Control of dissolved gases, especially oxygen and carbon dioxide, is an essential component of intensive water reuse systems. Control of both dissolved oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations is typically carried out by means of gas transfer processes, although chemical processes are also used to control carbon dioxide concentration. Theoretical and practical considerations of oxygenation and ...

The femtocell network, which is designed for low power transmission and consists of consumer installed small base stations, coexists with macrocells to exploit spatial reuse gain. For its realization, cross-tier interference mitigation is an important issue. To solve this problem, we propose a joint access and power control scheme that requires limited information exchange between the femto and...

Research relies on ever larger amounts of data from experiments, automated production equipment, questionnaries, times series such as weather records, and so on. A major task in science is to combine, process and analyse such data to obtain evidence of patterns and correlations.Most research data are on digital form, which in principle ensures easy processing and analysis, easy long-term preser...

Product platform and product family strategies place tremendous demands on the efficient capture, storage, and retrieval of information in the form of product data. The user’s adoption of an information management system for product families and mass customization is critical for allowing the system to perform as it ought. The following is a case study at a major modular playground equipment pr...

There is an astonishing lack of awareness among many technical service providers and environment practitioners with regard to the range of wastewater treatment methods and equipment available. The paper presents an effective training and reference tools focusing on wastewater treatment and water reuse systems. The tool is composed of four parts: reference system, case base manager, treatment ad...

3.1 Hemodialysis units should ensure implementation of, and adherence to, strict infection-control procedures designed to prevent transmission of blood-borne pathogens, including HCV. (Strong) K Isolation of HCV-infected patients is not recommended as an alternative to strict infection-control procedures for preventing transmission of blood-borne pathogens. (Weak) K The use of dedicated dialysi...

For the past twenty years, there has been a continuous evolution in electronic communications equipment. The evolution can be described as one of moving the radio functionality from being located in the hardware platform running with proprietary processors and circuitry to being located in firmware running on programmable logic and then to being located in software running on general purpose pr...

Biosorption of heavy metals by various types of non-living (microbial) biomass appears as a very cost-effective new alternative for decontamination of metal bearing effluents. The understanding of metal biosorption mechanisms has progressed to the point where the process is being readied for scale up and field applications. Packed bed sorption columns is perhaps the most efficient equipment for...

The embedded system is primarily designed for a particular piece of equipment and it varies on a case-bycase basis. The functionality is required to be specific to the equipment and consequently the application domain is limited. The software embedded in the system also faces problem due to the limitation of the hardware capacity. It is necessary for the designers to consider the hardware capac...

An induction cold crucible melting is one of the most promising technologies for the reuse and decontamination of the radioactively contaminated metallic materials generated during the dismantling of nuclear facilities, because the crucible ensures a long life operation without generating secondary wastes. Fundamental equipment of the Melting and Recycling of Metals by Cold Crucible (MERC) proc...