MINNEAPOLIS, August 5 /PRNewswire/ --

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LONDON, August 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP), one of the largest banks in Morocco, has strengthened its trade finance offer to corporates with the new trade finance solutions from Misys, the global application software and services company.

The extension of the longstanding partnership with Misys has allowed Banque Centrale Populaire to introduce the latest version of Misys Trade Innovation and benefit from the front-office award-winning solution Misys Trade Portal. The integrated solution allows the Bank to expand its foreign trade financing operations effectively and provide better products and services to its customers.

LONDON, August 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Moneybookers Now Opening Over 5,000 Virtual Accounts Everyday - Merchants Now Using Moneybookers in Over 40 Countries

Moneybookers, one of Europe's largest online payment systems, today reached its target of opening five million accounts well in advance of schedule after enjoying rapid growth in Europe. Moneybookers, which is now one of the largest providers of e-wallets worldwide, also now offers an extensive payment network and combines a limitless money transfer service with local payment options in more than 40 countries for online shopping and transactions.

When Yale astrophysicist Kevin Schawinski and colleagues at Oxford University enlisted public support in cataloguing galaxies, they never envisioned the strange object Hanny van Arkel found in archived images of the night sky.

The Dutch school teacher, a volunteer in the Galaxy Zoo project that allows members of the public to take part in astronomy research online, discovered a mysterious and unique object some observers are calling a "cosmic ghost."

When van Arkel posted about the image that quickly became known as "Hanny's Voorwerp" ( Dutch for "object") on the Galaxy Zoo forum, astronomers who run the site began to investigate and soon realized van Arkel might have found a new class of astronomical object.

A new Carnegie Mellon University brain imaging study of dyslexic students and other poor readers shows that the brain can permanently rewire itself and overcome reading deficits, if students are given 100 hours of intensive remedial instruction.

The study, published in the August issue of the journal Neuropsychologia, shows that the remedial instruction resulted in an increase in brain activity in several cortical regions associated with reading, and that neural gains became further solidified during the year following instruction.

"This study demonstrates how remedial instruction can use the plasticity of the human brain to gain an educational improvement," said neuroscientist Marcel Just, director of Carnegie Mellon's Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging (CCBI) and senior author of the study. "Focused instruction can help underperforming brain areas to increase their proficiency."

LONDON, August 5 /PRNewswire/ --

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Despite concerns that the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 would increase intolerance toward Muslims, the opposite is true, according to new research by University of British Columbia (UBC) and Stanford University researchers published this week in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Paul Davies, a professor of psychology at UBC's Okanagan campus, and co-investigators Claude Steele and Hazel Rose Markus from Stanford University created a research program to examine the relationship between foreign threats, national identity and citizens' endorsement of models for both foreign and domestic intergroup relations.

New research from The University of Western Ontario reveals how the brain processes the 'rewarding' and addictive properties of nicotine, providing a better understanding of why some people seemingly become hooked with their first smoke. The research, led by Steven Laviolette of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry could lead to new therapies to prevent nicotine dependence and to treat nicotine withdrawal when smokers try to quit.

The researchers found one brain pathway in particular uses the neurotransmitter 'dopamine' to transmit signals related to nicotine's rewarding properties. This pathway is called the 'mesolimbic' dopamine system and is involved in the addictive properties of many drugs of abuse, including cocaine, alcohol and nicotine.

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ALTRINCHAM, England, August 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Business Marketers Set to Enjoy Increased Return on Investment

LBM today announces the launch of a new strategic partnership and a new service that will enhance the campaign ROI for all UK B2B marketers.

The online service, developed in conjunction with the country's leading credit risk data specialist Graydon UK, will offer direct marketers the opportunity to download pre-vetted B2B mailing lists ( http://www.lbm.co.uk/news) including details of over 1.3 million businesses and decision makers across the UK. This will help firms ensure they avoid targeting prospects lacking in financial strength and likely to heighten risk exposure and increase bad debt, as the current "credit crunch" takes hold.