Research and Markets: Analysis of the Personal Care Chemicals Market in Brazil
Posted: March 26, 2012 at 8:25 pm
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0aabea17/analysis_of_the_pe) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "Analysis of the Personal Care Chemicals Market" to their offering.
This research provides analysis of the personal care chemicals market in Brazil regarding to surfactants, fragrances, emollients, UV filters, propellents, and polymer compounds. The base year is 2011, and the forecast period is 2011 to 2018. The Brazilian personal care industry has an attractive scenario due to fast growth rates. The increasing number of consumers, from an emerging middle class, has expanded the market. Brazil is expected to become the main world supplier of green chemicals ingredients; yet the country is already the third-largest market for personal care products in the world. Brazil is the leading market for deodorants and fragrances, and the second-largest for sunscreen products.
Key Questions This Study Will Answer:
Is the personal care chemicals market growing, how long will it continue to grow, and at what rate?
What are the current and future market trends? Are the existing competitors structured correctly to meet customer needs?
Will these companies and products continue to exist or will they get acquired by other companies? Will the products become features in other markets?
Are the products offered today meeting customer needs, or is additional development needed?
Key Topics Covered:
Market Overview
Total Personal Care Chemicals Market
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Super Sprowtz to Offer Virtual Piggy as Secure E-Commerce Solution for Online Checkout
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PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Virtual Piggy, Inc. (OTCBB: VPIG.OB - News), an innovator in safe-online youth purchasing, today announced that they have entered into an agreement to provide their e-commerce service tochildrens education and entertainment media company Super Sprowtz, LLC.
Super Sprowtzs range of educational multi-media products including, plush toys, books, video games and apps will be available to purchase through their website using Virtual Piggy as a payment option which is fully compliant with the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
Adding Virtual Piggy to our payment options helps our customers have a healthy balanced checkbook, said Super Sprowtz Founder and CEO Radha Agrawal. Being able to offer our young customers a way to purchase items on our site that is fully COPPA compliant is really important to us.
Virtual Piggys unique and secure payment method prompts children to enter their username and password and if their purchase matches the parameters their parents set up for them, the payment goes through without them having to enter any personal information.
We are very excited to add Super Sprowtz to our growing list of online retail partners, said Jo Webber, Virtual Piggy CEO and Founder. Weve been strategically aligning ourselves with companies that share our goal of trying to improve families quality of life through entertainment and education.
Super Sprowtz teaches kids about healthy eating, fitness and sustainability, using innovative programs and advanced methodologies to transform the eating, exercise and nutrition habits of children.
About Virtual Piggy, Inc.
Virtual Piggy, Inc. is the first e-commerce solution that enables kids to manage and spend money within a parent-controlled environment. The technology company delivers online security platforms designed for the Under 18 age group in the global online market, and also enables online businesses the ability to function in a manner consistent with the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and similar international childrens privacy laws. Virtual Piggy enables the Under 18 audience to play, transact and socialize in a secure online environment guided by parental permission, oversight and control. The company is based in Philadelphia, PA and on the Web at: http://www.virtualpiggy.com
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Santa Rosa education tech firm celebrates milestone
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Democrasoft, Inc. (OTC: Pinksheets: DEMO) announced two significant milestones this month for its flagship online education platform, Collaborize Classroom.
The Santa Rosa-based company reported that there have been 20,000 Collaborize Classrooms created by teachers worldwide, with 1.5 million individual lessons delivered to students via the online platform.
The platform has steadily gained popularity since its launch in January of 2011.
Collaborize Classroom has quickly become part of a worldwide effort to adapt education to the 21st century needs of students everywhere, said Richard Lang, company CEO, in a written release.
The free online platform allows teachers to have secure conversations and share materials and lesson plans through any Internet browser or Web-enabled Apple device. There are currently 2,500 lesson topics on the site.
The platform has experienced a 25 percent average growth rate since launch. Democrasoft, in its 20th year, offers a number of proprietary social media platforms for nonprofits, companies and schools.
