...Traditional Thermometer Often the cheapest and most popular type of thermometer, these are ideal for use at home or in non-specialist environments where traceable accuracy is not required. - Spirit level indication - Easy to read, typically measuring in both °C and °F - Can often be wall mounted or submerged in liquids - They require very little maintenance - Variable measurement range, resolution and accuracy. Dual Sensor / Multiple Sensor Thermometers Often used in a professional environment, these thermometers allow the simultaneous monitoring of two or more environments over both short and long periods of time. They are ideal for applications such as indoor and outdoor temperature comparisons, the monitoring of storage areas, and classroom maintenance. - Typically consist of main display unit and external temperature sensors - Each external sensor reading is displayed on the main unit - The main unit can typically be wall or desk mounted - Traceable accuracy is recommended - Variable measurement range, resolution and accuracy Irreversible Temperature Labels Temperature indicator labels are self-adhesive temperature proofing foils. They are ideal for use in processes where specific temperature values need to be achieved, such as sterilisation. They are also suitable for use where temperature values should not be exceeded, such as engine or bearing monitoring. They are a relatively cheap, yet effective way to achieve permanent records of accuracy. ...
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...Environmental Pollution at Hindustan Lever’s Kodaikanal Plant In mid-2004, Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL) executives looked back at the events of the past three years at their mercury thermometer factory in Kodaikanal in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. After mercury leakage from the plant had been reported in March 2001, heavy expenditure had been incurred in environmental risk assessment, waste disposal and health monitoring. The expenditure had exceeded the total profits generated by the plant since its inception. But the pressure from NGOs, led by Greenpeace[1], who had been protesting since March 2001 had not subsided. The NGOs had indulged in novel ways of keeping the issue alive. These included chaining themselves to the HLL branch office in Chennai on 15th November 2002, disrupting the Annual General Meetings (AGMs) of HLL held on 13th June 2003 and 29th June 2004, shouting slogans and brandishing placards and enlisting sympathy from ex-workers and the general public. Greenspace also maintained the pressure on HLL through its website, photoalbums, posters, persistent media briefing and seminars. The NGOs had most recently attacked HLL in April 2004 in a seminar in Chennai. Even as they waited anxiously for the regulator, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board’s (TNPCB) nod to start decontamination of equipment and remediation of soil, HLL’s senior managers believed they had discharged their duties conscientiously. They wondered what more was needed to be done to...
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...The alcohol or mercury thermometer that are vastly used in the medical world today would not have existed had it not been for Galileo Galilei. Galileo Galilei invented the first thermometer by using the concept of air expansion by heat and contraction by cold. Only after that, other scientists came up with a more developed and accurate thermometer. One of them being Sir Isaac Newton. Years later, Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first reliable mercury in which its scale is still used until today. Life in the medical world becomes more convenient because of this invention that started with the idea from Galileo Galilei. The basic idea came from him and the scientist after him did not have to work from scratch because the concept was already there. In this case, Galileo Galilei is the first giant in the invention of thermometer as the list goes on as years passed...
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...Environmental Pollution at Hindustan Lever’s Kodaikanal Plant In mid-2004, Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL) executives looked back at the events of the past three years at their mercury thermometer factory in Kodaikanal in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. After mercury leakage from the plant had been reported in March 2001, heavy expenditure had been incurred in environmental risk assessment, waste disposal and health monitoring. The expenditure had exceeded the total profits generated by the plant since its inception. But the pressure from NGOs, led by Greenpeace , who had been protesting since March 2001 had not subsided. The NGOs had indulged in novel ways of keeping the issue alive. These included chaining themselves to the HLL branch office in Chennai on 15th November 2002, disrupting the Annual General Meetings (AGMs) of HLL held on 13th June 2003 and 29th June 2004, shouting slogans and brandishing placards and enlisting sympathy from ex-workers and the general public. Greenpeace also maintained the pressure on HLL through its website, photoalbums, posters, persistent media briefing and seminars. The NGOs had most recently attacked HLL in April 2004 in a seminar in Chennai. Even as they waited anxiously for the regulator, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board’s (TNPCB) nod to start decontamination of equipment and remediation of soil, HLL’s senior managers believed they had discharged their duties conscientiously. They wondered what more was needed to be done...
