where the environment and business intersect

... agencies better understand the environmental implications of lean manufacturing and to help them adjust environmental management and regulatory initiatives to boost the environmental and economic benefits ... taking other steps to further lean and improve the environmental performance of its paint removal activities There are two main layers of paint on an aircraft: the primer coat and the top coat The ... (5) Sanding To smooth raised grains and/ or remove glue from the surface, the panel product is often sanded using manual or automated sanders (6) Grading After sanding, the plywood is graded and

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 19:20

... the specificities of the on-body channel modeling and the impact of the surrounding environment. The obtained results clearly highlight the differences between indoor and outdoor scenarios, and ... format, and the coding scheme, among other aspects. The SINR at the receiving node of the link is given by SINR  P 0 (d 0 ) N 0 B + P in t , (9) where P 0 (d 0 ) is the received power from the link ... 0 is the power noise spectral density, B the channel bandwidth, and P int is the total interference power at the link receiver, i.e., the sum of the instantaneous received powers from all the

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 22:20

... Namibia, Zimbabwe and Angola, accused the Rwandans and Ugandans of exploiting the DRC’s natural resource wealth During the course of the conflict, Rwandan and Ugandan forces fell ... environmental... taken by others and the new occupants do not have the skills to use the land The land is unproductive After 1978 people came back, some got their lands back Men wanted more ... there are differences between refugees from 1993, who often can reclaim and regain their land (even though they meet other substantial problems), and those who left in 1972 and whose land

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 21:20

... the level of risk and the strength of evidence and uncertainty, but also of the magnitude, reversibility and distribution of the risk, the availability of. .. are the ... while promoting a clean and healthy environment and ensuring an adequate standard of living in the future As the nature of threats to health and the environment becomes more ... of the precautionary principle and preventive decision-making in the face of uncertain and complex risks Philip J Landrigan and Leonardo Trasande present a rationale for the

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 23:20

... Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the ... where the governments of 30 democracies work together to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of globalisation. The OECD is also at the forefront of efforts to understand and ... the environmental benefits and impacts of ICTs. These include the direct impacts of technologies themselves as well the impacts of ICTs in improving environmental performance more widely. The

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 23:20

... connecting the institutions and policies with the global market and environment, with the international commitments; respect business freedom and autonomy, and legal interests of the customers ... establishment, the monopoly has negative impact on the whole society and customers as well Therefore, Vietnam and many other countries all over the world consider antimonopoly and monopoly control the most ... impacts The policies have indirect impacts in order to support or protect the implementation of the competition and monopoly control policy, ensure and maintain the fair and equal competitive and business

Ngày tải lên: 09/05/2016, 22:28

... Agriculture, and to support, further develop and embrace its concepts They are the most appropriate means of ensuring the continuity of the land’s ongoing capacities to yield food, other agricultural ... land productivity, diversification prospects, and increased profits for small-scale and commercial farmers These benefits, as well as the global benefits to land resources, health, and the environment, ... protection of the environment, and reduction of flooding and damage to civil infrastructure; § To compensate farmers for these services and assist them to face the costs necessary for the transition

Ngày tải lên: 07/04/2017, 15:46

... genes, their role and function in disease, and their mode of inheritance Genomics refers to an organism’s entire genetic information, the genome, and the function and interaction of DNA within the ... and nonrecombinant chromosome segments imprinting of the GNAS1 gene, which is expressed primarily from the in the gametes Together with the random segregation of the matermaternal allele in the ... as haplotypes (Fig 82-4) The HapMap describes the nature and location of these SNP haplotypes and how they are distributed among individuals within and among populations The haplotype map information,

Ngày tải lên: 26/05/2017, 22:33

... Advisory Board The Teacher Advisory Board gave the editorial and design team feedback on the content and design of the Student Edition We thank these teachers for their hard work and creative suggestions ... Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe, and provided feedback and suggestions for improving the effectiveness of the instruction vi Mark Brazo Lincoln High School Portland, OR Carolyn ... Chapter 13 Mass Movements, Wind, and Glaciers 192 The Nature of Storms 342 The Causes of Weather Weather Systems Gathering Weather Data Weather Analysis and Prediction Section Mass

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2017, 09:56

... to find the mass of the water and water vapor and not the weight? A The mass is the amount of matter in the water and water vapor B The mass measures the gravitational force on the water and water ... temperature, pressure, and humidity 14 Their measurements come from features of the and hydrosphere, and they look at how weather affects the and geosphere 15 The units of their measurements ... associated with the tsunami, how far inland they traveled, the number of waves, and the distance between them This information would determine where to rebuild towns and assist in the development

