February 17, 2014 The County of Maui and its partners will present a two-day conference on the Valley Isle in March 2014 to explore the challenges and opportunities in our nation's transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. ...
Efforts to make foods healthier in Australia are failing, and foods continue to contain high amounts of fat, sugar and salt, according to researchers from the George Institute and the University of Sydney. Professor Bruce Neal, from the ...
Tags: improve the nutritional, improving diets, business incentives
The garment manufacturing industries in Bangladesh have not yet reached the peak level where they would need to shift to another level of industrialization to avoid decline, Dr. Ludovico Alcorta, Director, Development Policy, Statistics and ...
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Monday reiterated its calls for the United States to objectively and fairly handle ongoing solar trade disputes after the latter initiated another probe into Chinese products. The comments came ...
Tags: Handle Solar Disputes
Produce for health marks vegetable, fruit improvement center's 20th year People interested in healthy foods are invited to a day-long conference Feb. 25 in College Station to hear the latest findings on connections between fruit and ...
Tags: Vegetable, Fruit, fruit improvement
A lot of evidence shows that a patients' race or ethnicity is associated with differences in how health care providers communicate with them, the health care they receive, and their health outcomes. In HIV care, a key to those outcomes is ...
Tags: HIV care, drug, AIDS, M.Barton Laws
Trade disputes can often be resolved through dialogue. A good example of this process is the recent deal between China and European Union (EU) concerning solar panels. Dialogue does not always work, however, when it comes to trade between ...
Tags: Sino-US Solar Spat, Mineral
For the fourth consecutive year, BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, has been named one of China’s Top Employers. This prestigious award recognizes BASF’s continuous achievements in human resources (HR) management ...
The international automotive supplier Continental is developing future-proof human-machine interface (HMI) concepts and instrumentation for vehicle manufacturers worldwide. The company is increasingly focusing on a holistic systems ...
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Two Colorado farmers who pleaded guilty to six counts of introducing contaminated cantaloupe to interstate commerce in one of the deadliest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history have asked a federal judge for probation sentences. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Will Leonard, an animator with Green Grass Studios in Dallas, was awarded first place and $1,000 for his video, “Church of Christ the Light” in Tarkett's national video contest, “Looking Back, Stepping Forward.” ...
Tags: Will Leonard, Church of Christ the Light, national video contest, Tarkett
Coverings has partnered with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Architecture, to develop a course that will investigate the use of tile as a medium for furniture design. Through a 13-week series of lectures and ...
Tags: Coverings, University of Nevada, tile, furniture design
The new edition of Maersk Post has been published featuring a wide range of stories from across the Maersk Group, including a report on how Maersk Drilling aims to be a significant player in the ultra-deepwater market. "There is a lot to ...
Tags: Maersk Post, Maersk Group, Maersk Drilling, Chris Hallan
Pessimists are fond of saying that no good deed goes unpunished. An Australian teenager who reported a security vulnerability in a government website and now faces legal troubles probably agrees. Joshua Rogers, a 16-year-old Victoria ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Doctors aren't talking often enough with their patients about the harmful effects of alcohol, even if those patients are binge drinkers, U.S. health officials reported Tuesday. Only one in six adults says a doctor or health professional ...
Tags: Problem Drinking, Alcohol, Harmful Drinking