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Travel, shop, and win with Visa at Hong Kong International Airport

January 3rd, 2008

Local Visa cardholders flying out of Hong Kong and overseas Visa cardholders1 travelling to Hong Kong will have a chance to win a dream vacation to any destination in Asia Pacific or worldwide and receive a special gift when they spend with their Visa cards at Hong Kong International Airport during the festive Christmas and [...]

The Seven Great Medical Myths

December 31st, 2007

Reading in dim light won’t damage your eyes, you don’t need eight glasses of water a day to stay healthy and shaving your legs won’t make the hair grow back faster.
These well-worn theories are among seven medical myths exposed in a paper published last week in the British Medical Journal, which traditionally carries light-hearted features [...]

Vibration analysis

June 25th, 2007

Vibration analysis is becoming more and more well-known as a prognostic maintenance procedure as well as a support for machinery maintenance judgment and decisions. Generally, machines don’t fail, malfunction, or break down without showing some symptoms or warning, which is often shown by an amplified level of vibration. To find out the nature and harshness [...]