In Mexico, one of the most recent policies aiming to promote new ways of encouraging the generation and application of knowledge has been the impulse to create academic committees in which full-time professors share one or several Innovative Knowledge Generation and Application Research Topics in both disciplinary and multi-disciplinary topics and academic objectives in public higher education institutions, in order to strengthen academic dynamics in collaborative work through the constitution of multidisciplinary teams. This work presents six case studies of collaborative applications involving companies and institutions. The first case study refers to Design and Mold Making for Testing New Paint Pigments. The second is Packaging Optimization for Christmas Tree Ornaments Through Differential Evolution. The third is a Comprehensive Communications Plan for E.J.K. Chemicals. The fourth is Innovation for the Agro-Industrial Sector. The fifth case study is Implementation of a Corporate Financing Project, and the last one is Information Technology Applications: Learning Media Objects for Special Needs Children and Youth at CAM No. 4. This work is presented in collaboration with Universidad Tecnológica de Tlaxcala, Universidad Tecnológica de Tecamachalco, Universidad Tecnológica de Tehuacán, Instituto Tecnológico Superior de la Sierra Norte de Puebla, Instituto Tecnológico Superior de San Martin Texmelucan, Instituto Tecnológico Superior de la Sierra Negra de Ajalpan and Université Clermont Auvergne (France).

This comprehensive study of extrusion coating technology describes the process and applications in detail, combining experimental data with computer modeling and the author's 30 years of experience. This methodology provides insight, clarity and assistance in problem solving, process optimization and new product development. The oportunities to exploit a wide range of polymers by the extrusion coater are discussed in detail. These include LDPE, HDPE, PP, ionomers, copolymers and blends and speciality materials, such as EVOH and PET. Everything you wanted to know about: Screw and die design for mono and coextrusion. Chill roll design and winders. Maximizing adhesion at high line speeds:- time in air gap and melt relaxation. Adhesion promotion:- corona, flame, ozone treatment and chemical primers. Feedblock and dual manifold coextrusion compared. Coextrusion:- control layer arrangement and eliminate interfacial instabilities. Optimize melt stability and minimize neck-in in air gap. Material selection:- polyethylenes, copolymers, ionomers, metallocenes, polypropylene etc. Substrates: pulp and paper, aluminium foil, plastic films etc. Applications for extrusion coatings and laminates. Minimize odor and off-taste and the scalping phenomenon in food packaging. Trouble shooting and many more insights. Target Audience: Engineers, marketers, technicians and students involved with the extrusion coating process. Table of Contents: The Extrusion Coating Process Equipment and Screw Design Die Design Stretching Flows and Neck-In Adhesion Coextrusion Adhesion Promotion Methods Polymers for Extrusion Coating: includes, coplymers, ionomers, PP, blends, metallocene PEs Speciality Polymers: EVOH and PET Improving organoleptic properties Substrates and Films for the EXtrusion Coater Extrusion Coated Products and Applications

The artificial intelligence (AI) landscape has evolved significantly from 1950 when Alan Turing first posed the question of whether machines can think. Today, AI is transforming societies and economies. It promises to generate productivity gains, improve well-being and help address global challenges, such as climate change, resource scarcity and health crises.

Government at a Glance Southeast Asia 2019 is the first edition in the Government at a Glance series for the region. It provides the latest available data on public administrations in the 10 ASEAN member countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.

This report contains detailed profiles of twelve of the world’s leading platform companies and derives insights from those profiles about what platforms actually do, how they do it, and why they succeed financially.

In July 2020, the Investment Committee recommended to Council to invite Uruguay to become the 50th adherent to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises. This OECD Investment Policy Review of Uruguay documents the progress made in recent years to align investment policies with the national development strategy in pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Stenciled on many of the deactivated facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the evocative phrase “abandoned in place” indicates the structures that have been deserted. Some structures, too solid for any known method of demolition, stand empty and unused in the wake of the early period of US space exploration. Now Roland Miller’s color photographs document the NASA, Air Force, and Army facilities across the nation that once played a crucial role in the space race. Rapidly succumbing to the elements and demolition, most of the blockhouses, launch towers, tunnels, test stands, and control rooms featured in Abandoned in Place are located at secure military or NASA facilities with little or no public access. Some have been repurposed, but over half of the facilities photographed no longer exist. The haunting images collected here impart artistic insight while preserving an important period in history.