Linking microbial community composition with the corresponding ecosystem functions remains challenging. Because microbial communities can differ in their functional responses, this knowledge gap ...

The objectives of this chapter are to present the following: The five important and basic analytical functions in reliability engineering: (1) the probability density, (2) the failure rate, (3) the ...

The thought of visiting a plating shop in the Midwest that’s been in business since the ‘50s likely conjures the idea of a dark and dank warehouse crammed full of old process tanks and bins of parts.

Perfection may be out of the question, but manufacturers are not without the means to build an organization that assures high-dollar equipment assets are up and running when they are needed. If you’re ...

When there are units in a system with multiple modes of function such as (1) normal, (2) failed open, and (3) failed short in the case of a resistor, or (1) normal, (2) failed open energized, (3) ...