Announcement

The TWAS Council announced the names of the eight scientists from developing countries who will receive the 2006 TWAS Prizes for their outstanding contributions to the advancement of sciences.

Proceedings of the International Conference on Water Values and Rights held in Ramallah, Palestine. It contains 55 peer-reviewed papers regarding : Water Resources Management, Wastewater management, Water: Development, Strategic Planning and Regional Cooperation, and Water Rights and International Water law

Susumu Onishi, former president of Elsevier's health sciences division Excerpta Medica, has joined MMC in Tokyo as consultant director to help build the Japan unit under the leadership of Antoine Bocquet, director of MMC in Japan, who also retains his position as Associate Director of Nature Publishing Group (NPG) in the Asia-Pacific region.

Hopefulness and Impatience Mark Conclusion of Six-Day Meeting of PLWHAs, Scientists, Activists, Policymakers and Community Caregivers at the just concluded XVI AIDS Conf. in Toronto

The main theme of the symposium was “Designing the Future through Sports”, and the sessions focused on issues such as how sports contribute to our society and healthy living, and how we should engage in sporting activities.

SPACE ON EARTH: SAVING OUR WORLD BY SEEKING OTHERS by CHARLES S. COCKELL and Middle World: THE RESTLESS HEART OF MATTER AND LIFE by MARK HAW.

In collaboration with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region V, a fisheries School-on-the-Air (FSA) cum training on Tilapia Culture and Processing was conducted to promote the culture and processing of tilapia and assess the effectiveness of the FSA cum training program being implemented by the Council.

Based in Hanoi, CREDEP studies the biodiversity, conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants and indigenous knowledge resources in Vietnam.

The WorldFish Center invited its Philippine partner institutes to a consultative meeting to develop several project collaborations.

The Central Asia Archeological Group (CAAG), with headquarters in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Central Asia Archaeological Group (www.caag.uz) is a non-governmental and non-profit-making organization, established for joining up the best of the most progressive specialists in the field of history and archaeology research in Central Asia.

Kogi State Council for Arts & Culture was formally established in 1995. The Performing Arts Department is the life wire of the Arts and Culture and is headed by Adavi Abraham, assisted by Mr. (Pastor) Joseph Itodo (Troupe Manager) and Mr. Ismaila Amidu is the captain of the Troupe.

This book epitomizes the multidisciplinary expertise (linking economics, management, financial and cost accounting, and engineering) that electricity regulatory commissions must harness to effectively regulate the sector, despite high government ownership, strong utility–government linkages, inefficiencies, and weak commercial attitudes.

The insect biodiversity in Borneo is so extensive that in addition to the thousands of species identified here there are undoubtedly many more thousands of undiscovered species new to science waiting to be described and named.

Perspectives in Medical Education, Chromosomal abnormalities subdivide neuroepithelial tumors into clinically relevant groups, Serum insulin-like growth factor I in brain function and many more

Child Survival in India, Immunological response to two hepatitis B vaccines administered in two different schedules, Zinc supplementation and serum zinc during diarrhea, Acute renal failure in neonatal sepsis and many more

Acute effects of nitric oxide inhalation in ARDS, Adult basic life support, Diagnosing pulmonary embolism, Goodpasture's disease: A case report from South India and many more

The diagnosis and management of pseudoseizures or psychogenic non-epileptic events, Psychiatric symptoms in neurological practice, Neurological legal disability, Spectrum of motor neuron diseases with HIV-1 infection and many more

The Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, JIAPS, (ISSN 0971-9261) is the official organ of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons and is published quarterly. The journal publishes original articles, case reports, review articles and technical innovations.

Neurology India (ISSN 0028-3886) is a peer reviewed, open access journal published quarterly by the Neurological Society of India.

18th June 2006 marked the beginning of a unique radio programme called 'Kishor Vani'- the voice of adolescents. 'Kishor Vani' is a weekly half an hour radio magazine being created entirely by a group of rural boys and girls between the age of 12-19 years.

Basic Engineering Geology For Tropical Terrain, Health Needs OF Older People In A Semi-Urban Village In Malaysia, Physiology At a Glance

The Indian Journal of Palliative Care is an interdisciplinary, peer reviewed journal published biannually.

The Old Kayan Religion and The Bungan Religious Reform, Mapping the People of Sarawak, Life In The Malay Kampongs Of Kuching, Fifty Years Ago, Changing Borders And Identities In The Kelabit Highlands, Voices Of The Crocker Range Indigenous Communities Sabah

Vacancies available for experienced (native-speaker) Foreign Language Teachers in English, Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish, German, Korean, Arabic, Thai, French and Dutch.

Antiaging therapies, Evolution of venereology in India, No association between seropositivity for Hepatitis C virus and lichen planus: A case control study, Achieving asepsis of banana leaves for the management of toxic epidermal necrolysis and many more

The scourge of plagiarism, Orbital regional anesthesia: Complications and their prevention; Long-term anatomical and visual outcome of vitreous surgery for retinal detachment with choroidal coloboma, Asian experience with the Pintucci keratoprosthesis and many more

Australian artist Tony Twigg will be a visiting research fellow at the UP Jorge B. Vargas Museum & Filipiniana Research Center. “Ian Fairweather in the Philippines” opens at the Lobby Gallery of the UP Jorge B. Vargas Museum on 27 June 2006.

The exhibition focuses on part of the portraits in the Vargas collection. Portraits are considered by many as the highest form of art. Philippine portraiture was introduced be the Spanish colonizers in the 16th century.

The exhibition focuses on the palette, an essential and indispensable art implement, in a different light. The country’s finest artists have translated their ideas on to it in this truly unique collection.

Artist Jan Leeroy New opens his first one-man exhibit at the UP Jorge B. Vargas Museum on 6 June 2006.