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.
pumice The type of igneous rock that floats is called Pumice. It isn't lighter than other rocks, just less dense because it has lots of very small air bubbles trapped in it. Y â¦ ou can see these if you look at the exterior of the rock. A non porous rock is a rock which has interlocking grains so water can't get into it. A porous rock is like a sponge and a non porous rock is like a stone.