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2024 FEB 3 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Investigators discuss new findings in Obesity, Fitness and Wellness. According to news [...]

2023 OCT 14 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Investigators publish new report on Drugs and Therapies - Antibiotics. According to [...]

Insurers are seeing unrealized losses in their long-dated bond portfolios swell as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates, adding pressure at a time when stocks are down and recessionary fears [...]

2023 JUL 1 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Current study results on Gram-Negative Bacteria - Escherichia coli have been published. [...]

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to put forward a conceptual model about the effect of strategic human resource management antecedents, mainly highlighting compensation and benefits, worklife balance and job security on the localization (Omanization) policy. Also, it conceptualizes the role of employee retention in localization. Design/methodology/approach: The paper explores existing literature on localization and strategic human resource management antecedents. Also, it reviews literature to come up with a conceptual framework regarding the link between strategic human resource management antecedents and employee retention within the literature. Findings: This paper proposes that there is a positive relationship between strategic human resource management antecedents and staff turnover. Also, this paper demonstrates that there is a positive relationship between employee retention and localization. Research limitations/implications: Empirical research ought to be carried out about the relationship between SHRM antecedents (compensation and benefits, job security and work-life balance and employee retention. Also, it is recommended an empirical study on the relation between employee retention and localization should be conducted. Practical implications: This paper proposes a basis for designing a conceptual framework of strategic human resource management (SHRM) in implementing the localization policy which has potential for the successfulness of the policy in the private education sector. Originality/value: The paper guides the private sector to implement the localization policy. Also, it helps the private education sector to become familiar with the strategic human resource management antecedents that help to enhance employee retention. Keywords: Localization, Strategic human resource management, Compensation and Benefits, work-life balance, Job security, Employee retention., 1 Introduction Localization in the workplace refers to a government policy which aims to replace expatriate positions with suitably qualified local people (Salih, 2010). Localization has been implemented in many [...]

Byline: Jonathan Pierron In the United States alone, paper receipts accounted for 334,000,000 pounds of waste in the year 2021, according to research done by Green America, a U.S.-based nonprofit [...]

The virtues of writing something down cannot be overstated, especially given we're all feeling the pressure from an industry with ongoing labor shortages, large-scale projects, stronger-than-ever demand for more sustainable [...]

In September, IAASA published its most recent Observations paper, Observations on Selected Financial Reporting Issues--Years Ending On or After 31 December 2021. While directed primarily at the comparatively small number [...]

Light is central to the Belfast bookshop Books Paper Scissors; it was what the store was built around. Everything in the shop looks like it was given its place to [...]

Byline: David Burrows 'This month, after 18 months of exploration, I am excited to be launching Rubies' ketchup in a recycled and 100% recyclable squeezy bottle format,' wrote Rubies in [...]

Keywords Risk; Radical uncertainty; Ambiguity; Funding; Novelty; Frontier research Highlights * Risk in science poorly understood, penalizing funding of risky research * Meaning and treatment of risk in different contexts explored * Model for characterizing risk in science outlined * Use of Subjective Expected Utility (SEU) approach in grant peer review proposed * Use stage, seed and block-funding for cases of ambiguity where SEU not appropriate Author Affiliation: (a) School of Management, Polytechnic University of Milan, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, Milan 20123, Italy (b) Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA (c) National Bureau of Economic Research, NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA * Corresponding author. (footnote)[white star] Acknowledgements: This work was supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (G-2021-14189) and by the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF21SA0071711). Byline: Chiara Franzoni [chiara.franzoni@polimi.it] (a,*), Paula Stephan [pstephan@gsu.edu] (b,c)

BY MARYBETH LUCZAK, EXECUTIVE EDITOR Today's workforce management systems are helping railroads to boost accuracy and efficiency and to provide record visibility and an enterprise-wide view. They even help reduce […]

