Although green products have been widely recognized as being environmentally-friendly, actual consumer adoption, purchases and consumption of green products have been disappointing. Instead, consumption of products which is causing harmful impacts on the environment is gaining further momentum. Such a phenomenon is detrimental to environmental sustainability and therefore requires immediate att...

"Dare to Say No to Drugs." How many times have you seen the familiar black tee shirt with the red logo on our elementary school kids? I've always smiled as I thought, "I'm so glad to see that we're about educating our kids about drugs at this crucial age." Now I shake my head in disbelief and wonder at the irony as I read the recent chilling report in the Journal of the American Medical Associa...

background fumes released form welding activities are capable of initiating several acute and chronic respiratory effects. objectives the aim of the present study was to evaluate respiratory symptoms and spirometry parameters in welders of a steel industry. methods this cross-sectional study was conducted in a steel industry and involved 60 welders and 40 non-welders. a questionnaire was used t...

‎a numerical technique based on the collocation method using legendre multiwavelets are‎‎presented for the solution of forced duffing equation‎. ‎the operational matrix of integration for‎‎legendre multiwavelets is presented and is utilized to reduce the solution of duffing equation‎‎to the solution of linear algebraic equations‎. ‎illustrative examples are included to demonstrate‎‎the validity...