David Owen

The Truck Safety Coalition uses misleading per-capita data to push an agenda, argues the National Association of Small Trucking Companies.

The 18kDa translocator protein (TSPO) is increased in neurodegenerative diseases. In Alzheimer’s disease (AD) animal models, TSPO’s upregulation is detected first in astrocytes, then in microglia. However, the role of TSPO in the pathophysiology and symptoms characteristic of the disease remains unknown. In the human postmortem

Bowlers in Rugby have raised thousands of pounds for a worthy cause in town.

NASTC President David Owen contends any conclusions drawn from the Truck Safety Coalition's recent "Deadliest Truck Crash States" report deserve questioning, scrubbing for bias against trucking.

The October UK Business Outlook survey signalled a slight improvement in business confidence across the private sector compared to that seen in the summer, but the mood among firms remained distinctly cautious

Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?

The U.S. military capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, among other military actions, has sparked outcry from concerned citizens in the Klamath Basin.

Small fleets and owner-ops -- all trucking factions, really -- should take care not to give ammo to a "circular firing squad" playing the blame game. There's plenty to go around, historically, for setting the stage. But the real culprits, networks perpetrating frauds on carriers and drivers, truly deserve all they get.

A framework for identifying behavioural traits might prevent harmDestructive behaviours by leaders, both in politics and in business, are often attributed to these powerful people being affected by mental or physical illness1; recent debates about President Trump’s fitness for office show this tendency. Whether it is appropriate or ethical to link dysfunctional behaviours, such as hubris and its destructive consequences, to a leader’s health remains contested. Rather than be drawn into debates about diagnosis,2 we offer a framework—“hubris syndrome”—for understanding how and why leaders’ performance, and its effects on others, can become progressively impaired by the power they wield.Hubrists have a grandiose sense of self; they are overconfident, arrogant, and proud; they show contempt towards the advice and criticism of others; they overestimate the likelihood of positive outcomes from their decisions and actions and underestimate the likelihood of negative …

As Rowe Hankins marks its 40th anniversary, we trace the journey from distribution agency to global design partner.