There are a lot of different components to an engine and a lot of them need to be properly lubricated when the engine is running. This is where engine oil comes into play.

Over time, your engine oil will begin to collect contaminants and while your oil filter will catch most of this, the oil can still remain contaminated. This results in the engine oil not being as effective, which can cause problems throughout your engine.

Rub your hands together. You’ll notice that your palms begin to get hot, this is due to friction. Now, if you add a few drops of oil (or hand wash) to your hands and do the same thing, less heat will be generated as friction is reduced. Following on from this, place some salt in the palms of your hand. Notice how even though your “oil” is still on your hands, friction is still being created. This is similar to how dirty oil reacts in a running engine.

As the name suggests, supply chain management denotes the entire process by which the raw materials are procured, and after all the procedural forms, the outcomes are obtained. Therefore, it is an integration of the market's primary two wings: the demand and supply of a particular organization. It mainly objectifies customers' tastes, preferences, and needs and accordingly plans out to prioritize customer value. Channelizing the products, distributing them, and dealing with the end products' transportation and shipment policies are also taken care of by the team of supply chain managers. Nevertheless, warehousing holds an excellent value in the realms of the supply chain. Warehouses are primarily used for storing bulk units, and in general, the producers, manufacturers, the ones dealing with imports and exports use these warehouses. Warehousing can be counted as a prime necessity of the supply chain, and not merely it's component. The materials acquired and the materials released are kept in an account in the warehouse. The warehouse manager must be vigilant enough to track the efficient and smooth flow of goods and materials using the correct methods and workforce. In today's world of cut-throat competition and globalization, it is not an easy job when people are getting all sorts of comforts at their fingertips. Right from the source point to the point of use, the goods and services' movements have to be monitored by the team of warehousing.

WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT

As a warehouse is an intrinsic part of the supply chain, managing the warehouse requires much attention and expertise. It is more so as the tastes, preferences, and the expectations of the customers have changed massively where they desire things to be delivered at their doorstep with much ease and convenience. The promptness of the services and in a cost-effective manner is something that today's customers want. Thus, regulating proper management in a warehouse is exceptionally essential. In fact, in establishing adequate control in this regard, one has to be efficient with the latest technology, must have sufficient knowledge of I.T and the latest engineering tools and last but not least, should possess a strong understanding of human resources. The warehouse management mainly involves the measures adopted and the processes involved in handling the products in their storage location. The first process important in managing the warehouse is storing the materials in readily available storage tools like the box, drums, pallets etc. The essential steps that follow after that are labelling the products accurately to avoid any mess. Then comes the most crucial step of stock-keeping, where the exact number and quantity of a variety of stocks are kept and maintained without any error. Thus, the management and accountability of the operations, which take daily, is the vital role that the warehouse team efficiently plays. Right from receiving the products, storing, labelling, keeping a count and finally, the shipment processes are handled by the warehouse teams.

ROLE OF WAREHOUSE MANAGERS

The pivotal roles that the warehouse managers play deserves a special mention. The warehouse manager is the one who is responsible for handling the inventories right from their source until they are released or moved. The tracking, storing, labelling, and proper shipment are all taken care of by the warehouse managers. The five essential processes that the warehouse manager needs to undertake are as follows-

1. TRACKING OF INVENTORY 

  The efficiency of a warehouse manager and his team lies in the fact that they can track their stocks' volume and have a clear-cut knowledge of its storage. As the company grows, the warehouse grows on a large scale and expands in different locations where inventories are distributed. Thus, tracking and having knowledge of its whereabouts is extremely important.

    2. RESPONSIBILITY IN PICKING THE INVENTORIES AND PACKING

  The essential two fundamental functions performed by the warehouse managers and his efficient team members are picking the stock and packaging them orderly. The manager should undertake the responsibility of maintaining a good list of stocks when receiving them. The picking of inventories is usually done in the forms of zonal wise picking, batch-wise picking and wave pattern of picking. After picking up, a receipt is handed over to the picker mentioning the whereabouts of the products. After all these, the packaging is done by a team of packers who store them properly and add shipment labels.

    3. ROLE IN RECEIVING AND STORING OF INVENTORIES 

  Receiving or unloading the inventories is also undertaken by the warehouse team's team, monitored by the warehouse managers. Once the stocks are unloaded, they are received, scanned and taken to the warehouse manager's storage locations and his team members. In this regard, they take the software's help for monitoring each box and storing them accordingly.

