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UK High Court Makes Finding Of Invalidity In Qualcomm's 2G Patent Dispute With Nokia

UK High Court Makes Finding Of Invalidity In Qualcomm's 2G Patent Dispute With Nokia

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

SAN DIEGO, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

FDA Approves Aloxi(R) (Palonosetron HCl) Injection For Prevention Of Postoperative Nausea And Vomiting

FDA Approves Aloxi(R) (Palonosetron HCl) Injection For Prevention Of Postoperative Nausea And Vomiting

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

LUGANO, Switzerland, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Helsinn Healthcare SA, a Swiss pharmaceutical group, together with its partner Eisai Corporation of North America and Eisai's U.S. subsidiary, MGI Pharma, Inc., today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Aloxi(R) (palonosetron hydrochloride) injection for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) for up to 24 hours following surgery. Efficacy beyond 24 hours has not been demonstrated.

Startech Environmental Corp. Reports Strong 2007 Financials And Announces Strong Outlook

Startech Environmental Corp. Reports Strong 2007 Financials And Announces Strong Outlook

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

WILTON, Connecticut, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Startech Environmental Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: STHK), a fully reporting company and the internationally recognized, Award-winning environment and energy company announced today that its 2007 Year End Report, filed on schedule with the SEC, shows Shareholders' Equity in excess of US$4.4 million with approximately US$11.6 million in Cash on Hand, along with Plasma Converter Sales Bookings of approximately US$25 million.

The Company also announced the Annual Shareholders Meeting in May in its recent filing with the SEC.

Bioniche Pharma Chooses TrackWise For Its Deviation Control Solution

Bioniche Pharma Chooses TrackWise For Its Deviation Control Solution

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

HOLMDEL, New Jersey, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Sparta Systems, Inc. (Sparta), the maker of TrackWise,(R) and the market leader in enterprise quality and compliance management software, announced today that Bioniche Pharma, a leading developer and manufacturer of sterile injectable pharmaceutical and Medical Device products, deployed TrackWise to handle its critical quality management and compliance activities.

Given the complexity of the pharmaceutical field, companies face strict regulations that require stringent levels of accuracy. Deviations from validated and other processes can affect quality, and as a result, need to be recorded, assessed for product impact and investigated to determine root cause.

CQG Expands Trade Routing Of Cash Treasuries Through ICAP

CQG Expands Trade Routing Of Cash Treasuries Through ICAP

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

DENVER and NEW YORK, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

CQG, the premier analytics and order routing solution for global electronically-traded futures markets, today announced that it is increasing order routing capabilities by providing trading access directly from the CQG Integrated Client to ICAP's BrokerTec platform for existing BrokerTec clients transacting in U.S. Treasury benchmarks. ICAP's BrokerTec platform is recognized as the premier source of global electronic U.S. Treasury trading.

The Panda's Thumb has the latest deconstruction of Intelligent Design Insanity

The Panda's Thumb has the latest deconstruction of Intelligent Design Insanity

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

Biologist Ian Musgrave take ID promoter Jonathan Wells to task for trying to argue that a recent paper on the detailed mutations that take place in bacterial evolution of antibiotic resistance has nothing to do with - you guessed it, evolution! Selection? Mutation? Now what would that have to do with evolution?
Manpower Software Plc And PwC Working Together To Deliver MAPS Healthroster

Manpower Software Plc And PwC Working Together To Deliver MAPS Healthroster

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Manpower Software plc, a leading provider of workforce optimisation and electronic rostering solutions, and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), are delighted to announce the formation of a strategic alliance to deliver the benefits from implementing Manpower Software's MAPS Healthroster solution in the UK NHS.

The combined strength of PwC's NHS consultancy division and Manpower Software's market leading position in staff rostering will assist trusts to a speedy realisation of the benefits this electronic duty rostering solution can provide. PwC will provide a range of services in conjunction with the overall implementation of MAPS Healthroster, to help trusts realise the benefits from effective rostering of staff.

