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Versus nanoscale or microscale. Larger sizes usually visible to the naked eye....
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See Mass Air Displacement....
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See Mass Air Displacement Cleanroom. ...
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A magnahelic gauge measures air velocity, fan and blower pressures, and filter resistance as well as other things. The gauge shows inches by tenths and so readings are made.
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Magnetic field density, otherwise known as magnetic flux density, is essentially what the layman knows as a magnetic field—akin to a gravitational or electric field. The SI unit of magnetic flux density is the tesla. 1 tesla = 1 weber per square met...
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The use of a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer to produce electronic images of specific atoms and molecular structures in solids, especially human cells, tissues, and organs.
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The main public thoroughfare in a building, designed to give workers from various parts of a facility the chance to meet and interact. It is also the primary access to offices, labs and other work areas or to branch streets....
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Including a representative from
maintenance or operations on a design team assures that what is built
and installed can be serviced economically. Serviceability is not a
priority item with most design teams, but if it isn't built in, future
service can be...
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The Maintenance Condition Index (MCI), is a ratio of the cost of routine maintenance deficiencies to building square footage. Routine maintenance is defined as items costing less than $5,000 per item. The purpose of the MCI is to assess the maintenance co...
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A factor used in lighting
calculations to account for the natural decrease in light output that
results from lamp aging and dirt accumulation on the lamp, fixture and
room surfaces....
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Outside air that is required to makeup for the process exhaust and exfiltration that occurs in trying to maintain a positive pressure within a space....
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An entry chamber or passageway that is constructed to accommodate one person at a time. The trap has an entry-only door that allows entrance into the chamber and an exit door that must be opened either by a guard or by satisfying the security system pass ...
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Prepaid care provided by health
maintenance organizations and other groups that hold down costs by
requiring pre-admission approval for hospital stays and closely
monitoring other medical services. The program is designed around
channeling patients to gen...
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A fundamental restructuring of
the US healthcare system to make consumers more cost-conscious. Most
Americans would get health insurance though Health Plan Purchasing
Cooperatives, which would drive hard bargains with a variety of insurers
and provide...
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A calculated number that reflects outsourcing, lease/own, portfolio mix, scope of services, percent non-seated workforce, number of sites, churn, and the use of technologies. (Staffing Models and Management Complexity Scoring © Tradeline Inc., Januar...
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A digital manometer measures the air pressure relationship between two spaces, providing the magnitude of the pressure difference (if one exists) rather than just the direction.
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Power, lighting,
electronics and communications distribution systems designed for use in
ceiling or raised-floor plenums. They consist of flexible metal clad
cables with built-in connectors and adaptors for power and lighting
requirements. Floor and w...
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In pharmaceutical facilities, the technologies, equipment and unit operations that make up the process environment through which a product is manufactured, separated and purified. A facility may contain more than one manufacturing train operating simultan...
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A masonry facing applied to or laid against a wall but not integral to the building structure....
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A cleanroom used in conjunction with animal housing in research facilities to keep the environment free of hair, dandruff, and other airborne contaminants. The level of cleanliness is determined by the number of air changes per hour and the numbers and ty...
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A biological agent that when used in warfare will produce mass casualities....
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The segment of the design process for a new building in which various options for the overall shape of the building (tall, lean, square, stacked) and the scale of the building are considered in light of the surrounding environment and other buildings (exi...
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A statement made on an application for insurance coverage that affects the underwriter's decision in issuing a policy. A material representation that is proved false may negate policy coverage....
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A compilation of information on the identity of hazardous chemicals, exposure limits, health and physical hazards and precautions. Originated by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. The 1986 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) r...
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An amount agreed upon, by
contract, at the beginning of a project that guarantees a maximum price.
If the set price is exceeded, the contractor is responsible for
producing the extra amount. If the contractor stays below the guaranteed
price, the cont...
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Megabits per second, or one million
bits per second....
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See Mass Casualty Bioweapon....
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See Multipoint Control Unit....
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See Method Detection Limit....
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In maintenance, a prediction of how long a component should last. This is based on its current condition and past performance....
