LONDON, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- East London Families Miss out on Services as Health Visitor Workforce 'in Crisis'

The possibility of tragedy is on the cards in Barking and Dagenham, following a steep decline in the number of health visitors, Unite the Union has warned.

Unite, the largest union in the country, says that with the health visitor vacancy rate running at 45%, hundreds of East London families are not receiving the support they deserve in one of the capital's most deprived boroughs.

FOLSOM, California, December 11 /PRNewswire/ -- ION Publications LLC, publisher of ScientificBlogging.com, (http://www.scientificblogging.com/) The world's premier online science community, has released its version 2.0.

ScientificBlogging.com (http://www.scientificblogging.com/) is the world's largest independent online science community and a place where world-class scientists, professionals and science enthusiasts alike contribute to writing science articles and blogs while facilitating discussions about physical science, earth science, biology, medicine, neuroscience and culture.

HAMBURG, Germany, December 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Olympus has further cemented its position as a leader in the field of minimally invasive surgery by signing an exclusive and immediate deal to distribute the products of Irish company Advanced Surgical Concepts worldwide. ASC is the sole global provider of ports for state-of-the-art laparoscopic operative techniques via a single access point - the patient's navel. Olympus is now the exclusive distributor for the full range of products involved.

WARSAW, Poland, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Poland has named Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation its Investor of the Year for 2008, for its efforts in the acquisition of the PZL Mielec factory and integrating it into a modernized, efficient facility. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).

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NEW YORK, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- First System Built Specifically for Money Laundering and Fraud Cases

A new tool for streamlining and automating financial crimes investigations gives financial institutions a centralized view of suspicious customer behavior, Fortent announced today with the launch of its Fortent Investigate product.

LOS ANGELES, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- KornFerryInstitute.com Goes Live

The Korn/Ferry Institute, the global leadership development and thought leadership think tank of Korn/Ferry International (NYSE: KFY), announced today the official launch of the Korn/Ferry Institute website.

The new site showcases the firm's entire library of thought leadership, including whitepapers, studies, videos, podcasts, webcasts and books, and will serve as the formal repository and home for all Korn/Ferry thought leadership, including those publications previously accessible on the corporate website, kornferry.com. The online professional community also provides a calendar of Korn/Ferry Institute events, conferences and leadership workshops.

LONDON, December 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Last night, Qatari Diar and Candy Candy held a public exhibition to display the amended design to their proposed multi-million pound development for the site of the former Chelsea Barracks.

An impressive turnout saw over 250 people attend the Royal Hospital Chelsea State Apartments to view the design of the planned tower block estate of over 600 flats.

There was a 'scale' model at the viewing which many thought did not accurately reflect the true scale of the project. The general feeling of those attending was expressed by some as the wool being pulled over our eyes.

LONDON, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

The 2008 Frost Sullivan EIA Technology Innovation of the Year Award in radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for public transportation is conferred upon Confidex Ltd. for its contactless ticket, commonly known as the 'Limited Use Ticket', which has been successfully deployed in the transportation industry.

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With its innovative Limited Use Ticket, Confidex has successfully extended the application of RFID to the public transportation realm, notes Frost Sullivan Research Analyst Yin Fern Ko. The tickets are designed to be flexible in public transportation applications, allowing for single, return, daily, weekly, monthly, and tourist tickets.

OSLO, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Appointment Enhances Algeta's Commercial Capabilities and Aims to Accelerate Further Development of Alpharadin in Advanced Prostate Cancer

Algeta ASA (OSE: ALGETA), the Norwegian cancer therapeutics company, announces that Mr. Andrew Kay has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer and will take up the role on 19 January 2009. Dr. Thomas Ramdahl will continue as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

LONDON, December 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe's leading provider of digital cinema technology, deployment and content today announced that it has signed agreements for 43 million euros of funding from pan-European services company Econocom and various private investors, together with a long term strategic partnership agreement with Arqiva Satellite Media for the satellite distribution of films and alternative content live events into European cinemas.