    4. SHIPPING RESPONSIBILITIES 

  Based on the clients' preferences, the delivery dates and options are fixed by the warehouse managers and accordingly, the inventories are shipped to their destinations. The delivery partners are DHL, FedEx, UPS etc., who picks the packages and move them to their next destination. Once the order's shipment is made, the warehouse manager and his team members take the responsibility of providing the tracking id to the clients for transparency and clarity.

    5. ROLE IN REPORTING

  The last and final responsibility of the warehouse manager and his team rests on the reports' efficiency and accuracy. It includes the counts of the orders, the role of the staffs involved, punctuality of the shipment and so on. Inventory forecasting is also considered a significant part of the reporting. With the help of the reports, a clear knowledge about the employees' training and their respective areas and licensing can be identified easily. 

POLICIES FOR ACHIEVING BETTER EFFICIENCY 

In today's fast-paced world, there could not be a stagnancy that should come in handling the warehouse. The better the efficiency of the warehouse, the larger the growth of the client base. The quick, error-free, and accurate shipping of bulk products is quite a challenge in today's e-commerce and digitalization era. The following are a sneak peek into the policies any warehouse management team can adopt to increase efficiency levels.

1. OPTIMISATION OF SPACE

 Space is indeed considered to be very important while storing bulk units of products. Thus, space must be wisely utilized rather than opting for new warehouses now and then. For this, the manager and team must possess adequate knowledge of stacking items using the available space. They must be knowledgeable enough to stack the things as per height, use the vertical areas along with the horizontal ones, and add shelves and storage units. 

    2. OPTING FOR LEAN INVENTORY 

 Adopting and accepting lean inventory is exceptionally essential for the growth and the retainment of the warehouse's service. The basic concept of lean inventory is to go for small units and try to get recurring orders from smaller companies.

    3. ORGANISING WORKSTATIONS 

Organizing work stations aggravates the productivity of the warehouse executive teams. Organizing work stations require much skill and knowledge. The work of organizing the warehouse too is done in an organized and planned manner. Right from the entry of inventories, the workers resort to the 5s method for managing the workstations, including sorting out the products, setting them in order, shining them, standardizing them and sustaining them adequately without causing any damage.

    4. OPTIMISING LABOUR EFFICIENCY 

  For increasing the efficiency of the warehouse, the efficiency of the labours must be increased. Workers must be given adequate training where they get proper knowledge of the industry. They should be taught about the different storage options, shelving patterns, and identifying which products need to be stored in which storage device. This, in return, will help the warehouse to soar and achieve more.

CHALLENGES THAT ARE FACED BY WAREHOUSE MANAGER

The different challenges that are faced by the warehouse managers can be listed as follows-

1. PRESSURE OF COST CURTAILING 

 The primary challenge involved is the pressure of reducing the company cost and at the same time targeting for higher turnover and better satisfaction. As transport and shipment costs are increasing and these are unavoidable bearings of the warehouse, they need to reduce the other expenses.

    2. UNDERTAKING GOOD ORDERS 

 The key indicator of the warehouse's growth is that one of the gravest challenges the managers face is acquiring and fulfilling the correct order. A perfect order metric is quite challenging for the manager as well as his team. An ideal order denotes the one which is correctly delivered on time and without any defects.

    3. ACQUIRING SMALLER AND MORE FREQUENT ORDERS 

   Another challenge that most managers face in warehousing is to go for smaller units of products and orders to optimize the floor space. Thus, reducing the amount of inventory in the stockroom increases the efficiency of the work and helps them meet the demands in an organized manner.

    4. DEALING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

  This is another challenging aspect that the warehouse managers need to be extra cautious about the impacts of their warehouse operations on the environment. The issues involve throwing biodegradable wastes, emission of heat, disposing of cardboards, tapes etc.

HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN BE USED

In today's world of technological boon, warehouse managers have got a plethora of technological devices and tools to select for the betterment of their products and services. The technology involved in warehousing targets to reduce the costs and simultaneously go for the betterment of the streamline operations. The technology has a pivotal role in the evolving warehouse mechanisms. With the introduction of different forms of robotics, various blockchain technologies and state of the art management systems integrate and aim to better efficiency in carrying out the warehouse's operations. The fundamental technological tools involved are voice technology, data interfaces, the internet etc.

