantly jumped on and nibbled the saltiness cue as though it were the sugar cue.
"The cue becomes avidly 'wanted' despite knowledge the salt always tasted disgusting," Robinson said.
The sudden brain changes help explain how an event, such as taking an addictive drug, could become "wanted" despite a person's knowledge of the negative and unpleasant consequences of the drug.
"Our findings highlight what it means to say that drugs hijack our natural reward system," said Robinson, who authored the new study with Kent Berridge, James Olds Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience.
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Some two and a half months after the original launch, Google and Samsung's Nexus 10 is now available in Japan. The high-resolution, 10-inch Nexus tablet is on sale through the Japanese Google Play Store, where it's priced at ¥36,800 (around $400) for the 16GB model, and ¥44,800 (around $480) with 32GB.
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The FRIDE report on freedom of association in North Africa and the Middle East published a report on Morocco entitled, ?Morocco: Negotiating change with the Makhzen.? In this report, they focus on the question of dialogue between civil society and the state, as well as the challenges in this process. They highlight two main approaches to the question of human rights advocacy, embodied by the divergent strategies pursued by OMDH and AMDH.? They describe these approaches and how they actually act as a complimentary force:
Advocates of reform adopt different approaches to deal with this reality. To some, closeness to the regime necessarily entails being absorbed by it, thus turning former dissidents into lazy, regime-faithful followers that back away from making real criticisms. To others, cooperation with the regime, or at least refraining from confronting it, is a crucial precondition for any dialogue on reform. Among civil society associations that try to lobby for reform, different approaches are being pursued. Some rely on a more partnership-based approach with the government, trying to avoid direct confrontation.
Others see themselves as a watchdog taking more confrontational positions vis-?-vis the government, in order to advocate special positions and raise public awareness. According to the former, an approach based on dialogue and cautious negotiation is more promising and pragmatic. Human rights organizations pursuing this approach (eg: OMDH) praise positive government measures, but always combine them with criticism of remaining shortcomings and challenges.
Advocates of the more confrontational approach (eg: AMDH) say the soft partnership-based approach leads to coopting, absorption and at times even instrumentalisation by the Makhzen (similar to the creeping co-opting that absorbed the former opposition parties, which first entered government in alternance with the objective of achieving change through cautious negotiations under the Makhzen?s umbrella). Observers say OMDH and AMDH approaches are more efficient when seen as complementary forces: one applies the necessary pressure, the other talks to the government.[1]
Concerning the process of lobbying for migrant?s right and migration policy Moroccan civil society actors normally address their concerns to the National Council for Human Rights, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the European Commission. Furthermore, Moroccan human rights groups open up dialogue about sub-Saharan migrants within the ?public sphere? through the press. For example, AMDH held a press conference after a series of violent deportations throughout the Kingdom in June. They were made aware of this through the Council of sub-Saharan migrants and other associations. Afterwards, both OMDH and AMDH condemned the violence, formally, in the francophone press. Telquel published these condemnations in the issue from June 23-29. Both of these human rights associations condemned the ?racist crimes,? that occurred throughout Morocco, and especially in the areas of Tahrirt and Nador. [2] Furthermore, ABCDS typically sends its condemnations of aggressions against sub-Saharan migrants to be published in the Arab press.[3]
In terms of lobbying, some scholars argue that, however minor, some civil society actors such as AMDH, OMDH, and GADEM are involved with dialogue with the government concerning the human rights of migrants in Morocco. Giovanni Maria Semeraro argues in her master?s thesis entitled Migration effects on civil society and institutional landscape: the case of Morocco that:
These three entities represent the main means of communication of civil society and their lobbying activities represent so far the best way to foster a power shift. Smaller but still important roles are played by Cimade, which supports local CSOs and tries to promote cooperation within civil society, and organization networks, which do not operate mainly in Morocco but are the reference point of Moroccan civil society in Europe and in front of European institutions.[4]
I would also add ABCDS to this list of actors that focus on advocacy, especially for migrants in Oujda. Concerning the unofficial sub-Saharan associations, they normally lobby to, and partner with, Moroccan and European civil society actors. When sub-Saharan associations want to organize a protest, they must do this with a recognized Moroccan association. For example, on Labor Day, May 1, the Council of sub-Saharan Migrants in Morocco partnered with the labor union, Organisation democratique de travail (ODT), to organize a march about the rights of immigrant works.
Furthermore, when press conferences are held or when deportations occur, associations such as AMDH and OMDH normally work with members of both the Council and the Collective in order to access information and share their side of the story with other civil society actors, the press, and Moroccan society in general. This process of lobbying, from the sub-Saharan associations towards Moroccan associations, appears as an attempt to insert the opinions and experiences of sub-Saharan migrants into the public space. This, by itself, represents an attempt at countering negative dialogue about sub-Saharan migration in the Moroccan ?public space? and thus does challenge the state?s hegemony on this issue.
[1] Kausch, Kristina, Morocco: Negotiating change with the Makhzen; Project on Freedom of Association in the Middle East and North Africa, Fundacion Para Las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE), February 2008, P 22-23.
[2] Telquel, N- 528 in L?essentiel et l?accesoire, ?crimes racists,? June 23-29, 2012 issue.
[3] Interview with Mohammed Tanbi of ABCDS, June 21, 2012 in Oujda.
[4] Giovanni Maria Semeraro, ?Migration effects on civil society and institutional landscape: the case of Morocco; A study on migration related Moroccan civil society? Master?s thesis in International Development Studies at Utrecht University, August 2011, p 79.
The views expressed in this article are the author?s own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Fulbright Program , Morocco World News, nor other affiliated organizations
Anna Jacobs graduated from the University of Virginia Phi Beta Kappa in 2010. She studied Foreign Affairs,Government, and French Language and Literature. She conducted research in 2009 in both Morocco and Algeria for her undergraduate thesis entitled ?Sub-Saharan Migration in the Maghreb: the reality of race in Morocco and Algeria.?
Over this weekend we'll be giving away FOUR completely free PC download games just to members of Playfire and Green Man Gaming.
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