Sample records for united states construction

  1. 36 CFR 212.8 - Permission to cross lands and easements owned by the United States and administered by the Forest...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... interests of the United States. Permits for such road construction or use will be non-exclusive and will be... States and administered by the Forest Service. (a) Permission to construct or use roads across lands and... benefit is needed by the United States, permission to construct or use a road across lands and across...

  2. 19 CFR 123.18 - Equipment and materials for constructing bridges or tunnels between the United States and Canada...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 19 Customs Duties 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Equipment and materials for constructing bridges... bridges or tunnels between the United States and Canada or Mexico. (a) Admission of equipment and materials. Equipment for use in construction of bridges or tunnels between the United States and Canada or...

  3. 48 CFR 225.7501 - Policy.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... only domestic end products for use outside the United States, and use only domestic construction material for construction to be performed outside the United States, including end products and... simplified acquisition threshold; (2) The end product or particular construction material is— (i) Listed in...

  4. 48 CFR 225.7501 - Policy.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... only domestic end products for use outside the United States, and use only domestic construction material for construction to be performed outside the United States, including end products and... simplified acquisition threshold; (2) The end product or particular construction material is— (i) Listed in...

  5. 48 CFR 225.7501 - Policy.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... only domestic end products for use outside the United States, and use only domestic construction material for construction to be performed outside the United States, including end products and... simplified acquisition threshold; (2) The end product or particular construction material is— (i) Listed in...

  6. 48 CFR 225.7501 - Policy.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... only domestic end products for use outside the United States, and use only domestic construction material for construction to be performed outside the United States, including end products and... simplified acquisition threshold; (2) The end product or particular construction material is— (i) Listed in...

  7. United States housing, first quarter 2013

    Treesearch

    Delton Alderman

    2014-01-01

    Provides current and historical information on housing market in the United States. Information includes trends for housing permits and starts, housing under construction, and housing completions for single and multifamily units, and sales and construction. This report will be updated regularly.

  8. Estimation of wind erosion from construction of a railway in arid northwest China

    USDA-ARS?s Scientific Manuscript database

    A state-of-the-art wind erosion simulation model, the Wind Erosion Prediction System and the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s AP-42 emission factors formula, were combined together to evaluate wind-blown dust emissions from various construction units from a railway construction projec...

  9. 19 CFR 123.18 - Equipment and materials for constructing bridges or tunnels between the United States and Canada...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... or tunnels between the United States and Canada or Mexico. 123.18 Section 123.18 Customs Duties U.S... WITH CANADA AND MEXICO International Traffic § 123.18 Equipment and materials for constructing bridges or tunnels between the United States and Canada or Mexico. (a) Admission of equipment and materials...

  10. 19 CFR 123.18 - Equipment and materials for constructing bridges or tunnels between the United States and Canada...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... or tunnels between the United States and Canada or Mexico. 123.18 Section 123.18 Customs Duties U.S... WITH CANADA AND MEXICO International Traffic § 123.18 Equipment and materials for constructing bridges or tunnels between the United States and Canada or Mexico. (a) Admission of equipment and materials...

  11. 19 CFR 123.18 - Equipment and materials for constructing bridges or tunnels between the United States and Canada...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... or tunnels between the United States and Canada or Mexico. 123.18 Section 123.18 Customs Duties U.S... WITH CANADA AND MEXICO International Traffic § 123.18 Equipment and materials for constructing bridges or tunnels between the United States and Canada or Mexico. (a) Admission of equipment and materials...

  12. 19 CFR 123.18 - Equipment and materials for constructing bridges or tunnels between the United States and Canada...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 19 Customs Duties 1 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Equipment and materials for constructing bridges... WITH CANADA AND MEXICO International Traffic § 123.18 Equipment and materials for constructing bridges.... Equipment for use in construction of bridges or tunnels between the United States and Canada or Mexico shall...

  13. Nanotechnology opportunities in residential and non-residential construction

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    Theodore H. Wegner; Jerrold E. Winandy; Michael A. Ritter

    2005-01-01

    Over 1.9 × 106 housing units are constructed in the United States in 2004. On a volume basis, wood products comprise almost 80% of all materials used in residential housing. It is estimated that over 7 × 109 m3 of lumber have gone into structures in the United States over the last century. Half of the wood products now used in construction are engineered wood...

  14. Use of stock to maintain and construct trails in the eastern United States

    Treesearch

    Eric Sandeno

    2007-01-01

    Trail construction and reconstruction utilizing stock is rare in the eastern United States. The Hoosier National Forest is the only forest in the Eastern Region of the Forest Service with its own pack string. The Hoosier is also the only forest in the eastern United States to utilize pack strings from western forests to complete trail work within wilderness. For the...

  15. Wood products used in constructing conservation and development projects by the Corps of Engineers in the United States, 1962 and 1978

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    W. H. Reid; D. B. McKeever

    Estimates of the amounts of wood products used in constructing civil conservation and development projects by the Corps of Engineers in the United States are presented for the years 1962 and 1978. Amounts of lumber, laminated lumber, poles and piling, and plywood used in construction are stratified by five construction categories, and three types of uses. Estimates of...

  16. 10th Annual School Construction Report, 2005

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Abramson, Paul

    2005-01-01

    School construction in the United States dipped below $20 billion in 2003, the first time that had happened in the 21st Century, setting off alarm bells that the school construction boom might be fading. That concern appears to be unfounded. In 2004, school districts in the United States once again completed more than $20 billion worth of…

  17. 76 FR 10390 - Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-02-24

    ... claims of the United States against Eastwood Construction, LLC and Eastwood Homes, Inc. (collectively... United States v. Eastwood Construction, LLC, et. al, Civil Action No. 3:11-cv-83, was lodged with the... reduce the threat of discharges of storm water from its residential construction sites. The Eastwood...

  18. Financing School Construction: A Primer.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Sendor, Benjamin B.

    1985-01-01

    Discusses current school construction needs in North Carolina and methods available under state law to finance construction. To put North Carolina law in perspective, the article also discusses school construction finance procedures used throughout the United States. (Author)

  19. 78 FR 76700 - Procurement Thresholds for Implementation of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    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...

  20. 77 FR 38084 - Notice of Lodging of a Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-06-26

    ...'s home construction sites. The CD resolves the claims of the United States and State Plaintiffs for past violations at 370 construction sites by requiring the payment of a civil penalty of $741,000 and... Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In this action the United States brought claims against Toll Brothers...

  1. Reservoirs in the United States

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Thomas, N.O.; Harbeck, G. Earl

    1956-01-01

    Reservoir storage facilities in the United States play an important part in the national economy. Storage facilities have enabled the country to utilize to a much fuller extent one of the most valuable natural resources: water. During recent years the construction of reservoirs has continued at a high rate. This report shows the status of these facilities on January 1, 1954, and describes briefly some of the reasons for growth of reservoir facilities in the United States. Descriptive data are given for reservoirs having a capacity of 5, 000 acre-feet or more and for natural lakes having a usable capacity of 5,000 acre-feet or more. Included are reservoirs and lakes completed as of January 1, 1954, and reservoirs under construction on that date. The total number of such reservoirs and lakes is 1, 300. A descriptive list of reservoirs in the United States was first published by the United States Geological Survey in March 1948. That report, Geological Survey Circular 23, entitled Reservoirs in the United States, included reservoirs completed as of January 1, 1947. Since January 1, 1947, reservoirs representing a total usable capacity of 115,000,000 acre-feet, or an increase of 71 percent, have been constructed or are under construction. Data about these new reservoirs are presented herein, and the data shown for reservoirs constructed before 1947 have been corrected on the basis of the latest available survey to determine reservoir capacity. The total usable capacity of reservoirs and lakes included in this compilation amounts to 278, 120, 000 acre-feet, and the corresponding surface area totals 11, 046, 000 acres.

  2. Population Change as Related to Long-Term Cycles in Residential Construction in the United States.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1981-03-01

    Research Paper Long-Term Cycles FPL 392 March 1 in Residential Construction in the United States , mllmill - -N ABSTRACT Major demographic changes have...ferent from what they are now. This paper analyzes the potential impact of changing population growth rates and the age structure of the population...United StatesPuiChangeDepartment of AgriculturePo ua inCng Forest Service Forest Lrouato as Related toP ductsLaboratory, Research Paper LongnTerm Cycles

  3. 47 CFR 90.769 - Construction and implementation of Phase II nationwide licenses.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    .... (a) A nationwide licensee must construct a sufficient number of base stations (i.e., base stations... square kilometers or 37.5 percent of the United States population within five years of the issuance of... United States population within ten years of the issuance of its initial license. Licensees may, in the...

  4. 47 CFR 90.769 - Construction and implementation of Phase II nationwide licenses.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    .... (a) A nationwide licensee must construct a sufficient number of base stations (i.e., base stations... square kilometers or 37.5 percent of the United States population within five years of the issuance of... United States population within ten years of the issuance of its initial license. Licensees may, in the...

  5. 47 CFR 90.769 - Construction and implementation of Phase II nationwide licenses.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    .... (a) A nationwide licensee must construct a sufficient number of base stations (i.e., base stations... square kilometers or 37.5 percent of the United States population within five years of the issuance of... United States population within ten years of the issuance of its initial license. Licensees may, in the...

  6. Constructed Narratives: Situating Theatre for Young Audiences in the United States.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    van de Water, Manon

    2000-01-01

    Focuses on the historical discourse (a complex interaction of social, cultural, ideological, and esthetic forces) that constructed theatre for young audiences in the United States. Examines the real and potential impact of post modern and positivist theories in reexamining these traditional narratives, shedding light on how and why the field…

  7. Paranormal Beliefs and Their Implications in University Students from Finland and the United States.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Tobacyk, Jerome J.; Pirttila-Backman, Anna-Maija

    1992-01-01

    Compares 117 Finnish and 351 southern U.S. college students for the following: (1) paranormal beliefs; (2) personality adjustment constructs (anomie, death concerns, alienation, and death threat); and (3) relationships between the beliefs and constructs. The secularization process, further advanced in Finland than the United States, moderates…

  8. 48 CFR 25.602-1 - Section 1605 of the Recovery Act.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... steel lock on the window frame; or (2) If trade agreements apply, the manufactured construction material... or public work is located in the United States and— (1) All of the iron, steel, and manufactured...) All manufactured construction material must be manufactured in the United States. (ii) Iron or steel...

  9. 48 CFR 25.602-1 - Section 1605 of the Recovery Act.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... steel lock on the window frame; or (2) If trade agreements apply, the manufactured construction material... or public work is located in the United States and— (1) All of the iron, steel, and manufactured...) All manufactured construction material must be manufactured in the United States. (ii) Iron or steel...

  10. 78 FR 4168 - Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-01-18

    ... District Court for the District of Oregon in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Granite Construction... company resolves the United States' claims against Granite for civil penalties and injunctive relief... tributaries of the Yaquina River. These discharges occurred during the construction of the Highway 20...

  11. Modeling end-of-life pathways of construction and demolition debris in the United States (poster for LCM 2017)

    EPA Science Inventory

    In 2013, the United States generated 530 million tons of construction and demolition debris (CDD), 90% of which was related to demolition. Despite this major contribution to national waste streams, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies and product declarations of buildings and buil...

  12. United States housing, 2012

    Treesearch

    Delton Alderman

    2013-01-01

    Provides current and historical information on housing market in the United States. Information includes trends for housing permits and starts, housing completions for single and multifamily units, and sales and construction. This report will be updated annually.

  13. Bedrock Prime: How Can the United States Best Address the Need to Achieve Dominance within the Subterranean Domain?

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-12-14

    monolithic construction (formed from a single piece of hard material) and made of a high-strength alloy. The use of monolithic construction eliminates...is the class of sub-caliber solid depleted uranium or tungsten “darts” that are conveyed by a sabot during gun launching. Current penetrating...and deeper fortifications which are largely immune to the current United States weapons inventory. Advanced construction and design techniques

  14. 22 CFR 1103.151 - Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... alterations. 1103.151 Section 1103.151 Foreign Relations INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO, UNITED STATES SECTION ENFORCEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO...