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A type of telephone bridge that can be accessed directly by calling a certain telephone number. It allows "dial-in" teleconferences. See also Bridge, Dial-In/Dial-Out Bridge, Operator-Assisted Bridge, and Telephone Conference Bridge....
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Centrally located telecommunications connection closet/room where multiple providers connect to client services within one building. Access is generally secured but available to all providers, requiring security clearances and access tracking....
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Refers to mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering....
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Compounds in the blood that are involved in the processes resulting in growth, energy production, waste elimination, and other body functions.
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In animal facilities, it is necessary to calculate the metabolic heat load of the animals being housed in order to properly design the HVAC system. The heat load contributed by animals is variable, depending upon the number of animals being housed, speci...
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Dense foam core, aluminum (hexel) core; Plate-steel, aluminum....
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A two-level underfloor raceway system consisting of a two- to three-inch deep upper-level header duct (or trench) that feeds cable to lower-level distribution cells (structural steel metal decks) that run at right angles to this header. Distribution cells...
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An engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals.
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The minimum concentration of a substance that can be measured and reported with a 99 percent confidence that the concentration of the substance is greater than zero....
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A resin-based flooring substance used in facilities that require durable finishes such as vivariums and laboratories.
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Building metrics are specific points of data used to measure and improve performance. Metrics are used for benchmarking, a process which compares two or more facilities or business processes to evaluate effectiveness and promote change. Choosing what to m...
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A unit of measure of the speed of a computer
expressed as millions of floating-point operations per second. Mflops
has replaced Mips as the rating for new supercomputers. Unlike Mips,
Mflops counts the number of straight calculations a CPU carries out per...
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A measure of light energy square
foot. (200 micro Einsteins = approximately 800 footcandles per sf.)...
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One one-millionth of an inch. It is the
predominant unit of measurement in the United States for line widths and
vibration tolerances in the manufacture of semiconductor circuits. See
Micron....
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This indenter is capable of cyclic and high temperature (<1000C) indentation, for a maximum applied load of 20 N or a maximum displacement of 30 microns. Manufactured by MicroMaterials LLC.
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Sets of miniaturized chemical reaction areas that may also be used to test DNA fragments, antibodies, or proteins.
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A microscopic organism that is too small to be seen with the naked eye. Microbes are found almost everywhere on the planet and are vital to maintaining environmental balance by driving global carbon and nitrogen cycles....
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Inanimate objects, also known as formites, which carry disease-causing microorganisms.
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The study of microorganisms.
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The smallest and least expensive class of computer; any small computer based on a microprocessor. (Webster's New World Dictionary of Computer Terms copyright 1994 Simon & Schuster Inc.)...
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The branch of electronics that deals with miniature componentsWordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University...
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The particular environments: temperature, humidity, lighting, level, noise and air changes at a particular place in room. Frequently this term refers to the particular microenvironment within an animal cage. These conditions generally differ between diffe...
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Studies the manipulation of micro-volumes of fluids. It is a multidisciplinary field combining biotechnology, engineering, physics, and chemistry.
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The common term for a system of caging, usually for rodents, whereby the animals are protected from contamination. Specific engineering; e.g. air flow, and specific procedures; e.g. only opening the cage in a clean environment, must be in place to regula...
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One one-millionth (10-6) of a meter;
approximately 40 microinches. Used predominantly in Europe as a measure
for line widths and vibration tolerances in the semiconductor field.
(Note: the terms "micron" and "microinch" are commonly confused. A
vibration ...
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Small, unicellular life forms, such as bacteria. In reference to facilities, they are a source of contamination for high-precision processes, or a potential health hazard to people in indoor environments. Microorganisms such as bacteria can be chemically ...
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A single computer chip that contains
all the logic and arithmetic circuits of the computer. It is, in effect,
the "brain" of the entire machine....
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The use of a microscope. Microscopes are often contained in their own room; e.g. microscopy room. Vibration-free floors or tables may be required. A central computer system may contain software for use with the microscopes. Cameras may be attached as ...
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Minicomputers fall between
microcomputers and mainframes in terms of size, price and performance.
