Companies across all sectors with increasingly smaller size rely on alliance relationships to bolster revenues during times of economic uncertainty. When forming alliances, large firms typically hire vendors such as investment banks to help identify potential alliance partners. However, small businesses with intention to build alliance find difficulties to search desired partners especially on ...

Low-frequency noise measurements represent an interesting investigation technique for the characterization of the quality and reliability of microelectronic materials and devices. Performing meaningful noise measurements at low and very low (f 1 Hz) frequencies, however, may be quite challenging, particularly because of the many sources of interferences that superimpose to the noise signal. For...

BACKGROUND Noise pollution is currently a major risk factor in industries in both developed and developing countries.The present study assessed noise pollution in the knitting industry in Iran in 2009 and presented a control method to reduce the rate of noise generation. METHODS The overall noise level was estimated using the network environmental noise assessment method in Sina Poud textile ...

A joint research group was formed to evaluate the effects of flooring and ceiling choices on controlling “corridor activity noise” in an occupied hospital. Beside noise control within the corridors, the sound absorption also played an important role in isolating sound from room to room and from nurses‟ station to patient rooms. In the present study, noise levels (recorded as percentile level Ln...

A-weighted equivalent continuous noise levels of nine companies/industries in Jos-Bukuru metropolis were determined by using Impulse Precision Sound Level Meter Type 2209 in conjunction with -Octave Filter set Type 1616 and an audiometric test of five hundred and twenty four workers out of a total of seven hundred and ninety one volunteers interviewed were carried out. The physical measurements...

PURPOSE In this study, the spatial and temporal relationship of wind speed, atmospheric particles concentration, and the industrial-induced noise levels during different times of the day were examined, using sawmill industrial location around Ile-Ife in Osun of Nigeria as a case study. METHODS Mobile devices were used to measure noise level and basic meteorological parameters were examined an...

background and purpose: many workers are exposed to workplace hazards. many occupational diseases are preventable by personal protective devices (ppds). though many workers do not use ppds or their protection by ppds is not sufficient. this study was designed to assess the quality of ppds usage among industrial workers. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, 648 workers from four ma...