SAN DIEGO, CA, March 06, 2019 (NewMediaWire) -- RF Industries, Ltd, (NASDAQ: RFIL), a national manufacturer and marketer of interconnect products and systems, today announced it has been invited to present at the following investor conferences in March 2019:2nd Annual LD Micro Virtual ConferenceWednesday, March 13th at 7:30 am PTwww.ldmicro.com31st Annual ROTH ConferenceMonday, March 18th at 3:30 pm PTFireside chat (webcast available)The Ritz Carlton, Laguna NiguelRF Industries President and CEO Robert Dawson, and CFO Mark Turfler, will present and host one-on-one meetings with investors at the ROTH Conference. Meetings can be scheduled through ROTH or through MKR, RF Industries’ investor relations firm.To access a live webcast or replay of the presentations at these conferences, visit the investor relations section of the company’s website at www.rfindustries.com.About RF IndustriesRF Industries designs and manufactures a broad range of interconnect products across diversified, growing markets including wireless/wireline telecom, data communications and industrial. The Company's products include RF connectors, coaxial cables, wire harnesses, fiber optic cables and custom cabling. The Company is headquartered in San Diego, California with operations in New York and Connecticut. Please visit the RF Industries website at www.rfindustries.com.Contacts: RF Industries Mark Turfler SVP/CFO (858) 549‑6340 rfi@rfindustries.com MKR Investor Relations Inc. Todd Kehrli Analyst/Investor Contact (323) 468-2300 rfil@mkr-group.com

Study Highlight: Middle-school children in New York City were less likely to be absent from school after they became more physically fit, particularly for girls attending schools in high poverty neighborhoods. Embargoed until 3 p.m. ET/4 p.m. CT Wed., March 6, 2019 (NewMediaWire) - March 06, 2019 - HOUSTON - Increasing physical fitness among middle-school children attending schools in New York City was associated with decreasing absenteeism from school, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2019, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in population-based cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians. “In a previous study we found a strong relationship between middle schoolers’ health-related fitness improvement and school absenteeism reduction. In this study, we looked specifically at whether the fitness-absenteeism relationship changed in middle schoolers exposed to different types of poverty,” said study author Emily D'Agostino, Dr.P.H., M.S., M.Ed., M.A., senior researcher and epidemiologist, Miami-Dade County Dept of Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces in Miami, Florida. “We found that children who started the study as chronically absent were no longer missing enough school to be at high risk for the negative factors associated with chronic absenteeism, such as substance abuse, increased rates of teen pregnancy or juvenile delinquency,” D’Agostino said. “We saw the biggest improvements for youth attending schools in high poverty neighborhoods and in girls attending schools with a high proportion of students qualifying for free/reduced-price school meals.” Researchers studied available information on more than 360,000 6th through 8th graders in public schools within the five boroughs of New York City over a seven-year period, all of whom received annual physical fitness assessments. Of that group, 67 percent were black or Hispanic, 51 percent were male, and 69 percent qualified for free or reduced-price school lunches. Poverty was assessed by individual student household income, percent of students qualifying for free/reduced-price school meals and/or by neighborhood statistics. Although all students showed reductions in absenteeism if they had improvements in fitness, boys and girls experiencing high poverty in their home, school and/or neighborhood experienced a dose-response relationship between being more fit and being less likely to be absent from school. Girls in high-poverty neighborhoods experienced the greatest reduction in absenteeism – an 11 percent improvement in attendance a year after they had a large increase in physical fitness. The findings point to the need for more research looking at interventions that might help all children and teens – particularly those exposed to poverty – to improve their fitness and how those interventions impact absenteeism. The American Heart Association recommends providing all students with 150 minutes per week of physical education in elementary schools and 225 minutes per week in middle schools and high schools. Co-authors are: Sophia E. Day, M.A.; Kevin J. Konty, Ph.D.; and Katarzyna Wyka, Ph.D. Author disclosures are on the abstract. This study did not receive outside funding. Additional Resources: Multimedia including AHA volunteer expert, Penny M. Kris-Etherton, PhD, RDN, LDN, FAHA, offers perspective (via Zoom). Download and transcript available on the right side of the release link https://newsroom.heart.org/news/improving-physical-fitness-strongly-linked-to-lower-absenteeism-for-new-york-city-middle-schoolers?preview=cb07f38c568582b2ef3ba975e6231b5b How Can I Help My Child Be More Physically Active For more news from AHA EPI Lifestyle Conference 2019, follow us on @HeartNewsTwitter #EPILifestyle19. Statements and conclusions of study authors that are presented at American Heart Association scientific meetings are solely those of the study authors and do not necessarily reflect association policy or position. The ...

