SYDNEY, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

A study published in the latest edition of Bulletin of the World Health Organisation (June 2009) estimates the global economy loses $269 billion(1) in productivity annually due to vision impairment.

The authors from Johns Hopkins University, the International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE), University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the African Vision Research Institute (AVRI) University of KwaZulu-Natal, say the problem could be eliminated simply, and very cost-effectively, by an eye examination and a pair of spectacles.

Of the 158.1 million worldwide with vision impairment resulting from uncorrected refractive error, 8.7 million are avoidably blind.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

The long-term demand for flow meters in South Africa is expected to remain robust. This is due to continued investment within key industrial areas, increasing automation levels within processes industries, technological advancements and end-user migration to electronic flow measurement.

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New analysis from Frost Sullivan (http://www.sensors.frost.com), South African Flow Sensors Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $17.8 million in 2007 and estimates this to nearly double by 2014 to reach $32.6 million.

NEU-ISENBURG, Germany, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Prominent property of this new Series of CMOS voltage regulator is a Soft-Start function settable by one external capacitor. This will eliminate dangerous inrush current of approximately 400mA and reduce it to uncritical 20mA. The High-Ripple-Rejection-Ratio of 70dB typ. at 1KHz and VOUT= 1,0V is further insuring that noticeable input voltage transients, as they occur with the fluctuation of neighbouring loads, will be suppressed.

LONDON, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Ecofin is pleased to announce the launch of the Ecofin China Power Infrastructure Fund at the beginning of June 2009. The fund is designed to generate compelling risk-adjusted returns in greater China, building on the firm's global expertise in infrastructure and utilities investing. The fund seeks to generate absolute returns with lower volatility than the Chinese market through dynamic portfolio construction based on macro and fundamental research.

SINGAPORE, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Diagonal-View.com to Start Offering the Only Non-Intrusive Advertising Video Solution

Diagonal View, the leading video content provider in the U.K. which serves over 30 million online videos a month in Europe, and Arti-Media, a company that brings ingenuity to video monetization, announced today that Diagonal View is utilizing Arti-Media's Target-Ad(TM) service; a service that increases revenue thru non-intrusive advertising.

This is a win-win for us, said Matt Heiman, Founder of Diagonal View, Target-Ad, through its simple integration for diagonal-view.com, has increased our revenue stream and provides advertising in a non-intrusive manner in non-action frames, a key element of keeping and engaging our viewers.

MELBOURNE, Australia, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

The battle to get kids off the couch and playing outside just reached a truce. The Hidden Park, an ingenious iPhone app developed by an Australian studio, takes the fun of playing computer games outdoors.

We wanted to create a gaming environment that gets kids off the couch and out into the great outdoors, without compromising their enjoyment of digital entertainment, says James Kane, director of Bulpadok, the studio behind The Hidden Park.

TEL AVIV, Israel, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- In a Release Being Distributed Today to Over 100 Countries, Picaphone Website Calls the Public Worldwide to Enter the Site and Participate in the Creation of the World's First International Telephone Directory and Email Database

Today http://www.picaphone.com launched one of the biggest international projects on the Web - the world's first international phone book. In today's press release in over 100 countries around the globe, the public is invited to participate in the new Internet project, in order to create, for the first time ever, an international telephone directory that is open to all, and that will enable users to make free phone calls to any place in the world.

SUNNYVALE, California, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Spirent UTS, Mobile Robot Take Mobile Device Test Automation to New Level

MADRID, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Link2One, provider of the world's fastest growing multi-lateral roaming hub, announced today that it has passed yet another important membership milestone and continues to record exceptional growth. The number of operator members more than doubled in the quarter just ended and Link2One now has over 60 operator members in 50 countries worldwide.

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VEENENDAAL, The Netherlands, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Nucletron BV, the innovative cancer radiation solutions company, today announced the creation of an exclusive partnership and plan to merge with sector peer Isodose Control BV for an undisclosed sum. The two companies, headquartered in Veenendaal and Ede, the Netherlands, are complementary and the combination will strengthen Nucletron's position as global leader in the market for high-precision radiation therapy equipment and software, or brachytherapy.

The merger plans were announced by the two companies CEOs on Monday June 1 in Toronto, Canada, at the American Brachytherapy Society's annual conference.