The current global conditions provide the pulp mill new opportunities beyond the traditional production of cellulose. Due to stricter environmental regulations, volatility of oil price, energy policies and also the global competitiveness, the challenges for the pulp industry are many. They range from replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources to the export of biofuels, chemicals and b...

BACKGROUND In radiotherapy treatments, it is crucial to monitor the performance of linac components including gantry, collimation system, and electronic portal imaging device (EPID) during arc deliveries. In this study, a simple EPID-based measurement method is suggested in conjunction with an algorithm to investigate the stability of these systems at various gantry angles with the aim of evalu...

Superantigens (SAg) are a family of bacterial and viral proteins with strong immunostimulatory properties. SAg bound to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules activate a high frequency of T cells and represent the most potent known activators of T cells to date. To explore the use of SAg for T cell-based tumor therapy we have created a tumor-reactive SAg by engineering a fusi...

Elucidating the role of carbohydrate quality in human nutrition requires a greater understanding of how the physico-chemical characteristics of foods relate to their physiological properties. It was hypothesised that rapidly available glucose (RAG) and slowly available glucose (SAG), in vitro measures describing the rate of glucose release from foods, are the main determinants of glycaemic inde...

7 International Conference on Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Berkeley 22 July 2000 Aims: 1⁄2 Supporting the ARG-ST / DEPS / VALENCE distinction 1⁄2 Working towards a theory of diathesis and diathetic paradigmatic relations in HPSG 1⁄2 Reconsidering phenomena that are sensitive to subject prominence 1⁄2 Possibilities of making compatible the insightful HPSG analyses of binding (Manning an...

Sensitive equipment and non-linear loads are now more common in both the industrial/commercial sectors and the domestic environment. Because of this a heightened awareness of power quality is developing among electricity users. Therefore, power quality is an issue that is becoming increasingly important to electricity consumers at all levels of usage. Continuous variation of single-phase loads ...

In this work, an overview of industrial employees' noise exposure level in five selected processing and manufacturing industries in Ilorin are evaluated and compared. Emphasis is given to noise emitted by individual industrial machinery from the selected industries. Event L(Aeq) and LN cycle were studied to identify the noisy machines and to generate baseline data. Findings show that, hammer mi...

The word byssinosis is derived from the Greek word vacros., meaning fine linen. Originally the word was used in a wider, more general sense, whereas to-day it indicates a specific industrial entity. Byssinosis is a respiratory disease affecting workers inhaling dust in cotton mills. The condition has been known to exist for many years, and was first recorded by Greenhow in a report to the Privy...

The ultimate objective of textile industry in Egypt, as any other real developing country, is to expand the accessibility its products/ services by exporting diverse international markets through intermeshing with global network supply chains. On hand, there marketing orientation, which one business management approaches that can serve a market access means for producers qualifies them into eng...