On May 25, 1994, the Department of Energy published a Notice of Inquiry on Waste Acceptance Issues in the Federal Register. Through this Notice of Inquiry, the Department sought to implement the Secretary's initiative to explore with affected parties vari...

... We normally only require firms to set acceptance criteria for the attributes in the product specification that affect safety, efficacy and quality. ...

... A balance between the science and the risk ... Definitions of time-to-event endpoints, however, need ... The definition of response generally follows standard accepted ...

... Register publications on this issue from 1977 to the present, ONPLDS concluded that "accepted processes" referred to hydrogenation and partial ...

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Developing an Internet acceptable use policy is the first step in bringing technological change to the classroom. This article defines educator's proactive responsibilities and provides a policy shell (privilege, "netiquette," security, vandalism, legal issues, warranties, and user agreements) to formulate individual school policies. ...

Agricultural communications students (n=330) were surveyed to determine their knowledge of and attitudes toward biotechnology issues reported in the mass media. Although students achieved only 30% correct responses, 84% perceived their knowledge level to be average to high. Most were somewhat accepting of genetic modification for ...

A four-stage framework for considering the development of public policy in regard to the issue of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) infection is offered. The phases are denial, irrationality, acceptance, and the development of a rational response. Federal antidiscrimination policies which include persons with HIV infections as ...

The proposed development of a second-generation supersonic commercial transport has resulted in increased research efforts to provide an environmentally acceptable aircraft. One of the environmental issues is the impact of sonic booms on people. Aircraft ...

Development of the geothermal resource, like the development of any other resource, depends upon the responses to a number of key issues. Those key issues, in capsule form, are: Resource extent and producibility; Maturity of the associated technology of production and utilization; Economics and energetics of production and ...

Argues that Ben Spiecker and Jan Steutel's use of the term mental retard is offensive and using either the United Kingdom terminology of learning disabled or the internationally accepted term intellectually disabled are more acceptable. Addresses rights of the learning disabled to sexual freedom. Considers implications of these issues ...

In response to the rising number of adolescents and infants who are infected with HIV, school psychologists must become experts in issues pertaining to pediatric HIV/AIDS. This article describes medical consequences of HIV and psychosocial sequalea. Discusses recommendations for school-based AIDS-education programs designed to prevent HIV transmissions and ...

A survey of public opinion shows a consensus that environmental preservation is compatible with economic revitalization. A new philosophy of growth that emphasizes maintaining economic strength and accepting a slower rate of growth is emerging. There is evidence that this concept is entering into public policy at all levels of decision making, with environmental management ...

Acceptance process and responsibilities are addressed for Liquid Waste processing facility. It also addresses responsibilities for generators sending wastewater for treatment and for accepting, storing, treating and disposing of wastewater at LWPF.

or attempt to gain anything of substantial value for the private benefit of the staff member, his or her of the unclassified staff may solicit or accept from any person or organization anything of value pursuant information in any way that could result in the receipt of anything of value for himself or herself, for his

Mobile PDA/phone devices allow remote monitoring of clinical and behavioral parameters. However, passively expecting patients to use these devices may lead to low response rates. Our study, aimed at collecting exercise and symptom data from an older clinical population of patients with COPD, employed push technology principles by delivering automated prompts to patients in an ...

In the May issue of Eos, AGU section [�] The sentence should read: "It was a special pleasure to welcome a foreign visitor, Yee Chang Wang, from the National Taiwan University."In the July issue of the AGU section a line was omitted from Bowie Medalist Inge Lehmann's Acceptance and Response. [�] It should read: ...

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In facing the coming decade, geothermal proponents should consider why public support has been lukewarm and how it can be strengthened. Examining public response to previous large-scale geothermal and other energy developments can provide useful insights. This paper suggests some lessons from these earlier experiences which may be applicable to public ...

The Department of Energy has the responsibility for the shipment of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from commercial reactors to a Federal facility for storage and/or disposal. DOE has developed a strategy for a market driven approach for the acquisition of transportation services and equipment which will maximize the participation of private industry. To implement this strategy, DOE ...

It is generally accepted that environmental restoration and waste management issues are complex, involving numerous scientific and engineering elements. It is also (or should be) the goal of the entities responsible for performing or regulating environmental restoration and waste management to provide the stakeholders with ...

This study examined HIV vaccine acceptability among immigrant Thai residents in Los Angeles, California. We combined a qualitative research method (focus groups) with an innovative market research method (conjoint analysis). Focus groups explored social issues, concerns, barriers and motivators associated with HIV vaccine ...

Human response to environmental hazards and risks has been the subject of considerable research by social scientists. Work has traditionally focused on either individual response to the risks of an ongoing or future threat (hazards research), or group and organizational response to a specific disaster event (disaster research). As part ...

Software acceptance is a life cycle process which includes acceptance of interim and final software products for both new and maintained software systems. The guide assists buyers in understanding acceptance issues relative to a basic life cycle model and...

A disposal authorization statement (DAS) was issued by the U.S. Department of Energy/Headquarters (DOE/HQ) on December 5, 2000, authorizing the DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Operations Office to continue the operation of the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site (RWMS) at the Nevada Test Site for the disposal of low-level waste and mixed ...

... to accept what increasingly appears to be a scientific reality, we need to include new words in our ... ...

There is considerable agreement that a more price responsive system would make for a more robust grid. This raises the issue of how the end-user can be induced to accept a system that relies more heavily on price signals than the current system. From a modeling perspective, how should the software �agent� representing the consumer ...

