Reliability outlook

Liu, X.H., et al., October 5—7, 2010. Mechanical reliability outlook of ultra low-k dielectrics. In Advanced Metallization Conference 2010, Albany, NY. 

Lead-Free Solder Interconnect Reliability Outlook... 

This volume gives an overview of the current status and an outlook to future more reliable predictive approaches. It is subdivided in five sections dealing with studies of membrane permeability and oral absorption, drug dissolution and solubility, the role of transporters and metabolism in oral absorption, computational approaches to drug absorption and bioavailability, and finally with certain drug development issues. 

The technology is rapidly approaching a state of development that can provide reliable commercial design data. Just as rapidly, the critical nature of the world energy outlook is becoming more definitized, making it obvious that any reasonable alternatives to crude oil as a source of fuel and petrochemicals must be evaluated for commercial potential as expeditiuosly as possible. 

For all methods, strict adherence to the testing protocol is crucial to obtaining reliable and repeatable resnlts. However, it is important to recognise that if a fabric passes a particular test, it j ust means that the fabric passed this particnlar test. There are no other performance guarantees. More detailed information on actual flame retardancy test methods and an outlook on their development have been published. ... 

The character of AR/TS is changing. Materials, equipment and applications are all increasingly sophisticated. There is more need for expert personnel, yet flexibility and breadth of outlook are required to cope with new situations. How does one predict the weatherability of plastics when twenty years service is the objective The organizers of a 1967 symposium on the subject felt obliged to conclude that after a century the problem is still far from a satisfactory solution (9). How does one predict with reliability the hazard to a large population of a new food additive or soap bacteriostat over a long period of time How does one deal with subjective properties of chemicals such as taste and flavor The synthetic sweeteners in use today have all been discovered accidentally is this the way to run a chemical business How are reluctant old timers weaned from visual color matching to computers ... 

One additional application of MV analysis is to use the technique to reengineer implied market returns. This requires the problem be reformulated to select a set of returns given asset weights, risk, and correlations. The weights are derived from current market capitalizations for equities, bonds, and other assets. The presumption is that today s market values reflect the collective portfolio optimizations of all investors. Thus, the set of returns that minimizes risk is the market s forecast of future expected returns. This information can be compared with the user s own views as a reliability check. If the user s views differ significantly, they may need to be modified. Otherwise the user can establish the portfolio positions reflecting his or her outlook under the premise his or her forecasts are superior. 

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