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Addax Petroleum Third Quarter 2008 Conference Call

Addax Petroleum Third Quarter 2008 Conference Call

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

CALGARY, Canada, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Addax Petroleum Corporation (TSX: AXC and LSE: AXC) (Addax Petroleum or the Corporation) will announce its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 on Monday, November 10, 2008, and will discuss its financial results in a conference call on Monday, November 10, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time/4:00 p.m. London, U.K. time. Mr. Jean Claude Gandur, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. James Pearce, Chief Operating Officer, and Mr. Michael Ebsary, Chief Financial Officer, will discuss the Corporation's most recent financial and operating results.

Biohit Launches New Quick Tests For Fecal Occult Blood

Biohit Launches New Quick Tests For Fecal Occult Blood

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

HELSINKI, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Biohit is extending its range of diagnostic tests for gastrointestinal diseases with ColonView Hb and Hb/Hp quick tests, which are intended to aid early diagnosis and prevention of colorectal cancer. ColonView testing can be used for simple and cost-effective identification of patients with fecal occult blood, which is a well-known marker for colorectal cancer and pre-cancerous large adenomas. ColonView testing can also give information on possible other disease of the gastrointestinal tract that is associated with bleeding.

ColonView Hb test detects human hemoglobin (Hb) from red blood cells, and ColonView Hb/Hp test detects hemoglobin/haptoglobin complex (Hb/Hp).

Rafael Nadal's 2008 Wimbledon Winning Tennis Racquet To Be Auctioned Off For Charity!

Rafael Nadal's 2008 Wimbledon Winning Tennis Racquet To Be Auctioned Off For Charity!

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

SYDNEY, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Australia's 2002 Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt is conducting a month long fund-raising charity auction during November on website http://www.eswap.com with proceeds going to Cure Our Kids, which helps kids with cancer and their families.

AboveNet Wins The City Of London's Considerate Contractor Gold Award For The Second Year In A Row

AboveNet Wins The City Of London's Considerate Contractor Gold Award For The Second Year In A Row

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- AboveNet Communications UK Ltd., a leading provider of fibre optic connectivity solutions for business and carriers and a subsidiary of AboveNet Inc., has been named a Gold Award recipient in the City of London's annual Considerate Contractor Scheme (CCS) for the second year in a row. The awards ceremony was held on Friday 31st October 2008, at Plaisterers Hall in London.

William E. Lewandowski To Lead Simbionix US Marketing Team In Simbionix's Strategic Expansion In The US Market

William E. Lewandowski To Lead Simbionix US Marketing Team In Simbionix's Strategic Expansion In The US Market

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

CLEVELAND, Ohio and LOD, Israel, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Simbionix USA Corporation (Simbionix), a developer of medical simulators and hands-on curriculum for training medical professionals, today announced that William E. Lewandowski will join the company as the US Marketing Director on November 10th, 2008. Gary Zamler, Simbionix CEO stated, Over the past two consecutive years, Simbionix has enjoyed double digit revenue growth in both our International and Domestic markets. We are particularly pleased to have someone of Bill's caliber join our expanding US organization to increase the momentum as we rollout new and exciting products such as 'PROcedure Rehearsal Studio' the Simulation Industry's first patient specific technology.

TriSys Releases Version 8.0 Recruitment Software

TriSys Releases Version 8.0 Recruitment Software

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

CAMBRIDGE, England, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- TriSys Business Software, one of the UK's fastest growing software and services providers, has released version 8.0 of its advanced recruitment software.

TriSys Version 8.0 is designed for recruitment agencies of all sizes and industry focus, whether specialising in contract, temporary, permanent or executive search and selection. TriSys is delivered as a fully operational recruitment system 'out of the box' or on-line, ensuring a rapid delivery and efficient adoption by both recruiters and administration staff.

Fighting Spam Just Got Easier

Fighting Spam Just Got Easier

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

ST-SULPICE, Switzerland, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

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ST-SULPICE, Switzerland, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- The Swiss Company Fastnet SA Releases MailCleaner Version 3 (http://www.mailcleaner.net), its Antivirus / Antispam Solution. Priority #1: Simplicity

More than 90% of the messages that reach enterprise mail servers are unwanted. This disquieting rate demands filtering solutions of increasing complexity - complex in terms of message processing, but simple in terms of daily use.

Mouth Cancer - A Deadly Disease - Are You At Risk?

