Cause Of The Irish Potato Famine Revealed
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft An international team of scientists reveals that a unique strain of potato blight they call HERB-1 triggered the Irish potato famine of the mid-19th century It is the first time scientists have decoded the genome of a...
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LONDON, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Norgine today announced that the Australian assessment body the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) has recommended the use of XIFAXAN 550 mg in the prevention of the recurrence of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) where other treatments have failed or are contraindicated; a potentially life-threatening neuropsychiatric condition associated with liver disease. XIFAXAN 550 mg is the only treatment that has demonstrated a...
ZURICH and GOTTINGEN, Germany, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, will expand its production capacity for automotive sheet effective immediately. This step is designed to meet growing demand for light, recyclable aluminum sheet for automobile manufacturing. Novelis Europe has qualified its rolling and finishing facility in Gottingen, Germany to produce automotive sheet. Novelis currently produces automotive sheet in Europe at...
The Alps, Ice Caves, Marionette-Making and More Await Families Off the Beaten Path BURBANK, Calif., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Adventures by Disney, the award-winning leader in guided family travel, today announced a new vacation to Central Europe, adding to its more than 20 destinations across the globe. The 9-day, 8-night vacation invites families to uncover the hidden treasures of Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic, traveling off the beaten path in the enchanting cities of...
This year's LIVE! Europe conference, to be held on Oct. 15 in London, will be co-located with RFID in Europe, bringing together the end-user and RFID vendor communities. NEW YORK, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RFID Journal announced today that it will feature a co-located event at its 10th European event, RFID Journal LIVE! Europe (www.rfidjournalevents.com/europe). The co-located event, RFID in Europe (www.rfidineurope.eu), is designed to promote the adoption of radio frequency...
MOSCOW, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Finland confirmed its participation as the Partner country of the Open Innovations Forum on October, 31 - November, 2 in Moscow. The arrangements for the delegation from Finland to participate in the event are supervised by Tekes - the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation. The country will invite several international experts in the field of innovations to speak at the Forum. It is expected that the annual...
Mari's Skin Care is the first to offer Meta Therapy in the state of Texas. Dallas, TX (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 Mari’s Skin Care, a peaceful sanctuary for skin rejuvenation and nourishment in Dallas, has become the first in the state of Texas to offer a new treatment from Europe. The treatment is called Meta Therapy- Medical and Esthetic Tissue Activation, also known as collagen induction therapy. It has been used for over four years in Europe, but has just recently made its way to the...
-- FOURTH QUARTER AND FISCAL YEAR GAAP NET INCOME OF $40.4 MILLION ($1.11 PER DILUTED SHARE) AND $130.1 MILLION ($3.57 PER DILUTED SHARE) HOUSTON, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS) today reported net income for the March 2013 quarter of $40.4 million, or $1.11 per diluted share, compared to net income of $14.2 million, or $0.39 per diluted share, in the same period a year ago. Adjusted net income, which excludes special items and asset disposition...
HealthFoodPost.com has designated Perfect Green Coffee the Best Value green coffee product. USA made Perfect Green Coffee and the other specialty supplements featured on HealthFoodPost.com ships to over 200 countries worldwide including Canada, Europe, Asia, Japan, Australia and more. NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Perfect Green Coffee has been named the Best Value Green Coffee supplement by HealthFoodPost.com, a popular international shopping destination...
NEW YORK, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New Report Added in ResearchMoz Reports Database The Commercial Aircraft Market 2013 - 2023 ResearchMoz announces that it has published a new study The Commercial Aircraft Market 2013 - 2023 [http://www.researchmoz.us/the-commercial-aircraft-market-2013-2023-report.html ] This report is the result of SDI's extensive market and company research covering the global commercial aircraft industry. It provides detailed analysis...
BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Crop Protection industry rolls-out new scheme for water and biodiversity protection Building on a growing portfolio of stewardship initiatives to ensure sustainable use of pesticides, the crop protection industry is embarking on a new campaign to promote the implementation of buffer strips between cropped areas and open water bodies to reduce pesticide pollution of water from run-off and promote biodiversity. This scheme...
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The brown bear (Ursus arctos) can be found in North America and northern areas of Eurasia. There are sixteen recognized subspecies of the brown bear. This is the most widely distributed species of bear in the world, although its range is shrinking. Its range includes the Alaska and a few other areas of the United States, areas of Russia, and Romania and other areas of the Carpathian region, as well as Canada, Sweden, Finland, and the Balkans. The brown bear derives its common name from the...
Megalaosaurus, meaning “Great Lizard”, from Greek megalo, meaning ‘big’ or ‘tall’ and sauros, meaning “lizard”, is a genus of large and meat-eating theropod dinosaurs of the Middle Jurassic period of Europe. It’s significant as the first genus of dinosaur, outside of birds, to be described and named. Megalosaurus might have been the first dinosaur to be described in scientific literature. Part of a bone was recovered from a limestone quarry at Cornwell by Chipping Norton,...
The Sega Master System (SMS) was manufactured by Sega as the third generation video game console, released on October 20, 1985 as the Sega Mark III in Japan. The system was redesigned and released as the SMS in June 1986 in North America, 1987 in Europe, and 1989 in Brazil. A re-release of the SMS came in late 2006 with a hand held device that used 3 AAA batteries and contained 20 built in games. The console featured a cartridge slot and a card slot for game play. The unit also featured a...
The Nintendo 64 (N64) is a game console produce and sold by Nintendo. It was released in June 1996 in Japan; September 1996 in North America; March 1997 in Europe and Australia; September 1997 in France; and December 1997 in Brazil. The N64 was the third generation home game console from Nintendo and the last to use ROM cartridges. The N64 was discontinued worldwide by the end of 2003. Its successor was the Nintendo Game Cube released in 2001. Worldwide sales for the N64 reached 32.93...
The Adriatic Sea is a body of water dividing the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula and the Apennine Mountains from the Dinaric Alps and neighboring ranges. This sea is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, stretching from the Strait of Otranto to the northwest and the Po Valley. It contains over 1300 islands, mainly located along the eastern, Croatian, coast. Its divided into three basins, the northern one being the shallowest and the southern one being the deepest; a...
