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The article explains how a natural disaster in December 2014 led to demonstration and further development of a mobile self-cleaning water filtration unit in Malaysia. Topics discussed include risk factors for waterborne diseases including typhoid, giardia and cholera; a village called Sungai Durian as one of the affected areas very badly in need of clean water; and remote locations identified by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education which did not have clean water supply.

The article offers information on the Gravitricity that has planned to store renewable energy by suspending weights inside mine shafts. It mentions that Gravitricity is trying to facilitate a paradigm shift in how grids are developed; and is planning to install adiabatic CAES that use a thermal management and storage system to capture heat during compression.

The article discusses the integration of data in chromatography laboratory. Topics mention including controlling chromatographic integration as a key regulatory requirement, importance in understanding the general principles for good integration and Standard Operation Procedures in the integration of chromatograms.

The Maha Maschinenbau Haldenwang GmbH & Co. KG uses the pneumatic compact control system from Konstandin GmbH for their new telescopic pit lifts. The compact control system integrates the entire pneumatic system as well as the valve and vacuum technology into one unit and is adapted to tight installation situations in work pits. The robust and intuitive control system simplifies the assembly and maintenance of the machine. It enables precise lifting and lowering of vehicles weighing tons in workshops and reduces manufacturing effort. The compact control system is specifically designed for use in confined shafts and offers easy operation. It can be quickly replaced and is service-friendly. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on analysis of several myths related to digital power conditions. Topics discussed include assessment of switch-mode power supplies for digital power issue along with its pulse-width modulation; robustness of digital power conditions with an analog power approaches; and impact of digital controller's latency over its transient response.

You may think you understand the concept of grit, but Stoltz believes that you should upgrade your thinking to understand 'GRIT,' which 'comprises four dimensions. Each stands strong, both statistically and pragmatically, but together they forge a formidable advantage.' This acronym represents growth, resilience, instinct, and tenacity. For the last quality, he points to the awe-inspiring human achievements of Mohandas Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and Mother Teresa. Stoltz points out that these four qualities must be matched with 'robustness.' He writes that 'the more difficult, frustrating, protracted and complex things become, and as the number of tasks required of any of us continues to mount, GRIT is what gets you through.' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explores the effectiveness and equipment performance of LifeTec filters, manufactured by integrated filtration company Donaldson Co. Inc., in terms of robustness and performance in food processing and industrial production. It reveals the company's effort to improve the development of its LifeTec filters for harsh dairy production. It also notes on the firm's product development for sterile air filters for aseptic applications.

The article offers information on the 2016 American Control Conference (ACC) that was held from July 4-8, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts on various topics including vehicle dynamics and control, and robust control. Topics discussed include introduction of a program Applications Friday (AF) to engage local practicing engineers and students; AACC award recipients such as Tariq Samad; and a list of upcoming conferences such as International Federation of Accountants 2017 WORLD CONGRESS.

The article presents the insights suppliers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) including doctor Heinz-Dieter Heitzer of TRW Automotive GmbH, doctor Ralf Schmid of Continental AG, and doctor Hans-Georg Kranzl of TTTech Automotive, on the challenges involved in introducing the 48V architectures and how it will change powertrain and chassis. Heitzer discusses the potential failure relating to voltage supply partioning. Schmid mentions the importance of robust and fault-tolerant designs.

The article offers information on the new R1100DE crusher machine of Kormann Rockster Recycler GmbH, which specializes in the design and production of mobile crushers. Topics discussed include the R1100D impact crusher of the company known for its high crushing ratio and robustness, the machine is equipped with variable-displacement piston pumps, and the new hydraulic design.

The article examines automatic control systems for drone aircraft and the use of autonomous and nondeterministic control systems in aeronautics. A report by the U.S. National Research Council on the use of such control systems in aeronautics is discussed, particularly its examination of challenges to their use including lack of accepted design, testing, validation and verification of airplane software.

The article discusses applications that require isolated voltage sensing for safe, robust system control and protection. Aside from motor drives, other applications are discussed including solar inverters and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). The use of optically isolated amplifiers is also explained. Presented as well is an overview of how optical isolation amplifiers work.