  15. Structural Performance of the Second Oldest Glued-Laminated Structure in the United States

    Treesearch

    Douglas R. Rammer; Jorge de Melo Moura; Robert J. Ross

    2014-01-01

    The second glued-laminated structure built in the United States was constructed at the USDA Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) in 1934 to demonstrate the performance of wooden arch buildings. After 75 years of use the structure was decommissioned in 2010. Shortly after construction, researchers structurally evaluated the glued-laminated arch structure for uniform loading...

  16. Structural Evaluation of the Second Oldest Glued-Laminated Structure in the United States

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    Douglas R. Rammer; Jorge de Melo Moura

    2013-01-01

    The second glued-laminated structure built in the United States was constructed at the USDA Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) in 1934 to demonstrate the performance of wooden arch buildings. After decades of use the structure was decommissioned in 2010. Shortly after construction, researchers structurally evaluated the glued-laminated arch structure for uniform loading...

  17. 40 CFR 60.2991 - What incineration units must I address in my State plan?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 6 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false What incineration units must I address... and Compliance Times for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units That Commenced Construction On or Before December 9, 2004 Applicability of State Plans § 60.2991 What incineration units must I address in my State...

  18. 78 FR 23327 - Issuance of a Presidential Permit Authorizing the State of Michigan to Construct, Connect...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-04-18

    ...) The construction, operation and maintenance of the United States facilities shall be in all material... ``Application''). Article 2. (1) The standards for, and the manner of, the construction, operation, and... performance of their official duties. (2) Prior to initiation of construction, the permittee shall obtain the...

  19. Wood and Other Materials Used to Construct Nonresidential Buildings in the United States 2011

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    Craig Adair; David B. McKeever; Chris Gaston; Margaret Stewart

    2013-01-01

    The construction of low-rise nonresidential buildings is an important market for lumber, engineered wood products, and structural and nonstructural wood panels in the United States. This report examines low-rise nonresidential buildings of six or fewer stories. Those with more than six stories are normally severely restricted by building codes from being wood framed....

  20. Wood and Other Materials Used to Construct Nonresidential Buildings in the United States 2011 Executive Summary

    Treesearch

    David B. McKeever

    2013-01-01

    The construction of low-rise nonresidential buildings is an important market for lumber, engineered wood products, and structural and nonstructural wood panels in the United States. This report examines low-rise nonresidential buildings of six or fewer stories. Those with more than six stories are normally severely restricted by building codes from being wood framed....

  1. Wood products used in the construction of low-rise nonresidential buildings in the United States, 2008

    Treesearch

    David McKeever

    2010-01-01

    Low-rise nonresidential building construction is an important market for lumber, structural wood panels, nonstructural wood panels, and engineered wood products in the United States. This report examines low-rise nonresidential buildings of four or fewer stories only. Buildings with five or more stories are normally severely restricted by building code from being wood...

  2. Wood products used in the construction of low-rise nonresidential buildings in the United States, 2003

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    David B. McKeever; Craig Adair; Jennifer O' Connor

    2005-01-01

    Low-rise nonresidential building construction is an important market for lumber, structural wood panels, nonstructural wood panels, and engineered wood products in the United States. This report examines low-rise nonresidential buildings of four or fewer stories only, because buildings with five or more stories are normally severely restricted by building code from...

  3. Carbon Mitigation Impacts of Increased Softwood Lumber and Structural Panel Use for Nonresidential Construction in the United States

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    Prakash Nepal; Kenneth E. Skog; David B. McKeever; Richard D. Bergman; Karen L. Abt; Robert C. Abt

    2016-01-01

    More wood use in the United States to construct low-rise nonresidential (NR) buildings would increase consumption and production of softwood (SW) lumber, engineered wood products, and structural and nonstructural wood panels. Using a consequential life-cycle analysis, we estimated the change in net CO2 emissions thatwould be caused by increased...

  4. 77 FR 60142 - Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-10-02

    ... District Court for the District of Arizona in the lawsuit entitled United States v. CEMEX Construction... resolves the civil claims alleged in the complaint and in the Finding and Notice of Violation issued to the... Division, and should refer to United States v. CEMEX Construction Materials South, LLC, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5...

  5. The Work Calls for Men: The Social Construction of Professionalism and Professional Education for Librarianship

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Stauffer, Suzanne M.

    2016-01-01

    The leaders of the library profession in the United States in the 19th century were white, middle-class, college-educated men. They attempted to construct librarianship in the United States as an equivalent profession to the other white, masculine professions of their day. They also created education for librarianship in the same mold. They…

  6. 22 CFR 1600.151 - Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 2 2013-04-01 2009-04-01 true Program accessibility: New construction and alterations. 1600.151 Section 1600.151 Foreign Relations JAPAN-UNITED STATES FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT... STATES FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION § 1600.151 Program accessibility: New construction and alterations. Each...

  7. 22 CFR 1600.151 - Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 2 2014-04-01 2014-04-01 false Program accessibility: New construction and alterations. 1600.151 Section 1600.151 Foreign Relations JAPAN-UNITED STATES FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT... STATES FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION § 1600.151 Program accessibility: New construction and alterations. Each...

  8. 22 CFR 1600.151 - Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 2 2012-04-01 2009-04-01 true Program accessibility: New construction and alterations. 1600.151 Section 1600.151 Foreign Relations JAPAN-UNITED STATES FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT... STATES FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION § 1600.151 Program accessibility: New construction and alterations. Each...

  9. 22 CFR 1600.151 - Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 2 2011-04-01 2009-04-01 true Program accessibility: New construction and alterations. 1600.151 Section 1600.151 Foreign Relations JAPAN-UNITED STATES FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT... STATES FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION § 1600.151 Program accessibility: New construction and alterations. Each...

  10. 29 CFR 785.7 - Judicial construction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Judicial construction. 785.7 Section 785.7 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS OF GENERAL... Hours Worked § 785.7 Judicial construction. The United States Supreme Court originally stated that...

  11. 29 CFR 785.7 - Judicial construction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Judicial construction. 785.7 Section 785.7 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS OF GENERAL... Hours Worked § 785.7 Judicial construction. The United States Supreme Court originally stated that...

  12. 29 CFR 785.7 - Judicial construction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Judicial construction. 785.7 Section 785.7 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS OF GENERAL... Hours Worked § 785.7 Judicial construction. The United States Supreme Court originally stated that...

  13. Cost Indexing and Unit Price Adjustments for Construction Materials

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2012-10-30

    This project was focused on the assimilation of information regarding unit price adjustment clauses, or PACs, : that are offered for construction materials at the state Departments of Transportation (DOTs). It is intended to : provide the South Carol...

  14. Wood Products Other Building Materials Used in New Residential Construction in the United States

    Treesearch

    David B. McKeever; Joe Elling

    2015-01-01

    On average, new residential construction accounts for about one-third of all wood products consumed in the United States annually. During periods of robust housing activity, 45% or more of all wood products consumed are for new single-family and multifamily housing. This can fall to as low as 20% or less during times of economic recession. Unfortunately, 2012 was not...

  15. More than Clocks and Calendars: The Construction of Timekeepers by Eleven Kindergarten Children in Mexico and the United States

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Hardin, Belinda J.; Jones, M. Gail; Figueras, Olimpia

    2005-01-01

    The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate timekeeping constructs of 4- and 5-year-old children in Campeche, Mexico, and North Carolina, United States, as well as the sociocultural conditions that shaped changes in their ideas about timekeeping (methods to mark and measure time) before, during, and after their kindergarten year.…

  16. Credible Leadership-In the Eyes of the Follower: A Historical Review of Leadership Theory throughout the Twentieth Century in the United States

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Hoffman, Sharon C.

    2008-01-01

    The purpose of this historical review was to trace the credible leadership construct of trustworthiness, integrity, honesty, and consistency in leadership theory development during the last 100 years in the United States. Theory focus, key U.S. pivotal events, and follower importance influenced the construct's occurrence in leadership theory. …

  17. The greenhouse gas and energy impacts of using wood instead of alternatives in residential construction in the United States

    Treesearch

    Brad Upton; Reid Miner; Mike Spinney; Linda S. Heath

    2008-01-01

    Data developed by the Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials were used to estimate savings of greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption associated with use of wood-based building materials in residential construction in the United States. Results indicate that houses with wood-based wall systems require 15-16% less total energy for non-heating/...

  18. 48 CFR 236.273 - Construction in foreign countries.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... estimated to exceed $1,000,000 and are to be performed in the United States outlying area in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, shall be awarded only to United States firms, unless— (1) The lowest responsive and responsible offer of a United States firm exceeds the...

  19. 48 CFR 236.273 - Construction in foreign countries.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... estimated to exceed $1,000,000 and are to be performed in the United States outlying area in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, shall be awarded only to United States firms, unless— (1) The lowest responsive and responsible offer of a United States firm exceeds the...

  20. 14 CFR Appendix C to Part 152 - Procurement Procedures and Requirements

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    .... The sponsor shall establish procedures for procurement of supplies, equipment, construction, and... other State, possession, or territory of the United States in the construction of a project. 3. Bid guarantee. All bids for construction or facility improvement in excess of $100,000 shall be accompanied by a...

  1. 14 CFR Appendix C to Part 152 - Procurement Procedures and Requirements

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    .... The sponsor shall establish procedures for procurement of supplies, equipment, construction, and... other State, possession, or territory of the United States in the construction of a project. 3. Bid guarantee. All bids for construction or facility improvement in excess of $100,000 shall be accompanied by a...

  2. 14 CFR Appendix C to Part 152 - Procurement Procedures and Requirements

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    .... The sponsor shall establish procedures for procurement of supplies, equipment, construction, and... other State, possession, or territory of the United States in the construction of a project. 3. Bid guarantee. All bids for construction or facility improvement in excess of $100,000 shall be accompanied by a...

  3. 14 CFR Appendix C to Part 152 - Procurement Procedures and Requirements

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    .... The sponsor shall establish procedures for procurement of supplies, equipment, construction, and... other State, possession, or territory of the United States in the construction of a project. 3. Bid guarantee. All bids for construction or facility improvement in excess of $100,000 shall be accompanied by a...

  4. 14 CFR Appendix C to Part 152 - Procurement Procedures and Requirements

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    .... The sponsor shall establish procedures for procurement of supplies, equipment, construction, and... other State, possession, or territory of the United States in the construction of a project. 3. Bid guarantee. All bids for construction or facility improvement in excess of $100,000 shall be accompanied by a...

  5. Drywall construction and asbestos exposure.

    PubMed

    Fischbein, A; Rohl, A N; Langer, A M; Selikoff, I J

    1979-05-01

    The rapid development of the drywall construction trade in the United States is described. It is estimated that some 75,000 U.S. construction workers are currently employed in this trade. The use of a variety of spackle and taping compounds is shown to be associated with significant asbestos exposure; air samples taken in the breathing zone by drywall tapers during sanding of taping compounds show fiber concentrations exceeding, by several times, the maximum level permitted by United States Government regulations. These findings are given together with the result of a clinical field survey of drywall construction workers demonstrating that asbestos disease may be an important health hazard in this trade.

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

    None

    The purpose of this inventory of power plants is to provide a ready reference for planners whose focus is on the state, standard Federal region, and/or national level. Thus the inventory is compiled alphabetically by state within standard Federal regions. The units are listed alphabetically within electric utility systems which in turn are listed alphabetically within states. The locations are identified to county level according to the Federal Information Processing Standards Publication Counties and County Equivalents of the States of the United States. Data compiled include existing and projected electrical generation units, jointly owned units, and projected construction units.

  7. 43 CFR 1815.1-1 - Relief granted.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ..., the United States will bear a share of the increased construction costs. The United States' share will... authorized officer determines that the damages caused by such major physical change are so great that...

  8. 43 CFR 1815.1-1 - Relief granted.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ..., the United States will bear a share of the increased construction costs. The United States' share will... authorized officer determines that the damages caused by such major physical change are so great that...

  9. 43 CFR 1815.1-1 - Relief granted.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ..., the United States will bear a share of the increased construction costs. The United States' share will... authorized officer determines that the damages caused by such major physical change are so great that...

  10. 43 CFR 1815.1-1 - Relief granted.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ..., the United States will bear a share of the increased construction costs. The United States' share will... authorized officer determines that the damages caused by such major physical change are so great that...

