46 CFR 535.201 - Subject agreements.

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2010-10-01

... FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION REGULATIONS AFFECTING OCEAN SHIPPING IN FOREIGN COMMERCE OCEAN COMMON CARRIER... carriers to: (1) Discuss, fix, or regulate transportation rates, including through rates, cargo space... extent that such agreements involve ocean transportation in the foreign commerce of the United States. ...

46 CFR 535.201 - Subject agreements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION REGULATIONS AFFECTING OCEAN SHIPPING IN FOREIGN COMMERCE OCEAN COMMON CARRIER... carriers to: (1) Discuss, fix, or regulate transportation rates, including through rates, cargo space... extent that such agreements involve ocean transportation in the foreign commerce of the United States. ...

46 CFR 535.201 - Subject agreements.

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2012-10-01

... FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION REGULATIONS AFFECTING OCEAN SHIPPING IN FOREIGN COMMERCE OCEAN COMMON CARRIER... carriers to: (1) Discuss, fix, or regulate transportation rates, including through rates, cargo space... extent that such agreements involve ocean transportation in the foreign commerce of the United States. ...

46 CFR 535.201 - Subject agreements.

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2014-10-01

... FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION REGULATIONS AFFECTING OCEAN SHIPPING IN FOREIGN COMMERCE OCEAN COMMON CARRIER... carriers to: (1) Discuss, fix, or regulate transportation rates, including through rates, cargo space... extent that such agreements involve ocean transportation in the foreign commerce of the United States. ...

Master Agreement between Detroit College of Business and Detroit College of Business Faculty Association, July 1, 1982-June 30, 1986.

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Detroit Coll. of Business, MI.

The collective bargaining agreement between Detroit College of Business and Detroit College of Business Faculty Association Chapter (17 full-time faculty members) of the National Education Association covering the period July 1, 1982-June 30, 1986 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: unit recognition, association relations,…

Agreement between Bard College and the Bard College Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, 1984-1985.

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Bard Coll., Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.

The collective bargaining agreement between Bard College and the 60-member Bard College Chapter of the American Association of University Professors for the period June 1, 1984-June 1, 1985 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: recognition of the unit, faculty notice of termination, tenure, adequate cause for dismissal, hearings on…

Agreement between Eastern Michigan University and the Eastern Michigan University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, September 1, 1985-August 31, 1987.

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American Association of Univ. Professors, Washington, DC.

The collective bargaining agreement between Eastern Michigan University and the Eastern Michigan University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) covering the period September 1, 1985-August 31, 1987 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: definitions, unit recognition, management rights, union rights,…

Agreement between Rider College and the Rider College Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, September 1, 1985-August 31, 1988.

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Rider Coll., Trenton, NJ.

The collective bargaining agreement between Rider College and the Rider College Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) covering the period September 1, 1985-August 31, 1988 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: definitions and unit recognition; nondiscrimination; affirmative action; academic freedom;…

Collective Bargaining Agreement between Montana University System and the Northern Montana College Federation of Teachers, July 1, 1985-June 30, 1987.

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Montana Univ. System, Helena.

The collective bargaining agreement between Montana University System and the Northern Montana College Federation of Teachers, an affiliate of the National Education Association, covering the period July 1, 1985-June 30, 1987, is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: unit recognition, dues deduction, access to information, use of…

Faculty Agreement 1983-1985: Oakland University and the Oakland University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors.

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American Association of Univ. Professors, Washington, DC.

The collective bargaining agreement between Oakland University and the Oakland University Chapter (370 members) of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) covering the period March 1, 1983-August 14, 1985 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: definitions and recognition of AAUP; work of the bargaining unit;…

19 CFR 206.33 - Who may file a petition.

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2012-04-01

... Agreement, the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement, the United... respect to imports if such product is from Australia, Canada, Jordan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, or Singapore...

19 CFR 206.33 - Who may file a petition.

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2014-04-01

... Agreement, the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement, the United... respect to imports if such product is from Australia, Canada, Jordan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, or Singapore...

19 CFR 206.33 - Who may file a petition.

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2013-04-01

... Agreement, the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement, the United... respect to imports if such product is from Australia, Canada, Jordan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, or Singapore...

46 CFR Sec. 4 - Service agreements.

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2012-10-01

... , 19__, between the United States of America (herein called the “United States”), acting by and through... the United States, or other requirements of the nation's defense including maintenance of the... traffic to the Department of Defense with respect to military traffic and to the NSA with respect to all...

46 CFR Sec. 4 - Service agreements.

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2013-10-01

... , 19__, between the United States of America (herein called the “United States”), acting by and through... the United States, or other requirements of the nation's defense including maintenance of the... traffic to the Department of Defense with respect to military traffic and to the NSA with respect to all...

46 CFR Sec. 4 - Service agreements.

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2011-10-01

... , 19__, between the United States of America (herein called the “United States”), acting by and through... the United States, or other requirements of the nation's defense including maintenance of the... traffic to the Department of Defense with respect to military traffic and to the NSA with respect to all...

46 CFR Sec. 4 - Service agreements.

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2010-10-01

... , 19__, between the United States of America (herein called the “United States”), acting by and through... the United States, or other requirements of the nation's defense including maintenance of the... traffic to the Department of Defense with respect to military traffic and to the NSA with respect to all...

46 CFR Sec. 4 - Service agreements.

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2014-10-01

... , 19__, between the United States of America (herein called the “United States”), acting by and through... the United States, or other requirements of the nation's defense including maintenance of the... traffic to the Department of Defense with respect to military traffic and to the NSA with respect to all...

An Agreement between Emerson College and the Emerson College Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, September 1, 1984-August 31, 1987.

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American Association of Univ. Professors, Washington, DC.

The collective bargaining agreement between Emerson College and the Emerson College Chapter (85 members) of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) covering the period September 1, 1984-August 31, 1987 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: unit recognition and definitions; agent's rights; dues and fees checkoff;…

Collective Bargaining Agreement by and between University of Bridgeport and University of Bridgeport Chapter, American Association of University Professors, September 1, 1984.

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Bridgeport Univ., CT.

The collective bargaining agreement between the University of Bridgeport and the University of Bridgeport chapter (245 members) of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) for the period September 1, 1984 to August 31, 1987 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: definitions and recognition of the bargaining unit;…

Agreement between the Board of Control of Ferris State College and the Ferris College Faculty Association (MEA/NEA), November 12, 1984-June 30, 1987.

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Michigan Education Association, East Lansing.

The collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Ferris State College and Ferris Faculty Association Chapter (507 members), an affiliate of the National Education Association and the Michigan Education Association, covering the period November 12, 1984-June 30, 1987 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: unit recognition,…

Collective Bargaining Agreement by and between Hofstra University and the Hofstra Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, September 1, 1985-August 31, 1988.

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American Association of Univ. Professors, Washington, DC.

The collective bargaining agreement between Hofstra University and the Hofstra University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) covering the period September 1, 1985-August 31, 1988 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: definitions and unit recognition; faculty statutes and faculty policy series; the…

Employment Agreement between the County of Ulster and the Ulster County Community College Faculty Association, September 1, 1987 to August 31, 1990.

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Ulster County Community Coll., Stone Ridge, NY.

The employment agreement between the County of Ulster and the Ulster County Community College Faculty Association is presented, covering the period between September 1, 1987 and August 31, 1990. The six articles in the agreement set forth provisions related to: (1) recognition of the bargaining unit; (2) salaries and work load, including overload…

Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Board of Trustees of Delaware State College and the Delaware State College Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, 1986-1990.

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Delaware State Coll., Dover.

The collective bargaining agreement between the board of trustees and the Delaware State College chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) covering the period 1986 to 1990 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: definitions; recognition of unit; non-discrimination; rights and privileges (professional dues…

Science and Technology: Cooperation between the United States and China. Hearing before the Special Subcommittee on U.S. Trade with China of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. House of Representatives, Ninety-Eighth Congress, First Session (October 31, November 3, 1983).

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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

These hearings addressed cooperative efforts of the United States and the People's Republic of China under the 1979 agreement on science and technology. Thus far, there are more than 20 signed protocols (included in appendices) implementing the agreement in various scientific and technological areas. Activities in such areas as energy, health,…

78 FR 5238 - Request for Comments on an International Services Agreement

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2013-01-24

... Administration's intention to enter into negotiations for an International Services Agreement (ISA) with an... to participate in negotiations with the United States to establish an ISA: Australia, Canada, Chile... Turkey. This group, which may expand as the negotiations proceed, includes a range of developed and...

76 FR 53981 - New Postal Product

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2011-08-30

... Parcel Post (Air CP), Surface Parcel Post (Surface CP) and Express Mail Service (EMS) in the United States is functionally equivalent to the agreement to deliver inbound Air CP, Surface CP and EMS in the... competitive services in the China Post 2011 Agreement include rates for Air CP, Surface CP, and EMS, requires...

Belleville Area College Memorandum of Understanding, 1984-1986.

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Belleville Area Coll., IL.

The 1984-1985 and 1985-1986 collective bargaining agreement between the Belleville Area College Board of Trustees and the Belleville Area College Chapter (135 members) of the American Association of University Professors and the American Federation of Teachers is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: unit recognition and definitions,…

76 FR 5825 - U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: Passenger Vehicle Sector Update

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2011-02-02

...: Passenger Vehicle Sector Update AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission. ACTION: Institution of...) instituted investigation No. 332-523, U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: Passenger Vehicle Sector Update. DATES... concluded negotiations to modify the FTA, including certain provisions relating to the passenger vehicle...

Trade Agreements and Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Pharmaceuticals.

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Gleeson, Deborah; Menkes, David B

2017-10-16

There is growing international concern about the risks posed by direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) of prescription pharmaceuticals, including via the internet. Recent trade agreements negotiated by the United States, however, incorporate provisions that may constrain national regulation of DTCA. Some provisions explicitly mention DTCA; others enable foreign investors to seek compensation if new regulations are seen to harm their investments. These provisions may thus prevent countries from restricting DTCA or put them at risk of expensive legal action from companies seeking damages due to restrictions on advertising. While the most recent example, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), collapsed following US withdrawal in January 2017, early indications of the Trump Administration's trade policy agenda signal an even more aggressive approach on the part of the United States in negotiating advantages for American businesses. Furthermore, the eleven remaining TPP countries may decide to proceed with the agreement in the absence of the United States, with most of the original text (including the provisions relevant to DTCA) intact. © 2018 The Author(s); Published by Kerman University of Medical Sciences. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Draft Master Agreement between the University of the District of Columbia Faculty Association/NEA and the University of District of Columbia, October 1, 1985-September 30, 1987.

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District of Columbia Univ., Washington, DC.

The collective bargaining agreement between the University of the District of Columbia and the University of the District of Columbia Faculty Association Chapter (600 members) of the National Education Association covering the period October 1, 1985-September 30, 1987 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: unit scope and…

43 CFR 3281.15 - What is the minimum initial unit obligation a unit agreement must contain?

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2011-10-01

... (3000) GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES UNIT AGREEMENTS Application, Review, and Approval of a Unit Agreement § 3281... drilling temperature gradient wells. (d) BLM will not consider any work done prior to unit approval for the...

77 FR 43133 - Request for Comments on Negotiating Objectives With Respect to Mexico's Participation in the...

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2012-07-23

... participation in the ongoing negotiations of a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, and notice of public hearing. SUMMARY: The United States intends to commence negotiations with Mexico as part of the ongoing negotiations of a TPP trade agreement. Including Mexico in the TPP negotiations furthers the...

77 FR 43131 - Request for Comments on Negotiating Objectives With Respect to Canada's Participation in the...

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2012-07-23

... participation in the ongoing negotiations of a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, and notice of public hearing. SUMMARY: The United States intends to commence negotiations with Canada as part of the ongoing negotiations of a TPP trade agreement. Including Canada in the TPP negotiations furthers the...

78 FR 26682 - Request for Comments on Negotiating Objectives With Respect to Japan's Participation in the...

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2013-05-07

... public hearing. SUMMARY: The United States intends to commence negotiations with Japan as part of the ongoing negotiations of a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. Including Japan in the negotiations furthers the objective of achieving a high-standard, broad-based Asia-Pacific regional agreement...

78 FR 55135 - Request for Comments on Additional Participants in Trade in Services Agreement

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2013-09-09

... Congress of the Administration's intention to enter into negotiations for a Trade in Services Agreement... negotiating TISA ``will expand as negotiations progress to include others who share our ambitious goals. This... consensus to allow these new participants to join the negotiations. The Office of the United States Trade...

Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Board of Trustees of Delaware State College and the Delaware State College Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, September 1, 1983-August 31, 1986.

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Delaware State Coll., Dover.

The collective bargaining agreement between the Delaware State College Board of Trustees and the Delaware State College Chapter (145 members) of the American Association of University Professors covering the period September 1, 1983-August 31, 1986 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: unit recognition and definitions,…

Collective Bargaining Agreement between the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees and the University of Connecticut Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, July 1, 1984-June 30, 1986.

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Connecticut Univ., Storrs. Board of Trustees.

The collective bargaining agreement between the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees and the University of Connecticut Chapter (1,410 members) of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) covering the period July 1, 1984-June 30, 1986 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: unit recognition, exclusions, academic…

77 FR 3922 - Rules for Investigations Relating to Global and Bilateral Safeguards Actions, Market Disruption...

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2012-01-26

... Agreement Implementation Act, section 311(b) of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement... Trade Agreement Implementation Act, section 311(b) of the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act, section 311(b) of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act, and...

[The Chinese nuclear test and 'atoms for peace' as a measure for preventing nuclear armament of Japan: the nuclear non-proliferation policy of the United States and the introduction of light water reactors into Japan, 1964-1968].

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Yamazaki, Masakatsu

2014-07-01

Japan and the United States signed in 1968 a new atomic energy agreement through which US light-water nuclear reactors, including those of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant of Tokyo Electric Power Company, were to be introduced into Japan. This paper studies the history of negotiations for the 1968 agreement using documents declassified in the 1990s in the US and Japan. After the success of the Chinese nuclear test in October 1964, the United States became seriously concerned about nuclear armament of other countries in Asia including Japan. Expecting that Japan would not have its own nuclear weapons, the US offered to help the country to demonstrate its superiority in some fields of science including peaceful nuclear energy to counter the psychological effect of the Chinese nuclear armament. Driven by his own political agenda, the newly appointed Prime Minister Eisaku Sato responded to the US expectation favorably. When he met in January 1965 with President Johnson, Sato made it clear that Japan would not pursue nuclear weapons. Although the US continued its support after this visit, it nevertheless gave priority to the control of nuclear technology in Japan through the bilateral peaceful nuclear agreement. This paper argues that the 1968 agreement implicitly meant a strategic measure to prevent Japan from going nuclear and also a tactic to persuade Japan to join the Nuclear Non -Proliferation Treaty.

77 FR 70874 - Notification of the Next Meetings of the U.S.-Chile FTA Environmental Affairs Council and ECA...

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2012-11-27

... Free Trade Agreement Environmental Affairs Council and Environmental Cooperation Agreement Joint... Commission pursuant to Chapter 19 (Environment) of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement (``FTA'') and... the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement; and (4) the Environmental Review of the United States...

76 FR 42762 - Notice of Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air...

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2011-07-19

... authorized by the United States-European Union Air Transport Agreement (``U.S.-E.U. Agreement''), including... from any point(s) behind any Member State(s) of the European Community, via any point(s) in any Member... and any point(s) in any member of the European Common Aviation Area; (iii) other charters pursuant to...

Towards a Continental Energy Market: From the Energy Crisis to the Free Trade Agreement, 1970-88.

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Bennett, Paul W.

1989-01-01

Discusses the impact the 1973 oil embargo and resulting energy crisis had on Canadian energy policies, which eventually led in 1987 to the enactment of the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the United States. Includes excerpts of three documents which reveal much about the shift in Canadian policy toward a continental energy market. (LS)

The trends and constructive ambiguity in international agreements on intellectual property and pharmaceutical affairs: Implications for domestic legislations in low- and middle-income countries.

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Son, Kyung-Bok; Lee, Tae-Jin

2017-06-06

The purpose of this study is to analyse the trends in international agreements including Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), Korea-United States Free Trade Agreements, and Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreements on intellectual property and pharmaceutical affairs with the updated framework. The study also assesses constructive ambiguity in international agreements, which might affect the implementation process through interpretation and domestic legislations. Five flexibility clauses and three TRIPS-plus provisions were selected, and presence of constructive ambiguity in the agreements was analysed to draw actual trends in international agreements. Flexibility provisions excluding compulsory licensing were not noticeably changed, and TRIPS-plus provisions including data exclusivity and patent linkage were expanded in scope or newly appeared, respectively. The clause regarding compulsory licensing, extension of the patent term, data exclusivity, and patent linkage showed unclear definitions or the lack of adequate explanations. With constructive ambiguity in those clauses, a country who wants to join international agreements in the near future could amend domestic legislations to minimise the detrimental effect of international agreements on access to medicines.

77 FR 64031 - United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement

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2012-10-18

... CFR Parts 10, 24, 162, 163, and 178 [USCBP-2011-0043; CBP Dec. 12-18] RIN 1515-AD79 United States-Peru... tariff treatment and other customs-related provisions of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement... other customs-related provisions of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA). Please...

Facing Future Users--The Challenge of Transforming a Traditional Online Database into a Web Service.

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Tolonen, Eva

The Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDE) agreement included 19 member countries spanning four continents: Japan and the Republic of Korea; Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom; Canada, Mexico, and the United States; and Brazil. The participating…

19 CFR 10.761 - Scope.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement General... applicable to imported goods under the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (the MFTA) signed on June 15, 2004, and under the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the Act; 118...

19 CFR 10.501 - Scope.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement General... applicable to imported goods under the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (the SFTA) signed on May 6, 2003, and under the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the Act; 117...

19 CFR 10.861 - Scope.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement General Provisions... to imported goods under the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement (the OFTA) signed on January 19, 2006, and under the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the Act; 120 Stat. 1191...

19 CFR 10.861 - Scope.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement General Provisions... to imported goods under the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement (the OFTA) signed on January 19, 2006, and under the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the Act; 120 Stat. 1191...

19 CFR 10.861 - Scope.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement General Provisions... to imported goods under the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement (the OFTA) signed on January 19, 2006, and under the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the Act; 120 Stat. 1191...

19 CFR 10.861 - Scope.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement General Provisions... to imported goods under the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement (the OFTA) signed on January 19, 2006, and under the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the Act; 120 Stat. 1191...

75 FR 3179 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Trade Agreements-Costa Rica and Peru (DFARS...

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2010-01-20

...-AG31 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Trade Agreements--Costa Rica and Peru (DFARS... respect to Costa Rica, and the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement. The trade agreements waive... States Free Trade Agreement with respect to Costa Rica and the United States-Peru Trade Promotion...

19 CFR 10.2013 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement..., processing, or manipulation of textile or apparel goods in the territory of Panama, including in any free... into the territory of Panama, including into any free trade zone, foreign trade zone, or export...

48 CFR 3452.224-70 - Release of information under the Freedom of Information Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

...: (1) Unit prices, including labor rates; (2) Statements of Work/Performance Work Statements generated by the contractor; (3) Performance requirements, including incentives, performance standards, quality levels, and service level agreements; (4) Reports, deliverables, and work products delivered in...

48 CFR 3452.224-70 - Release of information under the Freedom of Information Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

...: (1) Unit prices, including labor rates; (2) Statements of Work/Performance Work Statements generated by the contractor; (3) Performance requirements, including incentives, performance standards, quality levels, and service level agreements; (4) Reports, deliverables, and work products delivered in...

48 CFR 3452.224-70 - Release of information under the Freedom of Information Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

...: (1) Unit prices, including labor rates; (2) Statements of Work/Performance Work Statements generated by the contractor; (3) Performance requirements, including incentives, performance standards, quality levels, and service level agreements; (4) Reports, deliverables, and work products delivered in...

75 FR 56538 - Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; Analysis of Proposed Agreement Containing Consent Orders to Aid...

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2010-09-16

... certain regional markets in the United States for the manufacture and sale of bulk liquid oxygen and bulk... the United States that produce liquid atmospheric gases, including liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen.... For most of these applications, there is no viable substitute for the use of oxygen or nitrogen...

Trust Mines

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

The United States and the Navajo Nation entered into settlement agreements that provide funds to conduct investigations and any needed cleanup at 16 of the 46 priority mines, including six mines in the Northern Abandoned Uranium Mine Region.

Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-03-23

produced two agreements— the Interim Agreement ... on Certain Measures with Respect to the Limitation of...Iranian missile threat. The system was to include 10 interceptors based in Poland and a radar in the Czech Republic . Russia’s former President Putin and...that Moscow would not do so if the United States reversed its plan to emplace GMD facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic . Congress resisted the

9 CFR 206.1 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... pricing determination included in a contract that establishes a minimum and/or maximum level of base price... premiums or discounts, expressed in dollars per unit. Contract. Any agreement, whether written or verbal... accrues a running positive or negative balance as a result of a pricing determination included in a...

43 CFR 3105.1 - Cooperative or unit agreement.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000) OIL AND GAS LEASING Cooperative Conservation Provisions § 3105.1 Cooperative or unit agreement. The suggested contents of such an agreement and...

30 CFR 250.1303 - How do I apply for voluntary unitization?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... plan of operation; (3) Supporting geological, geophysical, and engineering data; and (4) Other... model unit agreement for you to follow. If MMS revises the model, MMS will publish the revised model in the Federal Register. If you vary your unit agreement from the model agreement, you must obtain the...

76 FR 13972 - United States Warehouse Act; Export Food Aid Commodities Licensing Agreement

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2011-03-15

... such as peas, beans and lentils. Current USWA licenses for agricultural products include grain, cotton, nuts, cottonseed, and dry beans. Warehouse operators that apply voluntarily agree to be licensed...

United States Security and the Soviet Challenge. Report of a Wingspread Briefing (Racine, Wisconsin, June 29, 1978).

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McLain, Douglas, Jr.

Six presentations, an introduction, and a summary discussion are included in this publication, which focuses on the various complex factors involved in the negotiation of arms control agreements with the Soviet Union. Titles of the six presentations are: (1) Critical Issues in the United States-Soviet Relationship; (2) Basic Elements of Strategic…

76 FR 44609 - United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Notice of Determination Regarding Review of...

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2011-07-26

... DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Office of the Secretary United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Notice of... (the Labor Chapter) of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA). The submission was... alleges the Government of Peru has violated Article 17.2 of the Labor Chapter of the PTPA by failing to...

3 CFR 8818 - Proclamation 8818 of May 14, 2012. To Implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

..., 2009, modified certain rules of origin under the North American Free Trade Agreement and incorporated... Schedule of the United States to Adjust Rules of Origin Under the North American Free Trade Agreement... commitments under the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement and incorporated by reference Publication 4308...

24 CFR 982.317 - Lease-purchase agreements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... 24 Housing and Urban Development 4 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Lease-purchase agreements. 982.317...-purchase agreements. (a) A family leasing a unit with assistance under the program may enter into an agreement with an owner to purchase the unit. So long as the family is receiving such rental assistance, all...

77 FR 13952 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-03-07

...DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the United States- Korea Free Trade Agreement. The Republic of Korea is already party to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement, but this trade agreement implements a lower procurement threshold.

Cooperation on the uses of atomic energy between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for mutual defense purposes. A message from the President of the United States

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

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1984-01-01

President Reagan approves an amendment to the agreement between the US Government and that of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland which would extend for 10 years permission to transfer nonnuclear materials and technology needed for nuclear weapons and military reactors. The volume includes the nine articles of the amendment, the President's message of transmittal, and correspondence between the President and Secretaries of Energy and Defense.

40 CFR 35.6015 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

..., repair, remodeling, improvement, or extension of buildings, structures or other property. Contract. A... 300. Operable unit. A discrete action, as described in the Cooperative Agreement or Superfund State...). Real property. Land, including land improvements, structures, and appurtenances thereto, excluding...

40 CFR 35.6015 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

..., repair, remodeling, improvement, or extension of buildings, structures or other property. Contract. A... 300. Operable unit. A discrete action, as described in the Cooperative Agreement or Superfund State...). Real property. Land, including land improvements, structures, and appurtenances thereto, excluding...