CONCLUSION

Thus, keeping in mind the warehouse's challenges, which is undoubtedly one of the biggest weapons of supply chain management, the staff training and adoption of new technology becomes indispensable. With the growing demands of people, the warehouse team needs to be more active, updated and versed with modern technologies. These warehouse teams must emphasize hiring experienced labours and, at the same time, should recruit a young, energetic task force who can work for the industry with much zeal and dedication with proper support and training. The employee's selection plays a very influential role in the functioning of the warehouse. The utilization of the employees in the right place, in the correct segment, can increase the productivity of the warehouse to a great extent. 

 In times of uncertainty, we see everyone from different journey walks of life struggling to keep it together during the pandemic. Many of us lost hopes and faith because they have given up on the battle of life. However, whatever the pain feels, the day will come, the wound will heal. 

This day is the day that the Lord has made for those who can still see the beauty of God's creation and those children who are born the year. As we voyage and welcome another year of our existence, we are lucky because out of the number of people who seek to live in the world; you are one of the blessed. 

Remember, we all come with our own story in life, which the last chapter ends at 365 pages. Every page creates meaningful memories, and some may be painful, but still, we need to continue writing the chapter of our lives because, in the end, that is the thing that we will realize something, something that gives us so much to remember while we are walking through to the chapters.

Life is unpredictable; we can't understand the 22 pages if we will not read the 21 pages because even the chapter itself is interconnected.  It is like you will never be a strong person if you did not do something about life's challenges. 

Whoever reads this, always remember we did not know what will be our life in this upcoming year, but I want to tell you to keep fighting and cherish those times we have left, put it to your mind that nothing is permanent in this world, some of us will end the chapter in unexpected pages and what he wrote will remain a memory to those people who are part of the story.

Even some characters will not be part of our new story to make, some of the happiest moments, the place that gives us so much to remember with the person who now becomes stranger. Still, we need to accept that people come and go, people leave without saying goodbye and sometimes, we did not understand why they need to leave when times are not ready. Thus, still believe in God, the one who concluded the story of your life. 

Congratulate yourself today because you made it; you create another story and memories of your life that the people who are part of that story will always remember you even though you have already closed the chapter. There are only 8 hours left to end the last part of the story. So, before you start the new novel, meditate on the story that you will end now, ask yourself, "what are things that I have learned this year?" and "What would you like to say to yourself now." and "who is you now this 2021?." and the last "If you are to ask a question to yourself, what would it be?" and that question should be the next theme of the story—a happy new year to everyone.

 Engine oils play a crucial part in your engine’s functionality. Without the oil, your engine can become damaged fairly quickly and so it’s in your best interest to make sure that the engine oil is up to par.

The oil in your engine makes sure that the all mechanical components are lubricated to reduce friction, wear and heat. The engine oil ensures that components don’t rub against each other and wear away. While it depends on how often you use your car, older engine oil doesn’t perform as well and so a regular change in engine oil is essential to the functionality of your car.

 Biocrystallization is the formation of Crystals from organic macromolecules by Living organisms. This may be a stress response, a normal part of Metabolism such as processes that dispose of waste compounds, or a Pathology. Template mediated Crystallisation is qualitatively different from in vitro Crystallisation.

The main purpose of a Crystallisation in an organic chemistry procedure is to purify the desired compound. Crystallisation also may be used to isolate an solid organic compound from a mixture of compounds in a step in the work-up of a reaction mixture.

 Unfortunately, the science behind ultrasonic pest repellents is ultra-shaky. Seems like an attractive idea though, right? Just plug a charger-sized device emitting undetectable sound into the wall, wait about 2 weeks, then BAM, your garage oasis is insect and rodent free without the use of chemical pesticides or inhumane traps. Sounds great! Too bad these devices have never been proven to actually work. But let’s take a look at the theory anyway.

Ultrasonic sound waves have a frequency higher than what human ears can hear, but invading species can detect them. The sound is meant to irritate pesky critters and prevent them from making homes near the source of the noise. I’m pretty sure this is similar to how I feel about Montreal’s constant construction in all fairness, I would move away too if I had the choice. But this only makes sense in theory. In actuality some animals seem to habituate to the noise, and others just don’t seem bothered at all.

 Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps that provides the panoramic views from various streets of the world. It was launched on May 25, 2007 by Google in several cities in the United States, since then it has expanded to many cities and areas of the world. Till today, Google Street View is launched in about 80 countries of the world.

Google Street View displays panoramas of the images. For this, Google uses the cars on which high resolution 360 degree cameras are mounted and these cars travels in whole cities and take up photographs of the streets and monuments.

Then, these photographs are uploaded by Google for Street View. On these cars 12 cameras are fixed to take up photographs from different angles and sides. These photographs are upgraded from time to time.

As cars are not capable to travel at all places, Google also uses trekker, tricycle, walking mans, boat, snow cart, and underwater boats to take up the panoramic shots.

We can also upload some panoramic shots of the place on the Google Street View using gadgets. Google highlights user-contributed shots with blue circles on the Maps.

Businesses like shops, cafes, malls can pay a photographer to take panoramic shots of the interiors which are included in Google Street View with orange circles.

Along with high resolution cameras, Google also uses laser beams for depth mapping to calculate the length and width of the streets and passages. And all these data is also as Artificial Intelligence in self-driving cars for better performance.

 Mechanical ventilation is a treatment to help a person breathe when they find it difficult or are unable to breathe on their own. A mechanical ventilator pushes airflow into the patient’s lungs to help them breathe. 

Mechanical ventilation may be 

 • Invasive ventilation with a tube inserted into the patient’s airway, performed in the intensive care unit in the hospital.

 • Noninvasive ventilation that can be used at home by people with respiratory difficulties.

Mechanical ventilation first came into use in 1929. The two types of mechanical ventilation are 

 • Positive-pressure ventilation: pushes the air into the lungs.

 • Negative-pressure ventilation: sucks the air into the lungs by making the chest expand and contract.

Negative-pressure ventilation:

The early ventilators were negative-pressure ventilators. Negative pressure ventilation is very little in use now.

 • Iron lung: The first mechanical ventilator, a metal cylinder which enveloped the patient completely up to the neck. 

 • Chest cuirass: A small shell which can be strapped to the patient’s chest to create the negative pressure. 

Positive-pressure ventilation:

Positive-pressure ventilators were developed in the early 1950s to treat polio patients with respiratory paralysis. These ventilators blow the air into the patient’s lungs through a tube. They may be invasive or noninvasive.

Invasive ventilation:

 • Endotracheal Intubation: the tube is inserted into the patient’s airway (trachea) through the mouth or nose.

 • Tracheotomy: the tube is inserted through a hole made into the airway.

Noninvasive ventilation:

Noninvasive mechanical ventilators come with masks and can be used at home. The three kinds are

 • Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAL): delivers constant and steady air pressure.

 • Autotitrating (adjustable) positive airway pressure (APAP): changes air pressure according to the breathing pattern.

 • Bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP): delivers air with different pressures for inhalation and exhalation.

Retroreflection occurs when a surface returns a large portion of directed light beam back to its source. Retroreflective materials appear brightest to observers nearest the light source (such as a motorist). The object’s brightness depends on the intensity of the light striking the object and the materials the object is made of.

Traffic sign technology has changed dramatically in the last few years, as breakthroughs in retroreflective science have been adopted by many government agencies around the world.

 Usually, the bitterness is caused by some climate or soil condition that could be easily solved. That's why it is so important to take preemptive steps to keep them from becoming bitter in the first place.

Cultivated cucumbers all contain cucurbitacin B and cucurbitacin C, compounds that are supposed to make their leaves bitter and less tasty to munching animals. These compounds are usually confined to the leaves and stems of the plants, parts of the plant humans don't eat, so we are not aware they are there. It is only when they move into the fruits that we start detecting a bitter taste. Usually, it is not the whole fruit that turns bitter. More commonly, the bitterness will be concentrated at the stem end and the area right under the skin.

There is still some disagreement about what causes the bitterness to spread into the fruits, but it seems to point to types of stress while the cucumbers are growing. So although we cannot correct the problem after the fact, we can try and avoid the following 3 growing conditions that are potential culprits of bitter cucumbers.

Dry Conditions: Long periods of hot, dry weather can contribute to bitter cucumbers. 

Lean Soil: Another factor in bitter cucumbers is lean soil and a general lack of nutrients.

Lack of Sun: Overcast areas, like the Pacific Northwest, have reported bitter cucumbers due to lack of sun. 

