BOSTON and CAMBRIDGE, England, April 6 /PRNewswire/ --

Fueled by the significant surge in the deployment of smart meters, Ember Corporation, a leading provider of ZigBee wireless networking technology, today announced it closed an additional US$8 million in funding from its primary venture capital investors and strategic partners.

CALGARY, Canada, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Orcrist Bio Inc. (ORC) a biotechnology company developing stem cell-mobilizing pharmaceuticals, announced today the approval of its Phase I, open-label, single-ascending-dose, safety study of HYC750 in healthy male volunteers, by the European Competent Authority in Seville, Spain. The goal of the study is to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (induction of hematopoiesis) of HYC750, a patent-protected formulation of hyaluronan. The planned study will be conducted by InPEC BV (Breda, Netherlands) at their clinical trial site in Malaga, Spain.

HOUSTON, April 6 /PRNewswire/ --

Far East Energy Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: FEEC) announced today that it will host an investor conference call Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. Central Time - 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Michael R. McElwrath, Chief Executive Officer and President, will be joined by Phil A. Christian, Chief Operating Officer, to discuss the Company's recently announced strategic alliance with Arrow Energy International, and also to provide an update on operations.

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SINGAPORE and JOHANNESBURG, April 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- Offering Comprehensive Managed Telepresence Services Worldwide

Tata Communications, a leading provider of the new world of communications, and Dimension Data, the $4.5-billion specialist IT services and solutions provider, have signed an agreement to support the Cisco Systems Telepresence suite of products on a worldwide basis.

LONDON, April 6 /PRNewswire/ --

At least 20 million Europeans suffer from chronic, long-term sleep disorders every year and an additional ten million experience occasional sleeping problems. As a result, sleep facilities have witnessed a rise in patient volume by ten per cent in the last twelve months and are expected to grow further at a rate of nearly 13 per cent in the next year. This increase will be supported by a rise in the number of sleep service providers across Europe.

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LONDON, April 6 /PRNewswire/ --

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For over 30 years author, lecturer and artist Benjamin Creme has been preparing the way for the emergence of Maitreya, the World Teacher.

AMSTERDAM, April 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- Program Focuses on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as Well as Other Neurological Disorders

Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services and Brain Mapping Foundation, announced today that it will Co-host the 6th Annual World Congress for Brain Mapping and Image Guided Therapy, August 26-29, 2009 at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.

The International Brain Mapping and Intraoperative Surgical Planning Society's (IBMISPS) annual world congress aims to break boundaries in science, technology, medicine and healthcare policy with presentations and exhibitions from pioneering leaders in a range of disciplines.

PLEASANTON, California, April 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- Increased Patient Safety, Better Care, Improved Efficiencies

Trapeze Networks (NYSE: BDC) is debuting Newbury Active Asset(TM) 4.0 at the HIMSS conference, the most important healthcare/information technology conference in North America. Healthcare organizations use Newbury Active Asset to ensure patient safety, improve levels of care and realize operating cost efficiencies.

LONDON, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Level Four, the provider of open standards-based ATM software, today announced its partnership with TietoEnator Italia S.p.A., an established provider of IT services to deliver BRIDGE:test to financial institutions in Italy. The partnership offers a best-of-breed ATM network testing solution which combines Level Four's advanced testing software with Tieto's IT consulting and implementation capabilities. The agreement provides Level Four with an additional route to market for BRIDGE:test in Italy and supports Tieto's commitment to expanding its offering for the financial services sector.

As an ethical hedonist, the 18th-19th-century English utilitarian philosopher and proto-bleeding-heart-liberal Jeremy Bentham, believed that right and wrong could be determined by weighing the “pleasures” and “pains” of any given action, with an action that produced more pleasure than pain being morally right.

While this would be great by itself (in a geeky kind of way), what makes it truly spectacular is the fact that Bentham actually created an algorithm to define exactly how much pleasure and pain an action would cause. (His application of algebra to life decisions is echoed by at least one complete whack-job modern author…)