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...TECHNICAL REPORT ON STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES) UNDERTAKEN AT THE NIGERIAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY (NIMET), ZARIA, KADUNA STATE SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY FACULTY OF SCIENCE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA BY SOLOMON IFETAYO ONASANYA U09GS1052 IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BSC GEOGRAPHY JUNE – NOVEMEBER, 2012 CERTIFICATION I, Solomon Ifetayo Onasanya with Reg. No: U09GS1052 hereby certify that this report was written by me as part of the experience acquired during my SIWES at the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), Zaria, Kaduna State, under the supervision of: ______________________ ________________________ Mrs. Maria Abubakar Date Department SIWES Supervisor (First visit) _________________________ ________________________ Mr. S. Abubakar Date Department SIWES Supervisor (Second visit) __________________________ ________________________ Dr. I.J. Musa Date Head of department ___________________________ ________________________ A. U. Kibbon Date Departmental SIWES Coordinator DEDICATION This work is dedicated to God Almighty who has given me the strength, grace and wisdom required for this SIWES programme and the successful completion of it. This work is also dedicated to my parent Mr. Onasanya Solomon whom God has being using to sponsor my academic programme. Finally, this work...
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...Abstract This research study includes the characterization and examination of the physical and chemical properties of the soil present in Cavite National Science High School to collect data about the present status of the soil in the area. The researcher examined the soils through the collection of data using the protocols provided by the GLOBE Website. The data that were collected were encoded to the GLOBE Website for the scientists to be able to better understand and interpret the current status of the soil. The soil samples were collected from the site located inside the vicinity of Cavite National Science High School. The gathering of samples was done on the two different seasons of the year, the wet and dry season. The protocols provided by the GLOBE organization were used in conducting the experiments in determining the soil properties. Some of the experimentation proper was done in the school’s Chemistry laboratory and Biology Laboratory. Soil samples were sent to the Department of Agriculture in Trece Martirez City to be able to obtain the results for the pH level and N-P-K Content of the soil. The results showed that the soil in Cavite National Science High School had a pH level of 5.8, temperature of 27.65°C. The nitrogen and potassium content of the soil was low in all of its horizons, sufficient potassium content and medium content of phosphorus. According to the analysis made, there was a significant difference in the bulk density of the soil and there was no significant...
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...altitude water will freeze at the same degrees Fahrenheit. According to the Mpemba effect, “As the liquid warms up, the hydrogen bonds stretch as the water gets less dense and the molecules move further apart.“ Condliffe, J. (2013, October 31). “Theories for the Mpemba effect have included: faster evaporation of hot water, therefore reducing the volume left to freeze; formation of a frost layer on cold water, insulating it; and different concentrations of solutes such as carbon dioxide, which is driven off when the water is heated.” Hot water freezes faster than cold - and now we know why. (2013, November 3) Literature Review Observing freezing times based on the liquid with various starting temperatures have been made throughout history. Aristotle, Rene Descartes, and recently Xi Xhang and his team from Mayang Technological University in Singapore have all performed experiments testing this theory. The Mphemba effect was named after a Tanzanian student who observed ice cream mixed faster when it was hot than when it was cold. To test this theory, Nikola Bregovic placed 30 ml of room temperature water with an immersed thermistor into an empty freezer. This experiment used deionized water, the same beakers, and the same thermistor. The experimenter then tested the freezing points of various starting water temperatures. The experimenter concluded the most likely explanation was water evaporation caused the water to be less dense which is less mass to freeze. Bregovic...
