... Australian and New Zealand guidelines for fresh and marine water quality Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council and Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and ... Limon G and Escalante I C (1994) A simplified procedure for setting effluent quality standards, Water Science and Technology, 30, 65-72 Environment Agency (2006) Performance standard for laboratories ... water quality standard is kept In the future, both of technology-based and water quality-based effluent standards should be taken into account to satisfy water quality standard and industrial...
... COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS FOR THE DESIGN OF PROTECTION MATERIAL AND PROTECTION SYSTEMS: CURRENT STATUS ANDFUTURE OPPORTUNITIES Three Examples of Current Capabilities for Modeling and Testing, ... Materials Science and Technology forFuture Army Applications SUMMARY present state of performance and opening the possibility for radically new armor system solutions to be explored and optimized ... challenges and technical gaps for developing the future generation of light weight protection materials for the Army, with the goal of valid multi-scale predictive simulation tools for performance and, ...
... infrequent informal communications and limited private meetings between the CAE and AC, and a need for clear reporting lines ACs are seen to be held in high esteem for their authority and are expected ... knowledge and make recommendations forfuture research As a basis for our review, we draw on t he current definition of internal audit promulgated by the IIA, together with the guidelines and standards ... dual role of assurance provider and consultant can create bias and hence cause problems for internal audit objectivity Both Brody and Lowe (2000) and Ahlawat and Lowe (2004) examined whether...
... arena is for greater documentation and discussion of the process of using models for such assessments, andfor published success stories and lessons learned that can serve as exemplars forfuture ... need is for published success stories and lessons learned that can serve as exemplars of success and guidance forfuture work • Project estimating andrisk assessment: The persistent and large ... to downstream phases (Ford, 1995), using contingency funds (Ford, 2002) and schedule buffers (Park and Pena-Mora, 2004), and resource allocation policies (Joglekar and Ford, 2005) These features...
... analyses were performed to assess the effect of both the smoking variables (current smoking and past smoking) on the riskfor RA Forward or backward stepwise selections were not used, and all clinically ... District of Finland were obtained from the organization Statistics of Finland (with the permission from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland) Statistics of Finland obtains the majority ... 1495 candidate patients with RA and to 2000 candidate control individuals in June 2000 A reminder letter was sent weeks later to nonresponders The response rate for questionnaires among candidate...
... 0.47 for total protein, 0.55 for total iron [20], and 0.38 for meat [21] In this analysis, we examined associations between riskfor RA and intakes of the following individual nutrients and components: ... eAnimal and vegetable protein were adjusted for each other, total iron, andfor the same variables adjusted for in all the multivariate models fTotal iron was adjusted for total protein as well as for ... [15] that reported increased risk of IP with greater consumption of protein and red meat Pattison and coworkers [15] studied dietary intake andriskfor IP between 1993 and 2002, within a prospective...
... PTPN22 risk allele and heavy smoking for both seropositive and seronegative RA We did not observe similar gene-smoking interactions for CTLA-4 or PADI-4, for the overall riskfor RA, or for RF-positive ... ratio (OR) for RA of approximately 1.8 [9], and it appears to carry greater riskfor autoantibody-positive RA [12,24,25] Homozygotes for the variant T allele are at greatest riskfor RA (OR = ... smoking, and the riskfor rheumatoid arthritis Epidemiology 1990, 1:285-291 Karlson EW, Mandl LA, Hankinson SE, Grodstein F: Do breastfeeding and other reproductive factors influence future risk...
... childhood/adolescent and adult depression, and also between depression in childhood and adolescence This evidence comes from epidemiological studies that compare risk factors for childhood/adolescent and adult ... aggregation and continuity of childhood and adolescent depression One epidemiological study used a prospective design and showed that risk factors for depression in young people differ from those for ... to 42) for MDD [33] Thus, evidence to date suggests that genetic influences on riskfor adolescent major depression are moderate, and account for around 40% of the phenotypic variation; for symptoms...
... may be a risk factor for balance impairment One study found an increased riskfor balance impairment for people who used 3–4 medications per day (OR 1.72)[28] Providing some support for this, ... greater improvement 10 11 12 13 14 Future studies should further examine the role of the OLST as a test for balance andriskfor falls, since it is a much simpler and faster method than the BBS We ... Dominguez, for her research coordination skills and her unflagging attention to details; Anjum Odhwani, MD, MPH, for her assistance in recruitment and training; and Harold Mayfield, for his generous...
... ten-fold higher riskfor traumatic intracranial hemorrhages and more than a doubled riskfor non-traumatic intracranial hemorrhages, whereas infants delivered by CS had no increased riskfor either ... described association between VE-assisted birth and increased riskfor neonatal intracranial hemorrhages, and provides robust data on incidence andrisk factors for this complication The finding that ... intra-cranial lacerations and haemorrhage due to birth injury and, intracranial non-traumatic haemorrhage of foetus and newborn After adjustment for indication for operative delivery and other co-variates,...
