Washington, Apr. 19 : The Obama administration has decided to boycott a UN racism conference beginning on Monday, criticizing the language used for Israel and the West in the meeting''s final document.

US State Department Spokesman Robert Wood announced that despite improvements from an earlier draft, the changes in the final text do not address US concerns about anti-Israel and anti-Western bias.

The administration had lobbied hard for more revisions so that it could participate.

Washington, Apr. 19 : President Barack Obama is "deeply disappointed" by Iran''s sentencing of a US journalist, the White House has said.

An Iranian court has held Iranian-American freelancer Roxana Saberi guilty of spying, and awarded her an eight-year jail term.

The United States is demanding Saberi's release, and her lawyer will appeal against the sentence, Sky News reported.

The former beauty queen holds citizenship of Iran and the United States. Tehran, however, does not recognize dual nationality.

Washington, Apr 19 : University of Virginia researchers are developing wireless body sensors that monitor gait - a development that will reduce fall risk in elderly.

A new consortium of researchers from U. Va.''s School of Engineering, School of Medicine and Department of Psychology, in partnership with the U. Va. Institute on Aging''s Translational Research Consortium and AFrame Digital, Inc., a health monitoring and medical alert products company, will soon be providing the wearable sensors to residents of some area long-term care facilities.

Washington, Apr 19 : Scientists at University of Virginia have developed a computational model to examine the role of certain proteins in the development of Familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD), which affects people as young as 30.

Biomedical engineers Lydia S. Glaw and Thomas C. Skalak, Ph. D., of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, constructed the model to measure plaques and tangles and their influence in causing FAD.

Washington, April 19 : A new documentary debunks the myth that alcohol causes men to be violent to women.

The film features compelling stories from four survivors, and additional insights from professionals in domestic violence, substance abuse and policing.

The survivors featured in "Alcohol and Men''s Violence Against Women" hope that other women will not accept alcohol as an excuse for violence, or the suggestion that stopping drinking may render abuse history, from now on.

Washington, April 19 : Art students at Spelman College in Georgia, US, have developed an interactive board game to promote financial literacy, called ''Money Matters''.

They say that their interactive board game is aimed at giving teens real-world experience managing finances.

The game has been created for Youth Art Connection, an art program offered through the Boys and Girls Clubs of metro-Atlanta.