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Merriam-Webster declares "science" the publisher's word of the year.

Though they both start with the same letter, that's about all Merriam-Webster's word of the year has in common with its counterpart from Oxford University Press. The renowned British publishing company and the notable American dictionary publisher have divergent views on not only the word of the year, but the way in which it should be determined.

Oxford declared "selfie" the word of 2013 in November. On Tuesday Merriam-Webster announced "science" to be its word of the year.

[READ: Oxford Dictionary Names "Selfie" as Word of the Year]

Merriam-Webster determined its word primarily based on a 176 percent increase for lookups on its website since 2012. In comparison, Oxford determined its word of the year based on the overall tracking of the usage of words.

"The more we thought about it, the righter it seemed in that it does lurk behind a lot of big stories that we as a society are grappling with, whether it's climate change or environmental regulation or what's in our textbooks," John Morse, president of Merriam-Webster, told the Associated Press.

Morse said that Merriam-Webster's word of the year was evident of the underlying tone of scientific discovery that has permeated society.

[ALSO: Congressman Steve King Strives to Make English the Official Language of U.S.]

Morse also contributed the uptick of the word "science" to Malcolm Gladwell's October release of the book "David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants."

Gladwell, who has a reputation of mainstreaming scientific thought, writes about the challenges that nature imposes. Some criticize Gladwell's book as a misrepresentation of science, Time reports.

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PRESS RELEASE: TOMORROW FOCUS AG: Extraordinary general meeting of TIE Kinetix N.V. approves takeover of TOMORROW FOCUS Technologies GmbH from TOMORROW FOCUS AG

DGAP-News: TOMORROW FOCUS AG / Key word(s): Disposal TOMORROW FOCUS AG: Extraordinary general meeting of TIE Kinetix N.V. approves takeover of TOMORROW FOCUS Technologies GmbH from TOMORROW FOCUS AG

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Extraordinary general meeting of TIE Kinetix N.V. approves takeover of TOMORROW FOCUS Technologies GmbH from TOMORROW FOCUS AG

Munich, Germany, 2 December 2013 - At an extraordinary general meeting held on 28 November 2013, the shareholders of Dutch firm TIE Kinetix N.V. approved the complete takeover of Munich-based digital technology and creative services agency TOMORROW FOCUS Technologies GmbH (TFT GmbH) from TOMORROW FOCUS AG with effect from 2 December 2013.

TOMORROW FOCUS AG announced the planned sale of TFT GmbH on 11 October 2013 as part of a new strategic focus on business-to-customer (B2C) business models. At that point, however, the takeover was subject to approval by an extraordinary general meeting of TIE Kinetix N.V. That approval has now been given.

Commenting on the deal, TOMORROW FOCUS AG's CEO Toon Bouten explained: 'As TFT GmbH's new partner, TIE Kinetix N.V. will take it forward on a sustainable path. We are looking forward to working with both companies in the future.'

Further details of the sale of TOMORROW FOCUS Technologies GmbH by TOMORROW FOCUS AG can be found in the Investor Relations section of TOMORROW FOCUS AG's corporate website at http://www.tomorrow-focus.com/investor-relations/finanznews/tomorrow-focus -ag-sells-tomorrow-focus-technologies-gmbh-to-tie-kinetix-n-v-_aid_1142.ht ml

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DGAP-News: PVA TePla AG / Key word(s): Agreement PVA TePla AG: Focus on plasma processes and high-tech materials

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Justus Liebig University Giessen and PVA TePla AG have signed a framework agreement with the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films - Strengthening of the high-tech location in Central Hesse.

Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) and PVA TePla AG, Wettenberg, today signed a framework agreement with the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (IST), Brunswick, establishing a working group for research into plasma processes and high-tech materials. The aim is to perform end customer-oriented research and development work for industrial companies.

