TWYFORD, England, July 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Agile Consulting and Training Expert Offers Pragmatic Approach to Organisational Change; ALM Leader's Management Framework Tracks, Measures and Improves Delivery Processes

Borland Software Corporation (NASDAQ: BORL, http://www.borland.com), the global leader in Open Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), and RADTAC (http://www.radtac.co.uk), a leading UK-based IT services organisation focused on IT transformation, today announced a partnership that will provide enterprise customers a complete offering of services and technology to design, implement, support and measure an enterprise Agile transformation.

Remnants of the bacterium that causes stomach ulcers, Helicobacter pylori, (H. pylori) have been discovered in gastric tissue from North American mummies.

A study of human remains believed to predate Columbus' discovery of the New World has shown for the first time that H. pylori infection occurred in native populations, according to research published in BMC Microbiology.

As well as stomach ulcers, H. pylori causes gastritis, duodenitis, and cancer. It is a helix-shaped bacteria that is believed to be transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with faecal matter.

Nine out of ten regular food items aimed specifically at children have a poor nutritional content – because of high levels of sugar, fat or sodium - according to a detailed study of 367 products published in the July issue of the UK-based journal Obesity Reviews.

Just under 70 per cent of the products studied - which specifically excluded confectionery, soft drinks and bakery items - derived a high proportion of calories from sugar. Approximately one in five (23 per cent) had high fat levels and 17 per cent had high sodium levels. Despite this, 62 per cent of the foods with poor nutritional quality (PNQ) made positive claims about their nutritional value on the front of the packet.

"Children's foods can now be found in virtually every section of the supermarket and are available for every eating experience" says Professor Charlene Elliott from the University of Calgary, Canada, and a Trustee of the Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition.

HOERSHOLM, Denmark, July 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- How Can We Obtain Healthy and Climate-Neutral Buildings in the Future? VELUX Sets Out Six Real-Life Experiments to Pursue Some Answers to This Question

VELUX launches their vision for future living environments - a concept named Model Home 2020. With this concept, VELUX aims for climate-neutral construction and optimal indoor comfort with fresh air and natural daylight.

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In the EU today, we spend 90 % of our time indoors, in buildings that represent over 40 % of the total energy consumption(1). Up to 30 % of the building mass does not contribute to nor provide a healthy indoor climate(2).

LONDON and SAN BRUNO, California, July 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Nomis Price Optimizer(TM) License Agreement Renewed Based on Four Years of Achieved Benefits

Nomis Solutions, the leader in pricing optimisation for banking and finance, announced today that HBOS has renewed its license of the Nomis Price Optimizer(TM). The hosted solution, used by HBOS' pricing managers to optimise the prices of consumer loan originations, provides an agile pricing framework that precisely prices loans for specific segments to achieve business objectives, financial performance goals, and portfolio mix targets.

Listen to science instead of Tiger Woods on golf? Sheer madness.

But golfers who heed the advice of instructors to keep their heads perfectly still while putting may be hampering their game, according to a study in the July issue of the Journal of Motor Behavior that examined coordination patterns.

Tim Lee, professor of kinesiology at McMaster University and a golfer himself, says the findings run contrary to conventional wisdom, or at least conventional golf wisdom.
 

The putting stroke is used more frequently than any other during a round of golf, regardless of skill. In 2007, putts represented 41.3 per cent of total strokes taken by members of the PGA tour, and 40 percent for members of the LPGA.

Israelis and Palestinians working together? Indeed, when it comes to combating tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis - or TB - is a deadly infectious bacterial disease that usually attacks the lungs. Acknowledged as a disease of crowds, it is transmitted from human to human living in close contact.

Dating back thousands of years, tuberculosis was well known in antiquity. However, according to Spigelman, it is still the biggest killer even today. One-third of the world's current population has been infected by tuberculosis, resulting, in recent years, in approximately three million deaths per year.

Plant sterols have been touted as an effective way to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease. However, a research study in the July JLR has uncovered that these compounds do have their own risks, as they can accumulate in heart valves and lead to stenosis.

Aortic valve stenosis (AS) results from cholesterol accumulation in the valve between the left ventricle and aorta; this impedes the flow of blood and puts extra pressure on the heart. About 2% of individuals over 65 (and over 5% of those over 85) have AS, and as the population ages, it is becoming an increasing problem.

Plant sterols can block the absorption of dietary cholesterol into the body, and as such high vegetable diets and/or plant sterol supplements are often used to alleviate high cholesterol. However, although plant sterols themselves are poorly absorbed, they can enter the body, so Satu Helske and colleagues examined whether plant sterols can also accumulate in aortic valves.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, July 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- System integrates data from diverse unrelated sources to provide comprehensive real time battlefield intelligence on a personal computer

(Farnborough International Airshow). Goodrich Corporation's (NYSE: GR) new personal computer- (PC) based Intelligence Reference Library (IRL) software has proven its capability to integrate data from a number of unrelated systems into a comprehensive real time battlefield snapshot, day or night. The software is produced by Goodrich's ISR Systems team in Malvern, UK.

In the quest to find the biological route of drug addiction, research at Cambridge University, UK, is revealing what makes some people more vulnerable than others. Speaking at Europe’s major neuroscience conference in Geneva today, Professor Barry Everitt described what they now believe causes the switch from occasional, ‘recreational’ use to a compulsive habit.

Professor Everitt and researchers in the Cambridge lab have discovered there is a shift in the control of drug seeking behaviour in the brain. Taking drugs – for example, cocaine – generates reinforcing or ‘rewarding’ effects mediated by the ventral striatum of the brain. In some people, however, drug taking escalates to become a strong habit, difficult to relinquish, and which is eventually controlled by the dorsal striatum, a region of the brain associated with habit learning.