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Redknee Nominated At TM Forum Excellence Awards

Redknee Nominated At TM Forum Excellence Awards

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

TORONTO, April 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- REDKNEE'S CUSTOMER CARE SOLUTION ADDRESSES REAL MARKET NEEDS AND ATTRACTS INDUSTRY RECOGNITION

Redknee (TSX: RKN), a leading provider of mission-critical billing and charging software and solutions for communications service providers, is pleased to announce that its customer care solution, Redknee One Call Resolution, has been nominated for the Best Practices for Supplier and Service Integrator category at the TM Forum Excellence Awards. Voting is now open for TM Forum members to determine the winners which will be announced at Management World 2009.

Oil Refineries Notifies That Its Two Major Shareholders Published Valuations Regarding The Company

Oil Refineries Notifies That Its Two Major Shareholders Published Valuations Regarding The Company

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

Tagetik Supports CFOs And CIOs With XBRL Standard

Tagetik Supports CFOs And CIOs With XBRL Standard

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

LUCCA, Italy, April 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- The Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) a Reporting Standard Embraced by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC and Other Regulatory Bodies Around the World.)

Alcatel-Lucent's Rich Communication Manager Named Most Innovative Mobile Application At 2009 Andrew Seybold Choice Awards

Alcatel-Lucent's Rich Communication Manager Named Most Innovative Mobile Application At 2009 Andrew Seybold Choice Awards

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

CTIA Wireless, LAS VEGAS, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announced its Rich Communications Manager, which delivers the next generation of unified rich messaging through a single web portal - providing enhanced messaging and communications to fixed, mobile, and IP devices - has been selected as this year's Most Innovative Mobile Application at the Andrew Seybold Choice Awards.

Spie: 2008 Results - Positive Momentum Continues

Spie: 2008 Results - Positive Momentum Continues

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

CERGY, France, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- As in the previous two years, SPIE achieved good results in 2008. The growth in revenues to nearly EUR3.8 billion and the increase in operating income from ordinary activities (EBIT) to EUR172.9 million attest to the solidity and effectiveness of our development model. This was achieved despite the deteriorated financial environment in the second half. The year ended also saw acquisitions remain at a high level with EUR200 million in annual production.

In 2008 there was also continuous improvement in our financial structure with negative working capital requirements for the third consecutive year generating excellent cash flow to self-finance our growth.

Nuevolution Announces Progress In Its Collaboration With Merck Co. Inc.

Nuevolution Announces Progress In Its Collaboration With Merck Co. Inc.

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

COPENHAGEN, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuevolution A/S today announced that Merck Co. Inc. has chosen to proceed to the second phase of the collaboration agreement announced in June 2008 to apply Nuevolution's proprietary Chemetics(R) drug discovery technology to identify novel small molecule leads against several drug targets.

By entering the second phase, Merck gains access to a new multi-million member proprietary library of small molecule drug candidates. In addition, this development triggers the payment of an undisclosed technology access fee to Nuevolution from Merck.

MACH Appoints Dea-Anne D'Amico As Vice President Global Human Resources

MACH Appoints Dea-Anne D'Amico As Vice President Global Human Resources

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

LUXEMBOURG, April 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- MACH Positioned for Growth With Global HR Leadership

MACH today announced the appointment of Dea-Anne D'Amico as Vice President Global Human Resources and member of MACH's Executive Team, reporting to MACH CEO, Guy Dubois.

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In this role, Ms D'Amico will lead all aspects of MACH's Human Resources organization worldwide, as well as global executive and employee communications. As a member of the company's worldwide leadership team, she will help set global strategic direction for the business spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Latin America.

E-Health Insider Awards 2009 In Association With BT; Hilton, Park Lane, London - Tuesday 20th October 2009

E-Health Insider Awards 2009 In Association With BT; Hilton, Park Lane, London - Tuesday 20th October 2009

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- E-Health Insider has started its search to uncover and reward this year's outstanding work and achievement within the healthcare IT sector. Entries for the annual E-Health Insider Awards are now being accepted via the website http://www.ehealthawards.com.

Jon Hoeksma, editor of E-Health Insider said: 2009 will see the third running of the awards and we would like to acknowledge once again the support and involvement of BT and our other sponsors within this prestigious awards programme.

Murchison Meteorite- What A Fireball Over Australia Might Tell Us About The Origin Of Life

Murchison Meteorite- What A Fireball Over Australia Might Tell Us About The Origin Of Life

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

     In the summer of 1981, a colleague at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountainview, California, gave me a small black stone wrapped in aluminum foil that changed the course of my life.

2009 Game Developers Conference Europe Opens Online Registration

2009 Game Developers Conference Europe Opens Online Registration

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

BERLIN, April 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Pan-European Developer Event to Connect Peers, Luminaries, and Business Professionals Worldwide in Cologne, Germany August 17-19

Online registration for the 2009 Game Developers Conference(R) Europe (GDC Europe) is now open through August 18. GDC Europe will play host to over 80 lectures, panels, and keynotes from top international speakers-serving as the country's premier professional event and addressing the needs and opportunities for developers and business professional throughout Europe today. Early registrants to GDC Europe receive additional discounts before the end of Professional Discount Day, July 29.