Mouth Cancer - A Deadly Disease - Are You At Risk?

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

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November 16 sees the launch of a new health campaign organised by the British Dental Health Foundation called Mouth Cancer Action Week. Mouth cancer (also called oral cancer) is a malignant growth which can occur in any part of the mouth including the lips and tongue. Mouth cancers often appear as a painless mouth ulcer that does not heal normally or, less often, as a red or white patch in the mouth. The campaign seeks to encourage people to understand their level of risk for the disease and to advise dentists to be vigilant in their examination procedures.

W3C Appoints Peperoni As Committee Member

W3C Appoints Peperoni As Committee Member

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

HAGEN, Germany, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Wide Web Consortium (http://www.w3.org) has appointed Peperoni Software GmbH as a Committee Member for the upcoming workshop on the future of social networking in January 2009.

Back in 2001 already, the German Peperoni Software GmbH (http://www.peperoni.de) from Hagen, has developed a platform for the mobile and fixed-line internet for mobile social networking named http://www.peperonity.com making them the formal inventors of mobile site building. Peperoni will join a total of approximately 12 committee members that will have the task to evaluate the most pressuring issues that social networking faces in a converging world.

Avineuro Announced Advancing Potent Small Molecule For Treatment Of Alzheimer's Disease To Clinical Development

Avineuro Announced Advancing Potent Small Molecule For Treatment Of Alzheimer's Disease To Clinical Development

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

SAN DIEGO, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Avineuro Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today the completion of preclinical studies of AVN-101, a potent small molecule for treatment of Alzheimer's disease. These studies demonstrate that AVN-101 is safe and well tolerated, and that it has a favorable pharmacokinetic profile. Based on these and other results, Avineuro Pharmaceuticals, Inc. plans to advance AVN-101 into clinical trials in Q1 2009. Results of the studies will be presented at the 9th International Conference -- AD/PD 2009 -- Prague, Czech Republic, March 11-15, 2009.

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Richard Vos Named A Director Of TerreStar Europe

Richard Vos Named A Director Of TerreStar Europe

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

TerreStar Europe Limited, a European mobile communications provider and an indirect, majority-owned subsidiary of TerreStar Corporation (Nasdaq: TSTR), today announced that Richard Vos has been named a Director. With over thirty years experience in the telecommunications and satellite industries, Vos brings tremendous experience and leadership to the TerreStar Europe team.

Vos was formerly Chairman of Inmarsat Ventures PLC, which he led from privatisation in 1999 to a private equity buyout in 2003. He also previously headed Satellite Investments for British Telecommunications plc; he was also Governor for the UK and Ireland on the Board of INTELSAT and served as Chairman of the Board 1998-99.

China Solar Photovoltaic SA Files Interim Financial Report With Alternext Of Paris NYSE-Euronext

China Solar Photovoltaic SA Files Interim Financial Report With Alternext Of Paris NYSE-Euronext

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

DONGYING CITY, China, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

CNPV (NYSE Euronext: ALCNP) (China Solar Photovoltaic SA or the Company), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of SPV modules, founded in 2006, today announced that it filed its first half year Interim Financial Report for the year 2008 ended June 30, 2008 with Alternext of Paris NYSE-Euronext on November 3, 2008. The half year Interim Financial Report can be accessed via the investor relations section of the Company's website at http://www.cnpv-power.com.

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'Green Iron' Detoxifies Pollutants In Industrial Wastewater

'Green Iron' Detoxifies Pollutants In Industrial Wastewater

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

Take a close look at that cheap piece of scrap iron before you toss it in the trash.  Wei-xian Zhang has a good use for it. Someday soon, much of the world might also.  Zhang, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, recently concluded a five-year research project in which he and his colleagues at Tongji University in Shanghai used two million pounds of iron to detoxify pollutants in industrial wastewater.
Global Warming's Drier Mushrooms Mean Less Carbon Dioxide From Soil

Global Warming's Drier Mushrooms Mean Less Carbon Dioxide From Soil

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

The fight against climate warming has an unexpected ally in mushrooms growing in dry spruce forests covering Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and other northern regions, a new UC Irvine study finds.  When soil in these forests is warmed, fungi that feed on dead plant material dry out and produce significantly less carbon dioxide than fungi in cooler, wetter soil. This came as a surprise to scientists, who expected warmer soil to emit larger amounts of carbon dioxide because extreme cold is believed to slow down the process by which fungi convert soil carbon into carbon dioxide.
Natural Selection Favors Some Species Due To Metabolism, Says New Study

Natural Selection Favors Some Species Due To Metabolism, Says New Study

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

Why are some species of plants and animals favored by natural selection?   According to a UC Riverside-led research team, the answer lies in the rate of metabolism of a species – how fast a species consumes energy, per unit mass, per unit time.  The researchers studied 3006 species, the largest number of species ever analyzed in a single study. The species list encompasses much of the range of biological diversity on Earth – from bacteria to elephants, and algae to sapling trees. 