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California State University officials chose to bar enrollment for all but a relative handful of students in the spring 2013 semester, a move meant to stave off further tuition hikes in the financially strained system.
The number of students admitted in spring 2013 will be in the hundreds, all currently in community colleges and through the Student Transfer Agreement Reform Act, also known as Senate Bill 1440. Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park is among the handful of campuses that will accept those students, along with Cal State campuses in San Francisco, Chico, Fullerton, the East Bay, Channel Islands, Los Angeles and San Bernardino.
Having already taken a $750 million budget cut for the current fiscal year, the 23-campus CSU system said it could face another $200 million reduction for fiscal 2013 if California voters do not approve applicable tax measures on the November ballot.
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Pearson to Host Higher Education Technology Leaders at Cite 2012
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DENVER, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Pearson today announced the details of its 13th annual Cite higher education technology conference. The four-day event brings together more than 500 leaders for a dialogue on best practices in online and blended learning.
Cite 2012 will be held April 10-13 at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando. Representatives from more than 100 public and private institutions and community colleges are expected to attend.
"Technology is playing an increasingly important role in education, with more than six million students now taking at least one online course. Pearson's Cite conference is a tremendous opportunity for higher education technology leaders to both share their knowledge and innovations in instruction and learning, and to learn new ideas from their colleagues about how to improve their courses and programs," said Matt Leavy, CEO of Pearson eCollege.
"Innovative technologies continue to transform higher education. Our annual Cite conference is a forum for education leaders who are focused on delivering highly successful online programs to engage in a dialogue about innovations in learning," said Don Kilburn, Vice Chairman of Pearson Higher Education and CEO of Pearson Learning Solutions.
This year's program features 60 breakout sessions, workshops and interactive exhibits on topics such as data analytics to improve instruction and student achievement; trends in social media, eTextbooks and mobile learning; best practices for online courses and programs; and delivering effective student services.
Keynote speakers include:
For more information about Cite 2012, visit http://www.pearsoncite.com.
About Pearson
Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global reach and market-leading businesses in education, business information and consumer publishing (NYSE: PSO - News). The company provides innovative print and digital education materials, including personalized learning programs such as MyLab/Mastering; educational services including custom publishing; and content-independent platforms including the EQUELLA digital repository and Pearson LearningStudio online learning platform.
Media contact: Susan Aspey, susan.aspey@pearson.com or (800) 745-8489
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Ben Greenfield: 5 Pilates Myths
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What do Gwyneth Paltrow, Madonna and many seven-foot-tall professional basketball players have in common? They all do Pilates. If you have no clue what Pilates is, or need a reminder, check out my article "What Is Pilates?"
Although I'm a fan of anything that helps you live an active, healthy lifestyle, there are plenty of myths and misconceptions floating around about Pilates, kind of like with yoga. Here are the five most popular Pilates myths:
Myth 1: Pilates Is a Good Way to Lose Weight
In the article "Does Yoga Burn Calories," you learn about several studies that have shown yoga to be relatively ineffective in directly burning calories or causing significant weight loss. While Pilates has definite benefits, its strongest suit is certainly not weight loss. A 2006 study found that body weight and body fat was not significantly affected in adult females using a regular Pilates routine, and a 2004 study found that Pilates does help improve flexibility, but does not significantly affect body composition, even after six months of training. So when it comes to pure calorie burning and fat loss, running on a treadmill, riding a bike or lifting weights will be more effective than Pilates.
But because Pilates does such a good job strengthening your core, reducing risk of injury and improving your flexibility, it will help keep you from getting sidelined with an injury -- which means you can work out more consistently. You may also be more likely to exercise in other ways, since you often find yourself visiting a gym or a health club to take Pilates class.
Myth 2: Pilates Is Only for Women
Because it does a good job strengthening lower abdominal and pelvic muscles that are important for a woman's childbearing, reproductive and urinary function, or because it doesn't involve heavy steel, grunting or large amounts of weight, Pilates is often perceived as a "women's only" activity.