  11. Overview of a Project to Quantify Seismic Performance Factors for Cross Laminated Timber Structures in the United States

    Treesearch

    M. Omar Amini; John W. van de Lindt; Shiling Pei; Douglas Rammer; Phil Line; Marjan Popovski

    2014-01-01

    Cross-laminated Timber (CLT) has been extensively used in Europe and is now gaining momentum in North America; both Canada and more recently the U.S. Construction projects have shown that CLT can effectively be used as an alternative construction material in mid-rise structures and has significant potential in commercial and industrial buildings. In the United States,...

  12. To designate the United States courthouse under construction at 101 South United States Route 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the "Alto Lee Adams, Sr., United States Courthouse".

    THOMAS, 111th Congress

    Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-16

    2009-07-13

    Senate - 09/10/2009 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status Passed HouseHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  13. 40 CFR 60.1550 - What municipal waste combustion units must I address in my State plan?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 7 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false What municipal waste combustion units... Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of State Plans § 60.1550 What municipal waste combustion units must...

  14. 40 CFR 60.1550 - What municipal waste combustion units must I address in my State plan?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 7 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false What municipal waste combustion units... Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of State Plans § 60.1550 What municipal waste combustion units must...

  15. 40 CFR 60.1550 - What municipal waste combustion units must I address in my State plan?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 6 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false What municipal waste combustion units... Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of State Plans § 60.1550 What municipal waste combustion units must...

  16. 40 CFR 60.1550 - What municipal waste combustion units must I address in my State plan?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 7 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false What municipal waste combustion units... Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of State Plans § 60.1550 What municipal waste combustion units must...

  17. 40 CFR 60.1550 - What municipal waste combustion units must I address in my State plan?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 6 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false What municipal waste combustion units... Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of State Plans § 60.1550 What municipal waste combustion units must...

  18. Redefining Competition Constructively: The Challenges of Privatisation, Competition and Market-Based State Policy in the United States

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Eckel, Peter D.

    2007-01-01

    In the United States, the relationship between state governments and public colleges and universities is being redefined with new notions of autonomy and accountability, and with funding policies that are highly market-driven (often referred to as "privatisation") as the centrepieces. Situations and institutional strategies unthinkable…

  19. 23 CFR 658.23 - LCV freeze; cargo-carrying unit freeze.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... safety purposes and road construction, a State may make minor adjustments of a temporary and emergency... decision is reached that minor adjustments made by a State are not legitimately attributable to road or bridge construction or safety, the FHWA will inform the State, and the original conditions of the freeze...

  20. Toll facilities in the United States : bridges, roads, tunnels, ferries

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2005-06-01

    This report contains selected information on toll facilities in the United States. The information is based on a survey of facilities in operation, financed, or under construction as of January 1, 2005. /Abstract from report, p. xi/

  1. Toll Facilities in the United States : Bridges, Roads, Tunnels, Ferries

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2003-06-01

    This report contains selected information on toll facilities in the United States. The information is based on a survey of facilities in operation, financed, or under construction as of January 1, 2003. /Abstract from report, p. x/

  2. 22 CFR 1600.151 - Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 true Program accessibility: New construction and alterations. 1600.151 Section 1600.151 Foreign Relations JAPAN-UNITED STATES FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE JAPAN-UNITED...

  3. Fixed reproducible tangible wealth in the United States, 1925-94

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1999-08-01

    This volume presents estimates of fixed reproducible tangible wealth in the United States for 192594 that were prepared by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). It includes the investment series that were used to construct these estimates; for mo...

  4. Corrosion resistance of grouted post-tensioning systems : [summary].

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2013-08-01

    The increased popularity of post-tensioned bridge construction in the United States has led to concerns about corrosion and its impact on the life cycle of these bridges. Although the vast majority of post-tensioned bridges in the United States have ...

  5. 10 CFR 205.320 - Who shall apply.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... OF ENERGY OIL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SANCTIONS Electric Power System Permits and Reports... Construction, Connection, Operation, and Maintenance of Facilities for Transmission of Electric Energy at... United States, for the transmission of electric energy between the United States and a foreign country...

  6. 47. U.S. NITRATE PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, VIEW LOOKING NORTH AT ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    47. U.S. NITRATE PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, VIEW LOOKING NORTH AT THE AUTOCLAVE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION, APRIL 23, 1918. - United States Nitrate Plant No. 2, Reservation Road, Muscle Shoals, Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

  7. 75 FR 48408 - Issuance of a Presidential Permit Authorizing the Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of the...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-08-10

    ... of the facilities in the United States. This permit is subject to the following conditions: Article 1... State or the Secretary's delegate. Article 2. The standards for, and the manner of, the construction... performance of their official duties. Article 3. The permittee shall comply with all applicable federal, state...

  8. State and Federal Policies for School Facility Construction: A Comparison of Michigan and Ohio

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Davis, Thomas E.

    2015-01-01

    Background: The Ohio School Facilities Commission was set up in response to litigation compelling the state to achieve a more equitable distribution in the quality of school facilities. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was a federal policy to stimulate the United States economy and support school facility construction. These two…

  9. 40 CFR 60.1560 - Can an affected municipal waste combustion unit reduce its capacity to less than 35 tons per day...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... combustion unit reduce its capacity to less than 35 tons per day rather than comply with my State plan? 60... Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of State Plans § 60.1560 Can an affected municipal waste combustion unit reduce its capacity to less than 35 tons...

  10. 40 CFR 60.1560 - Can an affected municipal waste combustion unit reduce its capacity to less than 35 tons per day...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... combustion unit reduce its capacity to less than 35 tons per day rather than comply with my State plan? 60... Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of State Plans § 60.1560 Can an affected municipal waste combustion unit reduce its capacity to less than 35 tons...

  11. 40 CFR 60.1560 - Can an affected municipal waste combustion unit reduce its capacity to less than 35 tons per day...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... combustion unit reduce its capacity to less than 35 tons per day rather than comply with my State plan? 60... Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of State Plans § 60.1560 Can an affected municipal waste combustion unit reduce its capacity to less than 35 tons...

  12. 40 CFR 60.1560 - Can an affected municipal waste combustion unit reduce its capacity to less than 35 tons per day...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... combustion unit reduce its capacity to less than 35 tons per day rather than comply with my State plan? 60... Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of State Plans § 60.1560 Can an affected municipal waste combustion unit reduce its capacity to less than 35 tons...

  13. 40 CFR 60.1560 - Can an affected municipal waste combustion unit reduce its capacity to less than 35 tons per day...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... combustion unit reduce its capacity to less than 35 tons per day rather than comply with my State plan? 60... Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of State Plans § 60.1560 Can an affected municipal waste combustion unit reduce its capacity to less than 35 tons...

  14. 12 CFR 410.151 - Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 4 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Program accessibility: New construction and alterations. 410.151 Section 410.151 Banks and Banking EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES ENFORCEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED...

  15. Wood: Construction Industry Series: Preparation Level: Student Manual and Instructor's Guide.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Texas Education Agency, Austin. Dept. of Occupational Education and Technology.

    The guide is an outline of training experiences designed to lead a student to at least entry-level job proficiency in the carpentry trades within the construction industry. Teaching units cover forming, framing, trimming and siding, flooring, and roofing. Each unit has several overall objectives which are divided into subobjectives, stated in…

  16. 2006 : Wood Products Used in New Residential Construction U.S. and Canada, with Comparisons to 1995, 1998 and 2003 : Executive Summary

    Treesearch

    Craig Adair; David B. McKeever

    2009-01-01

    The construction of new single family, multifamily, and manufactured housing is an important market for wood products in both the United States and Canada. Annual wood products consumption is dependent on many factors, including the number of new units started, the size of units started, architectural characteristics, and consumer preferences. In 2006, about 39 percent...

  17. No Ivies, Oxbridge, or Grandes Écoles: Constructing Distinctions in University Choice

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Baker, Jayne

    2014-01-01

    Although we know a great deal about college choice in nations such as the United States, we know considerably less about how college choice operates in settings lacking well-defined hierarchies between higher education institutions. In the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, students from high socio-economic status backgrounds are…

  18. 40 CFR 60.2555 - What combustion units are exempt from my State plan?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 6 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false What combustion units are exempt from... Construction On or Before November 30, 1999 Applicability of State Plans § 60.2555 What combustion units are... combustion air) of pathological waste, low-level radioactive waste, and/or chemotherapeutic waste as defined...

  19. 40 CFR 60.2555 - What combustion units are exempt from my State plan?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 6 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false What combustion units are exempt from... Construction On or Before November 30, 1999 Applicability of State Plans § 60.2555 What combustion units are... combustion air) of pathological waste, low-level radioactive waste, and/or chemotherapeutic waste as defined...

  20. 75 FR 49945 - Iron Construction Castings From Brazil, Canada, and China

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-08-16

    ... Review)] Iron Construction Castings From Brazil, Canada, and China AGENCY: United States International... and antidumping duty orders on iron construction castings from Brazil, Canada, and China. SUMMARY: The... duty and or antidumping duty orders on iron construction castings from Brazil, Canada, and China would...

  1. 22 CFR 144.151 - Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... alterations. 144.151 Section 144.151 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF..., constructed, or altered so as to be readily accessible to and usable by handicapped persons. The definitions...

  2. 22 CFR 144.151 - Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... alterations. 144.151 Section 144.151 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF..., constructed, or altered so as to be readily accessible to and usable by handicapped persons. The definitions...

  3. Construction and performance of a stone matrix asphalt mix test section in Virginia.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1995-01-01

    SMA is a gap-graded mix filled with a rich asphalt-fines mastic developed in Europe. In 1991 five states constructed trial sections to determine if satisfactory mixes could be produced in the United States with current materials and high rates of pro...

  4. Toll facilities in the United States : Bridges, Roads, Tunnels, Ferries

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1993-02-01

    Selected information on toll facilities in the United States open to the public are contained in this report. The information is based on a survey of facilities in operation, financed, or under construction as of January 1, 1993. The information is p...

  5. Toll facilities in the United States : bridges, roads, tunnels, ferries

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1995-02-01

    This report contains selected information on toll facilities in the United States. The information is based on a survey of facilities in operation, financed, or under construction as of January 1, 1995, and is presented in four tables. Table T-1 cont...

  6. Toll Facilities in the United States : Bridges, Roads, Tunnels, Ferries

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1999-02-01

    This report contains selected information on toll facilities in the United States. The information is based on a survey of facilities in operation, financed, or under construction as of January 1, 1999, and is presented in six tables. Table T-1 conta...

  7. 46. U.S. NITRATE PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, VIEW LOOKING N.E. AT ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    46. U.S. NITRATE PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, VIEW LOOKING N.E. AT THE LIME-NITROGEN MILL ROOM UNDER CONSTRUCTION, APRIL 23, 1918. - United States Nitrate Plant No. 2, Reservation Road, Muscle Shoals, Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

  8. 44. U.S. NITRATE PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, VIEW LOOKING S.E. AT ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    44. U.S. NITRATE PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, VIEW LOOKING S.E. AT THE LIME-NITROGEN OVEN ROOM UNDER CONSTRUCTION, APRIL 23, 1918. - United States Nitrate Plant No. 2, Reservation Road, Muscle Shoals, Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

  9. 48. U.S. NITRATE PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, VIEW LOOKING N.E. AT ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    48. U.S. NITRATE PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, VIEW LOOKING N.E. AT THE AMMONIUM NITRATE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AUGUST 24, 1918. - United States Nitrate Plant No. 2, Reservation Road, Muscle Shoals, Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

  10. 45. U.S. NITRATE PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, VIEW LOOKING N.E. AT ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    45. U.S. NITRATE PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, VIEW LOOKING N.E. AT THE LIME-NITROGEN OVEN ROOM UNDER CONSTRUCTION, APRIL 23, 1918. - United States Nitrate Plant No. 2, Reservation Road, Muscle Shoals, Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

  11. A resolution recognizing the importance and sustainability of the United States hardwoods industry and urging that United States hardwoods and the products derived from United States hardwoods be given full consideration in any program to promote construction of environmentally preferable commercial, public, or private buildings.

    THOMAS, 111th Congress

    Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR

    2010-02-09

    Senate - 08/05/2010 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status Agreed to in SenateHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  12. 28 CFR 94.11 - Purpose; construction and severability.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... International Terrorism Victim Expense Reimbursement Program Introduction § 94.11 Purpose; construction and... acts of international terrorism that occur outside the United States, for expenses associated with that...