It isn't often that completely new lines of fine art papers are introduced to the market, especially those intended for professional artists who demand consistency, durability, variety, and flexibility. It is worth noting that Legion Paper (www.legionpaper.com) recently introduced 17 different Revere papers that are produced by Cartiera Magnani, the Italian mill founded in 1404 that is well known for such papers as Pescia and Acquerello. In order to best determine how artists can use these papers in their studios, American Artist asked several artists, master printers, and teachers to sample the papers and describe the characteristics they found most useful in either reinforcing their current approaches to making art or in expanding their range of creative possibilities. Sample packs and single sheets of Revere paper were given to Anthony Kirk, the artistic director and master printer at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking (www.contemprints.org), in Norwalk, Connecticut; Julia Ayres (www.ayresprintmaking.com), author of Printmaking Techniques and Monotype: Mediums and Methods for Painterly Printmaking (both Watson-Guptill, New York, New York); and Carol Wax, a distinguished artist and teacher who wrote the book The Mezzotint: History and Technique (Harry N. Abrams, New York, New York). It should be noted that Revere is particularly well-suited for printing original etchings, engravings, dry points, mezzotints, and relief prints. Those techniques normally require the use of papers that are not as heavily sized as drawing and watercolor papers are. Printmaking techniques usually require that the papers be dampened in order to pull ink off of a plate or to quickly absorb the ink into the fibers of the paper. It wouldn't make sense to put a great deal of internal or surface sizing on a printmaking paper knowing the sizing will be washed out before printing takes place. Drawing and watercolor papers, in contrast, are usually heavily sized, so the charcoal, graphite, Conte, or transparent watercolor sits on top of the paper. If, for example, a watercolor paper absorbed a great deal of the paint applied over it, the painted shapes would likely expand beyond the edges of the brush marks and the colors would become dull. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Revere is a perfect paper for printmaking because it is a 100-percent rag, is lightly sized, and comes in a remarkably wide range of colors and surfaces," says Kirk. "I usually soak the paper for about 10 to 15 minutes to soften the fibers, blot off the excess water, and store the damp paper wrapped in plastic until I am ready to print on it. I use oil-based etching inks, so it is important to have the right amount of moisture in the paper. Too much water would cause uneven, blotchy tones in an aquatint, mezzotint, or plate tone in any of the intaglio processes. On the other hand, an oversized, stiff paper wouldn't properly absorb the ink from the etched recesses of the metal plate. "As a master printer, I recognize that Revere offers a solution to some of the challenges I have faced in recent years," Kirk adds. "Some papers I relied on--such as Lana Gravure for the printing of Robert Kipniss' mezzotint editions--have been discontinued. The Revere ivory papers are a superb replacement." Kirk, like many printmakers, appreciates that Revere is a green alternative to other papers because it is manufactured using energy generated by the mill's water turbines. Julia Ayres has spent her printmaking career seeking non-toxic plate-making and printing techniques as a way to eliminate acids, aquatint powders, oil-based inks, and petroleum-based solvents from her studio. "We have all become more aware of the potential hazards associated with strong acids, airborne resins, heated grounds, oil-based inks, acetone, and mineral spirits," she says. "Those can be used in a well-ventilated studio if artists take the necessary precautions, but it is difficult to introduce those into classrooms where environmental concerns and safety standards have become more important. That's why my daughter Gail Ayres and I continue to seek the best materials and techniques that we use in our studio and teach in workshops." Ayres printed a block print, an etching, and two monotypes on Revere paper using Alma Kolor water-based inks and applying pressure with a PinPress, a precisely machined metal rolling pin. "The paper is responsive enough that it would pick up the images without my having to run the plates through an etching press," she explained. "That makes it ideal for artists who want a simple, water-based printing process that gives professional results. I briefly immersed the Revere Silk and Revere Suede papers in water for a couple of minutes before placing them in an airtight box the night before printing. This moistening technique allowed the internal fibers of the paper to soften without the surface becoming soggy. Then I lightly blotted the paper so that excess moisture did not cause the inks to smear. Previously I had printed these same plates with a paper that didn't have any sizing in it, but it absorbed a lot more of the ink so that the full color of the ink was not realized on the print surface. The ink was more vibrant on the lightly sized Revere papers." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Although Carol Wax is best known as a printmaker, author, and teacher, she is interested in using the Revere Suede black paper for drawing. "Drawing on black paper is similar to engraving mezzotint plates," she says. "In mezzotint, a copper plate is roughened to create a texture that prints as solid black; shaving away or polishing the texture extracts tonal images from the black ground. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Starting with black paper, I establish my highlights with white gouache and use colored pencils to graduate tones back into the black background. Similarities between this drawing technique and the mezzotint process make it particularly useful to have paper that accepts both paint and pencils when making preparatory sketches for prints." Although Revere papers are primarily intended to be used for printmaking and drawing, they will also perform well for artists who want to use wet media on an absorbent surface. M. Stephen Doherty is the editor-in-chief of American Artist.

Tree-Free and Chlorine-Free Papers Offer Alternatives to Forest Destruction Most of us don't think of ourselves as paper gluttons, but the average American consumes 681 pounds of the stuff every [...]

