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Yvette Raphael Honored with Mani L. Bhaumik Award

Today, Advocates for the Prevention of HIV in Africa (APHA) celebrates an extraordinary milestone as our co-founder and Executive Director, Yvette Raphael, receives the prestigious Mani L. Bhaumik Breakthrough of the Year Award for her pivotal role in advancing HIV prevention through the development and testing of Lenacapavir. The award recognises role of three key contributors to bringing Lenacapavir to market: Wesley Sundquist, chair of the University of Utah’s department of biochemistry, who provided the foundational scientific research; Moupali Das,…

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Unlocking Benefits: Why Banks Prefer Internet Banking

From a bank's perspective there are many advantages to persuading their customers to adopt internet banking – clicks, as opposed to bricks, and mortar banking,…

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Cancer Research Award to Johns Hopkins Basic Scientist

The award, which comes with a $5,000 cash prize, was presented during the 101st annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, at which…

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Impressive demand for KfW's new 5-year 5 billion Euro Benchmark bond More than one third sold to Central Banks

More than one third of the demand came from central banks. This trend was already observed in recent Euro transactions. This has been the highest central bank…

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KfW's 4th USD Global Transaction in 2010 illustrates the strength of its USD Programme

The USD 4 billion bond matures on June 15, 2012 and carries a coupon of 1.25 %. The reoffer price was set at 99.86 %, corresponding to a yield-pick up of 29.25…

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Bauhaus.SOLAR Award Boosts Young Talent in Renewable Energy

This award for young talent is being advertised Europe-wide by SolarInput e.V. and Solarvalley Mitteldeutschland e.V. and is aimed at students and young…

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Economists Unveil New Way to View Financial Markets

But the alternative mathematical behavioral finance models that have gained currency since the crisis imply that the rational market has not disappeared for…

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Mount Holyoke Physics Prof Wins NSF Award

According to the NSF, Aidala's award supports “the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and…

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Insolvency Risk Drops for Private Equity-Backed Firms

Private Equity and Insolvency compares the failure rates of 140,000 private equity-backed and non-private equity backed businesses between 1995 and 2009. The…

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World's First iPad™ Application for Online Bioreactor Control

DASGIP AG, a leading provider of parallel benchtop bioreactor control systems, is now giving users of its technology online access to their bioprocesses via…

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Preterm Birth Rate Declines 3%: Positive Trends for Families

The nation’s preterm birth rate dropped for the second consecutive year. New nationwide statistics show a 3 percent decline in the preterm birth rate,…

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Researchers Develop Index of Innovative Companies

A study from the USC Marshall Center for Global Innovation co-authored by Gerard Tellis, Professor and Director of the Center and Andreas Eisingerich Assistant…

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Rural Oregonians Use Less Public Assistance Despite Poverty

OSU researchers Deana Grobe and Bobbie Weber, along with Elizabeth Davis of the University of Minnesota, found that the rates of use of such programs as work…

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Ernst-Otto Czempiel Award 2010: Honoring Innovative Scholars

Book versions of Ph.D. theses and books by authors of the age of 45 or older at the date of publication are excluded.The Peace Research Institute Frankfurt…

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2010 Beller Lectureship Award from the American Physical Society for Dr. Nathalie Picqué

This distinction is awarded by the American Physical Society (APS) to non-US exceptional scientists.A permanent senior research scientist with the Centre…

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EU’s Shift: From Economic Alliance to Welfare Unity

For an alliance between nations that was originally conceived purely at the market economy level, this would be a fundamental step towards political unity….

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Researchers: Mutual Fund Fee Could Make Money for Investors

Short-term redemption fees could boost returns for mutual fund investors by as much as 3.27 percent a year, according to researchers in Texas Tech University’s…

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