CALGARY, Canada, April 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Natural Hydresia(TM) G2 Offers Enhanced Formulation Flexibility With a Globally Accepted Preservative System

AMSTERDAM, April 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- New and Forthcoming Enhancements Designed to Optimize Research Workflows

Elsevier, a leading publisher of Scientific, technical and medical (STM) information, today announced that new intuitive reference and navigational features have been added to its online STM platform, ScienceDirect. The new features, which were developed in cooperation with researchers, deliver clearer results with fewer clicks. Additionally, researcher comments and ratings from 2collab, Elsevier's free Web-based collaborative platform, will be integrated with the articles in ScienceDirect. With this upgrade researchers will experience a boost in productivity and a faster and more seamless research process.

Navigational Improvements

ZWOLLE, The Netherlands, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Capital ID, specialist in marketing operations management (MOM), announces the further expansion of its business to North America, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. Richard Goat and Jerry Gilroy have joined the Capital ID team to drive international success. Jerry will focus on European and International business expansion, whereas Richard will address the North American marketplace.

Richard Goat, President Capital ID, Inc.

SANTA MONICA, California, April 14 /PRNewswire/ --

The Save the Titanic Foundation (www.savethetitanic.org) announced it has been awarded the President's Volunteer Service Award. The President's Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) is an award given by the President of the United States to recognize the valuable contributions made by volunteers across the nation. The award will be distributed at the CelebrateLA volunteer recognition event that will be held at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California on April 27, 2008.

FRAZER, Pennsylvania and MAISONS-ALFORT, France, April 14 /PRNewswire/ --

Cephalon, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEPH) announced today that the European Commission has granted marketing authorization for EFFENTORA(TM), a buccal tablet formulation of fentanyl. EFFENTORA is indicated for the treatment of breakthrough cancer pain (BTCP) in adult patients who are already receiving maintenance opioid therapy for chronic pain. The approval allows Cephalon to market EFFENTORA in the 27 member states of the European Union (EU), as well as Iceland and Norway.

TARRYTOWN, New York, April 14 /PRNewswire/ --

On2 Technologies, Inc. (Amex: ONT), a leader in video compression technologies, announced today it has licensed its Flix(R) Engine encoding and publishing platform to Eurosport, a leading on-line sports brand. By using Flix Engine, Eurosport will standardize its online video programming to On2 based video for Adobe(R) Flash(R), and will migrate its archive programming across Europe and China to the On2 format.

ROUSSET, France and PITTSBURGH, April 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- LinuxLink Subscription Accelerates Embedded Development

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) and TimeSys(R) announced today embedded Linux(R) support for Atmel's ARM9(TM)-based AT91CAP9 customizable microcontroller. Ideal for rapid design validation, TimeSys is offering a free Board Support Package (BSP) for the CAP9 based on the 2.6.23 kernel. Additionally, the free BSP can be upgraded to a full LinuxLink subscription, providing a powerful suite of software, tools and support to accelerate the development of a custom Linux platform.

The Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre(IMEC), an independent research center focusing on next generations chips and systems and enabling technologies for ambient intelligence, has developed a battery-free, wireless, 2-channel electroencephalography(EEG) system.

The interesting hook is that its hybrid power supply uses body heat and ambient light. It combines a thermoelectric generator that uses the heat dissipated from a person’s temples and silicon photovoltaic cells.

The entire system is wearable and integrated into a device resembling headphones. The system can provide more than 1mW on average indoors, which is more than enough for this application.

There is no question that Al Gore’s 2006 documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" is a powerful example of how scientific knowledge can be communicated to a lay audience.

What continues to be debated is whether it accurately presents the scientific argument that global warming is caused by human activities. Climate change experts express their opinions on the scientific validity of the film’s claims in the newest GeoJournal.

"An Inconvenient Truth" is about Al Gore’s campaign to educate citizens about global warming and inspire them to take action. The papers in GeoJournal agree that it does an excellent job of raising public awareness of man-made global warming and explains why increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases lead to warming. They also agree that its main weakness is that it tries to use individual extreme events, such as Hurricane Katrina, to prove the existence of global warming.

A new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge says that traders with high morning testosterone levels make more than average profits for the rest of that day. This influence of steroids naturally produced in the body (specifically testosterone and cortisol) may also provide insight into why people caught up in bubbles and crashes often find it difficult to make rational choices, unintentionally exacerbating financial crises.

Testosterone is a steroid hormone which controls competitive encounters as well as sexual behavior. Testosterone in male athletes, for example, will rise prior to a competition and rise even further in a winning athlete (but decrease in a losing one). This increase of testosterone in the winner can increase confidence and risk taking and improve chances of winning yet again, leading to a positive-feedback loop termed the ‘winner effect’. However, too much testosterone can have a detrimental affect on the ability to assess risk rationally.