Trends and Needs in the Dairy Industry

Nondestructive Testing Activities, Needs, and Trends in the Automotive Industry

Recent and ongoing NDT activities in the automotive industry are surveyed. Application areas include body structures, powertrain components, chassis components, and fuel systems. Examples are drawn from various NDT modalities but with an emphasis on ultrasonics. The business case for NDT and the manner in which it is applied are strongly influenced by the automotive sector's production volumes,...

Evolution of microbiological analytical methods for dairy industry needs

Traditionally, culture-based methods have been used to enumerate microbial populations in dairy products. Recent developments in molecular methods now enable faster and more sensitive analyses than classical microbiology procedures. These molecular tools allow a detailed characterization of cell physiological states and bacterial fitness and thus, offer new perspectives to integration of microb...

The Tanzania Dairy Industry

TRENDS IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY AND DEVELOPMENTS OF NEW REFRACTORY MATERIALS

At first, trends in the steel industry are briefly reviewed, taking into consideration bothmanagerial and technical issues. As a consequence of this review, the importance of electricfurnace technology and of secondary metallurgy is being underlined. The same sequence iffollowed to describe the refractory industry. Specific issues concerning the latest developments oncarbon-containing castables...

Keeping extension programs current in order to meet the needs of a dynamic dairy industry.

Extension is one of three missions of land-grant colleges. Funding and support include local, state, and federal dollars plus industry support, competitive grants, and user fees. To evaluate changes and emphasis, a survey of 13 selected dairy states was conducted to evaluate changes in dairy full-time equivalents (FTE) in the last 10 yr (1989 compared with 1999) at county or unit, regional, and...