Number: 007-0426 Process Improvement at Outpatient Drugs Department in Songklanagarind Hospital through Computer Simulation Wanatchapong Kongkaew, Nikorn Sirivongpaisal*, Sakesun Suthummanon Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University, 15 Kanjanavanich Road, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand Phone: 66-74-287-153, Fax: 66-74-212-892, e-mail: nikorn.s@psu....

Fungicides belong to a group of pesticides which inhibited fungal growth either causing damage to the cells or preventing the fungal development. As pesticides, they offer great economic and social benefits through the protection and preservation of materials, food and the prevention of diseases. Since pesticides are designed specifically to fight harmful or even dangerous life forms and theref...

a CEFAGE, Center of Advanced Studies in Management and Economics, University of Évora, 7000-809 Évora, Portugal b Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal c GOVCOPP, Research Unit in Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy, Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering, University o...

On December 1, 2000, EPA adopted new source performance standards and emission guidelines for commercial and industrial solid waste incineration units established under Sections 111 and 129 of the Clean Air Act. In 2001, EPA granted a petition for reconsideration regarding the definitions of ‘‘commercial and industrial waste’’ and ‘‘commercial and industrial solid waste incineration unit.’’ In ...

This paper provides an overview of the Spaceport Technology Center initiative at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The Spaceport Technology Center initiative encompasses a variety of research and development efforts designed to provide safe, cost-effective access to space and to enable extended space exploration. Spaceport technologies are recognized as critically important to achieving the ae...

In this paper we present a formal speciication of part of the SACI-1 microsatel-lite on-board computer whose development is led by the Brazilian Space Research Institute (INPE). The speciication is written in CSP-Z, a speciication language that integrates CSP (which allows one to focus on the concurrent aspects of the application) and Z (for modeling the relevant data structures). We also descr...

This paper tries an evaluation of west German wage flexibility and mobility of labour in comparison with the United States using micro panel data. Wage regressions and a switching regression model show, that mobility and wages in western Germany react to industrial labour market conditions, while there are no reactions along regional dimensions. In contrast there exist higher degrees of mobilit...

Industrial dermatitis is skin disease primarily caused by the industrial environment. It is the commonest occupational disease in industrialised countries. Of all industrial injury benefits paid out in this country for occupational diseases prescribed under the 1965 National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act, a little more than 657. are for industrial dermatitis. Occupational skin disease has...