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Aleris International, Inc. Announces New Senior Vice President And Controller

Aleris International, Inc. Announces New Senior Vice President And Controller

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

BEACHWOOD, Ohio, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Aleris International, Inc. announced today that Scott A. McKinley was elected Senior Vice President and Controller of the Company.

Mr. McKinley had served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer since September 2006. Prior to joining Aleris, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Lubrizol Corporation's Specialty Chemicals Segment. Before that, he was the Vice President and Controller of Noveon, Inc. Mr. McKinley also previously held the position of Director, Financial Planning and Analysis for BF Goodrich Performance Materials and spent the first 15 years of his career at the General Electric Company.

UNICA Issues Statement On President's Veto Of Farm Bill

UNICA Issues Statement On President's Veto Of Farm Bill

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

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.

Evolution of a New Protein-Coding Gene

Evolution of a New Protein-Coding Gene

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

How does a new protein-coding gene evolve? In most cases, new genes are essentially modified copies of older ones. An old gene produces a protein with a particular function; after one of many well known types of random events creates an extra copy of this gene, one copy may, through mutation, produce a protein with a different function. But how do protein coding genes arise in the first place? How do you get from a non-coding sequence to a coding one?
Atlas Copco Launches Energy Efficiency Roadshow In Europe

Atlas Copco Launches Energy Efficiency Roadshow In Europe

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

ANTWERP, Belgium, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlas Copco announced today that it will run a worldwide 'roadshow' for its most energy-efficient oil-injected compressors ever produced, the new GA 90-160 kW range. Its Specific Energy Requirement (SER) is best-in-class, using up to 11% less electricity than the previous GA models. The Atlas Copco GA 160 VSD compressor has broken no less than eight performance records in the industry: in terms of overall energy requirements, energy consumption of individual elements and lifetime of replacement parts. The roadshow will start in Antwerp, Belgium on June 4th and will be followed by events in North America, South America and Asia.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080521/306077 )

Robert A. Van Duivenbode Joins Playlogic Entertainment As Corporate IR/PR Officer

Robert A. Van Duivenbode Joins Playlogic Entertainment As Corporate IR/PR Officer

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Today, Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PLGC), an independent worldwide publisher of entertainment software, announces the arrival of Robert A. Van Duivenbode, who will join the company as Investor Relations and Corporate Public Relations Officer as of May 26, 2008.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071119/PLAYLOGICLOGO )

Robert A. Van Duivenbode (42 years) worked at Van Der Moolen, a leading Euronext and NYSE trading company in Amsterdam for 19 years. At Van Der Moolen Amsterdam, Robert A. Van Duivenbode was a senior trader for leading stocks such as Philips, ING and KPN.

Torex Selects Astea Alliance To Power Integrated Service Management

Torex Selects Astea Alliance To Power Integrated Service Management

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

HORSHAM, Pennsylvania, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Astea International Inc. (Nasdaq: ATEA), a leading provider of Service Lifecycle Management and Mobility software solutions today announced that Torex, the leading European-based global provider of software solutions to the extended retail marketplace, has selected Astea Alliance to manage the service of its solutions for the extended retail marketplace.

European CPO Summit In Duesseldorf

European CPO Summit In Duesseldorf

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

FRANKFURT, Germany, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Announcement of the European Summit European Procurement Excellence (EPE) 24th - 25th June 2008, Duesseldorf, Germany Maritim Hotel Duesseldorf Maritimplatz 1, 40474 Duesseldorf, Germany Summit Dates 24th June 2008: 9.30am - 7pm 25th June 2008: 9am - 4pm

For the third time, Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) from leading European companies will gather at the European Procurement Excellence (EPE) to exchange Best Practices. This year's EPE takes place in Duesseldorf from 24th to 25th June 2008 under the motto "Markets in Motion: New Opportunities for Cost Savings and Capturing Innovations."

