China has adopted International Monetary Fund rules aimed at helping to improve the transparency, reliability and international comparability of the country's statistics. The move, announced on Thursday, is being viewed by Beijing-based ...
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PANalytical has announced a new detector for X-ray diffraction (XRD) at PITTCON 2015. The new GaliPIX3D will be shown on PANalytical’s flagship X-ray diffractometer, Empyrean - the flexible and future-proof multipurpose laboratory ...
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A protein microarray (or protein chip), according to Wikipedia, is a high-throughput method used to track the interactions and activities of proteins, and to determine their function, and determining function on a large scale. The main ...
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The ISO 14064 standard (published in 2006) is part of the ISO 14000 series of International Standards for environmental management. The ISO 14064 standard provides governments, businesses, regions and other organisations with a ...
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A group comprised of 17 oil and gas companies has established a project for joint seismic acquisition in the southeastern Barents Sea. Statoil is the operator of the project. At the request of the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and ...
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An international research group has reviewed the state of the art of life cycle assessment (LCA) in the context of wastewater treatment (WWT). They report that methodologies need to be updated to account for future challenges in the water ...
GT Nexus announced that Procter & Gamble (P&G) has renewed and expanded its contract for global supply chain management technology and services. P&G has been using the GT Nexus platform since 2001 to manage its global logistics spend. The ...
A business strategy cannot succeed unless the data supporting the strategy is fit for purpose. That's the view of Jon Stangroom, information governance manager at utility company British Gas. Further reading SAS brings a brighter ...
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Data quality management is something that needs to concern the entire business and not just the IT department. Further reading Research: data quality and the Little Red Hen syndrome Taking Responsibility for your Core Data - why it ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, IT
Aptiv Solutions, a US-based medical device and biopharmaceutical company, has introduced AptivInSite, a new adaptive monitoring methodology. Developed for medical device companies, AptivInSite helps in maximising trial efficiency while ...
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Airline IT departments are set to invest in business intelligence (BI) and mobile solutions over the next three years, in an effort to personalise passengers' air travel experience. That's according to SITA's fifteenth annual Airline ...
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A host of big companies have explained how they have benefitted from?Big Data in a research report?published this week. The Big Data in Big Companies report describes how around 20 large firms have deployed analytics software to benefit ...
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BioClinica, a provider of clinical trial management services, has introduced an electronic data transfer solution. The WebSend solution is a medical image submission technology for collecting and managing medical images for clinical ...
Middle East IT spending is projected to total $192.9 billion in 2013, a 5.5 percent increase from 2012, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. The findings were revealed by Peter Sondergaard, Senior VP and Global Head of Research, ...
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Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratories (MVTL) has deployed Roka Bioscience's Atlas System along with the Atlas Listeria detection assay and the Atlas Salmonella detection assay, which received AOAC Performance TestedSM certification. ...
Tags: MVTL, Roka Bioscience, Atlas System