It’s not easy being green: Or is it?

Sustainable Printing It ' s Not Easy Being Green

In February 2002, the article "Printing in the Green" marked something of a departure from THE SEYBOLD REPORT'S usual emphasis on publishing business and workflow technology issues. Revisiting this issue four years later, we found that the core issues raised are more relevant than ever. Even so, only a relatively small number of printers have formally embraced the challenges of environmental su...

It's Not Easy Being Blue-Green

A 53-year-old-man with prostate cancer underwent prostate brachytherapy one month ago. Since then, he has experienced increased urinary frequency, dysuria, perineal discomfort, reduced urinary stream velocity, and nocturia. The patient was prescribed the following medications to relieve his urinary frequency and dysuria: sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim, ciprofloxacin, tamsulosin, methylprednisolo...

It's Not Easy Being Green: Supporting Collaborative "Green Design" Learning

We present the results of a study1 in which we contrast alternative forms of collaborative learning support in the midst of a collaborative design task in which students negotiate between increasing power and increasing environmental friendliness. In this context, we evaluated the instructional effectiveness of four alternative support conditions as well as a goal manipulation. Both manipulatio...

Has ethics changed or is it currently not being applied?

It's not easy being interdisciplinary.

It is no surprise that in a world dominated by business models and bottom lines that talk of interdisciplinarity is on the rise in science, as we are increasingly encouraged to be innovative through collaboration that ‘leverages’, ‘exploits’, and ‘optimizes’ resources. If you have not already heard these words around your workplace, you probably soon will. In fact, interdisciplinarity is now be...