act COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program By www.adb.org Published On :: 2020-05-04 00:00:00 Approved project 54183-001 in Bhutan. Full Article
act COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program By www.adb.org Published On :: 2020-05-07 00:00:00 Approved project 54180-001 in Bangladesh. Full Article
act Limited Impact of Business Development Programs on Profitability in the Presence of Ambiguity Aversion By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-04-22 00:00:00 This paper presents an analysis of business development programs (BDPs) based on a theoretical framework aimed at understanding the mixed effect of business training on entrepreneurs. Full Article
act The Real-Time Impact on Real Economy—A Multivariate BVAR Analysis of Digital Payment Systems and Economic Growth in India By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-04-25 00:00:00 Financial sector development can play a crucial role in driving economic growth. Full Article
act Improving Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Schools: A Guide for Practitioners and Policy Makers in Mongolia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-04-30 00:00:00 This publication provides essential information on the planning, implementation, and management of improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in schools, particularly for small and isolated rural settlements in Mongolia. Full Article
act 3218-PRC: Low-Carbon District Heating Project in Hohhot in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region [Contract No.: 2] By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Full Article
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act Trade Impact of Reducing Time and Costs at Borders in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Region By www.adb.org Published On :: 2020-03-31 00:00:00 Trade facilitation, by reducing trade costs and raising the efficiency of moving goods across borders, is integral to international trade. Full Article
act Limited Impact of Business Development Programs on Profitability in the Presence of Ambiguity Aversion By www.adb.org Published On :: 2020-04-22 00:00:00 This paper presents an analysis of business development programs (BDPs) based on a theoretical framework aimed at understanding the mixed effect of business training on entrepreneurs. Full Article
act The Real-Time Impact on Real Economy—A Multivariate BVAR Analysis of Digital Payment Systems and Economic Growth in India By www.adb.org Published On :: 2020-04-25 00:00:00 Financial sector development can play a crucial role in driving economic growth. Full Article
act Telangana bill impact on Hyderabad realty investment to be minimal: JLL By www.indianrealtynews.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:55:18 +0000 The passage of contentious Telangana bill in the Lok Sabha may not have much impact on investment sentiment in realty sector across Hyderabad, as the city has already been planned to serve as a joint capital for next 10 years, according to property consultant Jones Lang LaSalle. “The Bill is being viewed with mixed feelings by various stakeholders, but it is still too early to gauge its impacts on the real estate industry. That said, it is likely to end the political uncertainty that Hyderabad has been facing for the past few years. “The outcomes are still unclear, but Brand Hyderabad is not likely to be overly affected as it […] Full Article Hyderabad
act New Infinity BassLink Compact Under Seat Subwoofer Brings Bass Performance for Automobiles By news.harman.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:00:00 GMT CES 2015, LAS VEGAS – HARMAN, the premium global audio, visual, infotainment and enterprise automation group (NYSE:HAR), introduced today at CES 2015 the Infinity® BassLink SM, the latest subwoofer in the BassLink line. The compact under seat subwoofer is designed to reinforce the low-end bass performance in vehicles and put the richness back into the music. Full Article
act Keeping Sustainability at Heart with Our Manufacturing Plant in India By news.harman.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 14:11:00 GMT Sustainability is a key component to everything we do at HARMAN. A good example of that is our manufacturing plant, located within Chakan, the industrial area in Pune, India. Inaugurated in 2014 as our first manufacturing plant in India, it has a ... Full Article
act JBL Professional EON ONE Compact Portable PA System Makes Its 2020 NAMM and CES Shows Debut By news.harman.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 13:00:00 GMT NORTHRIDGE, Calif.—HARMAN Professional Solutions, the global leader in audio, video, lighting and control systems, today announced the new JBL EON ONE Compact portable PA system will be making its 2020 tradeshow season debut at the 2020 NAMM show in... Full Article
act Mathematician Eugenia Cheng on the abstract wonder of category theory By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:00:00 +0000 Once thought too abstract, category theory has become remarkably pervasive in science, says mathematician and pianist Eugenia Cheng Full Article
act Tactical voting campaign says maths can solve the UK's political mess By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 15:09:19 +0000 A site designed to help voters who want to stop Brexit has come under fire for its recommendations, but the group behind it say it is backed by statistics Full Article