Softeon has released a new white paper that looks at the state of Warehouse Management Systems in the Cloud. Softeon provided the following highlights: Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) were a [...]

Softeon has released a new white paper that looks at the state of Warehouse Management Systems in the Cloud. Softeon provided the following highlights: Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) were a [...]

The market for recycled paper is on a roll. In the last year or so, high-quality recycled paper--coated and uncoated--has become available. The paper is acceptable for printing catalogs, brochures [...]

2022 MAR 5 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Fresh data on Machine Learning are presented in a new report. According [...]

Tarrytown, NY / Scotia, NY - Kari-Out Company, a leading manufacturer, importer and nationwide distributor of paper, aluminum, and recyclable packaging products in the restaurant takeout industry, today announced a [...]

Byline: Jena Tesse Fox Business-intelligence and data-integration software developer ProfitSword has published a white paper (https://profitsword.com/Cases/growing-your-hotel-empire-with-profitsword-digging-into-the-savings-of-hotel-business-intelligence/) focusing on how hoteliers can save thousands of dollars in operational expenses when deploying [...]

RMA IS SET to release a landmark white paper on the current state of model risk management in the financial services industry that is informed by a comprehensive survey of [...]

In 1832, scientist William Winsor and artist Henry Newton established a partnership; together they founded the company in London known as Winsor & Newton. Since its inception, the company has [...]

IN 1832, SCIENTIST WILLIAM WINSOR AND ARTIST HENRY NEWTON established a partnership; together they founded the company in London known as Winsor & Newton. Since its inception the company has [...]

Former President Donald Trump is claiming that he can't find the supplies to produce his book. Trump said that he was told his publisher can't find enough paper, ink, glue, [...]

Byline: Kirk Pinho Sheldon Yellen and his people aren't saying diddly squat about his pending purchase of the Townsend Hotel in downtown Birmingham. That's OK. State business filings and other [...]

For centuries, the notion that paper was made from trees (or if you go back to ancient Egypt, from papyrus plants) was an indisputable observation similar to saying the sky [...]

Rising paper prices are triggering layoffs, rationing and headaches and not just in the publishing business. But there are strategies for coping with paper usage and costs. In the movie [...]

The Gerstein Science Information Centre (Gerstein Library), where author Cunningham works as a reference and research librarian, is one of 40 libraries within the University of Toronto (UofT) and is [...]

A new Risk Management Association white paper, 'SARS-COV-2: Recommendations for Third Parties Working from Home & Returning to Facilities,' shares valuable lessons learned by practitioners navigating COVID-19's impact on the [...]

Recovered paper is the most important raw material used in paper production in Europe. The tonnage of recovered paper collected for recycling has increased continuously for decades. In Germany, manual [...]

Byline: Elsie Guan In the past month China Eastern and China Southern have issued short-term commercial paper (SCP) amounting to a combined RMB29.4 billion ($4.2 billion). China Eastern issued SCP [...]

Byline: Jessica Hamlin Research shows private market investors have access to information that gives them a leg-up in the public markets. {'div':{'p':' Institutional investors have access to industry-level information through [...]

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Information protection should always be a concern for any HVAC company owner. Protecting the vital information of your clients and your company is important, and many HVAC company owners are [...]

The tale of recycled paper is a disparate one While some printers are writing its chapters by printing on it and actively marketing its use, others, under the impression that [...]

IN YOUR FIRST year of university, trying to get an A on a paper might feel like searching for a unicorn. Do they even exist? I remember feeling angry and [...]

E&MJ went back to school in early June, quite literally, for the 39th APCOM conference which was held at the Wroctaw University of Science and Technology in Poland. APCOM or, [...]

2021 AUG 28 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Fresh data on Opioids are presented in a new report. According to [...]

Domtar Corp. reported improvements to its supply chain transparency tool, The Paper Trail. According to a media release, the latest enhancements build upon Domtar's commitment to openness and honesty, showcasing [...]

Byline: David Winzelberg Freeport Paper Industries, a packaging supplier, is expanding its footprint in Central Islip. The company has purchased a 7,638-square-foot industrial building on 3.2 acres at 100 Windsor [...]

Shops face several options in selecting a purge dam material that best handles their GTAW or TIG pipe and tube-welding applications. One simple technology, which has been around for years, [...]

Elon Musk's journey as owner of Twitter was fraught from the beginning. But, after seven months of negotiations and a lawsuit, he's now officially in charge of the microblogging platform […]