| Green and Lean: Methods of Improving Lab Animal Room Ventilation |
From the July/August 2009 issue of ALN® Magazine: Hardly a day goes by where we don’t hear about the rising cost of energy, its scarcity, and the negative impacts of fossil fuels on the global environment. The media and the general public seem to focus primarily on vehicular and power plant energy consumption as our largest pollution concerns.
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| Imaging Looks to the Future |
From the July/August 2009 issue of ALN® Magazine: Emerging trends, techniques, and processes for the imaging field include optical and digital imaging.
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| Perspectives in Alkaline Hydrolysis |
From the July/August 2009 issue of ALN® Magazine: The commercialization of alkaline hydrolysis technology used in tissue digester systems has led to many new innovations in the process and equipment design — some of which have led consumers to many perceptions and misconceptions regarding the process due to the changing technology.
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| Decontamination of Sensitive Equipment |
From the July/August 2009 issue of ALN® Magazine: Not all chlorine dioxides are created equally. The use of pure chlorine dioxide gas successfully decontaminated an imaging laboratory — with the equipment in place.
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| Regulation Update |
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| The Safety Guys: Stay Cool, No Pressure: Safe Use of Cryogenic Materials |
From the July/August 2009 issue of ALN® Magazine: Cryogenic materials of one sort or another are used in many labs in support of animal areas across the country, and also out in the field, freeze marking or freeze branding animals.
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| Perspectives in Biocontainment: The Greening of Containment |
From the July/August 2009 issue of ALN® Magazine: We must challenge the existing paradigms in both operation and design if we are to make significant impact on sustainability in laboratories.
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| In Print: : Atlas of Small Animal Ultrasonography |
From the July/August 2009 issue of ALN® Magazine: Blackwell Publishing released the Atlas of Small Animal Ultrasonography by Dominique Pennick and Marc-Andre d’Anjou in February 2008.
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| Ask Dr. Marty: Performance Feedback and Assessment |
From the July/August 2009 issue of ALN® Magazine: Providing meaningful feedback to employees is absolutely essential to help them develop their potentials. Without good feedback, growth simply is not possible. And feedback, to supervisors, means performance assessment.
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| Tools for Training: Training, Counseling, Coaching, and Mentoring |
From the July/August 2009 issue of ALN® Magazine: In every organization, a robust staff development program is a key tactic to advance the organization by grooming individuals for increased levels of responsibility and creativity.
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| From The Editor: Beyond Tree Hugging: The Challenge of Sustainability |
From the July/August 2009 issue of ALN® Magazine: I was told not too long ago that I was “brainwashed for believing in global warming.” This statement surprised me on all sorts of levels. I can’t say that my interest in climate change is based on an in-depth study of the problem but I am a “glacier widow” every summer.
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