Scopus And Thailand Research Fund Announce 2009 Nominations For TRF-CHE Researcher Awards

September 2nd, 2009 HONG KONG - Business leaders, NGO heads, politicians and members of the media are being urged to identify Asia's leading political communicator as part of a new awards programme launched across the region. As the relationships between governments and business come under increased focus, business figures and corporate communicators are being asked to nominate a political or campaigning figure who has achieved the "Gold Standard" in Political Communications.

August 30th, 2009 BANGKOK - Department of Export Promotion, Ministry of Commerce has cooperated with Thai public and private entertainment business, including Thai Entertainment Industry Association, Thai Film Director Association, Thai Film Industry Association, The Federation of National Films Association of Thailand, and Thai Animation and Computer Graphics Association (TACGA) to launch "Thailand Entertainment Expo 2009". The expo takes aim at driving and promoting Thailand entertainment business as a hub in Southeast Asia and to stimulate foreign investment between Thailand and other countries particularly in entertainment sectors including film, television shows, animation and related businesses and services.

August 6th, 2009 BANGKOK - Department of Export Promotion proudly presents "Thailand Entertainment Expo 2009" as the largest platform ever for Thailand Entertainment Industry, the Miracle Wonder Gate Way commencing on 16 -20 September 2009 at The Royal Paragon Hall, Siam Paragon Complex, Bangkok, by the aiming to expand Entertainment Industry network globally as well as to promote Thailand as the greatest scene for film production destination. Department of Export Promotion, as key organizer is joining assembly effort with key private entities in the country's entertainment business, including Thai Entertainment Industry Association, Thai Film Industry Association, Thai Film Director Association, and Thailand Cable TV Association, to launch "Thailand Entertainment Expo 2009." The Expo aim is to promote Thailand entertainment business as a hub in Southeast Asia and stimulate foreign investment in entertainment sectors including film, television shows, animation and related services.

May 31st, 2009 NEW YORK - Platts, a leading energy information provider and a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is currently seeking nominations for the 11th annual Platts Global Energy Awards, which recognize excellence of companies and individuals in the global energy industry. Eighteen performance categories will be recognized.

May 19th, 2009 ABU DHABI - Rashed Al Oraimi, the Secretary General, announced yesterday the official call for nominations for Sheikh Zayed Book Award; an international awards program to recognize writers, translators, novelists and publishers who contribute to promoting the Arabic culture. Named after the late president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award was launched in October 2006 to honor writers and boost the Arab publishing Industry.

May 4th, 2009 FOLSOM, California - WHAT: New research published in the British Journal of Nutrition found a diet containing as much as 6% walnuts (equivalent to 1 oz in humans) was able to reverse age-related motor and cognitive deficits in aged rats. The researchers believe that walnuts may have the ability to protect the brain by quenching the age- related free radicals, as well as promote neuronal communication and growth of new neurons.

March 31st, 2009 CAMBRIDGE, England - New Award Scheme to Recognise and Celebrate the Success of Knowledge Transfer Opens for Entries - With Photo Nominations are invited for The Impact Awards, a new award scheme designed to recognise and celebrate the success of knowledge transfer. The Impact Awards are open to all sectors of research that have made an outstanding impact through successful knowledge transfer.

March 25th, 2009 LONDON - Voting Now Open to Identify the Best in the Commercial Aviation Aftermarket Aviation Industry Group, part of UBM Aviation (www.ubmaviation.com ), has unveiled the short list for the inaugural AIG Awards and has announced that the final voting is officially underway. Suppliers and customers of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) and related services in the commercial aviation aftermarket can vote online at www.aviationindustryawards.com for the companies they consider have excelled in the past year.

March 22nd, 2009 AMSTERDAM - Elsevier announced today that the Brazilian Federal Agency for the Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES) is expanding local research community access to Scopus(R), the company's flagship product and the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. CAPES, which assists the Brazilian Ministry of Education in the formulation of national policies related to post-graduate study, will be making Scopus available to 200 universities and research institutes in Brazil, up from 44 in 2007.

March 18th, 2009 AMSTERDAM - Citation Database to be Used in New Competence Centre for Bibliometrics Elsevier announced today that its flagship product Scopus (www.info.scopus.com), the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, was chosen by the Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance (iFQ) to be used in the development of its new German Competence Centre for Bibliometrics. The iFQ is a scientific institute that was created by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) to focus on assessing Germany's funding programs, and analyzing their global impact.

April 28th, 2009 '9 to 5' snags a record 15 Drama Desk nominationsNEW YORK — "9 to 5" has set a Drama Desk record and it hasn't even won any awards yet. The Broadway musical based on the 1980 hit movie received 15 Drama Desk nominations Monday, breaking the old record of 14 nominations, held by five other shows including "The Producers" and "Hairspray." "9 to 5" features a score by Dolly Parton, who received two nominations — one for her music and one for the lyrics of the show.

January 20th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Jennifer Hudson, whose mother, brother and nephew were murdered in October, will head the list of performers at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards Feb 8, it has been announced. It will be her second performance since the tragedy, coming a week after she sings the national anthem at the Superbowl Feb 1.

January 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The 'Slumdog Millionaire' saga continues with the British director Danny Boyle's Mumbai-set film picking up more key award nominations in the run up to next month's Academy Awards. While the Writers Guild of America nominated it for best Adapted Screenplay for screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, the American Society of Cinematographers picked it up for Best Cinematography nomination for Anthony Dod Mantle Wednesday.

April 24th, 2009 Flex tops Latin music award nominations with 13CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Panamanian reggaeton sensation Flex topped the list of finalists for the 2009 Billboard Latin Music Awards with 13 nominations, including Latin album of the year, hot Latin song of the year and tropical airplay song of the year.

March 12th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - R&B star Chris Brown has withdrawn from the popular Kids' Choice Awards scheduled for March 28, after his double nomination sparked controversy. Thousands of parents signed a petition calling on the Nickelodeon children's channel to toss him out after his alleged attack last month on pop star Rihanna for which he now faces assault charges.

January 14th, 2009 LONDON - Mumbai rags-to-riches saga 'Slumdog Millionaire' earned a pre-Oscars boost Thursday by bagging 11 nominations for the Baftas, the British awards. Following up on its successes at the Golden Globes awards this week, the film was tied at the top of the nominations list with 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', starring Brad Pitt.

April 12th, 2009 BHOPAL - Nominations of 32 candidates have been rejected during the scrutiny process for 16 of Madhya Pradesh's 29 parliamentary seats which go to the polls April 30, Election Commission sources said Sunday. A total of 299 nominations were filed for the 16 seats.

January 20th, 2009 LONDON - New British singing sensation Leona Lewis has been snubbed by the Brit Awards. 'It's a complete travesty, Lewis has been overlooked in her own country.

January 13th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Aamir Khan's directorial debut 'Taare Zameen Par' failed to make it to the short-list in the Foreign Language Film category of the Oscar nominations for the 81st Annual Academy Awards 2009. The Oscar selection committee announced Tuesday a list of nine movies out of which five will make into the final competition out of a total of 65 entries with each country choosing one film.

January 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - British director Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire' has earned a Best Picture nomination from the Producers Guild of America, putting the acclaimed film on track to be a major contender at next month's Academy Awards. Coming a day after the film jumped back into the North American Top 10 with total gross earnings of $28.78 million in eight weeks, the PGA nomination is considered particularly important since generally most of the five nominated films go on to also earn an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.