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...This essay will examine the differences between psychology and common sense. It will also discuss the obstacles and drawbacks that primary experience and common sense beliefs can have on the epistemological advancement of any experimental science. The paper will start with a brief history of psychology and then discuss the different perspectives and approaches within the field. Giving examples throughout and briefly touching on the pioneers in the development of psychology, this essay will argue that the use of systematic and objective methods of observation and experimentation in psychology make it much more than just 'common sense'. The bathroom floor is somewhat colder than the bedroom carpet. Most people would agree with this statement and pass it off as just 'common sense'. But what if a thermometer showed that the bathroom floor was actually the same temperature as the bedroom carpet, and the real reason that the tiled floor in the bathroom 'felt' colder than the bedroom carpet was because the carpet is a better thermal insulator than the ceramic tile? Therefore feet lose heat to the floor more slowly on the carpet than on the tile floor, and consequently the cold receptors in the feet's skin are not stimulated to the same extent (Refinetti, 1992). This example, although not specifically a psychological one, shows that the element of primary experience and common sense beliefs in most humans can prove to be an obstacle in the development of any experimental science. The...
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...Table of Contents Page 1. Introduction …………………………………………………... 2 2. Background …………………………………………………….. 2 2.1 Why technology has become important in sport performance? 3 2.2 A brief history of technology used to improve performance. 3 3. Technology used to aid sport performance …...... 3 4.1 Footbounaut ……………………………………………………... 3 4.2 Ingestible Pills ……………………................................................ 5 4.3 Sensors ……………………………………………………...…..... 6 4.4 Fitmodo …………………………………………………………... 7 4. Future of sport performance technology ……… 9 5. Conclusion ………………………………………………………. 11 6. References ……………………………………………………… 13 Student’s name Tutor Course Date of submission Technology Used to Improve Performance in Sports Introduction As the world's sport keeps on changing, so does the use of technology keep improving. In the modern day sports, there has been tremendous development in the field of sport with new technology being unveiled in every sport. The use of technological improvement to enhance the game, for example, the hawk-eye technology while others are meant to help the players in their exercises, training, injury treatment and nutrition. There is some computer software designed for fitness and nutrition professional and they are used to organize data and produce reports. Some of this software includes; teams beep test and body byte. In this paper, I will focus on new sports technology such as Footbounaut...
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...* A series of steps that lead to accomplishing some goal or purpose. * A systematic and organizes method for providing care to clients. * Provides individualized, holistic, effective and efficient client care. * Clients of all ages and in any care setting. * Characteristics of Nursing Process * Problem solving method - client focused * Systematic- sequential steps * Goal oriented- outcome criteria * Dynamic-always changing, flexible * Utilizes critical thinking processes * ● Interpersonal – promotes nurse-client relationship● * Cyclical – continuous and promotes improvement of nursing care * Systematic problem - solving approach toward giving individualized nursing care. STEPS: * Assessment * Nursing Diagnosis * Planning and outcome identification * Intervention * Evaluation * ASSESSING PATIENT’S HEALTH STATUS Assessment * A systematic collection of subjective and objective data with the goal of making a clinical nursing judgment about an individual, family or community. * 1st phase of nursing process which involves systematic data collection , organization and validation, interpretation, and documentation of data. * Purpose of Nursing Assessment * To establish the client-nurse relationship. * To obtain information about the client’s health, including physiologic, socio-cultural, cognitive, developmental & spiritual aspects. * To identify actual & potential...
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... Mercury is sometimes called quicksilver. It is a heavy, silvery-white liquid metal. It is a rather poor conductor of heat if compared with other metals but it is a fair conductor of electricity. It alloys easily with many metals, such as gold, silver, and tin. These alloys are called amalgams. The most important mercury salts are mercuric chloride HgCl2 (corrosive sublimate - a violent poison), mercuric chloride Hg2Cl2 (calomel, still used in medicine occasionally), mercury fulminate (Hg (ONC) 2, a detonator used in explosives) and mercuric supplied (Has, vermillion, a high-grade paint pigment). APPLICATIONS: Mercury metal has many uses. Because of its high density it is used in barometers and manometers. It is extensively used in thermometers, thanks to its high rate of thermal expansion that is fairly constant over a wide temperature range. Its ease in amalgamating...