act Quantum computer sets new record for finding prime number factors By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:10:52 +0000 A relatively small quantum computer has broken a number-factoring record, which may one day threaten data encryption methods that rely on factoring large numbers Full Article
act Google’s quantum supremacy algorithm has found its first practical use By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 18:36:25 +0000 Google has put the algorithm it used to achieve quantum supremacy to work. It generated verifiably random numbers, which could be used one day in encryption or lotteries Full Article
act The antimatter factory about to solve the universe's greatest mystery By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 06:00:00 +0000 Why is there something rather than nothing? We’re finally making enough antimatter to extract an answer – and it might reveal the dark side of the universe too Full Article
act Radioactive review: A reimagining of Marie Curie's luminous legacy By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 18:00:00 +0000 A new film squares up to the tough task of reinventing Marie Curie, one of science's biggest stars, by building a big picture of her work – and its future fallout Full Article
act We still don't understand a basic fact about the universe By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Our measurements of the Hubble constant can't seem to come up with a consistent answer. What we learn next may alter our view of the cosmos, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Full Article
act Pondering the big question of consciousness is a welcome distraction By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Our best mathematical theory of consciousness is sparking a rethink of one of science’s hardest problems – how simple matter gives rise to a complex mind Full Article
act 'Act, or Die': Walter Cronkite's First Earth Day By feeds.reuters.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:17:40 -0400 CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite hosted a special broadcast on the very first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 to report on the nationwide protests that took place that day. Full Article
act Contaminated banknote images reveal how money gets caked in bacteria By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Artist Ken Rinaldo encourages the bacteria on banknotes to grow and spread to explore colonialism in his touring show, Borderless Bacteria/Colonialist Cash Full Article
act Red panda genes suggest there are actually two different species By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 19:00:34 +0000 Genetic analysis suggests that the Himalayan and Chinese red pandas are two different species that diverged about 200,000 years ago Full Article
act Silver uses a surprising trick to stop the spread of bacteria By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 16:47:59 +0000 Silver has an antibacterial effect by stopping the motors that bacteria use to move around from working properly and making them move more slowly Full Article
act Bacteria sacrifice themselves when under attack to save their colonies By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:00:45 +0000 Some bacteria sacrifice themselves when their colony is attacked by rivals, to save their relatives and make sure their shared genes are passed on Full Article
act Male bottlenose dolphins synchronise their calls to attract females By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:01:30 +0000 Bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia, form alliances and coordinate the timing of their clicking noises to attract females and deter other males Full Article
act Tiny bird-like dinosaur discovered in amber might actually be a lizard By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 10:00:53 +0000 A 99-million-year-old skull recently discovered in amber might actually belong to a lizard, rather than a tiny bird-like dinosaur as first thought Full Article
act Soil gets its smell from bacteria trying to attract invertebrates By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:00:20 +0000 Soil’s earthy smell comes from chemicals produced by bacteria called Streptomyces, which use the odour to attract springtails to help disperse their spores Full Article
act Male lemurs may use their fruity-smelling wrists to attract mates By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:00:08 +0000 Male ring-tailed lemurs rub their wrists to release a sweet, fruity smell that may be the first evidence of sex pheromones identified in primates Full Article
act Vampire bats practise social distancing when they feel ill By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 17:51:16 +0000 Vampire bats are social creatures that build relationships through grooming and food-sharing, but when they feel ill, they self-isolate and call out for contact far less Full Article
act Battered U.S. oil ETF to diversify investment in later-dated oil contracts By feeds.reuters.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:28:16 -0400 The United States Oil Fund LP, the largest oil-focused exchange-traded product (ETP) in the country, is moving to spread out its investments in oil futures in response to extreme market turbulence,... Full Article PersonalFinance
act Trump had 'little' contact with valet who tested positive By www.reuters.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 16:13:19 -0400 U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday described a valet of his reportedly testing positive for the coronavirus as "one of those things" and said that he and Vice President Mike Pence have since been tested and they are both negative. Full Article
