Specifikke selskabers historie / erhvervshistorie

On the production line in American packinghouses, there is one cardinal rule: the chain never slows. Under pressure to increase supply, the supervisors of meat processing plants have routinely accelerated production, leading to inhumane conditions, increased accidents, and food of questionable, often dangerous quality. In The Chain, acclaimed journalist Ted Genoways uses the story of Hormel Foods and its most famous product, Spam?a recession-era staple?to probe the state of the meatpacking industry, from Minnesota to Iowa and Nebraska. Interviewing scores of line workers, union leaders, hog farmers, and local politicians and activists, Genoways reveals an industry pushed to its breaking point.A searching exposé in the tradition of Upton Sinclair, Rachel Carson, and Eric Schlosser, The Chain is a mesmerizing story and an urgent warning about the hidden costs of the food we eat.

"A fast-paced look at the corporate dysfunction--the ruthless cost-cutting, toxic workplaces, and cutthroat management--that contributed to one of the worst tragedies in modern aviation Boeing is a century-old titan of American industry. The largest exporter in the US, it played a central role in the early days of commercial flight, World War II bombing missions, and moon landings. It remains a linchpin in the awesome routine of air travel today. But the two crashes of its 737 MAX 8, in 2018 and 2019, exposed a shocking pattern of malfeasance, leading to the biggest crisis in the company's history. How did things go so horribly wrong at Boeing? Flying Blind is the definitive exposâe of a corporate scandal that has transfixed the world. It reveals how a broken corporate culture paved the way for disaster, losses that were altogether avoidable. Drawing from aviation insiders, as well as exclusive interviews with senior Boeing staff, past and present, it shows how in its race to beat Airbus, Boeing skimped on testing, outsourced critical software to unreliable third-parties, and convinced regulators to put planes into service without properly equipping pilots to fly them. In the chill that it cast over its workplace, it offers a parable for a corporate America that puts the interests of shareholders over customers, employees, and communities. This is a searing account of how a once-iconic company fell prey to a win-at-all-costs mentality, destabilizing an industry and needlessly sacrificing 350 lives"--

The aim of the present study is to valorize the use in traditional medicine of Strychnos spinosa (Loganiaceae) as an antihypertensive plant. On isolated rat aorta pre-contacted with phenilephrine the crude extract of the plant causes endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation with a relaxation EC50 value equal to 0.900 ± 0.054 mg/ml. L-NAME inhibits the vasorelaxation effect induced by the extract of Strychnos spinosa with an increase in EC50 value of 2.254± 0.140mg/ml, this shows that the vasorelaxation effect involves a mechanism that involves NO. The inhibition of the effect by propranolol, with an EC50 of 2.762±0.138mg/ml demonstrates that the vasorelaxant effect involves the participation of ¿2 adrenergic receptors.

