An Overview of Milk Delivery in New Hampshire – From Cow to Kitchen

We take for granted much of the food we consume today — like these dairy products. For us, they are just something else to pick up at the supermarket. Dan’s Market (1962) But supermarkets have really been part of everyday life in New Hampshire only since the 1950s. Milk Maid ...

CS276B Text Information Retrieval, Mining, and Exploitation

Corporate Knowledge “Ore” * Email * Insurance claims * News articles * Web pages * Patent portfolios * IRC * Scientific articles * Customer complaint letters * Contracts * Transcripts of phone calls with customers * Technical documents Stuff not...

How many tornado warnings are people actually being put under?

o Look at a core region of the country most susceptible to tornadoes. o Calculate how many times they are being put under a tornado warning in a given year. o Number of times people have to take action will give a subjective idea of how sensitive they may be to...

Air Quality Monitoring for Advocacy

Air quality monitoring for tobacco control * Secondhand smoke (SHS) from cigarettes and other burned tobacco products are hazardous to smokers AND nonsmokers. * With every breath of SHS, you inhale a toxic soup of more than 4,000 chemical compounds * Air quality monitoring helps you measure...

Lecture Presentation Software to accompany Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management Seventh Edition

Option Contracts Questions to be answered: * How are options traded on exchanges and in OTC markets? * How are options for stock, stock indexes, foreign currency, and futures contracts quoted in the financial press? * How can investors use option contracts to hedge an existing...

Introduction to the Purpose & Function of a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)

The Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations * Fiscal Constraint * Public & Stakeholder Involvement * Collaboration * Multimodalism/Intermodalism * Transportation-Land Use Connection * Transportation-Economic Vitality Connection * System Management...

Greening Across The Chemistry Curriculum Using Web-Based Teaching Modules

Toxic Release Inventory * In 2000 7.1 billion pounds of hazardous chemicals were released to the air water and soil. * Only includes 650 of the 75,000 chemicals in use in US commerce today * Thresholds of 25,000 pounds (manufacture) and 10,000 pounds (use) Risk Due to a Hazardous...

Drugs and the Elderly: Practical Considerations

Overview * Scope of the issue * Pharmacokinetics * Pharmacodynamics * Adverse drug reactions and adherence * Underuse of drugs * Nonprescription and alternative therapies * Common sense solutions Prescription Drugs * Elderly account for 1/3 of prescription drug use, while only 13% of the population *...

Tips for decreasing salt

Put the salt shaker away Measure out amounts of salt when cooking Read the labels and look for reduced sodium versions of popular foods Fiber Decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. Soluble fiber reduces LDL cholesterol beyond levels achieved by a diet low in saturated and trans fatty acids...

Latest developments in e-learning

Organise conferences, workshops, visits and exchanges. Examples: * 12th International Conference: ALT-C 2005 6-8 September 2005 in Manchester * Annual Policy Forum 2003: the formal launch by Charles Clarke of the DfES e-learning Strategy consultation; 2004:...