act Radioactive dust in Antarctic ice could help map interstellar clouds By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 15:00:40 +0000 Interstellar dust has been found in Antarctic snow samples. The discovery could provide a way of mapping the clouds of dust Earth has passed through in space Full Article
act Bacteria fly into the Atacama Desert every afternoon on the wind By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:00:44 +0000 The Atacama Desert is one of the most hostile places on Earth, but new microbes arrive there every day on dust grains carried by the wind Full Article
act Living 'concrete' made from bacteria used to create replicating bricks By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 16:00:53 +0000 Buildings may one day be made using a strain of bacteria that creates a concrete-like material when combined with sand and nutrients Full Article
act Monty Python's Silly Walk is exactly 6.7 times more silly than normal By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 12:19:49 +0000 An analysis of a classic Monty Python sketch suggests the Minister of Silly Walks has a walking style 6.7 times more variable, or silly, than normal walking Full Article
act Don’t Miss: Interactive thriller, spring journey and human futures By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 18:00:00 +0000 This week, make your own ending to a thriller set in a locked-down lab, join a nature walk to track Europe’s spring and listen to the trends shaping our future Full Article
act SpaceX, Blue Origin get contracts to build NASA's astronaut moon lander By feeds.reuters.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 20:04:20 -0400 NASA on Thursday selected space firms SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics to build lunar landing systems that can carry astronauts to the moon by 2024, the White House's accelerated deadline under the space agency's moon-to-Mars campaign. Jillian Kitchener has more. Full Article
act European coalition takes shape on coronavirus contact-tracing By feeds.reuters.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 13:36:19 -0400 A European coalition is forming around an approach to using smartphone technology to trace coronavirus infections which, it's hoped, will enable borders to reopen. Joe Davies reports. Full Article
act HARMAN Partners with Chinese Automotive Manufacturer Leading Ideal to Fuel Data-Driven Vehicle Experiences By news.harman.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 14:46:00 GMT Shanghai Auto Show 2019 – SHANGHAI – April 16, 2019 –HARMAN , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., focused on connected technologies for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, today announced that the company has entered into... Full Article
act Naomi Oreskes: Turn your anger at science denial into political action By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:00:00 +0000 Rejection of science is rampant, but scientists can do better at countering doubt and there are grounds for optimism every day, says Naomi Oreskes, author of Why Trust Science? Full Article
act Why the medicine you take could actually be bad for your health By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 06:00:00 +0000 Rushing medicines to market is supposed to help people in need. But relying on lower standards of evidence may ultimately cause more harm than good. Full Article
act Altruism 2.0: How to use science to make charitable acts go further By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:00:00 +0000 Effective altruists use evidence and reason to maximise the impact of their kindness. Joshua Howgego follows their lead to see if it can help him do good better Full Article
act Extinction is a fact of life. Could we stop it – or even reverse it? By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 06:00:00 +0000 The fossil record tells us extinctions happen all the time. The question is what part we play – and whether we could ever bring back creatures like the dinosaurs Full Article
act Discover how to sit to dodge the dangers of inactivity By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 06:00:00 +0000 Inactivity is the new smoking and is linked to heart disease and cancer, but we can learn from kids and modern hunter-gatherers to make sitting less dangerous Full Article
act The antimatter factory about to solve the universe's greatest mystery By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 06:00:00 +0000 Why is there something rather than nothing? We’re finally making enough antimatter to extract an answer – and it might reveal the dark side of the universe too Full Article
act Trump had 'little' contact with valet who tested positive By feeds.reuters.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 16:13:19 -0400 U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday described a valet of his reportedly testing positive for the coronavirus as "one of those things" and said that he and Vice President Mike Pence have since been tested and they are both negative. Full Article
act Trump tests negative after valet contracts virus By feeds.reuters.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 18:24:20 -0400 U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said it's "one of those things" after he learned that a White House valet tested positive for the coronavirus, noting contact with that person was limited. Gavino Garay has more. Full Article