PARIS, September 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- SPIE Group Creates an Interactive Web Island Where the Game Gets Serious*

On an imaginary island 12 km long and 9 km wide, SPIE conjures up an entertaining, interactive environment illustrating all its business activities and setting new standards in the field. This engineering and services group has been developing a wide range of innovative e-communication features on the Internet for two years now. And the fully 3D virtual universe of MySPIE is its latest, multimedia communication tool.

To view the Multimedia News Release, please click: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/myspie/35112/

LONDON, September 24 /PRNewswire/ -- World Low Cost Airlines Congress 2008 - GuestLogix Inc. (TSX-V:GXI), the leading provider of on-board retail systems to the airline industry, today announced an agreement with Saudi Arabian Airlines Catering Company ("SAAC"), one of the largest airline caterers in the Middle East. The deal will result in GuestLogix' Mobile Virtual Store(TM) technology and platform being deployed on-board SAAC's airline customers in the region.

ARNHEM, The Netherlands, September 24 /PRNewswire/ -- ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consultancy, design, engineering and management services company, announced today that it has won several large infrastructure projects in Poland, with a total value for the company of approximately EUR 20 million. It concerns two road contracts, and two rail assignments. Up until 2013, Poland, supported by European Union funding, plans to invest approximately EUR28 billion in road and rail infrastructure.

Is there such a thing as 'math' dyslexia?

Daniel Ansari, an assistant professor and Canada Research Chair in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology at The University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, is using brain imaging to understand how children develop math skills, and what kind of brain development is associated with those skills.

Some children who experience mathematical difficulties have what has been termed developmental dyscalculia – a syndrome that is similar to dyslexia, a learning disability that affects a child's ability to read. Children with dyscalculia often have difficulty understanding the concept of numerical quantity. For example, they find it difficult to connect abstract symbols, such as a number, to the numerical magnitude it represents. They can't see the connection between five fingers and the number '5'.

BURTON ON TRENT, England, September 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading business communications specialists, Central Telecom has scooped 2 awards from Avaya, leader in communication systems, applications and services, at the recent Avaya Business Partner Conference held in Madrid.

The company, whose headquarters is in Burton-on-Trent and has regional offices in London and Guildford, won the coveted Avaya UK Enterprise Business Partners of the Year and EMEA Business Partner of the Year. They are the only UK Company to be awarded the Avaya UK Enterprise Business Partner of the Year for the third year in succession and the first UK Company to win both awards together.

NEW YORK, September 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Liberty Interoperable Event Features Full-Matrix and eGovernment Profile Testing as Global Demand for Interoperable Identity Solutions Continues to Grow

No matter where you are on the political spectrum, says a new Northwestern University study in the Journal of Research in Personality, you're motivated by fear.

Political conservatives worry about fear of chaos and absence of order while political liberals operate out of a fear of emptiness, they say.

How did they arrive at those conclusions?

Masdar, Abu Dhabi's program to develop sustainable solutions to meet the world's future energy demand, has established an international awards program designed to recognize innovation and leadership in the global search for future energy solutions -- the Zayed Future Energy Prize.

The Zayed Future Energy Prize recognizes individuals, organizations, companies and NGOs who are advancing innovation in the field of clean energy and sustainable development. A jury of international experts chaired by Nobel Laureate Dr. R.K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, will choose one winner and two finalists for the prize.

Are drinks like Red Bull and other 'energy' beverages making caffeine a gateway drug? Johns Hopkins scientists who have spent decades researching the effects of caffeine say that is the case, and they report that a slew of caffeinated energy drinks now on the market should carry prominent labels that note caffeine doses and warn of potential health risks for consumers.

Roland Griffiths, Ph.D., one of the authors of an article that appears in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence this month, says most of these drinks advertise their products as performance enhancers and stimulants – a marketing strategy that may put young people at risk for abusing even stronger stimulants such as the prescription drugs amphetamine and methylphenidate (Ritalin).

Caffeine intoxication, a recognized clinical syndrome included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases, is marked by nervousness, anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, gastrointestinal upset, tremors, rapid heartbeats (tachycardia), psychomotor agitation (restlessness and pacing) and in rare cases, death.