Recent Articles
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Highlights of bioplastic material and process building blocks
Don Rosato EngineeringThe chemical industry relies heavily on traditional sources of carbon — oil, natural gas, coal and biomass. These four substances are the starting point for around 40 basic chemicals and more than 40,000 chemical products. With its low cost and low toxicity, carbon dioxide is an attractive carbon feedstock for the synthesis of polymers, especially polycarbonates and polyurethanes that are primarily based on the condensation of highly toxic phosgene and aromatic or aliphatic diols.
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Are you being triangulated?
Roger Daviston Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAs leaders, we are extremely vulnerable to being triangulated, and it's unhealthy for the unity of a company. Triangulation involves a cast of three characters: the villain, the victim and the rescuer. If you are constantly fixing relational problems that others should fix for themselves, you are probably being triangulated.
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How high can I price my drug?
Mike Wokasch PharmaceuticalHigh drug prices — especially for life-saving or life-enhancing specialty drugs — continue to attract media attention in the U.S. prescription drug market. News outlets often highlight patients lacking adequate prescription drug coverage who have been financially crippled by the cost of their prescriptions. In an attempt to justify these high prices, PhRMA continues its mantra of "high cost and high risk of research" rationale.
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Increasing rigor in the classroom
Brian Stack EducationEvery teacher wants to be able to say that he or she is increasing rigor in the classroom. How does a teacher go about doing that? The key is to understand what rigor is, but first we need to understand what it is not.
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Small pet businesses: Standing out as professionals
Clarice Brough Pet CareThere has never been a more important time for those in the pet industry to stand up and stand out. The minute you hang up your shingle, you are telling the world that you're one of the best. Your expertise and knowledge about the types of pets you work with is the primary reason people will come to you. You are the pet professional.
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The use of microbes for soil remediation
Piyush Bakshi Waste Management & EnvironmentalThe use of microbes such as bacteria and fungi for soil rejuvenation is a form of environmental remediation. The objective of microbial remediation is to remove soil contaminants and pollutants.
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ADA 2014 highlights for dental offices
Jill Nesbitt Oral & Dental HealthcareAfter attending the American Dental Association conference in San Antonio last week, here are a few things I learned that those who work in dental offices might find helpful.
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What is direct access, and why should PTs care?
Charlotte Bohnett Medical & Allied HealthcareIn popular culture, the word "access" implies exclusivity — like a backstage pass to a rock concert or high-level clearance to government files. When it comes to direct access to physical therapy, however, the opposite is true.
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Why are healthcare workers getting infected with Ebola? We were not prepared
Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied HealthcareThomas Eric Duncan, the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States, died Oct. 8. Shortly after, a nurse named Nina Pham was diagnosed with the Ebola virus, followed this week by a second nurse who is also infected. With the current infections of two direct caregivers, questions have surfaced regarding the preparedness of our hospitals and healthcare staff in the United States.
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Local content requirements in the oil and gas sector
Stefanie Heerwig Natural ResourcesWith decreasing oil and gas supplies and increasingly-hard-to-reach reserves, global oil and gas majors have started to invest in frontier areas, many of them in the developing world — like East Africa and Afghanistan, just to name two.