What we consume has become a central?perhaps the central?feature of modern life.Our economies live or die by spending, and we increasingly define ourselves by our possessions. This ever-richer lifestyle has had a profound impact on our planet. How have we come to live with so much stuff, and how has this changed the course of history?In Empire of Things, Frank Trentmann unfolds the extraordinary story of our modern material world, from Renaissance Italy and late Ming China to today's global economy. While consumption is often portrayed as a recent American export, this monumental and richly detailed account shows that it is, in fact, a truly international phenomenon with a much longer and more diverse history. Trentmann traces the influence of trade and empire on tastes, as formerly exotic goods like coffee, tobacco, Indian cotton, and Chinese porcelain conquered the world, and explores the growing demand for home furnishings, fashionable clothes, and convenience that transformed private and public life. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries brought department stores, credit cards, and advertising, but also the rise of the ethical shopper, new generational identities, and, eventually, the resurgence of the Asian consumer. With an eye to the present and future, Trentmann provides a long view on the global challenges of our relentless pursuit of more?from waste and debt to stress and inequality. A masterpiece of research and storytelling many years in the making, Empire of Things recounts the epic history of the goods that have seduced, enriched, and unsettled our lives over the past six hundred years. Praise for Empire of Things?Empire of Things is a masterpiece of historical research . . . a delight to read.??The Times (UK) ?Empire of Things is something to behold; a compelling account of consumerism that revels in its staggering breadth and depth. Frank Trentmann has written a necessary and important book about one of the defining characteristics of our times.??Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana, winner of the Whitbread Prize, and A World on Fire?Impeccably scholarly, vividly detailed, and delightfully written, Empire of Things is the indispensable starting point for anyone who wants to understand how, in the last half millennium, every effort to restrain consumers has failed, while revolutions in consumption keep piling up stuff and waste.??Felipe Fernández-Armesto, author of Millennium and Civilizations ?In this magisterial volume, Frank Trentmann takes us through time and across national borders to provide a comprehensive history of how people the world over have come to live with more and more things. Here is the crucial backstory to every consumer exchange.??Lizabeth Cohen, author of A Consumers' Republic ?Empire of Things is an extraordinary, Braudelian achievement. It is impossible to imagine that any one person would be able to do a better job than Frank Trentmann.??John Brewer, author of The Pleasures of the Imagination, winner of the Wolfson History Prize

The poultry industry has been expanding rapidly in Zambia with both eggs and table birds forming a major dietary protein source for the majority of the population. Despite this expansion, unhygienic rearing conditions have characterized the poultry industry at both small scale and commercial level. Of concern, is the high bacterial contamination, especially Escherichia coli and Salmonella that may have a serious public health implication. It was against this background that this study was formulated to assess the level of bacterial contamination and associated risk factors in dressed chickens at abattoirs and markets within Lusaka province. A cross sectional study was conducted across two poultry abattoirs and one major poultry market in Lusaka Province. Risk associated data was collected using 261 questionnaires. The results show evidence of plausible bacterial contamination at both abattoir and market level, with higher levels of contamination being observed at markets.Potential risk factors that were identified to have significant influence to bacterial contamination at abattoir level were number of processed chickens per day and at the market distance from water source.

Genetic variability, correlation and path coefficient were estimated in 60 genotypes and five checks of coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) grown in an Augmented Complete Block Design during Rabi 2020- 21. The high percentage of PCV and GCV were observed for biological yield per plant, seed yield per plot and number of umbels per plant.The high estimates of heritability and genetic advance as percentage of mean were found for biological yield per plant, seed yield per plot, umbels per plant and test weight. Correlation studies revealed that seed yield per plot exhibited highly significant positive correlation with biological yield per plant, test weight, number of umbels per plant, number of seeds per umbellet, plant height and harvest index. Path analysis revealed the highest positive direct effect of biological yield per plant, test weight and harvest index on seed yield per plot.

In the domains of business and management, organizations across the world imbue insiders and outsiders with multiple 'strategies of success' that can be learnt from them. Corporate Success Stories In The UAE is a rich collection of these evidence-based cases that have led to the success of various companies in the United Arab Emirates.The corporate milieu has been transforming at a rapid pace in the last decade and companies are constantly in an endeavour to craft suitable strategies to survive and progress during normal and critical business environments, including the recent COVID -19 scenario.This accentuates the need for having regionally contextualised knowledge inputs needed to enhance strategic thinking among the corporate decision makers and the academic fraternity. Regional 'Case studies' have been a major tool for such knowledge enhancement. This book is a focused attempt at bringing out case studies on 13 successful companies in the UAE, belonging to different sectors and industries. All cases come with 'Teaching notes' and 'Summary presentations' to cater to the needs of corporate managers to train their employees, lecturers to train their undergraduate and post graduate students. The cases have been prepared to serve three major target audiences namely Company managers, Universities professors and Researchers.The chapters in the book provide rich insight on the companies, their products and services, key indicators of success and the strategic drivers behind them and finally the potential areas of future study. Thus, the book serves as a repository of curated best practices across industries in the UAE.

