This study assesses the effects of industrial disputes legislation and the dispute settlement process on informal versus formal employment in India. It uses indicators of pro-worker court awards and court efficiency as well as amendments to the Industrial Disputes Act (IDA) at the level of Indian states. The state-level IDA amendments are classified as pro-worker or proemployer and enforcement ...

The industrial sector accounts for about a third of the energy usage in the United States. Given the potential of energy savings from the industrial sector, it is important to look at the factors influencing industrial firms’ decision to adopt energy efficiency measures. The Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC) program offered by U.S. Department of Energy provides free energy efficiency assessme...

ensuring the security in civil aviation - as a primary factor in economical and industrial development - is the major concern of international community. pursuant to the serious challenges in this sector after terrorist events of 11 september 2001 in the united states, international civil aviation organization (icao) as the most important organization relating to the international civil aviatio...

These come under the heading of life safety and mission-critical considerations. By James R. MacNeal Oct 01, 2006 THERE is no better way to ruin a perfectly good day than to make a mistake in the use of your air monitoring instrumentation. Industrial hygienists; military, industrial and public-sector hazmat teams; fire departments; and safety personnel from all sectors routinely make decisions ...

This paper reviews and assesses some of the Productive Development Policies currently being implemented in Uruguay. We have selected three horizontal and three vertical policies and consider them in light of the market and public failures they attempt to address and minimize. Horizontal policies comprise Innovation, Industrial Promotion and Directives for Industrial and Technological Developmen...

The application of cellulose nanowhiskers in polymeric composites is growing due to its good properties, which expands the applicability in the industrial sector, although many studies are still in the laboratory stage. Silva, R. et al. cites many segments for application of natural cellulosic fibers, wide applicability detaching, from textile industry to some studies for the use of fibers such...