Science Education & Policy

MANCHESTER, England, January 29 /PRNewswire/-- School pupils are shunning school toilets which have become no go areas because they're either closed, dirty or unfit for purpose! That's according to industry voice, the British Cleaning Council (B ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 29 2008 - 2:30am

Elsevier's "WiserWiki" Allows Physicians To Update Evidence-Based Medical Information With Experience-Based Practice Insights

NEW YORK, January 29 /PRNewswire/--- Elsevier's Beta Medical Wiki Invites Board-Certified Physicians to Comment, Collaborate and Update Established Medical Textbook Online. Elsevier, the world's leading publisher of science and health informatio ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 29 2008 - 6:30am

Google, NTT And The US GSA Deploy SAML 2.0 For Digital Identity Management

NEW YORK, January 29 /PRNewswire/--- Organizations Worldwide Leverage SAML 2.0 Liberty Federation to Enable New Business Services, Help Meet Regulatory Requirements and Provide Users with Better Protection Against Online Fraud and Identity Theft ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 29 2008 - 8:30am

Study: Make Minimum Standard For Heart Transplant Hospitals Higher, Not Lower

In a study presented Jan. 29 at the 44th annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a Johns Hopkins team recommends that the benchmark for designation as a high-volume hospital rise from 10 heart transplants per year to 14 ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 29 2008 - 11:28am

Geek Logik Makes Life Simple Again: Which Candidate Should You Vote For?

After using a previous equation to pair parenting styles with a parenting method book, I thought it might be fun to use a similar format to pair political ideas with a candidate. The following equation is as non-partisan as I could possibly make it, and do ...

Article - Garth Sundem - Jan 31 2008 - 1:16pm

Panopto Announces CourseCast Version 1.5 Free Lecture-Capture Software With Silverlight(TM) Support

PITTSBURGH, January 30 /PRNewswire/-- Panopto, Inc. announced today the availability of CourseCast 1.5, the newest version of the lecture-capture technology developed and first implemented at Carnegie Mellon University. CourseCast 1.5 is available to qual ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 30 2008 - 8:30am

Redline Leads WiMAX Fundamentals Workshop At The SAMENA Telecommunications Council Event In Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, January 31 /PRNewswire/-- Redline Communications Group Inc. (TSX and AIM: RDL), a leading provider of standards-based WiMAX access and broadband wireless infrastructure products, today announced it will lead a one-day workshop ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 30 2008 - 9:31pm

Ecological Society Of America Strategy: Don't Restore Old Ecosystems, Make Current Ones Resilient

Traditional ecosystems in which communities of plants and animals have co-evolved and are interdependent are increasingly rare, due to human-induced ecosystem changes. As a result, historical assessments of ecosystem health are often inaccurate. A team of ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 31 2008 - 10:23am

The LANCET Published ENDORSE, The Largest Multinational Study Showing That The Majority Of Hospitalized Patients Surveyed Are At

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, February 1 /PRNewswire/--- ENDORSE Global Findings Highlight the Need to Urgently Implement Hospital-Wide Strategies to Optimize VTE Management: Systematically Assess Patient Risk for VTE and Provide Appropriate Prophylaxis to Pr ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 31 2008 - 7:33pm

Lose Weight Gain Life: New Website To Help People Seeking Information On Obesity Surgery

LONDON, February 1 /PRNewswire/--- With Over 1,500 Google Searches on Gastric Band Surgery Performed Each Month in UK, This new Online Resource Plugs the 'Information gap' Today saw the launch of an innovative new website http://www.loseweightga ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 31 2008 - 7:33pm