AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, July 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Platform's Online Content Doubled in Less Than Five Years

Elsevier, a leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical (STM) information, today announced that its online scientific research platform, ScienceDirect, has surpassed nine million full-text articles.

Doubling its content in less than five years, ScienceDirect is the largest and most extensive online STM research platform. Serving the evolving needs of the global scientific community, the platform offers search, reference and discovery tools to help researchers quickly find the most relevant content for their specific objectives.

TEL AVIV, Israel, July 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Unique IDE Refrigeration Technology Responds to Global Snow Shortage as Well As to Additional Applications for District Cooling/ Heating and Deep Mine Cooling

- First Two Snowmakers Sold to Famous Ski Resorts in Switzerland (Zermatt) and Austria (Pitztal) to Become Operational as Early as Fall 2008

BERLIN, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Germany's investment framework, research landscape, and talented workforce are pushing the country's photovoltaics (PV) sector toward grid parity, the point at which PV generation will cost the same for the consumer as electricity from the grid. An overview of these and other investment advantages in Germany will be featured at Intersolar North America 2008, July 15-17 in San Francisco, California.

MUMBAI, India, July 14 /PRNewswire/ --

UBM India, a subsidiary of United Business Media Ltd. (LON: UBM), has today announced IFSEC India 2008. To be held between 16 and 18 October 2008 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India, the event is one of South Asia's leading trade fair of its kind, which will deliver to end users and suppliers a unique communication platform which includes an exhibition and conference. This year will see the inclusion of FIREX India 2008 into the event.

IFSEC India 2008 is part of IFSEC, held annually for the past 36 years at Birmingham, UK which attracts more than 30,000 trade visitors and is recognized as the world's leading Security and Fire exhibition.

TWYFORD, England, July 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Agile Consulting and Training Expert Offers Pragmatic Approach to Organisational Change; ALM Leader's Management Framework Tracks, Measures and Improves Delivery Processes

Borland Software Corporation (NASDAQ: BORL, http://www.borland.com), the global leader in Open Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), and RADTAC (http://www.radtac.co.uk), a leading UK-based IT services organisation focused on IT transformation, today announced a partnership that will provide enterprise customers a complete offering of services and technology to design, implement, support and measure an enterprise Agile transformation.

Remnants of the bacterium that causes stomach ulcers, Helicobacter pylori, (H. pylori) have been discovered in gastric tissue from North American mummies.

A study of human remains believed to predate Columbus' discovery of the New World has shown for the first time that H. pylori infection occurred in native populations, according to research published in BMC Microbiology.

As well as stomach ulcers, H. pylori causes gastritis, duodenitis, and cancer. It is a helix-shaped bacteria that is believed to be transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with faecal matter.

Nine out of ten regular food items aimed specifically at children have a poor nutritional content – because of high levels of sugar, fat or sodium - according to a detailed study of 367 products published in the July issue of the UK-based journal Obesity Reviews.

Just under 70 per cent of the products studied - which specifically excluded confectionery, soft drinks and bakery items - derived a high proportion of calories from sugar. Approximately one in five (23 per cent) had high fat levels and 17 per cent had high sodium levels. Despite this, 62 per cent of the foods with poor nutritional quality (PNQ) made positive claims about their nutritional value on the front of the packet.

"Children's foods can now be found in virtually every section of the supermarket and are available for every eating experience" says Professor Charlene Elliott from the University of Calgary, Canada, and a Trustee of the Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition.

HOERSHOLM, Denmark, July 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- How Can We Obtain Healthy and Climate-Neutral Buildings in the Future? VELUX Sets Out Six Real-Life Experiments to Pursue Some Answers to This Question

VELUX launches their vision for future living environments - a concept named Model Home 2020. With this concept, VELUX aims for climate-neutral construction and optimal indoor comfort with fresh air and natural daylight.

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In the EU today, we spend 90 % of our time indoors, in buildings that represent over 40 % of the total energy consumption(1). Up to 30 % of the building mass does not contribute to nor provide a healthy indoor climate(2).

LONDON and SAN BRUNO, California, July 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Nomis Price Optimizer(TM) License Agreement Renewed Based on Four Years of Achieved Benefits

Nomis Solutions, the leader in pricing optimisation for banking and finance, announced today that HBOS has renewed its license of the Nomis Price Optimizer(TM). The hosted solution, used by HBOS' pricing managers to optimise the prices of consumer loan originations, provides an agile pricing framework that precisely prices loans for specific segments to achieve business objectives, financial performance goals, and portfolio mix targets.

Listen to science instead of Tiger Woods on golf? Sheer madness.

But golfers who heed the advice of instructors to keep their heads perfectly still while putting may be hampering their game, according to a study in the July issue of the Journal of Motor Behavior that examined coordination patterns.

Tim Lee, professor of kinesiology at McMaster University and a golfer himself, says the findings run contrary to conventional wisdom, or at least conventional golf wisdom.
 

The putting stroke is used more frequently than any other during a round of golf, regardless of skill. In 2007, putts represented 41.3 per cent of total strokes taken by members of the PGA tour, and 40 percent for members of the LPGA.