To understand and model the energetics of the Sun-Earth connection, measurements of specific atmospheric molecules are beneficial. Our objective is to formulate an algorithm to derive temporally varying atmospheric water vapor concentrations as a function of altitude, latitude, and longitude from solar irradiance absorption measurements. The Visidyne SAM instrument is used to study the size dis...

OBJECTIVE To analyze how the tobacco industry influenced tobacco control policymaking in Costa Rica. MATERIALS AND METHODS Review of tobacco industry documents, tobacco control legislation, newspaper articles, and interviewing of key informants. RESULTS During the mid-to-late 1980s, Health Ministry issued several advanced (for their time) smoking restriction decrees causing British American...

BACKGROUND Although Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the most frequently isolated species in wine fermentation, and the most studied species, other species and interspecific hybrids have greatly attracted the interest of researchers in this field in the last few years, given their potential to solve new winemaking industry challenges. S. cerevisiae x S. kudriavzevii hybrids exhibit good fermentative...

s: Background & objectives: Occupational health hazards are one of the leading causes of deaths worldwide. Food industry workers are at increased risk of chronic lung disease with prolonged exposure. The present cross sectional study was aimed at finding effects of food dust on pulmonary functions working in food industry. Methods: The present cross sectional study was conducted in McCain food ...

Industry-Wide Work Rules and Productivity: Evidence from Argentine Union Contract Data In the early 1990’s, the Argentine government promoted a framework for productivity-based negotiations between firms and unions at low levels of organization. The policy weakened the industry-wide collective bargaining system, which sets working conditions for all firms in an industry. This paper employs newl...

This paper has dual goals. On the one hand, it attempts a review of recent econometric work on the U.S. automobile industry. Three studies of this industry are reviewed, compared, and contrasted. These are studies by Koujianou Goldberg [Koujianou Goldberg, P., 1993, U.S. trade policy implications of a new approach to modelling the demand for automobiles, mimeo (Princeton University)], Feenstra ...

This paper summarizes the results from a Danish study of d e v e l o p m e n t methods used for embedded software. It compares the needs of industry with the apparent lack of influence from Danish research. The main conclusions from the study are: (1) Industry have --many problems related to development of embedded software, for instance ensuring that essential issues are dealt with early and n...

In this paper I present a study on “S/MIME”, which has become the industry standard for secure email exchange. Based on existing literature review, the study examines S/MIME in depth with specific emphasis on its architecture, strengths, and deficiencies. The study also identifies usability issues related to S/MIME enabled email clients, which indicate scopes for further improvements in those i...

The Visual Threat Recognition and Avoidance Trainer (VTRAT) system addresses the need for realistic training that enables forces to respond quickly and operate effectively during threat engagements. This initiative combines state-ofthe-art visual, interactive simulations with intelligent tutoring methodologies to train the visual scanners. VTRAT is an automated virtual intelligent instructional...

Background: Although is the most frequently Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolated species in wine fermentation, and the most studied species, other species and interspecific hybrids have greatly attracted the interest of researchers in this field in the last few years, given their potential to solve new winemaking industry challenges. x hybrids exhibit S. cerevisiae S. kudriavzevii good fermentativ...