43 CFR 3280.5 - May BLM require the modification of lease requirements in connection with the creation and...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... requirements in connection with the creation and operation of a unit agreement? 3280.5 Section 3280.5 Public... with the creation and operation of a unit agreement? (a) BLM may, with the consent of the lessees... connection with the creation and operation of any such unit agreement as BLM may consider necessary or...

43 CFR 3280.5 - May BLM require the modification of lease requirements in connection with the creation and...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... requirements in connection with the creation and operation of a unit agreement? 3280.5 Section 3280.5 Public... with the creation and operation of a unit agreement? (a) BLM may, with the consent of the lessees... connection with the creation and operation of any such unit agreement as BLM may consider necessary or...

43 CFR 3280.5 - May BLM require the modification of lease requirements in connection with the creation and...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... requirements in connection with the creation and operation of a unit agreement? 3280.5 Section 3280.5 Public... with the creation and operation of a unit agreement? (a) BLM may, with the consent of the lessees... connection with the creation and operation of any such unit agreement as BLM may consider necessary or...

43 CFR 3280.5 - May BLM require the modification of lease requirements in connection with the creation and...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... requirements in connection with the creation and operation of a unit agreement? 3280.5 Section 3280.5 Public... with the creation and operation of a unit agreement? (a) BLM may, with the consent of the lessees... connection with the creation and operation of any such unit agreement as BLM may consider necessary or...

75 FR 13421 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2008-036, Trade Agreements-Costa Rica, Oman, and Peru

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2010-03-19

... 9000-AL23 Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2008-036, Trade Agreements--Costa Rica, Oman, and... United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement, and the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement. DATES... interim rule. The interim rule added Costa Rica, Oman, and Peru to the definition of ``Free Trade...

77 FR 56739 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement

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2012-09-13

...DoD, GSA, and NASA are adopting as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement. The Republic of Korea is already party to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement, but this trade agreement implements a lower procurement threshold.

77 FR 73699 - International Mail Contract

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2012-12-11

..., which concerns delivery of inbound Air CP \\2\\ and EMS in the United States, included within the Inbound...\\ ``CP'' is an abbreviation used to identify or reference international parcel post (from the French... effective date is January 1, 2013. Id. at 4. The rates for inbound Air CP and EMS included in the Agreement...

78 FR 76700 - Procurement Thresholds for Implementation of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979

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2013-12-18

...-Oman Free Trade Agreement (United States-Oman FTA), Chapter 9 of the United States- Panama Trade... FTA, Chapter 10 of NAFTA, Chapter 9 of the United States-Oman FTA, Chapter 9 of the United States...) Procurement of construction services--$12,721,740. IX. United States-Oman FTA, Chapter 9 A. Central Level...

The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, intellectual property and medicines: Differential outcomes for developed and developing countries.

PubMed

Gleeson, Deborah; Lexchin, Joel; Lopert, Ruth; Kilic, Burcu

2018-04-01

The final text of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), agreed between the 12 negotiating countries in 2016, included a suite of intellectual property provisions intended to expand and extend pharmaceutical company exclusivities on medicines. It drew wide criticism for including such provisions in an agreement that involved developing countries (Vietnam, Peru, Malaysia, Mexico, Chile and Brunei Darussalam) because of the effect on delaying the introduction of low-cost generics. While developing nations negotiated transition periods for implementing some obligations, all parties would have eventually been expected to meet the same standards had the TPP come into force. While the TPP has stalled following US withdrawal, there are moves by some of the remaining countries to reinvigorate the agreement without the United States. The proponents may seek to retain as much as possible of the original text in the hope that the United States will re-join the accord in future. This article presents a comparative analysis of the impact the final 2016 TPP intellectual property chapter could be expected to have (if implemented in its current form) on the intellectual property laws and regulatory regimes for medicines in the TPP countries. Drawing on the published literature, it traces the likely impact on access to medicines. It focuses particularly on the differential impact on regulatory frameworks for developed and developing nations (in terms of whether or not legislative action would have been required to implement the agreement). The article also explores the political and economic dynamics that contributed to these differential outcomes.

The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, intellectual property and medicines: Differential outcomes for developed and developing countries

PubMed Central

Gleeson, Deborah; Lexchin, Joel; Lopert, Ruth; Kilic, Burcu

2017-01-01

The final text of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), agreed between the 12 negotiating countries in 2016, included a suite of intellectual property provisions intended to expand and extend pharmaceutical company exclusivities on medicines. It drew wide criticism for including such provisions in an agreement that involved developing countries (Vietnam, Peru, Malaysia, Mexico, Chile and Brunei Darussalam) because of the effect on delaying the introduction of low-cost generics. While developing nations negotiated transition periods for implementing some obligations, all parties would have eventually been expected to meet the same standards had the TPP come into force. While the TPP has stalled following US withdrawal, there are moves by some of the remaining countries to reinvigorate the agreement without the United States. The proponents may seek to retain as much as possible of the original text in the hope that the United States will re-join the accord in future. This article presents a comparative analysis of the impact the final 2016 TPP intellectual property chapter could be expected to have (if implemented in its current form) on the intellectual property laws and regulatory regimes for medicines in the TPP countries. Drawing on the published literature, it traces the likely impact on access to medicines. It focuses particularly on the differential impact on regulatory frameworks for developed and developing nations (in terms of whether or not legislative action would have been required to implement the agreement). The article also explores the political and economic dynamics that contributed to these differential outcomes. PMID:29706802

Impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on high-fructose corn syrup supply in Canada: a natural experiment using synthetic control methods

PubMed Central

Barlow, Pepita; McKee, Martin; Basu, Sanjay; Stuckler, David

2017-01-01

BACKGROUND: Critics of free trade agreements have argued that they threaten public health, as they eliminate barriers to trade in potentially harmful products, such as sugar. Here we analyze the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), testing the hypothesis that lowering tariffs on food and beverage syrups that contain high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) increased its use in foods consumed in Canada. METHODS: We used supply data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to assess changes in supply of caloric sweeteners including HFCS after NAFTA. We estimate the impact of NAFTA on supply of HFCS in Canada using an innovative, quasi-experimental methodology — synthetic control methods — that creates a control group with which to compare Canada’s outcomes. Additional robustness tests were performed for sample, control groups and model specification. RESULTS: Tariff reductions in NAFTA coincided with a 41.6 (95% confidence interval 25.1 to 58.2) kilocalorie per capita daily increase in the supply of caloric sweeteners including HFCS. This change was not observed in the control groups, including Australia and the United Kingdom, as well as a composite control of 16 countries. Results were robust to placebo tests and additional sensitivity analyses. INTERPRETATION: NAFTA was strongly associated with a marked rise in HFCS supply and likely consumption in Canada. Our study provides evidence that even a seemingly modest change to product tariffs in free trade agreements can substantially alter population-wide dietary behaviour and exposure to risk factors. PMID:28676578

Impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on high-fructose corn syrup supply in Canada: a natural experiment using synthetic control methods.

PubMed

Barlow, Pepita; McKee, Martin; Basu, Sanjay; Stuckler, David

2017-07-04

Critics of free trade agreements have argued that they threaten public health, as they eliminate barriers to trade in potentially harmful products, such as sugar. Here we analyze the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), testing the hypothesis that lowering tariffs on food and beverage syrups that contain high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) increased its use in foods consumed in Canada. We used supply data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to assess changes in supply of caloric sweeteners including HFCS after NAFTA. We estimate the impact of NAFTA on supply of HFCS in Canada using an innovative, quasi-experimental methodology - synthetic control methods - that creates a control group with which to compare Canada's outcomes. Additional robustness tests were performed for sample, control groups and model specification. Tariff reductions in NAFTA coincided with a 41.6 (95% confidence interval 25.1 to 58.2) kilocalorie per capita daily increase in the supply of caloric sweeteners including HFCS. This change was not observed in the control groups, including Australia and the United Kingdom, as well as a composite control of 16 countries. Results were robust to placebo tests and additional sensitivity analyses. NAFTA was strongly associated with a marked rise in HFCS supply and likely consumption in Canada. Our study provides evidence that even a seemingly modest change to product tariffs in free trade agreements can substantially alter population-wide dietary behaviour and exposure to risk factors. © 2017 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors.

IEA agreement on the production and utilization of hydrogen: 2000 annual report

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Elam, Carolyn C.

2001-12-01

The 2000 annual report of the IEA Hydrogen Agreement contains an overview of the agreement, including its guiding principles, latest strategic plan, and a report from the Chairman, Mr. Neil P. Rossmeissl, U.S. Department of Energy. Overviews of the National Hydrogen Programs of nine member countries are given: Canada, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Task updates are provided on the following annexes: Annex 12 - Metal Hydrides and Carbon for Hydrogen Storage, Annex 13 - Design and Optimization of Integrated Systems, Annex 14 - Photoelectrolytic Production of Hydrogen, and, Annex 15 - Photobiologicalmore » Production of Hydrogen.« less

The PBS in a globalised world: free trade and reference pricing.

PubMed

Searles, Andrew

2009-05-01

In January 2005 Australia implemented the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA). The agreement had placed domestic health policy and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) in particular, on the trade negotiating table. At the time Australians were told the PBS would not be undermined, but why was it included in a trade agreement? This article argues that recent reforms to the PBS partially delivered on an issue that the US has compelled its trade negotiators to ensure since 2002: the elimination of reference pricing. In Australia, reference pricing, as used by the PBS, had been credited with obtaining money when buying new medicines.

50 CFR 300.201 - Definition.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 50 Wildlife and Fisheries 7 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Definition. 300.201 Section 300.201 Wildlife and Fisheries INTERNATIONAL FISHING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES REGULATIONS... under an international fishery management agreement to which the United States is a party, including...

39 CFR 266.10 - Computer matching.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... Service UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION PRIVACY OF INFORMATION § 266.10... matching proposals. A proposal must include information required for the matching agreement discussed in... matching proposals, whether from postal organizations or other government agencies, must be mailed directly...

39 CFR 266.10 - Computer matching.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... Service UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION PRIVACY OF INFORMATION § 266.10... matching proposals. A proposal must include information required for the matching agreement discussed in... matching proposals, whether from postal organizations or other government agencies, must be mailed directly...

39 CFR 266.10 - Computer matching.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... Service UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION PRIVACY OF INFORMATION § 266.10... matching proposals. A proposal must include information required for the matching agreement discussed in... matching proposals, whether from postal organizations or other government agencies, must be mailed directly...

39 CFR 266.10 - Computer matching.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... Service UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION PRIVACY OF INFORMATION § 266.10... matching proposals. A proposal must include information required for the matching agreement discussed in... matching proposals, whether from postal organizations or other government agencies, must be mailed directly...

39 CFR 266.10 - Computer matching.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... Service UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION PRIVACY OF INFORMATION § 266.10... matching proposals. A proposal must include information required for the matching agreement discussed in... matching proposals, whether from postal organizations or other government agencies, must be mailed directly...

40 CFR 33.201 - What does this subpart require?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... ASSISTANCE PARTICIPATION BY DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION... EPA financial assistance agreements to business concerns or other organizations owned or controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, including HBCUs and women (“EPA's 8% statute”). Title...

32 CFR 536.108 - Claims payable under international agreements (for those arising in the United States).

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... arising within the North Atlantic Treaty Area, which includes CONUS and its territories and possessions north of the Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees north latitude). This excludes Puerto Rico, the Virgin...

75 FR 9005 - New Postal Product

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-02-26

... functionally equivalent to previously submitted GEPS 2 contracts, and is supported by Governors' Decision No... functionally equivalent agreements to be included within the product, provided that they meet the requirements...]\\ Notice of United States Postal Service Filing of Functionally Equivalent Global Expedited Package...

76 FR 52328 - Single Source Cooperative Agreement Award for the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Health Studies

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2011-08-22

... infectious disease threats including select bio-terrorism agents and novel influenza viruses. The amount of... or actual spread of bio-terrorism agents or a pandemic to the United States, thereby enhancing the...

Mass support for global climate agreements depends on institutional design.

PubMed

Bechtel, Michael M; Scheve, Kenneth F

2013-08-20

Effective climate mitigation requires international cooperation, and these global efforts need broad public support to be sustainable over the long run. We provide estimates of public support for different types of climate agreements in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Using data from a large-scale experimental survey, we explore how three key dimensions of global climate cooperation--costs and distribution, participation, and enforcement--affect individuals' willingness to support these international efforts. We find that design features have significant effects on public support. Specifically, our results indicate that support is higher for global climate agreements that involve lower costs, distribute costs according to prominent fairness principles, encompass more countries, and include a small sanction if a country fails to meet its emissions reduction targets. In contrast to well-documented baseline differences in public support for climate mitigation efforts, opinion responds similarly to changes in climate policy design in all four countries. We also find that the effects of institutional design features can bring about decisive changes in the level of public support for a global climate agreement. Moreover, the results appear consistent with the view that the sensitivity of public support to design features reflects underlying norms of reciprocity and individuals' beliefs about the potential effectiveness of specific agreements.

77 FR 31832 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Procedures for Considering Requests and...

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2012-05-30

... Section 328 of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (the ``Act... of the United States- Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (the ``Agreement''). This safeguard... directly competitive article; and (5) all data available to the requester showing changes in productivity...

75 FR 12494 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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2010-03-16

... Textile Apparel Safeguard Provision of the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement. OMB Control Number... States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ``Act'') implements the textile and apparel safeguard provisions, provided for in Article 3.1 of the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement (the...

An Investigation into the Effects Which Aerospace Industry Offset Trade Agreements Have on United States Air Force Mission Performance

DTIC Science & Technology

1989-09-01

technology transfer, and countertrade (see the glossary at the end of this chapter for a definition of each of these terms). After WW II, the U.S...manufacturers. 17 COUNTERTRADE - various types of commercial agreements which include at least one of the following: BARTER - a one time transaction... countertrade , accounted for the remaining 53 percent (38:21). 37 atls 1. Value of Military Export Sales Contracts and Associated Offset Obligations by

77 FR 51048 - United States et al. v. Verizon Communications Inc. et al.; Proposed Final Judgment and...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-08-23

... offerings for their customers who want a bundle including such services. Although the agreements permit the... retail outlets selling two competing quad-play offerings: one including Verizon Wireless services and a..., video, and broadband FiOS services, and over 90% of FiOS customers subscribe to some form of bundle...

76 FR 65365 - United States-OMAN Free Trade Agreement

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-10-21

... CFR Parts 10, 24, 162, 163, and 178 [USCBP-2010-0041; CBP Dec. 11-19] RIN 1515-AD68 United States-OMAN... other customs-related provisions of the United States--Oman Free Trade Agreement entered into by the United States and the Sultanate of Oman. DATES: Final rule effective November 21, 2011. FOR FURTHER...

Sulimar Queen environmental restoration project closure package Sandia environmental stewardship exemplar.

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Tillman, Jack B.

In March 2008, Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia), in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management, Roswell Field Office, completed its responsibilities to plug and abandon wells and restore the surface conditions for the Sulimar Queens Unit, a 2,500 acre oil field, in Chaves County, Southeast New Mexico. Sandia assumed this liability in an agreement to obtain property to create a field laboratory to perform extensive testing and experimentation on enhanced oil recovery techniques for shallow oil fields. In addition to plugging and abandoning 28 wells, the project included the removal of surface structures and surface reclamation of disturbed lands associatedmore » with all plugged and abandoned wells, access roads, and other auxiliary facilities within unit boundaries. A contracting strategy was implemented to mitigate risk and reduce cost. As the unit is an important wildlife habitat for prairie chickens, sand dune lizards, and mule deer, the criteria for the restoration and construction process were designed to protect and enhance the wildlife habitat. Lessons learned from this project include: (1) extreme caution should be exercised when entering agreements that include future liabilities, (2) partnering with the regulator has huge benefits, and (3) working with industry experts, who were familiar with the work, and subcontractors, who provided the network to complete the project cost effectively.« less

10 CFR 609.10 - Loan Guarantee Agreement.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... TECHNOLOGIES § 609.10 Loan Guarantee Agreement. (a) Only a Loan Guarantee Agreement executed by a duly... Commercial Technologies in service in the United States; (2) The project will be constructed and operated in the United States, the employment of the new or significantly improved technology in the project has...

10 CFR 609.10 - Loan Guarantee Agreement.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... TECHNOLOGIES § 609.10 Loan Guarantee Agreement. (a) Only a Loan Guarantee Agreement executed by a duly... Commercial Technologies in service in the United States; (2) The project will be constructed and operated in the United States, the employment of the new or significantly improved technology in the project has...

10 CFR 609.10 - Loan Guarantee Agreement.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... TECHNOLOGIES § 609.10 Loan Guarantee Agreement. (a) Only a Loan Guarantee Agreement executed by a duly... Commercial Technologies in service in the United States; (2) The project will be constructed and operated in the United States, the employment of the new or significantly improved technology in the project has...

10 CFR 609.10 - Loan Guarantee Agreement.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... TECHNOLOGIES § 609.10 Loan Guarantee Agreement. (a) Only a Loan Guarantee Agreement executed by a duly... Commercial Technologies in service in the United States; (2) The project will be constructed and operated in the United States, the employment of the new or significantly improved technology in the project has...

10 CFR 609.10 - Loan Guarantee Agreement.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... TECHNOLOGIES § 609.10 Loan Guarantee Agreement. (a) Only a Loan Guarantee Agreement executed by a duly... Commercial Technologies in service in the United States; (2) The project will be constructed and operated in the United States, the employment of the new or significantly improved technology in the project has...

12 CFR 204.4 - Computation of required reserves.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... Edge and Agreement corporations) may be deducted from the amount of gross transaction accounts. The... agency of the same foreign bank, and United States offices of an Edge or Agreement Corporation may not deduct balances due from another United States office of the same Edge or Agreement Corporation. (c...

50 CFR 300.201 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... 50 Wildlife and Fisheries 11 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false Definitions. 300.201 Section 300.201 Wildlife and Fisheries INTERNATIONAL FISHING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES REGULATIONS... international fishery management agreement to which the United States is a party, including but not limited to...

19 CFR 10.913 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement... natural resources not included in paragraphs (g)(1) through (g)(4) of this section that are extracted or...; banners; marketing displays; free samples; sales, marketing, and after-sales service literature (product...

45 CFR 602.20 - Standards for financial management systems.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... Section 602.20 Public Welfare Regulations Relating to Public Welfare (Continued) NATIONAL SCIENCE... subgrant. Financial information must be related to performance or productivity data, including the... agreement. If unit cost data are required, estimates based on available documentation will be accepted...

45 CFR 602.20 - Standards for financial management systems.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... Section 602.20 Public Welfare Regulations Relating to Public Welfare (Continued) NATIONAL SCIENCE... subgrant. Financial information must be related to performance or productivity data, including the... agreement. If unit cost data are required, estimates based on available documentation will be accepted...

EasyDIAg: A tool for easy determination of interrater agreement.

PubMed

Holle, Henning; Rein, Robert

2015-09-01

Reliable measurements are fundamental for the empirical sciences. In observational research, measurements often consist of observers categorizing behavior into nominal-scaled units. Since the categorization is the outcome of a complex judgment process, it is important to evaluate the extent to which these judgments are reproducible, by having multiple observers independently rate the same behavior. A challenge in determining interrater agreement for timed-event sequential data is to develop clear objective criteria to determine whether two raters' judgments relate to the same event (the linking problem). Furthermore, many studies presently report only raw agreement indices, without considering the degree to which agreement can occur by chance alone. Here, we present a novel, free, and open-source toolbox (EasyDIAg) designed to assist researchers with the linking problem, while also providing chance-corrected estimates of interrater agreement. Additional tools are included to facilitate the development of coding schemes and rater training.

3 CFR 8536 - Proclamation 8536 of June 12, 2010. To Implement Certain Provisions of the Dominican Republic...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... Certain Provisions of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement With... America-United States Free Trade Agreement With Respect to Costa Rica, and for Other PurposesBy the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. On August 5, 2004, the United States entered...

Capacity-Building Programs Under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR)

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

The United States signed the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) in August 2004 with five Central American countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua) and the Dominican Republic.

48 CFR 47.403-2 - Air transport agreements between the United States and foreign governments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Air transport agreements....-Flag Carriers 47.403-2 Air transport agreements between the United States and foreign governments... attend, the use of a foreign-flag air carrier that provides transportation under an air transport...

76 FR 57102 - Notice and Request for Comments: Two-Year Extension of Softwood Lumber Agreement

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-09-15

... additional two years. The United States is considering extending the SLA through October 12, 2015. Interested... additional 2 years.'' Without an extension, the Agreement will expire in October 12, 2013. USTR is... for Comments: Two-Year Extension of Softwood Lumber Agreement AGENCY: Office of the United States...

78 FR 22226 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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2013-04-15

... the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (Act). Form Number(s): N/A. OMB... request; 2 hours per response; and 1 hour per rebuttal. Needs and Uses: The United States and Peru negotiated the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (the Agreement), which entered into force on February 1...

75 FR 13411 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-39; Introduction

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-03-19

... Defense Authorization Act. V Trade Agreements--Costa Rica, Oman, and Peru. 2008-036 Sakalos. VI Payments...--Costa Rica, Oman, and Peru (FAR Case 2008- 036) The Councils have adopted as final, without change, an... Rica, the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement, and the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement...

19 CFR 10.764 - Declaration.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement... tariff treatment specified for those goods in the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement; and This...

Business Leadership in Global Climate Change Responses

PubMed Central

Esty, Daniel C.

2018-01-01

In the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement, 195 countries committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in recognition of the scientific consensus on the consequences of climate change, including substantial public health burdens. In June 2017, however, US president Donald Trump announced that the United States would not implement the Paris Agreement. We highlight the business community’s backing for climate change action in the United States. Just as the US federal government is backing away from its Paris commitments, many corporate executives are recognizing the need to address the greenhouse gas emissions of their companies and the business logic of strong environmental, social, and governance practices more generally. We conclude that climate change could emerge as an issue on which the business and public health communities might align and provide leadership. PMID:29698101

Solar energy water desalination in the United States and Saudi Arabia

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Luft, W.; William, J.

1981-01-01

Five solar energy water desalination systems were designed to deliver 6000 cubic m/day of desalted water from either seawater or brackish water. Two systems will be selected for pilot plant construction. The pilot plants will have capacities in the range of 100 to 400 m/day. Goals of the Project Agreement for Cooperation in the Field of Solar Energy, under the auspices of the United States-Saudi Arabian Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation, are to: (1) cooperate in the field of solar energy technology for the mutual benefit of the two countries, including the development and stimulation of solar industries within the two countries; (2) advance the development of solar energy technology in the two countries; and (3) facilitate the transfer between the two countries of technology developed under this agreement.

A bill to amend Title I of PL 99-658 regarding the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Palau, to approve the results of the 15-year review of the Compact, including the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Palau Following the Compact of Free Association Section 432 Review, and to appropriate funds for the purposes of the amended PL 99-658 for fiscal years ending on or before September 30, 2024, to carry out the agreements resulting from that review.

THOMAS, 112th Congress

Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM

2011-02-14

Senate - 06/16/2011 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-121. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

Business Leadership in Global Climate Change Responses.

PubMed

Esty, Daniel C; Bell, Michelle L

2018-04-01

In the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement, 195 countries committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in recognition of the scientific consensus on the consequences of climate change, including substantial public health burdens. In June 2017, however, US president Donald Trump announced that the United States would not implement the Paris Agreement. We highlight the business community's backing for climate change action in the United States. Just as the US federal government is backing away from its Paris commitments, many corporate executives are recognizing the need to address the greenhouse gas emissions of their companies and the business logic of strong environmental, social, and governance practices more generally. We conclude that climate change could emerge as an issue on which the business and public health communities might align and provide leadership.

4 CFR 28.115 - Processing petitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 4 Accounts 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Processing petitions. 28.115 Section 28.115 Accounts... Special Procedures; Representation Proceedings § 28.115 Processing petitions. (a) Upon the expiration of... their consultations including an agreement on the appropriate units, on the withdrawal of the petition...

A Cross-Cultural Examination of Semantic Relations.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Raybeck, Douglas; Herrmann, Douglas

1990-01-01

Reports on a cross-cultural investigation of semantic relations, including antonyms, synonyms, and class inclusion, among bilingual adult subjects in the United States, England, Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Pakistan, and Hong Kong. Found significant agreement across cultures, especially for antinomy. Results in general support theories of linguistic…

44 CFR 151.11 - Submission of claims.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

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44 CFR 151.11 - Submission of claims.

