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UC Davis Researchers to Get Second Fuel-Cell Toyota for Use in Evaluating Consumer Response.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California, Davis Institute of Transportation Studies will soon receive a second fuel-cell-powered Toyota SUV for its research and...

Local, State Organizations Join Initiative to Boost Skills, Job Prospects Through Employer Involvement; Department of Labor Funding Extends Workforce Innovation Networks' 'Dual Customer' Approach to 21 Communities, 3 Statewide Teams.
October 1, 2003... Byline: Jobs for the Future WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Workforce Innovation Networks -- WINs -- today announced a major expansion, with the addition of 15 organizations that are both actively engaging their members with the...

Business School Web Site Poll Suggests Few Believe Martha Stewart is Innocent.
October 1, 2003... Byline: Rice University HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a series of unscientific web polls, respondents overwhelmingly believe Martha Stewart is guilty of insider trading and obstruction of justice; have little faith that...

Stanford Business School Launches StanfordKnowledgebase Research Newsletter.
October 2, 2003... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Oct. 2 (AScribe News) -- The Stanford Graduate School of Business has launched the inaugural edition of StanfordKnowledgebase, a free online newsletter for people who want to...

Stevens Institute of Technology Hosts Conference on Rebuilding Afghanistan, Oct. 3-5.
October 2, 2003... Byline: Stevens Institute of Technology HOBOKEN, N.J., Oct. 2 (AScribe News) -- Stevens Institute of Technology will host a three-day International Planning Conference for the Empowerment of Afghan Professionals, to discuss the Institute's...

Expert: Do-Not-Call Registry Could Harm Market Research, Hurt Competition, Duke Marketing Professor Says.(Brief Article)
October 2, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Do-Not-Call Registry, designed to prevent unwanted solicitation calls to consumers, could also harm legitimate market research and reduce competition, says a...

UC San Diego - Honored for Innovative Management Practices - Is Inducted Into Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame.(University of California)
October 2, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., Oct. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- In recognition of its "innovative approach to cutting costs, solving problems, and increasing efficiency," the University of California, San Diego...

Rice University Management Professor Steve Currall Awarded NSF Grant for Study of Public Attitude Toward Nanotechnology.
October 3, 2003... Byline: Rice University HOUSTON, Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Steven C. Currall, the William and Stephanie Sick Professor of Entrepreneurship and associate professor of management, psychology and statistics, and founding director of the...

Harvard Business School Confers Alumni Achievement Awards; Recipients Include Former Johnson & Johnson CEO Jim Burke, Dan Vasella of Novartis.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Harvard Business School BOSTON, Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Harvard Business School (HBS) has bestowed its highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award, on nine outstanding graduates. The 2003 recipients include James E. Burke...

Columbia Business School Hosts Symposium for Global Social Venture Competition.
October 7, 2003... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia Business School today released the following advisory. WHAT: Columbia Business School, the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business,...

Hospitalization Injuries Prove Costly to Patients, Health Care System.
October 7, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- An analysis of more than 7 million recent discharge records from hospitals in 28 states reveals that a group of 18 medical injuries that occur during...

Market Conditions Can Allow Providers to Shift Costs to Private Payers to Offset Government Cuts, Health Affairs Article Says.
October 7, 2003... Byline: Health Affairs BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Hospitals and physicians likely can raise prices to private insurers to offset payment reductions from Medicare and other government health programs if market conditions...

Harvard Business School's James Austin Honored For Excellence in Social Enterprise.
October 8, 2003... Byline: Harvard Business School BOSTON, Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Professor James E. Austin, an authority on nonprofit organizations and evolving partnerships between business and the social sector, as well as on management issues in...

Duke University Economics Professor Calls Nobel Prize Winner 'Great Mentor'.(Brief Article)
October 8, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Duke University economics professor who studied under Robert F. Engle, who along with Briton Clive W.J. Granger won the 2003 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences on...