  13. 28 CFR 94.11 - Purpose; construction and severability.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... International Terrorism Victim Expense Reimbursement Program Introduction § 94.11 Purpose; construction and... acts of international terrorism that occur outside the United States, for expenses associated with that...

  14. 28 CFR 94.11 - Purpose; construction and severability.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... International Terrorism Victim Expense Reimbursement Program Introduction § 94.11 Purpose; construction and... acts of international terrorism that occur outside the United States, for expenses associated with that...

  15. 28 CFR 94.11 - Purpose; construction and severability.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... International Terrorism Victim Expense Reimbursement Program Introduction § 94.11 Purpose; construction and... acts of international terrorism that occur outside the United States, for expenses associated with that...

  16. 28 CFR 94.11 - Purpose; construction and severability.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... International Terrorism Victim Expense Reimbursement Program Introduction § 94.11 Purpose; construction and... acts of international terrorism that occur outside the United States, for expenses associated with that...

  17. 75 FR 34516 - Issuance of an Amended Presidential Permit Authorizing the Construction, Operation, and...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-06-17

    ... facilities in the United States. This permit is subject to the following conditions: Article 1. The United... Secretary of State or the Secretary's delegate. Article 2. (1) Standards for, and manner of, the... Authority Number 0170.1. Article 3. The permittee shall comply with all Federal and State laws and...

  18. Toll Facilities in the United States : Bridges, Roads, Tunnels, Ferries

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1989-04-01

    Selected data on highway toll facilities in the United States are contained in Table T-1 of this report based on a survey of facilities in operation, financed, or under construction as of January 1, 1989. The data include information such as the name...

  19. Toll Facilities in the United States: Bridges - Roads - Tunnels - Ferries

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1987-04-01

    Selected data on highway toll facilities in the United States are contained in Table T-1 of this report based on a survey of facilities in operation, financed, or under construction as of January 1, 1987. The data includes information such as the nam...

  20. 77 FR 42332 - Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Modification Under the Clean Water Act

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-07-18

    ... September 24, 2009 (``Decree''). The Decree resolved claims of the United States and State of New Hampshire... discharges from the combined sewer overflow (``CSO'') outfalls, propose a schedule for construction of a..., and upon inclusion of the schedule in the Decree, comply with the construction schedule. The City...

  1. An analysis of historic and projected climate scenarios in the Western United States using hydrologic landscape classification.

    EPA Science Inventory

    : Identifying areas of similar hydrology within the United States and its regions (hydrologic landscapes - HLs) is an active area of research. HLs are being used to construct spatially distributed assessments of variability in streamflow and climatic response in Oregon, Alaska, a...

  2. A bill to designate the United States courthouse under construction at 510 19th Street, Bakersfield, California, as the Myron Donovan Crocker United States Courthouse.

    THOMAS, 112th Congress

    Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA

    2011-07-22

    House - 07/28/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status Passed SenateHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  3. Immigrant-Responsive Multicultural Education in the United States

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Oikonomidoy, Eleni

    2011-01-01

    In this article, it is proposed that systematic attention to certain characteristics of newcomer immigrant students' identity construction could enhance the premises of the field of multicultural education in the United States, with immigrant-responsive insights. Elements from the scholarship in the sociology of migration, which attend to critical…

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. 15 CFR 760.1 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... project financing by a United States bank located in the United States to a controlled foreign subsidiary... controlled foreign subsidiary's construction project in a third country are services passed through to the... boycotting country Y for computers. A places an order with U.S. company B for some of the components; with U...

  9. 15 CFR 760.1 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... project financing by a United States bank located in the United States to a controlled foreign subsidiary... controlled foreign subsidiary's construction project in a third country are services passed through to the... boycotting country Y for computers. A places an order with U.S. company B for some of the components; with U...

  10. To designate the United States courthouse under construction at 510 19th Street, Bakersfield, California, as the Myron Donovan Crocker United States Courthouse.

    THOMAS, 112th Congress

    Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-20

    2011-07-26

    House - 07/27/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  11. To designate the United States Courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse".

    THOMAS, 111th Congress

    Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2

    2009-02-03

    Senate - 03/11/2009 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status Passed HouseHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  12. 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...

  13. Developing a Dataset to Assess Ecosystem Services in the Midwest, United States

    EPA Science Inventory

    There is an urgent need in the science community to enhance our understanding of the services provided by the ecosystems of the Midwestern United States. The following paper describes a method for creating an enhanced spatially explicit land cover for the Midwest. We constructed...

  14. 15 CFR 760.1 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... project financing by a United States bank located in the United States to a controlled foreign subsidiary... controlled foreign subsidiary's construction project in a third country are services passed through to the... boycotting country Y for computers. A places an order with U.S. company B for some of the components; with U...

  15. 15 CFR 760.1 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... project financing by a United States bank located in the United States to a controlled foreign subsidiary... controlled foreign subsidiary's construction project in a third country are services passed through to the... boycotting country Y for computers. A places an order with U.S. company B for some of the components; with U...

  16. 15 CFR 760.1 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... project financing by a United States bank located in the United States to a controlled foreign subsidiary... controlled foreign subsidiary's construction project in a third country are services passed through to the... boycotting country Y for computers. A places an order with U.S. company B for some of the components; with U...

  17. Controversial Issues in United States History Classrooms: Teachers' Perspectives

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Nichols-Cocke, Cathy

    2014-01-01

    The purpose of this study was to understand how secondary level United States History teachers approached controversial issues in their standards-based, high-stakes testing classrooms. Controversial issues consisted of multiple points of view, were socially constructed, and had the potential to challenge belief systems. The audience and their…

  18. 39 CFR 776.6 - Design requirements for construction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 39 Postal Service 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Design requirements for construction. 776.6 Section 776.6 Postal Service UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FLOODPLAIN AND WETLAND PROCEDURES Floodplain Management § 776.6 Design requirements for construction. If structures impact, are...

  19. 32 CFR 751.4 - Construction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 5 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Construction. 751.4 Section 751.4 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY CLAIMS PERSONNEL CLAIMS REGULATIONS Claims Against the United States § 751.4 Construction. The provisions of this section and the Personnel...

  20. 32 CFR 751.4 - Construction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 5 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Construction. 751.4 Section 751.4 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY CLAIMS PERSONNEL CLAIMS REGULATIONS Claims Against the United States § 751.4 Construction. The provisions of this section and the Personnel...

  1. 32 CFR 751.4 - Construction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 5 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Construction. 751.4 Section 751.4 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY CLAIMS PERSONNEL CLAIMS REGULATIONS Claims Against the United States § 751.4 Construction. The provisions of this section and the Personnel...

  2. 32 CFR 751.4 - Construction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 5 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Construction. 751.4 Section 751.4 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY CLAIMS PERSONNEL CLAIMS REGULATIONS Claims Against the United States § 751.4 Construction. The provisions of this section and the Personnel...

  3. 32 CFR 751.4 - Construction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 5 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Construction. 751.4 Section 751.4 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY CLAIMS PERSONNEL CLAIMS REGULATIONS Claims Against the United States § 751.4 Construction. The provisions of this section and the Personnel...

  4. 40 CFR 60.2545 - Does this subpart directly affect CISWI unit owners and operators in my State?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... within your State reaches compliance with all the provisions of this subpart by December 1, 2005... enforce a federal plan, as provided in § 60.2525, to ensure that each unit within your state reaches... that commenced construction after November 29, 1999, but on or before June 4, 2010, reaches compliance...

  5. Implementing the Constructed Scaffold Model: Hands-On Activity Units for Advanced Placement Calculus

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Scott, Susan

    2017-01-01

    The purpose of the present action research study is to describe a hands-on activity model, named the Constructed Scaffold Model (CSM), used in an Advanced Placement Calculus class in a southeastern United States suburban high school. Data were collected over an 8-week period during the spring 2017 semester. The teacher-researcher developed a…

  6. 40 CFR 62.15015 - Can my small municipal waste combustion unit be covered by both a State plan and this subpart?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 9 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Can my small municipal waste combustion... Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of This Subpart § 62.15015 Can my small municipal waste combustion unit be covered by both a State plan and this subpart? (a) If your...

  7. 40 CFR 62.15015 - Can my small municipal waste combustion unit be covered by both a State plan and this subpart?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 8 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Can my small municipal waste combustion... Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of This Subpart § 62.15015 Can my small municipal waste combustion unit be covered by both a State plan and this subpart? (a) If your...

  8. 40 CFR 62.15015 - Can my small municipal waste combustion unit be covered by both a State plan and this subpart?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 8 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Can my small municipal waste combustion... Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of This Subpart § 62.15015 Can my small municipal waste combustion unit be covered by both a State plan and this subpart? (a) If your...

  9. 40 CFR 62.15015 - Can my small municipal waste combustion unit be covered by both a State plan and this subpart?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 9 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Can my small municipal waste combustion... Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of This Subpart § 62.15015 Can my small municipal waste combustion unit be covered by both a State plan and this subpart? (a) If your...

  10. 40 CFR 62.15015 - Can my small municipal waste combustion unit be covered by both a State plan and this subpart?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 9 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Can my small municipal waste combustion... Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of This Subpart § 62.15015 Can my small municipal waste combustion unit be covered by both a State plan and this subpart? (a) If your...

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

    NONE

    Frost-protected shallow foundations (FPSFs) offer a proven technology designed to substantially lower construction costs in colder climates, enhancing housing affordability for families in many parts of the United States. This document provides step-by-step procedures to assist building professionals in designing and laying a slab- on-grade FPSF. FPSFs save money over conventional designs by requiring less excavation to construct a frost-proof foundation. It is specially insulated along its perimeter to raise the temperature of the surrounding ground and decrease frost penetration, thus allowing for the construction of a substantially shallower foundation. The FPSF is considered standard practice for homes in Scandinavia,more » where 40 years of field testing has proven it to be economical to construct, durable, and energy efficient. HUD strongly encourages wide spread adoption of FPSF technology in the United States and its incorporation into major model building codes.« less

  12. 40 CFR 60.2992 - What is an existing incineration unit?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 6 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false What is an existing incineration unit... Times for Other Solid Waste Incineration Units That Commenced Construction On or Before December 9, 2004 Applicability of State Plans § 60.2992 What is an existing incineration unit? An existing incineration unit is...

  13. 36 CFR 223.111 - Administration of contracts in designated disaster areas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... road or facility, the United States shall bear such increased construction cost if, as determined by... damages are so great that restoration, reconstruction, or construction is not practical under the cost...

  14. Turbidity monitoring at select MDOT construction sites.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2012-06-01

    The objective of this project was to establish baseline turbidity conditions at select construction : sites by establishing a water quality monitoring program and documenting MDOT approved : BMPs on site. In 2009 the United States Environmental Prote...

  15. 43. U.S. NITRATE PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, STEEL BEING ERECTED FOR ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    43. U.S. NITRATE PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, STEEL BEING ERECTED FOR THE MACHINE SHOP, FEBRUARY 28, 1918. - United States Nitrate Plant No. 2, Reservation Road, Muscle Shoals, Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

  16. A Psychometric Investigation of the Academic Motivation Scale Using a United States Sample.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Cokley, Kevin O.; Bernard, Naijean; Cunningham, Dana; Motoike, Janice

    2001-01-01

    Examines the factor structure of the Academic Motivation Scale with a United States student population. There was some support for a 7-factor structure. Evidence of construct validity examining the relationship with academic self concept and academic achievement is mixed. Discusses ethnic and gender differences in motivation. (Contains 37…

  17. Projecting housing starts and softwood lumber consumption in the United States

    Treesearch

    Jeffrey P. Prestemon; David N. Wear; Karen L. Abt; Robert C. Abt

    2018-01-01

    New residential construction is a primary user of wood products in the United States; therefore, wood products projections require understanding the determinants of housing starts. We model quarterly US total, single-family, and multifamily housing starts with several model specifications, using data from 1979 to 2008, and evaluate their...

  18. 46 CFR 388.4 - Criteria for grant of a waiver.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... unduly adversely affect— (i) United States vessel builders; or (ii) The coastwise trade business of any person who employs vessels built in the United States in that business. (2) The determination of “unduly... builders: Whether a potentially affected U.S. vessel builder has a history of construction of similar...