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2010-10-01

... 44 Emergency Management and Assistance 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Submission of claims. 151.11 Section 151.11 Emergency Management and Assistance FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF... including all monies received or receivable from the United States through any program or agreement...

44 CFR 151.11 - Submission of claims.

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2012-10-01

... 44 Emergency Management and Assistance 1 2012-10-01 2011-10-01 true Submission of claims. 151.11 Section 151.11 Emergency Management and Assistance FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF... including all monies received or receivable from the United States through any program or agreement...

44 CFR 151.11 - Submission of claims.

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2011-10-01

... 44 Emergency Management and Assistance 1 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Submission of claims. 151.11 Section 151.11 Emergency Management and Assistance FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF... including all monies received or receivable from the United States through any program or agreement...

44 CFR 151.11 - Submission of claims.

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2013-10-01

... 44 Emergency Management and Assistance 1 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false Submission of claims. 151.11 Section 151.11 Emergency Management and Assistance FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF... including all monies received or receivable from the United States through any program or agreement...

7 CFR 251.3 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... following categories: (i) Emergency feeding organizations (including food banks, food pantries and soup... of food or edible commodities, or the products of food or edible commodities, to food pantries, soup... into an agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture under § 251.2(c). (j) Soup kitchen...

Fleet Forecasts for the United States to 2020

DTIC Science & Technology

1990-03-21

Commodity 36). In particular, WSTS Commodity 33 includes auto-related items - piston engines, electric motors and generators, air conditioners, fuel pumps...as last year, at best. Mazda , for example, recently announced an actual cutback at its Flat Rock production site. The Voluntary Restraint Agreements

19 CFR 10.864 - Declaration.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Import... tariff treatment specified for those goods in the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement; and This...

19 CFR 10.864 - Declaration.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Import... tariff treatment specified for those goods in the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement; and This...

19 CFR 10.864 - Declaration.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Import... tariff treatment specified for those goods in the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement; and This...

19 CFR 10.864 - Declaration.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Import... tariff treatment specified for those goods in the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement; and This...

Effect of Picture Archiving and Communication System Image Manipulation on the Agreement of Chest Radiograph Interpretation in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

PubMed

Castro, Denise A; Naqvi, Asad Ahmed; Vandenkerkhof, Elizabeth; Flavin, Michael P; Manson, David; Soboleski, Donald

2016-01-01

Variability in image interpretation has been attributed to differences in the interpreters' knowledge base, experience level, and access to the clinical scenario. Picture archiving and communication system (PACS) has allowed the user to manipulate the images while developing their impression of the radiograph. The aim of this study was to determine the agreement of chest radiograph (CXR) impressions among radiologists and neonatologists and help determine the effect of image manipulation with PACS on report impression. Prospective cohort study included 60 patients from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit undergoing CXRs. Three radiologists and three neonatologists reviewed two consecutive frontal CXRs of each patient. Each physician was allowed manipulation of images as needed to provide a decision of "improved," "unchanged," or "disease progression" lung disease for each patient. Each physician repeated the process once more; this time, they were not allowed to individually manipulate the images, but an independent radiologist presets the image brightness and contrast to best optimize the CXR appearance. Percent agreement and opposing reporting views were calculated between all six physicians for each of the two methods (allowing and not allowing image manipulation). One hundred percent agreement in image impression between all six observers was only seen in 5% of cases when allowing image manipulation; 100% agreement was seen in 13% of the cases when there was no manipulation of the images. Agreement in CXR interpretation is poor; the ability to manipulate the images on PACS results in a decrease in agreement in the interpretation of these studies. New methods to standardize image appearance and allow improved comparison with previous studies should be sought to improve clinician agreement in interpretation consistency and advance patient care.

77 FR 31683 - Notice of Effective Date of Modifications to a Rule of Origin of the United States-Australia Free...

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2012-05-29

... Rule of Origin of the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement AGENCY: Office of the United States... to a product-specific rule of origin under the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement (USAFTA). SUMMARY: In Proclamation 8334 of December 31, 2008, the President modified the rules of origin for certain...

77 FR 413 - To Modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and for Other Purposes

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2012-01-04

..., implemented the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement (USOFTA) with respect to the United States and, pursuant to section 201 of the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ``USOFTA Act... reductions with respect to Oman set forth in Annex 2-B of the USOFTA. In order to ensure the continuation of...

77 FR 26599 - Determination Regarding Waiver of Discriminatory Purchasing Requirements With Respect to Goods...

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2012-05-04

...-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative. ACTION... INFORMATION: On November 22, 2006, the United States and Colombia entered into the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (``Colombia TPA''). Chapter Nine of the Colombia TPA sets forth certain...

75 FR 13494 - North American Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904; NAFTA Panel Reviews; Request for Panel Review

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2010-03-22

..., Article 1904; NAFTA Panel Reviews; Request for Panel Review AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United States... Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Panel Review was requested of... Article 1904 of the Agreement, which came into force on January 1, 1994, the Government of the United...

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2010-12-30

..., Article 1904 NAFTA Panel Reviews; Request for Panel Review AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United States... to Article 1904 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Second and Third Requests for Panel... Article 1904 of the Agreement, which came into force on January 1, 1994, the Government of the United...

77 FR 65439 - Implementation of United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Tariff-Rate Quota for Imports of...

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... Promotion Agreement Tariff-Rate Quota for Imports of Sugar AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: USTR is providing notice that the tariff-rate quotas for sugar... Agreement establishes three tariff-rate quotas for imports of sugar from Panama. USTR is providing notice...

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... Promotion Agreement Tariff-Rate Quota for Imports of Sugar AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: USTR is providing notice that the tariff-rate quota for sugar... Agreement establishes a tariff-rate quota for imports of sugar from Colombia. USTR is providing notice that...

75 FR 57326 - Request for Comments and Suggestions for Environmental Cooperation Pursuant to the United States...

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...) the Environment Chapter (17) of the U.S.- Oman Free Trade Agreement, and (4) the Environmental Review of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement. (Documents are available at: http://www.state.gov/g/oes/env... expanded bilateral trade relationship that will accompany the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA...

75 FR 13425 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-39; Small Entity Compliance Guide

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2010-03-19

... 2008 National Defense Authorization Act. V Trade Agreements--Costa Rica, Oman, and Peru. 2008-036..., Oman, and Peru (FAR Case 2008- 036) The Councils have adopted as final, without change, an interim rule... United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement, and the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement. This final...

Challenges facing the North American iron ore industry

USGS Publications Warehouse

Jorgenson, J.D.

2005-01-01

During the 20th century, the iron ore mining industries of Canada and the United States passed through several periods of transformation. The beginning of the 21st century has seen yet another period of transformation, with the economic failure of a number of steel companies, the acquisition of their facilities by more viable steelmakers, and the consolidation of control within the North American iron ore industry. Changes in Canadian and United States iron ore production and the market control structure involved are analysed. The consolidation of ownership, formation of foreign joint ventures within Nordi America, planned divestitures of upstream activities by steelmakers, and industry changes made to ensure availability of feedstocks will be reviewed. The ttaditional isolation of the Canadian and United States iron ore operations and their strong linkage to downstream steel production will be discussed in the context of a changing global economy. Management-labour conflicts that have taken place and agreements made during 2000 through 2004 will be discussed in the context of the economic environment leading up to these agreements. Cooperative agreements between competing Canadian and United States companies to resolve client needs in processing and blending will be examined. A joint industry-government project designed to use new technology to produce direct reduced iron nuggets of 96 - 98 per cent iron content using non-coking coals will also be assessed. Changes in iron ore transportation methods, ownership and infrastructure will be reviewed for both rail and inland waterway transport between Canadian and United States companies. A brief analysis of social and environmental issues relating to sustainable development of the Canadian-United States iron ore industry will be included.

19 CFR 10.769 - Definitions.

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2014-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement... manufacture of a good, including: (1) Fuel and energy; (2) Tools, dies, and molds; (3) Spare parts and...) Equipment, devices, and supplies used for testing or inspecting the good; (7) Catalysts and solvents; and (8...

19 CFR 10.769 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement... manufacture of a good, including: (1) Fuel and energy; (2) Tools, dies, and molds; (3) Spare parts and...) Equipment, devices, and supplies used for testing or inspecting the good; (7) Catalysts and solvents; and (8...

19 CFR 10.809 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement... manufacture of a good, including: (1) Fuel and energy; (2) Tools, dies, and molds; (3) Spare parts and...) Equipment, devices, and supplies used for testing or inspecting the good; (7) Catalysts and solvents; and (8...

19 CFR 10.769 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement... manufacture of a good, including: (1) Fuel and energy; (2) Tools, dies, and molds; (3) Spare parts and...) Equipment, devices, and supplies used for testing or inspecting the good; (7) Catalysts and solvents; and (8...

19 CFR 10.769 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement... manufacture of a good, including: (1) Fuel and energy; (2) Tools, dies, and molds; (3) Spare parts and...) Equipment, devices, and supplies used for testing or inspecting the good; (7) Catalysts and solvents; and (8...

19 CFR 10.809 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement... manufacture of a good, including: (1) Fuel and energy; (2) Tools, dies, and molds; (3) Spare parts and...) Equipment, devices, and supplies used for testing or inspecting the good; (7) Catalysts and solvents; and (8...

19 CFR 10.809 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement... manufacture of a good, including: (1) Fuel and energy; (2) Tools, dies, and molds; (3) Spare parts and...) Equipment, devices, and supplies used for testing or inspecting the good; (7) Catalysts and solvents; and (8...

19 CFR 10.809 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement... manufacture of a good, including: (1) Fuel and energy; (2) Tools, dies, and molds; (3) Spare parts and...) Equipment, devices, and supplies used for testing or inspecting the good; (7) Catalysts and solvents; and (8...

19 CFR 10.809 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement... manufacture of a good, including: (1) Fuel and energy; (2) Tools, dies, and molds; (3) Spare parts and...) Equipment, devices, and supplies used for testing or inspecting the good; (7) Catalysts and solvents; and (8...

19 CFR 10.769 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement... manufacture of a good, including: (1) Fuel and energy; (2) Tools, dies, and molds; (3) Spare parts and...) Equipment, devices, and supplies used for testing or inspecting the good; (7) Catalysts and solvents; and (8...

19 CFR 10.450 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Rules of Origin § 10.450 Definitions. For purposes of §§ 10.450 through 10.463 of this subpart: (a..., rules, and procedures, including both broad and specific guidelines, that define the accounting...

19 CFR 123.72 - Written agreement requirement.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... law, including Customs regulations, especially those concerned with trafficking in illegal drugs; and... techniques, drug awareness, and conveyance searches; (b) To establish security systems at the place of... lading of illegal drugs while the conveyance is en route to the United States; (c) To conduct, to the...

15 CFR 2006.3 - Determinations regarding petitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

..., including but not limited to a domestic firm or worker, a representative of consumer interests, a United... 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade 3 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Determinations regarding petitions. 2006.3 Section 2006.3 Commerce and Foreign Trade Regulations Relating to Foreign Trade Agreements...

77 FR 51828 - Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement; Notice of Extension of the...

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2012-08-27

... DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Office of the Secretary Dominican Republic--Central America--United States... Dominican Republic--Central America--United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). On December 22, 2011... Republic) AGENCY: Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor. ACTION: Notice. The...

77 FR 66870 - Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement; Notice of Extension of the...

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2012-11-07

... DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Office of the Secretary Dominican Republic--Central America--United States... (the Labor Chapter) of the Dominican Republic--Central America--United States Free Trade Agreement...) AGENCY: Office of Trade and Labor Affairs, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of...

77 FR 15397 - Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement; Notice of Determination...

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2012-03-15

... DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Office of the Secretary Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free... to Article 16.4.3 of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA... International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Office of Trade and Labor...

The U.S.-Moroccan Agreement and Its Implications for U.S. Rapid Deployment Forces

DTIC Science & Technology

1983-03-01

DATE MAR 1983 2 . REPORT TYPE 3. DATES COVERED 00-00-1983 to 00-00-1983 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE The U.S.-Moroccan Agreement and Its Implications for...SUMMARY iv PART I. THE 1982 AGREEMENT BETWEEN MOROCCO AND THE UNITED STATES 2 Historical Background on U.S.-Morocco Relations 2 The 1982 Agreement 3 PART II...of Moroccan air bases may . iave some limitations. Scenarios under which the United States would be denied use of Spanish or Portuguese bases—which

Agreement between Coast Federation of Employees/American Federation of Teachers Local 1911 Faculty Unit and Coast Community College District, January 14, 1987.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Coast Community Coll. District, Costa Mesa, CA.

This collective bargaining agreement between the faculty unit of the Coast Federation of Employees and Coast Community College District establishes conditions of employment for all full-time certificated employees of the district. The articles in the agreement set forth provisions related to: (1) union recognition; (2) definitions; (3) the…

INTERNET PROTOCOL SUITE.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1997-09-04

In 1993, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) committed the United States, Canada and Mexico to facilitate movements of people and goods among the three member countries. In a subsequent agreement in February, 1995, Canada and the United S...

77 FR 15943 - United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement

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2012-03-19

...This rule amends the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations on an interim basis to implement the preferential tariff treatment and other customs-related provisions of the United States- Korea Free Trade Agreement.

International Drug Control Policy

DTIC Science & Technology

2009-02-09

control agreements.1 Narcotic drugs include cannabis, cannabis resin, coca leaf , cocaine, heroin, and opium. Psychotropic substances include ecstasy,2...cocaine is far more difficult to detect than the 300 to 500 kilograms of coca leaf that are required to make that same kilogram. Also, because crops...for legalizing the production and sale of coca leaf , which is currently an internationally controlled narcotic substance? And how can the United

CONAMINANT EXPOSURE, BIOCHEMICAL, AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL BIOMARKERS IN WHITE SUCKERS FROM CONTAMINATED AND REFERENCE SITES IN THE SHEBOYGAN RIVER, WISCONSIN

EPA Science Inventory

Fish populations of the lower Sheboygan River, located in east-central Wisconsin, are considered impaired under the Great Lakes Water Qualtiy Agreement between the United States and Canada. Pollutants in the Sheboygan River system include: polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polycy...

CONTAMINANT EXPOSURE, BIOCHEMICAL, AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL BIOMARKERS IN WHITE SUCKERS FROM CONTAMINATED AND REFERENCE SITES IN THE SHEBOYGAN RIVER, WISCONSIN

EPA Science Inventory

Fish populations of the lower Sheboygan River, located in east-central Wisconsin, are considered impaired under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the United States and Canada.Pollutants in the Sheboygan River system include: polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polycyc...

19 CFR 10.872 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Rules... manufacture of a good, including: (1) Fuel and energy; (2) Tools, dies, and molds; (3) Spare parts and...) Equipment, devices, and supplies used for testing or inspecting the good; (7) Catalysts and solvents; and (8...

19 CFR 10.872 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Rules... manufacture of a good, including: (1) Fuel and energy; (2) Tools, dies, and molds; (3) Spare parts and...) Equipment, devices, and supplies used for testing or inspecting the good; (7) Catalysts and solvents; and (8...

19 CFR 10.872 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Rules... manufacture of a good, including: (1) Fuel and energy; (2) Tools, dies, and molds; (3) Spare parts and...) Equipment, devices, and supplies used for testing or inspecting the good; (7) Catalysts and solvents; and (8...

19 CFR 10.872 - Definitions.

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2014-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Rules... manufacture of a good, including: (1) Fuel and energy; (2) Tools, dies, and molds; (3) Spare parts and...) Equipment, devices, and supplies used for testing or inspecting the good; (7) Catalysts and solvents; and (8...

76 FR 30751 - Bureau of Political-Military Affairs: Directorate of Defense Trade Controls; Notifications to the...

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2011-05-26

... transmitting, herewith, certification of a proposed manufacturing license agreement for the manufacture of... services to support the design, manufacture and delivery of the Es'Hail Satellite Program. The United... defense articles, including technical data, and defense services to support the design, manufacture...

19 CFR 10.593 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Rules of Origin § 10.593 Definitions. For purposes of §§ 10.593 through 10... Parties; (5) Minerals and other natural resources not included in paragraphs (g)(1) through (g)(4) of this...

U.S. Nuclear Cooperation With India: Issues for Congress

DTIC Science & Technology

2009-12-17

January 25, 2009; Kazakhstan might start uranium exports to India in 2009,” Panorama , February 6, 2009. “Chennai Daily Report: India, Kazakhstan Set...Section 123 d. to include agreements that covered reactors producing more than 5 MW thermal or special nuclear material connected therewith. 121 United

NAFTA and Higher Education: The Cultural and Educational Dimensions of Trade.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Altbach, Philip G.

1994-01-01

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which promises closer economic relations between Canada, the United States, and Mexico, has implications for higher education. These include the need for better understanding of the different educational systems, more educational and cultural exchange, and expanded area studies and language…

2 CFR 200.64 - Local government.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... 2 Grants and Agreements 1 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Local government. 200.64 Section 200.64... REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS Acronyms and Definitions Acronyms § 200.64 Local government. Local government means any unit of government within a state, including a: (a) County; (b) Borough; (c) Municipality; (d...

75 FR 4416 - Policy on Cooperating Associations, Draft Director's Order #32

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2010-01-27

...) agreement. This policy will apply to all units of the national park system, and will replace the previous... reflect the findings and recommendations of the Cooperating Association Steering Committee submitted to the National Leadership Council in August 2009. These recommendations include as follows: The primary...

Bush vs. Obama Detainee Policy Post-9/11: An Assessment

DTIC Science & Technology

2010-01-01

detainees, including Abd al- Rahim al-Nashiri, the accused architect of al-Qaeda’s bombing of the Navy destroyer USS Cole in Yemen in 2000, were to be...foreign inmates absent a formal agreement. Lithuania began talks with the United States about accepting prisoners from Guantanamo, and the European

76 FR 75893 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free...

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2011-12-05

... Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement with Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua (also known as CAFTA-DR). The Agreement was approved by...

48 CFR 25.400 - Scope of subpart.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... Implementation Act (Pub. L. 109-169) (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)); (viii) Oman FTA (the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement, as approved by Congress in the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Pub. L...

75 FR 68153 - To Adjust the Rules of Origin Under the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement, Implement...

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2010-11-04

... Part IV The President Proclamation 8596--To Adjust the Rules of Origin Under the United States... Adjust the Rules of Origin Under the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement, Implement Modifications... the HTS the schedule of duty reductions and rules of origin necessary or appropriate to carry out the...

76 FR 69120 - Regulatory Changes To Implement the United States/Australian Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear...

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2011-11-08

... Government of the United States of America Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy'' (the Agreement). The... and the Government of the United States of America Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, dated... NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Part 40 RIN 3150-AI95 [NRC-2011-0072] Regulatory Changes To...

77 FR 59241 - Notice of Effective Date of Modifications to Certain Textile and Apparel Rules of Origin of the...

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2012-09-26

... Rules of Origin of the Dominican Republic-Central America- United States Free Trade Agreement AGENCY... Certain Textile and Apparel Rules of Origin of the Dominican Republic-Central America- United States Free...- Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ``CAFTA-DR Act'') approved the...

76 FR 30499 - To Modify the Rules of Origin for the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, and for Other...

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2011-05-25

... States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (USPTPA), and on June 24 and June 25, 2007, the Parties to the...(a) of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (the ``USPTPA Act... Note 5 to Annex 2.3 of the USPTPA provides that originating goods of Peru shall not be subject to any...

The definition of polytrauma: variable interrater versus intrarater agreement--a prospective international study among trauma surgeons.

PubMed

Butcher, Nerida E; Enninghorst, Natalie; Sisak, Krisztian; Balogh, Zsolt J

2013-03-01

The international trauma community has recognized the lack of a validated consensus definition of "polytrauma." We hypothesized that using a subjective definition, trauma surgeons will not have substantial agreement; thus, an objective definition is needed. A prospective observational study was conducted between December 2010 and June 2011 (John Hunter Hospital, Level I trauma center). Inclusion criteria were all trauma call patients with subsequent intensive care unit admission. The study was composed of four stages as follows: (1) four trauma surgeons assessed patients until 24 hours, then coded as either "yes" or "no" for polytrauma, and results compared for agreement; (2) eight trauma surgeons representing the United States, Germany, and the Netherlands graded the same prospectively assessed patients and coded as either "yes" or "no" for polytrauma; (3) 12 months later, the original four trauma surgeons repeated assessment via data sheets to test intrarater variability; and (4) individual subjective definitions were compared with three anatomic scores, namely, (a) Injury Severity Score (ISS) of greater than 15, (b) ISS of greater 17, and (c) Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) score of greater than 2 in at least two ISS body regions. A total of 52 trauma patients were included. Results for each stage were as follows: (1) κ score of 0.50, moderate agreement; (2) κ score of 0.41, moderate agreement; (3) Rater 1 had moderate intrarater agreement (κ score, 0.59), while Raters 2, 3, 4 had substantial intrarater agreement (κ scores, 0.75, 0.66, and 0.71, respectively); and (4) none had most agreement with ISS of greater than 15 (κ score, 0.16), while both definitions ISS greater than 17 and Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) score of greater than 2 in at least two ISS body regions had on average fair agreement (κ scores, 0.27 and 0.39, respectively). Based on subjective assessments, trauma surgeons do not agree on the definition of polytrauma, with the subjective definition differing both within and across institutions.

19 CFR 202.1 - Applicability of part.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... Duties UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION NONADJUDICATIVE INVESTIGATIONS INVESTIGATIONS OF... the United States a foreign trade agreement has been concluded under the Trade Agreements Act of 1934, as amended, or the Trade Expansion Act. (19 U.S.C. 1352(a)). ...

19 CFR 202.1 - Applicability of part.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... Duties UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION NONADJUDICATIVE INVESTIGATIONS INVESTIGATIONS OF... the United States a foreign trade agreement has been concluded under the Trade Agreements Act of 1934, as amended, or the Trade Expansion Act. (19 U.S.C. 1352(a)). ...

19 CFR 202.1 - Applicability of part.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... Duties UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION NONADJUDICATIVE INVESTIGATIONS INVESTIGATIONS OF... the United States a foreign trade agreement has been concluded under the Trade Agreements Act of 1934, as amended, or the Trade Expansion Act. (19 U.S.C. 1352(a)). ...

19 CFR 202.1 - Applicability of part.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... Duties UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION NONADJUDICATIVE INVESTIGATIONS INVESTIGATIONS OF... the United States a foreign trade agreement has been concluded under the Trade Agreements Act of 1934, as amended, or the Trade Expansion Act. (19 U.S.C. 1352(a)). ...

19 CFR 202.1 - Applicability of part.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... Duties UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION NONADJUDICATIVE INVESTIGATIONS INVESTIGATIONS OF... the United States a foreign trade agreement has been concluded under the Trade Agreements Act of 1934, as amended, or the Trade Expansion Act. (19 U.S.C. 1352(a)). ...

Will Catholic hospitals survive without government reimbursements?

PubMed

Archer, David L

2017-02-01

This brief essay will begin to address the feasibility of operating a Catholic healthcare system without reimbursement from government healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. This question stems from the recent ACA/HHS "Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities" final rule. Summary : The average hospital in the United States receives 40-50 percent of its net revenues from governmental sources. Participation in Medicare is contingent upon the hospital having a Medicare provider agreement. Participation in other governmental programs (Medicaid) as well as most commercial insurance is also contingent upon that agreement. Hospitals, including "Catholic" hospitals, cannot survive without a Medicare provider agreement. That agreement may be terminated for non-compliance with Medicare and other governmental regulations such as the recent ACA/HHS "Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities" final rule, which could require "Catholic" hospitals to provide services which violate moral principals of the Church.

43 CFR 3281.17 - What information must be provided in the Plan of Development?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

...) GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES UNIT AGREEMENTS Application, Review, and Approval of a Unit Agreement § 3281.17 What... gradient wells, and the timeframe for the completion of these wells, may be the first phase. A second phase...

Historical Analysis and Charaterization of Ground Level Ozone for Canada and United State

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Lin, H.; Li, H.; Auld, H.

