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• Continental Tire North America, Charlotte, NC, announced the official launch of Continental University at its Mount Vernon, IL, facility

  - 2007-09-01

  Continental Tire North America, Charlotte, NC, announced the official launch of Continental University at its Mount Vernon, IL, facility. The program will formalize a current pilot program with Rend Lake College that gives all employees the opportunity to earn an associate degree on site, as well as expand the program...

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• FROM THE CHAIR

  - 2007-05-01

  I am happy to report that the ACM-SIGMIS CPR Computer Personnel Research 2007 Conference was a great success!This year's conference was held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA from April 19-21, 2007, http://www.sigmis.org/conferences.html. The theme was "The Global Information Technology Workforce." Please check the ACM Digital...

  Tags: conference, HARDWARE, PRODUCTIVITY, Southern Illinois University

• Why eating less can be the key to a long life.

  - 2006-05-15

  May 15, 2006 (New Scientist - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Scientists have known for some time that restricting calorie intake can prolong life. Mice that are fed 20 per cent fewer calories than normal will live up to 30 per cent longer. Now research at the...

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• Comparative DNA Profiling of U-3 Turf Bermudagrass Strains.(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2001-07-01

  Long-term maintenance of genetic fidelity of clonally propagated bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) cultivars is difficult. Contamination may arise through mechanical mixtures, the presence of viable seed, and somatic mutations. DNA amplification fingerprinting DAF was used to compare genetically putative `U-3' bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon L. Pers.] selected in the early 1930s with...

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• Effects of sintering silicon nitride and titanium carbide.

  - 1999-11-01

  Researchers at Southern Illinois University have evaluated the continuous sintering of silicon nitride-titanium carbide (Si3N4-TiC) with the aim of making the process cost-effective. The scientists studied various grades of powders including a baseline Si3N4 plus 5 wt% TiC formulation. A commercially available high-purity...

  Tags: formulation, HARDWARE, powder, Semiconductors, silicon, Southern Illinois University