The History Of Ancient Medicine (Abstract)

The History Of Ancient Medicine (Abstract)

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

From Gods To Avicenna

Originating as divine and supernatural, Greek medicine changed and moved toward analysis and logical thinking during the period 800 B.C. to 460 C.E.

Thales (636-546 B.C.), philosopher and scientist, undertakes examination about the laws of nature and physics. He supposed that water (moisture) was the first element from which the world was formed.

Empedocles (Agrigento c.495- c.435 B.C.) philosopher and physician, who lived in Sicily, wrote “On Nature” and “On Purification“. Its system was based on the interaction of the four elements (fire, air, earth and water), called by him “rhizomata” (roots) under the influence of love and hate (attraction and repulsion). He studied circulation of the blood and atmospheric pressure, foreshadowed view of evolution. He was the founder of Italian medicine.
140 Year-Old Schwarz-Christoffel Math Problem Solved

140 Year-Old Schwarz-Christoffel Math Problem Solved

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

A problem which has defeated mathematicians for almost 140 years has been solved by a researcher at Imperial College London.

Professor Darren Crowdy, Chair in Applied Mathematics, has made the breakthrough in an area of mathematics known as conformal mapping, a key theoretical tool used by mathematicians, engineers and scientists to translate information from a complicated shape to a simpler circular shape so that it is easier to analyze.

This theoretical tool has a long history and has uses in a large number of fields including modelling airflow patterns over intricate wing shapes in aeronautics.

Mechel Announces Its Interest In Oriel Resources Company

Mechel Announces Its Interest In Oriel Resources Company

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

MOSCOW, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces its interest in acquiring Oriel Resources Plc (Oriel).

Mechel OAO is currently contemplating the acquisition of Oriel. This process is at an early stage and there can be no certainty that any offer will ultimately be forthcoming.

Oriel Resources Plc is a London-based chrome and nickel mining and processing company, which listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM: ORI) of the London Stock Exchange in March 2004 and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: ORL) in February 2005. Key assets of Oriel include: the Tikhvin smelter, the Voskhod chrome and the Shevchenko nickel projects.

Unite Reaction To Meetings Being Held This Week Between Energy Companies And The Government

Unite Reaction To Meetings Being Held This Week Between Energy Companies And The Government

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Unite national officer, Dougie Rooney says,

"The price increases that energy companies are imposing are plunging hundreds of thousands of new households into fuel poverty.

The Government must take tough action and levy a windfall tax unless energy companies are prepared to take genuine action to help the 4.5 million people living in fuel poverty."

Contact: Ciaran Naidoo +44-(0)7768-931-315

Study: Positron Emission Tomography Says Endorphins And

Study: Positron Emission Tomography Says Endorphins And "Runner's High" Not A Myth

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

Throughout the world, amateurs, experts and the media agree that prolonged jogging raises people's spirits. And many believe that the body’s own opioids, so called endorphins, are the cause of this. But in fact this has never been proved until now.

Researchers at the Technische Universität München and the University of Bonn succeeded to demonstrate the existence of an ‘endorphin driven runner’s high’. In an imaging study they were able to show, for the first time, increased release of endorphins in certain areas of the athletes' brains during a two-hour jogging session.

Study: Temperature Flux Of Global Warming Increased Plant Frost Damage

Study: Temperature Flux Of Global Warming Increased Plant Frost Damage

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

Widespread damage to plants from a sudden freeze that occurred across the Eastern United States from 5 April to 9 April 2007 was made worse because it had been preceded by two weeks of unusual warmth, according to an analysis published in BioScience.

The authors of the report, Lianhong Gu and his colleagues at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and collaborators at NASA, the University of Missouri, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, found that the freeze killed new leaves, shoots, flowers, and fruit of natural vegetation, caused crown dieback of trees, and led to severe damage to crops in an area encompassing Nebraska, Maryland, South Carolina, and Texas. Subsequent drought limited regrowth.