Consumers Union Supports National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's New Vehicle Rollover Consumer Information Program; New Rollover Ratings Combining Dynamic, Static Tests Will Help Consumers Make Smarter, Safer Car-Buying Decisions.
October 9, 2003... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., Oct. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumers Union (CU) today welcomed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) release of its new dynamic rollover testing, which measures a vehicle's...

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Anthropologist Advises Policymakers on Haiti and Health Care.
October 10, 2003... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Milwaukee, Oct. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- It isn't often that a scientist with extensive field work experience in a foreign country has the opportunity to advise a group of heavy-hitting policy...

Florida International University's College of Business Administration, Winrock International Awarded $4.5 Million Grant to Promote Trade, Agribusiness with Farmers in Honduras and Guatemala.
October 10, 2003... Byline: Florida International University College of Business Administration MIAMI, Oct. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Florida International University's College of Business Administration (CBA) Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam recently announced...

Tides Center Announces Willa Seldon as New Executive Director.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Tides Center / Charitable Initiatives SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Tides Center is proud to announce that Willa Seldon has been appointed executive director. Headquartered in San Francisco's Presidio, the Tides...

Gates Grant Launches Effort to Refocus Nation's School Dollars to Help Children Achieve.
October 13, 2003... Byline: University of Washington SEATTLE, Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- An unprecedented, four-year effort to retarget the nation's education spending begins this week with the help of a $5.2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates...

Diversity in Business School, Workplace Must Begin in Middle School.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Lipman Hearne, Inc. MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Children exposed to challenging algebra classes in eighth grade are more likely to go to college than kids without rigorous curricula in mathematics. The problem is...

New Scheduling Method Raises Efficiency of Electronics Recycling.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- An industrial engineer at Purdue University has created a method to increase the efficiency, profitability and capacity of recycling operations for electronic...

National Technology Transfer Center Unveils Expanded Technology and Business Management Program for Minority College Students.
October 13, 2003... Byline: The National Technology Transfer Center WHEELING, W.Va., Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Minority college students nationwide have the opportunity to become the next generation of technology leaders and wealth creators through...

APEC Urged to Fill Investor Information Gap; University of Southern California MBAs to Report on Investor Information Research to APEC's Business Advisory Council CEOs in Bangkok.(Brief Article)
October 13, 2003... Byline: USC Marshall School of Business LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Traders and investors pursuing interests in Asia-Pacific want assurance of the accuracy and reliability of government issued information reveals a survey of...

Experts Available at APEC to Discuss Trade Issues Related to International Operations and Marketing.
October 13, 2003... Byline: USC Marshall School of Business LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- USC Marshall School of Business today released the following advisory: TOPIC: The outsourcing of jobs abroad, support for small and medium sized...

Discussion: Leadership Selection in the Major Multilaterals.(Brief Article)
October 14, 2003... Byline: Institute for International Economics WASHINGTON, D.C, Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Institute for International Economics will host a luncheon to discuss the upcoming leadership decisions at the major international economic...

BusinessWeek Magazine Ranks Babson Executive Education Among Top 10 Programs in World.
October 14, 2003... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Babson Executive Education is number 10 in the world for custom executive development programs, according to BusinessWeek's 2003 Executive Education rankings. BW's...

International Organization Taps Carnegie Mellon's Michael Trick for Leadership Role; Operations Research Expert Works to Help Keep Businesses Running Smoothly.
October 14, 2003... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- His appointment to a leadership position in an international organization of research societies will give Michael Trick, a Carnegie Mellon University business...

BMO Financial Group's Bill Downe Receives Rotman Distinguished Business Alumni Award.
October 14, 2003... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bill Downe, a leading figure in North American financial services, is the recipient of the 2003 Rotman Distinguished Business Alumni Award from the University of...

Convio Seminars on Internet Fundraising and Advocacy Feature Top Nonprofit Guest Speakers, Case Studies.
October 14, 2003... Byline: Convio AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Marketing, fundraising and membership professionals from top nonprofit organizations leveraging the Internet to boost fundraising and influence public policy will share strategies...

