Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/ MeetingsNews en-us http://measurementmedia.com/images/logo.gif http://measurementmedia.com/ mmedia@measurementdevices.com http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1021 Aylesbury, UK -- Biosciences, Inc., a Magellan Biosciences company, has announced an archived version of its most recent Webinar entitled, 'Is Ion Analysis bringing You Down?' to enable chromatographers to gain insight into efficient and cost-effective strategies of ion analysis through HPLC methodologies. The Webinar, which addresses the concerns that many chromatographers face with ion analysis, includes presentations and a Q&A session featuring ESA scientist, Dr. Ian Acworth, and industry experts from Synomics Pharmaceutical Services and Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical. In today's drug development and manufacturing operations, one of the key analysis steps is the measurement of the amount and type of ion or counter ion present in a particular drug formulation. Currently, the analytical technique most commonly used to analyse ions is ion chromatography (IC). However, to perform these ion measurements with IC requires a specialist, expensive and dedicated single-use system. In addition, IC cannot readily measure anions and cations simultaneously. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1020 Mass Spectrometry Water Monitoring Technology From Thermo Fisher Scientific JOSE CA, USA – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today responded to national concerns surrounding the discovery of pharmaceutical compounds in U.S. drinking water by publicizing its mass spectrometry water monitoring technology currently in use in Canada and Europe. The Associated Press (AP) recently reported that a variety of prescription and over-the-counter drugs have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans. The Thermo Scientific mass spectrometry systems rapidly identify and quantify these compounds, enabling municipalities to monitor the safety of their water supplies. Recently the University of Montreal worked with Environment Canada to identify and quantify pharmaceutical residues present in the city’s waste and drinking water. To conduct this research, the University used a Thermo Scientific EQuan™ Environmental Quantitation system incorporating the TSQ Quantum™ mass spectrometer. The system detected six common anti-infectives in the water, including Azithromycin, a potent antibiotic used to treat certain bacterial infections in the ear, throat or sinuses. The results from this study were published by the Journal of Environmental Monitoring in March 2007 (J. Environ. Monit., 2007, 9, 307–313). Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1019 ClinPhone Showcases its Combined EDC-IVR Solution and Clinical Technology Solutions at DIA’s 44th Annual Meeting Nottingham UK - ClinPhone will be showcasing its combined EDC-IVR solution and its comprehensive portfolio of clinical technology solutions at booth #217 at DIA’s 44th Annual Meeting, June 22-26, 2008 in Boston, MA. ClinPhone’s combined EDC-IVR offering brings together two industry-leading solutions, DataLabs by ClinPhone (EDC) and ClinPhone Randomization and Trial Supply Management (IVR/IWR), into one integrated solution. In-booth discussions and demonstrations will be offered to showcase the power of this innovative solution. In addition to showcasing its combined EDC-IVR solution, ClinPhone will be demonstrating its complete portfolio of clinical technology solutions, including electronic data capture (EDC), randomization, trial supply management, drug accountability, electronic patient reported outcomes (ePRO), clinical trial management systems (CTMS) and integration solutions. ClinPhone is the first company of its kind to offer such a comprehensive suite of software and services to the biopharmaceutical industry. Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1018 300 ADCs for bridging the gap between real-world and digital signals Dallas TX, USA -- Maxim offers over 750 analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), digital-to-analog converters (DACs), and analog front-ends (AFEs)—more data converters than any other supplier. Our product families utilize sigma-delta, SAR, pipeline, and flash architectures to deliver resolutions from 6 bits to 24 bits and sampling rates from DC to 4.3Gsps. Maxim has the largest product offering on the market and the ADC for your application. We make over 300 ADCs that offer industry-leading performance and features. This selection of parts will get you started. Mon, 05 May 2008 00:05:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1017 NEW APPLICATION NOTE FROM WYATT SANTA BARBARA CA, USA – Wyatt Technology has published a new, free-of-charge application note to demonstrate the accurate and reliable characterization of polyurethanes used in medical applications. Wyatt’s powerful Multi-Angle Light Scattering (MALS) detectors were found to provide vital information about the molecular structure of polyurethanes when coupled to the company’s innovative on-line ViscoStar™ viscometer. Polyurethanes are increasingly being used in medical applications, outperforming many other