Abbott Presents Long-Term Data From Extension Study Showing Adult Crohn's Patients Treated With HUMIRA(R) (Adalimumab) Maintaine

Abbott Presents Long-Term Data From Extension Study Showing Adult Crohn's Patients Treated With HUMIRA(R) (Adalimumab) Maintaine

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

ABBOTT PARK, Illinois, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Three of Four HUMIRA Patients from CHARM Study in Remission at One Year Maintained Remission at Two Years

Video: Al Gore And Tom Stoppard Among 2008 Dan David Prize Winners Honored At Ceremony Monday, May 19

Video: Al Gore And Tom Stoppard Among 2008 Dan David Prize Winners Honored At Ceremony Monday, May 19

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Seven Winners Share $3 Million in Prizes

The seven 2008 Dan David Prize laureates, including Al Gore and Sir Tom Stoppard, were recognized for their impact on the world at a ceremony held May 19 at Tel Aviv University. Israeli President Shimon Peres gave the keynote address.

To view the Multimedia News Release, please click: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/dandavidprize/33356/

Laureates were selected based on their activities in the three time dimensions of past, present and future.

Sharing the $1 million prize in the field of Creative Rendering of the Past - Literature, Theater, Film are filmmaker Atom Egoyan, author Amos Oz and playwright Stoppard.

Epic Fail: Evolution And Creationism In America's Classrooms

Epic Fail: Evolution And Creationism In America's Classrooms

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

It is no exaggeration to call evolution “the central concept of biology.” So why is the fact of evolution denied by half of our population? A new article in PLoS Biology by Michael Berkman, Julianna Pacheco, and Eric Plutzer suggests it might be on account of their lack of education at the high school level. Since only ~25% of the US population obtains a college degree, it is the duty of high school teachers to provide a proper scientific education to our citizens. Model high school curriculum guidelines provided by the National Science Teachers Association, the National Research Council, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, strongly suggest that teachers “provide evidence that evolution has attained its status as a unifying theme in science.”
American Urological Association (AUA) Clinical Guidelines Recognizes Cryotherapy As Treatment Option For Prostate Cancer Patient

American Urological Association (AUA) Clinical Guidelines Recognizes Cryotherapy As Treatment Option For Prostate Cancer Patient

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

YOKNEAM, Israel and PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pennsylvania, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- The New Best Practice Statements Were Presented at the AUA Annual Meeting Being Held in Orlando, Florida

Galil Medical, a global leader in cryotherapy, announced today that the American Urological Association has introduced clinical guidelines with best practice statements for prostate cryotherapy. The guidelines state that cryoablation is a treatment option for men with clinically confined prostate cancer of any grade and that salvage cryoablation is a treatment option in men who have failed radiation therapy.

Gerobatrachus Hottoni - The Missing Link Between Salamander And Frog

Gerobatrachus Hottoni - The Missing Link Between Salamander And Frog

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

The description of an ancient amphibian that millions of years ago swam in quiet pools and caught mayflies on the surrounding land in Texas has set to rest one of the greatest current controversies in vertebrate evolution. The discovery was made by a research team led by scientists at the University of Calgary.

The examination and detailed description of the fossil, Gerobatrachus hottoni (meaning Hotton’s elder frog), proves the previously disputed fact that some modern amphibians, frogs and salamanders evolved from one ancient amphibian group called temnospondyls.

“The dispute arose because of a lack of transitional forms. This fossil seals the gap,” says Jason Anderson, assistant professor, University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and lead scientist in the study.

Swiss Corporation Offers Technology For Producing Diesel And Heating Oil From Used Plastics And Waste Oil

Swiss Corporation Offers Technology For Producing Diesel And Heating Oil From Used Plastics And Waste Oil

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Biotherm Technologie AG, a Swiss-based corporation, supplies a process which produces diesel fuel and heating oil from used plastics and waste or bilge oil. The diesel is of gas station quality and meets Europe's EN 590 norm. For this innovative technology the company expects a major new market from Japan's commercial shipping fleet, which is one of the world's largest.

Citrix And Akamai Collaborate To Enhance Web Application Delivery For Enterprise Customers Worldwide

Citrix And Akamai Collaborate To Enhance Web Application Delivery For Enterprise Customers Worldwide

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

HOUSTON, Texas, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Web Application Delivery Powerhouses Form Global Strategic Partnership to Provide End-to-End Application Delivery Solution

Accent Expands Its Operations To North America And Appoints New Senior Vice President Of WorldWide Sales

Accent Expands Its Operations To North America And Appoints New Senior Vice President Of WorldWide Sales

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

MILAN, Italy and FREMONT, California, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Silicon Valley and Canada Presence Expanding Customer Reach Outside Europe as Part of Accent's Strategic Growth Plan - ASIC and IP Veteran Graeme Finlayson Joining Accent as the New SVP of WW Sales

Accent S.A., a leading fabless ASIC provider offering highly differentiated design and turnkey services for state-of-the-art SoC silicon solutions, today announced the opening of its North America operations, with new office locations in the Silicon Valley (USA) and in Ottawa (Canada). At the same time Graeme Finlayson has joined Accent's executive team as the new VP of WW Sales.

