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Humidification: When Knowledge Pays Off

Published Date 2/7/19 7:30 AM

Atlanta Humidity is often seen under the negative light of mould, uncomfortable conditions, sweat and stickiness. Bad things, in other words, generally considered worth avoiding. On the contrary, in many important cases, humidity is important, if not fundamental. There are industrial processes where it is needed: for instance, paper printing, wood processing, food preservation....
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By Raul Simonetti

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Best Defense for Flu Season: The Gorilla in the Room

Published Date 1/31/19 7:00 AM

Do we really see everything that is right in front of us? Most of us will believe that we are fully aware of our circumstances and highly alert of our surroundings. Now, let’s consider a term that was coined by researchers and authors Arien Mack and Irvin Rock in their same titled book “ Inattentional Blindness ” (MIT Press, 1998). Many people believe that merely by opening their eyes,...
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By Pasquale Demitrio

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Is your humidification system hospital-proof?

Published Date 6/15/17 8:00 AM

Hospital and health care facilities are often home to top of the range technologies as far as technical equipment is concerned. Everything must be able to operate without interruption in the most harsh conditions possible, guaranteeing flawless performance. The cost of failure in these applications is really too high not to take all the possible precautions. These quality requirements...
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By Andrea Oscar Frisiero

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Relative humidity: our first ally in the invisible war against bacteria

Published Date 5/4/17 8:00 AM

Every day, an invisible war is waged in hospitals and healthcare facilities whose outcome is crucial for people’s lives. On one side, the vast number of bacteria and viruses that are omnipresent in such places, being brought inside by sick patients, visitors and even the medical personnel, and that reproduce very quickly and are often able to resist the most common antibiotic...
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By Andrea Oscar Frisiero

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New regulation on hospital humidification: cheap and clean, is it possible?

Published Date 4/20/17 8:00 AM

Air conditioning systems, including humidification, account for a major part of hospital daily running costs. Achieving energy and cost savings on these systems can bring considerable relief to hospital budgets, which often have to respond to public spending cuts and challenging energy consumption targets. The important question is therefore: can the need for humidification in...
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By Andrea Oscar Frisiero

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