Study Highlights: Even in middle age, adding healthy plant foods such as whole grains, fruits and vegetables to your diet may reduce the risk of death from heart disease and other causes. In contrast, adding less healthy plant-based foods such as sugary beverages, potatoes, refined grains and sweets may increase the risk. Embargoed until 3 p.m. CT/ 4 p.m. ET, Wednesday, March 6, 2019 (NewMediaWire) - March 06, 2019 - HOUSTON - As long as you don’t count French fries and soda as healthy choices, it’s never too late to increase your longevity and cut your risk of heart disease death by adding fruits and vegetables to your diet, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2019, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in population based cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians. “Not all plant-based diets are equal, but boosting the intake of high-quality plant-based foods over time lowers the risk of death even among people who started off with poor-quality diets,” said Megu Y. Baden, M.D., Ph.D., lead author of the study and postdoctoral research fellow in the department of nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston. Previous studies have shown that eating a high-quality plant-based diet can reduce the risk of diabetes and heart disease, but this is the first to look at how positive or negative changes in diet may influence a person’s risk of dying – no matter where they started. In the current study, researchers developed three diet scales that took into account the overall consumption of plant-based foods, the consumption of healthful plant-based foods (such as whole grains, fruits, vegetables and nuts), and the consumption of lower-quality plant-based foods (such as fruit juices, refined grains, potatoes and sweets). The study included 47,983 women (average age 64 years) participating in the Nurses’ Health Study and 25,737 men (average age 64 years) participating in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study. None had a history of heart disease or cancer when they entered the study in 1998. Using dietary reports, participants were assessed on changes in their diet over the 12 years prior to entering the study. Compared to those who had fairly stable diets, during a 12-year follow-up period (1998-2014) the researchers found that deaths from all causes were: 8 percent lower in those with the biggest increase in an overall plant-based diet; 10 percent lower in those with the biggest increase in a healthy plant-based diet; 11 percent higher in those with the biggest increase in an unhealthy plant-based diet. A 10-point increase in score on the healthy plant-based diet scale (which can be achieved for example by replacing 1 serving/day intake of refined grains with whole grains, increasing fruit intake by 1 serving/day and vegetable intake by 1 serving/day, and decreasing sugary beverage intake by 1 serving/day) was associated with a 10 percent lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease, while a 10-point increase in score on the unhealthy plant-based diet scale was associated with a 6 percent high risk of cardiovascular-disease death. “Over a period of time, consuming more whole grains, fruits, vegetables, while decreasing your intake of refined grains, sweets and desserts, and animal foods such as animal fat meat, and miscellaneous animal-based foods, may lower your risk of death from heart disease and other causes,” Baden said. Results were adjusted for several factors, including age, race, initial diet score, body mass index, weight change, family history of diabetes, heart attack, or cancer, heart disease risk factors, medications, menopausal status and hormone use, initial and changes in smoking and other lifestyle influences, and weight change. Because the study was not a randomized trial, it cannot prove a cause-and-effect relationship between the dietary changes and the risk of death. Although there is no reason to think that consuming ...

Barcelona, SPAIN - (NewMediaWire) - March 06, 2019 - A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by Martin Peronnet, General Manager of Monaco Telecom and Weiliang Shi, General Manager of Huawei France during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This new strategic partnership aims to accelerate deployment of “Smart City” services in the Principality, in line with the “5G Smart Nation” project decided by Monaco. Specifically, Monaco Telecom and Huawei will work closely together to develop technology and marketing solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data and the cloud in order to offer a wide range of services for the benefit of Monaco residents.In particular, Monaco Telecom will be able to rely on Huawei's 5G and NB-IoT networks deployed in the Principality of Monaco and on the test Cloud platform based in Dusseldorf in Germany, the next step consisting to deploy a dedicated platform in the Principality.The agreement is following the global partnership initiated in 2012 between the Monaco operator and Huawei which has already allowed the launch of the first fixed 1Gpbs service in the world in 2016 and mobile in 2017. In September 2018, the two companies signed an agreement to make Monaco the first country fully covered by the 5G.“Huawei is a historical technology partner of Monaco Telecom. This new agreement is a new step for our cooperation. We are very proud to help develop new major technological innovations serving businesses and Monaco residents to make the Principality a truly 5G ‘Smart’ Nation,” said Weiliang Shi, General Manager of Huawei France.“We are particularly pleased that Huawei continues to choose Monaco to deploy its latest technologies. The Principality is ground for innovation, which is now leading its digital transformation. It is very important to be able to rely on our major partners to succeed at this stage and offer high-performance services to residents, to the businesses, and to Government services,” said Martin Péronnet, General Manager of Monaco Telecom.MWC 2019 runs from February 25 to February 28 in Barcelona, Spain. Huawei showcases its products and solutions at booth 1H50 in Fira Gran Via Hall 1, booth 3I30 in Hall 3, the Innovation City zone in Hall 4, booth 7C21 and 7C31 in Hall 7. For more information, please visit http://carrier.huawei.com/en/events/mwc2019John Leung John.leung@wmglobal.com