Typically, a mini consists of a central processor, one to two hard
disks, a tape drive, at least one line printer and up to 20 terminals....
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Millions of Instructions Per Second. A measure of the information processing capacity of a computer in terms of hardware processing speed. See Mflops and Gflops....
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Liquid particles measuring 40 to 500 microns
formed by condensation of vapor. By comparison, fog particles are
smaller than 40 microns....
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See methylmethacrylate.
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A model of an object (i.e. lab or office space) built to scale or full size for the purposes of studying construction details, judging appearance, and/or testing performance.
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Modulator-Demodulator. Electronic equipment
that modulates digital signals and demodulates analog signals so that
digital signals can be transported over an analog telephone line....
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A single-ply roofing membrane developed in Europe. Modified bituminous roofing membranes are made up of bitumen, reinforced fabric—such as scrim—for added tensile strength and a chemical additive to enhance the plastic and elastic properties o...
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A type of roll roofing system, adhered with bitumen and covered with a light gray color fiberglas sheet that is energy efficient. This type of roof is preferred over a single-ply rubber roof in high-wind zones. (Courtesy of Keith Bailey, HDR Architecture....
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Formed with bitumens, a chemical
additive to enhance the plastic and elastic properties of bitumen, and a
reinforcement fabric, such as scrim, for added tensile strength.
Chemical additives in the membrane composition include fillers and
polymers int...
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An office layout that mixes open-plan office space with private offices and ceiling-high partitions....
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A branch circuit wiring method that uses in-line connectors for easy reconfiguration....
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Epitaxy (from the Greek for 'arranged upon') is a process of growing a thin crystalline layer on a crystalline substrate one atomic layer at a time. In MBE, a beam of molecules is directed toward a substrate. The atoms or molecules stick at the substrate'...
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This unique microscope can measure the force between two molecules as a function of separation distance, and is particularly well-suited to the study of polymeric biomaterials.
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Thorough, inexpensive control of the structure of matter based on molecule-by-molecule control of products and byproducts; the products and processes of molecular manufacturing, including molecular machinery. (http://nanotech-now.com)
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A phone-booth type space where someone can use a telephone, hookup a laptop, and have a five-minute stand-up office. (Boston Business Journal, 1995)...
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A well used to measure groundwater
levels and to obtain samples for water quality analysis....
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An antibody that is produced artificially from a single cell clone and therefore consists of a single type of immunoglobulin. For example, monoclonal antibodies are produced by fusing antibody-forming lymphocytes from mouse spleen with mouse myeloma cells...
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A computational algorithm that relies on repeated random sampling to compute its results. Monte Carlo methods are often used when simulating physical and mathematical systems. Because of their reliance on repeated computation and random or pseudo-random n...
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Refers to the establishment of floor-mounted electrical and communication outlets wired through the floor from an under-floor cable network. Floor-mounted receptacles resemble small monuments in that they are fixed, visible and they can be stumbled over....
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In relation to HEPA and ULPA filters, instead of a specific particle size of filtration, this unit of measure specifies instead the smallest particle that can penetrate the filter. The MPPS may vary between filter lots.
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Racks of ventilated, filtered polycarbonate cages that can house one or more rodents. ...
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Refers to the maintenance, repair, and operations of facilities....
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See Material Safety Data Sheet....
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A furnace that heats materials to
high temperatures for ashing....
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A laboratory that physically supports (can accommodate the equipment which have different electrical and HVAC needs) different scientific techniques; e.g, cell culture and electrophoresis....
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To combine several different signals (video, audio, data) and transmit them on a single communication channel. In time-division multiplexing, different messages are sent over the carrier at staggered times. With frequency-division multiplexing, messages a...
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The networking equipment required to achieve multipoint video conferences. Conference sites are linked to the MCU by individual network connections. The MCU acts as a network hub to pass data between locations by combining audio so that callers hear each ...
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Enables businesses to create large, powerful video conferencing networks, connecting offices and desktops at three or more sites, anywhere in the world. See also Multipoint Control Unit and Video Conference....
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An air conditioning unit capable of handling variable loads from different sections of a building simultaneously....
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