Net-centric transformation and its associated practice of portfolio management require Department of Defense DOD managers to understand the effects various net-centric command and control (C2) services have on operational outcomes. This paper discusses an approach developed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) to qualitatively and quantitatively evaluate...
Bank runs can be handled by modifying an approach used in many cases of bankruptcy of non-bank firms, such that depositors retain access to enough of their funds that the payments mechanism is not compromised. If a quick, conservative valuation of the bank's assets suggests it is insolvent, the regulator...
Commercial real estate markets recovered and hit a strong growth phase in the late 1990s providing investor's with strong income and appreciation growth. Following peak occupancy levels in 2000 and a decline in 2001 and the first half of 2002, many investors wonder what the new millennium will bring for...
This white paper deals with cell locomotion that can be directed by external gradients of diffusible substances leading to chemotaxis. The paper reviews several recent computational models of gradient sensing in eukaryotic cells, demonstrating why some of them predict little sensitivity to changes in the gradient and response "locking," whereas...
WELLESLEY, Mass. -- The U.S. division of Sun Life Financial Inc. (NYSE: SLF; TSX: SLF) today announced that its Employee Benefits Group has appointed Christopher J. Quinn to Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and Drew J. Niziak to Executive Vice President and Director of Sales. Mr. Quinn...
Death Rode the Rails: American Railroad Accidents and Safety 1828-1965. By Mark Aldrich. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, c. 2006. Pp. xviii, 446. $59.95, ISBN 978-0-8018-8236-4.) Scholars have produced an interesting corpus of work that analyzes the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century railroad industry in relation to gender, race, liberalism,...
Nancy Luciani Nealon, R.N., BSN is chief financial officer of Concrete Step Units Inc. and the CEO of a new company named Johnny's Car Wash, located at 3102 N. Main Avenue in Scranton. Nealon was raised in a family-owned business and watched her parents build Concrete Step Units. Before becoming...
Wine sales up Sales of Maryland wine grew significantly in the last fiscal year, and the industry seems poised to continue to prosper with the growing popularity of wine and increased state support. Maryland's 25 wineries sold more than 968,000 bottles in the fiscal year ending...
The Lightstone Group has named Sharon Thames area vice president of the Maryland/Washington D.C. region of Beacon Property Management. She will oversee operations of the company's portfolio. Thames has more than 10 years experience in property and operations management, business process improvement, quality customer management, client relationship management,...
The Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation, a nonprofit charitable regional health care provider, appointed three to its Board of Directors: Hunter F. Calloway, of BB&T; Ken Gill, of the Gill Group Inc.; and Konrad Wayson, of Hopkins & Wayson Inc.Dalal J. Haldeman, an experienced health care industry executive and specialist...
HEALTH CAREJerome F. Bowen was promoted to chief operating officer at Stella Maris Inc. He has worked as chief financial officer of the continuing care nursing facility since 1996. In his new position, Bowen will be responsible for the business and clinical programs at Stella Maris. He will address the...
The December 1 issue of online news source Wired.com carried a story about dissention brewing in an Alaska community over the plans of one citizen to operate a cyclotron in his residence. Writer Xeni Jardin detailed local reaction to the plans of Albert Swank, Jr., an Anchorage civil engineer, to...
Byline: Rana Foroohar Sep 01, 2005 (The Bulletin - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Non-governmental organisations are increasingly resembling their corporate counterparts. The Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project at Johns ...
Former Comcast Corp. Chairman C. Michael Armstrong, whose endowment helped the Johns Hopkins University take a lead role in stem cell research, has been named to guide the university's clinical and medical research operations. The 66-year-old Armstrong will take the position on July 1 as head of...
MAY 10-11 Net-Centric Operations 2005 Broadening the Base of Net-Centric Operations Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Washington, D.C. SEPTEMBER 13-15 Enterprise Integration Expo 2005...
Samuel J. Palmisano 1951– Chairman of the board, chief executive officer, and president, International Business Machines Corporation Nationality: American. Born: 1951, in Baltimore, Maryland. Education: Johns Hopkins University, BA, 1973. Family: Married Gaier Notman homemaker; children: four. Career: International Business Machines Corporation IBM, 1973–1989, sales representative; 1989–1991, executive...
Industry Scuttlebutt Clayton Blick has been named national sales manager of Studer USA, a division of Switzerland-based Studer Professional Audio.The audio manufacturer's products are distributed in the U.S. by Harman Pro North America HPNA. News of the hire comes from Kim Templeman-Holmes, HPNA general manager and vice president, to whom...
To begin to get a sense of the potential regional impact of developing two bioscience parks near the University of Maryland, Baltimore and Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, look no further than northern Baltimore County. There on Loveton Circle in Sparks, BD Diagnostic Systems, a unit of Becton...
Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers TOKYO--BUSINESS WIRE--April 12, 2004 Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. announced today the shipment of its 15,000th computed tomography CT or CAT scan system. "The strength and popularity of Toshiba's CT technology, as well as its market position, is validated by this milestone,"...
Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--March 19, 2004 Fitch Ratings assigns a 'AA+' rating to the Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facility Authority MHHEFA approximately $94 million revenue bonds (The Johns Hopkins University JHU issue), series 2004A. In addition, Fitch affirms the 'AA+' rating on...
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