Siemens Announces Latest Contracts, Recent 'Go Lives,' and Strong Customer Support for its Workflow-Enhancing Healthcare IT Solution Soarian Clinicals, at HIMSS 2009

...t tools to address real world issues was a differentiator in the selection of Soarian Clinicals, "explained Rosemary Miller, Associate Vice President, iss at Champlain. "This is a major strategic IT move for CVPH Medical Center. We anticipate that redesign of our workflows utilizing this technology will ...

RiskMetrics Affirms Recommendation that Stockholders Support LCA-Vision Board of Directors and Reject All Proposals by Dissident Joffe Group

...ges stockholders to VOTE GOLD CINCINNATI, March 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LCA-Vision Inc. (Nasdaq: LCAV ) announces that RiskMetrics Group's iss Governance Services has issued an Alert affirming its recommendation that LCA-Vision stockholders vote to retain the Company's current Board of Dire...

Three Leading Proxy Advisory Firms are Unanimous in Recommending LCA-Vision Stockholders Support the Current Board of Directors

...rstCall/ -- LCA-Vision Inc. (Nasdaq: LCAV ) announces that the independent proxy advisory firm PROXY Governance, Inc. has joined RiskMetrics Group's iss Governance Services and Glass Lewis & Co., LLC in recommending that LCA-Vision stockholders vote to retain the Company's current management and Bo...

Leading Proxy Advisory Firm RiskMetrics Recommends Shareholders Support LCA-Vision Board of Directors and Reject All Proposals by Dissident Joffe Group

...kholders to Vote the GOLD Card CINCINNATI, March 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LCA-Vision Inc. (Nasdaq: LCAV ) announces that RiskMetrics Group's iss Governance Services has recommended that LCA-Vision stockholders vote to retain the Company's current Board of Directors and reject all proposals, inc...

Abbott Announces Required Offer to Repurchase Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes of Its AMO Subsidiary

... at i on c o nce r ni n g AMO ' s risk factors may b e found i n prev i ous pres s rel e ases iss ue d by AMO and AMO ' s public p eri o dic fil i ngs w ith the Securit i es and Excha n ge Co ...

CUREXO Technology Corporation Names Brent D. Mittelstadt as President & CEO

...rgical System for Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA), which received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance in August, 2008. After leaving iss in June 2002, Mr. Mittelstadt took a position at Consensus Orthopedics (formerly Hayes Medical Inc.), where he was Director of Marketing. Mr. Mittels...

Battelle and YuYu Pharma Create the First Joint Bioequivalence Test Experimentation Institution

...Korean pharmaceutical market for global sales. The iss pledges to work closely with customers to ensure t...eungpil Yu, Chairman of YuYu Pharma. Officers of iss include YuYu Pharma's Dr. Seungpil Yu, who is Chai...heon City offered incentives in order to bring the iss facility to the city because it has the potential ...

Advancing Medical Technology from Space

...ional Space Station (ISS). The launch of the first iss element took place some 10 years ago. Today, the iss is an orbiting facility with unparalleled microgra...ed to make use of the United States segment of the iss as a national laboratory. Research done onboard th...

Toxic Neglect: Mutual Funds Opposing Shareholder Resolutions on Chemicals in Products Ignore Financial Risks to Shareholders

... chemicals in their supply chains. The report makes 3 recommendations to the mutual fund industry: -- Adopt proxy voting guidelines similar to iss or TIAA-CREF. -- Follow TIAA-CREF's lead and survey their participants' opinions on responsible investing, including shareholder activism. -- ...

Europe's Columbus laboratory leaves Earth

...e mission is over, Lopold Eyharts will stay on the iss for over two more months to supervise the in-orbit...ity of Lopold Eyharts, who will become part of the iss resident crew. Science experiments onboard Columbu...ponsible for the operations and utilisation of the iss and will thus be entitled to fly its own astronaut...

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Crew oxygen for ISS loaded on Jules Verne

Three weeks into delicate fuelling operations, Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle has also been successfully loaded with oxygen. In orbit this will be transferred to the International Space Station's atmosphere for the crew to breathe. The maiden voyage of the first European International S...

Biomedical researchers invited to design experiments for the International Space Station

...International Space Station have addressed how bone and muscle deteriorate, how humans fight infectious disease, and how cancers grow and spread. "The iss is an extraordinarily capable laboratory in a unique environment that has not previously been available for widespread medical research. NASA strongl...

Astronauts may need more intense workouts to maintain muscle fitness in space

... space for extended stays. Average stays on the iss run about six months, and preservation of crewmemb...uration between 60 and 90 days parallel to their iss research. Trappe said, "From our bed rest studi...ext step is to apply what we have learned from the iss experience and implement the next generation of ex...

UAB space freezers deemed a success

...IER, short for General Laboratory Active Cryogenic iss Experiment Refrigerator, made its NASA debut in la... recently sent the first 'start-up' signals to the iss to begin cooling down GLACIER. It took more than s...cond freezer will be installed in its place on the iss and prepped for more research samples. The fre...

