HONG KONG, June 9 /PRNewswire/ --

OrbusNeich today announced that it has received CE Mark approval for the Scoreflex coronary dilatation catheter.

The new product, which rounds out OrbusNeich's balloon catheter portfolio, is designed for use in focused force angioplasty, a technique in which the force resulting from balloon inflation in a stenotic lesion is concentrated at one or more locations within the stenosis. Published research has shown that focused force angioplasty is effective in resolving resistant stenosis while reducing the frequency of complications with its use of gradual, low-pressure inflations.

LONDON, June 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Sustainability Now event tackles vital issues facing those creating an eco-friendly built environment and offers carbon coaching

A free-to-access virtual event to be held next month will explore the quest to design and build sustainable buildings, cities and communities.

The conference, called Sustainability Now, is to be held over two days and will include a unique mix of content and media on green design and construction.

Taking place on 1 and 2 July, the event is produced by leading UK business magazines Building, Building Design and Property Week. It is already proving popular -- over 1,800 construction, architecture and property professionals have already signed up to attend the event.

MUMBAI, India, June 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Tata Interactive Systems' Story-Based Learning Objects (StoBLs(TM)) Help Clients Worldwide to Adapt a Time-Tested Methodology to Enhance Learning

Global learning provider Tata Interactive Systems' (TIS) Story-based Learning Objects (StoBLs(TM)) have been recognized for their ability to enhance the learning experience and improve the learner's ability to retain information.

Although a relatively new concept, StoBLs(TM) have become a popular learning trend with organizations ranging from Transportation and Logistics companies to Financial Advisories, and even Airlines.

LONDON, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Academic Advisor of top-performing Oxford Marketing College, Professor Malcolm McDonald , the FTSE 100 Guru and international marketing consultant to the operating boards of several of the world's leading multinationals will speak about 'Marketing past, present and future', at the University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, on the 30th June. The lecture will begin at 6.30pm.

The lecture is part of a series of talks to celebrate the 10th Birthday of Oxford College of Marketing and to introduce the new London part time evening programme for the Professional Certificate and the Professional Diploma in Marketing.

AMSTERDAM, June 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Social Media Will Have Major Influence on key Aspects of Research Within Five Years

TEL AVIV, Israel, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Netafim - the world's largest company providing smart water solutions for agricultural industries - has announced that it has joined the CEO Water Mandate organization. This move comes at a time when the entire world must deal with serious water shortages which affect, among other things, food production and sanitation.

Netafim President and CEO, Ofer Bloch was among the chief executive officers of 19 corporations to call on G8 leaders to actively address the issue of water use and shortages during their upcoming Hokkaido Toyako Summit on 7-9 July in Japan. The business leaders all support the UN Global Compact's CEO Water Mandate, launched by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in July 2007.

BERLIN, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The German parliament (Bundestag) has agreed to new laws that strengthen conditions for renewable energies investments. The laws are part of the government's "Climate Package," the goals of which are saving 250 million metric tons of CO2 by 2020, with renewable energies contributing to 30% of electricity production by the same year. These legal changes strengthen Germany as an investment location for renewable energies and energy efficiency technologies.

A propensity for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) might be beneficial to a group of Kenyan nomads, according to new research published in BMC Evolutionary Biology. Scientists have shown that an ADHD-associated version of the gene DRD4 is associated with better health in nomadic tribesmen, and yet may cause malnourishment in their settled cousins.

The DRD4 gene codes for a receptor for dopamine, one of the chemical messengers used in the brain. One version of the DRD4 gene, the '7R allele', is believed to be associated with food craving as well as ADHD.

A study led by Dan Eisenberg, an anthropology graduate student from Northwestern University in the US, analyzed the correlates of body mass index (BMI) and height with two genetic polymorphisms in dopamine receptor genes, in particular the 48 base pair (bp) repeat polymorphism in the dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene.

He's not well known like President Bush and musician Neil Young, but Philadelphian Frank Gallagher now has something in common with them: He has a new species named after him.

Gallagher was The Academy of Natural Sciences' affable mailroom supervisor for 37 years before retiring in 2003. "They used to call me 'the grapevine,'" said Gallagher, because he not only distributed the mail to the staff but also passed along the latest gossip. Now he is the inspiration for Rhinodoras gallagheri, a new species of catfish described by Academy fish scientist Dr. Mark Sabaj Pérez in the March issue of Copeia.

New species often are named for prominent scientists, generous benefactors or even spouses. A biologist recently named a new trapdoor spider after popular singer-songwriter Neil Young. A few years ago an entomologist named a new slime-mold beetle after the president. Rarely, if ever, has a new species been named for a postman.