Over the last 30 years, specialty pharmacy has grown from a notion to a cottage industry to being on the cusp of becoming a major force in healthcare delivery.

This note explores the use of UNITY-based theories to facilitate a cottage industry of software publishing. The requirements for such an industry are discussed, the appropriateness of UNITY specification and compositional theories for these requirements are analyzed, and further research opportunities in this area are identified. This work is based on joint work with Beverly Sanders, and the id...

The ethical questions surrounding transplantation have become a cottage industry for some of the research "think tanks," where issues are considered in the rarified atmosphere of a retreat setting, Interestingly, written accounts of sick patients' rights after such deliberations are usually fuzzy. As a result, potential violations of patient rights exist, and the scientific and administrative m...

Pneumoconiosis resulting from exposure to free silica may be the commonest, best known and most extensively studied of all occupational diseases of lung. The silicosis problem is much more severe in the small and cottage type of industry where not only it is considered as an occupational health problem but also because of the location of these units in the residential areas it poses threat to t...