EAST SYRACUSE, New York, September 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company Climbs Three Spots in Overall Ranking of Technical Strength

PPC, a global manufacturer of connector technology for the cable TV, satellite, wireless and telecommunications industries, rose to the number two spot for industry impact among the top 35 most innovative companies in the United States, according to the Industrial Components and Fixtures Patent Scorecard published August 19, 2008, in the Wall Street Journal.

VIENNA, Austria and FLORENCE, Italy, September 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Mikhail Gorbachev Will Present the Prize at the WOMEN'S WORLD AWARDS 2008

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The WORLD AWARDS Association, presided by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mikhail Gorbachev, today announced the first WOMEN'S WORLD AWARDS winner for 2008: Ingrid Betancourt, 46, the former Columbian presidential candidate, kidnapped in 2002 by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) and held captive in the Columbian jungle for six and a half years, will receive the WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD 2008.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, September 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Update on the Regulatory Strategy for Belinostat in PTCL

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, September 5 /PRNewswire/ --

TopoTarget A/S (OMX: TOPO) announced that a positive reply from the FDA was received on a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) for a phase III trial for belinostat in PTCL (Peripheral T-Celle Lymphoma). This pivotal trial is to enrol approximately 120 patients and is to begin in Q4 2008. In June Fast Track designation was granted for the development of belinostat in this indication which supports TopoTarget's rapid market entry strategy. There is currently no standard therapy approved for PTCL.

HITCHIN, England, September 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The 'Impact of Flu in the Workplace' conference is bringing together, for the first time, leading experts from occupational health, medicine and the NHS to review the value of flu vaccination undertaken by employers as well as providing an update on related issue such as the overall risk of pandemic flu and its impact to the UK workforce.

ROSEAU, Commonwealth of Dominica, September 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuftec Limited, the proprietor of a new, highly successful technology producing greener fuel (the original nano-particulate cerium oxide fuel catalyst previously sold by Oxonica as Envirox(TM)), announced today that the High Court successfully upheld Neuftec's license rights in the face of a claim brought by Oxonica Energy Limited. Oxonica Energy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oxonica PLC, the Aim-listed Oxford University spin-out, chaired by former Dragon's Den TV star Richard Farleigh. Since 2002 Envirox(TM) has represented approximately 95% of Oxonica PLC's sales.

ROUSSET, France, September 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Institute of Embedded Systems, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Personalizes CAP for UWB Applications

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) and the Institute of Embedded Systems (InES), Zurich University of Applied Sciences, announced today the availability of an Ultra Wideband (UWB) transceiver that InES has implemented by personalizing Atmel's AT91CAP9S Customizable Microcontroller. The CAP(TM) implements the logic of the UWB Media Access Controller (MAC) in its metal programmable block, driven by software running on the embedded ARM926EJ-S(TM) processor.

NEW YORK, September 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- US$50 Million Launch of Financial Social Network Meettheboss.com Will Change the way we do Business

NEW YORK, September 5 /PRNewswire/ --

The financial services community is facing bad news. Its institutions are creaking, its belief is crumbling, and regulation is getting tighter. Finally, there is a silver lining.

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A new website is being launched for the financial services community, and it stands to change the way executives communicate, forever.

LUGANO, Switzerland, September 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The 33rd ESMO Congress in Stockholm, the premier European congress in Oncology, serves as a meeting place for medical oncologists, as well as a focal point to exchange ideas with colleagues from other disciplines.

The Congress Centre will be the venue for interdisciplinary interaction, a teaching ground, and a place to discuss critical issues for European oncology such as cancer research in Europe, the training of young oncologists and better integration of medical oncology with other specialties and patient advocacy groups.

LONDON, September 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Doctors need to pay special attention to people with migraine with aura as they could be at increased risk of stroke or heart attack, a London conference heard today (Friday 5 September).

Professor Tobias Kurth, a leading neuroepidemiologist from Harvard Medical School, USA, has found the links between migraine with aura and cardiovascular events are now so strong that GPs need to take them seriously.

Unlike the social sciences, which are overwhelmingly women, and life sciences, which are about 50-50, the hard sciences have a true gender disparity and the search is always on for reasons why.

Most parents and many teachers believe that if middle-school and high-school girls show no interest in science or math, there's little anyone can do about it but new research indicates that self-confidence instilled by parents and teachers is more important for young girls than their initial interest.

While interest is certainly a factor in getting older girls to study and pursue a career in these disciplines, more attention should be given to building confidence in their abilities early in their education, says University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Distinguished Professor Nadya Fouad. She is one of the authors of a three-year study aimed at identifying supports and barriers that steer girls toward or away from science and math during their education.

It's a high-priority question for members of organizations like the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Research Council as they ponder how to improve the numbers of women in STEM careers – science, technology, engineering and math.