'This cooperation in the field of applied plasma physics with industry and the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films demonstrates the success of our long-term strategy for developing the profile of material sciences in Giessen and establishing it as a center of excellence', said JLU President Prof. Joybrato Mukherjee. For the university, the Laboratory for Material Research (LaMa) is involved. LaMa is a grouping of the Chemistry and Physics faculties that jointly run the material science courses and work on large-scale research projects. Many of the research topics of LaMa are closely linked with the aspects covered by the new working group. For instance, in the LOEWE initiative RITSAT, which focuses on plasma and ion sources for aerospace propulsion, plasma diagnostics methods and the theoretical description of plasma processes are also being developed. And in the LOEWE initiative Store-E - a project on the storage and conversion of energy - the scientists are producing items including high-tech materials for energy applications by means of plasma-based deposition methods.

In particular, the expertise bundling within LaMa in the area of material synthesis, solid-state analysis, plasma diagnostics and the theoretical description of plasmas are a valuable supplement to the expertise of the Fraunhofer IST.

Prof. Gnter Bruer, head of the Fraunhofer IST, is delighted with progress so far: 'An ever-growing number of high-tech SMEs with the potential to expand their market position worldwide with their products and services or even become global market leaders are working at the Giessen-Wetzlar location, which focuses on optical, vacuum and plasma technologies. However, many SMEs cannot meet the necessary research and development capacity requirements for this growth by themselves. We try to fill this gap with our cooperative approach and support the companies by offering them our research and development capacity, just like all Fraunhofer institutes operating throughout Germany.' The working group is set to come into being on January 1, 2014.

Dr. Arno Knebelkamp, CEO of PVA TePla AG, will provide the working group with modern premises and infrastructure. He referred to the importance of the end customer-oriented research and development work that the interested companies have entrusted to this working group.

Project coordinator Peter Abel believes that the cooperation agreed here between the Fraunhofer Society, the university and industry strengthens the research and development location in Central Hesse. In particular, he feels that bundling the regional resources in terms of manpower and research equipment will result in an effective, cost-optimized development platform that will make the region more competitive, especially with regard to future technologies.

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MOSCOW Soon after the current wave of protests arose in Ukraine, a new word appeared to describe them: Euromaidan. Already in wide use as a hashtag on Twitter, it's an intriguing invention linguistically rooted in both East and West, elusive to translate and an insightful glimpse into the country's troubled politics. Who coined it isn't clear, and it's become so popular that it seems almost to have sprung from the collective unconscious.

ITS ELEMENTS

The first part, "Euro," is clear on the surface: Europe. "Maidan" is obscure to Western ears it's a word of Persian origin, which likely entered Ukraine via the Ottomans, meaning "square" or "open place." However, translating it as "Europesquare" would be technically accurate but emotionally impoverished because both elements mean much more.

EUROPE

Ukraine is part of Europe geographically, but for the demonstrators and their supporters the concept of "Europe" has the resonance of a vision, vivid and frustratingly out of reach. To them, Europe implies genuine democracy, trustworthy police and sincere respect for human rights.

MAIDAN

In this usage, it refers to Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square), the central plaza of Kiev. Reconstructed after the devastation of World War II, the approximately 8-acre square is a rare Stalin-era public space neither bleak nor bullying, ringed by buildings tall enough to be impressive but not intimidating. The square's agreeable nature echoes in how Kievans talk of it on a sort of first-name basis: "Let's meet at Maidan."

But as with Europe, Maidan is as much an idea as a place. The square was the focal point of the Orange Revolution, the 2004 mass daily protests that forced the annulment of a fraudulent presidential election. In that role, Maidan became a two-syllable encapsulation of peaceful resistance and determined action. The symbolism is powerful enough that Ukrainian media have taken to referring to all the current demonstrations as Euromaidan, even if they take place on a "ploshcha," another word for square.

AMBIGUITY

However thrilling the 2004 protests were, the hopes attending to the spirit of Maidan were largely unrealized. The leaders who came to power after the demonstrations plunged into years of bitter quarreling, so severe that the government was frequently paralyzed. In 2010, disappointed Ukrainians chose Viktor Yanukovych as their president, the very man who was the nominal winner of the annulled election in 2004. The heroine of the Orange Revolution, Yulia Tymoshenko, was thrown into prison after being convicted of abusing her power while prime minister. In an ironic commentary, Oleksandra Shevchenko of the topless activist group Femen produced a series of videos incorporating social commentary and breast-flashing under the rubric of PMS Post-Maidan Syndrome.

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Ukrainians' word for their new turmoil both elusive and rich