Science Education & Policy

There's no love lost between open access PLoS (Public Library of Science) and print journals. Nature doesn't think much of PLoS, for example, and PLoS says they created the company to make science less insular so it isn't any surprise that that a new PLoS essay by Neal Young, John Ioannidis and Omar Al-Ubaydli claims that the current system of publishing medical and scientific research provides "a distorted view of the reality of scientific data that are generated in the laboratory and clinic." They apply shade-tree-mechanic economics principles to support their idea of the distortion.…

AMSTERDAM, October 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Elsevier announced today that its flagship product Scopus, the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, was chosen by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). An international government forum for the discussion of policy issues, the OECD selected Scopus to enhance the research performance analysis it conducts for its member countries as well as non-member countries in the process of economic development. Leveraging access to the database's broad range of global content, the OECD will offer…

NEW YORK, October 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovative Flash-based webcasting leader Stream57 has bolstered its international presence by opening its first office outside of the United States, with a new space in London's West End. Designed to serve as the software development company's European headquarters, the new office location is being run by Director of Business Development Daniel J. Lyons III, and went fully operational on October 1st. "We're seeing our U.S. clients use our webcasting technology for events around the world, and new international clients are joining up every day," Lyons said…

Moderate consumption of red wine may decrease the risk of lung cancer in men, according to a report in the October issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Chun Chao, Ph.D., a research scientist at Kaiser Permanente Department of Research and Evaluation in Pasadena, California, analyzed data collected through the California Men's Health Study, which linked clinical data from California's health system with self-reported data from 84,170 men aged 45 to 69 years. Researchers obtained demographics and lifestyle data from surveys computed between 2000 and 2003, and identified…

NEW YORK, October 6 /PRNewswire/ -- - Commitment Made as Part of Clinton Global Initiative The American University in Dubai (AUD) announced at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting that it has made a commitment to offer US$26million in scholarship funds to outstanding students in financial need all over the Middle East. These scholarships will help students attend The Mohammed Bin Rashid School for Communication (MBRSC). (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081006/CLM092-a ) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081006/CLM092LOGO-b ) The Mohammed Bin Rashid…

NEW YORK, October 6 /PRNewswire/ -- In the news release, "SunGard Wins Special Recognition for SOA Achievements" issued on 6 Oct 2008 13:30 GMT, by SunGard over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that the second paragraph, last sentence should read, "For example, SunGard's Ambit Liquidity Manager combines cash management and reconciliation components based on existing solutions for an integrated, real-time view of liquidity and risk." rather than, "For example, SunGard's Ambit Liquidity Manager combines cash management and reconciliation components from SunGard's…

NEW YORK, October 6 /PRNewswire/ -- SunGard has been recognized by the SOA Consortium and CIO Magazine for having successfully delivered business value through its Common Services Architecture (CSA), a vendor-agnostic service oriented architecture (SOA) based on mainstream open standards. The SOA Case Study Competition determined that SunGard's CSA has helped to enhance customer satisfaction by facilitating a higher volume of software solutions delivered, greater efficiencies in delivering those solutions, and increased compatibility for integrating with customers' SOA environments. SunGard'…

SAN JOSE, California, October 6 /PRNewswire/ -- - The European Patent Office has Granted Finjan a New Patent for Security Technology That Provides Businesses With Features for Protecting Their Computers From Malware http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080618/309345 Finjan Inc., a leading provider of secure web gateway solutions for the enterprise market, today announced that the European Patent Office has granted the company Patent No. EP 0 965 094 B1 entitled "System and Method for Protecting a Computer and a Network from Hostile Downloadables". This patent further adds to Finjan's…

LIMASSOL, Cyprus, October 6 /PRNewswire/ -- - eToro's Groundbreaking Visual Software Presents a new Approach to Forex Trading (http://www.etoro.com): Innovative Visualization and Adjustment of its Features According to the Level of Experience of Each Particular Trader, all Enabling eToro to Cater to Traders of all Levels of Experience http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081006/322315 Once in a while, a product comes along and revolutionizes a whole industry. This has been the case with the unique eToro forex trading platform. Due to its incredible appeal, in just one year eToro has drawn…

UTRECHT, Pays-Bas, October 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The website http://www.studychoice.nl has been expanded to include informative pages about master's and bachelor's degree programmes in the Netherlands, including the latest English-language programmes. Examples include the brand new research master's programme Lifestyle and Chronic Disorders (VU, Amsterdam) and the recently accredited International Business and Management Studies programme (Webster University). These pages provide all features conveniently arranged by programme, so they are clear at a glance. Moreover, international students can…