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Novel Treatment Offers Insomnia Sufferers Hope Of Quality Sleep

Novel Treatment Offers Insomnia Sufferers Hope Of Quality Sleep

May 13 2008 | comment(s)

COPENHAGEN, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Circadin(R) Improves Quality of Sleep and Morning Alertness

A new, first in class sleep medication is launched today, offering hope for thousands of sufferers of insomnia in Europe. Circadin(R), sustained-release melatonin, provides natural sleep by increasing the body's own level of this naturally occurring hormone throughout the night. (1)

KORRES Q1 2008 Results

KORRES Q1 2008 Results

May 13 2008 | comment(s)

ATHENS, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Significant Increase by 31,6% in Sales and 10,3 % in Net Profitability for KORRES Natural Products Group - Increase by 31,6% of the Consolidated Sales to EUR 11,3m in the First Quarter of 2008 (from EUR 8,6m in the Corresponding Quarter of 2007) - Increased by 12,7% of the Consolidated EBITDA to EUR 2,6m (from EUR 2,3m in the Respective Period of 2007) - Net Profits (EAT) Increased by 10,3% to EUR 1,5m (from EUR 1,4m in the First Quarter of 2007)

Language Weaver And Empolis Integrate Automated Translation Capabilities In Search And Customer Support Applications For Interna

Language Weaver And Empolis Integrate Automated Translation Capabilities In Search And Customer Support Applications For Interna

May 13 2008 | comment(s)

LOS ANGELES and GÜTERSLOH, Germany, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Companies Combine Technologies to Support Multilingual Applications in Technology Partnership

Language Weaver, a leading software company developing enterprise software for the automated translation of human languages, and empolis, a leading service technology company based in Gütersloh Germany, have entered into a strategic technology agreement that will support multilingual translation of enterprise applications. empolis will integrate Language Weaver's automated translation software into its e:SLS (empolis:Service Lifecycle Suite) application for customer service and into its e:IAS (empolis:Information Access Suite) information management application for cross-lingual enterprise search.

TSCP European Outreach Director To Present At SMi's Cyber Defence Conference

TSCP European Outreach Director To Present At SMi's Cyber Defence Conference

May 13 2008 | comment(s)

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Attendees to Learn Secure E-mail Innovations for Supplier Bases

Marc Speltens, European outreach director of the Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP), will present the vision and framework for secure e-mail communication at SMi's Cyber Defence Conference.

ORF Genetics Opens Revolutionary 'Green Factory' In Iceland

ORF Genetics Opens Revolutionary 'Green Factory' In Iceland

May 13 2008 | comment(s)

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --

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- Human growth factors produced in barley grain, using renewable, geothermal energy

ORF Genetics (http://www.orfgenetics.com), an Icelandic biotechnology company, announced today the opening of new and revolutionary 22,000 ft^2 (2043m^2) cultivation facilities in Grindavik, Iceland. Utilizing its unique Orfeus(TM) protein production system in barley, ORF Genetics produces and markets biorisk-free ISOkine(TM) human growth factors for use in medical research, drug discovery and cosmetics.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080513/DC22192 )

ThromboGenics N.V. - Business Update

ThromboGenics N.V. - Business Update

May 13 2008 | comment(s)

LEUVEN, Belgium, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Regulated Information

LEUVEN, Belgium, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --

ThromboGenics NV (Euronext Brussels: THR), a biotechnology company focused on innovative treatments for vascular disease, eye disease and cancer, is today issuing a business update for the three month period ended 31 March 2008.

QAI Launches

QAI Launches "EdistaLearning", The World's First Online Curriculum On Software Engineering And Quality Management

May 13 2008 | comment(s)

DOVER, Delaware, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- E-learning Courses for High End IT Education

Increasingly, as organizations are going global and are hugely IT driven, there is an acute need to reduce skill gap and massive shortfall of trained professionals. With the severe recession around the corner, the focus is on cutting costs and reducing cycle times with projects getting more and more complex, there is a strong requirement for anytime, anywhere and cost effective training. To address this enormous need of training and talent shortage in the IT industry, http://www.qaiasia.com (QAI), announced their e learning venture http://www.edistalearning.com (EdistaLearning)

Teva UK Limited Launches Student Bursary Scheme

Teva UK Limited Launches Student Bursary Scheme

May 13 2008 | comment(s)

LEEDS, England, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- In a bid to help alleviate the current "demographic timebomb" facing pharmacy in the UK, Teva UK Limited, the UK's leading generics manufacturer, is launching a Student Bursary Scheme.

The company is a keen supporter of pharmacy in the UK, and already has several initiatives in place to help pharmacists make the most of their role in the ever-changing UK healthcare climate. And now it's extending this support to include the pharmacists of the future. The Student Bursary will be available to students who want to gain a degree-level qualification in pharmacy or similar but may suffer hardship without additional financial support.

Chess, Psychoanalysis, Evolutionary Psychology And The Nature Of Pseudoscience

Chess, Psychoanalysis, Evolutionary Psychology And The Nature Of Pseudoscience

May 13 2008 | comment(s)

I’m reading a delightful history of chess, The Immortal Game, by David Shenk, and got to the chapter dealing with the dark side of chess: the fact that a small but significant number of top players throughout history have gone off the deep end -- including the famous American world champion Bobby Fisher.

As is usual with correlations (playing chess <=> your brain goes bonk), it is not clear which way the causality goes, if at all. It could be that playing chess at the highest levels affects the mind in negative ways; it may be that abnormal minds are more likely than others to be attracted by the game; or it could simply be that the correlation is spurious, i.e. non-causal.

Shenk does not take sides on this debate, but he does report the pronouncements of a number of Freudian psychoanalysts on the matter. For instance, Ernest Jones (Freud’s biographer and protege), confidently stated that “It is plain that the unconscious motive activating [chess] players is not the mere love of pugnacity characteristic of all competitive games, but the grimmer one of father murder.” What?? That’s right, it’s the good ‘ol Oedipus complex -- itself rooted in the all-encompassing Freudian explanation for human behavior, sex drives -- that pushes players to protect their Queen (=mother) and checkmate the King (=father). Here is some more nonsense from Jones (p. 147 of Shenk’s):
Hemineglect - Ignored Stimuli May Be Processed Without Awareness

Hemineglect - Ignored Stimuli May Be Processed Without Awareness

May 13 2008 | comment(s)

Patients suffering from “hemineglect” ignore things presented to their left side. However, sometimes these ignored stimuli may be processed without awareness.

In a paper published in Cortex Issue 6, Sackur and colleagues reported that unconscious processing in hemineglect is not limited to low level features of the stimuli. They showed that the brain may extract the meaning of symbols that the patient has not consciously perceived. Thus, digits or number words presented on the left side were not detected by hemineglect patients, but still their numerical value influenced the way these patients performed on a numerical task presented shortly thereafter.