The UK’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) has published the results of the fourth HCAI Point Prevalence Survey. The report provides a snapshot of the levels of healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) in Autumn 2011. ...
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GE Healthcare has initiated a nationwide voluntary field corrective action of the Giraffe Incubator with a Servo Control Oxygen System and Giraffe OmniBed that were produced between 1 August 2012 and 20 December 2012. The company said ...
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A historic settlement announced today with the Kerr-McGee Corporation and certain of its affiliates (“New Kerr-McGee”), and their parent Anadarko Petroleum Corporation will greatly benefit environmental cleanups at the Welsbach ...
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State oil companies China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., or Sinopec, and China National Petroleum Corp. over the weekend said they would boost supplies of oil products to central Sichuan province, following a major earthquake Saturday morning ...
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CECO Environmental Corp has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Met-Pro Corp in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately US$210 million. New York Stock Exchange-listed Met-Pro is a global provider of product recovery, ...
Tags: CECO Environmental, Manufacturing
This novel process recovers phosphorus in sewage treatment. There is no excess sludge if a polyphosphate accumulating organism (PAO) enrichment biofilm is applied to effluents containing phosphate. This allows the recovery of phosphate as ...
Tags: Phosphate, Treated Wastewater
BioTime has signed an exclusive licensing deal for stroke treatment technology with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The licensed technology leverages one of BioTime's HyStem hydrogels for localized delivery of growth ...
Dow Europe and PetroplastVinora have announced the launch of the new Visique stretch sleeve labels for bottles and containers labeling. The labels, which fit like a second skin and combine mechanical and optical properties, integrate ...
China based automobile manufacturer Jianghuai Automobile Company (JAC Motors) has signed electric vehicle (EV) supply agreement with US based GreenTech Automotive (GTA) in Shanghai. Under the deal, JAC will deliver 2000 units of third ...
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We are often asked if there have been any studies done on animals regarding cooked vs. raw pet food diets. Here are a couple of very interesting ones. Dr. Francis M. Pottenger had some very revealing results on a study he did between the ...
A BRIGHTER end to what was a torrid week for mining stocks helped carry the sharemarket to a modest 0.2 per cent gain yesterday. After making a bold start, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index drifted lower throughout the trading session, only ...
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Sales of new cars in Europe slumped almost 10 per cent in the first quarter of 2013 as the economically depressed market spirals towards a 20-year low. Registrations across the 27-member European Union fell from 3.31 million to 2.99 ...
Tags: New Car Sales, Peugeot Citroen
Australians are demonstrating a less cautious approach to spending money, with more consumers planning to use their credit cards this quarter, while savings will be less of a focus. The Dun and Bradstreet Consumer Credit Expectations ...
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GFK GeoMarketing has released a study on European retail in 2013. The data was compiled and evaluated on behalf of the European Shopping Center Trust (ESCT). Published as an English-language compendium, the study provides a Europe-wide ...
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According to the Metal Industry Indicators report released by the US Geological Survey (USGS), the US economic recovery has supported domestic primary metals industry activity with modest metals demand coming from the manufacturing sector. ...
Tags: US Steel Industry, Mineral