HEALTHCARE POLITICS The president's September speech recalled the passion and high public approval ratings that surrounded his state of the Union address . A September 22 Washington Post-ARC News poll reported that, after the speech, approval of the administration's plan jumped 13 percentage points, to 56 percent of those surveyed; 24 percent said they disapproved.' To achieve action on his pla...

Healthcare Waste Management (HWM) is considered as one of the important urban decision-making problems due to its potential environmental, economic, and social risks damages. The network HWM system involves decisions such facility locating, inventory management, transportation management. Moreover, with growing concerns towards sustainable development objectives, systems should address environm...

E-waste or electronic waste is a major waste stream resulting from the boom in consumer electronics in the past decades. With the rapid pace of technology innovation and obsolescence that leads to shortened product lifespans, the growing demand for electronics and its resulting waste poses a significant challenge in every stage of its life-cycle from the utilization of raw materials, production...