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Manpower Software Expands Product Offerings With The Acquisition Of Baum Hart Partners

Manpower Software Expands Product Offerings With The Acquisition Of Baum Hart Partners

Dec 10 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, December 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Manpower Software plc, the leader in workforce optimisation solutions, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Baum Hart Partners, the market leader in the provision of integrated software systems, consultancy, training and support services principally to the National Health Service (NHS). The acquisition of Baum Hart enables Manpower Software to extend its offering to the NHS as well as move into new vertical markets.

Chris Lee, Managing Partner at Baum Hart Partners, commented:

The strategic fit of Manpower Software and Baum Hart Partners is excellent for customers and staff. Manpower Software has significant resources to invest in the customer base and products of Baum Hart Partners.

Diagnoplex Closes CHF10 Million ($8.3 Million) Series A Financing

Diagnoplex Closes CHF10 Million ($8.3 Million) Series A Financing

Dec 10 2008 | comment(s)

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, December 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Diagnoplex, a developer of molecular cancer diagnostics today announced the closing of a Series A financing raising CHF10 million ($8.3 million). The A-round was led by Novartis Venture Fund and NeoMed, with Initiative Capital Romandie acting as co-investor. The Novartis Venture Fund was also a seed investor in the company. BCCC Avocats acted as counsel to the investors and BMP Associés acted as counsel to the company.

In connection with the financing, Anja König, Ph.D., a Managing Director of Novartis Venture Fund, and Thomas Goebel, Ph.D., a Principal at NeoMed, will join Diagnoplex' board of directors, while Claude Suard, Partner at DEFI Gestion, will join the board as an observer.

What If Nicotine Addiction Has A Biological Basis?

What If Nicotine Addiction Has A Biological Basis?

Dec 10 2008 | comment(s)

Would you insist someone change if they are left-handed?   90% of the world is right-handed.  Short?  That's relative but the average height for an American man is under 5'10".    Genes do a lot of things, and a new study from the Abramson Cancer Center and Department of Psychiatry in the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine says that smokers who carry a particular version of a gene for an enzyme that regulates dopamine in the brain may suffer from concentration problems and other cognitive deficits when abstaining from nicotine – a problem that puts them at risk for relapse during attempts to quit smoking.
Scientists Vow To Crack Down On Science Fraud

Scientists Vow To Crack Down On Science Fraud

Dec 10 2008 | comment(s)

Public confidence in the honesty of scientists is being harmed by a small minority of researchers who behave badly, heard attendees of a meeting in Madrid on 17-18 November that was organized by the newly formed Research Integrity Forum of the European Science Foundation (ESF) in collaboration with the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).   The European research organizations agreed to work more closely to tackle the problem of fraud and other misconduct in science.

Fraud in science includes inventing data (fabrication), manipulating data to produce an unjustified result (falsification) or presenting the work of other researchers as one's own (plagiarism).
Contact Between The Last Neanderthals And Modern Humans Uncovered

Contact Between The Last Neanderthals And Modern Humans Uncovered

Dec 10 2008 | comment(s)

It is widely accepted that Upper Paleolithic early modern humans spread westward across Europe about 42,000 years ago, variably displacing and absorbing Neandertal (alt. spelling Neanderthal) populations in the process. However, Middle Paleolithic assemblages persisted for another 8,000 years in Iberia, presumably made by Neandertals. It has been unclear whether these late Middle Paleolithic Iberian assemblages were made by Neandertals, and what the nature of those humans might have been. 

New research, published Dec. 8 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is now shedding some light on what were probably the last Neandertals. 
Would You Lose Weight For Money? This Study Says Yes

Would You Lose Weight For Money? This Study Says Yes

Dec 10 2008 | comment(s)

A preliminary study suggests that economic incentives appear to be effective for achieving short-term weight loss, according to a report in the December 10 issue of JAMA.
The Dark Chocolate Version Of Father Christmas Is Most Delicious (And So Filling You'll Forget Pizza)

The Dark Chocolate Version Of Father Christmas Is Most Delicious (And So Filling You'll Forget Pizza)

Dec 10 2008 | comment(s)

New research at the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE) at the University of Copenhagen – shows that dark chocolate is far more filling than milk chocolate, lessening our craving for sweet, salty and fatty foods. In other words, eating dark chocolate may be an efficient way to keep your weight down over Christmas. 

