Taking place as part of ISNR 2014

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, March 5th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Ministry of Interior, represented by the General Directorate of Civil Defense in Abu Dhabi, will be organizing the UAE International Fire-fighter Challenge 2014. The challenge will be one of the highlights of the International Exhibition for Security and National Resilience (ISNR Abu Dhabi 2014), which is set to take place on April 1-3, 2014 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC).

This first-of-its-kind event in the Middle East, Europe and Africa, is being organized by the UAE-based fire and rescue management firm,911 Occupational Safety and Fire Fighting Training. It will consist of a series of unique motivational competitions that test firefighters’ basic fitness skills, stamina and innovation, as well as their capacity to exchange know-how with their colleagues.

The competition will bring together the strongest and fastest firefight ... Read more »

TOKYO - Thursday, March 6th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) On March 4, 2014, Sony’s Remote control & TV Guide app "TV SideView" has conducted a full-scale renewal of the Android version. (TV SideView Version 2.3)

About TV SideView It is the second screen free app using smart phone, tablet, the VAIO. And it can easily remote control your Sony LCD TV ”Bravia”. (Now 2.8million downloads)

Supported OS

    Android 2.3 or later (Tablet 4.0 or later)
    iOS 6.0 or later
    For VAIO pre-installed with Windows 8.1 or later

TV SideView Official Website http://info.tvsideview.sony.net/en_ww/

Introducing TV SideView at YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SYSxqi7iIzI

Google Play (Download for FREE) http://info.tvsideview.sony.net/redirect/012_dl_googleplay.html

*This update is only for Android version

TV SideView version 2.3 renewal point!

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ME Newswire / Businesswire

Study Found Statistically Significant Reductions in OR Visits and Hospital Stay vs. Traditional V.A.C.® Therapy

SAN ANTONIO - Wednesday, March 5th 2014

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. today announced an independent, retrospective study published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery showed that adjunctive treatment with V.A.C. VeraFlo™ Therapy, using the V.A.C.Ulta™ Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System, demonstrated a statistically significant decrease in operating room (OR) visits, time to final surgical procedure and length of stay compared to traditional V.A.C.® Therapy.*

Negative pressure wound therapy has been proven to help promote wound healing, prepare the wound bed and manage infected wounds when combined with instillation of appropriate wound cleansers and topical solutions. The study results suggest that adding instillation therapy to negative pressure wound therapy enhances its effectiveness.

"Thus far, this i ... Read more »