LONDON, February 26 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report published today by Intuitive Media, provider of safe online learning communities for children, reveals clear demands on the Prime Minister to do more to listen to children; keep children safe; stop bullying; cut down gun and knife crime and ban drugs, alcohol and smoking.

Over 6,000 children, aged six to 14 years contributed to the report calling for extra policing and surveillance in parks and other places where they play and on their walk to and from school. One of the most popular suggestions from the children was an emergency number that they can call anytime they felt unsafe (63%) or more specifically a police helpline on their mobile (59%).

LONDON, February 26 /PRNewswire/ -- watchdog, a proactive and cost effective monitoring system developed by CSi, automates the time-consuming task of manually monitoring and removing infringing auction listings from a number of trading sites.

Counterfeit goods and brand infringing products appearing on internet auction sites such as ebay, amazon and b2b trade boards such as Alibaba, cause significant financial and negative brand reputation risk in terms of lost revenue, consumer loyalty, sub-standard performance and alarmingly, health and safety issues.

All brands are at risk. Popular fashion brands, for example, are an easy target for counterfeiters, as the consumer demand for the latest must have attitude outstrips supply. Counterfeiters fill that gap.

LONDON, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Oxley also a panelist at WARC's 2009 Online Research Conference

Martin Oxley, Managing Director Europe of BuzzBack Market Research, will be a guest speaker at The Third IDM Data Council Summit on March 5 at the Jurys Great Russell Street Hotel, in London.

That same day, Oxley will also participate in a panel - Transforming Consumer Research - at the World Advertising Research Center Online Conference at The Waldorf Hilton in London.

LE PONT DE CLAIX, France, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

BD, a leading global medical technology company, today announced that sanofi pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group, received marketing authorization from the European Commission for the first intradermal (ID) influenza vaccine Intanza(R) or IDflu(R), using the innovative BD Soluvia(TM) microinjection system developed by BD.

NEW YORK, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

The South Central Strategic Health Authority (SHA) hired Bazian Ltd. to review fluoride safety concerns raised by a 2006 report of the US National Research Council (NRC), and by 18 studies linking fluoride to lowered IQ in children. Bazian's work reveals a lack of understanding of toxicology.

The 500-page NRC report reviewed over 1,000 scientific studies. It concluded fluoride is likely to cause increases in bone fractures, arthritis-like symptoms, and severe dental fluorosis. It also concluded fluoride is a possible neurotoxin and endocrine disruptor. The report found that certain groups are more vulnerable to fluoride's toxic effects: infants, children, diabetics, and those who consume larger amounts of water.

LONDON, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Enables Second Largest Regional Media Business in the UK to Provide High Quality Video Content to 323 Websites

Brightcove Inc., the leading online video platform, today announced that is has entered into a company-wide agreement with Johnston Press, the second largest regional media business in the UK, enabling them to incorporate advertising-supported video content across their 323 regional Web properties. The deal represents the next major phase in Johnston Press' digital strategy to engage its online communities through rich media content and online video.

TOKYO, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

Starting in February, The Yomiuri Shimbun, the largest newspaper publisher in Japan, will offer a new online database service called Yomidas Rekishikan (History Pavilion).

The commercial database, the first of its kind in Japan, offers users in-depth information about Japan through access to more than 10 million articles carried by The Yomiuri Shimbun over the past 135 years. Stories are accessible from the newspaper's inaugural edition of 1874 through the latest issue.

The database is available for an annual subscription fee of 327,600 Japanese yen (tax included).

What had once been impossible has now been shown to be possible – an alloy between two incompatible elements.

A research team led by Professor H.K. Mao from Carnegie Institution of Washington and Professor Rajeev Ahuja from UU have used high pressure experiments and theoretical calculations to study the behavior of Ce3Al under high pressure.

"We were surprised to find that Cerium and Aluminium formed a so called substitutional alloy under high pressure. Forming these alloys has been limited to elements close in atomic radii and electronegativity up until now", sais Professor Rajeev Ahuja of Uppsala University.

You may know of people who ridicule lottery players because the odds are so great and, it would seem, they can't do simple math.    But most people don't ridicule stock market investors even though the same circumstances - a lack of real knowledge and a field of competitors doing the same thing - make it less likely they will be successful unless fortune makes their decisions align with people who know what they are doing.

The riskier investors tend to act, the more socioeconomic characteristics they share with people who play state lotteries and,  just like the lottery, returns on average are lower for those who invest this way in the stock market, research from The University of Texas at Austin shows.
 

A system of opposing genetic forces determines why mammals develop a single row of teeth, while sharks sport several, according to a study published today in the journal Science. When completely understood, the genetic program described in the study may help guide efforts to re-grow missing teeth and prevent cleft palate, one of the most common birth defects.