ROBODOC(R) Announces Patent Cross Licensing Agreement With IBM

ROBODOC(R) Announces Patent Cross Licensing Agreement With IBM

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

SACRAMENTO, California, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

ROBODOC, a Curexo Technology Company, and IBM announced today that they have entered into a major patent Cross licensing agreement. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed by either party.

In addition to its current surgical robotics patents, this agreement gives ROBODOC, access to more than 40,000 patents in IBM'S Global Portfolio and particularly, IBM's surgical robotics patents.

Aleris International, Inc. Announces Schedule For Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2007 Earnings Release And Conference Call

Aleris International, Inc. Announces Schedule For Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2007 Earnings Release And Conference Call

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

BEACHWOOD, Ohio, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Aleris International, Inc. will issue its fourth quarter and full year 2007 results before the market opens on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. That same day at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time Steven J. Demetriou, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Sean M. Stack, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call to discuss results.

The live conference call can be accessed by dialing 800-901-5217 or +1-617-786-2964 and referencing passcode 52887147 at least 10 minutes prior to the presentation, which will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time. In addition, the conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet at www.aleris.com.

Why Are Games Powerful? (part 2)

Why Are Games Powerful? (part 2)

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

After I saw that flaxseed oil probably affected my circle-game performance, I wondered how to make its effect clearer. One possibility was to change the input device. I was using the trackpoint on my Thinkpad to move the cursor; what about the touchpad? Might be a more natural task. So I played the game several times using the touchpad. I was a lot slower, presumably because in ordinary usage I’ve used the trackpoint.

I wondered: Could I get better on the touchpad? I made a little game to practice. Here is the initial screen.

Hughes At CeBIT 2008: Broadband Solutions And Managed Services

Hughes At CeBIT 2008: Broadband Solutions And Managed Services

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

GRIESHEIM, Germany, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company Will Showcase its HughesNet(R) Enterprise VPN Solutions

Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) announced today that its European operating unit is showcasing its comprehensive portfolio of HughesNet broadband solutions and managed services on March 4 - 9, 2008 at CeBIT 2008, booth E 33, Hall 13. Available continent-wide, the suite of HughesNet Managed Network Services means enterprises of all sizes can enjoy the benefits of high performance broadband connectivity at any number of locations, and including VPN solutions for optimized networks, high-availability networks and access continuity services.

VPIsystems' OnePlan(TM) To Optimize Sky Link's Wireless Network

VPIsystems' OnePlan(TM) To Optimize Sky Link's Wireless Network

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

HOLMDEL, New Jersey, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Leading Russian Wireless Service Provider Deploys OnePlan Network Resource Planning to Reduce Backhaul Expenses and Strengthen Network for Next Generation Services

Call it Wireless 2.0. Seeing their voice service revenues plateau, wireless service providers are bringing a new generation of data services to market in the hopes of invigorating subscriber revenue growth (ARPU). Launching those new services, however, requires providers to strike a perfect balance between adding sufficient backhaul support to ensure a superior quality of experience (QoE) for users and minimizing backhaul expenses to grow net revenue and not just ARPU.

CeBIT 2008: Microsoft Announcements Span From The Environment To The Enterprise

CeBIT 2008: Microsoft Announcements Span From The Environment To The Enterprise

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

HANNOVER, Germany, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Steve Ballmer discusses environmental sustainability efforts from Microsoft and general availability of enterprise products.

DuraHeart(TM) LVAS Receives Conditional Approval For US Pivotal Trial

DuraHeart(TM) LVAS Receives Conditional Approval For US Pivotal Trial

Mar 03 2008 | comment(s)

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Terumo Heart, Inc. announced today that they have received conditional approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin enrollment in the US Pivotal Trial of the DuraHeart (TM) LVAS for a Bridge-to-Transplant (BTT) indication.

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