WEST PATERSON, New Jersey, April 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- ANNOUNCES RECORD QUARTERLY TURNOVER

Interactive Systems Worldwide, Inc. (Pink Sheets: ISWI) announced its quarterly transaction volumes (i.e. the Turnover and the Hold), associated with the wagering services provided by Global Interactive Gaming Ltd. (GIG), the Company's wholly owned UK subsidiary, for the three month period ended March 31, 2009.

DRESDEN, Germany, April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Germany is a hotbed for innovative technologies and a prime location for microelectronics, a fact confirmed by Dresden's selection as host of the Printed Electronics Europe 2009 conference. The region surrounding the city boasts over 43,500 employees in approximately 1,200 companies in this industry. Companies and research institutes involved in the development of printed electronics, the next generation of technology, will gather April 7-8 at this year's conference in Dresden.

SAN JOSE, California, April 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Minimally Invasive Treatment for Varicose Veins to be showcased at National Health Service EXPO

ALTRINCHAM, England, April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- 3J Finance Ltd today announced a national roll out of Aquarium Software's business process and claims management software solution in support of their finance and credit control business. This follows a successful twelve month pilot providing financial support services for two regions of the Student Support Centre (SSC). SSC is the largest supplier of home-based learning materials for children in the UK, specialising in tuition in maths and English. Many of SSC's clients pay for their courses through different payment plans, the administration of which formed the core of the pilot undertaken by 3J and Aquarium.

Integral has captured one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever seen. A meticulous analysis of the data has allowed astronomers to investigate the initial phases of this giant stellar explosion, which led to the ejection of matter at velocities close to the speed of light. In particular, the astronomers believe that the explosion lifted a piece of the central engine’s magnetic field into space.
 
On 19 December 2004, the blast from an exploding star arrived at Earth. ESA’s Integral satellite, an orbiting gamma-ray observatory, recorded the entire event, providing information for what may prove to be one of the most important gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) seen in recent years. As the data was collected, astronomers saw the 500-second-long burst rise to extraordinary brilliance. 

While sipping on sports drinks all day may provide an energy boost, this popular practice is also exposing people to levels of acid that can cause tooth erosion and hypersensitivity, NYU dental researchers have found.

In a recent study, the researchers found that prolonged consumption of sports drinks may be linked to a condition known as erosive tooth wear, in which acids eat away the tooth's smooth hard enamel coating and trickle into the bonelike material underneath, causing the tooth to soften and weaken. The condition affects one in 15 Americans and can result in severe tooth damage and even tooth loss if left untreated. 

A team of researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Engineering in Medicine (MGH-CEM) has found the first evidence of cell-to-cell communication by amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, rather than by known protein signaling agents such as growth factors or cytokines. Their report will appear in an upcoming issue of the FASEB Journal and has been released online. 

An international team of scientists has discovered a new acarine species (Ophionyssus schreibericolus) that lives off black green lizards from the Iberian Peninsula. This involves the first recording of the Ophionyssus genus that feeds off and lives on animals endemic to the peninsula. The researchers now think that these parasites could be found in other reptiles in the region.

The new acarine species is an ectoparasite that belongs to the Macronyssidae (Mesostigmata) family.

Spanking, flagellation and cockbinding; researchers at the University of Northern Illinois have been very naughty in their attempt to quantify physiological responses to sadomasochistic activities.

 In their Archives of Sexual Behavior publication, the stress hormone cortisol along with the dominance associated testosterone hormone was measured in 58 sadomasochistic practicing couples before and after kinky sex fun time. 

Their results, along with a review of S&M literature suggests couples that practice S&M experience reduced levels of stress and feel an increase in relationship closeness.

LONDON, April 3 /PRNewswire/ --

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