Science Education & Policy

Pearson Previews Next Generation Desktop Document Scanner At 2008 BETT Show

LONDON, January 9 /PRNewswire/--- Innovative Scanner Offers Schools Versatile, Cost-Effective, High- Quality Data Capture and Imaging Technology Today at BETT 2008, Pearson previewed the first desktop model scanner combining high-speed, full-color documen ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 9 2008 - 1:30am

Worldwide Independent Clinical Results And Live Demonstration With The UltraShape(TM) Non-Invasive Fat Reduction And Body Contou

YOQNEAM, Israel and SAN RAMON, California, January 9 /PRNewswire/-- Renowned plastic surgeons and dermatologists from Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas will present their latest findings from clinical experience with UltraShape during the 10t ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 9 2008 - 7:30am

SunGard Receives Top Honors For Fund Administration And Accounting In Financial-i's 'Leaders In Innovation' Awards For Second Co

LOMBARD, Illinois, January 9 /PRNewswire/-- SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) today announced that its Asset Arena Investment Accounting solution has been named the most innovative fund administration and accounting solution by Financial-i in the magazine& ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 9 2008 - 11:30am

Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIAA) To Hold Informational Events In Cape Town, Johannesburg, 22 & 24 Ja

AMHERST, Massachusetts, January 9 /PRNewswire/-- The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association(R) (CAIAA), an independent, not-for-profit international organization that provides a charter program for professionals in alternative investments, w ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 9 2008 - 6:30pm

Essilor: New Acquisitions In The United States And Brazil

CHARENTON-LE-PONT, France, January 10 /PRNewswire/-- Essilor of America, Essilor International's US subsidiary, has strengthened its prescription laboratory network in the United States with the acquisition of Interstate Optical Co., one of the count ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 10 2008 - 1:30am

HSBC, Other European Banks Receive Top Scores In First-Ever Ranking Of 40 Leading Banks On Climate Change Strategies

BOSTON, January 10 /PRNewswire/--- Citigroup and Bank of America Post Highest Scores Among 16 US Banks While encouraging progress is being made, the banking sector still has a long way to go in confronting the business challenges posed by global climate c ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 10 2008 - 12:30pm

CSS Informatics Signs Solutions Partner Agreement With Nimbus Partners

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, January 10 /PRNewswire/--- Business process management supports success in technology-focused projects PPD, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPDI) today announced that CSS Informatics, the clinical and safety data management consulting services a ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 10 2008 - 5:36pm

Novel Treatment For Heroin Addiction: Prescribing Heroin

Methadone can be dangerous for some patients but is heroin a good idea for heroin addicts? Maintenance treatment with heroin is appropriate for heroin misusers under certain circumstances, argue Jürgen Rehm from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 10 2008 - 11:19pm

Pfizer, Novartis, Wyeth, GSK, Bayer To Discuss Latest Tactics And Strategies To Improve Patient Compliance And Communication

LONDON, January 11 /PRNewswire/-- eyeforpharma, the global source of information and education for the pharmaceutical industry, announced today that the 5th annual Patient Compliance & Communication conference, London, 11-12 June 2008 has secured its ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 11 2008 - 7:30am

Evolution As Fact, Theory, And Path

The new journal Evolution: Education and Outreach is now available online and free to download. My contribution to the first issue is " Evolution as fact, theory, and path ". Feel free to distribute this and any other papers from the journal as w ...

Article - T. Ryan Gregory - Jan 12 2008 - 9:15pm