... releases of hazardous chemicals Covered employers must identify those processes that pose the greatest risks and begin evaluating those first PHAs must be completed as soon as possible At least ... levels; and • Any special or unique hazards • Safety systems (e.g., interlocks, detection or suppression systems) and their functions Process Safety Management 13 To ensure that a ready and up-to-date ... standard,—”Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals”—containing requirements for the management of hazards associated with processes using highly hazardous chemicals to help assure safe and...
... FOODSUPPLY CHAINS FEBRUARY 2007 DIOGO M SOUZA MONTEIRO, B .S. , UNIVERSITY OF EVORA M .S. , MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF ZARAGOZA M .S. , UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST Ph.D., UNIVERSITY ... increasing transparency in the foodchain As the consumption of pre-prepared foods increases around the world, new types offoodsafety hazards may arise Previously independent foodsupply chains ... parts of the world, for example in the United States (US) and EU The second derives from the globalization of business and the increasing sophistication offood manufacturing and supply chains,...
... FDA issuance of CGMPs for juice would be an approach that could assist manufacturers in the production of safe juices FDA encourages the juice industry to use CGMPs to help ensure the safetyof ... pasteurization of juices because of: The expense of pasteurization equipment Preference by some consumers for the ßavor of unpasteurized over pasteurized juice The safety record of juices Degradation of nutritional ... laboratory-conÞrmed cases from outbreaks and recalls understate the actual number of juice-related cases, but no consensus exists on the extent of the understatement Individuals may not manifest all symptoms or...
... are subject to sources of nonsampling error These could include misunderstanding of questions on the part of the interviewer or respondent, nonuniformity in asking the questions, and possible ... nonintercourse (last years), method use each month (last years), method use with partners in past 12 months, wantedness and other circumstances surrounding each pregnancy, consistency of condom use, ... and weight, numbers of pregnancies, substance use, sex with males (including nonvoluntary sex and STD/HIV risking behaviors), sex with females, condom use at last sex of any type, sexual orientation...
... as measured by equity to assets was associated with a higher probability of failure, as was worse asset quality as measured by NPAs to assets, lower earnings as measured by ROA, and worse liquidity ... liquidity as measured by Cash & Due to assets, Investment Securities to assets, and Brokered Deposits to assets These results closely follow the univariate results presented in Panel A of Table ... years prior to failure but loses its significance during the two years prior to failure Robustness Checks and Extensions In this section, we provide a set of robustness checks on our basic results,...
... portfolio holdings of U. S securities by country and reports data for the previous year as of the end of June 19 The latest Treasury survey of portfolio holdings of U. S securities was issued on April ... liquidate such assets or significantly cut back on purchases of new securities, a move some contend could damage the U. S economy Still others contend that China s purchases of U. S securities was ... flows to the United States Thus, Chinese purchases of all types of U. S securities (not just Treasury securities) should be considered when attempting to understand the impact China s investment...
... Association Bureau of Labor Statistics Bureau of Economic Analysis Bureau of Economic Analysis Administrative Office of the United States Courts; Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment ... consolidation of the U. S banking industry and the advent of banks with interstate branches The largest U. S banks operate thousands of branch offices across several states For example, as of June ... (Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee), and two Great Plains states (Montana and North Dakota) Figure shows the distribution of the depositsbased failure rate measure across states...
... Research Service, based on U. S Bureau of the Census, 1900–1992 Censuses of Agriculture; U. S Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, 1997 Census of Agriculture INTRODUCTION ... Research Service, U. S Department of Agriculture; USDA, 2001f, based on U. S Bureau of the Census, 1900–1992 Censuses of Agriculture; U. S Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics ... Changes in Extension Process, 67 Summary, 68 STRUCTURAL IMPACTS OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH Public-Sector Responses to Structural Issues, 69 Agricultural Research Investments,...
