... pieces of information for each case: the sum of good COIN factors or practices during the decisive phase of the case (out of a maximum of 15), the sum of bad factors (out of a maximum of 12), ... and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, ... historical research of COIN, insurgency, and irregular warfare; and to students of contemporary and historic international conflicts This research was sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense,...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 09:21
... population composed of Kurds, Arabs, and Turkmen, and it sits on top of one of the worlds largest oil deposits.22 The KRG has pursued a conscious policy of Kurdization of Kirkuk in the hope of eventually ... relations.2 The Resurgence of the PKK Turkey was one of the biggest losers of the U.S invasion of Iraq The invasion had four important consequences for Turkish securityall of them negative First, ... and its neighborhood This research was sponsored by the Director of Operational Planning, Policy and Strategy, Regional Issues Directorate, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20
child policy civil justice education energy and environment health and health care potx
... The IOF Allocator as Part of a Suite of Analytical Tools xii Internetting of Fires Is the Dynamic Pooling of Resources Enabled by C4ISR The IOF Allocator as Part of the WMT Suite of Analytical ... factor for the expected number of kills of targets of type = 1,…,T in cell j by one mission of shooters of type s with munitions of type m in cell i fired at targets of type t in cell j This formulation ... boundaries of a given cell and thus, it is assumed that the volley is no larger than the size of the unit cell The expected attrition of targets of type t from shooters of type s with munitions of type...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 13:20
guidelines for integrating process safety management, environment, safety, health and quality
... separate sets of management processes, each controlling one set of programs and elements These are often almost identical Integrating these programs Exhibit 2-7 Example of Common List of PSM and ... next step is to develop a common list of programs and elements for PSM and ESH This requires some understanding of each set of programs Exhibit 2-5 Example List of Occupational Safety and Industrial ... or Management of Change elements of PSM A good example of this in practice is Dow Chemical Company's ESH auditing program, where a single process has been developed for all aspects of PSM and ESH...
Ngày tải lên: 02/04/2014, 16:31
Tài liệu Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards; Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs, Third Edition doc
... a study of drowning deaths of children younger than five years of age attributed the highest percentage of drowning reports to an adult losing contact or knowledge of the whereabouts of the child ... shorter duration of breastfeeding (16,22) In a nationally representative sample, 84% of women and 74% of men supported expansion of the FMLA; furthermore, 90% of women and 72% of men reported ... org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ProfPrepStandards09.pdf Fiene, R 2002 13 indicators of quality child care: Research update Washington, DC: U.S Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 11:20
Tài liệu GROWING UP in NORTH AMERICA: Child Health and Safety in Canada, the United States, and Mexico pptx
... improved accuracy of diagnosis.4 Mexican experts also report that there is a significant level of distrust and ultimate avoidance of chemotherapy treatments among parents.4 In addition, researchers ... rates vary by states — from a high of 206 births per 1,000 females less than 20 years of age in Nayarit to a low of 136 in Distrito Federal The implications of teenage childbearing are different ... teens is of great concern It is a major contributor to maternal deaths in this age group The origin of the problem is the lack of sexual education, limited access and use of some methods of contraception,...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20
Tài liệu CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN EUROPE: A BASELINE ASSESSMENT doc
... Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC Official Journal of the European ... cause of injury but also influencing physical activity Children themselves report low levels of physical activity in most of the Region The lack of physical activity is one of the determinants of ... fatigue This report is one of the initial outcomes of this work It aims to constitute the reference for assessment of the outcomes of action carried out in implementation of the Budapest Conference’s...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20
Tài liệu Health and Safety in the Child Care Setting: Prevention of Infectious Disease pdf
... a part of any quality child care program Child care providers should consider the level of ability of the children in their care in mind As children develop differently, the actual age of the ... the Spread of Illnesses through Direct Contact • How to Reduce the Spread of Respiratory Illnesses • How to Reduce the Spread of Infections through Stools • How to Reduce the Spread of Diseases ... Spread of Disease Infants and young children in child care have an increased rate of certain infectious disease and an increased risk of getting antibiotic-resistant organisms Prevention of infectious...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20
Tài liệu Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines for Large Volume Petroleum-based Organic Chemicals Manufacturing pptx
... Minimization of the number of flanged connections, and operations); Fugitive emissions with VOC releases of EO, ethylene, and sticking out of the insulation to allow monitoring of EO methane ... of ethylene by pure oxygen due to the lower ethylene consumption and lower off-gas production; • Optimization of the hydrolysis reaction of EO to glycols in order to maximize the production of ... negligible generation of solid wastes in the silver and oxide processes under normal operating conditions Almost all of the spent catalysts from reactors and off-gas oxidation can be regenerated...
Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 03:20
Tài liệu SWIMMING IN SEWAGE: The Growing Problem of Sewage Pollution and How the Bush Administration Is Putting Our Health and Environment at Risk ppt
... and better assessment of the risk of exposure to raw sewage overflows Pathogens A small drop of fecal matter can contain millions of microorganisms of many types, some of which are pathogenic.33 ... forefront of the information age has about as clear a view of the quantity of raw sewage that leaks, spills, and backs up each year as we of the sewage pipes buried beneath our feet In the face of woefully ... Overfertilization of lakes and estuaries triggers massive blooms of green algae that can kill submerged aquatic vegetation by blocking their access to sunlight As succeeding generations of algal blooms die off,...
Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 10:20
Tài liệu Children''''s Health and the Environment Children''''s Health and the Environment doc
... increasing pollution and uncontrolled use of chemicals – due to lack of appropriate regulatory measures or the impossibility of enforcing them (e.g because of lack of personnel, controls and surveillance); ... example the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of a newborn is less that 40% of that of an adult; premature infants may have only 5% of the adult GFR •All of these physiological processes are likely ... prevalence of imported toys with unknown material composition, use of toxic metals in toys, lack of information on hazards of toys, ineffective regulation on toy safety, the possibility of recalled...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20
Tài liệu Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines for Poultry Production pptx
... manure contamination of surface water Manure may be used as a fertilizer on agricultural land after and ground water (e.g use of concrete floors, use of roof careful assessment of potential impacts ... odors Management of industrial wastewater and examples of treatment approaches are discussed in the General EHS Guidelines Through use of these technologies and good Examples of key environmental ... sources of odor are generated primarily during denitrification of manure and can be released directly into the atmosphere at any stage of the manure handling process, including through ventilation of...
Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 01:20
Tài liệu Safety signs and signals. The Health and Safety doc
... deleted the definition of “Part I of BS 5378”; in regulation 5(2), for the words “clause 3.6 of Part I of BS 5378” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph 3.2 of Part II of Schedule to the ... of goods by road) and RID (Annex to Council Directive 96/49/EC on the approximation of the laws of the member states with regard to carriage of dangerous goods by rail) dealing with the use of ... the use of a human or artificial voice; Page 29 of 46 Health and Safety Executive Regulation “dangerous goods” has the meaning in regulation 2(1) of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable...
Ngày tải lên: 27/02/2014, 10:20
Children''s Health and the Environment: WHO Training Package for the Health Sector World Health Organization potx
... of invasive and exotic plants and animals brought from different parts of the world that may become pests or thrive because of lack of natural predators or competitors -All of these trends, often ... and genetic level This familiar graph of the steady rise of penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae throughout the last few decades is one of many examples of how large scale human use of ... is of enormous magnitude In 1997, a group of scientists concluded that human activities had transformed or degraded 50% of the land mass of the Earth; humans controlled the flow and levels of...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION: CONTENT KNOWLEDGE (0856/5856) pdf
... principles of movement: summation of forces, center of gravity, force/speed relations, torque; application of basic principles to sports skills; methods of analyzing movement; analysis of basic ... (0856/5856) Which of the following is a problem most characteristic of the primitive stage of forward rolling? 14 Angular motion is represented by which of the following? I The knees of a cyclist ... physiology, including terminology, components of fitness, principles of exercise, roles of body systems in exercise, short and long-term effects of physical training, relationship between nutrition...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 22:21
CHILDREN AND CANCER-Children''''s Health and the Environment pdf
... retinoblastoma gene is lost, cells tend to develop a retinoblastoma neoplasm The third type of genes implicated in neoplastic processes are DNA-repair genes: loss of function of these genes leads ... : detection of gene mutations, chromosomal rearrangements, microsatellite alterations, viral sequences, gene promoter hypermethylation and changes in microarray-generated profiles (genetic signatures) ... are often of great public concern and lead to investigations by Public Health officials When investigating the cancer clusters, it is important to identify the homogeneity and heterogeneity of...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 01:20
Health and Safety in Welding and Allied Processes FIFTH EDITION ppt
... artificial illumination, good general illumination will permit the use of a lighter shade of viewing filters because the eyes adapt to the general level of illumination by narrowing of the pupils and the ... on the reverse side have been taken Date Time of issue of permit Time of expiry of permit Signature of person issuing permit Signature of person to whom permit is issued NB It is ... quantities of heat and many introduce sources of ignition and fuels into the workplace Therefore an important element of planning most welding operations is the control of the risk of fire Common...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 07:20
Making Food Healthy and Safe for Children: How to Meet the Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards; Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs docx
... amount of breast milk per feeding, a serving of less than the minimum amount of breast milk may be offered, with additional breast milk offered if the infant is still hungry A serving of this ... tablespoons of fruit or vegetable or both4 ½-2 ounces of cheese; or 2-4 tablespoons of infant cereal1 ; and/or 2-8 tablespoons (volume) of cottage cheese; or 1-4 ounces (weight) of cheese food ... Department of Health and Human Services We would also like to thank those who assisted with the creation of this second edition: The Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 04:20
MYCOTOXINS - Children''s Health and the Environment potx
... detected in filter cassette samples of the air in the homes of of patients and of 27 controls The matched odds ratio for a change of 10 units in the mean concentration of S atra in the air was 9.83 ... units (CFU)/m3 in homes of patients and 707 CFU/m3 in homes of controls The mean concentration of S atra in the air was 43 CFU/m3 in homes of patients and CFU/m3 in homes of controls Viable S atra ... cytotoxicity of secondary metabolites of Stachybotrys Chartarum (Ehrenb.) Hughes Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2006, 13(2):259-62 •Selevan SG et al Identifying critical windows of...
Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 09:20