2003-12-01

Ground-level ozone has long been recognized as an important health and ecosystem-related air quality concern in Canada and the United States. In this work we seek to understand the characteristics of ground level ozone conditions for Canada and United States to support the Ozone Annex under the Canada-U.S. Air Quality Agreement. Our analyses are based upon the data collected by Canadian National Air Pollution Surveillance (NAPS, the NAPS database has also been expanded to include U.S. EPA ground level ozone data) network. Historical ozone data from 1974 to 2002 at a total of 538 stations (253 Canadian stations and 285 U.S. stations) were statistically analyzed using several methodologies including the Canada Wide Standard (CWS). A more detailed analysis including hourly, daily, monthly, seasonally and yearly ozone concentration distributions and trends was undertaken for 54 stations.

40 CFR 35.3010 - Delegation agreement.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... 40 Protection of Environment 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Delegation agreement. 35.3010 Section... agreement. (a) Before execution of the delegation agreement, the Regional Administrator must determine that the unit of the State agency designated to implement the agreement is capable of carrying out the...

40 CFR 35.3010 - Delegation agreement.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... 40 Protection of Environment 1 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Delegation agreement. 35.3010 Section... agreement. (a) Before execution of the delegation agreement, the Regional Administrator must determine that the unit of the State agency designated to implement the agreement is capable of carrying out the...

78 FR 6188 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Free Trade Agreement-Colombia

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-01-29

... Promotion Agreement. This Trade Promotion Agreement is a free trade agreement (FTA) that provides for... 77 FR 27548 on May 10, 2012, to implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement... and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the importance of...

75 FR 23223 - Meetings of the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade and the Agricultural Technical...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-05-03

... the trade policy of the United States. Topics will include Doha Round negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO), WTO accession negotiations, and negotiations in bilateral and regional free trade... trade agreement negotiations and/or other matters concerning the administration of trade policy, the...

75 FR 80038 - Notice of Meetings of the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade and the Agricultural...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-12-21

... the trade policy of the United States. Topics will include Doha Round negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO), WTO accession negotiations, and negotiations in bilateral and regional free trade... trade agreement negotiations and/or other matters concerning the administration of trade policy, the...

Environmental Protection Versus Intellectual Property: The U.S-Mexico Free Trade Agreement Negotiations.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Foy, George

1992-01-01

Compares the U.S. objective of protecting the knowledge required to develop certain products to environmental protection in the United States-Mexico Free Trade Act negotiations. Argues that environmental regulation should be included in the negotiations with force equal to that for intellectual rights protection. (55 references) (MDH)

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Hawkins, D.

The geopolitical, economic, and cultural aspects of the United States of Mexico are presented. Mexico's energy profile includes the following: energy policy objectives, government energy structure, organizations for implementation, indigeneous energy sources, imported energy sources, solar energy research and development, solar energy organizations and solar energy related legislation and administrative policies. International agreements, contacts, manufacturers, and projects are listed. (MRH)

77 FR 63801 - Aqua-Leisure Industries, Inc., Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement and Order

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-10-17

... filed a Supplemental Full Report in which it reported that the Firm had received at least 28 consumer... millions of units sold, Aqua Leisure received only 6 consumer reports (including suspect reports) in 2004... CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION [CPSC Docket No. 13-C0001] Aqua-Leisure Industries, Inc...

12 CFR 211.6 - Permissible activities of Edge and agreement corporations in the United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

.... persons are with respect to foreign assets only; and 3 For purposes of this section, management of an investment portfolio does not include operational management of real property, or industrial or commercial... management with respect to securities, other financial instruments, real-property interests, and other...

"Trade creep" and implications of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement for the United Kingdom National Health Service.

PubMed

Koivusalo, Meri; Tritter, Jonathan

2014-01-01

The ambitious and comprehensive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP/TAFTA) agreement between the European Union and United States is now being negotiated and may have far-reaching consequences for health services. The agreement extends to government procurement, investment, and further regulatory cooperation. In this article, we focus on the United Kingdom National Health Service and how these negotiations can limit policy space to change policies and to regulate in relation to health services, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and health industries. The negotiation of TTIP/TAFTA has the potential to "harmonize" more corporate-friendly regulation, resulting in higher costs and loss of policy space, an example of "trade creep" that potentially compromises health equity, public health, and safety concerns across the Atlantic.

19 CFR 10.625 - Refunds of excess customs duties.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

...-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Retroactive Preferential Tariff Treatment for Textile... Dominican Republic—Central America—United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, as amended by... 10.625 Customs Duties U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT...

Comparison of Unit-Level Patient Turnover Measures in Acute Care Hospital Settings.

PubMed

Park, Shin Hye; Dunton, Nancy; Blegen, Mary A

2016-06-01

High patient turnover is a critical factor increasing nursing workload. Despite the growing number of studies on patient turnover, no consensus about how to measure turnover has been achieved. This study was designed to assess the correlation among patient turnover measures commonly used in recent studies and to examine the degree of agreement among the measures for classifying units with different levels of patient turnover. Using unit-level data collected for this study from 292 units in 88 hospitals participating in the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators®, we compared four patient turnover measures: the inverse of length of stay (1/LOS), admissions, discharges, and transfers per daily census (ADTC), ADTC with short-stay adjustment, and the number of ADTs and short-stay patients divided by the total number of treated patients, or Unit Activity Index (UAI). We assessed the measures' agreement on turnover quartile classifications, using percent agreement and Cohen's kappa statistic (weighted and unweighted). Pearson correlation coefficients also were calculated. ADTC with or without adjustment for short-stay patients had high correlations and substantial agreement with the measure of 1/LOS (κ = .62 to .91; r = .90 to .95). The UAI measure required data less commonly collected by participating hospital units and showed only moderate correlations and fair agreement with the other measures (κ = .23 to .39; r = .41 to .45). The UAI may not be comparable and interchangeable with other patient turnover measures when data are obtained from multiple units and hospitals. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

46 CFR 356.53 - Conflicts with international agreements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... 46 Shipping 8 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Conflicts with international agreements. 356.53 Section... DOCUMENTATION International Agreements § 356.53 Conflicts with international agreements. (a) If the owner or... and any international treaty or agreement to which the United States is a party on July 24, 2001, and...

46 CFR 356.53 - Conflicts with international agreements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... 46 Shipping 8 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false Conflicts with international agreements. 356.53 Section... DOCUMENTATION International Agreements § 356.53 Conflicts with international agreements. (a) If the owner or... and any international treaty or agreement to which the United States is a party on July 24, 2001, and...

46 CFR 356.53 - Conflicts with international agreements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... 46 Shipping 8 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false Conflicts with international agreements. 356.53 Section... DOCUMENTATION International Agreements § 356.53 Conflicts with international agreements. (a) If the owner or... and any international treaty or agreement to which the United States is a party on July 24, 2001, and...

43 CFR 3183.3 - Executed agreements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... 43 Public Lands: Interior 2 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Executed agreements. 3183.3 Section 3183.3..., DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000) ONSHORE OIL AND GAS UNIT AGREEMENTS: UNPROVEN AREAS Filing and Approval of Documents § 3183.3 Executed agreements. Where a duly executed agreement is...

43 CFR 3183.3 - Executed agreements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... 43 Public Lands: Interior 2 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false Executed agreements. 3183.3 Section 3183.3..., DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000) ONSHORE OIL AND GAS UNIT AGREEMENTS: UNPROVEN AREAS Filing and Approval of Documents § 3183.3 Executed agreements. Where a duly executed agreement is...

43 CFR 3183.3 - Executed agreements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... 43 Public Lands: Interior 2 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false Executed agreements. 3183.3 Section 3183.3..., DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000) ONSHORE OIL AND GAS UNIT AGREEMENTS: UNPROVEN AREAS Filing and Approval of Documents § 3183.3 Executed agreements. Where a duly executed agreement is...

75 FR 20849 - Notice of Agreements Filed

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-04-21

... Cross Space Charter, Sailing and Cooperative Working Agreement. Parties: APL Co. Pte Ltd; American...., Ltd. and United Abaco Shipping Company Limited Slot Charter and Sailing Agreement. Parties: Tropical...

23 CFR 635.115 - Agreement estimate.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE Contract Procedures § 635.115 Agreement estimate. (a) Following the award of contract, an agreement estimate based on the contract unit prices and estimated quantities shall be...

48 CFR 252.225-7021 - Trade agreements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... not granted duty-free treatment under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703(b... granted duty-free status in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS); (B) Tuna... United Kingdom); (ii) A Free Trade Agreement country (Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa...

76 FR 53982 - New Postal Product and Rate Adjustment

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-08-30

... Koninklijke TNT Post BV and TNT Post Pakketservice Benelux BV (TNT Agreement) and the China Post Group--United... Post 2011 Agreement is similar to the China Post 2010 Agreement, TNT Agreement, and the HongKong Post..., TNT and HongKong Post Agreements and contains the same attributes and methodology. Id. at 8-10. It...

78 FR 18877 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: New Free Trade Agreement With Colombia (DFARS...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-03-28

... Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. This Trade Promotion Agreement is a free trade agreement that provides for mutually non-discriminatory treatment of... States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (Pub. L. 112-42) (19 U.S.C. 3805 note). No...

FIELD COMPLIANCE TESTS FOR PESTICIDE CONTAINERS: A SUMMARY OF STUDIES PERFORMED UNDER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NO. CR813936030 WITH WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY

EPA Science Inventory

The U.S. EPA estimated that during 1986 a total of 223 million empty pesticide containers were generated in the United States. Federal statutes regulate the handling and disposal of pesticide wastes, which include empty containers, equipment rinsate and excess or unwanted pestici...

What Is World History?

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Thornton, Stephen J.

2011-01-01

In the United States, survey courses in world history have been staples of school programs for almost a century. But no consensus has emerged on the exact goals toward which these courses should be directed. Nor is there agreement on what topics to include or in what order topics should be studied. This article introduces some of the reasons for…

Evaluation of generalized heat-transfer coefficients in pilot AFBC units

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Grewal, N.S.

Experimental data for heat transfer rates as obtained in a 0.209m/sup 2/ AFBC unit at the GFETC is examined in the light of the existing four correlations for heat transfer coefficient between an immersed staggered array of horizontal tubes and a gas-solid fluidized bed. The predicted values of heat transfer coefficient from the correlations proposed by Grewal and Bansal are found to be in good agreement with the experimental values of heat transfer coefficient when the contribution due to radiation is also included.

Evaluation of generalized heat transfer coefficients in pilot AFBC units

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Grewal, N.S.

Experimental data for heat transfer rates as obtained in a 0.209m/sup 2/ AFBC unit at the GFETC is examined in the light of the existing four correlations for heat transfer coefficient between an immersed staggered array of horizontal tubes and a gas-solid fluidized bed. The predicted values of heat transfer coefficient from the correlations proposed by Grewal and Bansal are found to be in good agreement with the experimental values of heat transfer coefficient when the contribution due to radiation is also included.

America's Changing Energy Landscape - USGS National Coal Resources Data System Changes to National Energy Resources Data System.

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

East, J. A., II

2016-12-01

The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Eastern Energy Resources Science Center (EERSC) has an ongoing project which has mapped coal chemistry and stratigraphy since 1977. Over the years, the USGS has collected various forms of coal data and archived that data into the National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) database. NCRDS is a repository that houses data from the major coal basins in the United States and includes information on location, seam thickness, coal rank, geologic age, geographic region, geologic province, coalfield, and characteristics of the coal or lithology for that data point. These data points can be linked to the US Coal Quality Database (COALQUAL) to include ultimate, proximate, major, minor and trace-element data. Although coal is an inexpensive energy provider, the United States has shifted away from coal usage recently and branched out into other forms of non-renewable and renewable energy because of environmental concerns. NCRDS's primary method of data capture has been USGS field work coupled with cooperative agreements with state geological agencies and universities doing coal-related research. These agreements are on competitive five-year cycles that have evolved into larger scope research efforts including solid fuel resources such as coal-bed methane, shale gas and oil. Recently these efforts have expanded to include environmental impacts of the use of fossil fuels, which has allowed the USGS to enter into agreements with states for the Geologic CO2 Storage Resources Assessment as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act. In 2016 they expanded into research areas to include geothermal, conventional and unconventional oil and gas. The NCRDS and COALQUAL databases are now online for the public to use, and are in the process of being updated to include new data for other energy resources. Along with this expansion of scope, the database name will change to the National Energy Resources Data System (NERDS) in FY 2017.

31 CFR 535.441 - Settlement Agreement regarding small claims.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, approving and giving effect to the Settlement Agreement in Claims...”), constitutes a determination by the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal of all claims encompassed therein within... Stat. 437, applicable to en bloc settlements of claims of U.S. nationals against Iran. (b) Pursuant to...

31 CFR 535.441 - Settlement Agreement regarding small claims.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, approving and giving effect to the Settlement Agreement in Claims...”), constitutes a determination by the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal of all claims encompassed therein within... Stat. 437, applicable to en bloc settlements of claims of U.S. nationals against Iran. (b) Pursuant to...

78 FR 73583 - Request for Comments Concerning Compliance With Telecommunications Trade Agreements

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-12-06

... OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE Request for Comments Concerning Compliance With Telecommunications Trade Agreements AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative. ACTION: Notice of request for public comment and reply comment. SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 1377 of the Omnibus Trade and...

77 FR 70527 - Request for Comments Concerning Compliance With Telecommunications Trade Agreements

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-11-26

... OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE Request for Comments Concerning Compliance With Telecommunications Trade Agreements AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative. ACTION: Notice of request for public comment and reply comment. SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 1377 of the Omnibus Trade and...

75 FR 53019 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-08-30

... soliciting comments concerning an existing regulation, REG-147144-06, (TD 9446) Section 1.367(a)-8, Gain...: Gain Recognition Agreements With Respect to Certain Transfers of Stock or Securities by United States... Internal Revenue Code (Code) concerning gain recognition agreements filed by United States persons with...

Arms Control and National Security.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Graham, Daniel O.

1985-01-01

From the Soviet perspective arms control agreements merely hold the United States in check while the Soviets, who don't feel bound by such agreements, obtain military advantages. The United States must move quickly to redress the strategic military balance that now favors the Soviets. We must emphasize areas like space. (RM)

77 FR 35938 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Interim Procedures for Considering Requests...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-06-15

... United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (U.S.-Colombia TPA) AGENCY: International Trade...-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (the ``Act'') [Pub. L. 112-42] implements the commercial availability provision provided for in Article 3.3 of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion...

77 FR 10743 - Notice of Agreements Filed

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-02-23

..., Gas Company Tower, 555 West Fifth Street 46th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90013. Synopsis: The agreement... Sea and the Atlantic Coast of the United States and Canada. Agreement No.: 200860-005. Title: Fourth...

32 CFR 855.20 - Joint-use agreements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... 32 National Defense 6 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Joint-use agreements. 855.20 Section 855.20 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT CIVIL AIRCRAFT USE OF UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AIRFIELDS Agreements for Civil Aircraft Use of Air Force Airfields § 855.20 Joint-use agreements. An agreement between...

23 CFR 635.115 - Agreement estimate.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... 23 Highways 1 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false Agreement estimate. 635.115 Section 635.115 Highways... CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE Contract Procedures § 635.115 Agreement estimate. (a) Following the award of contract, an agreement estimate based on the contract unit prices and estimated quantities shall be...

76 FR 53160 - Postal Service Rate Adjustment

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-08-25

... Functionally Equivalent Agreement, August 12, 2011 (Notice). See also Docket Nos. MC2010-35, R2010-5 and R2010... Operators 1 product and two functionally equivalent agreements, Strategic Bilateral Agreement Between United...[egrave]s Service Agreement is functionally equivalent to the delivery confirmation service provided with...

The impact of facecards on patients' knowledge, satisfaction, trust, and agreement with hospital physicians: a pilot study.

PubMed

Simons, Yael; Caprio, Timothy; Furiasse, Nicholas; Kriss, Michael; Williams, Mark V; O'Leary, Kevin J

2014-03-01

Simple interventions such as facecards can improve patients' knowledge of names and roles of hospital physicians, but the effect on other aspects of the patient-physician relationship is not clear. To pilot an intervention to improve familiarity with physicians and assess its potential to improve patients' satisfaction, trust, and agreement with physicians. Cluster randomized controlled trial assessing the impact of physician facecards. Physician facecards included pictures of physicians and descriptions of their roles. We performed structured interviews of randomly selected patients to assess outcomes. One of 2 similar hospitalist units and 1 of 2 teaching-service units in a large teaching hospital were randomly selected to implement the intervention. Satisfaction with physician communication and overall hospital care was assessed using the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems. Trust and agreement were each assessed through instruments used in prior research. Overall, 138 patients completed interviews, with no differences in age, sex, or race between those receiving facecards and those not. More patients who received facecards correctly identified ≥1 hospital physician (89.1% vs 51.1%; P < 0.01) and their role (67.4% vs 16.3%; P < 0.01) than patients who had not received facecards. Patients had high baseline levels of satisfaction, trust, and agreement with hospital physicians, and we found no significant differences with the use of facecards. Physician facecards improved patients' knowledge of the names and roles of hospital physicians. Larger studies are needed to assess the impact on satisfaction, trust, and agreement with physicians. © 2013 Society of Hospital Medicine.

47 CFR 73.1650 - International agreements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... Agreements for the Broadcasting Service in Region 2: (i) MF Broadcasting 535-1605 kHz, Rio de Janeiro, 1981. (ii) MF Broadcasting 1605-1705 kHz, Rio de Janeiro, 1988. (3) Bi-lateral Agreements between the United...

Choice of Stimulus Range and Size Can Reduce Test-Retest Variability in Glaucomatous Visual Field Defects

PubMed Central

Swanson, William H.; Horner, Douglas G.; Dul, Mitchell W.; Malinovsky, Victor E.

2014-01-01

Purpose To develop guidelines for engineering perimetric stimuli to reduce test-retest variability in glaucomatous defects. Methods Perimetric testing was performed on one eye for 62 patients with glaucoma and 41 age-similar controls on size III and frequency-doubling perimetry and three custom tests with Gaussian blob and Gabor sinusoid stimuli. Stimulus range was controlled by values for ceiling (maximum sensitivity) and floor (minimum sensitivity). Bland-Altman analysis was used to derive 95% limits of agreement on test and retest, and bootstrap analysis was used to test the hypotheses about peak variability. Results Limits of agreement for the three custom stimuli were similar in width (0.72 to 0.79 log units) and peak variability (0.22 to 0.29 log units) for a stimulus range of 1.7 log units. The width of the limits of agreement for size III decreased from 1.78 to 1.37 to 0.99 log units for stimulus ranges of 3.9, 2.7, and 1.7 log units, respectively (F = 3.23, P < 0.001); peak variability was 0.99, 0.54, and 0.34 log units, respectively (P < 0.01). For a stimulus range of 1.3 log units, limits of agreement were narrowest with Gabor and widest with size III stimuli, and peak variability was lower (P < 0.01) with Gabor (0.18 log units) and frequency-doubling perimetry (0.24 log units) than with size III stimuli (0.38 log units). Conclusions Test-retest variability in glaucomatous visual field defects was substantially reduced by engineering the stimuli. Translational Relevance The guidelines should allow developers to choose from a wide range of stimuli. PMID:25371855

Choice of Stimulus Range and Size Can Reduce Test-Retest Variability in Glaucomatous Visual Field Defects.

PubMed

Swanson, William H; Horner, Douglas G; Dul, Mitchell W; Malinovsky, Victor E

2014-09-01

To develop guidelines for engineering perimetric stimuli to reduce test-retest variability in glaucomatous defects. Perimetric testing was performed on one eye for 62 patients with glaucoma and 41 age-similar controls on size III and frequency-doubling perimetry and three custom tests with Gaussian blob and Gabor sinusoid stimuli. Stimulus range was controlled by values for ceiling (maximum sensitivity) and floor (minimum sensitivity). Bland-Altman analysis was used to derive 95% limits of agreement on test and retest, and bootstrap analysis was used to test the hypotheses about peak variability. Limits of agreement for the three custom stimuli were similar in width (0.72 to 0.79 log units) and peak variability (0.22 to 0.29 log units) for a stimulus range of 1.7 log units. The width of the limits of agreement for size III decreased from 1.78 to 1.37 to 0.99 log units for stimulus ranges of 3.9, 2.7, and 1.7 log units, respectively ( F = 3.23, P < 0.001); peak variability was 0.99, 0.54, and 0.34 log units, respectively ( P < 0.01). For a stimulus range of 1.3 log units, limits of agreement were narrowest with Gabor and widest with size III stimuli, and peak variability was lower ( P < 0.01) with Gabor (0.18 log units) and frequency-doubling perimetry (0.24 log units) than with size III stimuli (0.38 log units). Test-retest variability in glaucomatous visual field defects was substantially reduced by engineering the stimuli. The guidelines should allow developers to choose from a wide range of stimuli.

77 FR 20353 - United States Warehouse Act; Export Food Aid Commodities Licensing Agreement

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-04-04

... States Warehouse Act; Export Food Aid Commodities Licensing Agreement AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA... the new Export Food Aid Commodities (EFAC) licensing agreement offered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA.... This licensing agreement was developed in response to concerns of export food aid providers...

32 CFR 536.63 - Settlement agreements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... 32 National Defense 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Settlement agreements. 536.63 Section 536.63... AGAINST THE UNITED STATES Investigation and Processing of Claims § 536.63 Settlement agreements. (a) When... and 536.61. A settlement agreement is required prior to payment on all tort claims, whether the claim...

32 CFR 536.63 - Settlement agreements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... 32 National Defense 3 2012-07-01 2009-07-01 true Settlement agreements. 536.63 Section 536.63... AGAINST THE UNITED STATES Investigation and Processing of Claims § 536.63 Settlement agreements. (a) When... and 536.61. A settlement agreement is required prior to payment on all tort claims, whether the claim...

7 CFR 1405.7 - Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... 7 Agriculture 10 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Uruguay Round Agreements Act. 1405.7 Section 1405.7... Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In the event the outlays by the United States for domestic support measures will exceed, in any required reporting period, the allowable levels under the Uruguay Round Agreements...

7 CFR 1405.7 - Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... 7 Agriculture 10 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Uruguay Round Agreements Act. 1405.7 Section 1405.7... Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In the event the outlays by the United States for domestic support measures will exceed, in any required reporting period, the allowable levels under the Uruguay Round Agreements...

7 CFR 1405.7 - Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 7 Agriculture 10 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Uruguay Round Agreements Act. 1405.7 Section 1405.7... Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In the event the outlays by the United States for domestic support measures will exceed, in any required reporting period, the allowable levels under the Uruguay Round Agreements...

7 CFR 1405.7 - Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... 7 Agriculture 10 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Uruguay Round Agreements Act. 1405.7 Section 1405.7... Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In the event the outlays by the United States for domestic support measures will exceed, in any required reporting period, the allowable levels under the Uruguay Round Agreements...

7 CFR 1405.7 - Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... 7 Agriculture 10 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Uruguay Round Agreements Act. 1405.7 Section 1405.7... Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In the event the outlays by the United States for domestic support measures will exceed, in any required reporting period, the allowable levels under the Uruguay Round Agreements...

78 FR 66899 - International Trade Administration, North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Article 1904...

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The United States Service Industry in the Global Economy: Maintaining the Comparative Advantage.

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Brecht, Richard D.; Walton, A. Ronald

Recent developments making more urgent the need for second language skills among the United States' population are examined. Specifically, a meeting of representatives of service professions and U.S. trade representatives concerning the ramifications of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade…

Agreement between the State of New York and United University Professions--1988-1991.

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New York State Executive Office, Albany.

The collective bargaining agreement between the State of New York and United University Professions, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, for the period July 1, 1988 to June 30, 1991 is presented. The contract's 50 articles cover the following: recognition, unchallenged representation, exclusive negotiations, definitions, policies,…

78 FR 48142 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Procedures for Considering Requests and...

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22 CFR 124.14 - Exports to warehouses or distribution points outside the United States.

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2011-04-01

... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Exports to warehouses or distribution points... to warehouses or distribution points outside the United States. (a) Agreements. Agreements (e.g... military nomenclature, the Federal stock number, nameplate data, and any control numbers under which the...

Creation of Real Estate Based on Public Private Partnership and Municipal Private Partnership Agreements in the Russian Federation

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Voronina, M. D.

2017-11-01

The article considers individual questions connected with the application of the legislation on public private partnership and municipal private partnership agreements as new types of contracts at the newly built property development. Public private partnership and municipal private partnership agreements are contracts at the initial development stage. Their objective is to attract investments in the Russian economy including for the creation of separate real estate types (capital facilities). The Law enables one to build the relationship in such a way that joint efforts result in the grounds for the accrual of the ownership right to the built (reconstructed) asset. This circumstance certainly influences the infrastructural development of the Russian Federation and its municipal units, the rather that it occurs due to the attraction of extra-budgetary sources

75 FR 22891 - Notice of Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air...

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... European Union via any point or points in any Member State and via intermediate points to any point or... by the Air Transport Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, and the United... point or points in any member of the European Common Aviation Area, including Norway; and (ii) other...