... related social assets ofsafety and security of individuals in transit and in their workplaces and communities The TST research portfolio encompasses policy areas including transportation systems, space ... decisions based on what modes of transportation best satisfy their firm s logistics supplychain Their decisions, however, have consequences that affect other users of the transportation system, communities ... Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (ISE) The mission of ISE is to improve the development, operation, use, and protection of society s essential physical assets and natural resources and...
... investors and shareholders in an untested offshore non -U. S jurisdiction Just as the U. S has a vibrant supplyof SEC regulated mutual funds, there is an equally healthy supplyof foreign mutual funds ... Investors in Offshore Funds U. S Investors in Swiss Bank Accounts U. S Investors in Madoff-Like Managed U. S Trading Accounts Size of the Global Hedge Fund Industry Fund -of- Funds Incentives of the ... tax regulations for the purposes of admitting U. S investors is not a PFIC-rule triggering entity U. S Investors in Swiss Bank Accounts For comprehensiveness, we discuss the issue of U. S taxable...
... needs without incurring excessive losses, which might occur if assets had to be sold at a steep discount in a time-pressure situation (or “fire sale”) Liquidity also includes assessments of specific ... companies generally lack any of these cushions against loss Financial businesses—In discussions about financial services modernization, usually refers to commercial banks and savings institutions, securities ... receivables, student loans, small business loans, and car loans Self-regulatory organizations (SROs)—National securities or futures exchanges, national securities or futures associations, clearing...
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... members, limited assets Leaders, bank accounts, linkages Variation of the usual Usual Usual Usual Usual Usual Usual Societal/ Organizational Vulnerabilities R aThe nature of the nuclear threats and ... Five looks at future U. S strategic choices and addresses a number of specific issues that affect those choices Chapter Six summarizes our conclusions Chapter Two NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND U. S SECURITY— ... States has used its nuclear forces for most of those purposes Even more significant, it has not used them in combat since Nagasaki Most notably, of course, the United States used nuclear weapons...
... directors, officers, major stockholders and their friends, families, and business associates, because it could be used to expropriate resources from outsiders, including minority stockholders, depositors, ... Patterson, “Ten and One-Half Years,” 45-46, and Caleb Cushing, Speeches Delivered in the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, on the Subject of the Currency and Public Deposites (Salem, Mass., ... other words, did not have to trade assets as frequently as a thousand individual investors would have to have done Mutual savings banks passed most of those savings on to depositors, thereby...
... adjust for possible bias due to crossequation dependencies, the return equations in each group are estimated as a simultaneous equation system, using a modified Seemingly Unrelated Technique (SUR) ... subsequent discussion addresses the sources of these exposures Moreover, they also reveal that the interest rate and exchange rate betas are interdependent, which suggests that some sort of simultaneous ... method is subject to survivorship bias, but ensures the consistency of data throughout the period The survivorship bias indicates a possibility that the risk coefficients for a group are underestimated...
... examine more closely the sensitivity of the U. S firms by linking the U. S estimates cross-sectionally to accounting-based measures of currency risk We suggest that the sensitivity estimates can provide ... Nishinippon Northpacific Ogakikyoritsu Oita Saitama Sakura Saningodo Sanwa Senshu Seventyseven Shiga Shikoku Shimizu Shinwa Shizuoka Sumitomo Sumitomotrustin Suruga Taiheiyo Taiyokobe Tochigi 30 ... existence of foreign exchange contracts lowers the exchange rate exposure of the banks in our sample suggests that the banks manage some of their exposure through the use of such contracts This...
... assess funding and strategic support (inputs), activities (outputs), and emissions reductions, institutional changes, and policy effects (outcomes) The final panel shows the primary sources of ... agriculture, coal mines, landfills, and oil and gas systems.2 USG funding supports activities across these four sectors, including feasibility studies, training workshops, demonstration projects, ... activities had recorded actual emissions, but as Table 2.11 shows, this figure understates the share of activities that could lead to emissions reductions Many types of activities, such as meetings...