An MRM method is developed to analyze 87 pesticides in zucchini matrix using the Bruker EVOQ triple quadrupole LC-MS system. The innovative designs of the ion source and ion optics improve the sensitivity, reproducibility and robustness significantly. The software feature of compound based scanning (CBS) with the built-in MRM library and the auto-calculation of scan time without the use of segmentation, is implemented to facilitate fast MRM method development. In the current work, analysis of 87 pesticides in zucchini matrix shows good sensitivity, linearity, and robustness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the guidelines in designing a robust system for fossil plant sediment pond hydrogen-ion concentration (pH) control. It offers information on the correct pH measurement and the significant use of uniform mixing of the reagent and reagent delivery piping obtaining acceptable pH measurement. It explains the process in which adding a digital self-tuning controller resolved the problem of controlling sediment pond pH.

The article focuses on a newly developed gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analyzer that aims to address the increasing need for more sensitive catalyst poisoner analysis. It states that the analyzer combines the robustness and separation power of a classic backflush configuration with the sensitivity and selectivity of MS. Furthermore, an evaluation of system suitability was conducted through direct injection of the 10 parts per million (ppm) oxygenate standard.

The article presents questions and answer related to the RS-485, serial bus for industrial control including the importance of a serial bus for industrial control, the most common configuration, and what contributes to its robustness.

The article discusses the essence of integrating ZigBee mesh network and radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies. It says that combining ZigBee, which supports advanced sensor networks, and RFID, suitable for low-power wireless tracking of objects and people, could create a ZigBee mesh network with integrated active RFID tracking capability. The integration of a ZigBee network with RFID devices could enhance factors including battery power consumption, robustness, and range extension.

The article presents an analysis regarding the application of real-gas modeling in the detailed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) design of its turboexpanders. It mentions that the application of real-gas models in commercially available CFD packages has been problematic due to increase computational time, numerical robustness and difficulty modeling two-phase flow. Moreover, the various assess real-gas models used in CFD for turboexpanders are also discussed.

The article discusses the use of radio frequency (RF) in lighting applications, taking into account that RF robustness is a must for a lighting system to function properly. It elaborates ZigBee protocol's mesh-networking capability as a leading candidate for the RF application. The article also features other protocols such as simple star network for lower-powered nodes and simpler implementation, and proprietary networks for those with hop or range constraints.

The article elaborates on how to use one's knowledge of one's molding business to help select the right design for an industrial robot. Topics include a requirement of a new robot is that it fits into the design of its molding cell as seamlessly as possible, measuring payload, factoring in press size and robots allowing for easy three dimensional (3D) programming. Also mentioned are long-term reliability and robustness being important considerations when calculating payload specifications.

The article defines the robustness of an analytical procedure as a measure of its capacity to remain unaffected by small but deliberate variations in procedural parameters listed in the documentation, providing an indication of the method's suitability and reliability during normal use. This is in reference to USP Guidelines and the International Conference on Harmonization Guidelines. Although robustness shows up in both guidelines, it is not in the list of suggested or typical analytical characteristics used to validate a method.

Describes an approach to verifying robustness testing in high performance liquid chromatography. Six steps in determining the robustness of an analytical method; Effects of several chromatographic factors on peak height, peak area, retention time and resolution; Theoretical aspects of robustness.

Features various products for the petroleum industry. ExperTune's technology for generating robustness plot for industrial loops; BOC Process Gas Solutions' industrial-gas-based solutions for oil refining; InterCorr International's corrosion management technology.

The article offers information on management of organizational change (MOOC) that helps in understand and manage processing risks can lead to serious accidents in the industry. It mentions that MOOC contributes to a robust process safety management (PSM) program. It states that managing organizational change helps in the improvement in operational reliability, personnel safety and environmental stewardship.

The article focuses on the use of predictive emissions monitoring systems (PEMSs) which is used in monitoring and recording air pollutant emissions. It states that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) legislation is focused on adopting PEMSs as the source for emissions monitoring. Information on the artificial neural networks (ANNs) with the flexibility to balance model performance and robustness, offering accuracy a compared to hardware-based emissions analyzers.

The article discusses several reasons to use silicon microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) timing solutions. Various benefits of using MEMS timing solutions discussed include use of a programmable analog architecture for high frequency of MEMS resonators, availability of unique features such as robustness and reliability. Other benefits of MEMS oscillators include their resistance to electromagnetic noise and cost effectiveness.

