EDINBURGH, Scotland, November 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Construtora OAS Deal Secured by iO2, a Partner Signed Recently Under Axios' New Partner Program

Axios Systems, one of the world's leading providers of IT Service Management (ITSM) solutions, has signed its first client in Brazil through partner iO2. Construtora OAS is one of Brazil's best-known companies. The transaction further solidifies Axios' presence in the South American market.

OAS selected Axios' assyst software due to its fast deployment time, strong out-of-the-box functionality and ability to support all ITIL disciplines with one non-modular system. The installation will provide OAS with a single consolidated environment to manage all of its central services operations.

ST ALBANS, England, November 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Psoriasis affects 2-3% of people in the UK and can create both physical and psychological distress. Psychological discomfort is made worse by the visible nature of the condition whereby some people avoid exposing their skin and avoid social activity due to embarrassment. The University of Manchester has embarked on a PAPAA (Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Alliance) funded study to help people manage psoriasis better. The research team includes skin and psychology experts Professor Chris Griffiths, Professor Nick Tarrier, Dr. Christine Bundy, Ms. Binder Kaur and Dr. Sandra Bucci.

CARDIFF, November 28 /PRNewswire/ -- A group of highly experienced female financial gurus have launched an online 'help-site' and forum aimed specifically at women having trouble managing their finances.

Debt Divas (http://www.debtdivas.co.uk ) has been set up by female financial experts Melanie Giles, Melanie Nicholas, Susan Clay, Suzanne Stocker and Vanessa Phillips and encourages women, who are traditionally reluctant to own up to their personal debt problems, to talk, share and discuss how to resolve their finance worries. The site provides a combination of professional advice, hints, tips and case studies along with a 'Debt Analyser' and a 'Girl Chat' forum facility.

GÖRLITZ, Germany, November 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- CyFlow From Partec Expands Leadership in Developing and Emerging Countries

German biotech company Partec is expanding its global leadership in specialized HIV monitoring and AIDS patient follow-up diagnostics for developing and emerging countries. In the year 2008, 2.5 million patient tests have been performed with the portable, robust and highly affordable CyFlow system, supporting already more than 1 million people living with HIV/AIDS. Due to introduction of the Partec innovation, the average cost of EUR 160 per year and per patient could be reduced by a factor 20 to EUR 8, only.

POZNAN, Poland, November 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr Jan Kulczyk, the Chairman of Green Cross International, will host an important panel discussion at the Poznan UN Conference on Climate Change on 2nd December.

The panel will focus on the economic opportunity of climate change for the business community. In particular, the Green Cross International initiative of creating a Global Solar Fund to make solar power a viable, affordable energy source will be addressed.

The panel discussion will take place at 6pm local time in the 'Fox' room at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznan. Panellists will include:

PARIS, November 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Amid a Volatile Economy, Demand for Turnkey Office Space Stays Strong

Citing growth opportunities in Latin America, The Regus Group (LSE: RGU), the leading global provider of workplace solutions, will extend its footprint in the region with the opening of its first business center in Asuncion, Paraguay.

Asuncion, the country's capital and largest city, is garnering attention on the world stage in part because of its agricultural export products such as soybeans, cotton and beef. A recent Reuters news article highlighted that Some of India's top vegetable oil firms plan to lease or buy land in Paraguay.

Research into the development of invisibility devices has spurred two physicists’ thought on the behaviour of light to overcome the seemingly intractable problem of optical singularities which could soon lead to the manufacturing of a perfect cat’s eye.

A research paper published in a New Journal of Physics’ focus issue ‘Cloaking and Transformation Optics’ called ‘The Transmutation of Singularities in Optical Instruments’, written by Thomas Tyc, Masaryk University, and Ulf Leonhardt, the University of St. Andrews and Singapore National University, shows that it is possible to reflect light from all directions.

LONDON, November 28 /PRNewswire/ --

In challenging economic times, enterprise search applications can help employees become more productive. Recent articles and blogs are making this point, such as eWeek's, 5 Technology Businesses Poised to Boom in the Financial Crisis,(1) and analyst Brian Babineau's Got Search?(2) blog for the Enterprise Strategy Group.

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But enterprise IT groups need knowledge and confidence to plan a winning strategy. Vivisimo (vivisimo.com), an enterprise search leader, will help IT make the case with quick implementation, high user satisfaction and a measurable difference in organizational performance.

By manipulating the appearance of a chronically achy hand, researchers have found they could increase or decrease the pain and swelling in patients moving their symptomatic limbs. The findings in Current Biology reveal a profound top-down effect of body image on body tissues, according to the researchers.