The production and consumption of geographic information is becoming a more mobile practice, with more corporate actors challenging the traditional stronghold of Esriand government-based geospatial developments. What can be considered a geographic information system has expanded to include web-based technologies like Google Earth/Maps, as well as more recent developments of Microsoft’s Bing Map...

due to easy availability of cheaper raw material and increase in new applications, the use of polyolefins in variousindustries is becoming a major priority. the middle east region, on account of its vast oil and gas reserves has,in the last decade or so, been developing many new petrochemical complexes with their expansion into colossalpolyolefin production capacities. the predictions are that ...

The automobile market is growing at about 25% for the last three years. The number of persons per car is 200, which is very large compared to other emerging markets like Korea and Brazil which have about 12 persons per car. There is therefore a very huge untapped market. Uncertainty exists about the extent of growth, but a minimum growth rate of 20% is expected until the year 2000. Sales are ex...

Demands for higher outputs have been met by careful tailoring of steam turbines for both mechanical and electrical power generation to meet the needs of thermal efficiency and reliability at an econoinic cost. Major system components and the methods chosen for speed control are described. Important operational requirements are featured.