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Emaar Properties PJSC announced first quarter 2010 revenue of AED 2,886 million (US$ 786 million), underpinned by the robust performance of the company’s hospitality and shopping mall subsidiaries during a period when the company opened the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa. Net operating profits for the first quarter of the year reached AED 760 million (US$ [...] A UNICEF-coordinated training workshop on how to provide mental health and psychosocial support for persons affected by emergencies in the Middle East and North Africa region was opened in Amman today. “Experience has shown that armed conflicts and natural disasters leave a long-lasting psychological and social impact wherever they occur,” said Sue Prosser, Psychosocial Support Expert [...] AMMAN – Hikma Pharmaceuticals, a multinational pharmaceutical group based in Jordan, has selected Middle East & North Africa Internet Technologies’ Human Resources Management System (MenaITech) in order to automate its human capital functions throughout its branches in the MENA region. MenaITech’s CEO Dr. Bashar Hawamdeh said, “MenaITechMenaITech Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (“Hikma”) (LSE:HIK) (NASDAQ Dubai: HIK), the fast growing pharmaceutical group, announces that it has agreed to increase its interest in Industries Pharmaceutiques Ibn Al Baytar, a Tunisian pharmaceutical manufacturing and marketing company, to 66% of the issued share-capital through the purchase of shares from existing shareholders. Hikma will pay a consideration of [...] In a research, Mosquito genetic engineering may turn the malaria transmitting mosquito into a natural ‘flying vaccinator’, in order to provide a new strategy for biological control over the disease. “Blood-sucking arthropods including mosquitoes, sand flies and ticks transmit numerous infectious agents during blood feeding,” said Yoshida. “This includes malaria, which kills between 1-2 million people, mostly [...] NMMI publishes original research papers, reviews, case reports, editorials and letters to the editor on nuclear medicine and a wide range of related sciences. These include radiochemistry, radiopharmacy, dosimetry and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of radiopharmaceuticals, nuclear and molecular imaging analysis, nuclear and molecular imaging instrumentation, radiation biology and radionuclide therapy. June-Key Chung, MD, PhD, from the Seoul [...] The World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines for the treatment of malaria, and the first ever guidance on procuring safe and efficacious anti-malarial medicines. The ‘Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria (second edition)’ provides evidence-based and current recommendations for countries on malaria diagnosis and treatment, said a WHO official. The main changes from the first edition [...] One of the most commonly used and controversial weedkillers, called Atrazine, can turn male frogs into females, researchers reported on Monday. “Atrazine-exposed males were both demasculinised (chemically castrated) and completely feminized as adults,” Tyrone Hayes of the University of California Berkeley and colleagues wrote in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The chemical had been [...] Nike and (RED), which engages the private sector in raising awareness and funds for the Global Fund, have teamed up in a two-pronged approach to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa. The partnership will deliver funds to support programs that offer education and medication on the ground, while harnessing the power of sport to engage youth around the [...] |
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