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.
Non-porous is the term used to describe materials that do not permit the transfer of water or air. When referring to wood, most softwoods, such as pine, cedar and redwood, are non-porous. Non-porous woods do not have as many vessels within the wood fibers. The cells are typically smaller, and the grain of the wood...