1 [2]. 2  According to a 2007 study on safe staffing in Medical Care, an increase of one registered nurse (RN) per patient was associated with a 24 percent reduction in time spent in the intensive care unit and a 31 percent reduction in time spent in surgical units.
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E): appropriations fund the efforts performed by contractors and government activities required for the Research and Development (R&D) of equipment, material, computer application software, and its Test and Evaluation (T&E) to include Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) and Live-Fire Test ...
For instance, in the same quarter in 2014, Apple only spent $1.4 billion on research and development. And it's nearly five times bigger than the $426 million spent in the same quarter five years ago, in 2010, just before the iPad came out. Compared to Apple's revenue, which has exploded over the past few years, R&D spending is keeping up.