  19. An Analysis of US School Shooting Data (1840-2015)

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Paradice, David

    2017-01-01

    This paper describes the construction and descriptive analysis of a data set of United States school shooting events. Three hundred forty-three shooting events are included, spanning 175 years of United States educational history. All levels of US educational institution are included. Events are included when a firearm is discharged, regardless of…

  20. Highway Construction in the U.S.: Costs, Benefits, Dependence

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Childress, Vincent W.

    2013-01-01

    Few people truly recognize the influence of modern transportation on society. In the United States, that includes the influence of highways that allow the citizenry to travel freely, the strength of the economy, and the country's national security. In all cases, the geography of the United States influenced the evolution of transportation and…

  1. 78 FR 53493 - Presidential Permits: NOVA Chemicals Inc. Line 20 Facilities

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-08-29

    ... natural gas liquids from the United States to Ontario, Canada. The Line 20 facilities were constructed in 1986 and operated most recently by another entity for the transport of natural gas pursuant to a..., for the export of natural gas liquids from the United States to Canada. The term ``facilities'' as...

  2. Children's National Identity in Multicultural Classrooms in Costa Rica and the United States

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Solano-Campos, Ana

    2015-01-01

    The development of healthy national identifications in children and youth has important implications for the construction of democratic citizenries in culturally and linguistically diverse societies. In this comparative qualitative case study of two multicultural public schools-one in the United States and one in Costa Rica--I examined children's…

  3. 7 CFR 1780.3 - Definitions and grammatical rules of construction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... water and waste disposal loans and grants. Similar system cost means the average annual EDU user cost of... purposes of this part: Agency means the Rural Utilities Service and any United States Department of... latest decennial census of the United States. Rural Development means the mission area of the Under...

  4. 7 CFR 1780.3 - Definitions and grammatical rules of construction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... water and waste disposal loans and grants. Similar system cost means the average annual EDU user cost of... purposes of this part: Agency means the Rural Utilities Service and any United States Department of... latest decennial census of the United States. Rural Development means the mission area of the Under...

  5. 7 CFR 1780.3 - Definitions and grammatical rules of construction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... water and waste disposal loans and grants. Similar system cost means the average annual EDU user cost of... purposes of this part: Agency means the Rural Utilities Service and any United States Department of... latest decennial census of the United States. Rural Development means the mission area of the Under...

  6. 7 CFR 1780.3 - Definitions and grammatical rules of construction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... water and waste disposal loans and grants. Similar system cost means the average annual EDU user cost of... purposes of this part: Agency means the Rural Utilities Service and any United States Department of... latest decennial census of the United States. Rural Development means the mission area of the Under...

  7. 33. Photographic copy of construction drawing, dated 4/1925, in possession ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    33. Photographic copy of construction drawing, dated 4/1925, in possession of SCIP Office, Coolidge, AZ. United States Indian Service, Irrigation. CONSTRUCTION CAMP - San Carlos Irrigation Project, Sacaton Dam & Bridge, Gila River, T4S R6E S12/13, Coolidge, Pinal County, AZ

  8. Rising to New Heights.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Agron, Joe

    1997-01-01

    Provides summarized data from the 23rd Annual Official Education Construction Report on school construction costs across the United States. It shows where the money is being spent, how much, and where construction is taking place; assesses future projections; and highlights types of retrofits put in place by school districts and colleges. (GR)

  9. 10 CFR 1015.102 - Definitions and construction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 4 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Definitions and construction. 1015.102 Section 1015.102 Energy DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (GENERAL PROVISIONS) COLLECTION OF CLAIMS OWED THE UNITED STATES General § 1015.102 Definitions and construction. (a) For the purposes of the standards in this part, the terms...

  10. 10 CFR 1015.102 - Definitions and construction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 4 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Definitions and construction. 1015.102 Section 1015.102 Energy DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (GENERAL PROVISIONS) COLLECTION OF CLAIMS OWED THE UNITED STATES General § 1015.102 Definitions and construction. (a) For the purposes of the standards in this part, the terms...

  11. 10 CFR 1015.102 - Definitions and construction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 4 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Definitions and construction. 1015.102 Section 1015.102 Energy DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (GENERAL PROVISIONS) COLLECTION OF CLAIMS OWED THE UNITED STATES General § 1015.102 Definitions and construction. (a) For the purposes of the standards in this part, the terms...

  12. 10 CFR 1015.102 - Definitions and construction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 4 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Definitions and construction. 1015.102 Section 1015.102 Energy DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (GENERAL PROVISIONS) COLLECTION OF CLAIMS OWED THE UNITED STATES General § 1015.102 Definitions and construction. (a) For the purposes of the standards in this part, the terms...

  13. 10 CFR 1015.102 - Definitions and construction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 4 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Definitions and construction. 1015.102 Section 1015.102 Energy DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (GENERAL PROVISIONS) COLLECTION OF CLAIMS OWED THE UNITED STATES General § 1015.102 Definitions and construction. (a) For the purposes of the standards in this part, the terms...

  14. Construct Validity and Reliability of the Beliefs Toward Mental Illness Scale for American, Japanese, and Korean Women.

    PubMed

    Saint Arnault, Denise M; Gang, Moonhee; Woo, Seoyoon

    2017-11-01

    The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Beliefs Toward Mental Illness Scale (BMI) across women from the United States, Japan, and South Korea. A cross-sectional study design was employed. The sample was 564 women aged 21-64 years old who were recruited in the United States and Korea (American = 127, Japanese immigrants in the United States = 204, and Korean = 233). We carried out item analysis, construct validity by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and internal consistency using SPSS Version 22 and AMOS Version 22. An acceptable model fit for a 20-item BMI (Beliefs Toward Mental Illness Scale-Revised [BMI-R]) with 3 factors was confirmed using CFA. Construct validity of the BMI-R showed to be all acceptable; convergent validity (average variance extracted [AVE] ≥0.5, construct reliability [CR] ≥0.7) and discriminant validity (r = .65-.89, AVE >.79). The Cronbach's alpha of the BMI-R was .92. These results showed that the BMI was a reliable tool to study beliefs about mental illness across cultures. Our findings also suggested that continued efforts to reduce stigma in culturally specific contexts within and between countries are necessary to promote help-seeking for those suffering from psychological distress.

  15. 40 CFR 35.917-6 - Acceptance by implementing governmental units.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Grants for Construction of Treatment Works-Clean Water Act § 35.917-6 Acceptance by implementing governmental units. A facilities plan submitted for...

  16. 40 CFR 35.917-6 - Acceptance by implementing governmental units.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Grants for Construction of Treatment Works-Clean Water Act § 35.917-6 Acceptance by implementing governmental units. A facilities plan submitted for...

  17. 40 CFR 35.917-6 - Acceptance by implementing governmental units.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Grants for Construction of Treatment Works-Clean Water Act § 35.917-6 Acceptance by implementing governmental units. A facilities plan submitted for...

  18. 40 CFR 35.917-6 - Acceptance by implementing governmental units.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Grants for Construction of Treatment Works-Clean Water Act § 35.917-6 Acceptance by implementing governmental units. A facilities plan submitted for...

  19. Seismic Behavior and Design of Segmental Precast Post-Tensioned Concrete Piers

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2011-06-01

    Segmental precast column construction is an economic environmental friendly solution to accelerate bridge construction in the United : States. Also, concrete-filled fiber reinforced polymer tubes (CFFT) represents a potential economic solution for du...

  20. 42. U.S. NITRATE PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, STEEL BEING ERECTED FOR ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    42. U.S. NITRATE PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, STEEL BEING ERECTED FOR THE CARBIDE MILL ROOM, APRIL 23, 1918. - United States Nitrate Plant No. 2, Reservation Road, Muscle Shoals, Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

  1. Atlas/State Data Abstract for the United States, Fiscal Year 1984.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1984-01-01

    ORDNANCE BOXES 2,101 4. ORE-IDA FOODS INC 2,616 FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 2,616 5. OMEGA CONSTRUCTION INC 2,533 CONSTRUCTION/MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS 1,331 Total...FAENGCOM ARLINTO C.NAV WPNS ENG SUPPORT ALEXNDRI 00NAVAL INTELLIGENCE ADRP0S AF B 00NAVAL INTELLIGENCE CAI H0% STA® / ) AF SUPPORT CItR FURT BELVOIRO

  2. Live-load performance evaluation of historic covered timber bridges in the United States

    Treesearch

    Junwon Seo; Travis K. Hosteng; Brent M. Phares; James P. Wacker

    2015-01-01

    The National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program (NHCBP), sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), was established to preserve the covered timber bridge structures that were constructed in the early 1800s. Today, many of the approximately 880 covered timber bridges still in existence in the United States are closed to vehicular traffic;...

  3. 41 CFR 50-201.2 - Administration of the Act.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 790). Furthermore, these interpretations are intended to indicate the construction of the law which... Company v. United States,” 374 F. 2d 689, 692 (C.A. 4, 1967); see also “United States v. Davison Fuel and... employees but also the competitive interest of all firms qualified to compete for covered contracts. [43 FR...

  4. 41 CFR 50-201.2 - Administration of the Act.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 790). Furthermore, these interpretations are intended to indicate the construction of the law which... Company v. United States,” 374 F. 2d 689, 692 (C.A. 4, 1967); see also “United States v. Davison Fuel and... employees but also the competitive interest of all firms qualified to compete for covered contracts. [43 FR...

  5. Students' Perceptions of School Climate in the U.S. and China

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Yang, Chunyan; Bear, George G.; Chen, Fang Fang; Zhang, Wei; Blank, Jessica C.; Huang, Xishan

    2013-01-01

    Although the construct of student climate has been studied extensively in the United States, we know little about how school climate is perceived in other countries. With large class sizes yet higher academic achievement and less disruptive and aggressive student behaviors, schools in China present a contrast to many schools in the United States.…

  6. To designate the United States courthouse under construction at 98 West First Street, Yuma, Arizona, as the "John M. Roll United States Courthouse".

    THOMAS, 112th Congress

    Rep. Grijalva, Raul M. [D-AZ-7

    2011-02-09

    02/10/2011 For Further Action See S.188. (All Actions) Notes: For further action, see S.188, which became Public Law 112-2 on 2/17/2011. Tracker: This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  7. "I Want to Do Things with Languages": A Male Karenni Refugee's Reconstructing Multilingual Capital

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Duran, Chatwara Suwannamai

    2016-01-01

    This article discusses how a male Karenni refugee in the United States has constructed multilingual capital along the way of his multiple movements across national borders. As a member of an ethnic minority group in three different countries (Burma, Thailand, and the United States), he has invested in learning multiple languages throughout the…

  8. 9 CFR 381.196 - Eligibility of foreign countries for importation of poultry products into the United States.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... inspection in the United States with respect to: (A) Organizational structure and staffing, so as to insure... acceptability of a foreign poultry inspection system for purposes of this section shall be based on an... construction, facilities, and equipment; (D) Direct and continuous official supervision of slaughtering of...

  9. Recovering wood for reuse and recycling : a United States perspective

    Treesearch

    Robert H. Falk; David B. McKeever

    2004-01-01

    The United States is a country with a vast forest resource, comprising about one-third of its total land area (or about 3 million square kilometers). As a result, wood is an important renewable resource and is widely used in many applications! including building construction, furniture, fuelwood, textile fabrics, organic chemicals, and paper manufacture. This wide...

  10. How to Select a Project Delivery Method for School Facilities

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Kalina, David

    2007-01-01

    In this article, the author discusses and explains three project delivery methods that are commonly used today in the United States. The first project delivery method mentioned is the design-bid-build, which is still the predominant method of project delivery for public works and school construction in the United States. The second is the…

  11. Materials in use in U.S. interstate highways

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2006-10-01

    Natural aggregates (construction sand and gravel and crushed stone) make up the largest component of nonfuel mineral materials consumed in the United States. Most of these materials are used in construction activities, such as in buildings and roads....

  12. Laboratory fatigue evaluation of continuously fiber-reinforced concrete pavement.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2013-09-01

    Portland cement concrete (PCC) is the worlds most versatile construction material. PCC has : been in use in the United States for over 100 years. PCC pavement is generally constructed as : either continually reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) or ...

