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Our growing understanding about the impact of light on health has recently been transferred to building certification programs, with some including recommendations for indoor light exposure that supports physiology, sleep [...]

Recent advances in lighting research, technology and control systems are creating new opportunities to use lighting in healthcare facilities to improve everyday experiences for patients, visitors and staff. Healthcare facilities [...]

Understanding how research fits together takes time and can be challenging, including for researchers. PNNL lighting research results from the field are spread over multiple reports and journal articles, each [...]

In January of 1939 The Atlantic caused a stir when it published 'I Married a Jew,' an unprecedented first-person chronicle of the experiences of an intermarried non-Jewish woman. In it, [...]

In No Trade Is Free, Lighthizer recounts how he fought China as Trump's U.S. trade representative - essentially the top general in a three-year trade war - and recommends policies to finish the job. During the Trump administration, Lighthizer was always in the running for White House chief of staff, and in our age-is-just-a-number political era, the 75-year-old Lighthizer is a likely candidate for that office or another senior post should Trump regain the White House. No Trade Is Free: Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America's Workers ROBERT LIGHTHIZER, BROADSIDE BOOKS, 384 PP., $32, JUNE 2023 U.S. President Ronald Reagan shakes hands with Lighthizer in the Oval Office on April 25, 1983. Review In the clubby world of Washington trade lawyers, Robert Lighthizer was always an outsider. [Extracted from the article]

As teaching methods change in higher education, the architectural and lighting approaches for learning spaces should follow suit. Oregon State University provides examples Higher education is undergoing renewed scrutiny and [...]

In the United States, and in most developed countries, it is taken for granted that the products and services used on a daily basis meet regulatory requirements ensuring a certain [...]

In the wake of the recent changes to 40 CFR Part 60 test methods, there are many things businesses can do to prevent problems with their calibration gases. Here are [...]

A study investigates differences over time in the number and nature of Indigenous health publications in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States by examining three hypotheses. It concludes that the dominance of descriptive research in Indigenous health is not ideal, and findings should be carefully considered by research organizations and researchers when developing research policies.

China: The Quest for Global Economic Leadership, the economist C. Fred Bergsten not only argues that engagement was a success but proposes that China and the United States act as co-CEOs of the global economy. Friedberg would deal with China much differently, looking to shore up that "hegemonic coalition" so it could contain China's rise or at least influence Beijing from the outside. Review Looking to win congressional approval to bring China into the World Trade Organization (WTO), then-U.S. President Bill Clinton rhapsodized how closer economic ties would mean greater freedom for Chinese citizens. [Extracted from the article]

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the US, Mexico and Canada has raised questions on the effect of free trade on the future of the US horticultural products industry. NAFTA opponents fear that Mexico's specialization in the production of labor-intensive goods, which cover horticultural products, will allow it to intensify export trade and give it a greater share of the market than the US. Furthermore, Mexico has cheaper labor cost and greater labor supply than the US. An analysis of the production potential of Mexico and its implications to trade is presented.

The article focuses on flea and tick control strategies provided by industry experts, including thorough inspections, managing non-pet hosts, landscape maintenance practices, and the use of combination products. It mentions the experts emphasize the importance of integrated pest management (IPM) strategies, sanitation practices, proper identification of pests, communication with customers, and the use of effective products for successful flea and tick control.

Beijing and local governments in China also encouraged entrepreneurship, relentless cost-cutting, and foreign investment - even under the turn to state-owned firms that began in 2013 under Xi Jinping. As a Bloomberg reporter in China, where we crossed paths, he co-wrote China's Superbank, a look at how China Development Bank bankrolled the global expansion of Chinese firms. Review REVIEW The Dirty World of Green Cars The path to electric vehicles is a costly one. [Extracted from the article]

Rural electric cooperatives can help in community and economic development efforts in the countryside through revolving loan funds (RLFs). In these initiatives, extreme caution should be observed, particularly in the beginning stage. Cooperatives should always conduct comprehensive due diligence, combine cooperative financing with other public and private funds and offer quality technical assistance and support to appliants. These actions will ensure RLF-offering cooperatives of low loan losses, improved public relations and competitive marketing position. Risks related to RLFs can be minimized by establishing loan loss reserves, hiring professional and experienced RLF-management staff and developing a support network for the community. Specific guidelines are discussed., Many of today's rural electric systems must constantly explore methods to promote community and economic development and assist their community's development efforts. Our author provides us with a 'how to' [...]

Before modern digital scales, old-fashioned balances with calibration weights on one side were commonly used to get accurate measures of objects' mass. An everyday illustration of this is the deli [...]