MANY NURSES WHO graduated in the past year and are seeking employment in a hospital are facing a shortage of open positions due to the economic downturn. Because hospitals are seeing less employee turnover, the nursing workforce has stabilized. Also, some experienced nurses may be delaying retirement because their retirement funds or their homes lost value, and some employed nurses may be worki...

This paper tackles the issue of wearable technologies’ marketability, analyzing alternative paths of new product development (NPD). Currently, wearable technologies NPD mainly remains within the borders of computer science which develops oddly looking wearable computers and radical fashion design which emphasizes the beautification of technologies as experiments to interaction design. Users are...

Milk has an important role as a vehicle for rural development. Many factors are implicated in milk value chain and marketability in Egypt such as milk production practices, unorganized farmer community, seasonal fluctuation both in production and consumption, financial aspects of dairying, role of middlemen, infrastructure, price fixation and role of government agencies. Many governmental regul...

Contamination of crops with aflatoxin, a naturally occurring toxin produced by Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus, frequently reduces the value and marketability of crops. The selection of resistant germplasm has great potential to reduce this problem, but highly quantitative nature of the trait makes this a difficult endeavor. However, to derive commercial benefit from these resistance mark...

The purpose of the study was to: 1. uncover the decision making factors which potential adult learners consider in their determination to enroll in a graduate program; 2. explore their unique program experiences; and 3. identify anticipated outcomes. The following themes were uncovered: Reasons for Enrollment, Nature of Program Experiences: Transformations, Outcomes: Broader Outlook on Program ...

I would like to welcome you all to the very first Keynote Symposium, “Avian Influenza: Vectors, Vaccines, Public Health, and Product Marketability,” here at the 2008 Poultry Science Association (PSA) Centennial Meeting in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The Keynote Symposium was preceded by the traditional Ancillary Scientists Symposium. Several years ago, it was decided to include the Ancillar...