ISO 9000:2000 is the latest version of the quality standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The standard aims to evaluate a firm’s ability to effectively design, produce, and deliver quality products and services. This version of the standard tries to enhance customer satisfaction by including more top-management involvement and continual improvement. Desp...

original article   the objectives of this research were to study the correlations of heat strain score index (hssi) and values of wet-bulb globe temperature (wbgt) index with physiological parameters such as core body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure of workers exposed to heat stress in a glass manufacturing plant in order to determine the reliability of hssi. this cross sectional st...

A new standard has been developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for evaluating contact lens disinfectants. This paper reviews the ISO 14729 standard and applies it to marketed products. The historical significance, justifications, scope, interpretations, application, and worthiness are discussed. The standard provides a more consistent procedure and a higher standa...

A new standard has been developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for evaluating contact lens disinfectants. This paper reviews the ISO 14729 standard and applies it to marketed products. The historical significance, justifications, scope, interpretations, application, and worthiness are discussed. The standard provides a more consistent procedure and a higher standa...

Energy supply remains the greatest challenge for many of Eastern European countries and their economy. In post-soviet ex-Yugoslavian countries, till today there exists a system where some power plants rely on high voltage (HV) medium (MV) grids in process distribution electric energy (EE) to final consumers. This makes them vulnerable solar storms due HV transformers which are especially sensit...

Encrypting too much data using the same key is a bad practice from security perspective. Hence, it customary to perform re-keying after given amount of transmitted. While in many cases, done fresh execution some exchange protocol (e.g., IKE or TLS), there are scenarios where internal re-keying, i.e., without information, performed, mostly due performance reasons.Originally suggested by Abdalla ...