This study reports on a promising new chloramine-based disinfectant, dichloroisocyanurate (DCC), for biofouling control in polyamide reverse osmosis membrane processes. This could be employed as a cleaning-in-place (CIP) agent or as a ...
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High-pressure pipelines are used for transporting oil and gas. It is important to test the permeation of the materials used to manufacture the pipelines for a number of reasons. Firstly it is essential to test what levels compounds from the ...
Leather sofas were once only for the more affluent, but today's leather sofas can be affordable and durable while still being as luxurious as ever. Choosing the right type of leather sofa is also easier than ever thanks to the wealth of ...
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The United States spends twice as much per person on health care as the rest of the developed world, with little to show for it except shorter and unhealthier lives than citizens of its peer nations enjoy. That's the depressing conclusion ...
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Canada The provincial government of Nova Scotia stated in February 2007 that it would like to move towards preventing the sale of incandescent light bulbs in the province. In April 2007, Ontario's Minister of Energy Dwight Duncan ...
“The most valuable commodity I know of is information.” (Gordon Gecko in “Wall Street” by Oliver Stone) Commodities have experienced a renaissance after the bursting of the internet bubble at the end of the ...
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Hubbell lighting, a market leader in innovative lighting technology, design and manufacturing for over 120 years, in partnership with the City of Greenville, SC, Duke Energy and GE announced the launch of a new light-emitting diode (LED) ...
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Hubbell Lighting has cooperated with the City of Greenville, SC, Duke Energy and GE to announce the launch of a new LED street lighting pilot program along the city's Main Street as a part of the City's "Greening of Greenville" program. ...
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Sustainability will continue to rise up the corporate agenda, emerging markets will become increasingly important and commodity prices will continue to rise in 2013, according to predictions from Leatherhead Food Research (LFR). Poor ...
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VMware announced today that its vSphere cloud operating system will now come natively with EMC's Avamar backup and recovery software, which also includes data deduplication capability. Additionally, EMC announced its VFCache PCIe server ...
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McCain Manufacturing, the outsource manufacturing division of McCain Inc., announced the expansion of its North American powder coating operations. Housed at McCain's 100,000-square-foot, LEED-certified manufacturing facility in Vista, ...
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The European Commission (EC) wants to impose pension changes that would cost UK businesses £350bn (eURO440bn) and 180,000 jobs, according to research commissioned by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Describing the ...
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Mutual insurance, retirement and investment group LV= and Swiss Re successfully completed GBP800m ($1.3bn) longevity insurance contract. The longevity contract involves longevity exposure insurance for 5,000 individuals who were members ...
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RECOM has consolidated its lighting activities in a new division to better meet the requirements of developers and architects in the fast moving lighting market as of August 1st, 2012. At the same time RECOM has relocated their offices from ...
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Large-scale adoption of retrofit LED lamps are forecasted to lead to $100 billion in global energy savings over the next five years, according to a recent report from IMS Research entitled, "Opportunities for Power Components in LED ...
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