RESTON, Virginia, July 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Photo Messaging Climbed 60 Percent in the United States During the Past Year

comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released the latest figures from the M:Metrics Benchmark Study which reports that photo messaging from mobile phones has grown 60 percent in the United States over the past year and 16 percent in Europe, where photo messaging got an earlier start. As the mercury climbs in the summer months, so does the usage of photo messaging in the United States, where for the past three years, photo messaging rates have been higher than average in July and August.

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LONDON, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Data Explorers today announced the appointment of Jonathan Morris as COO and Christopher Holmes as Sales Director. Both bring with them a wealth of experience from the financial information industry.

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Schizophrenia is a severe and complex psychiatric illness that affects about 1% of the population. Diagnosis currently relies on subjective clinical interviews and the assessment of ambiguous symptoms, which frequently leads to delayed diagnosis and treatment. As such, biomarkers that would indicate schizophrenia risk or onset would be extremely useful.

A protein found in immune cells may be a reliable marker for schizophrenia risk, say researchers behind a new proteomics study.

Sabine Bahn and colleagues sought to find such a "protein fingerprint" in the blood (due to its accessibility). They compared protein profiles of schizophrenia patients and controls using mass spectrometry and identified two peaks highlighting a significant change. These were identified as alpha defensins, proteins responsible for killing microbes and viruses in the innate immune response.

Scientists have long been fascinated by structure of bone. Bone is very light but can withstand heavy pressure and he inside is like a sponge so bone is firm and compact in certain places and porous in others.

The construction industry would love to have materials like bone. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Applied Materials Research have developed a simulation program that calculates the internal structure and density distribution of bone material and, from that, the scientists were able to derive the material structure for other components. The program simulates how the structure needs to be built in order to meet the specified requirements.

False-positive results are an inherent risk in cancer research, particularly in observational epidemiology studies. The frequency and impact of misleading results can be mitigated if researchers use more exacting standards when interpreting and reporting results, according to a commentary in the July 8 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Additionally, the impact of false-positive results could be lessened if the researchers and other stakeholders, including journal editors, the media, and consumers, evaluated the results with a more critical eye.

In other words, skepticism remains your friend in just about everything.

GERMANTOWN, Maryland, July 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Five-Year Contract with Spain's Leading Gaming Technology Company Includes Redundant HN System and over 2800 Broadband Routers

BOGOTA, Colombia, July 8 /PRNewswire/ --

Florverde(R) has announced a significant milestone for both the organization and the flower industry in Colombia. GLOBALGAP (The Global Partnership for Good Agricultural Practice) has recognized Florverde's socio-environmental practices with the GLOBALGAP international seal; Florverde and GLOBALGAP standards are now equivalent and mutually accepted by all trading partners. The GLOBALGAP seal and standard is one of the most important and recognizable certifications in the world promoting sustainable agricultural practices.

CARDIFF, July 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- World's First IP-Focused Laboratory, Pre-Deployment and In-Life Monitoring Solution

Epitiro, the global leader in comparative broadband benchmarking today announces Femtocell Test Suite, the world's first complete test solution for Operators, Service Providers and Manufacturers of femtocells.

Femtocell Test Suite covers the key stages from device manufacture, to customer pre-test deployment and ultimately to in-life operation - providing real-time service delivery information at every stage.

BANGKOK, Thailand, July 8 /PRNewswire/ --

See you this September 11th-13th, at BITEC Bangna.

The Department of Export Promotion (DEP) is all geared up to ensure that the upcoming Thailand International Logistics Fair 2008 (TILF 2008) will be the grandest and most comprehensive exposition of its kind in ASEAN. The event is also expected to impress the world with the outstanding logistics capabilities of Thailand and ASEAN countries. Throughout 350 exhibition booths at this event, international visitors will meet with as many as over 150 leading logistics companies from Thailand and beyond, plus a range of interesting seminars featuring Thai and foreign logistics gurus. The event is scheduled to take place between September 11th-13th, 2008, at BITEC Bangna.

GARDEN CITY, Finland, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Joikusoft Oy Ltd. today announces JoikuSpot Premium Edition, an operator grade secure mobile software solution that turns S60 mobile phones instantly to mobile WLAN (Wi-Fi) HotSpots.

As an introductory offering, JoikuSpot Premium is offered for a limited time period with 40% discount of retail price exclusively from brand new http://www.joikushop.com.

According to the Joikusoft Chairman and Founder Mr. Tom Ojala "Premium Edition represents a major milestone in our roadmap. Premium will bring a long awaited corporate intraweb (VPN) and email protocol support to the JoikuSpot software allowing business level use of the solution."