4/5/2013· Engineering
Case Study: Coke Oven Battery Analysis
By: Bill O'Donnell
A comprehensive engineering analysis was performed on a coke oven battery roof and heating walls. Coke oven batteries are constructed with refractory bricks.
4/5/2013· Engineering
Case Study: Coke Oven Battery Analysis
By: Bill O'Donnell
A comprehensive engineering analysis was performed on a coke oven battery roof and heating walls. Coke oven batteries are constructed with refractory bricks.
4/2/2013· Failure Analysis
Forensic Clues: Structural Failures
Structural failures of buildings range from catastrophic building failures involving mass loss of life and/or property to structural problems such as sagging floors or ceilings, leaning walls, cracking or sinking foundations.
3/27/2013· Fires & Explosions
Fires: Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC)
By: Jeffrey Williams
Books (e.g., Spontaneous Human Combustion) and TV shows on SHC have given a couple of new meanings to the term heartburn.
3/25/2013· Warnings & Labels
When Suing a Drug Company For Failure to Warn: Avoid Generics
I just came back from my phannacy where I picked up two prescriptions for my seasonal allergies. One was a name brand product and another was a generic.
3/22/2013· Branding - Brand Management
Icons - Your Brands Visual Essence
By: Rob Wallace
In the visual circus that has become the retail environment, the icon can be your most effective tool for communicating your brand s message and for connecting with your consumers.
3/19/2013· Food & Beverage
Food Safety in Casino Restaurants
By: Jeff Nelken
Looking back over the years, I find it somewhat of a paradox that restaurant owners are forever telling me that they don't have to worry about the temperature of their refrigerators and freezers during the night.
3/15/2013· Damages
Proving Damages in Trademark Cases
Proving damages in trademark litigation-typically lost profits or disgorgement of the defendant's profits-generally involves citing the infringer's sales of the infringing product.
3/13/2013· Food & Beverage
By: Dr. Ewen Todd
This article is the second in a series of several by members of the Committee on the Control of Foodborne Illness of the International Association of Food Protection, and it continues the analysis of 816 outbreaks where food workers were implicated in the spread of foodborne disease.
3/5/2013· Medical - Medicine
Thrombin and thrombin peptides play a role in initiating tissue repair. The potential safety and efficacy of TP508 (Chrysalins) treatment of diabetic foot ulcers was evaluated in a 60-subject, prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebocontrolled phase I/II clinical trial.
2/28/2013· Accident Prevention & Safety
Golf cart accident frequency has increased dramatically over the last 20 years. A study by Watson, Mehan, Smith, and McKenzie (Golf Cart-Related Injuries in the U.S., American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 2008) of NEISS data found 147,696 people were treated in emergency rooms for golf cart accidents between 1990 and 2006.