MELBOURNE, Australia, October 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Quintiq, a leading provider of Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) solutions, today announced that Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal Pty Ltd. (DBCT P/L) has chosen Quintiq to provide a purpose-built APS solution to optimise its current capacity capabilities and support projected expansion over the next decade. Quintiq will implement the Quintiq Application Suite to fit DBCT's specific bulk commodities planning and scheduling needs and integrate with DBCT P/L's other IT systems.

Honey may reduce healing times in patients suffering mild to moderate burn wounds., according to a systematic review by Cochrane Library Researchers who concluded that honey might be useful as an alternative to traditional wound dressings in treating burns.

Honey has been used in wound treatment since ancient times. The mechanism of action is unclear. While honey may help the body remove dead tissue and provide a favourable environment for the growth of new, healthy tissue, current interest in medicinal honey focuses largely on its antibacterial effects.

Recent studies indicate that infusing hearts with stem cells taken from bone marrow could improve cardiac function after myocardial infarction - tissue damage that results from a heart attack. But in a recent systematic review, Cochrane Researchers concluded that more clinical trials are needed to assess the effectiveness of stem cell therapies for heart patients, as well as studies to establish how these treatments work.

In a heart attack, blocked arteries can cut off the blood supply to areas of heart tissue. This leads to myocardial infarction - severe tissue damage caused by lack of oxygen, which is transported in the blood.

New research provides support for the use of St. John’s wort extracts in treating major depression - Cochrane Systematic Review backs up previous research that showed the plant extract is effective in treating mild to moderate depressive disorders.

Extracts of the plant Hypericum perforatum, commonly known as St. John’s wort, have long been used in folk medicine to treat depression and sleep disorders. The plant produces a number of different substances that may have anti-depressive properties, but the whole extract is considered to be more effective.

There is no evidence probiotics can relieve the symptoms of eczema and there is evidence that they may occasionally cause infections and gut problems. These findings from The Cochrane Library come at a time when use of probiotics to treat eczema is increasing.

Eczema is an itchy skin condition that affects more than 1 in 20 people at some time in their lives and is especially common in children. Its cause is complex and not well understood, but sufferers do have different bacteria in their guts compared to unaffected people. Consequently, some nutritionists have suggested that eating live gut-dwelling bacteria, such as those found in probiotic yogurts and some infant formulas, could be beneficial.

Scientists at the University of Leicester, where genetic 'fingerprinting' was invented by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, say they are developing techniques which may one day allow police to work out someone’s surname from DNA alone.

Research by Turi King has shown that, unsurprisingly, men with the same British surname are highly likely to be genetically linked even in today's multicultural world. The results of her research have implications in the fields of forensics, genealogy, epidemiology and the history of surnames.

On Wednesday 8th October Dr King will present the key findings of her Ph.D. research in which she recruited over two and a half thousand men bearing over 500 different surnames to take part in the study. Carried out in Professor Mark Jobling’s lab, Dr Turi King’s research involved exploring this potential link between surname and Y chromosome type.

With the MLB League Championship Series beginning this week,  Twenty-six teams are wondering what it takes to reach the "final four" of baseball which leads to the World Series.  The Red Sox, Rays, Phillies and Dodgers understand its not just money and luck.  Over 162 games, it usually comes down to the fundamentals of baseball: pitching, hitting and catching.  That sounds simple enough.  So, why can't everyone execute those skills consistently?  Why do pitchers struggle with their control?  Why do batters strike out?  Why do fielders commit errors?  It turns out Yogi Berra was right when he said, "Baseball is 90% mental, and the other half is physical."  In this three part series, each skill will be broken down into its cognitive sub-tasks and you may be surprised at the complexity that such a simple game requires of our brains.

ANTONY, France, October 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Stallergenes S.A. today announced that they have entered into an exclusive agreement with Catalent for the promotion and distribution in Europe of adrenaline autoinjector, ADREFLEX(R), co-developed and co-manufactured by Catalent and The Medical House PLC.

ADREFLEX(R) consists of a syringe pre-filled with adrenaline, which will be available for adult and paediatric use (0.3 and 0.15 mg), in an autoinjector device. The Medical House has designed this totally new device to improve the safety and the ease-of-use for patients.

PRINCETON, New Jersey, October 7 /PRNewswire/ --

Informex today announced that it will hold a Global Sourcing Summit for the Pharmaceutical Industry, November 10-11, at Princeton, New Jersey, USA. The two-day conference will address the next generation of operational and business strategies in the field of global pharmaceutical procurement. David Kinnear, President & CEO of the Global Sourcing Council, will chair the inaugural conference and host a panel of distinguished speakers with vision and insight into the future of global sourcing, including those from Johnson & Johnson, Bristol Myers Squibb, Genentech, Boehringer Ingelheim and Roche Molecular Diagnostics.

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 7 /PRNewswire/ -- When asked about the effect of the current financial crisis on currency markets, ACM Chief Market Analyst sounded very positive. From a trading perspective the "current crisis is actually bolstering our online trading activities" said Rosenstreich. "We are seeing a significant migration of investors, leaving the stock market and investing in the most appealing market of the moment; the Foreign Exchange Market.

Unlike any structured product, the FX spot market contains no hidden risk. Trading on the spot market implies buying or selling the so called "underlying" asset itself.