  13. PARTICULATE EMISSIONS FROM CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES

    EPA Science Inventory

    Although it has long been recognized that road and building construction activity constitutes an important source of PM emissions throughout the United States, until recently only limited research has been directed to its characterization. This paper presents the results of PM10...

  14. Testing guide for implementing concrete paving quality control procedures.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2008-03-01

    Construction of portland cement concrete pavements is a complex process. A small fraction of the concrete pavements constructed in the : United States over the last few decades have either failed prematurely or exhibited moderate to severe distress. ...

  15. 75 FR 20653 - Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed TransCanada...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-04-20

    ... Presidential permit for the construction, operation, and maintenance of pipeline facilities at the border of... referred to in Executive Order 13337, as amended, for the construction, connection, operation, or... environmental effects of the construction and operation of the United States portion of the Keystone XL Pipeline...

  16. 39 CFR 776.6 - Design requirements for construction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 39 Postal Service 1 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Design requirements for construction. 776.6 Section 776.6 Postal Service UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FLOODPLAIN AND WETLAND PROCEDURES Floodplain Management § 776.6 Design requirements for construction. If structures impact, are located in, or support development in a...

  17. Defining and Comparing the Reading Comprehension Construct: A Cognitive-Psychometric Modeling Approach

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Svetina, Dubravka; Gorin, Joanna S.; Tatsuoka, Kikumi K.

    2011-01-01

    As a construct definition, the current study develops a cognitive model describing the knowledge, skills, and abilities measured by critical reading test items on a high-stakes assessment used for selection decisions in the United States. Additionally, in order to establish generalizability of the construct meaning to other similarly structured…

  18. An Evaluation of the Pavement Condition Index Prediction Model for Rigid Airfield Pavements

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1982-09-01

    UNCLASSIFIED SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGO(I*%A Data Entotoi) The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory...Condition . . . 31 Pavement Design/ Construction ....... . 82 Aircraft Traffic ........ .............. 82 Climate Conditions ........ ............. 84...PATTERSON AFB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 C. DATA OBTAINED FROM THE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LABORATORY. .. .. 168 D

  19. Social science constructs in ecosystem assessments: revisiting community capacity and community resiliency.

    Treesearch

    Ellen M. Donoghue; Victoria E. Sturtevant

    2007-01-01

    This article explores the development of sociological constructs in community assessment components of large-scale ecosystem assessments. We compare the conceptual and operational development of the constructs of community capacity and community resiliency used in three community assessments in the western United States: the Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment Team...

  20. Synthesis on construction unit cost development : technical report.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2009-01-01

    Availability of historical unit cost data is an important factor in developing accurate project cost estimates. : State highway agencies (SHAs) collect data on historical bids and/or production rates, crew sizes and mixes, : material costs, and equip...

  1. Karl Marx, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Black Underachievement in the United States and United Kingdom

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Tomlin, Carol; Wright, Cecile; Mocombe, Paul C.

    2013-01-01

    This article synthesizes Marxian conceptions of identity construction within capitalist relations of production with the Wittgensteinian notion of "language games" to offer a more appropriate relational framework within which scholars ought to understand the Black-White academic achievement gap in America, the United Kingdom, and…

  2. Fabulous Facilities: New Constructions and Renovations.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    American Libraries, 1997

    1997-01-01

    Renovation and construction projects in 18 public and academic libraries across the United States are showcased, with 23 photographs illustrating library interiors and exteriors. Discussion centers on architecture, costs, technology infrastructure and equipment, preservation of old facilities, furniture, and library functions. (AEF)

  3. 32 CFR 644.2 - General.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... and harbor purposes. These include the construction, operation, maintenance and improvement of both... United States, all lands, easements and rights-of-way required for initial construction, operation and...-1), authorizes the acquisition of land and interests therein for dam and reservoir projects, channel...

  4. 32 CFR 644.2 - General.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... and harbor purposes. These include the construction, operation, maintenance and improvement of both... United States, all lands, easements and rights-of-way required for initial construction, operation and...-1), authorizes the acquisition of land and interests therein for dam and reservoir projects, channel...

  5. Solid-state membrane module

    DOEpatents

    Gordon, John Howard [Salt Lake City, UT; Taylor, Dale M [Murray, UT

    2011-06-07

    Solid-state membrane modules comprising at least one membrane unit, where the membrane unit has a dense mixed conducting oxide layer, and at least one conduit or manifold wherein the conduit or manifold comprises a dense layer and at least one of a porous layer and a slotted layer contiguous with the dense layer. The solid-state membrane modules may be used to carry out a variety of processes including the separating of any ionizable component from a feedstream wherein such ionizable component is capable of being transported through a dense mixed conducting oxide layer of the membrane units making up the membrane modules. For ease of construction, the membrane units may be planar.

  6. Estimated United States Transportation Energy Use 2005

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

    Smith, C A; Simon, A J; Belles, R D

    A flow chart depicting energy flow in the transportation sector of the United States economy in 2005 has been constructed from publicly available data and estimates of national energy use patterns. Approximately 31,000 trillion British Thermal Units (trBTUs) of energy were used throughout the United States in transportation activities. Vehicles used in these activities include automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, buses, airplanes, rail, and ships. The transportation sector is powered primarily by petroleum-derived fuels (gasoline, diesel and jet fuel). Biomass-derived fuels, electricity and natural gas-derived fuels are also used. The flow patterns represent a comprehensive systems view of energy used within themore » transportation sector.« less

  7. Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex: DOD Partially Used Best Practices for Analyzing Alternatives and Should Do So Fully for Future Military Construction Decisions

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-09-01

    Military Construction Decisions Report to Congressional Requesters September 2016 GAO-16-853 United States Government Accountability Office...ANALYSIS COMPLEX DOD Partially Used Best Practices for Analyzing Alternatives and Should Do So Fully for Future Military Construction Decisions What...a set of AOA best practices for military construction decisions. Without guidance for using AOA best practices during certain military construction

  8. A Cross-Cultural Study of the Career Maturity of Korean and United States High School Students.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Lee, Ki-Hak

    2001-01-01

    High school students in Korea (n=331) and the United States (n=266) completed the Career Attitude Maturity Inventory in Korean or English versions. Constructs of career maturity were similar across both cultures. Level of maturity was culture related: U.S. students had greater confidence; Koreans were more prepared. (Contains 28 references.) (SK)

  9. Wood used in residential repair and remodeling in the United States, 2014

    Treesearch

    Joe Elling; David B. McKeever

    2018-01-01

    The repair, remodeling, and renovation of existing residential structures and properties has been, and continues to be, a vital market for the use of wood products in the United States. This market is either the first or second largest market (alternating with new residential construction) for a number of wood products including softwood lumber, engineered wood...

  10. Treatability of U.S. wood species with pigment emulsified creosote

    Treesearch

    Douglas M. Crawford; Rodney C. De Groot; John B. Watkins; Harry Greaves; Karl J. Schmalzl; T. L. Syers

    2000-01-01

    Since the 1920s creosote has been used extensively in the United States for treatment of construction timbers, poles, and posts. However, creosote has the tendency to exude or bbleedc from some treated commodities, producing a tar-like covered surface. In the United States, creosote-treated products exhibiting cleaner dried surfaces and a reduced tendency to bleed have...

  11. 75 FR 37838 - Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

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    2010-06-30

    ... hereby given that on June 2, 2010, a proposed Consent Decree (the ``Decree'') in United States v. Granite... the same day, the United States alleged that Granite Construction Company (``Granite'') was liable... Section 402 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1342. Pursuant to the Decree, Granite will (1) pay a civil penalty of...

  12. Race as a Social Construct: The Impact on Education

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    Dorris, Ronald

    2009-01-01

    Today as part of the network of globalization, the United States is trailing through the 21st century on the note of an unfinished past. As a legally segregated entity of United States citizenry from 1896-1954, people of African descent largely would be on their own when it came to creating a positive self-image. Those who genuinely sought to…

  13. Who Is Shaping the Field? Doctoral Education, Knowledge Creation and Postsecondary Education Research in the United States

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Saunders, Daniel B.; Kolek, Ethan A.; Williams, Elizabeth A.; Wells, Ryan S.

    2016-01-01

    Previous research has found the field of higher education, particularly in the United States, is dominated by functionalist approaches, a preponderance of survey data, and the ubiquitous use of advanced quantitative methods to investigate educational phenomena. This descriptive study aims to illuminate why the field is constructed in this way.…

  14. 75 FR 5290 - Notice of the Record of Decision for the United States Marine Corps Grow the Force at Marine...

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    2010-02-02

    ...) of 1969, 42 United States Code (U.S.C.) Section 4332(2)(c), the regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 Code of Federal Regulations... infrastructure construction (e.g. buildings, roads, utility lines); (2) demolition and/or upgrades to existing...

  15. Investigation of early timber–concrete composite bridges in the United States

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    James P. Wacker; Alfredo Dias; Travis K. Hosteng

    2017-01-01

    The use of timber–concrete composite (TCC) bridges in the United States dates back to circa 1925. Two different TCC systems were constructed during this early period. The first system included a longitudinal nail-laminated deck composite with a concrete deck top layer. The second system included sawn timber stringers supporting a concrete deck top layer. Records...

  16. Subterranean termites - their prevention and control in buildings

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    Chris Peterson; Terence L. Wagner; Joseph E. Mulrooney; Thomas G. Shelton

    2006-01-01

    Subterranean termites are the most important insect pest of wood in the United States. Living in large underground colonies, termites may attack any wood in contact with the soil and may even construct protective shelter tubes over nonwood materials to attack wood above ground. Most damage in the United States is caused by termites in the genus Reticulitermes, but an...

  17. Romantic Agrarianism and Movement Education in the United States: Examining the Discursive Politics of Learning Disability Science

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    Danforth, Scot

    2011-01-01

    The learning disability construct gained scientific and political legitimacy in the United States in the 1960s as an explanation for some forms of childhood learning difficulties. In 1975, federal law incorporated learning disability into the categorical system of special education. The historical and scientific roots of the disorder involved a…

  18. The contemporary cement cycle of the United States

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    Kapur, A.; Van Oss, H. G.; Keoleian, G.; Kesler, S.E.; Kendall, A.

    2009-01-01

    A country-level stock and flow model for cement, an important construction material, was developed based on a material flow analysis framework. Using this model, the contemporary cement cycle of the United States was constructed by analyzing production, import, and export data for different stages of the cement cycle. The United States currently supplies approximately 80% of its cement consumption through domestic production and the rest is imported. The average annual net addition of in-use new cement stock over the period 2000-2004 was approximately 83 million metric tons and amounts to 2.3 tons per capita of concrete. Nonfuel carbon dioxide emissions (42 million metric tons per year) from the calcination phase of cement manufacture account for 62% of the total 68 million tons per year of cement production residues. The end-of-life cement discards are estimated to be 33 million metric tons per year, of which between 30% and 80% is recycled. A significant portion of the infrastructure in the United States is reaching the end of its useful life and will need to be replaced or rehabilitated; this could require far more cement than might be expected from economic forecasts of demand for cement. ?? 2009 Springer Japan.

  19. Sexual Orientation in State Hate Crime Laws: Exploring Social Construction and Criminal Law.

    PubMed

    Valcore, Jace L

    2017-09-15

    Several studies have described and analyzed the development and diffusion of hate crime laws in the United States, but none specifically examined state-level differences in protected categories. Forty-five of the 50 states have a hate crime statute, but only 30 of those include sexual orientation. In this study the social construction framework is applied to the hate crime policy domain in order to determine whether or not variations in the social and political status of gays and lesbians are associated with the inclusion of sexual orientation in state hate crime laws. Content analysis of daily newspapers in six states revealed that a positive social construction is associated with groups seeking hate crime law protections, and that political influence may also be a key factor.

  20. Potential Pacific Rim demand for construction-grade softwood logs.

    Treesearch

    Donald F. Flora; Richard R. Vlosky

    1986-01-01

    Markets for small lower grade ("construction-grade"), softwood logs are projected to expand steadily through 1995. Log supplies will lag slightly behind demand until 1990, generating about a 10-percent increase in prices. Prices are expected to be level thereafter. United States exports of construction-grade logs are projected to increase 35 percent by 1990...

