Abstract: The customization of products and services—characterized by a customer-integrated process for product design, manufacturing, marketing, and support services—now represents an important competitive strategy in business ...

Abstract: During most of the past century, large quantities of substances were produced and utilized that subsequently proved harmful. This is the case with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) which only became prohibited by law in the ...

Abstract: Machining processes produce unwanted remainders of material on the free edges which are called burrs. In particular, the drilling process generates an entry burr and a typically larger exit burr. When drilling stacks of ...

Abstract: Correction of claw or hammer toe deformity can be achieved using various techniques, including proximal interphalangeal joint arthrodesis (PIPJA), flexor digitorum longus tendon transfer (FDLT), ...

Abstract: The Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) site ?El Arenosillo,? equipped with a Cimel sun photometer, has been in operation since 2000. The data collected there are analyzed to establish an aerosol synoptic climatological ...

Abstract: The aim of this research is to evaluate the energy savings and environmental benefits contributed by vegetal facades in comparison with traditional ones. To this end, a particular type of vegetal facade (translucent green ...

Abstract: Aerosol optical depth (AOD) using different instruments during three short and intensive campaigns carried out from 1999 to 2001 at El Arenosillo in Huelva, Spain, are presented and compared. The specific aim of this study ...

Abstract: Latin-American community of scientists engaged in atmospheric research using lidar has been built during the last 15 years, and in the process has generated a regional lidar network.