Vial

For the Ancient Greek pottery, see Phiale.

A vial (also known as a phial or flacon) is a small glass or plastic vessel or bottle, often used to store medication as liquids, powders or capsules. They can also be used as scientific sample vessels; for instance, in autosampler devices in analytical chromatography. Vial-like glass containers date back to classical antiquity; modern vials are often made of plastics such as polypropylene.

Design

There are several different types of commonly used closure systems, including screw vials (closed with a screw cap or dropper/pipette), lip vials (closed with a cork or plastic stopper) and crimp vials (closed with a rubber stopper and a metal cap). Plastic vials can have other closure systems, such as flip-tops or snap caps. A vial can be tubular, or have a bottle-like shape with a neck. The volume defined by the neck is known as the headspace. The bottom of a vial is usually flat, unlike test tubes, which have usually a rounded bottom. The small bottle-shaped vials typically used in laboratories are also known as bijou or McCartney's bottles. The bijou bottle tends to be smaller, often with a volume of around 10 milliliters.

Vial (surname)

Vial is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Vial (disambiguation)

A vial is a small vessel used for storage.

Vial may also refer to:

People

Breakage

Breakage is a term used in telecommunications and accounting to indicate any type of service which is unused by the customer. A good example would be gift cards or calling cards that have been sold but never redeemed. Revenue from breakage is almost entirely profitable, since companies need not provide any goods or services for unredeemed gift cards. It should not be confused with Shrinkage (accounting) (items which are not used by the customer because they disappeared from inventory).

In 2006, a blog called "The Stalwart" criticized Best Buy for using estimated breakage to improve their revenue numbers.

In telecommunications

In Telecommunications, breakage can occur in several ways. The key elements in maximizing revenue vs. service via breakage are:

Breakage (Breaking Bad)

"Breakage" is the fifth episode of the second season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad, and the twelfth overall episode of the series. It was written by Moira Walley-Beckett and directed by Johan Renck. This episode marks the introduction of Jane Margolis.

Plot summary

Two Mexican immigrants cross the Rio Grande. One of them finds something in the water: the glass cube holding Tuco's grill that belongs to Hank.

Walt finishes his first round of chemotherapy, and is told he will learn how he has reacted to treatment in two months' time, around when his baby is due. However, Walt is beginning to feel overwhelmed by the growing medical bills, and the money he made from Tuco is running out. While he is vomiting into the toilet, he finds something clogging it - the packet of cigarettes Skyler was smoking. Jesse returns to Clovis to make good on his word: he pays for the towing and repair of his RV. He also works out a deal to store his RV in Clovis' lot, and buys a used car from him. Next, he goes to rent an apartment from Jane Margolis (Krysten Ritter), who manages the property and lives next door. Although he likes the space, he has no credit history and can only pay in cash. She initially refuses to rent to him, but eventually agrees after raising the price for cash only.

Breakage (musician)

Breakage (born James Boyle), is a London, UK drum and bass/dubstep producer and DJ. He is currently signed to the Digital Soundboy label.

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