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Liquid Metal Used to Reconnect Severed Nerves Chinese biomedical engineers have used liquid metal to transmit electrical signals across the gap in severed sciatic nerves. The work raises the prospect of a new treatment for nerve injuries, they say.

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بنك أوف أميركا يواجه عقوبة بقيمة 12 مليار دولار قالت مصادر لصحفية وول ستريت جورنال ان بنك أوف أميركا يجري محادثات مع الحكومة الاميركية بهدف تسوية اتهامات وجهتها اليه وزارة العدل بشأن تعامله مع الرهون العقارية الرديئة وبحسب الصحيفة فان الحكومة تضغط على ثاني أكبر بنك في البلاد من حيث الأصول لدفع غرامة تصل قيمتها الى اكثر من 12 مليار دولار حيث من ال…

SWOT analysis
Situation analysis in which internal strengths and weaknesses of an organization, and external opportunities and threats faced by it are closely examined to chart a strategy. SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. See also PEST analysis.

Which MBA offers the best return on investment? That depends on whether you are after a long- or short-term gain. Our chart shows the cost of an MBA at selected business schools after taking into account tuition fees and forgone salary http://econ.st/1kS2IA0

Nasdaq
A computerized system established by the NASD to facilitate trading by providing broker/dealers with current bid and ask price quotes on over-the-counter stocks and some listed stocks. Unlike the Amex and the NYSE, the Nasdaq (once an acronym for the National Association of securities Dealers Automated Quotation system) does not have a physical trading floor that brings together buyers and sellers. Instead, all trading on the Nasdaq exchange is done over a network of computers and telephones. Also, the Nasdaq does not employ market specialists to buy unfilled orders like the NYSE does. The Nasdaq began when brokers started informally trading via telephone; the network was later formalized and linked by computer in the early 1970s. In 1998 the parent company of the Nasdaq purchased the Amex, although the two continue to operate separately. Orders for stock are sent out electronically on the Nasdaq, where market makers list their buy and sell prices. Once a price is agreed upon, the transaction is executed electronically.

Change: 19 Key Essays on How the Internet Is Changing Our Lives - OpenMind Change: 19 Key Essays on How the Internet Is Changing Our Lives, is the sixth issue of BBVA’s annual series devoted to explore the key issues of...

Amazing! This reactor makes jet fuel out of carbon dioxide, water and sunlight. The first to demo the whole process. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/05/solar-jet-fuel-made-out-thin-air

Stem cell therapy regenerates heart muscle damaged from heart attacks in primates Heart cells created from human embryonic stem cells successfully restored damaged heart muscles in monkeys, researchers report. Stem-cell derived heart muscle cells infiltrated into damaged heart tissue, assembled muscle fibers and began to beat in synchrony with macaque heart cells. Scientists are…

debt to income ratio
DTI. A figure that calculates how much of a person's income is spent paying his or her debts. The higher one's debt to income ratio, the more of their monthly income that is solely devoted to paying back debts. DTI is important to manage, because it is something often considered by institutions when they evaluate loan creditworthiness; institutions conclude that if a person's DTI is too high, they might not be able to pay back their debts very easily, and the institution will be less inclined to make the loan. Formula: monthly debts owed divided by monthly income.

abatement
1. Commerce: Reduction in the amount of a bill or charge such as demurrage, overtime penalty, or rent.
2. Environment: Elimination or reduction of polluting or hazardous substances (such as asbestos) by either removing them completely or lessening their effect through better waste management.
3. Legal: Suspension of a court action, or bringing it to a close before the final decision.
4. Taxation: Rebate given in levies or taxes under special circumstances, such as in aftermath of natural disasters

derivative security
Usually takes the form of an agreement to buy or sell an asset or item (commodity, property, security) at a fixed price on or before a certain date. Derivative securities are traded on exchanges like other financial instruments, and their value varies with the value of the underlying assets (which are traded separately from the derivatives). Futures contracts, forward contracts, options and swaps are some common types of derivatives used in hedging or to gain leverage. Also called contingent claim since the payoff from a derivative is dependent upon whether or not some event occurs. See also credit derivative and derivative contract.

job design
Work arrangement (or rearrangement) aimed at reducing or overcoming job dissatisfaction and employee alienation arising from repetitive and mechanistic tasks. Through job design, organizations try to raise productivity levels by offering non-monetary rewards such as greater satisfaction from a sense of personal achievement in meeting the increased challenge and responsibility of one's work. Job enlargement, job enrichment, job rotation, and job simplification are the various techniques used in a job design exercise.