Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Monday, May 12th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Emergency and Public Safety Department at Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters presented the idea of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (defibrillator device) during its participation in UAE University's 4th exhibition titled "Health, Nutrition and Fitness 2014" at Al Ain City. The exhibition was launched on Sunday and will continue until 15th of May.

A team from the Emergency and Public Safety Department briefed Dr. Ali Rashid Al Noaimi Vice Chancellor of UAE University, the administrative and educational panel, students and visitors about the device and its uses. The Department installed this device in 18 different locations so far, as per Police Leadership's instructions to install it all over different public facilities visited by the public in all the country’s emirates.

The team explained that the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is used when there are symptoms of ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Monday, May 12th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

As part of its 2014 strategic plan, the Al Ain Social Support Center in collaboration with the Community Services Department-Eastern Sector at Al Ain Municipality, organized yesterday morning a social seminar titled “Yes for Love, No for Violence.” The seminar targeted 50 mothers and female experts at Al Shyam Primary and High School.

The seminar aimed to fostering the family role and rank in society and asserting the importance of family ties. It also shed the lights on most prominent concepts of domestic violence and its negative effects that threaten the security and stability of families. Additionally, the seminar focused on the importance of raising awareness regarding the family role in order to protect the family members from going astray, and to strengthen the concepts of love, intimacy and cordiality among them.

Moza Al Qubaisi, specialized psychologist at Social Suppor ... Read more »

Acquisition Will Bolster Quintiles’ Expertise in Health-Information Analytics Services and Create Foundation for Expanded Services Suite

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Tuesday, May 13th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

 (BUSINESS WIRE) As part of its continued efforts to strengthen and expand its service capabilities across the healthcare continuum, Quintiles today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Encore Health Resources (Encore). Encore is a leader in the health-information analytics and technology services industry focused on healthcare providers. Through its consulting services and solutions, Encore assists customers with a wide range of strategy, advisory, implementation, process-redesign, optimization, analytics and performance-improvement initiatives.

Founded in 2009, Encore has more than 300 employees located throughout North America, including approximately 250 consultants. Its primary business is focused on implementation and advisor ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, May 10th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Abu Dhabi Police, represented by the General Directorate of Finance and Services, honored 19 distinguished staff members from the General Directorate of Finance and Services for submitting distinguished proposals that were implemented at the directorate. The ceremony was held recently at Abu Dhabi Police GHQ, and aims to recognize the staff members’ outstanding efforts as part of their participation in the Minister of Interior’s Excellence Award for 2014, the “Director General” category.

Major General Khalil Dawood Badran, Director General of Finance and Services, reiterated the keenness of Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, to honor distinguished and creative staff members. He also underscored His Highness’s keenness to double the efforts in order to improve the quality of services provided to the publ ... Read more »

TOKYO. - Wednesday, May 14th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) today announced that it will demolish the No. 2 semiconductor fabrication facility (Fab 2) at Yokkaichi Operations, the company’s NAND Flash memory plant in Mie prefecture, Japan, and replace it with a new fab on the same site. Toshiba also entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding with SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) to invest jointly in the new facility. The primary purpose of the new wafer fab is to secure space for converting existing Toshiba and SanDisk 2D NAND capacity to 3D NAND beginning in 2016.

Demolition work on the current Fab 2 will start in May with construction beginning in September 2014, with a target completion date of Summer 2015. The clean room within the new fab will be built in phases to align the clean room investment with the timing of conversion of 2D NAND capacity to 3D NAND. Construction of the initial cleanroom will be co ... Read more »

CHICAGO. May 14, 2014(BUSINESS WIRE/ME NewsWire) Krebs & Sisler LP, a suburban Chicago energy research firm, has developed a low-cost CO2 separation and recycling method called Enhanced Photosynthesis and Photocatalysis Water Treatment/Biomass Growth Process. It is described in U.S. Patent No. 8,673,615 granted March 18, 2014. It neatly compliments the O2/CO2 combustion and condensing boiler system of our U.S. Patent No. 6,907,845 which separates and recovers CO2 and all other combustion-generated exhaust gases.

“We discovered economical CO2 recycling in the finding that hydroponic biomass growth can be increased more than 100 times the natural rate by continuous CO2 infusion and simultaneous LED visible light saturation. This improvement is outlined in the 8,673,615 patent,” stated inventor Bill Krebs.
In O2/CO2 combustion, oxygen is diluted with CO2 for temperature control of the fuel oxidant used to combust coal, petroleum coke or natural gas. ... Read more »

SlimPort Pro converges Audio, Video, Data and Power onto a single interface, giving smartphones the connectivity of a personal computer

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Tuesday, May 13th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

SlimPort Summit 2014

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Analogix Semiconductor, Inc., is announcing the second annual SlimPort Developers Summit, featuring SlimPort® Pro, its one-chip solution for connectivity of audio, video, data and charging for today’s mobile ecosystem.