To the researchers' surprise, they found the mean metabolic rate of the species at rest fell on a narrow range of values – 0.3 to 9 Watts per kilogram. 
Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Collaborators Present Positive Combination REOLYSIN(R) And Docetaxel Results At ISBTc Annual Meeting

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Collaborators Present Positive Combination REOLYSIN(R) And Docetaxel Results At ISBTc Annual Meeting

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

CALGARY, Canada, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (TSX: ONC, NASDAQ: ONCY) announced today that it has achieved positive interim results in its U.K. combination REOLYSIN(R) and docetaxel clinical trial for patients with advanced cancers.

Prof. Hardev Pandha of the Royal Surrey Hospital, U.K., presented the results at the International Society for Biological Therapy of Cancer (iSBTC) annual meeting on November 1, 2008. The meeting was held in San Diego, California from October 31 - November 2, 2008.

Fourteen patients have been treated to date in the dose escalation portion of the trial and eleven patients are evaluable for response. The detailed results are summarized in the following table:

Sara Lee's Coffee Blends Become 30% More Sustainable In 2009

Sara Lee's Coffee Blends Become 30% More Sustainable In 2009

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

UTRECHT, Netherlands, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Sara Lee to Source 26,500 Tons of Sustainable Coffee in 2009 - Tenfold Increase in Five Years, 30% Increase Compared to This Calendar Year

Sara Lee further increases its commitment to sustainable coffee as the company will buy 26,500 tons of certified coffee beans in 2009. That is approximately 30% more than in 2008 and a tenfold increase since the company formalised its sustainable sourcing commitment five years ago. Sara Lee is the world's third largest coffee roaster and sells its coffee blends under flagship brands such as Douwe Egberts, Senseo, Merrild, Maison du Café and Marcilla.

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Collaborators Present Positive Phase I/II Combination REOLYSIN(R) And Paclitaxel/Carboplatin Results At ISBTc Annual Meeting

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Collaborators Present Positive Phase I/II Combination REOLYSIN(R) And Paclitaxel/Carboplatin Results At ISBTc Annual Meeting

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

CALGARY, Canada, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (TSX: ONC, NASDAQ: ONCY) announced today that it has achieved positive interim results in its Phase I and Phase II U.K. combination REOLYSIN(R) and paclitaxel/carboplatin clinical trials for patients with advanced cancers. The principal investigator for the trial is Dr. Kevin Harrington of The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.

The results were presented at the International Society for Biological Therapy of Cancer (iSBTC) annual meeting on November 1, 2008. The meeting was held in San Diego, California from October 31 - November 2, 2008.

German Consumer Association Stiftung Warentest Relies On Credit Card Payment Processing Solutions From Wirecard AG

German Consumer Association Stiftung Warentest Relies On Credit Card Payment Processing Solutions From Wirecard AG

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

MUNICH and GRASBRUNN, Germany, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Berlin-based, independent consumer association Stiftung Warentest relies on the payment platform provided by Wirecard AG, one of the leading international providers of electronic payment and risk management solutions. With immediate effect, the Munich-based technology group will handle the entire processing of credit card payments at http://www.test.de.

Molecular Identity Crisis - A Ribozyme Without RNA

Molecular Identity Crisis - A Ribozyme Without RNA

Nov 03 2008 | comment(s)

Not all enzymes that are assumed to require an RNA component in order to function do actually contain RNA, according to a study  that focused on the enzyme RNase P.   Contrary to accepted scientific theory, the project team from Vienna has long believed that certain forms of RNase P do not contain any RNA. They say they have now succeeded in proving their point through a series of experiments and the results are published today in the journal CELL.

Although ribozymes are not quite living fossils, these enzymes, which function only in the presence of RNA, hail from a long gone age when biochemical processes were still controlled by RNA molecules. It was only later that proteins came onto the molecular scene.