MALMÖ, Sweden - Saturday, July 13th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine (2013;368:2159-2168) concluded that prone (chest down) positioning, used as an early intervention for patients with severe ARDS (SARDS), significantly decreased mortality by 50% after 28 days and 42% after 90 days (p<0.001). A significant reduction in ventilator-free days was also observed over similar periods for patients in the prone group.

The June 2013 publication described results of a multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled trial involving 466 patients. Mortality was significantly lower in the group of ventilated SARDS patients who were placed in the prone position for at least 16 hours per day, compared to patients left in the supine (chest up) position. The incidence of complications did not differ significantly between the groups, except for the incidence of cardiac arrests, which was higher in the supine group.

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Launches Revamped Website http://www.dot.asia

HONG KONG - Thursday, July 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- DotAsia Organisation is excited to announce that the ".Asia” gTLD has reached over 500,000 domain names under management. Since the successful Sunrise launch in 2007 the ".Asia” gTLD has grown steadily over the years. The growing Asian Internet marketplace and integration has been a major pull factor for local SME expanding regionally and multinationals establishing their brands on the .Asia cyber real-estate.

"As one of the first waves of new gTLDs, ‘.Asia’ is setting the benchmark for community development, awareness and engagement,” said Edmon Chung, CEO of DotAsia. "With potentially over 1,000 new top-level-domains coming online, the new Internet landscape will change the way people navigate and search the Internet, and we believe in the lasting value of ‘.Asia’ in connecting businesses to the largest and most dynamic marketplace online with one ... Read more »

TECHNO-FRONTIER 2013

TOKYO - Friday, July 12th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation Semiconductor & Storage Products Company today announced that it will showcase its leading-edge semiconductor solutions for motors and power systems at TECHNO-FRONTIER 2013. Toshiba will highlight solutions in "MOTORTECH JAPAN 2013" and "POWER SYSTEM JAPAN 2013" with the concept of "Semiconductor solutions for motor control that support high-precision manufacturing" and "Semiconductor solutions for power systems that contributes to an eco-society."

TECHNO-FRONTIER 2013 will run from July 17 to July 19 at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, Japan and Toshiba will be at booth 1F-212 in East Hall 1. The Toshiba group booth will also showcase battery storage systems from Toshiba Corporation Social Infrastructure Systems Company, and materials and components from Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd., etc.
 

Outline of Toshiba's Exhibition at TECHNO-FRONTIER 2013
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CARTES 2013

PARIS - Friday, July 12th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Brazil has been appointed as Guest of Honor Country for CARTES Secure Connexions Event 2013, which will be held from 19 to 21 November 2013. To highlight the development of the smart technologies in the country, a special conference, organized on the 21st November from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and hosted by Smart Card Alliance Latin America, will focus on "Building trust in mobile life”, the main theme of CARTES Secure Connexions Event 2013. Before this key appointment of the event, CARTES draws up the current situation of smart technologies innovations in Brazil.

Seen from the rest of the world, Brazil often echoes sport events such as the upcoming Olympics and the Football World Cup. Reality is, of course more complex, as Brazil is the hotbed of innovation in the secure transactions industry, thanks to a long tradition of technology and industrial development supported with a population enthusi ... Read more »

Partnership and Company set ambitious global Water, Climate, Packaging and Agriculture performance goals

ATLANTA - Thursday, July 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) The Coca-Cola Company and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are working to advance the Coca-Cola system’s sustainability stewardship with the announcement today of new, bold global environmental goals and an expanded global partnership.

These ambitious goals, which complement other Coca-Cola well-being and community commitments, focus on sustainable management of water, energy, and packaging use as well as sustainable sourcing of agricultural ingredients through 2020.

Building on the initial successes of their nearly decade-long partnership, Coca-Cola and WWF have agreed to extend their efforts by meeting ambitious new conservation and performance targets, promoting the integration of nature’s value into decision-making processes and convening influential partners to help solve shared global enviro ... Read more »

Doha, Qatar - Thursday, July 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

QNB Group, the World’s Strongest Bank and the leading bank in the Middle East and North Africa, announced its results today for the six months ended 30 June 2013. These results include the financial results of NSGB in Egypt, in which the Group concluded the acquisition of a controlling stake amounting to 97.12% in March 2013.

For the first half of 2013 Net Profit was QR4.7 billion (USD1.3 billion), up by 15.1% compared to the same period last year.

The Group’s prudent cost control policy and strong revenue generating capability allowed it to maintain an efficiency ratio (cost to income ratio) of 20.5%, which is considered one of the best ratios among financial institutions in the region.

Total assets increased by 30.4% from June 2012 to reach QR431 billion (USD118.5 billion), the highest ever achieved by the Bank. This was the result of a strong growth rate of 26.3% in loans and advances to reach QR296 bil ... Read more »