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- Advertisement Feature - A journey back to our industrial past
- To celebrate Britain's industrial heritage, BBC Learning will be co-ordinating events across the country to enable viewers to find out more about the Industrial Revolution and vote for their favourite industrial wonder. They link to the BBC TV programme What The Industrial Revolution Did For Us, presented by architectural...
- Research articles 2003-09-23
- Protracted felsic magmatic activity associated with the opening of the South Atlantic
- Abstract: Felsic magmatism is often observed in the final stages of the eruption of continental large igneous provinces. The occurrence of these felsic extrusive igneous rocks potentially provides key information on the complex interplay of magmatism and tectonics. In this paper we investigate the timing of eruption of Early Cretaceous...
- Research articles 2001-07-01
- JORDAN: AS ARAB OPEN UNIVERSITY PREPARES TO OPEN LOCAL BRANCH COUNCIL DISCUSSES UNIVERSITY BYLAWS.(Brief Article)
- According to "Jordan Times", the Higher Education Council agreed to allow the Arab Open University to open a branch in Jordan, a senior official said. Omar Shdeifat, the council's secretary general said the council and the university administration would finish all the preparations for the launch...
- Research articles 2001-05-03
- Endeavor Announces Voyager Agreements
- Endeavor Information Systems has announced that The Open University OU in the U.K. and Patrick Henry College in Virginia will implement its Voyager integrated library management system. The Open University According to the announcement, the OU library will use Voyager to supply its 180,000 students, 13 regional offices,...
- Research articles 2000-09-01
- 40,000 cyber students come into the Open
- MORE than two million students can't be wrong. That's how many have undertaken Open University courses since it was established in 1969. Students over the years have included celebrities like Julie Christie, Sheila Hancock, Connie Booth and Matthew Kelly. But it's...
- Research articles 2000-05-21
- Distance education the UK way
- Great Britain's decadesold Open University gets particularly high marks for its engineering courses. For Britain's Open University, it was a seminal moment in its 30year fight to win public recognition for the quality of its courses and students. Last April, in a closely fought contest, O.U. defeated Oxford University's Oriel...
- Research articles 1999-11-01
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- Mashable's Weekly Conference and Event Guide
- It's a brand new week, which means it's time for Mashable's guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable's Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month...
- News items 2009-11-09
- The Dangers of Health 2.0?
- A brief report in Digital HealthCare and Productivity suggests that Health 2.0 also presents risks to existing healthcare providers. In other words, the very idea that social networking, widespread dissemination of medical information and other Web-based health tools can empower individuals in the healthcare system might "open up organizations to...
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- How to Keep the Research Funding Spigot Open
- The Find: For innovators who want to keep R&D money flowing even in tough times, people skills and salesmanship are just as important as sound science, argues a panel of experts. The Source: An article on the advice of a panel of technology experts who recently spoke...
- Blog posts 2009-01-14
- Happiness Leads To Productivity? Not So, Says Psychologist
- You can always count on the folks over at the Freakonomics blog to shake up the conventional thinking, and today they've done it again. Everyone knows that if employees are happy they'll also be productive, right? Hence all the corporate efforts to improve morale. But new research suggests the truth...
- Blog posts 2007-12-10
- Can tween and teen iPod touch users assure iPhone's success?
- By Joe Wilcox , Betanews For years, analysts have opined about the iPod "halo effect" on Mac sales -- the idea being that people buying iPods who enjoy the experience and exposure to the Apple brand will be more likely to buy Macs. Analyst...
- News items 2009-12-07
- Who Is David Allen?
- With his popular seminar lectures and cult-like following, productivity expert David Allen has become an influential force in the Information Age workplace. Why He Matters Now: Since publishing his best-selling book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity in 2001, David Allen has...
- Articles 2007-03-12
- What's Next: 4 Big Predictions for the U.S. Economy
- The global landscape has changed for good. Here are our biggest predictions for after the shakeout — plus suggestions for what you should do about them. ...
- Articles 2009-06-22
- Irrational Exuberance over Electronic Medical Records?
- When President-elect Obama outlined his economic stimulus package earlier this month, he emphasized the need to invest in the healthcare system's infrastructure by pushing for electronic health records EHR, nationwide: "We will make sure that every doctor's office and hospital in this country is using cutting edge technology and electronic...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Algae expert calls LiveFuels' biofuel-from-fish approach not 'impossible'
- One of the world's leading algae experts says a new biofuel-from-fish approach pursued by algae innovator LiveFuels seems at least plausible. Dr. John Benemann, one of the authors of a seminal U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory report from 1998 on biofuel from algae and aninternationally-recognized bioenergy expert said he thinks...
- News items 2009-08-13
- Waters Corporation Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. At this time we are ready for the question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question, Quintin Lai, Robert W. Baird; your line is open. Quintin Lai - Baird Good morning, congratulations on a nice quarter. Douglas A. Berthiaume - President, Chairman...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-23
- Jim Loehr: Train for Success Like a Pro Athlete
- Forget time management. According to productivity guru Jim Loehr, energy is the ultimate renewable resource, and managing it correctly could be the key to increasing your human capital. At least that’s the philosophy of Jim Loehr, a productivity guru and performance psychologist with the...
- Articles 2009-07-27
- How to Manage in a Recession
- During a downturn, the usual rules of the workplace change dramatically. Here's how to keep your team motivated and productive. Set the Tone Goal: Lower the anxiety level in the office by being candid about...
- Articles 2008-06-23
- How to Run an Effective Meeting
- Have you ever sat though a pointless meeting and calculated just how much money was being wasted as a dozen well-paid professionals zoned out around a deathly boring conference table? Make Every Meeting Matter — or Don't Meet at All Goal:...
- Articles 2007-04-09
- The Crisis Facing Business: Succumbing to the Madness of the Crowd
- One year ago, the Dow was at 14,000, venture capital money was flowing, everyone, including private equity, was chasing deals, and managers were spending money like water as they sought to grow their businesses. Just last week, according to a presentation by the venture firm Sequoia Capital,...
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
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