How to Start & Operate Your Own Firewood Supply Business

How to Start & Operate Your Own Firewood Supply Business

Unpredictable fuel costs and the necessity of keeping warm in the winter have resulted in "boom sales" for manufacturers of wood-burning stoves. There has also been a return to the use of the fireplace as a form of supplementary heat and as a luxury that promotes the "cozy" atmosphere sought after by both middle class and affluent families. This renaissa ...

Euphoria L&T Infotech

Euphoria L&T Infotech

EUPHORIA (Energy Upstream High-end Operational Reporting and Interactive Analytics) is our packaged solution for the upstream division of the Oil & Gas industry that combines Microsoft upstream reference architecture, decomposition tree, interactive dashboards, intuitive operational reporting, various KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), central data model ...

The Changing Private Office

The Changing Private Office The private office, a corporate standard in the realm of office planning, is evolving into a nimble tool in strategic workplace models supporting the information economy. Specifically, the private office is becoming more flexible, with characteristics that are responding to changing demographics, emerging technologies and a ne ...

2019 Customer Expectations Report

2019 Customer Expectations Report

Personalization. Clienteling. A single view of the customer. There are a lot of buzzwords out there when it comes to the customer service experience. But at the end of the day, the best experience boils down to service that’s most suited to the needs of your customer.

An Introduction to Hyperledger

An Introduction to Hyperledger

This paper provides a high-level overview of Hyperledger: Why it was created, how it is governed, and what it hopes to achieve. The core of this paper presents five compelling uses for enterprise blockchain in different industries. It also describes the open source frameworks and tools that Hyperledger is developing to help enterprises around the world d ...

Well Kept Secrets of the Genome

Well Kept Secrets of the Genome

Geneticists interested in complex cardiovascular diseases follow the tune that of the risk of suffering from hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy or myocardial infarction is 30–50% inherited. This melody lives again in the study by Swan et al., published in this issue.1 The authors determine in 110 pairs of twins that 53% of the variability of left ...

Installation of Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Facilities at Residential and Commercial Buildings

Installation of Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Facilities at Residential and Commercial Buildings

I have procured an EV recently. How can I install an EV charger at my parking space at home? EV owners can liaise with the owner/incorporated owners (IO)/property management company (PMO) of the building on the feasibility of installing EV charging facilities. After obtaining their consent, you will need to engage a Registered Electrical Contractor to in ...

Current and Voltage Measurements

Current and Voltage Measurements

According to current continuity (i.e. charge conservation) law, the current can be measured in any portion of a single loop circuit.

Make Your Own Imitation Vellum Or Parchment Paper

Make Your Own Imitation Vellum Or Parchment Paper

Parchment paper and imitation vellum have been made by untold generations of inventive bookbinders by simply painting suitable papers with varnish or lacquer. I was a professional binder for most of my adult life and I have used these methods myself on numerous occasions. What paper you choose is important, I have used many papers, but over time I have c ...

Brief Description of Cobalt Yellow

Brief Description of Cobalt Yellow

An expensive yellow that was briefly in vogue. It is of very pure yellow color and is lightfast but has only fair hiding power. Introduced as a pigment in 1852, it replaced an earlier pigment called Gamboge, an Asian yellow gum used until the 19th century. Cobalt yellow remained popular until the late 19th century, when less expensive, cleaner and more l ...

Saving Energy in Your Home: Lighting

Saving Energy in Your Home: Lighting

The average American household spends 11% of its energy budget on lighting costs. New technologies (for example, timers and photocells) can result in substantial energy savings by turning lights off when not in use. Using energy-efficient lighting is a quick and effective way to significantly reduce energy costs and reduce energy used by lights by 50–75% ...

Artificial Light and Health - Europa EU

Artificial Light and Health - Europa EU

artificial light? 1 HOW CAN ARTIFICIAL LIGHT. AFFECT US? ... light. Exposure to UV radiation can cause skin cancer. The lamp's glass envelopes filter ... information on the light emitted by each model of

Verwundeten-Abzeichen 20. Juli 1944

Verwundeten-Abzeichen 20. Juli 1944

This badge was initiated by Adolf Hitler following the unsuccessful murder attempt on him at his military headquarters at Rastenberg in East Prussia. This decoration was a private issue piece, a gift from Hitler to those of his co-workers who were wounded. Those who were killed outright or who died as a result of their wounds got posthumous presentations ...

Way to Seal a Door

Way to Seal a Door

Gaps around your door allow air to pass through, creating drafts in your home. This will reduce the efficiency of your heating and cooling and can make your home less comfortable to be in. However, it is quick and easy to seal a door. To do it, determine where your air leaks are and cover them with weather stripping. After you apply the weather stripping ...

Tanzania Overview

Tanzania Overview

For more than 20 years, TechnoServe has been working in Tanzania with farmers, cooperatives, suppliers and processors to strategically develop competitive industries around key crops, including cash crops such as cocoa, horticulture and coffee, and staples such as maize. We are helping farmers make the transition from subsistence to commercial production ...

Overview of the Russian and CIS Automotive Industry

Overview of the Russian and CIS Automotive Industry

Russia’s automotive market continued to recover in 2018, growing by 12.8%. A total of 1.8 million passenger cars and LCVs were sold. 2 The growth is projected to slow down in 2019, as a fall in oil prices may weaken the Russian ruble. Sales of LCVs dropped year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2018. This means that sales of passenger cars may also go dow ...