Stonebranch Launches 3.2 Release Of Universal Solutions Suite

Stonebranch Launches 3.2 Release Of Universal Solutions Suite

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

ATLANTA, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- New release streamlines and centralizes the view of your workload infrastructure

Stonebranch(TM), Inc., the innovation leader in Enterprise Systems Management, today announced the 3.2 release of its Universal Solutions Suite(TM). The 3.2 release gives Stonebranch clients a Single System Image(TM) approach to their IT infrastructure, streamlining their workload solutions and centralizing the view of all workload management activities through its Enterprise Execution Environment(TM).

'Power Failure' Of Sleep-Deprived Brains Impacts How We See

'Power Failure' Of Sleep-Deprived Brains Impacts How We See

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

New imaging research shows that brain activity differs in sleep-deprived and well-rested people. The study, in the May 21 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience, shows that individuals who are sleep-deprived experience periods of near-normal brain function, but these periods are interspersed with severe drops in attention and visual processing.

They have shown for the first time what happens to the visual perceptions of healthy but sleep-deprived volunteers who fight to stay awake, like people who try to drive through the night. The scientists found that even after sleep deprivation, people had periods of near-normal brain function in which they could finish tasks quickly. However, this normalcy mixed with periods of slow response and severe drops in visual processing and attention.

During imaging, participants did a task that required visual attention. Researchers showed them large letters composed of many smaller letters. Participants were asked to identify either the large or small letters and to indicate their responses by pushing a button.

Jupiter's Little Red Spot - Storm Winds Blowing At 384 Miles Per Hour

Jupiter's Little Red Spot - Storm Winds Blowing At 384 Miles Per Hour

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

Using data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft and two telescopes on or near Earth, an international team of scientists has found that one of the solar system’s largest and newest storms – Jupiter’s Little Red Spot – has some of the highest wind speeds ever detected on any planet.

Jupiter’s "LRS" is an anticyclone, a storm whose winds circulate in the opposite direction to that of a cyclone – counterclockwise, in this case. It is nearly the size of Earth and as red as the similar, but larger and more well known, Great Red Spot (GRS). The dramatic evolution of the LRS began with the merger of three smaller white storms that had been observed since the 1930s. Two of these storms coalesced in 1998, and the combined pair merged with a third major Jovian storm in 2000. In late 2005 -- for reasons still unknown -- the combined storm turned red.

Rosetta Genomics Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results

Rosetta Genomics Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

REHOVOT, Israel and NORTH BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, May 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- First Diagnostic Test Based on Company's microRNA Technology Submitted for Regulatory Approval to the New York State Department of Health by Columbia University Medical Center - Additional West Coast Clinical Laboratory to Validate and Offer Tests Based on Rosetta Genomics' microRNA Technology - Two Additional microRNA-Related Patents Allowed

Rosetta Genomics, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ROSG), a leading molecular diagnostics company, reported today its consolidated financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 and business highlights.

Micro Robot Grasshopper Weighs 7 Grams But Jumps Like The Hulk

Micro Robot Grasshopper Weighs 7 Grams But Jumps Like The Hulk

May 21 2008 | comment(s)

Researchers from the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have unveiled unveiling a grasshopper-inspired jumping robot that weighs a miniscule 7 grams but can jump 1.4 meters - more than 27 times its body size. That's ten times farther for its size and weight than any existing jumping robot.

These jumpers could be fitted out with tiny sensors to explore rough, inaccessible terrain or to aid in search and rescue operations. "This biomimetic form of jumping is unique because it allows micro-robots to travel over many types of rough terrain where no other walking or wheeled robot could go," explains EPFL Professor Dario Floreano. "These tiny jumping robots could be fitted with solar cells to recharge between jumps and deployed in swarms for extended exploration of remote areas on Earth or on other planets."