BIOTECHNOLOGY: Improving the Balance Sheet

The Technology Balance Sheet

Just as it is essential to understand an organization's financial health, it is equally necessary to understand and measure its technological health. The first section of the chapter describes the technology balance sheet, a useful approach to measuring a company's technology. The second section presents a number of classic technology-related flaws, ranging from requiring infinite technology (i...

Balance Sheet

Improving phytoremediation through biotechnology.

Sharon Doty received a BS degree in genetics from the University of California, Davis (1989), and a PhD in Microbiology from the University of Washington (1995). She did postdoctoral research in plant biochemistry (UW). Her current position is assistant professor in the College of Forest Resources, UW. Her research program covers three main areas: phytoremediation, the use of plants for removin...

Improving the medical ‘take sheet’

The GMC states that "Trainees in hospital posts must have well organised handover arrangements, ensuring continuity of patient care[1]". In the Belfast City Hospital throughout the day there can be multiple new medical admissions. These can be via the GP Unit, transfers for tertiary care, and transfers due to bed shortages in other hospitals. Over the course of 24 hours there can be up to four ...

Situation Semantics: the ontological balance sheet

Abstract. One of the important challenges facing NL semantics in the early 21st century is to theoretically underpin analysis and generation of conversational interaction. I start by considering certain requirements a semantic framework needs in order to be viable for this task, with reference to a benchmark example. One fundamental requirement is the provision of an ontology which incorporates...