We have known for a long time that it is healthier to eat dark chocolate, but now scientists at the Department of Human Nutrition at LIFE, University of Copenhagen, have found that dark chocolate also gives more of a feeling of satiety than milk chocolate. 

Chocolate experiment 
Thiazolidinediones For Diabetes Double Risk Of Fractures In Women

Thiazolidinediones For Diabetes Double Risk Of Fractures In Women

Dec 10 2008 | comment(s)

Two common diabetes drugs — rosiglitazone and pioglitazone — are linked to higher fracture rates in women, according to a meta-analysis in CMAJ by a team of researchers from the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom and Wake Forest University in the United States.

The drugs, called thiazolidinediones, help improve glycemic control and decrease insulin resistance in patients with diabetes. 
Posit Science Co-Founder And Brain Plasticity Pioneer, Michael Merzenich, Speaks At Science Conference In The Netherlands

Posit Science Co-Founder And Brain Plasticity Pioneer, Michael Merzenich, Speaks At Science Conference In The Netherlands

Dec 10 2008 | comment(s)

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, December 10 /PRNewswire/ --

Michael Merzenich, PhD, a leading research scientist at the University of California and the Chief Scientist of Posit Science Corporation, gave the plenary lecture today at the opening ceremony of a joint conference of the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science in Amsterdam. His talk, entitled Cortical Plasticity-Based Therapeutics, presented evidence that neuroplasticity-based training can be a new kind of therapeutic tool used to address a wide variety of conditions from healthy aging to mental illness to dementia to brain injury.

Sagittarius A* Black Hole In Our Galaxy Gets Triangulated, Except Using 28 Stars

Sagittarius A* Black Hole In Our Galaxy Gets Triangulated, Except Using 28 Stars

Dec 09 2008 | comment(s)

By watching the motions of 28 stars orbiting the Milky Way's most central region with admirable patience and amazing precision, astronomers have been able to study the supermassive black hole lurking there. It is known as Sagittarius A* (pronounced "Sagittarius A star"). The new research marks the first time that the orbits of so many of these central stars have been calculated precisely and reveals information about the enigmatic formation of these stars — and about the black hole to which they are bound.
Platts Survey: November OPEC Oil Output Fell To 31.38 Mil. Barrels Per Day

Platts Survey: November OPEC Oil Output Fell To 31.38 Mil. Barrels Per Day

Dec 09 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, December 9 /PRNewswire/ --

Platts -- The 13 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) pumped an average 31.38 million barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil in November, according to a Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials just released. This is a decline of 880,000 from the October level of 32.26 million b/d.

Excluding Indonesia, which will leave OPEC at the end of this year, and Iraq, production from the 11 members bound by output agreements fell by 950,000 b/d to 28.16 million b/d from 29.11 million b/d, the survey showed.

Cognitive Efficiency Determines How Advertising Affects Your Brain

Cognitive Efficiency Determines How Advertising Affects Your Brain

Dec 09 2008 | comment(s)

As we watch TV, listen to the radio or flip through the pages of a magazine, most of us ignore the relentless onslaught of advertising. But are we in fact being persuaded and influenced by the glossy pages of that magazine or that 30 second commercial? The prevalence of advertising on consumer preference has long been debated by communication and psychology professors alike, none of whom can agree to the meanings of their research, which have all yielded vague and inconclusive results. A new area of study has suggested that human response to advertising is based on our cognitive efficiency instead of marketing manipulation.
Fully Upgraded C-5M Super Galaxy To Extend Lifetime To 2040

Fully Upgraded C-5M Super Galaxy To Extend Lifetime To 2040

Dec 09 2008 | comment(s)

Lockheed Martin has just delivered the most recent upgrade of the military's cargo backbone, the C-5M Super Galaxy, to the U.S. Air Force at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins AFB, Georgia. The aircraft contains a host of upgrades and modernizations intended to help its keep its status as the dominant cargo plane of the U.S. Military.
Locatech, CrossGap And Jonckers Announce Merge

Locatech, CrossGap And Jonckers Announce Merge

Dec 09 2008 | comment(s)

BRUSSELS, Belgium, December 9 /PRNewswire/ --

After a decade of successful economic partnership, Locatech and CrossGap will merge into Jonckers Translation Engineering. The three companies are the founding members of LCJ EEIG, a Microsoft Premier Vendor.