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...conditions, and in people who have been immobilised, or following immersion in cold water. When thermoregulation is impaired, for example, in the elderly and very young, hypothermia may follow a mild insult. The risk of hypothermia is also increased by drug or alcohol ingestion, exhaustion, illness, injury or neglect especially when there is a decrease in the level of consciousness. Hypothermia may be suspected from the clinical history or a brief external examination of a collapsed patient. A low-reading thermometer is needed to measure the core temperature and confirm the diagnosis. The core temperature measured in the lower third of the oesophagus correlates well with the temperature of the heart. Epitympanic (‘tympanic’) measurement – using a thermistor technique – is a reliable alternative but may be lower than the oesophageal temperature if the environmental temperature is very cold, the probe is not well insulated, the external auditory canal is blocked or during cardiac arrest when there is no flow in the carotid artery. Widely available ‘tympanic’ thermometers based on...
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...paper by Horace Miner that describes the Nacirema tribe’s culture in a unique way. A substantial part of the tribe’s lives are spent on unusual rituals and customs to improve conditions of the body that are filled with magical components. As I first read this article I was taken back. The article intrigued me. I had to think really long and hard about what was being done in their culture. While I was thinking about how I perceived this article I started thinking that everything may not be as far out there as I originally thought. So I read the article again with more of an open mind. Even though this article may seem to be odd there are points that I myself see very similar to the way our society does things. Starting with a brief history of how the nation became the way it is, with Notgnishaw cutting down the cherry tree. Even today young children know this idea of cutting down the tree may seem familiar, and it should because George Washington cut the tree down. Miner talks about the need for our bodies to be "perfect" in order to attract friends and mates. He says that the Nacirema "perform a mouth-rite" every day because the mouth is the source of all things good and evil (kissing, talking, eating, decay) this is true everything that we do involves our mouths. He then goes on to talk about our need to stay young. I believe that our society worries too much about how old they look. Our society is always looking for new ways to look younger using face and body creams...
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...Evidence-Based Fever Management Teaching Intervention for Emergency Room Nurses Alonya Elgrably Dominican University of California E-MAIL: ERSPRSTAR@gmail.com March 04, 2010 Signature Page This capstone project is assembled under the direction of the candidate’s program advisor and approved by the Director of the Master’s program and the Chair of the Nursing Department. It has been presented to and accepted by the Faculty of the School of Nursing, Dominican University of California, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science, Nursing. ______________________________________________ __________________ Candidate Date ______________________________________________ __________________ Advisor or Director Date ______________________________________________ __________________ Department Chair Date ______________________________________________ __________________ Dean of the School of Health Sciences Date Evidence-Based Fever Management Teaching Intervention for Emergency Room Nurses Fever has long been a common childhood illness faced by parents, physicians, and nurses. In fact, 30 percent of visits to the emergency room included fever as the main complaint (Watts, Robertson, & Thomas, 2003). Over the decades the research has shown fever to be an adaptive physiological mechanism and shown to improve survival rates and shorten the duration of the disease...
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...Lesson 10 - Natural Family Planning https://eberlyscienceonline.psu.edu/courses/biology177/book/ex... Lesson 10 - Natural Family Planning By the end of this chapter you should be able to: Describe the history of natural family planning. Describe the variants of natural family planning. Explain the motivations behind the use of natural family planning. Differentiate between natural family planning and pharmaceutical contraceptive measures. What is Natural Family Planning? Often, a couple may want to engage in sexual intercourse (extensively) and at the same time avoid pregnancy. In cases such as these a number of strategies are employed specifically to this end. The term contraception literally means "against conception", so contraceptive measures either prevent pregnancy from occurring or prevent it from progressing after it has occurred. Needless to say, there are profound implications at many levels when addressing contraceptive issues. Without a doubt, contraceptive strategies are in widespread use, and even considered to be mainstream in many places. Contraceptive measures are classified as being behavioral, barrier, or chemical methods. Behavioral methods are the subject of this lesson. The various artificial forms of barrier and chemical strategies directed toward contraception, pertaining to the most common use of that term, is the subject matter for the next lesson. In some cultures and in some religious traditions, the use of artificial chemical or barrier contraceptive...
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