The World Teleport Association (WTA) recently announced the launch of its Green Teleport program. The Green Teleport program is a sustainability design competition that generates recommendations for reducing GHG emissions and operating costs at teleports while supporting WTA-member operators in recruiting talent from universities and technical schools.
“WTA members report that their customers are increasingly making sustainability part of their criteria for selecting a teleport operator,” said executive director Robert Bell. “To help members respond to that demand, WTA’s Corporate Social Responsibility Committee is introducing a program that addresses the sustainability mandate while helping members develop effective university recruiting and internship programs to attract new talent to their companies. Investments in greenhouse gas reduction can also reduce costs and contribute to greater profitability in the years ahead.”
Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection in man has several disease outcomes, varying from asymptomatic chronic gastric inflammation to Hp-associated dyspepsia, pepic ulcer disease, gastric adenocarcinoma, and Malt lymphoma. Particularly controversial is the role of Hp infection in the genesis of chronic dyspeptic symptoms. Only a small percentage of chronic dispeptics have long-lasting remission of the complaints after cure of the infection. It is now well established that healing of the inflammation through microbial eradication cures peptic ulcer disease. The high efficacy of bismuth or PPI triple and quadruple therapies is overshadowed by the rising resistance to metronidazole and clarithromycin. The exact role of Hp in gastric carcinogenesis in the various geographical areas needs further study. The results of ongoing trials, evaluating the long-term outcome of Hp cure, on cancer rates are anxiously awaited. The acquisition rate of new knowledge through basal and clinical Hp research has rarely been witnessed in medicine.