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1-2 October 2001, Frankfurt, Germany Automotive Fuel And Rubber Contact: Janine Kitson, Rapra Technology Ltd Tel: +44-1939-250383; Fax: +44-1939-251118. E-mail: jkitson@rapra.net; Internet:www.rapra.net 1-3 October 2001, The Hague, The Netherlands Plastic Additives Contact: The Center for Professional Advancement Tel: +31-20-638-2806; Fax: +31-20-620-2136. Internet:www.cfpa.com Or: The Center for Professional Advancement (US...

eDevice Names Geoff Allan as CFO.
Embedded Technology Leader in Internet Appliance Market Prepares for Expansion NEW YORK, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- eDevice (www.eDevice.com), a new leader in embedded technology for connecting non-PC equipment and appliances to the Internet, today announced the appointment of Geoff Allan as the company's new CFO....

Fly the frugal skies: how low-cost airlines have transformed Europe--and what it means for America.
EVERY FRIDAY AFTERNOON at a Heathrow Airport bar, there is an informal gathering of the "Pojkvan Club"--a group of London men who jet off every weekend to visit their far-flung girlfriends. (Pojkvan is Swedish for "boyfriend.") "Of my six closest friends from Glasgow University, four of us now have...

Self-cutting may indicate attempt to reach the inaccessible: act represents transformation.
ROME -- Self-cutting in adolescents may indicate the emergence of repressed feelings and signal an evolving desire to express and process these feelings. "Self-cutting is a desperate attempt to reach something that's inaccessible, and it represents the difficulty of accessing these feelings," Dr. Xavier Pommereau said at...

Vaccine cleared in brain disorders. (Neurology).
Available evidence does not support a link between the hepatitis B vaccine and neurologic disorders, speakers said at a conference on immunization sponsored by the Institute of Medicine. Anecdotal reports have linked the hepatitis B vaccine to both the onset and relapse of multiple sclerosis, a chronic...

Falling forward: why humans move like an imperfect pendulum.
IN WHAT ONE CAN ONLY ASSUME IS GIOVANNI CAVAGNA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEO, CAVAGNA, a jolly physiologist from the University of Milan, is standing in an aviator suit in the passenger compartment of an Airbus A-300. The plane, operated by the European Space Agency, has been cleared of its seats...

Start cholinesterase therapy early in dementia. (Mild to Moderate Disease).
STOCKHOLM -- Cholinesterase inhibitor treatment should be started as early as possible in the course of dementia, and it should be continued as long as the perception of benefit outweighs the cost and side-effect profile, Dr. Jean-Marc Orgogozo said at the Eighth International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related...

Hepatitis B Vaccine not tied to MS, Optic Neuritis. (IOM Vaccine Safety Review)).
WASHINGTON -- Available evidence does not support a link between the hepatitis B vaccine and neurologic disorders, speakers said at a conference on immunization sponsored by the Institute of Medicine. Presentations at this meeting covered just some of the data that will be used to develop the...

Pacemaker in sleep apnea. (Clinical Capsules).
Atrial overdrive pacing significantly improved sleep apnea in patients who received a pacemaker for conventional cardiac indications. Dr. Stephane Garrigue and associates at the University of Bordeaux (France) observed that patients with pacemakers implanted to decrease the incidence of atrial tachyarrhythmias also reported a reduction in breathing...

Patricia Nolan. Travelling.
Bordeaux, France. Le Castor Astral. 2001. 87 pages. 78 F. ISBN 2-85920-455-5 I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I heard Patricia Nolan read her poems. It was in the grim mineral atmosphere of a cellar-like room in the new French national library, with flaming red canvases on the...