Doctoral Faculty Shortage Threatens Business Schools; Who Will Teach Our Future Business Leaders?
October 14, 2003... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business ST. LOUIS, Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The image and credibility of business has been damaged by questionable business practices, unethical...

Awareness of Genetically Modified Foods Increasing, While Overall Support Slipping; American Opinions Open to Change.
October 15, 2003... Byline: Cook College, Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Most Americans are unaware that they are already eating genetically modified (GM) foods, although awareness of GM foods is...

Yale School of Management - The Goldman Sachs Foundation Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures Announces Second National Business Plan Competition Results.
October 15, 2003... Byline: Yale University School of Management NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Yale School of Management - The Goldman Sachs Foundation Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures today announced its selection of 80 nonprofit...

Nomura Holdings Supports Program on Alternative Investments; First Leading Corporate Sponsor for Growing Unit at Columbia Business School's Center on Japanese Economy and Business.
October 15, 2003... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nomura Holdings, Inc. of Japan has made a three-year financial commitment of $300,000 to support the expansion of the Program on Alternative Investments at Columbia...

Economic and Industry Sector Forecasts Issued; Student Managers of Top-Performing Fund Reveal Weightings.
October 16, 2003... Byline: Monfort College of Business, University of Northern Colorado GREELEY, Colo., Oct. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Student managers of the Monfort College of Business Student and Foundation Fund (SAFF), one of the largest undergraduate...

Workplace Rewards Tall People With Money, Respect, University of Florida Study Shows.
October 16, 2003... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Short people may be short-changed when it comes to salary, status and respect, according to a University of Florida study that found tall people earn...

Howard Dean Uses Convio to Raise $7.4 Million Online in Third Quarter, $11 Million Via Internet Since April 2003.
October 16, 2003... Byline: Convio AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dean For America (www.deanforamerica.com) -- the presidential campaign organization for former Vermont Governor Howard Dean -- raised $7.4 million online in the third quarter of...

University of San Francisco Business Professor Expects Schwarzenegger to Revive California's Holiday Retail Sales; Arnold and Maria Craze Will Pump Some Air Into California Retail Sector While Sales Nationwide Rebound.
October 17, 2003... Byline: University of San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Terminator is poised to say "Asta la vista, baby" to the economic Grinch that stole California's holiday retail sales the past two years. A University...

Saint Mary's College of California to Host Prominent Media, Business and Entertainment Leaders.(Calendar)
October 17, 2003... Byline: Saint Mary's College of California MORAGA, Calif., Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Leaders in the fields of media, business and entertainment will discuss topics including current events in Iraq, the influence of corporate media and...

University of California Study: Easements Shield Suburban Farms From Development; Six California Farmland Protection Programs Among the 46 Studied Nationwide.
October 17, 2003... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the American population continues to grow, farmland is being engulfed and developed. However, agricultural easement programs are...

Linkage Satellite Broadcasts Bring Renowned Business Leaders to Bentley College Students and Faculty.
October 17, 2003... Byline: Bentley College WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Former IBM CEO Lou Gerstner will be seen in Wilder Pavilion addressing Bentley College faculty and students in December. Midday yesterday, in a special two-hour program...

'Doing Well by Doing Good': Columbia Business School's Social Enterprise Club to Hold Annual Conference Oct. 24.
October 20, 2003... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Social Enterprise Club of Columbia Business School presents its Second Annual Social Enterprise Conference: "Doing Well by Doing Good: Achieving Blended Value in...

University Students from U.S., U.K. Unveil Research Discoveries for Commercialization; University of Texas at Austin to Host Inaugural 'Idea to Product' Competition, Showcase.
October 20, 2003... Byline: McCombs School of Business, UT Austin AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- University students worldwide are researching and developing some of the most innovative, yet untapped technologies. In a forum for engineering,...

University of Texas at Austin Hosts Green Business Leaders at Net Impact Conference.
October 20, 2003... Byline: University of Texas at Austin AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Reflecting the philosophy that green business is good business, The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business will host a national conference...