  1. 48 CFR 652.236-72 - Statement of Qualifications for the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... contract will require the construction of a multi-story office building, the prospective bidder/offeror..., etc.) Complexity: (office building, etc.) Type of construction: Value of project: If the prospective... (P.L. 99-399; 22 U.S.C. 4852). The Act limits certain construction projects abroad to United States...

  2. United States housing, fourth quarter 2013

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    Delton Alderman

    2017-01-01

    In the beginning of 2013, the U.S. housing construction market indicated increases in all sectors; yet, by the fourth quarter’s end, only housing under construction improved. Moderation and declines are to be expected in the fourth quarter, as winter is setting in. Permits, starts, housing under construction, completions, and new and existing house sales all exceeded...

  3. Analysis of Construction Quality Assurance Procedures on Federally Funded Local Public Agency Projects

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2016-07-01

    Approximately 20 percent of the Federal-aid highway program is invested in local public agency (LPA) infrastructure projects, which is a significant portion of total Federal funds allocated to highway construction projects in the United States. In re...

  4. 40 CFR 62.14515 - Can my CISWI unit be covered by both a State plan and this subpart?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... DESIGNATED FACILITIES AND POLLUTANTS Federal Plan Requirements for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units That Commenced Construction On or Before November 30, 1999 Applicability § 62.14515 Can my...

  5. 40 CFR 62.14515 - Can my CISWI unit be covered by both a State plan and this subpart?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... DESIGNATED FACILITIES AND POLLUTANTS Federal Plan Requirements for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units That Commenced Construction On or Before November 30, 1999 Applicability § 62.14515 Can my...

  6. 40 CFR 62.14515 - Can my CISWI unit be covered by both a State plan and this subpart?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... DESIGNATED FACILITIES AND POLLUTANTS Federal Plan Requirements for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units That Commenced Construction On or Before November 30, 1999 Applicability § 62.14515 Can my...

  7. INVENTORY OF CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS IN THE UNITED STATES

    EPA Science Inventory

    During 1990 and 1991 the U.S. Environmental Production Agency (EPA) sponsored an effort to identify existing and planned constructed wetlands in the U.S. and to collect readily available information from operating systems. In addition to inquiries by telephone and mail, the effor...

  8. Black Womanhood and Feminist Standpoints.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Allen, Brenda J.

    1998-01-01

    Discusses challenges and consequences of being a member of two historically oppressed groups in the United States--Blacks and females. Relies on feminist standpoint theory--a distinctive element of contemporary feminist thought about how knowledge is constructed. Focuses on academe as a discursive site for constructing identity. (PA)

  9. Section 9 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    It shall not be lawful to construct or commence the construction of any bridge, causeway, dam, or dike over or in any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, navigable river, or other navigable water of the United States until the consent of Congress.

  10. Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-05-10

    the Chernobyl nuclear reactor site. In total, the United States has contributed almost $240 million to Chernobyl cleanup effort. At an international...pledging conference for Chernobyl in April 2011, the United States pledged another $123 million.9 The two countries are cooperating on other...dedicated to improving the safety of the Chernobyl nuclear facility, including finishing the construction of the containment structure over the damaged

  11. Codes and standards for structural wood products and their use in the United States

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    David W. Green; Roland Hernandez

    1998-01-01

    The system of model building codes and voluntary product standards used in the United States for structural lumber and engineered wood products can appear complicated and confusing to those introduced to it for the first time. This paper is a discussion of the various types of structural wood products commonly used in U.S. residential and commercial construction and...

  12. The Career Locus of Control Scale for Adolescents: Further Evidence of Validity in the United States

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Perry, Justin C.; Liu, Xiongyi; Griffin, Grant C.

    2011-01-01

    This study examined the construct validity of the Career Locus of Control Scale (CLCS) among diverse urban youth within the United States (N = 308). Confirmatory factor analyses verified two of the three models as acceptable fits. Two new models were also explored. Model 5 (Internality, Luck, and Non-Control), which was one of the new models, was…

  13. The Quasi-Human Child: How Normative Conceptions of Childhood Enabled Neoliberal School Reform in the United States

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Sonu, Debbie; Benson, Jeremy

    2016-01-01

    This paper argues that normative conceptions of the child, as a natural quasi-human being in need of guidance, enable current school reforms in the United States to directly link the child to neoliberal aims and objectives. In using Foucault's concept of governmentality and disciplinary power, we first present how the child is constructed as a…

  14. The Complex Life Experience of First-Generation College Students Who Are Working Adults in the Appalachian Region of the United States: A Phenomenological Study

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Thurman, Deborah Elizabeth

    2016-01-01

    The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to describe and understand the complexity of life experiences for first-generation college students or recent graduates who are working adults in the Central and South-Central Appalachian region of the United States in light of the construct resilience and how purposefully selected…

  15. Further Validation of the Psychosocial Costs of Racism to Whites Scale on a Sample of University Students in the Southeastern United States

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Sifford, Amy; Ng, Kok-Mun; Wang, Chuang

    2009-01-01

    We examined the factor structure of the Psychosocial Costs of Racism to Whites Scale (PCRW; Spanierman & Heppner, 2004) on 766 White American university students from the southeastern United States. Results from confirmatory factor analyses supported the 3-factor model proposed by Spanierman and Heppner (2004). The construct validity of the…

  16. Woody residues and solid waste wood available for recovery in the United States, 2002

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    David B. McKeever; Robert H. Falk

    2004-01-01

    Large amounts of woody residues and solid wood waste are generated annually in the United States from the extraction of timber from forests, from forestry cultural operations, in the conversion of forest land to nonforest uses, in the initial processing of roundwood timber into usable products, in the construction and demolition of buildings and structures, and in the...

  17. Impacts of construction markets on firm performance and behaviors in the secondary woodworking industry, 2010-2013

    Treesearch

    Matthew S. Bumgardner; Urs Buehlmann; Albert T. Schuler; Karen M. Koenig

    2014-01-01

    Despite the severe downturn in the housing market that began in 2007, construction-related uses collectively remain the largest source of demand for appearance-grade hardwood lumber in the United States. Therefore, industry practitioners and researchers alike maintain an interest in housing and construction trends. This study investigated market conditions from the...

  18. Winning the Peace: Institutionalizing Provincial Reconstruction Teams in the United States Military

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-06-15

    dental and veterinary care; the construction of rudimentary surface transportation systems and public facilities; and...rather than at the tactical unit level. Provided that this change occurs, the entire calculus of the PRT could correspondingly change. Assuming that

  19. Motor vehicle fatalities in the United States construction industry.

    PubMed

    Ore, T; Fosbroke, D E

    1997-09-01

    A death certificate-based surveillance system was used to identify 2144 work-related motor vehicle fatalities among civilian workers in the United States construction industry over the years 1980-92. Construction workers were twice as likely to be killed by a motor vehicle as the average worker, with an annual crude mortality rate of 2.3/100,000 workers. Injury prevention efforts in construction have had limited effect on motor vehicle-related deaths, with death rates falling by only 11% during the 13-year period, compared with 43% for falls, 54% for electrocutions and 48% for machinery. In all industries combined, motor vehicle fatality rates dropped by 47%. The largest proportion of motor vehicle deaths (40%) occurred among pedestrians, with construction accounting for more than one-fourth of all pedestrian deaths. A minimum of 54 (6%) of these pedestrian fatalities were flaggers or surveyors. Flaggers accounted for half the 34 pedestrian fatalities among women, compared with only 3% among men. Along with previous studies and recent trends in the amount and type of road construction, these results underscore the need for better traffic control management in construction work areas to reduce pedestrian fatalities. As the second leading cause of traumatic death in construction, with an annual average share of 15% of the total deaths, exceeded only by falls, prevention of work-related motor vehicle research should become a greater priority in the construction industry.

  20. 40 CFR 62.15025 - How do I determine if my small municipal waste combustion unit is covered by an approved and...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... municipal waste combustion unit is covered by an approved and effective State or Tribal Plan? 62.15025... Requirements for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of This Subpart § 62.15025 How do I determine if my small municipal waste combustion unit is covered...

  1. 40 CFR 62.15025 - How do I determine if my small municipal waste combustion unit is covered by an approved and...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... municipal waste combustion unit is covered by an approved and effective State or Tribal Plan? 62.15025... Requirements for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of This Subpart § 62.15025 How do I determine if my small municipal waste combustion unit is covered...

  2. 40 CFR 62.15025 - How do I determine if my small municipal waste combustion unit is covered by an approved and...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... municipal waste combustion unit is covered by an approved and effective State or Tribal Plan? 62.15025... Requirements for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of This Subpart § 62.15025 How do I determine if my small municipal waste combustion unit is covered...

  3. 40 CFR 62.15025 - How do I determine if my small municipal waste combustion unit is covered by an approved and...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... municipal waste combustion unit is covered by an approved and effective State or Tribal Plan? 62.15025... Requirements for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of This Subpart § 62.15025 How do I determine if my small municipal waste combustion unit is covered...

  4. 40 CFR 62.15025 - How do I determine if my small municipal waste combustion unit is covered by an approved and...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... municipal waste combustion unit is covered by an approved and effective State or Tribal Plan? 62.15025... Requirements for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Applicability of This Subpart § 62.15025 How do I determine if my small municipal waste combustion unit is covered...

  5. Future shift of the relative roles of precipitation and temperature in controlling annual runoff in the conterminous United States

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    Kai Duan; Ge Sun; Steven G. McNulty; Peter V. Caldwell; Erika C. Cohen; Shanlei Sun; Heather D. Aldridge; Decheng Zhou; Liangxia Zhang; Yang Zhang

    2017-01-01

    This study examines the relative roles of cli- matic variables in altering annual runoff in the contermi- nous United States (CONUS) in the 21st century, using a monthly ecohydrological model (the Water Supply Stress In- dex model, WaSSI) driven with historical records and future scenarios constructed from 20 Coupled Model Intercompar- ison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5)...

  6. Parenting for Cognitive Development from 1950 to 2000: The Institutionalization of Mass Education and the Social Construction of Parenting in the United States

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Schaub, Maryellen

    2010-01-01

    Over the second half of the twentieth century, changes occurred in parent reports of their engagement in cognitive activities with their young children in the United States. This article argues that the growing trend of "parenting for cognitive development" in young children in the latter half of the twentieth century is associated with the…

  7. Evaluation of knowledge transfer in an immersive virtual learning environment for the transportation community : research project capsule.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2010-01-01

    In 2008 alone, 720 individuals were killed in a : construction or maintenance work zone in the : United States. However, since 2003, the total : number of individuals killed in a construction or : maintenance work zone in the US reached a : staggerin...

  8. 76 FR 52382 - Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity under OMB...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-08-22

    ...: Individuals/businesses interested in obtaining loan guarantees for construction or reconstruction of vessels as well as businesses interested in shipyard modernization and improvements. Forms: MA-163, MA-163A... credit guarantee by the United States of debt obligations issued to finance or refinance the construction...

  9. 19 CFR 201.151 - Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 19 Customs Duties 3 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Program accessibility: New construction and alterations. 201.151 Section 201.151 Customs Duties UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION GENERAL RULES... Activities Conducted by the U.S. International Trade Commission § 201.151 Program accessibility: New...

  10. 19 CFR 201.151 - Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 19 Customs Duties 3 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Program accessibility: New construction and alterations. 201.151 Section 201.151 Customs Duties UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION GENERAL RULES... Activities Conducted by the U.S. International Trade Commission § 201.151 Program accessibility: New...

  11. 19 CFR 201.151 - Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... 19 Customs Duties 3 2014-04-01 2014-04-01 false Program accessibility: New construction and alterations. 201.151 Section 201.151 Customs Duties UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION GENERAL RULES... Activities Conducted by the U.S. International Trade Commission § 201.151 Program accessibility: New...

  12. 19 CFR 201.151 - Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... 19 Customs Duties 3 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false Program accessibility: New construction and alterations. 201.151 Section 201.151 Customs Duties UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION GENERAL RULES... Activities Conducted by the U.S. International Trade Commission § 201.151 Program accessibility: New...