Gerresheimer Achieves Solid Growth In Core Markets - Outlook Confirmed

Gerresheimer Achieves Solid Growth In Core Markets - Outlook Confirmed

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

DUSSELDORF, Germany, April 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Group Sales in the First Quarter of 2009 at Prior Year Level; Sales up Almost 3% in the Core Business Despite Difficult Market Environment

- Adjusted EBITDA Margin of 17.1% in the Core Business, Continued Operating Earnings Strength

- CEO Dr. Axel Herberg: Despite the difficult overall economic environment we continue to aim for profitable sales growth of around 6% to 7% in our core business for 2009.

Nanostructures, Not Pigments - Bird Feather Colors And Beer Foam Get Some Answers

Nanostructures, Not Pigments - Bird Feather Colors And Beer Foam Get Some Answers

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

Some of the brightest colors in nature are created by tiny nanostructures with a structure similar to beer foam or a sponge, according to Yale University researchers.    Most colors in nature—from the color of our skin to the green of trees—are produced by pigments. But the bright blue feathers found in many birds, such as Bluebirds and Blue Jays, are instead produced by nanostructures. Under an electron microscope, these structures look like sponges with air bubbles.
 
Synaptic Homeostasis - 'Spring Training' For The Brain

Synaptic Homeostasis - 'Spring Training' For The Brain

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

If you’ve ever been sleep-deprived, you know how it correlates to baseball and the feeling that your brain is batting below the Mendoza Line and you just aren't seeing the ball very well.      Or you just feel muddled.

A study published in Science has molecular and structural evidence  saying proteins that build up in the brains of sleep-deprived fruit flies drop to lower levels in the brains of the well-rested - basically spring training, or a good cleaning, for your brain. The proteins are located in the synapses, those specialized parts of neurons that allow brain cells to communicate with other neurons. 
Adam Qadmon, Meet Adam Robot: He Just Made His First Discovery

Adam Qadmon, Meet Adam Robot: He Just Made His First Discovery

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

Scientists, this is your future research partner.    A 'Robot Scientist' named Adam has been created and the group behind it believe it is the first machine to have independently discovered new scientific knowledge. Adam is a computer system that fully automates the scientific process.
Take A Look At Charles Darwin's Student Days

Take A Look At Charles Darwin's Student Days

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

Yes, Charles Darwin did important things for science, but what we really want to know is how he squandered his money as a student.    Did he drink and smoke a lot?   Yeah, actually, which makes him all the more likable.   

200 years after the great naturalist's birth, his successors at Christ's College, Cambridge, have unearthed bills which record intimate details about the young Darwin's previously unknown day-to-day life during his student years.

The six record books were published online March 23rd at The Complete Work Of Charles Darwin Online (http://darwin-online.org.uk/), making them freely available to readers anywhere in the world.
Asperger Syndrome Could Be Linked To Stress Hormone Cortisol

Asperger Syndrome Could Be Linked To Stress Hormone Cortisol

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

Some of the symptoms of the autistic condition Asperger Syndrome, such as a need for routine and resistance to change, could be linked to levels of the stress hormone cortisol, suggests new research led by the University of Bath.

Normally, people have a surge of this hormone shortly after waking, with levels gradually decreasing throughout the day. It is thought this surge makes the brain alert, preparing the body for the day and helping the person to be aware of changes happening around them.

However, a study led by Dr Mark Brosnan and Dr Julie Turner-Cobb from the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath, and Dr David Jessop from the University of Bristol, has found that children with Asperger Syndrome (AS) do not experience this surge.
Sun Reaches Quietest Solar Minimum Since 1913

Sun Reaches Quietest Solar Minimum Since 1913

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

The sunspot cycle is behaving a little like the stock market. Just when you think it has hit bottom, it goes even lower. 

2008 was a bear. There were no sunspots observed on 266 of the year's 366 days (73 percent). To find a year with more blank suns, you have to go all the way back to 1913, which had 311 spotless days. Prompted by these numbers, some observers suggested that the solar cycle had hit bottom in 2008.

Maybe not. Sunspot counts for 2009 have dropped even lower. As of March 31st, there were no sunspots on 78 of the year's 90 days (87 percent).  

Theta 1 Orionis C - A Peek Into The Heart Of The Orion Nebula

Theta 1 Orionis C - A Peek Into The Heart Of The Orion Nebula

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

A team of astronomers, led by Stefan Kraus and Gerd Weigelt from the Max-Planck-Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn, used ESO's Very Large telescope Interferometer (VLTI) to obtain the sharpest ever image of the young double star Theta 1 Ori C in the Orion Trapezium Cluster, the most massive star in the nearest high-mass star-forming region.
Jackdaw Eyes Can Interpret Human Gaze

Jackdaw Eyes Can Interpret Human Gaze

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

We all know that people sometimes change their behavior when someone is looking their way.   A new study in Current Biology shows that jackdaws, birds related to crows and ravens with eyes that appear similar to human eyes, can do the same. 

"Jackdaws seem to recognize the eye's role in visual perception, or at the very least they are extremely sensitive to the way that human eyes are oriented," said Auguste von Bayern, formerly of the University of Cambridge and now at the University of Oxford. 
Let's Put Vikings In Charge Of Immigration

Let's Put Vikings In Charge Of Immigration

Apr 02 2009 | comment(s)

Long before they became famous as barbaric raiders, Vikings played nice with British and Irish culture, according to findings at a recent Cambridge University conference.

The conference, entitled "Between the Islands", was organized by the University's Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic and its Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) and had more than 20 cutting-edge studies which reveal how the Vikings shared technology, swapped ideas and often lived side-by-side in relative harmony with their Anglo-Saxon and Celtic contemporaries.