HORSHAM, Pennsylvania, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Astea International Inc. (Nasdaq: ATEA), a leading provider of Service Lifecycle Management and Mobility software solutions today announced that Torex, the leading European-based global provider of software solutions to the extended retail marketplace, has selected Astea Alliance to manage the service of its solutions for the extended retail marketplace.

FRANKFURT, Germany, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Announcement of the European Summit European Procurement Excellence (EPE) 24th - 25th June 2008, Duesseldorf, Germany Maritim Hotel Duesseldorf Maritimplatz 1, 40474 Duesseldorf, Germany Summit Dates 24th June 2008: 9.30am - 7pm 25th June 2008: 9am - 4pm

For the third time, Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) from leading European companies will gather at the European Procurement Excellence (EPE) to exchange Best Practices. This year's EPE takes place in Duesseldorf from 24th to 25th June 2008 under the motto "Markets in Motion: New Opportunities for Cost Savings and Capturing Innovations."

ABBOTT PARK, Illinois, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Three of Four HUMIRA Patients from CHARM Study in Remission at One Year Maintained Remission at Two Years

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Seven Winners Share $3 Million in Prizes

The seven 2008 Dan David Prize laureates, including Al Gore and Sir Tom Stoppard, were recognized for their impact on the world at a ceremony held May 19 at Tel Aviv University. Israeli President Shimon Peres gave the keynote address.

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Laureates were selected based on their activities in the three time dimensions of past, present and future.

Sharing the $1 million prize in the field of Creative Rendering of the Past - Literature, Theater, Film are filmmaker Atom Egoyan, author Amos Oz and playwright Stoppard.

It is no exaggeration to call evolution “the central concept of biology.” So why is the fact of evolution denied by half of our population? A new article in PLoS Biology by Michael Berkman, Julianna Pacheco, and Eric Plutzer suggests it might be on account of their lack of education at the high school level. Since only ~25% of the US population obtains a college degree, it is the duty of high school teachers to provide a proper scientific education to our citizens. Model high school curriculum guidelines provided by the National Science Teachers Association, the National Research Council, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, strongly suggest that teachers “provide evidence that evolution has attained its status as a unifying theme in science.”

YOKNEAM, Israel and PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pennsylvania, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- The New Best Practice Statements Were Presented at the AUA Annual Meeting Being Held in Orlando, Florida

Galil Medical, a global leader in cryotherapy, announced today that the American Urological Association has introduced clinical guidelines with best practice statements for prostate cryotherapy. The guidelines state that cryoablation is a treatment option for men with clinically confined prostate cancer of any grade and that salvage cryoablation is a treatment option in men who have failed radiation therapy.

The description of an ancient amphibian that millions of years ago swam in quiet pools and caught mayflies on the surrounding land in Texas has set to rest one of the greatest current controversies in vertebrate evolution. The discovery was made by a research team led by scientists at the University of Calgary.

The examination and detailed description of the fossil, Gerobatrachus hottoni (meaning Hotton’s elder frog), proves the previously disputed fact that some modern amphibians, frogs and salamanders evolved from one ancient amphibian group called temnospondyls.

“The dispute arose because of a lack of transitional forms. This fossil seals the gap,” says Jason Anderson, assistant professor, University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and lead scientist in the study.

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Biotherm Technologie AG, a Swiss-based corporation, supplies a process which produces diesel fuel and heating oil from used plastics and waste or bilge oil. The diesel is of gas station quality and meets Europe's EN 590 norm. For this innovative technology the company expects a major new market from Japan's commercial shipping fleet, which is one of the world's largest.

HOUSTON, Texas, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Web Application Delivery Powerhouses Form Global Strategic Partnership to Provide End-to-End Application Delivery Solution

MILAN, Italy and FREMONT, California, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Silicon Valley and Canada Presence Expanding Customer Reach Outside Europe as Part of Accent's Strategic Growth Plan - ASIC and IP Veteran Graeme Finlayson Joining Accent as the New SVP of WW Sales

Accent S.A., a leading fabless ASIC provider offering highly differentiated design and turnkey services for state-of-the-art SoC silicon solutions, today announced the opening of its North America operations, with new office locations in the Silicon Valley (USA) and in Ottawa (Canada). At the same time Graeme Finlayson has joined Accent's executive team as the new VP of WW Sales.