Air Canada to overhaul maintenance software 1 Comment Greg Meckbach @itworldca Published: April 17th, 2008 The airline has signed a contract with Mxi Technologies of Ottawa to install Maintenix software, which will be hosted by a third party. Among other things, the software allows Air Canada to ensure qualified technicians are available before they schedule maintenance. Find out how it integrates with PeopleSoft When Air Canada technicians work on airplanes, they use several different
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Weston Smith Environmental science Dr. Smith 11/02/13 Project part 2: Project sources 5 peer reviewed articles: 1. http://www.cmaj.ca/content/163/7/851.short * In this article they explain the effects of losing our ozone and the dangers this can bring like skin cancer, cataracts, hodgkins disease, lupus, skin tuberculosis smallpox. This shows in my research by giving us evidence on how the ozone can affect our health and everyday life style and the radical changes we would have
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Mongolian air pollution In Mongolia’s capital, air pollution is 6-7 times higher than the most lenient World Health Organization standards. STORY HIGHLIGHTS * Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar is one the world’s most polluted cities – its “harmful dust” is 6-7 times higher than the most lenient World Health Organization standards. * Luckily, the issue is drawing more attention – International organizations including the World Bank are working with the Mongolian government to find solutions
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discharge permit system designed to make the waterways fishable and swimmable. The SDWA sets standards to make our drinking water safe. The Clean Air Act, as amended several times, establishes the NAAQS, standards designed to ensure that conventional air pollutants do not pose a risk to human health or the environment. This act also establishes standards for toxic air pollutants. Hazardous wastes and toxic substances are primarily regulated by four pieces of legislation. The RCRA sets standards for waste
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simply filter out small dust particles like a sieve. Instead, it uses three different mechanisms to catch dust particles as they pass through in the moving airstream. At high air speeds, some particles are caught and trapped as they smash directly into the fibers, while others snag on the fibers as they try to brush by. At lower air speeds, dust particles tend to wander about more randomly through the filter (a process known as Brownian motion after its discoverer, Scottish botanist Robert Brown) and
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example by utilizing the most efficient technology available, specialization of job responsibilities, and effective use of resources. As an airline grows they seek out ways to improve operations to save time and cut costs. An airline might purchase new air craft because of the reduced fuel and maintenance costs compared to the older less efficient aircraft. Airlines can give specific job descriptions to employees to reduce work load and let the employee focus on one particular task thus reducing the time
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Social Responsibly of Business Argument PHI 103: Informal Logic November 3, 2014 In Milton Friedman’s article, “The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits”, published in The New York Time Magazine back in 1970 Friedman proposes the argument that a corporations social responsibility is to increase profits. “Milton Friedman’s article entitled The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profit is one of the most often used counter arguments
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could not hide our surprised looks. As soon as we stood at the outside of the island, I could not forget the feeling of the cool wind, like a cold sprite in refrigerator, rushing through my whole body, the sunshine that caressed me, and the salted air smell which pleasantly irritate my nose. Also, after we got the rent car, driving on route gave me a strong impression, because there were tall trees like giant and straighten road like airplane runway. It made me recall Guam Island which is a famous
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com[->1] Studies on the indoor air quality of Pharmaceutical Laboratories in Malaysia Y.H. Yau ⇑?, B.T. Chew, A.Z.A. Saifullah Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Received 8 March 2012; accepted 26 July 2012 Abstract This study was conducted to determine the comfort conditions of Pharmaceutical Laboratories in Malaysia. Four laboratories were selected as investigation sites. The Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system of
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experienced a pat-down in the airport last summer and nothing were left untouched. It was very uncomfortable. In the article, Eleven Years After 9/11, Flying is safe, Routine, and Annoying, according to Daniel Gross (2012), “Eleven years after the attacks, air travel in the U.S. has pretty much reverted to what it was pre 9/11: a pain in the ass.” I completely agree with Gross. I had witnessed unnecessary actions in the airport. My grandma was pulled in because she was wearing too much jewelry for intense
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