The article focuses on the validation of rapid microbiological methods used for microbiological, bioburden and sterility testing. It informs about several categories of rapid microbiological methods (RMM) including growth-based methods, direct measurement and cell component analysis. According to the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), characteristics such as accuracy, robustness and specificity are applicable to analytical method and less appropriate for microbiological method validation.

The article focuses on signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) which is a good performance indicator of touchscreen systems. It says that SNR affects the robustness of the system to false finger touches and finger position jitter. Furthermore, it mentions that defined performance metrics are used by touchscreen controller suppliers and mobile-device original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to measure touch performance.

The article discusses the challenges of handling and assembling warm parts of a molding machine and ways to overcome them. The author mentions the importance of creating a buffer into the operation to allow for shutdown or adjustment of the automation system. He adds that evaluating the part design to know its robustness is one way to deal with friction. He suggests that molders should collaborate with an automation equipment supplier during the design and building of an assembly machine.

The article discusses the benefits of wireless systems to chemical process industries. It terms of robustness, wireless sensor-based systems have successfully met the requirements of durability and reliability for harsh industrial environments. Wireless instruments have provided solutions to certain industrial applications where wiring access is difficult and manual changes required. It also lowers the cost of installation and maintenance.

The author offers information on his research project related to development of bio-acoustic-inspired hearing aids. It states that they are trying to utilize the hearing mechanism of small insects like crickets, fruit flies and locusts to create robust and mechanically elegant hearing systems. Several topics are discussed including use of microphones in current hearing aids, research on picometre-scale displacements in insects, and use of nano-three dimensional (3D) printing technology.

The article focuses on the popularity of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV). It mentions that CAV has being driven b technology than consumers. It mentions that the technology will widespread by 2020, but the testing and validation of the robustness and trustworthiness of automated system is lagging. It offers information on the 3xD Simulator for Intelligent Vehicles.

The article focuses on international data transfers and Safe Harbor scheme between the U.S. and the European Union Commission. It states that Safe Harbor scheme was framework where personal data may be transferred to the U.S. It mentions that the US and EU authorities announced an agreement on a successor to Safe Harbor whose features include strong obligations on companies handling Europeans' personal data will commit to robust obligations and transparency obligations on US Government access.

The article focuses on a new fuze from Orbital which will be soon installed on block-penetrating bombs used by the Air Force and Navy and Virginia-based aerospace and defense technology company recently announced that it received a $23 million Air Force contract to move ahead with full-rate production of hard target void-sensing fuze. It states that Orbital incorporated advanced signal processing and algorithms to analyze the targets and built robust packaging to allow the munition to penetrate

The article discusses the importance of test method validation (TMV) in the quality control process of medical device manufacturers. Topics include the challenges in demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of medical devices, the key experiments involved in TMV, and process validation guidance of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Also offered are the key characteristics of TMV which include the accuracy, reproducibility, and robustness.

The article focuses on consideration of redevelopment approaches for analog computers. Topics discussed include association of the Columbia University's professor Yannis Tsividis in creation of single-chip analog/hybrid computer; assessment of analog computers significance in computing services; and comparison of analog computers with digital computers along with their robustness approaches.

The article focuses on the significant use of adaptive control in the advanced process control (APC) systems and operations. It outlines the five core innovations in APC which includes model quality analysis, closed-loop data process, and automatic data slicing. Also mentioned are the robust control associated with economic relaxation, adaptive modeling, and the workflow of APC practitioners.

The article discusses Solderless Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Mount Rosenberger Precision Connectors (RPC) which were developed to cater the increasing bandwidth requirements of high frequency electronics and data-transmission circuits. It highlights that after conducting several tests it was concluded that the connectors demonstrated excellent Radio Frequency (RF) properties. It outlines that the connectors have proved to be universal, robust and reusable.

The article offers information on the independent study of Energy Efficiency Consultancy (EECO2) which determines the potential benefits of Mach-Aire CFoil in reducing fume cupboard capture face velocities (CFV) and energy consumption. It mentions that CFoil installation improves containment robustness. Moreover, energy savings in heating, fan, and cooling energy depend on the supply and extract control system of the fume cupboard and laboratory.