46 CFR 296.10 - Citizenship requirements of owners, charterers and operators.

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2012-10-01

... and operated by one or more persons that are Section 2 Citizens. (b) A vessel to be included in an MSP Operating Agreement is owned by either a person that is a Section 2 Citizen or a United States Citizen Trust, and the vessel is demise chartered to a non-Section 2 Citizen— (1) That is eligible to document the...

46 CFR 296.10 - Citizenship requirements of owners, charterers and operators.

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2014-10-01

... and operated by one or more persons that are Section 2 Citizens. (b) A vessel to be included in an MSP Operating Agreement is owned by either a person that is a Section 2 Citizen or a United States Citizen Trust, and the vessel is demise chartered to a non-Section 2 Citizen— (1) That is eligible to document the...

46 CFR 296.10 - Citizenship requirements of owners, charterers and operators.

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2010-10-01

... and operated by one or more persons that are Section 2 Citizens. (b) A vessel to be included in an MSP Operating Agreement is owned by either a person that is a Section 2 Citizen or a United States Citizen Trust, and the vessel is demise chartered to a non-Section 2 Citizen— (1) That is eligible to document the...

46 CFR 296.10 - Citizenship requirements of owners, charterers and operators.

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2011-10-01

... and operated by one or more persons that are Section 2 Citizens. (b) A vessel to be included in an MSP Operating Agreement is owned by either a person that is a Section 2 Citizen or a United States Citizen Trust, and the vessel is demise chartered to a non-Section 2 Citizen— (1) That is eligible to document the...

46 CFR 296.10 - Citizenship requirements of owners, charterers and operators.

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2013-10-01

... and operated by one or more persons that are Section 2 Citizens. (b) A vessel to be included in an MSP Operating Agreement is owned by either a person that is a Section 2 Citizen or a United States Citizen Trust, and the vessel is demise chartered to a non-Section 2 Citizen— (1) That is eligible to document the...

Agent-Based Models of Strategies for the Emergence and Evolution of Grammatical Agreement

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Beuls, Katrien; Steels, Luc

2013-01-01

Grammatical agreement means that features associated with one linguistic unit (for example number or gender) become associated with another unit and then possibly overtly expressed, typically with morphological markers. It is one of the key mechanisms used in many languages to show that certain linguistic units within an utterance grammatically depend on each other. Agreement systems are puzzling because they can be highly complex in terms of what features they use and how they are expressed. Moreover, agreement systems have undergone considerable change in the historical evolution of languages. This article presents language game models with populations of agents in order to find out for what reasons and by what cultural processes and cognitive strategies agreement systems arise. It demonstrates that agreement systems are motivated by the need to minimize combinatorial search and semantic ambiguity, and it shows, for the first time, that once a population of agents adopts a strategy to invent, acquire and coordinate meaningful markers through social learning, linguistic self-organization leads to the spontaneous emergence and cultural transmission of an agreement system. The article also demonstrates how attested grammaticalization phenomena, such as phonetic reduction and conventionalized use of agreement markers, happens as a side effect of additional economizing principles, in particular minimization of articulatory effort and reduction of the marker inventory. More generally, the article illustrates a novel approach for studying how key features of human languages might emerge. PMID:23527055

77 FR 48169 - The Information Technology Agreement: Advice and Information on the Proposed Expansion: Part 1...

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32 CFR 855.23 - Other agreements.

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2012-07-01

... 32 National Defense 6 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Other agreements. 855.23 Section 855.23 National... UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AIRFIELDS Agreements for Civil Aircraft Use of Air Force Airfields § 855.23 Other agreements. (a) Temporary use of Air Force runways occasionally is needed for extended periods when a local...

32 CFR 855.23 - Other agreements.

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2011-07-01

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32 CFR 855.23 - Other agreements.

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2014-07-01

... 32 National Defense 6 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Other agreements. 855.23 Section 855.23 National... UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AIRFIELDS Agreements for Civil Aircraft Use of Air Force Airfields § 855.23 Other agreements. (a) Temporary use of Air Force runways occasionally is needed for extended periods when a local...

76 FR 16728 - North American Free Trade Agreement, Article 1904; NAFTA Panel Reviews; Request for Panel Review

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75 FR 82376 - North American Free Trade Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel Reviews; Request for Panel Review

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76 FR 42115 - North American Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel Reviews; Request for Panel Review

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76 FR 72677 - North American Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel Reviews; Request for Panel Review

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77 FR 26252 - North American Free Trade Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel Reviews; First Request for Panel...

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32 CFR 3.8 - DoD access to records policy.

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2013-07-01

... to use an IPA: the business unit's name, address and the expected value of its award. When the clause... business unit that will perform the OT agreement, or a subawardee, meets the criteria for an audit pursuant... paragraph (c) of this section. The value establishing the threshold is the total value of the agreement...

32 CFR 3.8 - DoD access to records policy.

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2014-07-01

... to use an IPA: the business unit's name, address and the expected value of its award. When the clause... business unit that will perform the OT agreement, or a subawardee, meets the criteria for an audit pursuant... paragraph (c) of this section. The value establishing the threshold is the total value of the agreement...

15 CFR 781.1 - Definitions of terms used in the Additional Protocol Regulations (APR).

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2010-01-01

... United States of America and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in... Additional Protocol. Agreement State. Any State of the United States with which the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has entered into an effective agreement under Subsection 274b of the Atomic Energy Act of...

15 CFR 781.1 - Definitions of terms used in the Additional Protocol Regulations (APR).

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2011-01-01

... United States of America and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in... Additional Protocol. Agreement State. Any State of the United States with which the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has entered into an effective agreement under Subsection 274b of the Atomic Energy Act of...

15 CFR 781.1 - Definitions of terms used in the Additional Protocol Regulations (APR).

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2014-01-01

... United States of America and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in... Additional Protocol. Agreement State. Any State of the United States with which the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has entered into an effective agreement under Subsection 274b of the Atomic Energy Act of...

15 CFR 781.1 - Definitions of terms used in the Additional Protocol Regulations (APR).

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2012-01-01

... United States of America and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in... Additional Protocol. Agreement State. Any State of the United States with which the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has entered into an effective agreement under Subsection 274b of the Atomic Energy Act of...

15 CFR 781.1 - Definitions of terms used in the Additional Protocol Regulations (APR).

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2013-01-01

... United States of America and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in... Additional Protocol. Agreement State. Any State of the United States with which the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has entered into an effective agreement under Subsection 274b of the Atomic Energy Act of...

19 CFR 10.179 - Canadian crude petroleum subject to a commercial exchange agreement between United States and...

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2010-04-01

... 19 Customs Duties 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Canadian crude petroleum subject to a commercial... CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. General Provisions Canadian Crude Petroleum § 10.179 Canadian crude petroleum subject to a commercial exchange agreement between United States and Canadian...

19 CFR 10.179 - Canadian crude petroleum subject to a commercial exchange agreement between United States and...

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2011-04-01

... 19 Customs Duties 1 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Canadian crude petroleum subject to a commercial... CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. General Provisions Canadian Crude Petroleum § 10.179 Canadian crude petroleum subject to a commercial exchange agreement between United States and Canadian...

Engineering report on the Grayburg Cooperative and unit area, Eddy County, New Mexico

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Barnett, John A.; Soyster, Merwin H.

1945-01-01

This report covers the area committed to the Grayburg Cooperative and Unit Agreement (I-Sec. 370) approved by the Assistant Secretary of the Interior on October 5, 1943, hereafter referred to as the "unit area", embracing 4,769.44 acres of public land in T. 17 S., Rs. 29 and 30 E., Eddy County, New Mexico. The area includes portions of the Anderson, Grayburg-Jackson, and Leonard oil fields as defined for proration purposes by the New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission. The unit area is covered by Federal oil and gas leases owned by the Grayburg Oil Company of New Mexico and the Western Production Company, Inc. The Grayburg Unit Association has been formed and designated to conduct and manage all operations in the unit area. As of December 31, 1943, there were forty-six producing oil wells within the unit area. The report has been prepared for the purpose of assisting the Grayburg Unit Association in determining the proper locations of gas-injection wells and the best methods for future operation of the pressure-maintenance system that is being installed for the purpose of retarding the reservoir pressure decline and increasing the ultimate recovery of oil from the Grayburg Zone defined in the above-mentioned agreement as formations not more than 3300 feet below the surface. Data used in the report were obtained from records on file in the Geological Survey office at Roswell, New Mexico, and from the records of the Western Production Company and the Grayburg Oil Company. All data were carefully checked as to accuracy with engineers and field representatives of both companies.

NRCS Prototype Programmatic Agreement FAQ

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Search Frequently Asked Questions regarding the Natural Resources Conservation Service Prototype Programmatic Agreement The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) recently designated a prototype programmatic agreement (PPA) for the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation

76 FR 2930 - International Product Change-Global Plus 1B and 2B Negotiated Service Agreements

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... POSTAL SERVICE International Product Change--Global Plus 1B and 2B Negotiated Service Agreements... the Postal Regulatory Commission to add Global Plus 1B and 2B Negotiated Service Agreements to the... United States Postal Service to Add Global Plus 1B and 2B Negotiated Service Agreements to the...

UNITED STATES/GERMAN TECHNICAL BILATERAL AGREEMENT: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) entered into a Bilateral Agreement in 1990 to study each country's efforts in developing and demonstrating remedial technologies. The bilateral agreement is being impl...

Cause of Death of Infants and Children in the Intensive Care Unit: Parents’ Recall vs Chart Review

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Brooten, Dorothy; Youngblut, JoAnne M.; Caicedo, Carmen; Seagrave, Lynn; Cantwell, G. Patricia; Totapally, Balagangadhar

2016-01-01

Background More than 55 000 children die annually in the United States, most in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units. Because of the stress and emotional turmoil of the deaths, the children’s parents have difficulty comprehending information. Objectives To compare parents’ reports and hospital chart data on cause of death and examine agreement on cause of death according to parents’ sex, race, participation in end-of-life decisions, and discussion with physicians; deceased child’s age; unit of care (neonatal or pediatric); and hospital and intensive care unit lengths of stay. Methods A descriptive, correlational design was used with a structured interview of parents 1 month after the death and review of hospital chart data. Parents whose children died in intensive care were recruited from 4 South Florida hospitals and from Florida Department of Health death records. Results Among 230 parents, 54% of mothers and 40% of fathers agreed with the chart cause of death. Agreement did not differ significantly for mothers or fathers by race/ ethnicity, participation in end-of-life decisions, discussions with physicians, or mean length of hospital stay. Agreement was better for mothers when the stay in the intensive care unit was the shortest. Fathers’ agreement with chart data was best when the deceased was an infant and death was in the pediatric intensive care unit. Conclusions Death of a child is a time of high stress when parents’ concentration, hearing, and information processing are diminished. Many parents have misconceptions about the cause of the death 1 month after the death. PMID:27134230

3 CFR 8341 - Proclamation 8341 of January 16, 2009. To Implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion...

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2010-01-01

... not disrupt the orderly marketing of commodities in the United States. 5. Consistent with section 201... of the Agreement to ensure that imports of agricultural goods do not disrupt the orderly marketing of... traditional regional design or motif, as provided in Article 3.3.12 of the Agreement. The Commissioner shall...

The North American Free Trade Agreement. Headline Series No. 299.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Grayson, George W.

This document discusses the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as a debate over the wisdom of opening the southern United States border to the free flow of goods and services between the United States and Mexico. The book is divided into six chapters. The first is a basic introduction to the development of the idea of a free trade…

National Standards for United States History: Exploring the American Experience. Grades 5-12. Expanded Edition. Including Examples of Student Achievement.

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Crabtree, Charlotte; Nash, Gary B.

Developed through a broad-based national consensus building process, the National History Standards project has involved working toward agreement both on the larger purposes of history in the school curriculum and on the more specific history understandings and thinking processes that all students should have equal opportunity to acquire over 12…

Graphical aids for visualizing and interpreting patterns in departures from agreement in ordinal categorical observer agreement data.

PubMed

Bangdiwala, Shrikant I

2017-01-01

When studying the agreement between two observers rating the same n units into the same k discrete ordinal categories, Bangdiwala (1985) proposed using the "agreement chart" to visually assess agreement. This article proposes that often it is more interesting to focus on the patterns of disagreement and visually understanding the departures from perfect agreement. The article reviews the use of graphical techniques for descriptively assessing agreement and disagreements, and also reviews some of the available summary statistics that quantify such relationships.

Agreement between Central State University and the American Association of University Professors Central State University Chapter. September 1, 1988-August 31, 1991.

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American Association of Univ. Professors, Washington, DC.

This document presents the agreement between Central State University and the Central State University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) for the period September 1, 1988-August 31, 1991. The contract details the following 48 articles: agreement; agreement construction; recognition of the bargaining unit; AAUP…

39 CFR 963.12 - Settlement agreements.

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2010-07-01

... 39 Postal Service 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Settlement agreements. 963.12 Section 963.12 Postal Service UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE PROCEDURES RULES OF PRACTICE IN PROCEEDINGS RELATIVE TO VIOLATIONS OF THE PANDERING ADVERTISEMENTS STATUTE, 39 U.S.C. 3008 § 963.12 Settlement agreements. These...

The Impact of the New US-Canada Aviation Agreement At Its Third Anniversary

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1998-02-01

The U.S.-Canada Aviation Agreement was signed on February 24, 1995. Under the : agreement, Canadian airlines gained the right to serve any city in the United : States. U.S. airlines also gained unlimited access to Canadian cities with the : exception...

48 CFR 225.7303-3 - Government-to-government agreements.

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2012-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false Government-to-government... Military Sales 225.7303-3 Government-to-government agreements. If a government-to-government agreement between the United States and a foreign government for the sale, coproduction, or cooperative logistic...

48 CFR 225.7303-3 - Government-to-government agreements.

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2011-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Government-to-government... Military Sales 225.7303-3 Government-to-government agreements. If a government-to-government agreement between the United States and a foreign government for the sale, coproduction, or cooperative logistic...

48 CFR 225.7303-3 - Government-to-government agreements.

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2013-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false Government-to-government... Military Sales 225.7303-3 Government-to-government agreements. If a government-to-government agreement between the United States and a foreign government for the sale, coproduction, or cooperative logistic...

48 CFR 225.7303-3 - Government-to-government agreements.

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2014-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Government-to-government... Military Sales 225.7303-3 Government-to-government agreements. If a government-to-government agreement between the United States and a foreign government for the sale, coproduction, or cooperative logistic...

78 FR 22843 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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... Public for Textile and Apparel Safeguard Actions on Imports from Oman. OMB Control Number: 0625-0266... through Section 328 of the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ``Act...-Oman Free Trade Agreement (the ``Agreement''). This safeguard mechanism applies when, as a result of...

Proton Density Fat Fraction Measurements at 1.5- and 3-T Hepatic MR Imaging: Same-Day Agreement among Readers and across Two Imager Manufacturers.

PubMed

Serai, Suraj D; Dillman, Jonathan R; Trout, Andrew T

2017-07-01

Purpose To determine the agreement of proton density fat fraction (PDFF) measurements obtained with hepatic magnetic resonance (MR) imaging among readers, imager manufacturers, and field strengths. Materials and Methods This HIPAA-compliant study was approved by the institutional review board. After providing informed consent, 24 adult volunteers underwent imaging with one 1.5-T MR unit (Ingenia; Philips Healthcare, Best, the Netherlands) and two different 3.0-T units (750 W [GE Healthcare, Waukesha, Wis] and Ingenia) on the same day to estimate hepatic PDFF. A single-breath-hold multipoint Dixon-based acquisition was performed with commercially available pulse sequences provided by the MR imager manufacturers (mDIXON Quant [Philips Healthcare], IDEAL IQ [GE Healthcare]). Five readers placed one large region of interest, inclusive of as much liver parenchyma as possible in the right lobe while avoiding large vessels, on imager-generated parametric maps to measure hepatic PDFF. Two-way single-measure intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were used to assess interreader agreement and agreement across the three imaging platforms. Results Excellent interreader agreement for hepatic PDFF measurements was obtained with mDIXON Quant and the Philips 1.5-T unit (ICC, 0.995; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.991, 0.998), mDIXON Quant and the Philips 3.0-T unit (ICC, 0.992; 95% CI: 0.986, 0.996), and IDEAL IQ and the GE 3.0-T unit (ICC, 0.966; 95% CI: 0.939, 0.984). Individual reader ICCs for hepatic PDFF measurements across all three imager manufacturer-field strength combinations also showed excellent interimager agreement, ranging from 0.914 to 0.954. Conclusion Estimation of PDFF with hepatic MR imaging by using multipoint Dixon techniques is highly reproducible across readers, field strengths, and imaging platforms. © RSNA, 2017.

TDFs and Trade: The U.S.-Canada Free-Trade Agreement from a Transborder Data Flow Perspective.

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Rutenbeck, Jeffrey B.

This paper examines the potential impacts of the comprehensive free-trade agreement negotiated by the United States and Canada in 1987 on transborder data flow between the two countries. An introductory overview of transborder data flow (TDFs) is followed by a discussion of how TDFs have been dealt with by both the United States and Canada to…

Agreement between State of California and California State Employees' Association Covering Bargaining Unit 3, Education and Library, July 1, 1985 through June 30, 1987.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

California State Employees' Association, Sacramento.

The collective bargaining agreement between the State of California and California State Employees' Association (CSEA) Bargaining Unit 3, representing all employees in education and library services, is presented covering the period July 1, 1985 through June 30, 1987. The 23 articles cover the following: recognition; CSEA representation rights;…

Agreement on Reporting of Physical, Psychological, and Sexual Violence among White, Black, and Hispanic Couples in the United States

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Caetano, Raul; Field, Craig; Ramisetty-Mikler, Suhasini; Lipsky, Sherry

2009-01-01

This article examines agreement on reports of male-to-female and female-to-male psychological, physical, and sexual violence among White, Black, and Hispanic couples in the United States. Using a probability sample, separate face-to-face interviews were conducted in respondents' homes with both members of 1,025 intact couples living in the 48…

42 CFR 424.100 - Scope.

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2010-10-01

... PROGRAM CONDITIONS FOR MEDICARE PAYMENT Special Conditions: Emergency Services Furnished by a... United States and does not have in effect a provider agreement, that is, an agreement to participate in...

78 FR 18876 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement...

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... Agreement. The Republic of Korea is already party to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement...) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). Although the rule now opens up Government procurement to the... 48 CFR Parts 225 and 252 Government procurement. Kortnee Stewart, Editor, Defense Acquisition...

State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement: Participation and Access to Higher Education

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Onwuameze, Nkechi

2017-01-01

The State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement initiative was launched in 2014 to provide a uniform standard for the regulation of distance education across states in the United States. The system established by the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (NC-SARA) allows willing post-secondary institutions to participate…

14 CFR 213.3 - Filing and approval of schedules.

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2010-01-01

... transportation which is not the subject of an air transport agreement between the United States and the... carrier permit for scheduled air transportation which is the subject of an air transport agreement between... for in such air transport agreement, of any U.S. air carrier designated thereunder with respect to...

48 CFR 25.400 - Scope of subpart.

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2012-10-01

.... L. 103-465); (2) Free Trade Agreements (FTA), consisting of— (i) NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement, as approved by Congress in the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act... Implementation Act (Pub. L. 110-138) (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)); (x) Korea FTA (the United States-Korea Free Trade...

48 CFR 25.400 - Scope of subpart.

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2014-10-01

.... L. 103-465); (2) Free Trade Agreements (FTA), consisting of— (i) NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement, as approved by Congress in the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act... Implementation Act (Pub. L. 110-138) (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)); (x) Korea FTA (the United States-Korea Free Trade...

48 CFR 25.400 - Scope of subpart.

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2013-10-01

.... L. 103-465); (2) Free Trade Agreements (FTA), consisting of— (i) NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement, as approved by Congress in the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act... Implementation Act (Pub. L. 110-138) (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)); (x) Korea FTA (the United States-Korea Free Trade...

78 FR 65221 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: New Free Trade Agreement-Panama (DFARS Case...

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... Supplement (DFARS) to implement the United States--Panama Trade Promotion Agreement. This Trade Promotion...--Panama Trade Promotion Agreement. No respondents submitted public comments in response to the interim... effects, distributive impacts, and equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs...

Institutional arrangements for the reduction of proliferation risks formulation, evaluation, and implementation of institutional concepts. Appendices

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The purpose of this supporting analysis is to provide a foundation for developing a model, an international or multinational institution capable of accomodating the back end of the fuel cycle, while meeting US nonproliferation goals. The analysis is based on a review of selected, defunct and extant institutions which, although not necessarily concerned with nonproliferation, have faced a trade-off between acceptability and effectiveness in meeting their objectives. Discussion of the various institutions is divided into three categories: international organizations, multinational consortia, and cartels or producer associations. Examples of international organizations include the International Seabed Authority, Intelsat, the United Nations andmore » the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The International Seabed Authority is discussed. Multinational consortia are organizations that have been developed primarily to meet common commercial objectives. Membership includes at least three member nations. Examples include the Scandinavian Airline System (SAS), URENCO, Unilever, Royal Dutch Shell, Eurochemic, Eurodif, Euratom, European Coal and Steel Community, and Serena. Cartels or producer associations are multinational agreements that restrict market forces; viz, production, market share, customers or prices. Examples include the Intergovernmental Council of Copper Exporting Countries (CIPEC), the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and the Fifth International Tin Agreement (ITA), as well as agreements governing diamonds and uranium, bauxite and coffee. OPEC, CIPEC and ITA are discussed.« less

77 FR 13013 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments

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2012-03-05

... Organization Government Procurement Agreement and the Free Trade Agreements, as determined by the United States... 252 Government procurement. Ynette R. Shelkin, Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations System...

Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance Delphi SOFC

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Steven Shaffer; Sean Kelly; Larry Chick

2003-05-20

The objective of Phase I under this project is to develop a 5 kW SOFC power system for a range of fuels and applications. During Phase I, the following will be accomplished: 1. Develop and demonstrate technology transfer efforts on a 5 kW stationary distributed power generation system that incorporates steam reforming of natural gas with piped-in water (Demonstration System A). 2. Initiate development of a 5 kW system for later mass-market automotive auxiliary power unit application, which will incorporate catalytic partial oxidation (CPO) reforming of gasoline, with anode exhaust gas injected into an ultra-lean burn internal combustion engine. Thismore » topical report covers work performed by Delphi Automotive Systems from January through June 2002 under DOE Cooperative Agreement DE-FC-02NT41246 for the 5 kW mass-market automotive (gasoline) auxiliary power unit. This report highlights technical results of the work performed under the following tasks for the automotive 5 kW system: 1. System Design and Integration 2. SOFC Stack Development 3. Reformer Development The next anticipated Technical Progress Report will be submitted January 30, 2003 and will include tasks contained within the cooperative agreement including development work on the Demonstration System A, if available.« less

Telephone audit for monitoring stroke unit facilities: a post hoc analysis from PROSIT study.