The one-day event features industry experts addressing current trends and the future of mobile device connectivity, covering topics such as:

    “Competition in Mobile” (Whitey Bluestein, Mobile Strategist)
    “The SlimPort® experience” (LGE)
    “Mobile market trends” (Paul Semenza, DisplaySearch)
    “SlimPort® Pro value proposition” (Analogix)
&nbs ... Read more »

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BONN, Germany & NEW YORK - Tuesday, May 13th 2014

(BUSINESS WIRE) Today, International Carrier Sales & Solutions (ICSS), the international wholesale division of Deutsche Telekom AG, revealed the launch of a new point of presence (PoP) in New York.

Strategically located on the eastern coast of the United States, the New York PoP provides worldwide connectivity to key partners in North and South America.

As part of the core network, it completes the ICSS’s Next Generation Voice international (NGVi) platform. The New York gateway also ensures faster and more reliable quality for intra-American termination. It also meets the highest technological requirements currently on the US market, since it already runs on the Internet Protocol (IP) network standard.

Integrated IP networks are an essential element in the strategy of Deutsche Telekom – the new IP PoP in New York and the next generation voice platform are importa ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Monday, May 12th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Style and quality both unite, in G2000’s chic and professional formal wear clothing line. Look the part at your work place with the exclusive range of business formal attire available at G2000 stores.  Giving both, great style and great price, G2000 is offering shoppers an exclusive treat until the 10thof May. Shoppers will now receive AED 50 off on every purchase of AED 250 and above.

Offering corporate wear for both men and women in an array of colors, G2000 has a wide range of clothing options to choose from, including pants, dresses, blazers, blouses and more.

One can never go wrong with a crisp formal shirt. Available in light pastel colors in both stripe patterns as well as plains, the G2000 shirts are definitely something to carry forward t ... Read more »

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - Mercredi 14 Mai 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Verastem, Inc. (NASDAQ : VSTM), une société se consacrant à la découverte et à la mise au point de médicaments visant à traiter le cancer en détruisant de manière ciblée les cellules souches cancéreuses, a annoncé aujourd'hui la nomination de Paul A. Friedman, M.D., au sein de son conseil d’administration.

 « Nous sommes ravis d’accueillir M. Friedman au conseil d’administration de Verastem », a déclaré Christoph Westphal, M.D., Ph.D., Président exécutif de Verastem. « Paul possède une vaste expertise du développement et de la commercialisation, acquise lorsqu’il a dirigé chez Incyte et DuPont le développement et la commercialisation de nombreux produits ayant rencontré un franc succès. Nous pensons que ses contributions seront inestimables alors que nous nous efforçons d’améliorer le traitement du cancer et d’offrir aux patien ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Friday, May 9th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Federal Police School celebrated on Thursday the graduation of the 5th Basic Training Course for female recruits at the school's Headquarters in Al Sharjah. The four-month long course was organized by the Federal Police School and attended by 27 female staff members from different headquarters and departments of the Ministry of Interior.

Brigadier Mohammed Al Nubi Mohammed, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Ras Al Khaimah Police, attended the graduation ceremony, stressing that the course personifies the Ministry of Interior's strategic development plan. "The Ministry of Interior is committed to training its staff members as per the best international and advanced standards, in order to enhance development efforts and achieve the coveted goals," he added.

Brigadier Al Nubi stressed the important role played by female staff members in all areas of work, as an efficient pillar ... Read more »

WILMINGTON, Del. - Tuesday, May 13th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CSC® Digital Brand Services, the global leader in online brand protection, monitoring, and enforcement services, is pleased to announce the addition of expanded mobile app monitoring and portfolio management services.

This is a pivotal time for brands to take control of their intellectual property rights on mobile apps, which present opportunities, challenges, and risks in equal measure.

Apple and Google’s app stores now offer about 1.5 million apps between them. Users spend roughly two hours a day interacting with apps. According to the research firm Gartner, the market will achieve global revenues of $25 billion in 2014, up 62% year-on-year. The exploitation of brands on mobile apps is on the rise, making this a critical time for brands to exercise their brand rights.

CSC Digital Brand Services’ Mobile App Monitoring Service detects and enforces against unautho ... Read more »