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2017, 09:56

... volume fracturing of some tight gas and conventional reservoirs in the southern part of the North Sea and in onshore Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK Preliminary indications are that ... this area include Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Spain, Romania, Lithuania, Denmark, Sweden and Hungary The North American context Technological advancements and the integration of horizontal ... characterise these effects The study identified a number of issues as presenting a high risk for people and the environment These issues and their significance are summarised in the following...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 00:20

... onto the instrument through the head of the chromatographic column The sample is then transported through the column by the flow of the inert and gaseous mobile phase of the carrier gas Later, the ... of the interaction between the odorous molecules of butyl mercaptan present in the nose cavity and the sensory cells A.Yuwono and P Schulze Lammers “Odor Pollution in the Environment and the ... diluting the odor to the point where 50% of the test population or panel can no longer detect the odor Intensity is the second dimension of the sensory perception of odorants and refers to the perceived...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 14:20

... research The use of “emerging” is not intended to infer that the presence of these compounds in the environment is new These chemicals have been released into the environment as long as they have ... production or, in the case of hormones and other endogenous compounds, since the rise of animal life What is emerging is the interest by the scientific and lay communities in the presence of these chemicals ... defines the composition and concentrations of PPCPs in potential sources and their fate and effects following release into the environment Independent of the drivers that potentially fuel the interest...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... commonly on the basis of their consumption in the country where the study is being conducted, the rate of metabolism of drugs, the environmental occurrence, and persistence in the environment ... close to the landfill Two studies also reported the occurrence of barbiturates in the environment, pentobarbital and 5,5-diallylbarituric acid in groundwater70 and phenobarbital and the metabolite ... drugs of abuse, and some human metabolites in the aquatic environment are discussed.17–19 The recent trends in multiresidue methodologies for the determination of the drugs and their human metabolites...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... analytes and humic acids is passed through tandem SAX and HLB SPE cartridges The humics are retained by the SAX cartridge and the tetracyclines pass through to the HLB cartridge, where they are ... where the sorbent is “wetted.” Solvents are used to rinse the sorbent and to allow contact of the analytes with the solid phase The next step involves the “loading” of the sample onto the cartridge ... that the unwanted matrix can be captured in the SPE sorbent while the analytes pass through the cartridge and are collected for further concentration Either way, the main purpose of SPE is the...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... concentration, on the one hand, and the experimental determination of a no-effect concentration (NOEC) of the pharmaceutical on the other hand.3,4 Because the aquatic environment represents the primary ... mg/L), and the blank solution were incubated with the preadapted microorganisms for 27 days The biological degradation of the test and reference substances was evaluated by the measurement of the ... case the cell number was determined via measurement of chlorophyll fluorescence The increase of biomass and the growth rate was calculated on the basis of the cell counts The calculated biomass and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... Pharmaceuticals in the Environment and in Water Treatment Systems reviews our understanding of the inputs of livestock medicines to the environment and synthesizes the available information on the fate and ... be incorporated into the calculation The model calculated the concentration of the veterinary medicine in animal manure and then uses the nitrogen content of the manure and the maximum spreading ... the soil environment and their subsequent fate and transport There is clearly a large body of data available on veterinary medicines in the soil environment, and it is timely to begin to further...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... on the degradation of antibiotics and hormones in the environment 6.2 ASSESSING CONTAMINANT FATE AND TRANSPORT IN SOIL ENVIRONMENTS The potential for antibiotics and hormones to contaminate and ... reducing the mobility and persistence of these antibiotics in the environment 6.3.2 DEGRADATION IN MANURE AND SOIL Lee et al.8 and Kumar et al.11 have recently reviewed the literature on the degradation ... impact the environment is directly influenced by their mobility and persistence in animal wastes and soils As a result, many studies have examined the dissipation and partitioning of these contaminants...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... the slurry These organisms were selected for the preliminary trial because of their ease of detection, relevance, and availability The slurry was then poured onto the surface of the columns The ... of these characteristics, it is important to understand the survival and mobility of these microorganisms in the environment Several researchers have reported E coli surviving up to weeks, and ... so that the bottom of the soil column rested firmly on the sand Soil columns were allowed to drain, and those with drainage times of 24 to 48 h were chosen for the experiment and were randomly...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... deposited onto the soil surface For most plants the top soil layer is the most important interface with their environment, providing support and protection of the roots and, at the same time, ... sorption/binding, degradation, leaching, and plant uptake The share of these processes depends predominantly on the properties of the compounds and the soils and the relative time scale of each process ... Pharmaceuticals in the Environment and in Water Treatment Systems was formed (40 to 960 mL, dependent on the soil), sampled from the collecting dish, weighed, and aliquoted At the end of the experiment the...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20