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Yoggie's Gatekeeper Pico In The Gadget Show's Top Three Gadgets Of 2008

Yoggie's Gatekeeper Pico In The Gadget Show's Top Three Gadgets Of 2008

Dec 09 2008 | comment(s)

BETH HALEVY, Israel, December 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Yoggie Picks up the Bronze Behind Apple iPhone 3G and Nintendo Wii Fit

BETH HALEVY, Israel, December 9 /PRNewswire/ --

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BETH HALEVY, Israel, December 9 /PRNewswire/ --

Yoggie Security System's(TM) mini security marvel - Gatekeeper Pico - was featured as a top gadget in The Gadget Show's Gadget of the Year 2008.

The Gatekeeper Pico, which packs 12 security applications into a USB key for full internet protection wherever you connect, beat seven other finalists to be recognized by viewers as one of the hottest gadgets of 2008, right behind the Apple iPhone 3G and Nintendo's Wii Fit which came in first and second place.

Christmas Shopping Advice You Won't Be Using For 2008

Christmas Shopping Advice You Won't Be Using For 2008

Dec 09 2008 | comment(s)

From Esquire magazine, 1949:

"A word to the wives is sufficient.  And the word is NO.  When you have serious shopping to do, leave the pretty things at home.  They can call in a few harpies from the neighborhood, set up a Kaffee-klatsch, tear a few reputations to ribbons, and be as happy as birds."

Now, this is not a Sciencetatorship, you are welcome to go ahead and use these sentiments despite me cautioning against it, but be forewarned that this was meant to be funny even in 1949.  And it's still funny.   But in 1949 they didn't have No Fault divorce laws and community property.  
Legal Marketing Services Brings The World's Leading Online Visibility Solution To Turkey

Legal Marketing Services Brings The World's Leading Online Visibility Solution To Turkey

Dec 09 2008 | comment(s)

ISTANBUL, Turkey, December 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- LMS Ensures Turkish Clients can Instantly Deliver Their News Releases to Critical Audiences Around the Globe

Legal Marketing Services Turkey (LMS), a multimedia public relations company is offering its customers a unique opportunity to reach a variety of critical audiences, including the news media, the investment community, government decision makers and millions of consumers.

The delivery of LMS customers' news releases will be supported by PR Newswire, the global leader in news distribution, through their Online Visibility Package (http://www.prnewswire.lmstr.com) service.

Unite Urges End Of 'Love Affair' With NHS Privatisation

Unite Urges End Of 'Love Affair' With NHS Privatisation

Dec 09 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, December 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Unite Welcomes Level of Funding for Primary Care Trusts

Unite the Union has welcomed the funding levels for NHS primary care trusts (PCTs) for the next two years - but has warned it should not be 'frittered away on misguided excursions into privatisation'.

Unite, the largest union in the country, has constantly campaigned against the marketisation of the NHS in recent years, as it considers that it is detrimental to patient/client care, an ineffective use of resources, and leads to a worsening of pay and conditions for staff.

ARM Announces Support For Open Handset Alliance

ARM Announces Support For Open Handset Alliance

Dec 09 2008 | comment(s)

CAMBRIDGE, England, December 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company Furthers Commitment to Enabling the Mobile Web on its Processor Architecture

ARM ((LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMH)) today announced that it will participate in the Open Handset Alliance. ARM has been working with the open Android platform for some time and is committed to delivering a rich mobile experience based on the platform. As part of this relationship, ARM will contribute its ARMv6 and ARMv7 architecture-based OpenMax DL libraries and insight on the ARM(R) CPU and ARK Mali(TM) GPU architectures to the Android Open Source Project

Mumbai Was Your Final Wake-Up Call Wm. Dunmore Warns UN Security Council, And Submits Anti-Causal Rescue-Package That Will Also Stabilise The World Economy

Mumbai Was Your Final Wake-Up Call Wm. Dunmore Warns UN Security Council, And Submits Anti-Causal Rescue-Package That Will Also Stabilise The World Economy

Dec 09 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, December 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the attack on Mumbai, constitutional lawyer and WW2 naval officer, William Dunmore, has updated the suggested UN Security Council Resolution in his Anti-Causal Plan For Rescuing The Young From The Dire Peril (see PRNewswire 10/11/08).

He reminds Council members that the Plan's world-wide UNESCO-Supported Anti-Causal 4th R Education is a necessary step to defeat terrorism, as required by Resolution 1373 (passed as a result of 9/11 seven years ago); and stresses that it would change universal conduct and transform society into a peaceful model, as called for in alarm and urgency by the (1993) UNESCO-Sponsored Montreal International Congress on Education.