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In recent times, the introduction of more sophisticated rheological methods and especially the ability to determine independently the shear and extensional viscosity of polymer melts, the design and correlation between molecular structure and rheology has been more accessible to industrial practitioners. Processes such as extrusion blow molding involve those types of deformations such as shear and extension, which can be determined using capillary rheometry and extensional viscosity measurements, which can be related to the formation and blowing of the parison. 

The chlorohydrin process involves reaction of propylene and chlorine in the presence of water to produce the two isomers of propylene chlorohydrin. This is followed by dehydrochlorination using caustic or lime to propylene oxide and salt. The Dow Chemical Company is the only practitioner of the chlorohydrin process in North America. However, several companies practice the chlorohydrin process at more than 20 locations in Germany, Italy, Bra2il, Japan, Eastern Europe, and Asia. 

The use of the computer in the design of chemical processes requires a framework for depiction and computation completely different from that of traditional CAD/CAM appHcations. Eor this reason, most practitioners use computer-aided process design to designate those approaches that are used to model the performance of individual unit operations, to compute heat and material balances, and to perform thermodynamic and transport analyses. Typical process simulators have, at their core, techniques for the management of massive arrays of data, computational engines to solve sparse matrices, and unit-operation-specific computational subroutines. 

QRA practitioners can use to satisfy some QRA objectives. Also, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has sponsored a project to expand and improve the quality of component failure data for chemical industry use. And many process facilities have considerable equipment operating experience in maintenance files, operating logs, and the minds of operators and maintenance personnel. These data can be collected and combined with industrywide data to help achieve reasonable QRA objectives. However, care must be exercised to select data most representative of your specific system from the wide range available from various sources. Even data from your own plant may have to be modified (sometimes by a factor of 10 or more) to reflect your plant s current operating environment and maintenance practices. 

In the development of the assembly variability risks analysis, expert knowledge, data found in many engineering references and information drawn from the CSC DFA/MA practitioner s manual (CSC Manufacturing, 1995) were collated and issues related to variability converged on. Much of the knowledge for the additional assembly variability risks analysis was reviewed from the fabrication and joining data sheets called PRocess Information MAps (PRIMAs) as given in Swift and Booker (1997). 

When optimizing industrial ventilation, the real consequences for the environment due to decisions made are of interest. Therefore, the marginal effect on the whole energy system is what is required. This is of course difficult. Many practitioners use electricity produced from coal processes as marginal, but some use natural-gas-fired power plants. It depends mainly on the area and time frame that is being considered. 

The study of composite materials actually involves many topics, such as, for example, manufacturing processes, anisotropic elasticity, strength of anisotropic materials, and micromechanics. Truly, no one individual can claim a complete understanding of all these areas. Any practitioner will be likely to limit his attention to one or two subareas of the broad possibilities of analysis versus design, micromechanics versus macromechanics, etc. 

The practitioners of both theoretical and experimental kinetics seek to understand the activation process, which consists of the evolution of structure and energetics as reactants proceed toward the transition state. 

The symposium was designed to provide an overview of the current status of plutonium chemistry by practitioners in the various areas covered. The authors, drawn from U.S. and foreign universities and national laboratories, were encouraged to include review material to place their subjects in perspective, as well as to suggest what they believe to be productive directions for future investigation. We find it particularly useful that the contributions represent a mixture of fundamental as well as more applied environmental and process chemical research. Although we do not claim that this volume represents all areas of plutonium chemistry that are currently under active investigation, this collection does represent a reasonably broad and balanced view of the field. The contents of the volume should be useful as a reference both for those familiar with actinide chemistry and for those with limited interests who seek an introduction to the literature and current status in an area of plutonium chemistry. 

Practitioners build their careers around a single product line or process... 

In this chapter, we analyzed the process of teaching QM from a set of axioms in an attempt to identify why so many students are confused and dissatisfied at the end of the typical introductory course. Although students majoring in Physics or Chemistry eventually do master the subject and become effective practitioners of QM, those students who have an introductory course as... 

Practitioners who design, implement, monitor, and evaluate medication therapy bear an important responsibility to their patients and society. Development of these abilities requires an integration of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values that can be acquired only through a structured learning process that includes classroom work, independent study, hands-on practice, and, ultimately, involvement with actual patients. 

In the past, many of the terms used to refer to therapeutic systems of controlled and sustained release have been used in an inconsistent and confusing manner. Although descriptive terms such as timed release and prolonged release give excellent manufacturer identification, they can be confusing to health care practitioners. For the purposes of this chapter, sustained release and controlled release will represent separate delivery processes. Sustained release constitutes any dosage form that provides medication... 

Lectures and symposia are used to orally give information to a group of practitioners or patients. These methods can be used to address broad topics (e.g., the MCO s process for developing practice guidelines) or narrow topics (e.g., use of the MCO s practice guideline for insulin-dependent diabetics). An advantage of lectures, compared to written communication, is that two-way interaction can occur. Allowing people to ask questions and discuss issues can help clarify information and can facilitate their use of the information. 

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