materials with regards to robustness, biocompatibility, hemocompatibility, flexibility, abrasion resistance and processing versatility. Sun, 04 May 2008 00:05:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1016 L.A.B. - The trade fair and conference for analysis, bio and laboratory equipment in the UK - (27-29 October 2009, Birmingham) Leipzig, Germany - Following the debut event in autumn 2007, Leipziger Messe announced that L.A.B. - the trade fair and conference for analysis, bio and laboratory equipment in the UK - will be held for the second time from 27-29 October 2009. Held every two years, L.A.B. is the only platform of its kind in the UK for the European laboratory and analysis sector - and will take place in 2009 at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham. At the inaugural 2007 event at ExCeL London, the latest products and services were showcased to the analysis, bio and laboratory equipment industries by 88 exhibitors, including market leaders such as Eppendorf, LAUDA Dr R. Wobser, Buchi UK Ltd, Sotax Horiba, Lancer, Sympatec, AES, Metrohm, Retsch and Erlab. In 2007 L.A.B. drew 1,300 trade visitors from 22 countries. Sat, 03 May 2008 00:05:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1015 PCIM (Power Conversion Intelligent Motion) is Europe's leading meeting-point for experts out of the areas Power Electronics and its applications in Intelligent Motion and Power Quality Nuremberg, Germany -- From latest developments of power semiconductors, passive components, products for thermal management, new materials, sensors as well as servo-technology and the wide area of power quality and energy-management - PCIM offers a comprehensive, focused and compact presentation of products all under one roof! Profit from the success of such a well established international exhibition with conference and tutorials. Take the date of PCIM 2008 into consideration! Fri, 02 May 2008 00:05:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1014 May 5-8, 2008 - David L. Lawrence Convention Center - Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh PA, USA -- On May 5–8, the global steel industry will converge in Pittsburgh for technical presentations, plant tours, a comprehensive exposition and keynote presentations by today’s business leaders. Representing all steel industry technologies, AISTech 2008 promises to be one of the largest gatherings of industry personnel in the world this year. 2008 Event Highlights Sunday, May 4: HBI Users Seminar — a half-day seminar on the use of HBI in iron production and steelmaking applications. Monday, May 5: Brimacombe Memorial Lecture — featuring Dr. Kent Peaslee, F. Kenneth Iverson Chair of Steelmaking Technology and a Curators’ Teaching Professor of Metallurgical Engineering at the Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T), formerly the University of Missouri–Rolla (UMR). Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1013 Kelly Allan & John Hunter Head Up Deming Theory Seminar in Colorado Springs Colorado Springs CO, USA -- Two of the foremost experts on corporate improvement will team up to deliver the Colorado Springs seminar How to Create Unethical, Ineffective Organizations That Go Out of Business. Kelly Allan, world renowned improvement consultant, quoted in numerous books and journals, will join John Hunter, IT guru, formerly with the White House Military Office, and now at the American Society for Engineering Education, deliver this eye-opening 2 ½ day seminar on May 12-14. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1012 To be held from 6 to 8 May on the fair grounds in Nuernberg, Germany. Nuernberg, Germany -- The conferences and forums complementing this worldwide biggest event is expected to be attended by 580 exhibitors including the major technology and market leaders of most product groups. The SENSOR+TEST with its special focus is the place to go to obtain information on a yearly basis on the state of the art in measuring and testing technology. This is the only event in the world where visitors with an interest in mobile applications can go on a test drive with the demonstrators and experience the functionality of the measuring equipment live. The spectrum ranges from simple measuring transducers to multi-channel measuring systems, from handheld instruments to mobile data loggers. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1011 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 1:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -04:00, New York) Duration: 40 minutes - Presenter: John Snell - Session Fee: $45 The Web -- The Snell Group's Infrared Thermography for Home Inspectors Webinar will help attendees learn about how infrared can assist home inspectors by increasing the effectiveness of their services. Discover why thermography is used, the types of issues that can be detected, what training and equipment are recommended as well as standards and resources that are available. The presentation will last 30 minutes followed by an available 10 minute question and answer session. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:10:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1010 From SPIE Defense and Security 2008 The Web: These presentations from SPIE’s Infrared Technology and Applications conference, given on 19 March 2008 at SPIE Defense+Security, cover 3rd Generation Infrared Imagers. This family of imagers is designed to answer the performance requirements of the defense and security communities for longer target detection, recognition, identification, and intent determination ranges. These requirements are the drivers behind the dramatic development of several leading edge technologies in the fields of infrared focal plane arrays, FPAs, and the smart signal processing in and behind these FPAs. Performance requirements, technology development, and imager concepts are discussed by the presenters. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1009 NEW APPLICATION NOTE FROM WYATT DEMONSTRATES THE ACCURATE AND PRECISE DETERMINATION OF MOLECULAR WEIGHT AND CONCENTRATION OF SODIUM HYALURONATE SANTA BARBARA CA, USA - Wyatt Technology has published a new free-of-charge application note to demonstrate the use of SEC-MALS for the determination of molecular weight (MW) and concentration of Sodium Hyaluronate (HA, 1.6-2.9 MDa) in mobile phase solution and mixed with gelatine. Wyatt's powerful SEC-MALS instruments were found to ascertain molecular weight and concentration of HA at very high mass recovery. HA, a naturally-occurring biopolymer in all mammalian systems, is of huge commercial interest for medical, pharmacological, ophthalmic, and cosmetic applications. Using its Optilab rEX Differential Refractometer and DAWN® HELEOS, Wyatt has overcome consistent problems experienced using other techniques to accurately calculate HA's characteristics. HA has been studied considerably using methods such as size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) and single-capillary viscometry (SCV). Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1007 Symposium: July 6-11, 2008 - Boston, MA, USA Boston MA, USA --IGARSS’08 will be the 28th annual symposium for GRSS and will continue the excellent tradition of gathering world-class scientists, engineers and educators engaged in the fields of geoscience and remote sensing to meet and present their latest activities. Truly an international event, they anticipate over fifteen hundred participants from all over the world to enjoy a week of technical sessions, tutorials, exhibits and social activities. This year's theme of The Next Generation defines the focus of the 2008 Symposium on outreach. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1008 Both full- and half-day course offerings will be taught on the Sunday (July 6, 2008 ) prior to the start of the conference Tutorials Schedule: Sunday July 6, 2008, Morning: 08:30h to 12:30h, Afternoon: 13:30h to 17:30h Costs Regular Student Half-day: $175 for one, $350 for two $100 for one, $200 for two Full-day: $250 $175 Tutorials not meeting the minimum number of registrants (5 half-day; 7 full-day) by the early registration deadline (May 16) will be canceled. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1006 30th Anniversary - Review of Atmospheric Transmission Models, will be held at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington,MA USA, 10 - 12 June 2008 Lexington MA, USA -- The Scope of the conference is to provide scientists, engineers, and technical managers from academia, industry, government, and the military with a forum to exchange their work and ideas on atmospheric transmission, radiative transfer, molecular spectroscopy, atmospheric retrieval, and phenomenologies associated with atmospheric radiative transfer such as turbulence propagation, polarization, and sources of radiative clutter. This will be an unclassified meeting featuring renowned keynote speakers and technical program sessions. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1005 Includes new SI derived unit & prefixes for binary multiples used in IT ISO has just published a new version of the SI Guide, a small manual for the use of the SI, the International System of Units (Système International d’Unités). The SI is a comprehensive metric and decimal system based on units and derived units. The seven base units are: length, mass, time, electric current, thermodynamic temperature, amount of substance, and luminous intensity. The 32-page SI Guide will be useful for many people including engineers, scientists, technical writers, teachers and students. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1004 Principles of Automated Pressure Calibration" emphasizes automated pressure calibrators for pressure sensors, transmitters, gauges and portable calibrators Billerica MA, USA – GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies has announced a new training course on pressure, The Principles of Automated Pressure Calibration. The new course complements GE’s Advanced Pressure Metrology class, which has been attended by personnel from national metrology institutes, government organizations and commercial industries, globally, since 1960. The Principles of Automated Pressure Calibration emphasizes automated pressure calibrators, such as GE’s Ruska 7250 series and Druck DPI 515 digital pressure controllers, for calibrating pressure sensors, transmitters, gauges and portable calibrators. The course will cover how to set-up and install these instruments to ensure optimum performance, operating locally via the front panel and remotely using GE Intecal Advanced software, and performing periodic maintenance procedures. Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1003 Find the Solutions to Your Sensors & Sensing Technology Challenges! June 9-11 Conference • June 10-11 Exhibits: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center • Rosemont, IL, USA -- Sensors Expo & Conference is the only industry event in North America exclusively focusing on sensors and sensor-integrated systems. The in-depth conference program features the world's leading authorities, who will examine the most up-to-date innovations, in a carefully designed program. The expo hall brings together the largest showcase of sensing technologies and systems for attendees to evaluate and make informed decisions. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1002 ASTM D 7245, A Test Method W. Conshohocken PA, USA -- Finding a way to accurately measure the water and volatile content of high baked phenolic coatings has led to the development of a new ASTM International standard, D 7245, Test Method for Measuring Total Water and Volatiles in Liquid Coatings Which Produce Cure Water Upon Heating. The new standard was developed by Subcommittee D01.21 on Chemical Analysis of Paints and Paint Materials, part of ASTM International Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications. Total water content and volatile content results obtained with D 7245 are allowable when using Practice D 3960, Practice for Determining Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Content of Paints and Related Coatings to determine VOC. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1001 W. Conshohocken PA, USA - A new ASTM standard, D 7401, Test Methods for Laboratory Determination of Rock Anchor Capacities by Pull and Drop Tests, is the result of requests to standardize a test to determine dynamic rock anchor capacity that is used internationally in the mining industry. The new test method was developed by Subcommittee D18.12 on Rock Mechanics, part of ASTM International Committee D18 on Soil and Rock. Increasingly, dynamic capabilities are becoming key design parameters for the selection of yielding ground rock anchor support elements in highly stressed, burst-prone or high deformation environments. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1000 Coventry, UK -- Warwick Analytical Service, the analytical division of Exeter Analytical (UK) Ltd., has developed a reputation for limit test determination of heavy metal impurities in organic samples in accordance with US Pharmacopeia 231 and European Pharmacopeia 2.4.8 Standard Methods I, II & III. The limit test for heavy metals is a qualitative test that demonstrates that the content of metallic impurities that are coloured by sulphide ion does not exceed the limit specified in the Pharmacopeia standards. Metals that respond to this test are Lead, Mercury, Bismuth, Arsenic, Tin, Antimony, Cadmium, Silver, Copper and Molybdenum. Offered by Warwick Analytical Service (WAS) as an analytical service, the Heavy Metals Limit Test uses one of three different sample preparation techniques described as Method I, II, or III in individual Pharmacopeia monographs. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=999 Testing for Sediment Retention Devices Provided by New ASTM Standard West Conshohocken PA, USA -- ASTM D 7351 will be used to determine a quantitative measure of performance and an identification of limitations for sediment retention devices. In addition to quantitative properties, the standard can be used to evaluate qualities such as effectiveness, ease of installation, risk of failure and economics. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=998 ASTM symposia provide an opportunity for members and others to present their research findings and exchange information. Approximately 20 symposia are held annually on a wide variety of technical subjects. Often the discussion identifies critical areas facing today's emerging technologies and forms the technical basis for the development of new and revised ASTM International standards. Symposia are sponsored by ASTM technical committees and are often held in cooperation with government agencies and national or international professional organizations. Attendees are eligible for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) at the end of each symposium. Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0500 http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=997 How to Create Unethical, Ineffective Organizations That Go Out of Business(Many Organizations Do It, But Do You Know How You Do It?) 12-14 May 2008 Colorado Springs, Colorado-- Twenty-seven faulty management and corporate governance practices create most of the problems in any organization. These practices will be identified, and better practices recommended. It will be shown that as better practices are introduced, quality of products and services increases, costs decline, and you create a globally competitive advantage for your organization. Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:05:00 -0500