Friday, June 29, 2012

Engineering Newsletter May, 2012


Last month, cardiac researchers at the University of Cincinnati discovered a unique gene associated with heart disease and diabetes. This gene, the HDAC9, was shown to prevent the effects of obesity (e.g. high blood sugar, cholesterol, and fatty liver disease) when deleted from mice being fed high fat diets.
The HDAC9 gene codes for the enzyme [...]

Quality Loss Function is one of Tools for TQM. It shows social cost ($) of deviation from target value. Assumptions : Most measurable quality characteristics (e.g., length, weight) have a target value, Deviations from target value are undesirable. Equation of Quality Loss Function :

Quality Loss Function Example
The specifications for the diameter of [...]

Consulting-Specifying Engineer is the magazine for engineering professionals in the non-residential building industry.




This week’s mining investment advice follows. It is late Sunday night, I rode too many miles on my bike, ate too much fatty food at Granville Island, drank too much tea, watched too much opera, and drunk too much brandy to be a sound investment advisor.
Yet what I write here is, I submit, [...]
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