Introduction Chemical product design & engineering has emerged over the last decade as a new paradigm within Chemical Engineering academia but also its related industry. 2 In fact, it is the answer to a global change in the chemical industry economy: in the past driven by technological expansion for the large production of commodities, towards a market-driven manufacture of high addedvalue, spe...

There has been debate among athletes and nutritionists regarding dietary protein needs for centuries. Although contrary to traditional belief, recent scientific information collected on physically active individuals tends to indicate that regular exercise increases daily protein requirements; however, the precise details remain to be worked out. Based on laboratory measures, daily protein requi...

Component-Based software engineering provides an opportunity for better quality and increased productivity in software development by using reusable software components [10]. One of the most critical aspects of the quality of a software system is its performance. The systematic application of software performance engineering techniques throughout the development process can help to identify des...

Investigation into the use of sodium, para-fluorobenzoate (p-FB) as a 12-3-12 Br Gemini surfactant counter ion was studied. The critical micelle concentration of the 12-3-12 Br surfactant was determined to be 1.0221mM using fluorescence and conductivity measurements. Varying solutions of Na + , p-fluorobenzoate from 0 to 10 mM in 2mM increments were prepared in a constant 10 mM 12-3-12 Br surfa...

The Gemini interconnect is a dual technology (optical and electrical) interconnection network designed for use in tightlycoupled multicomputer systems. It consists of a circuit-switched optical data path in parallel with a packet-switched electrical control/ data path. The optical path is used for transmission of long data messages and the electrical path is used for switch control and transmis...

In several manufacturing contexts including food industry, semiconductor manufacturing, and polymers forming, the product quality deteriorates during production by prolonged exposure to the air caused by excessive lead times. Buffers increase the system throughput while also increasing the production lead time, consequently affecting the product quality. This paper proposes a theory and methodo...

Wood-plastic composites represent a growing class of materials used by the residential construction industry and the furniture industry. For some applications in these industries, the fire performance of the material must be known, and in some cases improved. Lab-scale fire performance tests allow for comparisons between WPC formulations. At the Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) oxygen index tes...

Vol. XLIII (November 2006), 1– 1 © 2006, American Marketing Association ISSN: 0022-2437 (print), 1547-7193 (electronic) *Ashwani Monga is an assistant professor, Department of Marketing, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio (e-mail: ashwani. [email protected]). Michael J. Houston is Ecolab-Pierson M. Grieve Chair in International Marketing, Department of Marketing, Carlson Schoo...

BACKGROUND To assess the extent and nature of claims regarding improved sports performance made by advertisers for a broad range of sports-related products, and the quality of the evidence on which these claims are based. METHODS The authors analysed magazine adverts and associated websites of a broad range of sports products. The authors searched for references supporting the performance and...