Special issue: Functionally graded materials: an integrated approach
International Journal of Materials and Product Technology 39(1/2) 2010 Includes papers from the 1st Portuguese Workshop on Functionally Graded Materials: an Integrated Approach, held in Guimarães, Portugal, 9-10 October 2008. In situ fabrication of Al3Ti-Al functionally graded composites by centrifugal casting Functionally Graded Materials: bulk processing techniques On the ability of producing FGMs with an [...]
The Great Medicare Cost Debate: Lessons from the Pharma Discussion
The media are now full of the first salvos in the political debate unleashed by two dramatically different plans to contain Medicare costs and cut the Federal deficit–Rep. Paul Ryan′s proposal to pay seniors vouchers and force them to buy private insurance and Pres. Obama’s proposal that lays heavy responsibility on the Independent Payment Advisory [...]
Special issue: Social innovation
International Journal of Technology Management 51(1) 2010 Understanding social innovation: a provisional framework The effects of government SMS in Taiwan Workspace design: a case study applying participatory design principles of healthy workplaces in an industrial setting Transitions and strategic niche management: towards a competence kit for practitioners ‘Last orders’ at the rural ‘cyber pub’: a [...]
Why Cultivate Weldon’s Confidence? – CEO Goes to White House Days After His Company’s Latest Guilty Plea Announced
Earlier this month, US President Barack Obama met “with eight business leaders to hunt for ideas to revive the economy,” according to the Wall Street Journal. At the session, the President asked “what he and his administration could do to improve their confidence….” The reporters’ White House informants emphasized that the point was “listening to [...]
Why Total Body Scans are Scams: Maze vs Bayes
Folks across the country are paying hard cash for total body scans, abdominal aortic aneurysm testing, CAT coronary artery scans and carotid artery evaluations to prevent disease or find important lesions early. It’s a seductive argument, and it’s a scam. Ordinary patients don’t understand about pre-test probability and positive and negative predictive values. Indeed, all physicians [...]