The medium is the message: Manipulating salmonella in spaceflight curtails infectiousness

...pproaches to cancer, aging, bone and muscle wasting diseases, among other earthly afflictions. "We can use the innovative research platform of the iss to contribute to these new translational advances for the development of new strategies to globally advance human health." ...

Compact research freezers to debut in space

...e freezer design is called GLACIER, for General Laboratory Active Cryogenic iss Experiment Refrigerator. This Endeavour flight is the first space travel fo...S. Of these first two GLACIERs to enter orbit, one freezer is bound for the iss and the second will remain aboard Endeavour to take biological research sam...

Predicting the radiation risk to ESA's astronauts

...opean laboratory module, Columbus, attached to the iss this week. The new software package accurately ...opean Astronaut Corps. During a stay onboard the iss in December 2006, he experienced firsthand the eff...he frequency of these flashes depends on where the iss is in its orbit and the level of solar activity. T...

Final preparations for first human-rated spacecraft to be lauched from Europe's Spaceport

...secured for the launch and safely placed where the iss crew will expect the different items to be. After ...ed with about 268 litres of drinking water for the iss astronauts. This is the municipal water of Turin (...d into orbit by a European cargo spaceship for the iss crew brings a great sense of satisfaction, said Pi...

Scientist-astronaut sends T-cells into space

...ans Affairs, and a payload specialist aboard space shuttle flight STS-40 in 1991, will send human T-cells up to the International Space Station aboard iss Soyuz 13. That science mission, operated by the European Space Agency, is scheduled to launch from Baikonur between September 14 and September 18, 200...

Physiological effects of reduced gravity on bacteria

...erial distribution. In this study, water system bacterial isolates from the iss were compared to other isolates from corresponding type strains of the same...as modeled using clinorotation. The findings suggest that conditions on the iss might have favoured bacteria that were able to thrive under the unusual env...

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iss in Biological Technology

Arius announces leading independent proxy firm, RiskMetrics ISS Canada, recommends shareholders vote for the arrangement involving its acquisition by Roche

TORONTO, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - ARIUS Research Inc., (TSX: ARI), a biotechnology company discovering and developing the next wave of antibody therapeutics, today announced that RiskMetrics ISS Canada, Canada's leading independent proxy firm, has indicated that they have no objection ...

Battelle Collaborating With Korean Partners to Advance Energy Efficiency and Health and Life Sciences Initiatives in Korea

...that will meet international Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) standards. iss will perform studies that enable Korean pharmaceutical products to be certi...nd regulatory bodies in many countries around the world. This capability of iss will enable pharmaceutical products developed by the Korean domestic compan...

VaxGen Issues Rebuttal to MedCap Letter

... If that is the case, then it should be noted that iss estimates the present value of VaxGen liquidation proceeds to be $0.49 per share. Put simply, the iss estimated liquidation outcome is not supportive of...iew it as a clear signal to sell VaxGen shares." iss Recommendations The text of ISS' recommendation ...

ISS Recommends Pharmion Shareholders Vote for Merger With Celgene

...n's president and chief executive officer. "ISS' conclusions confirm our conviction that the merger offers the best value to Pharmion stockholders." iss is a leading independent U.S. proxy advisory firm and its voting analyses and recommendations are relied upon by hundreds of major institutional inves...

RiskMetrics Group (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. Support Nabi Biopharmaceuticals' Proposed Asset Sale

...ets to Biotest Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Biotest AG, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement dated September 11, 2007. iss and Glass Lewis provide voting advice to hundreds of institutional investors, mutual and pension funds and other fiduciaries. "The recommendations of...

IsoTis - Integra Merger

...Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: IART ) ("Integra"). For every M&A analysis, iss reviews publicly available information and evaluates the merits and drawbac...ptcy that will result in a decrease in the value of its common stock." The iss report concludes, stating, "Based on our review of the terms of the transac...

New Orthopedic Surgical Robotics Company Opens Its Doors; Files with the FDA for Clearance of Its Flagship Product

...censing agreement, Curexo, Inc., will transfer all the assets acquired from iss to CMI. Curexo Medical, Inc., located in Sacramento, California, retained the former officers and employees of iss in order to facilitate rapid introduction of its surgical robotics system i...

Your Data: RNAlater Stories

...d at 20C for 10 days, 3: 4C plus RNAlater, held at 4C for 60 days, 4: 20C plus RNAlater, held at 20C for 60 days, 5: Sample from iss mission profile (PESTO-Dr. Gary Stutte) stored in RNAlater at various temperatures, (Courtesy of Dr. A-L Paul and RL Ferl, Unive...

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iss in Biological Definition

Diabetes mellitus

...rannini. Effect of obesity and insulin resistance on resting and glucose-induced thermogenesis in man. International Journal of Obesity, 1999, Vol 23, iss 12, pp 1307-1313. The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Medical Guidelines for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus: The AACE Syst...

Nutrition

...l "High dietary phytoestrogen intake and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women."Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2001, Vol 86, iss 11 Merritt JC "Metabolic syndrome: soybean foods and serum lipids."J Natl Med Assoc. 2004 Aug;96(8):1032-41. Sobczak S, et al Lower high-density ...