PubMed

Candelise, Livia; Gattinoni, Monica; Bersano, Anna

2015-01-01

Although several valid approaches exist to measure the number and the quality of acute stroke units, only few studies tested their reliability. This study is aimed at establishing whether the telephone administration of the PROject of Stroke unIt ITaly (PROSIT) audit questionnaire is reliable compared with direct face-to-face interview. Forty-three medical leaders in charge of in-hospital stroke services were interviewed twice using the same PROSIT questionnaire with 2 different modalities. First, the interviewers approached the medical leaders by telephone. Thereafter, they went to the hospital site and performed a direct face-to-face interview. Six independent couples of trained researchers conducted the audit interviews. The degree of intermodality agreement was measured with kappa statistic. We found a perfect agreement for stroke units identification between the 2 different audit modalities (K = 1.00; standard error [SE], 1.525). The agreement was also very good for stroke dedicated beds (K = 1.00; SE, 1.525) and dedicated personnel (K = 1.00; SE, 1.525), which are the 2 components of stroke unit definition. The agreement was lower for declared in use process of care and availability of diagnostic investigations. The telephone audit can be used for monitoring stroke unit structures. It is more rapid, less expensive, and can repeatedly be used at appropriate intervals. However, a reliable description of the process of care and diagnostic investigations indicators should be obtained by either local site audit visit or prospective stroke register based on individual patient data. Copyright © 2015 National Stroke Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Pilot-scale treatability test plan for the 200-BP-5 operable unit

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Not Available

This document presents the treatability test plan for pilot-scale pump and treat testing at the 200-BP-5 Operable Unit. This treatability test plan has been prepared in response to an agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the State of Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology), as documented in Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order (Tri-Party Agreement, Ecology et al. 1989a) Change Control Form M-13-93-03 (Ecology et al. 1994) and a recent 200 NPL Agreement Change Control Form (Appendix A). The agreement also requires that, following completion of the activities described in thismore » test plan, a 200-BP-5 Operable Unit Interim Remedial Measure (IRM) Proposed Plan be developed for use in preparing an Interim Action Record of Decision (ROD). The IRM Proposed Plan will be supported by the results of this treatability test plan, as well as by other 200-BP-5 Operable Unit activities (e.g., development of a qualitative risk assessment). Once issued, the Interim Action ROD will specify the interim action(s) for groundwater contamination at the 200-BP-5 Operable Unit. The treatability test approach is to conduct a pilot-scale pump and treat test for each of the two contaminant plumes associated with the 200-BP-5 Operable Unit. Primary contaminants of concern are {sup 99}Tc and {sup 60}Co for underwater affected by past discharges to the 216-BY Cribs, and {sup 90}Sr, {sup 239/240}Pu, and Cs for groundwater affected by past discharges to the 216-B-5 Reverse Well. The purpose of the pilot-scale treatability testing presented in this testplan is to provide the data basis for preparing an IRM Proposed Plan. To achieve this objective, treatability testing must: Assess the performance of groundwater pumping with respect to the ability to extract a significant amount of the primary contaminant mass present in the two contaminant plumes.« less

7 CFR 3431.10 - Eligibility to participate.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... United States; (e) Sign a service agreement to provide veterinary services in one of the veterinarian shortage situations; and (f) Comply with the terms and conditions of the Service Agreement. ...

7 CFR 3431.10 - Eligibility to participate.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... United States; (e) Sign a service agreement to provide veterinary services in one of the veterinarian shortage situations; and (f) Comply with the terms and conditions of the Service Agreement. ...

7 CFR 3431.10 - Eligibility to participate.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... United States; (e) Sign a service agreement to provide veterinary services in one of the veterinarian shortage situations; and (f) Comply with the terms and conditions of the Service Agreement. ...

7 CFR 1210.315 - United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... 7 Agriculture 10 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false United States. 1210.315 Section 1210.315 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS... PLAN Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan Definitions § 1210.315 United States. United States means...

7 CFR 1210.315 - United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... 7 Agriculture 10 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false United States. 1210.315 Section 1210.315 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS... PLAN Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan Definitions § 1210.315 United States. United States means...

7 CFR 1210.315 - United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... 7 Agriculture 10 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false United States. 1210.315 Section 1210.315 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS... PLAN Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan Definitions § 1210.315 United States. United States means...

7 CFR 1210.315 - United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... 7 Agriculture 10 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false United States. 1210.315 Section 1210.315 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS... PLAN Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan Definitions § 1210.315 United States. United States means...

2 CFR 2000.20 - Does this part apply to me?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... 2 Grants and Agreements 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Does this part apply to me? 2000.20 Section 2000.20 Grants and Agreements Federal Agency Regulations for Grants and Agreements UNITED STATES... apply to me? This part and, through this part, pertinent portions of the OMB guidance in subparts A...

2 CFR 2000.20 - Does this part apply to me?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... 2 Grants and Agreements 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Does this part apply to me? 2000.20 Section 2000.20 Grants and Agreements Federal Agency Regulations for Grants and Agreements UNITED STATES... apply to me? This part and, through this part, pertinent portions of the OMB guidance in subparts A...

2 CFR 2000.20 - Does this part apply to me?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... 2 Grants and Agreements 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Does this part apply to me? 2000.20 Section 2000.20 Grants and Agreements Federal Agency Regulations for Grants and Agreements UNITED STATES... apply to me? This part and, through this part, pertinent portions of the OMB guidance in subparts A...

2 CFR 3513.20 - Does this part apply to me?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... 2 Grants and Agreements 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Does this part apply to me? 3513.20 Section 3513.20 Grants and Agreements Federal Agency Regulations for Grants and Agreements EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES NONPROCUREMENT DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION § 3513.20 Does this part apply to me...

2 CFR 3513.20 - Does this part apply to me?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 2 Grants and Agreements 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Does this part apply to me? 3513.20 Section 3513.20 Grants and Agreements Federal Agency Regulations for Grants and Agreements EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES NONPROCUREMENT DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION § 3513.20 Does this part apply to me...

Retirement and health benefits for Mexican migrant workers returning from the United States

PubMed Central

Aguila, Emma; Zissimopoulos, Julie

2013-01-01

In the absence of a bilateral agreement for the portability and totalization of social security contributions between the United States and Mexico, this article examines the access to pension and health insurance benefits and employment status of older Mexican return migrants. We find that return migrants who have spent less than a year in the United States have a similar level of access to social security benefits as non-migrants. Return migrants who have spent at least a year in the United States are less likely to have public health insurance or social security benefits, and could be more vulnerable to poverty in old age. These results inform the debate on a bilateral social security agreement between the United States and Mexico to improve return migrants’ social security. PMID:23750049

Special mobile rescue unit can speed recovery

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Not Available

1977-04-01

Since time is often a matter of life and death in a mine disaster, Mine Emergency Operations (MEO) personnel are prepared to begin rescue work at any mining site in the eastern part of the United States within six hours of notification, and within no more than nine hours in the western United States. The entire MEO force, including vans, trucks, bulldozers to clear and level the drilling site, seismic equipment, and the big drilling rig can be on any site within less than 20 hours of a disaster. The speed of deployment is made possible in some measure bymore » a special agreement between MESA and the United States Air Force, which stands ready 24 hours a day to dispatch giant C-130 cargo aircraft to airlift the tons of bulky MEO equipment. While the big drilling rig is usually taken to disaster sites by highway, it can also be airlifted when necessary.« less

77 FR 30355 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-05-22

... country (Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala... Agreement country means Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador...

Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements

DTIC Science & Technology

2007-01-29

U.S. security concerns. The United States and Soviet Union began to sign agreements limiting their strategic offensive nuclear weapons in the early...Russian relationship. At the same time, however, the two sides began to cooperate on securing and eliminating Soviet-era nuclear , chemical, and...the former Soviet Union. The United States is also a leader of an international regime that attempts to limit the spread of nuclear weapons. This

Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements

DTIC Science & Technology

2007-06-01

security concerns. The United States and Soviet Union began to sign agreements limiting their strategic offensive nuclear weapons in the early 1970s...Russian relationship. At the same time, however, the two sides began to cooperate on securing and eliminating Soviet-era nuclear , chemical, and biological...former Soviet Union. The United States is also a leader of an international regime that attempts to limit the spread of nuclear weapons. This regime

7 CFR 1150.106 - United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... 7 Agriculture 9 2014-01-01 2013-01-01 true United States. 1150.106 Section 1150.106 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS... Order Definitions § 1150.106 United States. United States means all of the States, the District of...

7 CFR 1150.106 - United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... 7 Agriculture 9 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false United States. 1150.106 Section 1150.106 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS... Order Definitions § 1150.106 United States. United States means all of the States, the District of...

7 CFR 1150.106 - United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... 7 Agriculture 9 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false United States. 1150.106 Section 1150.106 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements... Order Definitions § 1150.106 United States. United States means all of the States, the District of...

Vocal Qualities in Music Theater Voice: Perceptions of Expert Pedagogues.

PubMed

Bourne, Tracy; Kenny, Dianna

2016-01-01

To gather qualitative descriptions of music theater vocal qualities including belt, legit, and mix from expert pedagogues to better define this voice type. This is a prospective, semistructured interview. Twelve expert teachers from United States, United Kingdom, Asia, and Australia were interviewed by Skype and asked to identify characteristics of music theater vocal qualities including vocal production, physiology, esthetics, pitch range, and pedagogical techniques. Responses were compared with published studies on music theater voice. Belt and legit were generally described as distinct sounds with differing physiological and technical requirements. Teachers were concerned that belt should be taught "safely" to minimize vocal health risks. There was consensus between teachers and published research on the physiology of the glottis and vocal tract; however, teachers were not in agreement about breathing techniques. Neither were teachers in agreement about the meaning of "mix." Most participants described belt as heavily weighted, thick folds, thyroarytenoid-dominant, or chest register; however, there was no consensus on an appropriate term. Belt substyles were named and generally categorized by weightedness or tone color. Descriptions of male belt were less clear than for female belt. This survey provides an overview of expert pedagogical perspectives on the characteristics of belt, legit, and mix qualities in the music theater voice. Although teacher responses are generally in agreement with published research, there are still many controversial issues and gaps in knowledge and understanding of this vocal technique. Breathing techniques, vocal range, mix, male belt, and vocal registers require continuing investigation so that we can learn more about efficient and healthy vocal function in music theater singing. Copyright © 2016 The Voice Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Does adherence monitoring reduce controlled substance abuse in chronic pain patients?

PubMed

Manchikanti, Laxmaiah; Manchukonda, Rajeev; Damron, Kim S; Brandon, Doris; McManus, Carla D; Cash, Kim

2006-01-01

Opioids are used extensively for chronic pain management in the United States. The frequency of opioid use prior to presenting to interventional pain management settings and in interventional pain management settings has been shown to be above 90%. Given that controlled substance abuse and illicit drug use are prevalent phenomena, adherence monitoring of patients that are prescribed opioids is becoming common. Adherence monitoring is carried out by an appropriate history, periodic evaluation of appropriate intake of drugs, random drug testing, and pill counts. Crucial to adherence monitoring is an initial controlled substance agreement and repeated review of the terms of this agreement with on-going education. However, the effect of adherence monitoring on drug abuse is unclear. To identify controlled substance abuse through implementation of the terms of a controlled substance agreement, including periodic review and monitoring outside the organization. Prospective evaluation with historical controls. Five hundred consecutive patients receiving prescription controlled substances were followed in a prospective manner. The evaluation consisted of a chart review to monitor controlled substance intake, with special attention to drugs obtained from outside the organization. Data collection for this purpose included information from records, pharmacies, referring physicians, and all the physicians involved in the treatment of the patient. Results from 500 consecutive patients were evaluated. Controlled substance abuse was seen in 9% of patients; overall, 5% of patients were obtaining controlled substances from other physicians, and 4% from illegal sources. Adherence monitoring, including controlled substance agreements and various periodic measures of compliance was associated with a 50% reduction in opioid abuse.

The high price of "free" trade: U.S. trade agreements and access to medicines.

PubMed

Lopert, Ruth; Gleeson, Deborah

2013-01-01

The United States' pursuit of increasingly TRIPS-Plus levels of intellectual property protection for medicines in bilateral and regional trade agreements is well recognized. Less so, however, are U.S. efforts through these agreements to influence and constrain the pharmaceutical coverage programs of its trading partners. Although arguably unsuccessful in the Australia- U.S. Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA), the U.S. nevertheless succeeded in its bilateral FTA with South Korea (KORUS) in establishing prescriptive provisions pertaining to the operation of coverage and reimbursement programs for medicines and medical devices, which have the potential to adversely impact future access in that country. More recently, draft texts leaked from the current Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations show that U.S. objectives include not only AUSFTA-Plus and KORUS-Plus IP provisions but also ambitious inroads into the domestic health programs of its TPPA partners. This highlights the apparent conflict between trade goals - pursued through multilateral legal instruments to promote economic "health"- and public health objectives, such as the development of treatments for neglected diseases, the pursuit of efficiency and equity in priority setting, and the procurement of medicines at prices that reflect their therapeutic value and facilitate affordable access. © 2013 American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Inc.

Israel: Background and Relations With the United States

DTIC Science & Technology

2006-08-18

2006, prominent U.S. investor Warren Buffet announced that he was buying 80% of Iscar, a major Israeli metalworks, for $4 billion. On July 26, the House...take into account changed “realities on the ground, including already existing major Israeli population centers” (i.e., settlements), asserting “it is...agreements that restrict use of the weapons to military targets. Other Current Issues Military Sales. Israel accounts for about 10% of the world’s defense

Israel: Background and Relations With the United States

DTIC Science & Technology

2006-08-31

million to secure the deal. In May 2006, prominent U.S. investor Warren Buffet announced that he was buying 80% of Iscar, a major Israeli metalworks, for...President Bush noted the need to take into account changed “realities on the ground, including already existing major Israeli population centers” (i.e...made cluster bombs violated agreements that restrict use of the weapons to military targets. Other Current Issues Military Sales. Israel accounts for

Republic of the Philippines - United States of America Visiting Forces Agreement: Balikatan Exercises

DTIC Science & Technology

2003-04-07

the 21st century from local insurgency and terrorist groups. There are terrorists from the communists Cordillera 7 People’s Liberation Army (CPLA...Narcise Philippines Army Dr. Jerry Comello Project Advisor The views expressed in this academic research paper are those of the author and do not...is estibated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and

The Republic of Macedonia: Implementing the Ohrid Framework Agreement and Reforming the State

DTIC Science & Technology

2008-09-01

that included members of the goverment . • The “capacity building/weakening’ school. Argument is the organized crime elements united and recruited...115 Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office, Tourism in the Republic of Macedonia, http://www.stat.gov.mk/english/statistiki_eng.asp?ss...essential for improving the economy. The ROM must invest wisely the funds received by the EU towards infrastructure, business development and tourism

Strategic Implications of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

DTIC Science & Technology

1993-04-01

include: "o Trade in Goods "o Agricultural Products "o Textiles and Apparel 9 "o Automotive Goods "o Energy and Basic Petrochemicals "o Investment and...Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia have all gained rapid trade growth in recent years. These seven nations combined accounted for 14.11...National Farmer’s Union; National Rainbow Coalition; United Paperworkers International Union; Public Citizen; Retail Wholesale and Department Store

Why Certain Trade Agreements Are Approved as Congressional-Executive Agreements Rather Than as Treaties

DTIC Science & Technology

2010-09-08

described as an action “approving the United States’ international legal obligations specified by the Agreement,” and the amendment of statutes to... unconstitutionally delegate either legislative or treaty-making authority to the President.3 In the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934, as amended and extended...legislative vetoes of executive implementing actions might not comport with constitutional requirements regarding the passage of legislation. In the Trade

Development of a patient safety climate survey for Chinese hospitals: cross-national adaptation and psychometric evaluation.

PubMed

Zhu, Junya; Li, Liping; Zhao, Hailei; Han, Guangshu; Wu, Albert W; Weingart, Saul N

2014-10-01

Existing patient safety climate instruments, most of which have been developed in the USA, may not accurately reflect the conditions in the healthcare systems of other countries. To develop and evaluate a patient safety climate instrument for healthcare workers in Chinese hospitals. Based on a review of existing instruments, expert panel review, focus groups and cognitive interviews, we developed items relevant to patient safety climate in Chinese hospitals. The draft instrument was distributed to 1700 hospital workers from 54 units in six hospitals in five Chinese cities between July and October 2011, and 1464 completed surveys were received. We performed exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and estimated internal consistency reliability, within-unit agreement, between-unit variation, unit-mean reliability, correlation between multi-item composites, and association between the composites and two single items of perceived safety. The final instrument included 34 items organised into nine composites: institutional commitment to safety, unit management support for safety, organisational learning, safety system, adequacy of safety arrangements, error reporting, communication and peer support, teamwork and staffing. All composites had acceptable unit-mean reliabilities (≥0.74) and within-unit agreement (Rwg ≥0.71), and exhibited significant between-unit variation with intraclass correlation coefficients ranging from 9% to 21%. Internal consistency reliabilities ranged from 0.59 to 0.88 and were ≥0.70 for eight of the nine composites. Correlations between composites ranged from 0.27 to 0.73. All composites were positively and significantly associated with the two perceived safety items. The Chinese Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Climate demonstrates adequate dimensionality, reliability and validity. The integration of qualitative and quantitative methods is essential to produce an instrument that is culturally appropriate for Chinese hospitals. Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.

8 CFR 233.4 - Preinspection outside the United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... 8 Aliens and Nationality 1 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Preinspection outside the United States... CONTRACTS WITH TRANSPORTATION LINES § 233.4 Preinspection outside the United States. (a) Form I-425 agreements. A transportation line bringing applicants for admission to the United States through...

8 CFR 233.4 - Preinspection outside the United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... 8 Aliens and Nationality 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Preinspection outside the United States... CONTRACTS WITH TRANSPORTATION LINES § 233.4 Preinspection outside the United States. (a) Form I-425 agreements. A transportation line bringing applicants for admission to the United States through...

7 CFR 1260.108 - United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... 7 Agriculture 10 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false United States. 1260.108 Section 1260.108 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS... Promotion and Research Order Definitions § 1260.108 United States. United States means the 50 States and the...

7 CFR 1260.108 - United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... 7 Agriculture 10 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false United States. 1260.108 Section 1260.108 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS... Promotion and Research Order Definitions § 1260.108 United States. United States means the 50 States and the...

7 CFR 1260.108 - United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... 7 Agriculture 10 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false United States. 1260.108 Section 1260.108 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS... Promotion and Research Order Definitions § 1260.108 United States. United States means the 50 States and the...

7 CFR 1260.108 - United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... 7 Agriculture 10 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false United States. 1260.108 Section 1260.108 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS... Promotion and Research Order Definitions § 1260.108 United States. United States means the 50 States and the...

7 CFR 1260.108 - United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 7 Agriculture 10 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false United States. 1260.108 Section 1260.108 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS... Promotion and Research Order Definitions § 1260.108 United States. United States means the 50 States and the...

Aviation competition : issues related to the proposed United Airlines-US Airways merger

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2000-12-01

In May 2000, two of the nation's largest airlines, United Airlines (United) and US Airways, proposed to merge. As part of the overall agreement, United and US Airways also proposed to divest some of US Airways' assets at Ronald Reagan Washington Nati...

76 FR 10005 - North American Free Trade Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel Reviews; Request for Panel Review

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2011-02-23

..., Article 1904 NAFTA Panel Reviews; Request for Panel Review AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United States... Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Panel Review was requested of... countervailing duty law of the country that made the determination. Under Article 1904 of the Agreement, which...

77 FR 10479 - North American Free Trade Agreement, Article 1904; NAFTA Panel Reviews; First Request for Panel...

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2012-02-22

..., Article 1904; NAFTA Panel Reviews; First Request for Panel Review AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United States... Section of the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of the North American Free Trade Agreement... determination. Under Article 1904 of the Agreement, which came into force on January 1, 1994, the Government of...

2 CFR 3513.20 - Does this part apply to me?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... 2 Grants and Agreements 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Does this part apply to me? 3513.20 Section 3513.20 Grants and Agreements Federal Agency Regulations for Grants and Agreements EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES NONPROCUREMENT DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION § 3513.20 Does this part apply to me...

2 CFR 3513.10 - What does this part do?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... 2 Grants and Agreements 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false What does this part do? 3513.10 Section 3513.10 Grants and Agreements Federal Agency Regulations for Grants and Agreements EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF... supplemented by this part, as the Export Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) policies and procedures...

77 FR 47095 - Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreement Under the Park System Resource Protection Act

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2012-08-07

... of Interior, National Park Service has reached a settlement with University of Miami, on behalf of... the Settlement Agreement between the United States and University of Miami and the R/V F.G. Walton... of the Settlement Agreement may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box...

75 FR 69080 - Federal Travel Regulation (FTR)

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2010-11-10

... GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) Fly America Act; United States and European Union ``Open Skies'' Air Transport Agreement (US-EU Open Skies Agreement) AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide Policy, General Services Administration (GSA). [[Page 69081

Federal Aviation Administration Memorandum of Agreement to Address Aircraft-Wildlife Strikes

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

This Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) establish procedures necessary to coordinate the signatory agencies missions to more effectively address existing and future environmental conditions contributing to aircraft-wildlife strikes throughout the United States.

Free Trade for New York: The Economic Impact of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement on New York State. Rockefeller Institute Special Report Number 30.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Doh, Jonathan P.

This paper assesses the potential impact on the New York State economy, industries, and regions of the recently implemented Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Canadian trade and investment have had significant impacts on the economies of the United States and New York state. An analysis of the potential impact of the FTA on New York state,…

Democratic discussion in newspaper reporting of the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement.

PubMed

Sykes, Robbie

2008-10-01

This article presents a Habermasian analysis of newspaper reporting of the debate surrounding the effect of the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (the FTA) on access to medicines through Australian patent law. Habermas's concept of the public sphere is utilised in determining whether discussion within the print media adequately conveyed complex legal issues to the public and facilitated democratic discussion. It was found that newspaper reporting generally failed to meet this standard.

32 CFR 809a.11 - Procedures outside the United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

.... Intervention by United States military personnel outside the United States is governed by international law, bilateral and other international agreements to which the United States is a party, and host-nation laws... Section 809a.11 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE...

32 CFR 809a.11 - Procedures outside the United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

.... Intervention by United States military personnel outside the United States is governed by international law, bilateral and other international agreements to which the United States is a party, and host-nation laws... Section 809a.11 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE...

32 CFR 809a.11 - Procedures outside the United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

.... Intervention by United States military personnel outside the United States is governed by international law, bilateral and other international agreements to which the United States is a party, and host-nation laws... Section 809a.11 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE...

32 CFR 809a.11 - Procedures outside the United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

.... Intervention by United States military personnel outside the United States is governed by international law, bilateral and other international agreements to which the United States is a party, and host-nation laws... Section 809a.11 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE...

San Francisco urban partnership agreement : national evaluation report.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2014-11-01

This document presents the final report on the national evaluation of the San Francisco Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) UPA Program. The UPA program targeted congestion reduction throu...

Urban Partnership Agreement and Congestion Reduction Demonstration : National Evaluation Framework

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2008-11-21

This report provides an analytical framework for evaluating six deployments under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) and Congestion Reduction Demonstration (CRD) Programs. The six UPA/CRD sites...

A survey of nuclear-related agreements and possibilities for nuclear cooperation in South Asia: Cooperative Monitoring Center Occasional Paper/15

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

RAJEN,GAURAV

2000-04-01

Several existing nuclear-related agreements already require India and Pakistan, as members, to share information. The agreements are bilateral, regional, and international. Greater nuclear transparency between India and Pakistan could be promoted by first understanding the information flows required by existing agreements. This understanding is an essential step for developing projects that can incrementally advance the sensitivity of the information being shared. This paper provides a survey of existing nuclear-related agreements involving India and Pakistan, and suggests future confidence-building projects using the frameworks provided by these agreements. The Bilateral Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear Reactors and Nuclear Facilitiesmore » is discussed as a basis for creating further agreements on restricting the use and deployment of nuclear weapons. The author suggests options for enhancing the value of the list of nuclear facilities exchanged annually as a part of this agreement. The International Atomic Energy Agency's regional cooperation agreement among countries in the Asia-Pacific region is an opportunity for greater subregional nuclear cooperation in South Asia. Linking the regional agreement with South Asian environmental cooperation and marine pollution protection efforts could provide a framework for projects involving Indian and Pakistani coastal nuclear facilities. Programs of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations that use nuclear techniques to increase food and crop production and optimize water management in arid areas also provide similar opportunities for nuclear cooperation. Other frameworks for nuclear cooperation originate from international conventions related to nuclear safety, transportation of nuclear wastes, worker protection against ionizing radiation, and the nondeployment of nuclear weapons in certain areas. The information shared by existing frameworks includes: laws and regulations (including internal inspection procedures that enforce compliance); lists of nuclear facilities; emergency response procedures and available resources; information related to the transportation of nuclear wastes (particularly via shipping); understanding and notification of accidental releases; and radionuclide release data from select coastal facilities. Incremental increases in the sensitivity of the information being shared could strengthen norms for Indian and Pakistani nuclear transparency. This paper suggests seven technology-based Indian and Pakistani nuclear transparency projects for consideration. Existing nuclear-related agreements provide an information-sharing framework within which the projects could occur. Eventually, as confidence increases and new agreements are negotiated, future projects could begin to deal with the accounting of fissile materials and nuclear weapons disposition and control.« less

Assessing agreement among alternative climate change projections to inform conservation recommendations in the contiguous United States.