Finally, look for varieties that are well-suited to your area and that are labeled "non-bitter". Some reliable varieties are 'Marketmore 97', 'Diva', 'Eversweet' (any variety with "sweet" in the name), 'Long Green Improved', and the heirloom 'Lemon'.

 Injections are among the most common health care procedures throughout the world, with at least 16 billion administered in developing and transitional countries each year. Intravenous (IV), subcutaneous (SC), and intramuscular (IM) are three most frequently used injection routes in medication administration. IV injection is the introduction of a medication into the veins using a needle, and it is used when rapid absorption is called for, when fluid cannot be taken by mouth, or when the medication to be administered is too irritating to be injected into the skin or muscles. SC injection is administered as a bolus into the subcutis. IM injection is the technique used to deliver a medication deep into the muscles, allowing the medication to be absorbed into the bloodstream quickly. Prescribing information for some medications notes that they can be injected via one or more routes (eg, epinephrine can be delivered by IV, IM, or SC route), while prescribing information for the majority of injectable medications only describes one injection route.

 Normal breathing is relatively shallow and does not use the full capacity of the lungs. Diaphragmatic breathing is a deep breathing exercise that fully engages the diaphragm and increases the efficiency of the lungs. 

Diaphragmatic breathing, or “belly breathing,” involves fully engaging the stomach, abdominal muscles, and diaphragm when breathing. This means actively pulling the diaphragm down with each inward breath. In this way, diaphragmatic breathing helps the lungs fill more efficiently. During diaphragmatic breathing, a person consciously engages their diaphragm in order to take deeper breaths. A person will notice their stomach rising and falling. They will also feel an expanding or stretching sensation in the stomach, rather than solely in their chest and shoulders.

If you tend to pack the pounds on your tummy or your back or your upper arms, you'll continue to tend to put fat there. Forever. Sit-ups and squats can help shape our bodies differently, but no amount of diet or exercise will turn you into a person who naturally stores lipids in a different place.
Specifically, your sex hormones. Testosterone and estrogen are two of the biggest drivers of fat storage. They’re the whole reason that men and women tend to have different body shapes when it comes to chub. But it's not as straightforward as "testosterone makes you put fat in your belly." In fact, it's men with low testosterone who start storing lipids there, which is why, as they age and their natural testosterone levels decrease, they generally start getting that potbelly look. The most obvious is puberty. As teenagers hormones kick into high gear, they undergo all kinds of bodily changes because testosterone and estrogen (and, to a lesser degree, progesterone) are responsible for a lot of our secondary sex characteristics. And during this time, we also start to develop body fat in those characteristic places, men in the stomach, women in the thighs and butt. This is because adipose tissue in different parts of our bodies have receptors for different kind of Hormones. The fat in our stomachs, especially that visceral fat that surrounds our organs, seems to respond well to Androgens (i.e. testosterone), and researchers think that's because visceral fat cells have androgen receptors. Subcutaneous fat, which is the stuff you develop just under the skin, has estrogen receptors. This might be part of why women start having a higher body fat percentage when they hit puberty: More estrogen prompts the growth of more fat cells.

With umpteen number of soap bars flooding the market, choosing the right soap can become a confusing task. This is where TFM or Total Fatty Matter comes into play.  
The TFM quantity describes the quality of a soap. It adds moisturizing properties to the product, leaving your skin deeply-cleansed, yet soft and supple. This is because the fillers are fewer in number and the deep-cleansing content is higher.  
You must look for the TFM content in a toilet soap based on your skin type. Talk to your dermatologist about how much TFM content is good to be used on your skin. The higher the TFM, the more its moisturizing properties. However, toilet soaps with high TFM quantity can sometimes dry up your skin, if their pH levels are too high.
It is mandatory for toilet soaps to have their TFM content specified as part of their ingredient list.

 Starlink is a network of satellites that provide internet. The constellation will consist of thousands of mass-produced small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO), working in combination with ground transceivers.It’s being built by SpaceX, Elon Musk’s aerospace company. The satellite network operates at 550km above the Earth’s surface in low Earth orbit, unlike conventional internet satellites that are positioned much higher, at over 35,000km. SpaceX’s first Starlink mission was launched on May 24, 2019, which carried 60 satellites. The company has approval to launch 12,000 Starlink satellites, and it has requested the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve launch of another 30,000 satellites.