The Greens Party has launched a $85m policy aimed at helping farmers sell directly to end customers and small, local processors. “With one of the most concentrated food retail sectors in the world dominated by the supermarket ...
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In March 2013 the European Union and Japan began negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement. In the framework of a study entitled: "Economic effects of a free trade agreement between Japan and the EU" researchers from the Ifo ...
Cloisonné, or enamel art, is internationally considered a traditional Chinese art form, but according to Mao Jinfu, manager of the Beijing Enamel Factory, the materials were brought from Europe in the 1300s. Cloisonné is ...
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Excavation Site Conditions There are a few things to look at when assessing the condition/s of your proposed excavation site: Presence of underground utilities - In most potential construction sites, there is always the possibility of ...
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Peking University has found that using a pre-strain layer in nitride semiconductor epitaxial structures designed for blue laser diodes (LDs) can reduce the efficiency-sapping quantum-confined Stark effect (QCSE) [Cao Wen-Yu et al, Chin. ...
OEMs are now putting Chinese brands on their trucks, further breaking down barriers and quality concerns, says Walt Weller, vice president of CMA A wide range of topics were discussed by industry executives during the featured conference ...
Trade barriers between the EU and Colombia will be lifted as of 1 August 2013, when a comprehensive and far-reaching trade deal enters into application. The Agreement will open up markets for both EU and Colombian exporters, eventually ...
Hubbell Lighting today announced an innovative program focused on accelerating the adoption of energy efficient lighting and controls technologies called "createchange". The initiative helps end users see through and beyond what many find ...
Removing a significant barrier to wider adoption of energy efficient lighting, Hubbell Lightingtoday announced a creative financing solution called "Cash Flow Positive." The initiative provides flexible and easy access funding for ...
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TEC announces The LiquiDAM Penetrating Moisture Vapor Barrier is now new and improved, delivering less than .1 permeability of water vapor through the membrane. Moisture penetration through concrete slabs can cause severe problems for ...
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A report on 14 of the UK's hospital trusts with persistently high mortality rates has found that staff struggled to comprehend data to improve performances. Professor Sir Bruce Keogh was asked by the Secretary of State for Health, and ...
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More and more workers around the world are bringing their personal mobile devices to the office daily, and companies appear to be having trouble keeping up with the trend. About 60 percent of organisations acknowledged they either don't ...
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Smart lighting is an advance technology in lighting that makes use of intelligent lighting control systems to intelligently control light based on various parameters like occupancy, movement, color temperature, amount of natural/daylight ...
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Total retail search volumes grew 15% in the second quarter of 2013 compared with the same quarter a year earlier. Search volumes on tablet devices outpaced those on any other device, increasing 132% compared with growth on smartphone ...
The concrete industry's Strategic Development Council (SDC) has announced its upcoming meeting, Technology Forum #34, this fall to continue work on several issues and initiatives facing the concrete industry. The one-and-a-half-day ...
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