PubMed

Belote, R Travis; Carroll, Carlos; Martinuzzi, Sebastián; Michalak, Julia; Williams, John W; Williamson, Matthew A; Aplet, Gregory H

2018-06-21

Addressing uncertainties in climate vulnerability remains a challenge for conservation planning. We evaluate how confidence in conservation recommendations may change with agreement among alternative climate projections and metrics of climate exposure. We assessed agreement among three multivariate estimates of climate exposure (forward velocity, backward velocity, and climate dissimilarity) using 18 alternative climate projections for the contiguous United States. For each metric, we classified maps into quartiles for each alternative climate projections, and calculated the frequency of quartiles assigned for each gridded location (high quartile frequency = more agreement among climate projections). We evaluated recommendations using a recent climate adaptation heuristic framework that recommends emphasizing various conservation strategies to land based on current conservation value and expected climate exposure. We found that areas where conservation strategies would be confidently assigned based on high agreement among climate projections varied substantially across regions. In general, there was more agreement in forward and backward velocity estimates among alternative projections than agreement in estimates of local dissimilarity. Consensus of climate predictions resulted in the same conservation recommendation assignments in a few areas, but patterns varied by climate exposure metric. This work demonstrates an approach for explicitly evaluating alternative predictions in geographic patterns of climate change.

19 CFR 10.584 - Certification.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. Dominican Republic-Central America-United... for those goods in the Dominican Republic—Central America—United States Free Trade Agreement; there...

19 CFR 10.584 - Certification.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. Dominican Republic-Central America-United... for those goods in the Dominican Republic—Central America—United States Free Trade Agreement; there...

19 CFR 10.584 - Certification.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. Dominican Republic-Central America-United... for those goods in the Dominican Republic—Central America—United States Free Trade Agreement; there...

19 CFR 10.584 - Certification.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. Dominican Republic-Central America-United... for those goods in the Dominican Republic—Central America—United States Free Trade Agreement; there...

75 FR 34311 - To Implement Certain Provisions of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-06-16

... Implement Certain Provisions of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement With Respect to Costa Rica, and for Other Purposes By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. On August 5, 2004, the United States entered into the Dominican Republic-Central America-United...

Fall risk and prevention agreement: engaging patients and families with a partnership for patient safety.

PubMed

Vonnes, Cassandra; Wolf, Darcy

2017-01-01

Falls are multifactorial in medical oncology units and are potentiated by an older adult's response to anxiolytics, opiates and chemotherapy protocols. In addition, the oncology patient is at an increased risk for injury from a fall due to coagulopathy, thrombocytopenia and advanced age. At our National Cancer Institute-designated inpatient cancer treatment centre located in the southeastern USA, 40% of the total discharges are over the age of 65. As part of a comprehensive fall prevention programme, bimonthly individual fall reports have been presented with the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), nursing directors, nurse managers, physical therapists and front-line providers in attendance. As a result of these case discussions, in some cases, safety recommendations have not been followed by patients and families and identified as an implication in individual falls. Impulsive behaviour was acknowledged only after a fall occurred. A medical oncology unit was targeted for this initiative due to a prolonged length of stay. This patient population receives chemotherapeutic interventions, management of oncological treatment consequences and cancer progression care. The aim of this project was to explore if initiation of a Fall Prevention Agreement between the nursing team and older adults being admitted to medical oncology units would reduce the incidence of falls and the incidence of falls with injury. In order to promote patient and family participation in the fall reduction and safety plan, the Fall Risk and Prevention Agreement was introduced upon admission. Using the Morse Fall Scoring system, patient's risk for fall was communicated on the Fall Risk and Prevention Agreement. Besides admission, patients were reassessed based on change of status, transfer or after a fall occurs. Fall and fall injuries rates were compared two-quarters prior to implementation of the fall agreement and eight-quarters post implementation. Falls and fall injuries on the medical oncology unit had an overall reduction of 37% and 58.6%, respectively. A robust fall prevention standard does not ensure care team participation in all elements to reduce fall occurrence. Historically, the Fall Risk and Prevention Agreement had not been initiated on admission. Incorporating patients and families in discussions related to fall risk and prevention is consistent with collaborative communication. The Joint Commission and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2002 encouraged patients and family participation in the acute care experience to promote safety. The medical oncology patient in many cases on admission is identified as 'moderate' risk for fall. It is during the course of treatment and an extended length of stay that deconditioning and treatment side effects result in a fall. This patient population often overestimates their abilities and functional status.Engagement with patients and families during the admission process will hopefully communicate the need for a collaborative effort for fall prevention during the hospitalisation. Although this project is limited in data, integrating patients and families into care planning may have a significant impact in reducing falls in the 'moderate' risk patient. Additional studies including a multivariate analysis are needed to determine whether supporting evidence links fall reduction to the presence and use of a patient and family agreement.

78 FR 77621 - Forum To Discuss Proposed Changes To Implement the Hague Agreement Concerning International...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-12-24

... Agreement'') and is to take effect on the entry into force of the Hague Agreement with respect to the United States. On November 29, 2013, the Office published a proposed rule in the Federal Register proposing changes to the rules of practice to implement title I of the PLTIA and seeking written comments on the...

Agreement between Lakeshore Vocational, Technical and Adult Education District Board and Lakeshore Education Association, 1987-1989.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

1987

The agreement between the Lakeshore Vocational, Technical and Adult Education District Board and the Lakeshore Education Association is presented for the period 1987-1989. The articles in the agreement set forth provisions related to: (1) recognition and composition of the bargaining unit; (2) pay variations for various or unusual conditions; (3)…

78 FR 45565 - Notice of Lodging of Proposed Modification to Settlement Agreement Under the Clean Water Act

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2013-07-29

... DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Proposed Modification to Settlement Agreement Under the Clean Water Act On July 23, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed Third Modification to the Settlement Agreement and Final Order (``Third Modification'') in United States and State of California ex rel. California Regional Water Quality...

75 FR 70124 - Product List Update

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2010-11-17

...- 2) The Strategic Bilateral Agreement Between United States Postal Service and Koninklijke TNT Post BV and TNT Postl pakketservice Benelux BV, collectively ``TNT Post'' and China Post Group-United...

Minnesota urban partnership agreement national evaluation : content analysis test plan.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2009-11-17

This report presents the content analysis test plan for the Minnesota Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) UPA Program. The Minnesota UPA projects focus on reducing congestion by employing ...

Minnesota urban partnership agreement national evaluation : telecommuting test plan.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2009-11-17

This report presents the telecommuting test plan for the Minnesota Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) UPA Program. The Minnesota UPA projects focus on reducing congestion by employing str...

San Francisco urban partnership agreement : national evaluation plan.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2009-12-22

This report provides an analytic framework for evaluating the San Francisco Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) UPA Program. The San Francisco UPA projects to be evaluated focus on those r...

50 CFR 300.201 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... fish stocks shared by the United States, for which there are no applicable international conservation..., convention, or agreement for the conservation and management of fish. International fishery management..., convention, or agreement for the conservation and management of fish. Protected living marine resources...

77 FR 75377 - Product List Update

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2012-12-20

... Bilateral Agreement Between United States Postal Service and Koninklijke TNT Post BV and TNT Postl pakketservice Benelux BV, collectively ``TNT Post'' and China Post Group-United States Postal Service Letter...

76 FR 1357 - Product List Update

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2011-01-10

... Bilateral Agreement Between United States Postal Service and Koninklijke TNT Post BV and TNT Postl pakketservice Benelux BV, collectively ``TNT Post'' and China Post Group--United States Postal Service Letter...

Morris County Improvement Authority, Morris County, New Jersey Renewable Energy Initiative

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Bonanni, John

2013-05-01

The Morris County Improvement Authority (Authority), a public body corporate and politic of the State of New Jersey and created and controlled by the County, at the direction of the County and through the Program guaranteed by the County, financed 3.2 MW of solar projects (Solar Projects) at fifteen (15) sites for seven (7) local government units (Local Units) in and including the County. The Program uses a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) structure, where the Solar Developer constructs, operates and maintains all of the Solar Projects, for the benefit of the Local Units and the Authority, for the maximum Statemore » law allowable PPA period of fifteen (15) years. Although all fifteen (15) sites were funded by the Authority, only the Mennen Arena site was considered for the purposes of the required local match funding for this grant. Specifically at the Mennen Arena site, the Authority financed 1.6 MW of solar panels. On October 18, 2013, the DOE Grant was drawn down following completion of the necessary application documents and final execution of an agreement memorializing the contemplated transaction by the Local Units, the County, The Authority and the solar developer. The proceeds of the DOE Grant were then applied to reduce the PPA price to all Local Units across the program and increase the savings from approximately 1/3 to almost half off the existing and forecasted utility pricing over the fifteen (15) year term, without adversely affecting all of the other benefits. With the application of the rate buy down, the price of electricity purchased under the PPA dropped from 10.9 to 7.7 cents/kWh. This made acquisition of renewable energy much more affordable for the Local Units, and it enhanced the success of the program, which will encourage other counties and local units to develop similar programs.« less

Implications of the Central America-Dominican Republic-Free Trade Agreement for the nutrition transition in Central America.

PubMed

Hawkes, Corinna; Thow, Anne Marie

2008-11-01

To identify potential impacts of the Central America-Dominican Republic-Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) on food consumption patterns associated with the nutrition transition, obesity, and diet-related chronic diseases. Examination of CAFTA-DR agreement to identify measures that have the potential to affect food availability and retail prices. CAFTA-DR includes agreements on tariffs, tariff-rate quotas (TRQs), and sanitary and phytosanitary regulations with direct implications for the availability and prices of various foods. Agreements on investment, services, and intellectual property rights (IPR) are also relevant because they create a business climate more conducive to long-term investment by the transnational food industry. Trade liberalization under CAFTA-DR is likely to increase availability and lower relative prices of two food groups associated with the nutrition transition: meat and processed foods. These outcomes are expected to occur as the direct result of increased imports from the United States and increased production by U.S. companies based in Central America, and the indirect result of increased domestic meat production (due to increased availability of cheaper animal feed) and increased production of processed foods by domestic companies (due to a more competitive market environment). CAFTA-DR is likely to further the nutrition transition in Central America by increasing the consumption of meat; highly processed foods; and new, non-traditional foods. The public health community should be more aware of the implications of trade agreements for dietary health. Governments and related stakeholders should assess the coherence between changes fostered by specific trade agreements with national policies on diet and nutrition.

Agreement between the Board of Trustees of the California State University and the California Faculty Association, Unit 3--Faculty, August 16, 1983-June 30, 1986 and New Contract Language Changes to Agreement, July 1, 1984-June 30, 1986.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento.

The collective bargaining agreement between California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees and the California Faculty Association (CFA) for the period covering August 16, 1983-June 30, 1986 is presented. New contract language changes to the agreement for July 1, 1984-June 30, 1986 are also presented. This American Association of University…

48 CFR 28.204-1 - United States bonds or notes.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false United States bonds or... furnishing a surety or sureties on the bond, of depositing certain United States bonds or notes in an amount... power of attorney and agreement authorizing the collection or sale of such United States bonds or notes...

48 CFR 28.204-1 - United States bonds or notes.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false United States bonds or... furnishing a surety or sureties on the bond, of depositing certain United States bonds or notes in an amount... power of attorney and agreement authorizing the collection or sale of such United States bonds or notes...

48 CFR 28.204-1 - United States bonds or notes.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false United States bonds or... furnishing a surety or sureties on the bond, of depositing certain United States bonds or notes in an amount... power of attorney and agreement authorizing the collection or sale of such United States bonds or notes...

Optimizing the post-START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) US strategic nuclear force mix. Master's thesis

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Leary, D.A.

1989-06-01

This thesis examines the impact a START agreement might have on the United States and Soviet strategic nuclear forces. It then proposes an optimum post-START force mix for the United States and the Soviet Union. The current, as well as projected, post-START targeting policies are discussed. It is concluded that the impact of a START agreement on the current U.S. strategic targeting policy will be minimal. Although the target data base will not shrink as much as the forces tasked to cover it, a prioritization of targets is all that should be necessary with a post-START force. A START agreementmore » will mean major reductions in U.S. and Soviet strategic nuclear forces. As proposed in this thesis, only the ICBM leg of the Triad will require any major re-structuring. This would include the addition of mobile ICBM systems. The SLBM and bomber legs will feel minimal changes (i.e., retiring POSEIDON SSBNs and retiring or converting some older B-52s). It is recommended that the B-52 program be cancelled, and funding be re-directed into mobile ICBM systems. By doing so the United States could utilize technology available today to strengthen its forces and not gamble on the low-observable technology which a stealth bomber might have.« less

19 CFR 10.534 - Accumulation.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Rules of Origin § 10.534 Accumulation. (a) Originating materials of Singapore or the United States that...

What are the Effects of Protest Fear?

DTIC Science & Technology

2014-06-01

Program AT&L Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics BPA blanket purchase agreement CONUS continental United States COR...they have awarded a task/delivery order against an IDIQ contract (or Blanket Purchase Agreement [ BPA ]) in order to avoid a bid protest. The data shows

Minnesota urban partnership agreement national evaluation : cost benefit analysis test plan.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2009-11-17

This report presents the cost benefit analysis test plan for the Minnesota Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) UPA Program. The Minnesota UPA projects focus on reducing congestion by emplo...

North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District: PSD Delegation Agreements

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

Agreements for Partial Delegation of the Federal Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Program Set Forth in 40 CPR 52.21 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 to the North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District.

7 CFR 1220.205 - Nominee's agreement to serve.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SOYBEAN PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION Soybean Promotion and Research Order United Soybean Board...) Agree to disclose any relationship with any soybean promotion entity or with any organization that has...

Minnesota urban partnership agreement national evaluation : safety data test plan.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2009-11-17

This report provides the safety data test plan for the Minnesota Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) UPA Program. The Minnesota UPA projects focus on reducing congestion by employing strat...

Minnesota urban partnership agreement national evaluation : traffic system data test plan.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2009-11-17

This report presents the traffic system data test plan for the Minnesota Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) UPA Program. The Minnesota UPA projects focus on reducing congestion by employi...

Minnesota urban partnership agreement national evaluation : exogenous factors test plan.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2009-11-17

This report presents the exogenous factors test plan for the national evaluation of the Minnesota Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) UPA Program. The Minnesota UPA projects focus on reduc...

San Francisco urban partnership agreement, national evaluation : exogenous factors test plan.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2011-06-01

This report presents the test plan for collecting and analyzing exogenous factors data for the San Francisco Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) UPA Program. The San Francisco UPA projects...

Minnesota urban partnership agreement national evaluation : tolling test plan.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2009-11-17

This report presents the test plan for collecting and analyzing toll data for the Minnesota Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) UPA Program. The Minnesota UPA projects focus on reducing co...

San Francisco urban partnership agreement, national evaluation : environmental data test plan.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2011-06-01

This report presents the test plan for collecting and analyzing environmental data for the San Francisco Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) UPA Program. The San Francisco UPA projects foc...

Minnesota urban partnership agreement national evaluation : transit system data test plan.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2009-11-17

This report presents the test plan for collecting and analyzing transit system data for the Minnesota Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) National Evaluation under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) UPA Program. The Minnesota UPA...

32 CFR 744.1 - Purpose.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY PROCUREMENT, PROPERTY, PATENTS, AND CONTRACTS... RELEASE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS § 744.1 Purpose. This part implements part 264 of this title and the Technical Property Interchange Agreements between the United States and foreign governments which agreements...

78 FR 59719 - Notice of Lodging of Proposed Settlement Agreement Under The Comprehensive Environmental Response...

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2013-09-27

..., and to reimburse the United States for past costs incurred at the Site. The Apco Liquidating Trust... . We will provide a paper copy of the proposed settlement agreement upon written request and payment of...

77 FR 44066 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-60; Small Entity Compliance Guide

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2012-07-26

... the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to the list of agencies that have entered into an agreement with the State of New Mexico. The agreement eliminates the double taxation of...

76 FR 593 - New Postal Product

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2011-01-05

... 1-2. \\1\\ Notice of United States Postal Service of Filing a Functionally Equivalent Global Expedited Package Services 3 Negotiated Service Agreement and Application for Non-Public Treatment of Materials... Filing a Functionally Equivalent Global Expedited Package Services 3 Negotiated Service Agreement and...

75 FR 4545 - Proposed Subsequent Arrangement

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2010-01-28

... Energy and the Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy between the United States... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Proposed Subsequent Arrangement AGENCY: Office of International Regimes and Agreements, Department of Energy. ACTION: Subsequent arrangement. SUMMARY: This notice has been issued under...

75 FR 12738 - Proposed Subsequent Arrangement

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2010-03-17

... Energy and the Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy Between the United States... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Proposed Subsequent Arrangement AGENCY: Office of International Regimes and Agreements, Department of Energy. ACTION: Subsequent arrangement. SUMMARY: This notice has been issued under...

75 FR 4545 - Proposed Subsequent Arrangement

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2010-01-28

... Energy and the Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy between the United States... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Proposed Subsequent Arrangement AGENCY: Office of International Regimes and Agreements, Department of Energy. ACTION: Subsequent Arrangement. SUMMARY: This notice has been issued under...

Minnesota urban partnership agreement national evaluation : surveys, interviews, and focus groups test plan.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2009-11-17

This report presents the test plan for developing, conducting, and analyzing surveys, interviews, and focus groups for evaluating the Minnesota Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) UPA Prog...

Seattle/Lake Washington corridor urban partnership agreement : national evaluation report.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2014-12-01

This document presents the final report on the national evaluation of the Seattle/Lake Washington Corridor (LWC) Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) UPA Program. The Seattle UPA projects f...

Blood products use in France: a nationwide cross-sectional survey.

PubMed

Fillet, Anne-Marie; Desmarets, Maxime; Assari, Suzanne; Quaranta, Jean-François; François, Anne; Pugin, Aurore; Schuhmacher, Anne; Lassale, Bernard; Monnet, Elisabeth; Cabre, Philippe; Legrand, Dominique; Binda, Delphine; Djoudi, Rachid

2016-12-01

Blood products use has increased in France between 2000 and 2011. To understand the reasons for this increase, data about transfused patients and transfusion practices needed to be updated. A nationwide cross-sectional survey was performed with health care establishments. Diagnoses and indication for the transfusion, pretransfusion laboratory results, and blood products used were collected during a randomly selected 24-hour period in 2011. All patients who received at least one blood product delivered on the survey day were included. A total of 10,794 blood products were requested for 4720 patients: 8688 red blood cell (RBC) units, 842 platelet (PLT) concentrates, and 1264 fresh-frozen plasma (FFP) units. Hematologic and cancer pathologies included 46% of transfused patients, 34% of the patients had transfusions in a surgical context, and 32.4% of transfused patients were receiving medication with an impact on transfusion. Nearly half of RBC transfusions were performed with hemoglobin levels of less than 8 g/dL. PLT transfusions for prophylactic indication were prescribed with PLT counts of less than 20 × 10 9 and 50 × 10 9 /L in 56.9 and 86.6% of patients, respectively. RBCs and PLTs transfusion practices were in agreement with national guidelines. FFP units were involved in 8.0% of all prescriptions. Among these, 57.4% were requested in the context of an acute hemorrhage and 8.4% for plasma exchange. The median of FFP use (n = 2) in a nonsurgical context, excluding plasma exchange, suggests an insufficient dosing of FFP. Except for insufficient FFP dosing per patient and limitations on assessment of indications for prescribing, transfusion practices were in agreement with national guidelines. © 2016 AABB.

B Plant Complex preclosure work plan

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

ADLER, J.G.

1999-02-02

This preclosure work plan describes the condition of the dangerous waste treatment storage, and/or disposal (TSD) unit after completion of the B Plant Complex decommissioning Transition Phase preclosure activities. This description includes waste characteristics, waste types, locations, and associated hazards. The goal to be met by the Transition Phase preclosure activities is to place the TSD unit into a safe and environmentally secure condition for the long-term Surveillance and Maintenance (S&M) Phase of the facility decommissioning process. This preclosure work plan has been prepared in accordance with Section 8.0 of the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order (Tri-Party Agreement)more » (Ecology et al. 1996). The preclosure work plan is one of three critical Transition Phase documents, the other two being: B Plant End Points Document (WHC-SD-WM-TPP-054) and B Plant S&M plan. These documents are prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office (DOE-RL) and its contractors with the involvement of Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology). The tanks and vessels addressed by this preclosure work plan are limited to those tanks end vessels included on the B Plant Complex Part A, Form 3, Permit Application (DOE/RL-88-21). The criteria for determining which tanks or vessels are in the Part A, Form 3, are discussed in the following. The closure plan for the TSD unit will not be prepared until the Disposition Phase of the facility decommissioning process is initiated, which follows the long-term S&M Phase. Final closure will occur during the Disposition Phase of the facility decommissioning process. The Waste Encapsulation Storage Facility (WESF) is excluded from the scope of this preclosure work plan.« less

7 CFR 3560.152 - Tenant eligibility.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... agreement that does not restrict occupancy by income. (c) Requirements for elderly housing, elderly units in... this section, the following occupancy requirements apply to elderly housing, elderly units in mixed housing, and congregate housing or group homes: (1) For elderly housing, elderly units in mixed housing...

7 CFR 3560.152 - Tenant eligibility.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... agreement that does not restrict occupancy by income. (c) Requirements for elderly housing, elderly units in... this section, the following occupancy requirements apply to elderly housing, elderly units in mixed housing, and congregate housing or group homes: (1) For elderly housing, elderly units in mixed housing...

National Perspectives on Data Protection.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Yurow, Jane

1983-01-01

Discussion of different approaches to protecting personal information in Europe and the United States highlights data protection laws and agreements (international transfer of personal data, European laws, United States state and federal laws), United States and European views of privacy protection, national economic and political goals, and…

Effects of New Technologies.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Social and Labour Bulletin, 1983

1983-01-01

A series of articles looks at computerization and unions in Australia, France, and India; bargaining agreements about technological innovation in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States; and the effects of technology on the labor force in the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, and the United States. (SK)

46 CFR Sec. 3 - Terminal operating contract.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... _________, 19__, between the United States of America (herein called the “United States”), acting by and through...'s work under the provisions of this agreement the following: (1) For terminal services, an amount... first above written. (Seal) Attest: united states of america, department of transportation, maritime...

46 CFR Sec. 3 - Terminal operating contract.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... _________, 19__, between the United States of America (herein called the “United States”), acting by and through...'s work under the provisions of this agreement the following: (1) For terminal services, an amount... first above written. (Seal) Attest: united states of america, department of transportation, maritime...

19 CFR 10.581 - Scope.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade... provisions applicable to imported and exported goods under the Dominican Republic—Central America—United...—Central America—United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the Act; Pub. L. 109-53, 119 Stat...

19 CFR 10.581 - Scope.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade... provisions applicable to imported and exported goods under the Dominican Republic—Central America—United...—Central America—United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the Act; Pub. L. 109-53, 119 Stat...

19 CFR 10.581 - Scope.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade... provisions applicable to imported and exported goods under the Dominican Republic—Central America—United...—Central America—United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the Act; Pub. L. 109-53, 119 Stat...

19 CFR 10.581 - Scope.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade... provisions applicable to imported and exported goods under the Dominican Republic—Central America—United...—Central America—United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the Act; Pub. L. 109-53, 119 Stat...

19 CFR 10.458 - Accumulation.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Rules of Origin § 10.458 Accumulation. (a) Originating goods or materials of Chile or the United States...

Tests of Si(111)-7 × 7 structural models by comparison with transmission electron diffraction patterns

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

McRae, E. G.; Petroff, P. M.

1984-11-01

Several structural models of the Si(111)-7 × 7 surface are tested by comparing calculated and observed transmission electron diffraction (TED) patterns. The models comprise "adatom" models where the unit mesh contains 12 adatoms or atom clusters in a locally (2 × 2) arrangement, and "triangle-dimer" models where the unit mesh contains 9 dimers or pairs of dimers bordering a triangular subunit of the unit mesh. The distribution of diffraction intensity among fractional-order spots is calculated kinematically and compared with TED patterns observed by Petroff and Wilson and others. No agreement is found for adatom models. Good but not perfect agreement is found for one triangle-dimer model.