Robert Foley Named University of California Vice President for Laboratory Management.
October 20, 2003... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Acting on the recommendation of University of California President Robert C. Dynes, the UC Board of Regents today appointed retired Admiral S. Robert Foley as...

Bentley College and OpenPages, Inc., Form Corporate Government Alliance; Common Vision of Comprehensive Enterprise Governance Controls Framework Seen As Key to Corporate Accountabilty.
October 20, 2003... Byline: Bentley College WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- OpenPages, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Governance and Compliance Management solutions, announced today the signing of a letter of understanding with Bentley...

College Store Association President Speaks Out on Textbook Prices.
October 21, 2003... Byline: Davidson College DAVIDSON, N.C., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Gwen S. Gardner, the president of the National Association of College Stores (NACS) and manager of the Davidson College bookstore, says her organization is as concerned...

What About Long-Term Care? It's Time For Congress To Act -- by Mark Meiners, University of Maryland.(Editorial)
October 22, 2003... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is an editorial by Mark Meiners, National Program Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Associate Professor/Associate Director,...

University of California Reaches Contract Agreement With Union for Health Care Professional Employees.
October 22, 2003... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of California officials announced today that UC has reached an agreement with the University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) union on a...

University of Arkansas Psychologist Teaches State Department Officials Art of Persuading Skeptical Audiences at Symposium 'Restoring America's Image Abroad'.
October 22, 2003... Byline: University of Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Oct. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Give people options and acknowledge their grievances. Those are two of the recommendations a University of Arkansas psychologist presented to an audience of...

Survey: Spam Is Starting to Hurt E-Mail, Erode People's Trust in the Internet World.
October 22, 2003... Byline: Pew Internet & American Life Project WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- The recent explosion of e-mail spam is beginning to take its toll on the Internet world. A new nationwide survey shows that 25 percent of America's...

Third Sector Systems Offers Free Fundraising Software to Nonprofits at www.firstchair.com.
October 23, 2003... Byline: Pending WATERBURY, Vt., Oct. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Third Sector Systems is offering free First Chair fundraising software to nonprofits in the United States at www.firstchair.com. Nonprofits who visit www.firstchair.com and...

Mercy Delta Express Makes Maiden Voyage to Delta: Mobile Clinic a Model for Health Programs in Rural Communities.
October 23, 2003... Byline: University of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, Miss., Oct. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ordinarily, Valley Park resident Michael Ensign has to travel several miles just to get a flu shot. Last Tuesday morning, all he had to do...

Inflation Targeting in the World Economy.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2003... Byline: Institute for International Economics WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Institute for International Economics will be hosting the following event: WHAT:Inflation Targeting in the World Economy HOST: C. Fred Bergsten...

George P. Denny III Chosen New Board Chairman of Trust for Public Land.
October 24, 2003... Byline: Trust for Public Land SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- George P. Denny III, a partner in a private equity group in Boston, today was elected as the new Chairman of the Board of the Trust for Public Land, a national...

Certified Organic Product Export Strategy Announces Dates of First of Eight Organic Export Seminars.
October 24, 2003... Byline: California Certified Organic Farmers SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Certified Organic Product Export Strategy - California (COPES-CA) program has just announced the first in a series of eight organic trade...

BusinessWeek, McCombs School to Present CEO Leadership Forum on Corporate Governance at University of Texas at Austin, Oct. 30; Michael Dell, Bill Bradley Headline Roster of CEOs, Presenters.
October 27, 2003... Byline: McCombs School of Business, UT Austin AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Texas at Austin today released the following advisory: WHO: Topping the list of confirmed speakers are: - Michael S. Dell,...

Women Still Missing From Director Positions, Corporate Board Rooms.
October 27, 2003... Byline: Bentley College WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two Bentley College professors, in partnership with The Boston Club, have found that nearly one-half of the largest 100 public companies in Massachusetts do not have...

