Indicted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom launched a new file-sharing website today, promising users amped-up privacy levels in a defiant move against the US prosecutors who accuse him of facilitating massive online piracy. The colourful ...
In the year of 2012, in face of the increasingly complicated and severe international situation and arduous tasks of domestic reform, development and stability, the Central Party Committee and the State Council took scientific development ...
The Hydraulic Institute (HI) has updated the 1998 edition of the ANSI/HI standard on pump intake design and published ANSI/HI 9.8–2012 Rotodynamic Pumps for Pump Intake Design. Developed by experts in sump design, researchers ...
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The Southeast Asian nation of Indonesia has urged Japan’s Marubeni Corporation to invest in the country’s textile sector. Speaking to reporters after his meeting with Marubeni president and CEO Teruo Asada, Industry Minister ...
Changes in the competitive smartphone market look set to cost more UK jobs as smartphone producer Nokia and telecommunications provider Everything Everywhere (EE) both announce a programme of cuts. Nokia outlined plans to cut over ...
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Protean Electric has collaborated with US-based SKF to supply components for the company's in-wheel electric drive system, which is scheduled to start production by 2013 in Liyang China. The companies have inked a five year agreement on ...
Ipsen, Inc., manufacturer of vacuum and atmosphere furnaces, recently selected MHV Survivor model pumps for a vacuum furnace application. The Ipsen furnace is designed for heat treating parts at a major commercial heat treating plant ...
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In 2012, Sika lifted sales by 5.8% to CHF 4.82 billion. This was largely attributable to Sika's strong global presence, which enabled the company to offset fall-offs in demand in European markets. 10.7% growth was achieved in the emerging ...
An aluminum truss is a support component used in the structural construction of numerous apparatuses, from lighting fixtures for large indoor or outdoor events to actual components of roofing systems used to support roof loads. These ...
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If you ask your doctor for a brand-name drug, there's a good chance he or she will comply, even if there's a cheaper, equally effective generic drug available. That's especially true if your doctor is older, works in a small practice, or, ...
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If you ask your doctor for a brand-name drug, there's a good chance he or she will comply, even if there's a cheaper, equally effective generic drug available. That's especially true if your doctor is older, works in a small practice, or, ...
Tags: JAMA Internal Medicine, drug, healthcare
PowerbyProxi has developed technology that it says can wireless charge AA batteries, smartphones and even headphones -- all at the same time. PowerbyProxi claims the new wireless charging technology improves on the current industry ...
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Koon Yick Wah Kee rose bean curd(tofu)and chilli bean curd(tofu),which were produced in China,are being recalled in the UK as the products were found to have high levels of Bacillus cereus,according to the Food Standards Agency(FSA). ...
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Spot futures are still gravitating towards the 75 cents level and for the past eight sessions the March contract has settled within a very narrow band of less than 100 points,between 74.79 and 75.71 cents/lb. There have been a few ...
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Easton likes to point out that its EA90 XD Disc CX wheelset is not a re-purposed road or 29er wheel, but rather a wheel designed from the start for cyclocross. The wheels use Easton's proprietary tubeless rim design to hold certified ...
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