AMSTERDAM, May 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Revolutionary Service Helps Global Enterprises to Optimise Their Global Telecom Management

Ezwim, a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of Telecom Management services, today announces the launch of its MNC Portal. This revolutionary service enables global organisations to centrally view and analyse their mobile and fixed communications spending around the world.

LONDON, May 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Joint Approach With Sister Agency Tequila\Hakuhodo Proves a Winner

Agency.com has announced that is has won a 4-way pitch to redesign Canon's corporate website to serve the wide ranging needs of business and consumer audiences across EMEA territories.

Sister agency TEQUILA\ Hakuhodo is an existing digital supplier to Canon. A joint team approach was chosen to give Canon the best of both worlds; Canon experience, understanding and relationships from TEQUILA\ Hakuhodo, coupled with best in class, user-centred web design and robust project approach from Agency.com

DUBLIN, Ireland, May 22 /PRNewswire/ --

Allergy Standards Ltd. ("ASL"), the internationally recognized independent evaluator of consumer products, today announced that Angela Southey, PhD, has joined the organization as Scientific Officer.

As Scientific Officer of ASL, Dr. Southey will have overall operational responsibility for the analytical laboratory as well as the day-to-day management of ongoing projects, including the development of protocols, management of standards, testing, analyses and certification.

OAK PARK, Michigan, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSX: AZD, LSE: ADC & OTCQX: AZDDF) - ("Azure" or the "Company"), a leading developer of hybrid electric and electric powertrains for commercial vehicles is pleased to announce it has received an order from AT&T for 15 gasoline parallel hybrid electric Ford E-450.

Scott Harrison, Azure's Chief Executive Officer said, "The purchase of production vehicles by AT&T is another significant milestone for Azure. Not only does this order once again demonstrate the depth and functionality of Azure's parallel hybrid system but it validates the broad application of the technology across various industries." Mr. Harrison went on to say, "It is great to be able to call AT&T a customer."

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Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most frequent cause of dementia, is a form of amyloidosis. It has been known for a century that dementia, brain atrophy and amyloidosis can be caused by chronic bacterial infections, namely by Treponema pallidum in the atrophic form of general paresis in syphilis. Bacteria and viruses are powerful stimulators of inflammation. It was suggested by Alois Alzheimer and his colleagues a century ago that microorganisms may be contributors in the generation of senile plaques in AD.

A number of chronic diseases are in fact caused by one or more infectious agents - stomach ulcers are caused by Helicobacter pylori while chronic lung disease in newborns and chronic asthma in adults are both caused by Mycoplasmas and Chlamydia pneumonia and some other pathogens have been associated with atherosclerosis.

The realization that pathogens can produce slowly progressive chronic diseases has opened new lines of research into Alzheimer’s disease.

An international team of scientists surveying the waters of the continental shelf off the West Coast of North America has discovered for the first time high levels of acidified ocean water within 20 miles of the shoreline, raising concern for marine ecosystems from Canada to Mexico.

Researchers aboard the Wecoma, an Oregon State University research vessel, also discovered that this corrosive, acidified water that is being “upwelled” seasonally from the deeper ocean is probably 50 years old, suggesting that future ocean acidification levels will increase since atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide have increased rapidly over the past half century.

“When the upwelled water was last at the surface, it was exposed to an atmosphere with much lower CO2 (carbon dioxide) levels than today’s,” pointed out Burke Hales, an associate professor in the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University and an author on the Science study. “The water that will upwell off the coast in future years already is making its undersea trek toward us, with ever-increasing levels of carbon dioxide and acidity.

GOMARINGEN, Germany, May 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- RealWORX(TM) Web is the only system to perform both ingress and RF performance monitoring, providing technical staff with the tools to proactively and effectively minimize cable modem and RF Signal quality problems.

BOSTON, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, today announced the launch of a free weekly email update with top timber industry news headlines. This free email is part of RISI's North American Timber News Service -- the only comprehensive news service dedicated to the North American timber industry. The service will provide subscribers updated news on timberlands and timber markets, as well as corporate, government, trade, transportation and demand issues.

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WASHINGTON, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Today, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) issued the following statement in response to President Bush's veto of the Farm Bill:

The President's veto of the Farm Bill is an opportunity for Congress to reexamine the 54 cent per gallon secondary import tariff on ethanol. With gasoline and corn prices at record highs and the summer driving season right around the corner, this tariff prevents Americans from recognizing the price savings that increased ethanol imports would bring consumers.