Savannah River Site Footprint Reduction Results under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - 13302

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Flora, Mary; Adams, Angelia; Pope, Robert

2013-07-01

The Savannah River Site (SRS) is an 802 square-kilometer United States Department of Energy (US DOE) nuclear facility located along the Savannah River near Aiken, South Carolina, managed and operated by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions. Construction of SRS began in the early 1950's to enhance the nation's nuclear weapons capability. Nuclear weapons material production began in the early 1950's, eventually utilizing five production reactors constructed to support the national defense mission. Past operations have resulted in releases of hazardous constituents and substances to soil and groundwater, resulting in 515 waste sites with contamination exceeding regulatory thresholds. More than 1,000 facilitiesmore » were constructed onsite with approximately 300 of them considered radiological, nuclear or industrial in nature. In 2003, SRS entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with its regulators to accelerate the cleanup using an Area Completion strategy. The strategy was designed to focus cleanup efforts on the 14 large industrial areas of the site to realize efficiencies of scale in the characterization, assessment, and remediation activities. This strategy focuses on addressing the contaminated surface units and the vadose zone and addressing groundwater plumes subsequently. This approach streamlines characterization and remediation efforts as well as the required regulatory documentation, while enhancing the ability to make large-scale cleanup decisions. In February 2009, Congress approved the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) to create jobs and promote economic recovery. At SRS, ARRA funding was established in part to accelerate the completion of environmental remediation and facility deactivation and decommissioning (D and D). By late 2012, SRS achieved 85 percent footprint reduction utilizing ARRA funding by accelerating and coupling waste unit remediation with D and D of remnant facilities. Facility D and D activities were sequenced and permitted with waste unit remediation activities to streamline regulatory approval and execution. Achieving footprint reduction fulfills the Government's responsibility to address legacy contamination; allows earlier completion of legally enforceable compliance agreement milestones; and enables future potential reuse of DOE resources, including land and infrastructure for other missions. Over the last 3.5 years significant achievements were met that contributed to footprint reduction, including the closure of 41 waste units (including 20 miles of radiologically contaminated stream) and decommissioning of 30 facilities (including the precedent setting in situ closure of two former production reactors, the first in the DOE Complex). Other notable achievements included the removal of over 39,750 cubic meters of debris and 68,810 cubic meters of contaminated soils, including 9175 cubic meters of lead-contaminated soil from a former site small arms testing range and treatment of 1,262 cubic meters of tritium-laden soils and concrete using a thermal treatment system. (authors)« less

78 FR 15377 - Completion of Claims Adjudication Program

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-03-11

... Agreement Between the United States of America and the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.'' By... the United States of America and the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.'' Jeremy R...

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL ACTION PLAN ON MERCURY

EPA Science Inventory

The North American Regional Action Plan (NARAP) on Mercury is one of a number of action plans that stem from the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation between the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States. That Agreement established the Commission for En...

What are the Effects of Protest Fear?

DTIC Science & Technology

2014-06-17

Acquisition Professional Development Program AT&L Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics BPA blanket purchase agreement CONUS continental United States...Blanket Purchase Agreement [ BPA ]) in order to avoid a bid protest. The data shows that 88 respondents had done so throughout their career with 4,139

San Francisco urban partnership agreement, national evaluation : cost benefit analysis test plan.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2011-06-01

This report presents the test plan for collecting and analyzing cost and benefit data for the San Francisco Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) UPA Program. The San Francisco UPA projects ...

San Francisco urban partnership agreement, national evaluation : traveler information data test plan.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2011-06-01

This report presents the test plan for collecting and analyzing traveler information data for the San Francisco Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) UPA Program. The San Francisco UPA proje...

San Francisco urban partnership agreement, national evaluation : traffic system data test plan.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2011-06-01

This report presents the test plan for collecting and analyzing traffic system data for the San Francisco Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) UPA Program. The San Francisco UPA projects fo...

Summary and status of concession agreements (CDA/DB) in Texas : final report.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2016-06-01

Concession agreements have been utilized across the United States as a way for state departments of transportation and local governments to deliver roadway projects in a fiscal and budgetary environment that has seen less public investment in infrast...

San Francisco urban partnership agreement, national evaluation : transit system data test plan.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2011-06-01

This report presents the test plan for collecting and analyzing the transit system data for the San Francisco Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) UPA Program. The San Francisco UPA project...

China’s Interests and Goals in the Arctic: Implications for the United States

DTIC Science & Technology

2017-03-01

areas north of the Arctic Circle (lat. 66.56° N ) amounting to 6 percent of the world’s landmass, including parts of Alaska—holds the world’s larg- est...September 4, 2015, avail- able from barentsobserver.com/en/business/2015/09/russia-and-china- sign-agreement-belkomur-railroad-04-09. 143. Vitaly ...nance of China, Beijing: Foreign Language Press, p. 326; Camilla T. N . Sørensen, “The Significance of Xi Jinping’s ‘Chinese Dream’ for Chinese

48 CFR 252.229-7001 - Tax Relief.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... claimed in Germany pursuant to the provisions of the Agreement Between the United States of America and Germany Concerning Tax Relief to be Accorded by Germany to United States Expenditures in the Interest of...

19 CFR 10.451 - Originating goods.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... ARTICLES CONDITIONALLY FREE, SUBJECT TO A REDUCED RATE, ETC. United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Rules of Origin § 10.451 Originating goods. A good imported into the customs territory of the United States...

Understanding the competitive advantage of TPP-related nations from an econophysics perspective: Influence caused by China and the United States

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Xing, Lizhi; Guan, Jun; Dong, Xianlei; Wu, Shan

2018-07-01

A new analytical framework of relatively competitive advantages of economies is established in this paper, which involves distinguishing functions of industrial sectors on the global value chain with bipartite graph theory and extracting inter-sector competitive relations through resource allocation process. Furthermore, it introduces network-based quantitative indices to measure the competitive advantage on the level of industrial sector and country respectively, taking scarcity of industrial resources into consideration. Finally, it carries out scenario simulation to analyze impacts on 13 TPP-related countries' competitiveness under four kinds of scenarios. Results show that a TPP without both the United States and China will undermine the two countries' competitiveness, and China's impact on GVC will be truly weaken if a TPP agreement led by the United States is reached and vice versa. Anyway, A TPP including both these two countries would serve the mutual interests

The many possible climates from the Paris Agreement's aim of 1.5 °C warming.

PubMed

Seneviratne, Sonia I; Rogelj, Joeri; Séférian, Roland; Wartenburger, Richard; Allen, Myles R; Cain, Michelle; Millar, Richard J; Ebi, Kristie L; Ellis, Neville; Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove; Payne, Antony J; Schleussner, Carl-Friedrich; Tschakert, Petra; Warren, Rachel F

2018-06-01

The United Nations' Paris Agreement includes the aim of pursuing efforts to limit global warming to only 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. However, it is not clear what the resulting climate would look like across the globe and over time. Here we show that trajectories towards a '1.5 °C warmer world' may result in vastly different outcomes at regional scales, owing to variations in the pace and location of climate change and their interactions with society's mitigation, adaptation and vulnerabilities to climate change. Pursuing policies that are considered to be consistent with the 1.5 °C aim will not completely remove the risk of global temperatures being much higher or of some regional extremes reaching dangerous levels for ecosystems and societies over the coming decades.

Design and test of a 10kW ORC supersonic turbine generator

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Seume, J. R.; Peters, M.; Kunte, H.

2017-03-01

Manufactures are searching for possibilities to increase the efficiency of combustion engines by using the remaining energy of the exhaust gas. One possibility to recover some of this thermal energy is an organic Rankine cycle (ORC). For such an ORC running with ethanol, the aerothermodynamic design and test of a supersonic axial, single stage impulse turbine generator unit is described. The blade design as well as the regulation by variable partial admission is shown. Additionally the mechanical design of the directly coupled turbine generator unit including the aerodynamic sealing and the test facility is presented. Finally the results of CFD-based computations are compared to the experimental measurements. The comparison shows a remarkably good agreement between the numerical computations and the test data.

Commercial Trucking: Safety and Infrastructure Issues Under the North American Free Trade Agreement

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1996-02-29

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) provided for the U.S.-Mexican border to be opened for increased commercial truck traffic within the respective border states-four in the United States (Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas) and si...

Interobserver Agreement on First-Stage Conversation Analytic Transcription

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Roberts, Felicia; Robinson, Jeffrey D.

2004-01-01

This investigation assesses interobserver agreement on conversation analytic (CA) transcription. Four professional CA transcribers spent a maximum of 3 hours transcribing 2.5 minutes of a previously unknown, naturally occurring, mundane telephone call. Researchers unitized transcripts into words, sounds, silences, inbreaths, outbreaths, and laugh…

Intellectual Property Series. National Council of University Research Administrators.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

National Council of Univ. Research Administrators, Washington, DC.

Materials on intellectual property are presented to help university research administrators negotiate and administer sponsored research agreements. The nine units cover: patents and patent rights, patent rights under government contracts, university patent policies and practices, patent clauses in industrial research agreements, patent licensing…

37 CFR 41.205 - Settlement agreements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... 37 Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights 1 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Settlement agreements. 41.205 Section 41.205 Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PRACTICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Patent Interferences § 41...

37 CFR 41.205 - Settlement agreements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... 37 Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights 1 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Settlement agreements. 41.205 Section 41.205 Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PRACTICE BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD Patent Interferences § 41.205...

37 CFR 41.205 - Settlement agreements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... 37 Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights 1 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Settlement agreements. 41.205 Section 41.205 Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PRACTICE BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD Patent Interferences § 41.205...

Inter-Coder Agreement in One-to-Many Classification: Fuzzy Kappa.

PubMed

Kirilenko, Andrei P; Stepchenkova, Svetlana

2016-01-01

Content analysis involves classification of textual, visual, or audio data. The inter-coder agreement is estimated by making two or more coders to classify the same data units, with subsequent comparison of their results. The existing methods of agreement estimation, e.g., Cohen's kappa, require that coders place each unit of content into one and only one category (one-to-one coding) from the pre-established set of categories. However, in certain data domains (e.g., maps, photographs, databases of texts and images), this requirement seems overly restrictive. The restriction could be lifted, provided that there is a measure to calculate the inter-coder agreement in the one-to-many protocol. Building on the existing approaches to one-to-many coding in geography and biomedicine, such measure, fuzzy kappa, which is an extension of Cohen's kappa, is proposed. It is argued that the measure is especially compatible with data from certain domains, when holistic reasoning of human coders is utilized in order to describe the data and access the meaning of communication.

43 CFR 3186.2 - Model collective bond.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... Model Forms § 3186.2 Model collective bond. Collective Corporate Surety Bond Know all men by these presents. That we, _________ (Name of unit operator), signing as Principal, for and on behalf of the record owners of unitized substances now or hereafter covered by the unit agreement for the _________ (Name of...

43 CFR 3186.2 - Model collective bond.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... Model Forms § 3186.2 Model collective bond. Collective Corporate Surety Bond Know all men by these presents. That we, _________ (Name of unit operator), signing as Principal, for and on behalf of the record owners of unitized substances now or hereafter covered by the unit agreement for the _________ (Name of...

43 CFR 3186.2 - Model collective bond.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... Model Forms § 3186.2 Model collective bond. Collective Corporate Surety Bond Know all men by these presents. That we, _________ (Name of unit operator), signing as Principal, for and on behalf of the record owners of unitized substances now or hereafter covered by the unit agreement for the _________ (Name of...

43 CFR 3186.2 - Model collective bond.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... Model Forms § 3186.2 Model collective bond. Collective Corporate Surety Bond Know all men by these presents. That we, _________ (Name of unit operator), signing as Principal, for and on behalf of the record owners of unitized substances now or hereafter covered by the unit agreement for the _________ (Name of...

3 CFR - Proposed Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America and the...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... Uses of Nuclear Energy Presidential Documents Other Presidential Documents Presidential Determination... United Arab Emirates Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, along with the views, recommendations... States of America and the Government of the United Arab Emirates Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear...

78 FR 72972 - Meeting of the United States-Colombia Environmental Affairs Council and Environmental Cooperation...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-12-04

... DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice 8541] Meeting of the United States-Colombia Environmental... Colombia intend to hold the first meeting of the Environmental Affairs Council (the ``Council'') and the... States- Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) and the United States-Colombia Environmental Cooperation...

78 FR 6068 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Interim Procedures for Considering Requests...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-01-29

... United States--Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (US-PERU TPA) AGENCY: International Trade [email protected] . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract The United States and Peru negotiated the US-Peru..., fabric, yarn, and fiber produced in Peru or the United States and traded between the two countries are...

Performance of low-cost monitors to assess household air pollution.

PubMed

Curto, A; Donaire-Gonzalez, D; Barrera-Gómez, J; Marshall, J D; Nieuwenhuijsen, M J; Wellenius, G A; Tonne, C

2018-05-01

Exposure to household air pollution is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. However, due to the lack of validated low-cost monitors with long-lasting batteries in indoor environments, most epidemiologic studies use self-reported data or short-term household air pollution assessments as proxies of long-term exposure. We evaluated the performance of three low-cost monitors measuring fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) and carbon monoxide (CO) in a wood-combustion experiment conducted in one household of Spain for 5 days (including the co-location of 2 units of HAPEX and 3 units of TZOA-R for PM 2.5 and 3 units of EL-USB-CO for CO; a total of 40 unit-days). We used Spearman correlation (ρ) and Concordance Correlation Coefficient (CCC) to assess accuracy of low-cost monitors versus equivalent research-grade devices. We also conducted a field study in India for 1 week (including HAPEX in 3 households and EL-USB-CO in 4 households; a total of 49 unit-days). Correlation and agreement at 5-min were moderate-high for one unit of HAPEX (ρ = 0.73 / CCC = 0.59), for one unit of TZOA-R (ρ = 0.89 / CCC = 0.62) and for three units of EL-USB-CO (ρ = 0.82-0.89 / CCC = 0.66-0.91) in Spain, although the failure or malfunction rate among low-cost units was high in both settings (60% of unit-days in Spain and 43% in India). Low-cost monitors tested here are not yet ready to replace more established exposure assessment methods in long-term household air pollution epidemiologic studies. More field validation is needed to assess evolving sensors and monitors with application to health studies. Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

39 CFR Appendix A to Subpart A of... - Mail Classification Schedule

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... Agreement Between United States Postal Service and Koninklijke TNT Post BV and TNT Postl pakketservice Benelux BV, collectively “TNT Post” and China Post Group-United States Postal Service Letter Post...

Toward a Nation-Building Operating Concept

DTIC Science & Technology

2010-04-13

of United Nations intervention in Timor, argues that an interim protectorate is useful only if implemented by a multi -national coalition. However...to a franchise agreement or venture capital investment. The United States provides capital and expertise to indigenous group predicated on agreed...Toward a Nation-Building Operating Concept by Colonel John DeJarnette United States Army School of Advanced Military Studies United States

44 CFR 332.1 - General provisions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... HOMELAND SECURITY PREPAREDNESS VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS UNDER SECTION 708 OF THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950, AS AMENDED § 332.1 General provisions. (a) Pursuant to section 708 of the Defense Production Act of... agreements to help provide for the defense of the United States by developing preparedness programs and...

44 CFR 332.1 - General provisions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... HOMELAND SECURITY PREPAREDNESS VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS UNDER SECTION 708 OF THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950, AS AMENDED § 332.1 General provisions. (a) Pursuant to section 708 of the Defense Production Act of... agreements to help provide for the defense of the United States by developing preparedness programs and...

44 CFR 332.1 - General provisions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... HOMELAND SECURITY PREPAREDNESS VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS UNDER SECTION 708 OF THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950, AS AMENDED § 332.1 General provisions. (a) Pursuant to section 708 of the Defense Production Act of... agreements to help provide for the defense of the United States by developing preparedness programs and...

44 CFR 332.1 - General provisions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... HOMELAND SECURITY PREPAREDNESS VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS UNDER SECTION 708 OF THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950, AS AMENDED § 332.1 General provisions. (a) Pursuant to section 708 of the Defense Production Act of... agreements to help provide for the defense of the United States by developing preparedness programs and...

44 CFR 332.1 - General provisions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... HOMELAND SECURITY PREPAREDNESS VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS UNDER SECTION 708 OF THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950, AS AMENDED § 332.1 General provisions. (a) Pursuant to section 708 of the Defense Production Act of... agreements to help provide for the defense of the United States by developing preparedness programs and...

46 CFR 390.5 - Agreement vessels.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... water-borne carriage of men, materials, goods or wares between: (i) Two points in the United States; (ii..., Great Lakes, noncontiguous domestic, or short sea transportation trade. (iv) Engaged primarily in the water-borne carriage of men, materials, goods or wares; and (v) Designated in the agreement as a...

46 CFR 390.5 - Agreement vessels.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... water-borne carriage of men, materials, goods or wares between: (i) Two points in the United States; (ii..., Great Lakes, noncontiguous domestic, or short sea transportation trade. (iv) Engaged primarily in the water-borne carriage of men, materials, goods or wares; and (v) Designated in the agreement as a...

46 CFR 390.5 - Agreement vessels.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... water-borne carriage of men, materials, goods or wares between: (i) Two points in the United States; (ii..., Great Lakes, noncontiguous domestic, or short sea transportation trade. (iv) Engaged primarily in the water-borne carriage of men, materials, goods or wares; and (v) Designated in the agreement as a...

46 CFR 390.5 - Agreement vessels.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... water-borne carriage of men, materials, goods or wares between: (i) Two points in the United States; (ii..., Great Lakes, noncontiguous domestic, or short sea transportation trade. (iv) Engaged primarily in the water-borne carriage of men, materials, goods or wares; and (v) Designated in the agreement as a...

46 CFR 390.5 - Agreement vessels.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... water-borne carriage of men, materials, goods or wares between: (i) Two points in the United States; (ii..., Great Lakes, noncontiguous domestic, or short sea transportation trade. (iv) Engaged primarily in the water-borne carriage of men, materials, goods or wares; and (v) Designated in the agreement as a...

2 CFR 1532.1300 - Can I resolve my eligibility status under terms of an administrative agreement without having to...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... condition giving rise to the conviction has been corrected. (c) The EPA debarring official may enter into an..., civil or administrative agreement when it is in the best interest of the United States to do so. ...

UNITED STATES AND GERMAN BILATERAL AGREEMENT ON REMEDIATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES

EPA Science Inventory

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Germany's Bundesministerium fur Forschung und Technologie (BMFT) are involved in a collaborative effort called the U.S. and German Bilateral Agreement on Remediation of Hazardous Waste Sites. he purpose of this interim status rep...

76 FR 49751 - Perfect Fitness, Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement and Order

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-08-11

... CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION [CPSC Docket No. 11-C0009] Perfect Fitness, Provisional...(e). Published below is a provisionally-accepted Settlement Agreement with Perfect Fitness... accordance with 16 CFR 1118.20, Perfect Fitness and staff (``Staff'') of the United States Consumer Product...

14 CFR 294.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

...) Agreement means the Air Transport Agreement Between the Government of the United States and the Government... more aircraft has been engaged, or the transportation of mail by aircraft. (d) Large aircraft means any aircraft that are not small aircraft as defined in this section. (e) Maximum authorized takeoff weight has...

21 CFR 26.78 - Agreements with other countries.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... 21 Food and Drugs 1 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Agreements with other countries. 26.78 Section 26... MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF PHARMACEUTICAL GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE REPORTS, MEDICAL DEVICE QUALITY SYSTEM AUDIT REPORTS, AND CERTAIN MEDICAL DEVICE PRODUCT EVALUATION REPORTS: UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, Intellectual Property Protection, and Access to Medicines.

PubMed

Townsend, Belinda; Gleeson, Deborah; Lopert, Ruth

2016-11-01

The inclusion of elevated standards of intellectual property (IP) protection in the recently negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement has raised serious public health concerns regarding access to medicines. A lesser-known trade agreement under negotiation in the Asia-Pacific region is the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Framed as an attempt to reassert ASEAN's position in response to the United States-led TPP, RCEP includes key players China and India as well as several low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Leaked drafts of IP provisions proposed by Japan and South Korea raise similar concerns in the Asia-Pacific region. This article identifies TRIPS (Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights agreement)-Plus provisions in leaked negotiating texts and examines their implications for LMICs that are not also parties to the TPP: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, China, and India. We find that higher levels of IP protection delay the market entry of generic medicines, giving rise to increased costs to governments and reduced access to essential medicines. The article concludes that the public health community should recognize risks inherent in trade agreements that promote expansions of IP rights and engage with governments to ensure that public health is adequately and explicitly protected in trade and investment negotiations. © 2016 APJPH.

Should non-citizens have access to publicly funded health care?: a study of public attitudes and their affecting factors.

PubMed

Sun, L-Y; Lee, E-W; Zahra, A; Park, J-H

2015-09-01

To analyse public attitudes towards access for non-citizens to publicly funded health care and to assess the factors that affect such attitudes. Cross-sectional study. Data from 29 countries were used for a multilevel regression, and data from four countries (United States, Sweden, Philippines, and Korea) were used for a linear regression. The data were collected from the International Social Survey Program (ISSP), the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the United Nations. The dependent variable was considered to be agreement for non-citizen access to publicly funded health care. The independent variables included: the gross national income (GNI), the gross national income coefficient (GINI), sex, age, education, household income, employment, health insurance, self-related health status, chronic illness, percent having insurance, percent having public insurance, percent employed, percent migrants, percent of health expenditure of the total gross domestic product (GDP), and percent of social expenditure of the total GDP. Egalitarianism for education policy (EEP), egalitarianism for health policy (EHP), and willingness to contribute to an egalitarian health policy (WCHP) were also examined. In the countries surveyed, more than half of the citizens agreed that non-citizens should have access to publicly funded health care. Agreement with that statement had a negative trend with respect to the GNI. The percent having public insurance and WCHP had a significantly positive association with agreement while the percent of those with insurance had a negative relationship. In the USA, household income, EHP, and WCHP were positively associated with agreement, while females were inversely associated with agreement. In Sweden, having health insurance had an inverse association to agreement while females, postsecondary education, health insurance coverage, and WCHP were positively associated with agreement. In the Philippines, household income, EEP, and EHP had significant negative associations with agreement while WCHP had a positive relationship. In Korea, household income and self-rated health status were positively associated with agreement, while postsecondary education had a negative association. Public attitudes towards allowing non-citizens to have access to publicly funded health care present high levels of variation, even among developed countries or countries with similar GDPs. The specific socio-economic conditions within a country and an individual's own social, demographic, and economic background can have different effects on the individual's attitudes towards non-citizens. On a global level, coverage of public health insurance plays an important role for enhancing the public's positive attitudes towards non-citizens' access to publicly funded health care. On a national level, health care policies tailored toward non-citizens based on the specific situation of each country and region are necessary. Copyright © 2015 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Private sector risk-sharing agreements in the United States: trends, barriers, and prospects.

PubMed

Garrison, Louis P; Carlson, Josh J; Bajaj, Preeti S; Towse, Adrian; Neumann, Peter J; Sullivan, Sean D; Westrich, Kimberly; Dubois, Robert W

2015-09-01

Risk-sharing agreements (RSAs) between drug manufacturers and payers link coverage and reimbursement to real-world performance or utilization of medical products. These arrangements have garnered considerable attention in recent years. However, greater use outside the United States raises questions as to why their use has been limited in the US private sector, and whether their use might increase in the evolving US healthcare system. To understand current trends, success factors, and challenges in the use of RSAs, we conducted a review of RSAs, interviews, and a survey to understand key stakeholders' experiences and expectations for RSAs in the US private sector. Trends in the numbers of RSAs were assessed using a database of RSAs. We also conducted in-depth interviews with stakeholders from pharmaceutical companies, payer organizations, and industry experts in the United States and European Union. In addition, we administered an online survey with a broader audience to identify perceptions of the future of RSAs in the United States. Most manufacturers and payers expressed interest in RSAs and see potential value in their use. Due to numerous barriers associated with outcomes-based agreements, stakeholders were more optimistic about financial-based RSAs. In the US private sector, however, there remains considerable interest--improved data systems and shifting incentives (via health reform and accountable care organizations) may generate more action. In the US commercial payer markets, there is continued interest among some manufacturers and payers in outcomes-based RSAs. Despite continued discussion and activity, the number of new agreements is still small.

47 CFR 68.160 - Designation of Telecommunication Certification Bodies (TCBs).

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... recognition agreement or arrangement (MRA) to which the United States is a party, bodies outside the United States shall be permitted to authorize equipment in lieu of the Commission. A body in an MRA partner...