Fleet Financial's Pending Sale to Bank of America Ends Era of Big Boston-Based Banks: Bentley College Bank Marketing Expert, Former Fleet Marketing Director Is Available to Discuss Reasons for Sale, Implications For New England.(Brief Article)
October 27, 2003... Byline: Bentley College WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Fleet, the last of the big Boston-based banks, is expected today to announce it will be sold to Bank of America Corp., the third-largest bank in the country. The...

Watchdog Finds Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs' Sean Jean Clothing Made in Honduran Sweatshop; 19-Year-Old Garment Worker Comes to New York City to Ask Star For Help in Ending Brutal Treatment of Women.
October 28, 2003... Byline: Fenton Communications WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Music and fashion entrepreneur Sean "P. Diddy" Combs will be marketing a new line of expensive hip-hop clothing on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue this Spring, but his trendy...

Cisco Systems Names CompuMentor Runner-up in Cisco Growing With Technology Awards Ceremony.
October 28, 2003... Byline: CompuMentor SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- CompuMentor was named a runner-up in the Nonprofit/Public Sector category of the Cisco Growing with Technology Awards 2003. Winners were announced during a ceremony at the...

Join Live, Online Interview With Leadership for a Changing World Awardee John Logue, Oct. 31: Leader Prevented Plant Closings, Created over 12,000 New Business Owners in Ohio.
October 29, 2003... Byline: Ford Foundation WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Join Leadership Talks on Friday, October 31, 2003 at 1 pm EST for a live, online interview -- at http://leadershipforchange.org -- with 2003 Leadership for a Changing World...

Unmasking M&M's Friendly Facade: Report Shows How Chocolate Corporations Exacerbate Child Labor Crisis in West African Cocoa Fields.
October 29, 2003... Byline: Global Exchange SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Halloween may the chocolate industry's most important season for sales to children, but it's no holiday for the hundreds of thousands of children laboring in West African...

Three, Two, One ... Blastoff! Babson College Student Entrepreneurs 'Rocket Pitch' 66 New Business Ideas.
October 30, 2003... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., Oct. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship at Babson College will host the fourth annual "Rocket Pitch" event on Friday, Oct. 31, 2003. Individuals and teams of...

Convio Enhancements Enable Robust 'Solution Centers' for Online Fundraising, Advocacy, Marketing, Special Events, Web Site Management.
October 30, 2003... Byline: Convio AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Convio, Inc. today announced enhancements to its software and services offering that make it even easier for nonprofits to invest in solutions for more effective online...

Reversing the China Trade Deficit: University of Maryland Expert.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2003... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Maryland economist Peter Morici, former chief economist for the U.S. International Trade Commission, argues the under-valued Chinese...

Economic Growth Should Continue, Duke Finance Professor Says.
October 30, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The strong growth in United States' GDP in the third quarter should continue in the coming quarters, predicts John Graham, a finance professor at Duke University's Fuqua...

Fisher College of Business Presents Cullman Award to Former United Airlines CEO Jack Creighton; Creighton Shares Thoughts on Crisis Leadership.
October 30, 2003... Byline: Fisher College of Business, Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Fisher College of Business recently hosted its 11th biennial Cullman Symposium. Key worldwide business leaders participated in a day of panel...

Wake Forest University's MBA School Hosts Corporate Governance Forum: Keeping It Above Board.
October 30, 2003... Byline: Babcock Graduate School of Management WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Oct. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wake Forest University's Babcock Graduate School of Management will host a forum, "Keeping it Above Board: Corporate Governance, Compensation...

Information Storage Industry Center at UC San Diego Announces Formation of First Storage Networking User Groups.
October 31, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego SAN DIEGO, Calif., Oct. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Information Storage Industry Center (ISIC) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) announced today the formation of six initial...

A Matter of Milliseconds: Optical Mesh Networks Recover Rapidly.
October 31, 2003... Byline: University of Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Oct. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Most people have no idea how much they rely on optical data networks in their daily lives until a cut in a cable or a faulty piece of equipment causes a...

Model Study Traces Interaction Between Training Method, Learning.
October 31, 2003... Byline: University of Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Oct. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Companies in the United States spend billions of dollars each year to train employees on computer skills. But success varies because so little is understood...