Monitors/monitoring benefits

The immunoassay is today a relatively well-established technique, with numerous applications in clinical analysis, but also with a considerable growing interest in other fields, such as the food industry or environmental monitoring. Benefits such as high selectivity and sensitivity (for certain analytes not attainable by any alternative methods), speed and relatively low cost of analysis have also led to rapid commercialization of immunoassay kits and automated analysers [4]. 

A knowledge of the potential for genetic variation in fungicide sensitivity in pathogen populations is central to prediction of resistance. Potential variation may be revealed by several methods in the laboratory and field, including mutagenesis, recombination and selection experiments, and monitoring. Benefits and drawbacks of these methods are considered. 

Whitcher, C. et al., Mishap Prevention by Improved Monitoring Benefits, Costs, and Funding Strategies, Scientific Exhibit Presented at 1987 Annual Meeting ASA, Las Vegas, Oct. 19-21, 1987. 

By providing more accurate monitoring and control of the production operations, CAO is now proven to provide benefits such as ... 

A toller may be operating the first scale-up of a process that has previously only been produced in pilot quantities. This pre-startup situation benefits when special concerns related to a scale-up are monitored. 

To obtain the benefits of this seal, it is necessary to install a gauge indicating the actual seal chamber pressure. Sensors and transmitters can be used to monitor and act on a pressure change. One of the two seals can fail without product loss or fugitive emissions. This seal would be connected to a pumping unit seen later in this chapter. 

A change in approach is clearly necessary in order that the full benefit of integrated plant condition management and control can be recognized and exploited. Improved control and enhanced performance monitoring will enable shutdown intervals to be extended without increasing the risk of premature or unexpected failure. In turn, this will increase the confidence of operations, inspection and management personnel in the effectiveness of unified plant administration. 

Other Titles - The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 continue the federal acid rain research program and contain several provisions relating to research, development and air monitoring. They also contain provisions to provide additional unemployment benefits through the Job Training Partnership Act to workers laid off as a consequence of compliance with the Clean Air Act. The Act also contains provisions to improve visibility near National Parks and other parts of the country. Strict enforcement of the Clean Air Act Amendments is the driving force behind pollution abatement. Non-compliance is simply not an option, since there are both financial and criminal liabilities that outweigh any benefits derived from a business. 

The note attached to clause 4.1.1.3 needs to be interpreted carefully otherwise you will have every individual setting up systems to monitor their relationship with the people to whom they provide product or information. Everyone needs to be aware of their relationships with others but formal systems are only necessary between organizations. If your organization receives formal orders from other parts of the same company then there may be benefit in treating this as a customer-supplier relationship and monitoring customer satisfaction. 

More often than not, teams such as these benefit from outside assistance, either from other company experts or from consultants or engineers who can supplement their expertise. In any case, these teams, either directly or through facility managers, should report to a company PSM manager or champion to monitor progress, assure consistency, and facilitate cross-fertilization of efforts through exchange of experience. 

In addition to these types of evaluations, the incident reporting and near miss systems should be monitored for improvements in performance that can be attributed to the program. On the basis of feedback from these and other sources such as changes in quality levels or efficiency, modifications should be made to the program to enhance and sustain its effectiveness. Concrete evidence regarding the benefits arising from the program should be communicated to those involved. 

Because monitoring and data-logging facilities add to initial cost, some customers may be hesitant to choose between a simple configuration without those capabilities and a more complex model including them. The benefits associated with monitoring often outweigh the price premium, as they allow the user to ... 

The only useful function of broadband analysis is longterm trending of the gross overall condition of machinery. Typically, sets of alert/alarm limits are established to monitor the overall condition of the machine-trains in a predictive maintenance program. However, this approach has limited value and, when used exclusively, severely limits the ability to achieve the full benefit of a comprehensive program. 

This approach provides two benefits. One is that it simplifies database development since one parameter set is used for multiple machine-trains. Therefore, less time is required to establish them. The other is that this approach permits direct comparison of multiple machine-trains. Since all machine-trains in a class share a common APS, the data can be directly compared. For example, the energy generated by a gear set is captured in a narrowband window established to monitor gear mesh. With the same APS, the gear mesh narrowbands can be used to compare all gear sets within that machine-train classification. 

A side benefit of predictive maintenance is the automatic ability to monitor the mean-time-between-failures, MTBF. This data provides the means to determine the most cost-effective time to replace machinery rather than continue to absorb high maintenance costs. The MTBF of plant equipment is reduced each time a major repair or rebuild occurs. Predictive maintenance will automatically display the reduction of MTBF over the life of the machine. When the MTBF reaches the point that continued operation and maintenance costs exceed replacement cost, the machine should be replaced. 

The second method uses dynamic limits that monitor the rate of change in the measurement parameters. This type of monitoring can detect minor deviations in the rate that a machine or system is degrading and anticipate when an alarm will be reached. The use of dynamic limits will greatly enhance the automatic diagnostic capabilities of a predictive maintenance system and reduce the manual effort required to gain maximum benefits. 

After an outage schedule has been made, the implementation, communication and monitoring of the schedule is most important. Often when a CPM network has been drawn, it is tacked on the wall in the outage office and forgotten. A CPM schedule must be continually monitored if maximum benefit is to be derived. 

In considering these benefits, the user should not overlook the constraints in using such fluids. They can be summarized as limited wear and corrosion protection (especially with certain metals), increased leakage due to its low viscosity, limited operating temperature range and the need for additional mixing and in-service monitoring facilities. 

Reliable contractors should carry out all boiler treatment and cleaning. Boilers are fired pressure vessels and are subject to mandatory insurance inspections. Significant benefits in safe and economic operation, particularly by reducing unnecessary chemical treatment, can be achieved by monitoring the condition of boilers. 

Cathodic protection and associated instruments have developed in-line with the changing monitoring demands of both the onshore and offshore industries. In particular, for potential and current density measurements, far greater quantities of data are sought and are required to be processed into an easily assimilated form. Thus cathodic protection instrumentation has benefited from an increased association with microprocessor-based data handling and storage systems. 

Catalytic reactors have worked to the benefit of the chemical and petroleum industries for many decades, under the watchful eyes of plant engineers and batteries of monitor and control instruments. The automotive catalytic converter will be the first mass produced catalytic reactor placed directly in the hands of the public, who can provide little more than benign neglect. 

Thiabendazole is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity. Thiabendazole is used with caution in patients with hepatic or renal disease. Thiabendazole is a Pregnancy Category C drug and is used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit outweighs the risk to the fetus. When thiabendazole is administered with the xanthine derivatives, the plasma level of the xanthine may increase to toxic levels. It is important to monitor xanthine plasma levels closely in case a dosage reduction is necessary. 

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