The First 120 Minutes

When a crisis strikes, the first 120 minutes can determine the public's perceptions of the school system, employee group, community college, university or ministry, and the image the organization will have long after the situation is under control. This document defines a crisis and the need for crisis management; the result of a crisis that is not managed; the key elements of good crisis management as exemplified by Johnson & Johnson, Wisconsin Electric Power Co., and Molson Breweries; the need for communication planning and establishment of credibility before the crisis strikes; elements of a communication plan; measures to take during an actual crisis, using the example of a teachers' strike; and principles of crisis management.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2010, held in Limerick, Ireland, in June 2010. The 28 revised full papers presented together with the abstracts of 2 keynote addresses were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on software quality assurance; agile software development; software business; software systems; process quality; software measurement; and software process improvement.

In 1776, an American patriot, Thomas Paine, authored a revolutionary document titled, COMMON SENSE, that stirred his fellow countrymen to fight for independence. Over 200 years later, corporate America is suffering at the hands of weak and often insane leadership. If you're tired of your company's weak leadership and ridiculous gimmicks, this book is a must read for you. Many once proud institutions in America have been socialized: Media Education Government And now, corporate America is signing on to a socialistic leadership strategy. If you believe corporate America is on the wrong path, I urge you to join the Eagle Nation and fight for a return to COMMON SENSE leadership. The following three lessons from the book illustrates Wurtz's pursuit of COMMON SENSE leadership: Discipline Like Momma Would Diversity Training - Adults Attending Kindergarten The Noble Pursuit of Extreme Profits In 1776, Thomas Paine proclaimed, "If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." It's time to attack corporate insanity. It's what patriots do! I hope you will join us!

Hadi Practical Neonatology ,a 2-book series of practical guidelines, is intended to provide a structured approach to the management of neonatal conditions which are likely to face the neonatal team. It is not intended to replace textbooks or to teach the beginners in the field. Prior sound knowledge of Neonatal Medicine, by the user, is essential. This book is the first in the series. It covers aspects of RESUSCITATION, THERMAL CONTROL- RESPIRATORY-CARDIOVASCULAR-INFECTIONS- ENDOCRINE & METABOLIC-GASTROINTESTINAL & NUTRITION- DERMATOLOGY- and SURGICAL NEWBORN challenges. It is my belief that neonatal doctors and nurses are an integrated team, and any demarcation is an imaginary line. The recipe of creating a backbone of good nurses is passionate support, continuous education, and practical teaching at every possible opportunity. Mutual trust and appropriate delegations are crucial to the success of the team. HADI PN series is written for the neonatal team and not just for the medical staff. The best way for consolidating the team knowledge and experience is bedside teaching. New methods and approaches of neonatal management are progressing but seem to slow down over the last few years. This may reflect the fact neonatal advances are approaching our era peak of “what is possible.” Nevertheless, many of our current practices are yet to be scrutinized to fulfil the evidence-based standards. There is no robust verification of the evidence behind our current practice of many routine day to day applications. This include but not limited to fluid requirements, duration of antibiotics courses, use of various blood products, seizures pharmacological treatment, and safe PaCO2 levels. I have reviewed multiple medical and nursing guidelines from Europe, North America, and Australia as well as Asia, South America, and Africa. I integrated many of these guidelines within this book whenever they are in accord with the international acceptable practices. Feedback and suggestions are welcome and can be sent to [email protected] The book is an updated version of the protocols and guidelines which I have developed during my work as Consultant Neonatologist. Some are adopted from various reputable institutes and modified to reflect the current evidence plus a slight flavour of my experience. Considerable effort has been exercised to ensure the doses of medications given in HADI PN are accurate. However, further confirmation by the nursing and medical staff is advised prior to the first use of each medication. HADI PN reflects the author’s own acceptable and safe practice and advice. It is written with the intention of facilitating the delivery of care to the most vulnerable newborn. The publication is written bearing in mind the wide variations in the skill mix of neonatal practitioners, nurses, and doctors. Likewise, the chall

The book presents new materials and methods for waste water treatments; including advanced oxidation processes, membrane technologies, detection and removal of heavy metals and organic compounds, and the use of nanomaterials, low cost adsorbents and bio flocculants. Keywords: Wastewater Treatment, Organic Molecule Degradation, Bio Flocculants, Coagulants, Pyrene, Pharmaceutical Compounds, Photocatalytic Degradation, Nanocrystalline Titanium Dioxide, Arsenic Removal, Membrane Technology, Activated Charcoal, Adsorbent Derived from Egg Shells, Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Colorimetric Analysis, Luminescence, Spectroscopy, Atomic Absorption, Mass Spectrometric and Biosensor Based Techniques.

Each issue is packed with extensive news about important cancer related science, policy, politics and people. Plus, there are editorials and reviews by experts in the field, book reviews, and commentary on timely topics.

Assessment of cardiac energetics at the level of ATP-synthesis, chemomechanical energy transformation and whole organ dynamics as a function of haemodynamic load, ventricular configuration and oxygen- and substrates supply is basic to understanding cardiac function under physiological and pathophysiological (hypertrophy, hypoxia, ischaemia and heart failure) conditions. Moreover, cardiac energetics should be an important consideration in the choice and application of drugs especially in the case of vasodilators, inotropic agents and in cardioprotective measures. Only by considering energetics at the subcellular, cellular, and whole-heart level we can arrive at a better understanding of cardiac performance and ultimately better clinical judgement and drug therapy. Quantification of myocardial energetics will also help to determine the optimal time for surgical interventions such as valvular replacement or aneurysm resection. The present volume is the outcome of an international symposium on cardiac energetics held in Gargellen/Montafon (Austria), June 1986. The contributions will certainly help bridge the existing gap between basic research involving isolated structures and that involving the whole organ, on the one hand, and render the results derived from basic research applicable to clinical problems, on the other hand.

Proceedings of the First International Meeting of the Pancreatic Islet Study Group held in the Alicante, Spain, November 25-28 1994