Science Education & Policy

If you're happy and you know it, you're probably a man. Statistics revealed in the next edition of the Journal of Happiness Studies found that, on average, by the time men reach their 48th year of life their happiness exceeds that of women. Century-long, nationally-based data on unfulfilled desires were analyzed by University of Cambridge expert Anke Plagnol and University of Southern California Economist Richard Easterlin. The two “F’s,” family and finances, are the foundation of life desires between the two sexes. In their extensive research linking factors such as birth, relationships,…

MUMBAI, India, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- - Tata Interactive's Annual Global Event to Highlight Innovative Learning Strategies to Help US Companies Take on Business Challenges Taking the view that learning that delivers business impact can help organizations tide over the uncertainties posed by the global economy, the Tata Interactive Learning Forum (TLF) 2008 will focus on critical business issues such as boosting revenues by better customer interaction management, reducing time-to-competence, ensuring that staff are aligned to business goals, and increasing productivity and performance. Now…

OXFORD, England, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- - With Photo For those interested in pursuing a career in marketing, it is probably necessary to seek advice about entry levels. By beginning on the correct level, it is possible to save a lot of time and money. The Chartered Institute of Marketing qualifications offer four levels that can act as a helping hand into the world of marketing. These levels are: Introductory Certificate, Professional Certificate, Professional Diploma and Professional Post Graduate in Marketing. As Rosie Phipps, Principal of the Oxford College of Marketing says "The CIM has…

Less able to achieve their life goals, women end up unhappier than men later in life – even though they start out happier, reveals new research by Anke Plagnol of the University of Cambridge, and University of Southern California economist Richard Easterlin. Plagnol and Easterlin's study, forthcoming in the Journal of Happiness Studies, is the first to use nationally representative data spanning several decades to examine the role of unfulfilled desires in a person's sense of well-being. As the researchers explain, expectations of success may vary among those raised in different generations…

AMSTERDAM, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- - Database Now Offers Early Access to Research From 3000 Journals Scopus(R), the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, today announced that it has added "Articles-in-Press" (AiP), abstracts of accepted research papers published prior to being printed, from journals produced by Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers, and Nature Publishing Group (NPG). In the fall, AiPs from BioMed Central and IEEE will also be available. Scopus (http://www.info.scopus.com) previously offered access to AiPs from Elsevier and Springer…

TORONTO and CHENNAI, India, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- - Sify to install RedMAX(TM) networks in 5 cities to meet demand for business-class Internet services Redline Communications Group Inc. ("Redline") (TSX and AIM: RDL), a leading provider of WiMAX and broadband wireless infrastructure products, and Sify Technologies Limited ("Sify") (NASDAQ:SIFY), a leader in Consumer, Internet and Enterprise Services in India with global delivery capabilities, today announced that Sify has selected Redline's WiMAX Forum Certified(TM) RedMAX products for its multi-city WiMAX network in India. Sify has…

NEW YORK, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York private equity investment firm, announced today that it had agreed to sell AmeriCast Technologies, Inc., a North American leader in the design and manufacture of large, complex steel castings, to Bradken Ltd., a leading publicly-traded Australian manufacturer of cast steel and other products, primarily for the mining and railroad industries, in a transaction valued at approximately US$288 million. AmeriCast, based in Atchison, Kansas, has manufacturing facilities there and in St. Joseph, Missouri; Tacoma and Chehalis,…

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- - Partnership Will Modernize All Regional Hospital Laboratories to Improve Access to Care Across the Country At a ceremony today, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, United Republic of Tanzania, and Abbott Fund commemorated the latest step in a nationwide initiative to upgrade Tanzania's health care system, laying the cornerstone for the first of 23 hospital laboratories to be built or modernized across the country. The laboratory at Amana Regional Hospital is the first of four laboratories targeted in 2008, with the remaining…

In Optimizing The University - Why We Need a New Educational Model for a New Century I discussed some of the issues facing post-secondary science education. In particular, that piece focused on how changing student demographics, modern faculty responsibilities and the new knowledge gained from advanced assessment techniques showed us that we need to fix fundamental aspects of science education if students are to receive the high quality education that is becoming increasingly important to individual and societal success. Now I am going to discuss what this new optimized university - our…

BEND, Oregon and BOSTON, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Vulcan Power Company ("Vulcan") and Denham Capital ("Denham") announced today that Denham will invest US$145 million in newly issued preferred equity securities of Vulcan. In addition, Merrill Lynch Commodity Partners ("MLCP"), a principal investment fund of Merrill Lynch, will convert its outstanding notes into Vulcan preferred equity. Vulcan owns one of the largest geothermal property portfolios in the United States including properties in California, Nevada, Oregon, and Arizona. The Denham investment will allow Vulcan to continue to develop…