But nothing could be further from the truth. Firstly, Pilates was invented by a man (Joseph Pilates). Secondly, plenty of male athletes (including yours truly) use Pilates moves as a perfect complement to weight training and cardio. Want more proof? How about Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, Hugh Grant and many other male athletes and celebrities? They use Pilates to maintain core strength, flexibility and function.
Myth 3: You Need Special Machines for Pilates
It's true that one type of Pilates workout requires the use of special machines -- those strange-looking contraptions with unusual names like the Reformer, the Cadillac and the Wunda chair. These collections of springs, bars, pulleys and straps can give you a productive workout, but they're not completely necessary, because there is another type of Pilates that is done on a simple mat.
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For veterans suffering from PTSD, yoga and meditation bring peace of mind
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MIAMI One week into his second tour of duty, U.S. Marines Sgt. Hugo Patrocinio was wounded by a suicide bomber who drove a dump truck stocked with 1,000 pounds of explosives into a house in Anbar, on the outskirts of Fallujah. He had been attacked before, hurt before, but this time Patrocinio was just 20 feet from the explosion.
He would eventually recover from the wounds - the shrapnel in his foot and leg, the severe concussion - but the psychological injuries lingered. His nights were soon crowded with re-runs of the bombing that injured 10 other platoon members. Often, he didn't sleep at all, tormented by searing memories of friends killed in the war. He was angry, prone to headaches and mood swings, one of thousands of soldiers returning from Iraq or Afghanistan suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, one of the masked casualties of war.
In the 18 months of Patrocinio's spiral, he eventually turned to yoga after learning about it during group therapy as a way to quiet the inner noise. He found the discipline, the poses, the breathing - and especially, the stillness - worked to restore what had been taken that July in 2006.
"I didn't understand yoga but I knew it was helping somehow. I was in a horrible place, a fog," says Patrocinio, 29, who was awarded a Purple Heart for his military service. "There is no magic pill that can erase your past or what you have seen but the practice helps me to cope. Now I am not afraid to go to sleep."
Patrocinio is part of a wave of returning veterans - with thousands more expected as the United States continues its military pullouts from two decade-long wars - who are embracing yoga as a calming therapy. For many, it is a companion medical treatment, to ease the symptoms of post-traumatic stress on the mind and body. For others, it is simply a way to relieve the stress of reintegrating. Some are turning to the poses and deep breathing of yoga. Others to the quiet of meditation.
"Through yoga or tai chi or some other discipline, the vet can create a space of calm. And that is a place that the brain can return to when faced with a trigger," said David Frankel, executive director of Connected Warriors, a nonprofit offering free weekly yoga sessions to veterans and their families in South Florida. "More than anything, the vet returning from a trauma needs a sense of peace."
Faced with a growing national health crisis, military officials and the medical community are exploring other methods to help treat psychologically wounded soldiers. Between 11 and 20 percent of veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have PTSD, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
In 2005, the U.S. Department of Defense conducted a narrow feasibility study at the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center on the effectiveness of Yoga Nidra, an ancient meditative practice, on soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with PTSD symptoms. After eight weeks, all the participants' symptoms were reduced. Buoyed by the results, research was expanded to several VA hospitals and centers, including the Miami VA where a study of meditation was conducted on veterans. The local study has been completed but not yet published. The program used in the study, eventually renamed Integrative Restoration or iRest, was added to the weekly treatment for soldiers at dozens of centers across the nation.
"The program provides them body relaxation and breathing exercises that are tools for managing the emotions, the memories, the cognitive thoughts that come with war," said Richard Miller, a clinical psychologist who served as a consultant and advisor to the DOD study. "It helps to build a deep inner resource that they can call back on for stability."
At the Red Pearl Yoga studio in Fort Lauderdale, veterans - including Patrocinio - who served in wars from Vietnam to Afghanistan spend an hour on Thursdays lying on green yoga mats staring towards the ceiling. The walls are deep red, and the air is warm and still, the afternoon sun shielded by bamboo blinds.
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