The Government of Madras constituted a committee in October 1950 to consider the question of cleanliness and sanitation in coffee houses, canteens and other catering establishments in the State and to make recommendations for the removal of defects and deficiencies, with a view to securing adequate standards of cleanliness, sanitation and quality of the edibles sold in such premises. In the cou...

The essential customer needs of today, namely long bearing service life and low noise performance, demand the availability of a means to verify that the required cleanliness level and lubrication conditions are fulfilled. To fulfil these needs, a new equipment, the SKF BEQUIET+ tester has been developed to assess the quality of the lubricant with regard to cleanliness and damping characteristic...

The thorium content of mine dust collected at various locations along the drift to the SNO site has been measured with several techniques-direct counting, proton induced x-ray emission, x-ray fluorescence, and neutron activation analysis. The thorium content varies significantly, from a minimum of 4 ppm to a maximum of 24 ppm (from direct counting measurements). The average Th content of the si...

Laser and instrument systems used for space flight have extreme requirements for cleanliness. Many of these systems specify or require cleanliness target values approaching one monolayer of non-volatile residue (NVR) or even less in some cases. This opens up a completely new series of challenges that are added to the challenges facing contamination control and contamination analysis personnel. ...

Recent evidence has suggested a crucial role of people's current goals in attention to emotional information. This asks for research investigating how and what kinds of goals shape emotional attention. The present study investigated how the goal to suppress a negative emotional state influences attention to emotion-congruent events. After inducing disgust, we instructed participants to suppress...

Children are particularly vulnerable to ocular C. trachomatis infection, which causes trachoma. The bacteria can spread easily to siblings and playmates via flies, towels and dirty hands. Good hygiene and facial cleanliness form part of the World Health Organization (WHO) SAFE strategy: Surgery to correct trichiasis, Antibiotics to reduce active infection, and Facial cleanliness and Environment...

Virtually all products that are finished require some pre-finishing procedure such as cleaning, stripping, or pickling. Without a properly cleaned surface, even the most expensive coating will fail to adhere or protect the workpiece. Depending on the process being performed, the degree of cleanliness will vary. Finishing operations such as phosphating, chromating, or electropolishing do not req...

The marketplace, with its continuously increasing symbolic nature and infinitely many alternative consumption choices, poses a disorderly and threatening environment for consumers. This conceptual paper discusses the ways in which consumers magically create, eliminate, or shift many boundaries surrounding them through rituals and practices related with cleanliness in order to construct a safe ‘...