Nose is the first of respiratory organs. It consists of external openings called nostrils. These lead into two nasal cavities which are separated by the nasal septum. It is lined with very vascular ciliated mucous membrane. It is the organ of the sense of smell because the upper section contains the olfactory nerve ending. The inspired air through nose is warmed by blood capillaries, moistened by mucous membrane and filtered by cilia. Sinuses are located in the Frontal, Maxillary, Sphenoid, Ethmoid bone surround nasal cavity. The primary function is to light the weight of the skull and promote vocal resonance.

"A sweeping and lively history of one of the most dramatic stories never told--of the greatest railroad war of all time, fought by the daring leaders of the Santa Fe and the Rio Grande to seize, control, and create the American West"--

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter who first exposed the roots of the opioid epidemic and the secretive world of the Sackler family behind Purdue Pharma, Pain Killer is the celebrated landmark story of corporate greed and government negligence that inspired an upcoming Netflix series. "Groundbreaking . . . Pain Killer is the shocking account of the origins of today's opioid epidemic, the creators of this plague, and the way to help stop it."-Sam Quinones, author of Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic Between 1999 and 2017, an estimated 250,000 Americans died from overdoses involving prescription painkillers, a plague ignited by Purdue Pharma's aggressive marketing of OxyContin. Families, working class and wealthy, have been torn apart, businesses destroyed, and public officials pushed to the brink. Meanwhile, the drugmaker's owners, Raymond and Mortimer Sackler, whose names adorn museums worldwide, made enormous fortunes from the commercial success of OxyContin. In Pain Killer, Barry Meier tells the story of how Purdue turned OxyContin into a billion-dollar blockbuster. Powerful narcotic painkillers, or opioids, were once used as drugs of last resort for pain sufferers. But Purdue launched an unprecedented marketing campaign claiming that the drug's long-acting formulation made it safer to use than traditional painkillers for many types of pain. That illusion was quickly shattered as drug abusers learned that crushing an Oxy could release its narcotic payload all at once. Even in its prescribed form, Oxy proved fiercely addictive. As OxyContin's use and abuse grew, Purdue concealed what it knew from regulators, doctors, and patients. Here are the people who profited from the crisis and those who paid the price, those who plotted in boardrooms and those who tried to sound alarm bells. A country doctor in rural Virginia, Art Van Zee, took on Purdue and warned officials about OxyContin abuse. An ebullient high school cheerleader, Lindsey Myers, was reduced to stealing from her parents to feed her escalating Oxy habit. A hard-charging DEA official, Laura Nagel, tried to hold Purdue executives to account. In Pain Killer, Barry Meier breaks new ground in his decades-long investigation into the opioid epidemic. He takes readers inside Purdue to show how long the company withheld information about the abuse of OxyContin and gives a shocking account of the Justice Department's failure to alter the trajectory of the opioid epidemic and protect thousands of lives. Equal parts crime thriller, medical detective story, and business exposé, Pain Killer is a hard-hitting look at how a supposed wonder drug became the gateway drug to a national tragedy.

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To discover the nature and importance of human rights, with the application of a basic approach we may conclude that human rights provide for individual freedom and liberty in relation to state (which may exercise public power over individuals, but also in relation to other individuals, who may also be capable of violation of these liberties. In some cases human rights not only provide for these freedoms against the above mentioned, but at the same time may mean a legal possibility to the individual to force them to refrain from doing something against him ¿ these human rights are often called justifiable human rights.The basic concept of individuals bearing liberty against the state is not new, it has always been present during the development of societies and mankind. Of course this has not been recognized as ¿human rights¿ in today¿s meaning, rather than a society-organizing principle: given social groups has duties and liberties in a society. We can find this basic phenomenon in ancient tribes, archaic societies and feudal societies as well.