This report describes work accomplished to identify issues and approaches to establish alert levels for component reliability. Reliability alert levels are established on standby component counts of success and failure, where equipment demands are monitored and counted to ascertain if assumptions about acceptable reliability are likely to be correct. A ...

effector responses are muted, allowing survival of the parasite in a "modified Th2" environ- ment. Drug with diminished reactivity to bystander allergens and autoantigens, both in model systems [8,14] and in human [29]. In the rodent filarial parasite Litomosoides sigmodontis, the major ES product is modified

Introduction: In response to the growing food safety issues surrounding fresh cut lettuce and other leafy green commodities in the U.S., the Leafy Green Marketing Agreement (LGMA) proposes new commodity-specific guidelines that encompass all steps on the production-to-distribution continuum to ensur...

Discouraged by their existing administrator evaluation system, a task force of principals reviewed the literature and crafted a more effective process geared to developing leadership capacity that accepts full responsibility for student growth. The process increased interactions with colleagues, gave participants support and assistance in tackling ...

The issue-focused, peer-reviewed article posits that before cloning be considered permissible medicine for human infertility, society needs to resolve many questions. Examples are: Is cloning unnatural self-engineering? Will failures, such as deformed offspring, be acceptable? Will cloning lead to designer babies who are denied an open future? Who is ...

The feasibility of nuclear power is examined. Topics considered include the acceptability and national response to risks, impact mitigation, emergency planning, decision making, risk assessment, safety issues, site selection, land-use controls, population trends around nuclear power plants, residential proximity, evacuation, ...

Symposia held by Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Council for a Livable World are part of an aggressive assault on the threat of thermonuclear war as a preventable disease. This collection, mostly by doctors, examines the issues of nuclear war in terms of the medical mission that doctors accept of preserving public health. ...

Presents responses from Matt McGovern, "School Planning and Management's" Maintenance and Operations columnist, on the issue of school facility maintenance. McGovern does not believe schools will ever likely meet acceptable levels of maintenance, nor use infrared thermography for assessing roofs, outsource all maintenance work, nor ...

This paper studies the reception and development of animal magnetism in Spanish medicine. It analyses in turn: the initial rejection of animal magnetism influenced by the reports of the French Royal Commissions of 1784; the first attempts to implant Mesmerism around 1816; its reluctant acceptance with the introduction of phrenology from 1842 onwards; and, finally, its critical ...

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This article presents the authors' response to Gunther and Diekema's argument about growth attenuation and due process. As a case study, growth attenuation raises complicated issues. The authors address some issues that have not been sufficiently addressed. Those involve family support, assistive technology, constitutional rights to ...

The Vatican recently published directives (Dignitas Personae) regarding "beginning of life" issues that explain the Catholic Church's position regarding new technologies in this area. We think that it is important to develop a response that presents the traditional Orthodox Jewish position on these same issues in order to present an ...

Perceptions of drinking water quality were measured for residents at four locations in Western Australia. The total dissolved solid levels for the locations varied. Four scales of drinking water satisfaction were measured: acceptability of water quality; water quality risk judgment; perception of neighborhood water quality; and attitudes toward fluoride as an additive. ...

On May 25, 1994, the Department of Energy published a Notice of Inquiry on Waste Acceptance Issues in the Federal Register. Through this Notice of Inquiry, the Department sought to implement the Secretary`s initiative to explore with affected parties various options and methods for sharing the costs related to the financial burden associated with continued ...

This paper is a critical response to Elisabeth Gr�b-Schmidt's article "Freedom in responsibility: On the relevance of 'sin' as hermeneutic guiding principle in bioethical decision making." Gr�b-Schmidt's chief contention is that ethics begins with anthropology, and that moral responsibility is thereby grounded within a set of given ...

The assignment for the students was to write honestly about how they felt regarding specific current events dealing with diversity. However, what resulted was a "kairos" moment for the professor--an instance that called for her best response even when she did not know what that was--when a student crossed the line in terms of respectful communication. Our story picks up there ...

�Nil sine magno labore� The Brooklyn College seal contains the Latin inscription Nil sine magno labore. This phrase means �Nothing without great effort,� a reminder that nothing can be achieved without hard work. This motto symbolizes the dedication and achievement that have always been the hallmark of Brooklyn College students. Student responsibility In ...

On the basis of two empirical observations, Finkbeiner and Caramazza (2006) take issue with the generally accepted interpretation of semantic interference in the picture-word interference task in terms of lexical competition. As an alternative, they propose a response-selection account, in which semantic interference is attributed to ...

This paper discusses the public acceptance issues relevant to the use of light water reactors for the disposition of excess weapons plutonium.

... model" interface seems to grow in proportion to its ... In the MRTSI, accept-bodies are compiled in-line ... code, which executes the accept-body and then ...

Sep 1, 2011 ... Description: The Limits of Acceptable Change (LAC) process was developed to deal with the issue of recreational carrying capacity. For that ...

To enhance management skills involved in leading individuals, groups and organizations;. To increase awareness of the need to accept responsibility for and ...

... that movie. During the discussion, students acknowledged that homosexuality is NOT an acceptable condition for genetic screening and associated societal discrimination. We are currently ... ...

... of Civilian Control: Ideological Cohesion, Military Responsibilities, and the Military's Propensity for Subordination in Brazil and Venezuela. ...