... above-BTL) Significant group differences were observed for LSS and CFS above-BTL, andfor LSS at-BTL Symbols for p (or adjusted) values: ** b 0.01, * b 0.05, and ? b 0.10 78 W.-N Bair et al / Clinical ... fallers and non-fallers for any step type except for MS at-BTL Fig Mean single stance duration (standard error) Post-hoc analyses for significant group by step type interactions above- and at-BTL ... group variance, and Kenward–Roger adjustment Each mixed ANOVA model was first tested for main effects (i.e., main group, step type and perturbation magnitude), and then tested for group by step...
... AHR risk in obesity was 1.09 (CI 0.76–1.54) for class I, 1.5 (CI 0.92–2.46) for class II, and 2.78 (CI 1.56–4.94) for class III (Table 2) The p values were 64 for class I, 10 for class II, and ... class II obesity in men, whereas the OR was 4.82 and the AR was 51% for males with class II obesity In females, obesity was a significant risk factor for AHR at all levels of obesity Class I obesity ... significant risk factor However, for higher levels of obesity, classes II and III, there was a positive association between obesityand AHR The OR was 2.75 (95% CI 1.21–6.20) and the AR was 41% for class...
... significant risk of AS for sheep carrying the ALRR-ALRR genotype The riskand prevalence of AS for AFRQ-AFRQ, AFRQ-ALHQ and ALHQ-ALHQ genotypes were the highest Besides, AFRQ-AFRQ and ALHQ-ALHQ ... poor proxy for age [28] but was the only information available This led to exclude some animals for which information was missing (two cases of CS and nine controls) Multivariate analysis For each ... Labogena at codons 136, 154 and 171 with the limits specified before (missing information for codons 141 and 171) No significant difference of PrP frequencies at codons 136, 154 and 171 was observed...
... doing? Suggestions forfuture steps Restricted Why all care for China’s financial reform? China’s outstanding growth performance justifies optimism And yet, such huge saving and investment ratios ... But also a lot of self-financing key (60% ) and informal financing: risky!! Success of ongoing bank reform key: – For China’s economic development – For the rest of the world given China’s size ... Strengthened functions and accountability of board of directors Better bank management techniques, particularly risk management Before foreign exchange controls lifted: – Rregulations for foreign exposure...
... Project appraisal andrisk management for the public sector A IDEA AND PROJECT DEFINITION KEY QUESTIONS: a Where is the demand? b is this project consistent with company's expertise and strategy? ... Appraisal of Development Expenditures Project appraisal andrisk management for the public sector OUTPUT OF MODULE – Forecast of quantities and prices for life of project – Taxes, tariffs, subsidies, ... andrisk management for the public sector OUTPUT OF MODULE – Technology and life of project – Quantities of inputs by type needed – For investment and operation – Labour required by type and...
... Create standards for translation and assessing and developing multilingual and multicultural materials Coordinate efforts to develop appropriate health information for refugees and immigrants ... training for both providers and the public; the NN/LM and groups like Seattle’s Community Technology Program are current and potential providers Implement standards for translation quality andfor ... health information for providers, and information about health services for refugees and immigrants It is also intended to function as a forum for programs to share their stories and learn from each...
... exercise could work hand-in-hand with the Owner Programs, the open forums, the Marketing Messenger, the WSM Newsletter, the local media (both formal and informal – forums and blogs) and special meetings ... open forum, as advertised, a tad formal and intimidating, when I would have been looking for more informal and intimate Personally, I would prefer store-wide forums There is a hint of divide -and- conquer ... congratulations to Lori and to James for winning their elections My congratulations to you, Ruffin, Christy and Andy for a great Annual Meeting My thanks to you and all of the Board for making me feel...
... and Doctrine Command, Army Capability Integration Center, and was conducted within RAND Arroyo Center’s Force Development and Technology Program RAND Arroyo Center, part of the RAND Corporation, ... Szayna, and Derek Eaton for substantial feedback on interim ideas and products, and Lauren Caston for input into regular meetings Critical reviews of this document by Karl Mueller (of RAND) and Douglas ... implications for the United States To understand the effects that this long war will have on the U.S Army and on U.S forces in general, it is necessary to understand more precisely what the long war is and...
... certain interests Toys and products with brand logos Food companies increasingly market branded toys and products to preschoolers and young children to promote brand awareness and preference The ... Strategies for Preventing Obesity MARKETING TO CHILDREN Since the 1980s, the food and beverage industry has made children and adolescents the targets of intense and specialized food marketing and advertising ... 28 percent of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, and 25 percent of whites were overweight or at risk of overweight (Foerster, 2000) Developing Strategies for Preventing Obesity Considering...