Mr hofmann turned his chemist 's attention to other things : the mexican magic mushroom , whose active compounds he synthesised into little white pills , and the lsd-like properties of the seeds of the blue morning-glory flower .
Richard hofmann of creditsights , a research firm , thinks the deal could encourage more financial firms to use buy-outs as a way to invest in competitors .
It is reasonable to assume that reappraisal and acceptance , but especially reappraisal , might be effective for countering unwanted thoughts and emotions associated with psychiatric disorders , hofmann told psychiatric news .
The weakness with top-down changes like these , says david hofmann , professor of organisational behaviour at the kenan-flagler business school at the university of north carolina , is that it tells the rest of the organisation that " you are the problem " .
Mr hofmann added that the risks of fiscal crises faced by western countries particularly were not based mainly on " exploding budget deficits " but about the current models for health , education and unemployment protection , which in the us and uk especially " are clearly not sustainable " .
Such marine snails-most of them the size of a lentil-are widely eaten by many species , making them the " potato chip " of the oceans , biologist gretchen hofmann , of the university of california , said in a 2008 statement .