Robert Town is quoted in a major Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article exploring the unusually high costs of some hospital care in its region of Wisconsin. Town, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Health Care Management at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and an LDI Senior Fellow.
Definitions for porousËpÉr És, ËpoÊr-. porous(adj) able to absorb fluids. the partly porous walls of our digestive system; compacting the soil to make it less porous. porous, poriferous(adj) full of pores or vessels or holes. holey, porous(adj) allowing passage in and out.
The Inside Story â Concrete Is Porous. Most people do not realize that concrete is porous â more porous than Swiss cheese! The pores constitute 12 â 18% or more of the concrete but they are invisible, much smaller than the diameter of human hair. After new concrete is poured, almost half of the water has to evaporate.