CALGARY, Canada, February 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Amendments to the Production Sharing Contract for the Taq Taq License Area

Using “virtual peers” -- animated life-sized children that simulate the behaviors and conversation of typically developing children -- Northwestern University researchers are developing interventions designed to prepare children with autism for interactions with real-life children.

Justine Cassell, professor of communication studies and electrical engineering and computer science, recently presented a preliminary study on the work at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

“Children with high-functioning autism may be able to give you a lecture on a topic of great interest to them but they can’t carry on a ‘contingent’ -- or two-way -- conversation,” said Cassell, director of Northwestern’s Center for Technology and Social Behavior.

ST. DAVID'S, Bermuda, February 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Continued year over year growth driven by Loestrin 24 Fe and Taclonex

LONDON, February 29 /PRNewswire/ -- ReusaBags.com - a UK based wholesaler of 'bags for life' - welcomes Marks & Spencer's announcement yesterday that they will charge for plastic bags; however, says this is not enough. Plastic bags are not recyclable and environmentally friendly alternatives - such as non-woven polypropylene bags - need to be the only carrier bags offered to customers.

CROYDON, England, February 29 /PRNewswire/ --

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CROYDON, England, February 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Entertainment Lounge Opens New Three Floor Harman/Kardon(R) Technology Store in London's Royal Exchange

Owned and operated by Harvard Technology Ltd, 'Entertainment Lounge' the premium high street retailer of Harman products, opens its latest concept store dedicated to four of the groups flagship brands including Harman/Kardon(R), JBL(R), Infinity(R) and AKG(R), in the heart of the City of London.

FARMINGDALE, New Jersey, February 29 /PRNewswire/ --

Dialight Corporation has received a major order for its newly developed, high-intensity LED lights for military shelters, which have been approved for use by the U.S. Marine Corps. Complying with MIL-STD-461E, RE102 and CE102 for EMI/RFI shielding, they can also be used for vehicle interior and shipboard lighting, as well as for general illumination requiring high light output.

FARMINGDALE, New Jersey, February 29 /PRNewswire/ --

Dialight Corporation recently reached an agreement with Rio Tinto Energy America to install its LED-based SafeSite(TM) and LEDBright fixtures throughout many of its coal mining and crushing facilities, thus improving safety dramatically and decreasing maintenance and energy costs in these locations.

The rugged solid-state design of these newly released fixtures creates a new era where failed lamps and expensive re-lamping costs become a thing of the past. Dialight's newest illumination fixture, the SafeSite series, is designed exclusively for hazardous locations.

OXFORD, England, February 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Commerce Decisions today announced that it is working with North Lincolnshire Council to support the procurement process behind its multi-million pound investment in schools. The council has secured GBP80m to rebuild and modernise secondary schools in Scunthorpe. This investment is part of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, which is the UK Government's biggest investment in improving schools for over 50 years.

SANTA CLARA, California, February 29 /PRNewswire/ --

Finesse Solutions, LLC and Applikon Biotechnology Inc, announced the general release of the TruConnect(TM) gateway, a migration device designed to provide an interface between Applikon ADI 1010 and ADI 1030 Controllers, and the Finesse TruLogic(TM) Controller, enabled by Finesse's TruBio(TM) software (based on DeltaV(TM) control.)

Old media news groups that have put up news websites have had inconsistent success due to factors like the costs of moderation and the inconsistent quality of their user-generated content (UGC). As a result, readers are not all that excited about it.

You know what that means, right? Yes, we eat their lunch.

In a New Media & Society article(1), Neil Thurman of City University London states that despite a full-court press by old media to embrace Web 2.0 concepts, their own restrictions have caused readers to participate less than they would like. So some of them are considering it a failure.