  13. 19 CFR 201.151 - Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... 19 Customs Duties 3 2013-04-01 2013-04-01 false Program accessibility: New construction and alterations. 201.151 Section 201.151 Customs Duties UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION GENERAL RULES... Activities Conducted by the U.S. International Trade Commission § 201.151 Program accessibility: New...

  14. Analysis of required fleet size and private sector cost comparisons for the USCG inland construction tender fleet : final report

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1994-05-01

    This report documents an analysis performed in support of the United States Coast Guard in managing its fleet of construction tenders (WLICs). The project was sponsored by the Coast Guard's Office of Navigation Safety and Waterway Services, Short Ran...

  15. Psychosocial constructs and postintervention changes in physical activity and dietary outcomes in a lifestyle intervention, HUB City Steps, 2010

    USDA-ARS?s Scientific Manuscript database

    Purpose: To examine relationships among psychosocial constructs (PSC) of behavior change and post-intervention changes in physical activity (PA) and dietary outcomes. Design: Non-controlled, pre- post-experimental intervention. Setting: Midsized, southern United States city. Subjects: 269 prima...

  16. Constructing Meaning from Historical Content: A Research Study

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Russell, William Benedict, III; Pellegrino, Anthony

    2008-01-01

    Through an examination of one undergraduate American history course at a large university in the southeastern United States via interview, observation and content analysis, we attempted to discern if the pedagogical methodology was relating to the students in such a way as to foster students' ability to construct meaning beyond simply…

  17. Manufactured Housing--The Modular Home in Texas.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Sindt, Roger P.

    This report deals principally with modular homes (permanently sited structures) although it also presents some recent information on mobile homes. In 1976, modular home construction companies were surveyed in Texas and across the United States to assess the extent of their construction activity and market penetration and to gather some insight…

  18. Single- and Multi-Prime Contracting in North Carolina Public Construction.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Bluestein, Frayda S.

    1995-01-01

    The North Carolina General Assembly directed the State Building Commission to study the comparative costs of multi- and single-prime contracting and report the results to the 1995 General Assembly. Describes the analysis of data collected from governmental units that had awarded construction contracts. Identifies some alternative contracting…

  19. Occupational safety issues in residential construction surveyed in Wisconsin, United States.

    PubMed

    Choi, Sang D; Carlson, Kathryn

    2014-01-01

    Residential construction is a high-risk industry in the U.S. due to the exposure to work-related safety hazards and fall injuries. This study aimed to examine the safety training and safe work practices of construction workers within the small residential construction industry. In order to achieve the study objectives, a survey was designed and sent to approximately 200 Wisconsin based residential construction contractors. About one third of the respondents stated that they did not have any form of safety programs. The study indicated that the most common types of work-related injuries in residential construction were slips/trips/falls and cuts/lacerations. The survey findings also suggested that the residential construction contractors needed to increase the utilization of fall protection safety equipment. Further education and subject matter expert training could provide benefits to improve occupational safety and health of the small business workforce in the residential construction industry.

  20. Occupational Safety Issues in Residential Construction Surveyed in Wisconsin, United States

    PubMed Central

    CHOI, Sang D.; CARLSON, Kathryn

    2014-01-01

    Residential construction is a high-risk industry in the U.S. due to the exposure to work-related safety hazards and fall injuries. This study aimed to examine the safety training and safe work practices of construction workers within the small residential construction industry. In order to achieve the study objectives, a survey was designed and sent to approximately 200 Wisconsin based residential construction contractors. About one third of the respondents stated that they did not have any form of safety programs. The study indicated that the most common types of work-related injuries in residential construction were slips/trips/falls and cuts/lacerations. The survey findings also suggested that the residential construction contractors needed to increase the utilization of fall protection safety equipment. Further education and subject matter expert training could provide benefits to improve occupational safety and health of the small business workforce in the residential construction industry. PMID:25016947

  1. Teacher Autonomy in the United States: Establishing a Standard Definition, Validation of a Nationally Representative Construct and an Investigation of Policy Affected Teacher Groups

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Gwaltney, Kevin Dale

    2012-01-01

    This effort: 1) establishes an autonomy definition uniquely tailored for teaching, 2) validates a nationally generalizable teacher autonomy construct, 3) demonstrates that the model describes and explains the autonomy levels of particular teacher groups, and 4) verifies the construct can represent teacher autonomy in other empirical models. The…

  2. A Constructive Response to the APU.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Galton, Maurice

    1979-01-01

    Suggesting that, like the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in the United States, Britain's Assessment of Performance Unit is likely to evoke opposition, the author proposes a teacher-based assessment system as an alternative. (SJL) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Procedures (Evaluation).

  3. 40 CFR 62.13108 - Identification of plan.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units. The State Plan includes revisions to Rule 102 and Rule 405 of the... Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units for which construction commenced on or before November 30, 1999... Control of Air Emissions of Designated Pollutants from Existing Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste...

  4. Estimated United States Residential Energy Use in 2005

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

    Smith, C A; Johnson, D M; Simon, A J

    2011-12-12

    A flow chart depicting energy flow in the residential sector of the United States economy in 2005 has been constructed from publicly available data and estimates of national energy use patterns. Approximately 11,000 trillion British Thermal Units (trBTUs) of electricity and fuels were used throughout the United States residential sector in lighting, electronics, air conditioning, space heating, water heating, washing appliances, cooking appliances, refrigerators, and other appliances. The residential sector is powered mainly by electricity and natural gas. Other fuels used include petroleum products (fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gas and kerosene), biomass (wood), and on-premises solar, wind, and geothermal energy.more » The flow patterns represent a comprehensive systems view of energy used within the residential sector.« less

  5. Insect control in socialist China and the corporate United States: the act of comparison, the tendency to forget, and the construction of difference in 1970s U.S.-Chinese scientific exchange.

    PubMed

    Schmalzer, Sigrid

    2013-06-01

    In 1975, a delegation of U.S. entomologists traveled to socialist China to observe Chinese insect control science. Their overwhelmingly positive reports highlighted in relief the pernicious effects of pesticide corporations on U.S. agriculture; some entomologists hoped this would goad the United States to catch up to China in environmentally sensible insect control practices. Of course, insect control in socialist China carried its own political baggage, some of which-for example, mass mobilization and self-reliance--the state made highly visible to visitors, and some of which--for example, harsh treatment of scientists--it sought to obscure. For both the U.S. and the Chinese participants, the act of comparison itself was of primary significance in the exchange, allowing them to construct socialist Chinese science as refreshingly different from U.S. science. At the same time, however, this construction of difference meant forgetting the much longer transnational history in which U.S. and Chinese entomology had been intertwined.

  6. 77 FR 27054 - Notice of Approval of Clean Air Act Outer Continental Shelf Permits Issued to Shell Offshore, Inc...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-05-08

    ... Shelf Permits Issued to Shell Offshore, Inc. for the Kulluk Conical Drilling Unit AGENCY: United States... (OCS) permit to construct and Title V air quality operating permit to Shell Offshore, Inc. (``Shell'') for operation of the Kulluk conical drilling unit in the Beaufort Sea off the north coast of Alaska...

  7. Back-Up Generator Facility and Associated Project Environmental Assessment Dyess Air Force Base, Texas

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2007-07-01

    waste, or solid waste management would be expected with implementation of the no-action alternative. Soils and Water. Impacts to soils and water...resources would be negligible. Construction would disturb about 2.5 acres, but best management practices such as silt fencing and soil surface watering...Intergovernmental Coordination for Environmental Planning tpy U.S. tons per year United States IWMP Integrated Waste Management Plan USACE United States

  8. Should I Stay or Should I Go? Factors that Influence the Retention, Turnover, and Attrition of K-12 Music Teachers in the United States

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Gardner, Robert D.

    2010-01-01

    The purpose of this study was to construct a profile of K-12 music teachers in the United States and develop a model to predict their retention, turnover, and attrition. Responses to the "Schools and Staffing Survey" from 47,857 K-12 public and private school teachers, including 1,903 music teachers, were analyzed using comparative…

  9. Casualty Profile of the United States Army in Afghanistan and Iraq

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-06-01

    sex, race, and ethnicity. They constructed death rates for members of the United States military deployed to Iraq between March 2003 and September...country. The authors first analyzed differences in death rates according to branch of service and concluded that there was a huge difference among...2003-2006 Second, the authors analyzed death rates according to component of service. Their study showed that the active-Army risk of death was three

  10. Nonproliferation and Threat Reduction Assistance: U.S. Programs in the Former Soviet Union

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-07-31

    seeks to help Russia reconfigure its large - scale former BW-related facilities so that they can perform peaceful research issues such as infectious...opting instead for the construction of fast breeder reactors that could burn plutonium directly for energy production. The United States might not fund...this effort, as many in the United States argue that breeder reactors , which produce more plutonium than they consume, would undermine

  11. Nonproliferation and Threat Reduction Assistance: U.S. Programs in the Former Soviet Union

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2011-04-26

    large - scale former BW-related facilities so that they can perform peaceful research issues such as infectious diseases. The Global Threat Reduction...indicated that it may not pursue the MOX program to eliminate its plutonium, opting instead for the construction of fast breeder reactors that could...burn plutonium directly for energy production. The United States might not fund this effort, as many in the United States argue that breeder reactors

  12. Modeling of Surface Thermodynamics and Damage Thresholds in the IR and THz Regime

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2007-01-01

    Conference on Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells [18th] Held in San Jose, California on January 22-24, 2007 To order the complete compilation report...United States; c Air Force Reasearch Lab, Human Effectivness Directorate Optical Branch, 2624 Louis Bauer Drive, San Antonio, TX, United States...equation (radial and axial) in a biological system construct. Tissues are represented as multi-layer structures, with optical and thermal properties

  13. Earthquake catalog for estimation of maximum earthquake magnitude, Central and Eastern United States: Part B, historical earthquakes

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    Wheeler, Russell L.

    2014-01-01

    Computation of probabilistic earthquake hazard requires an estimate of Mmax: the moment magnitude of the largest earthquake that is thought to be possible within a specified geographic region. The region specified in this report is the Central and Eastern United States and adjacent Canada. Parts A and B of this report describe the construction of a global catalog of moderate to large earthquakes that occurred worldwide in tectonic analogs of the Central and Eastern United States. Examination of histograms of the magnitudes of these earthquakes allows estimation of Central and Eastern United States Mmax. The catalog and Mmax estimates derived from it are used in the 2014 edition of the U.S. Geological Survey national seismic-hazard maps. Part A deals with prehistoric earthquakes, and this part deals with historical events.

  14. Estimated Water Flows in 2005: United States

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

    Smith, C A; Belles, R D; Simon, A J

    2011-03-16

    Flow charts depicting water use in the United States have been constructed from publicly available data and estimates of water use patterns. Approximately 410,500 million gallons per day of water are managed throughout the United States for use in farming, power production, residential, commercial, and industrial applications. Water is obtained from four major resource classes: fresh surface-water, saline (ocean) surface-water, fresh groundwater and saline (brackish) groundwater. Water that is not consumed or evaporated during its use is returned to surface bodies of water. The flow patterns are represented in a compact 'visual atlas' of 52 state-level (all 50 states inmore » addition to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands) and one national water flow chart representing a comprehensive systems view of national water resources, use, and disposition.« less

  15. Constructing a State Policy To Promote Regionalism in School Government.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Zukowsky, Jerome; And Others.

    This paper defines regionalism, sets some tentative directions for the concept, and raises difficult questions related to its application in New York State. Regionalism, which offers an alternative to a State-local school governing system, is used to decentralize the planning and management of public services. A regional unit permits district…

  16. Annual Report on LSCA Priorities. FY 1982.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Center for Libraries and Education Improvement.

    This collection of six reports was compiled by the State and Public Library Services Branch of the United States Department of Education to disseminate pertinent information submitted by the State Library Administrative Agencies on the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) priority areas. Based on data from the fiscal year 1982 LSCA Annual…

  17. 40 CFR 35.917-6 - Acceptance by implementing governmental units.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Acceptance by implementing governmental units. 35.917-6 Section 35.917-6 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY GRANTS AND OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE Grants for Construction of Treatment Works-Clean...

  18. Longrun supply and demand of new residential construction in the United States: 1986 to 2040.

    Treesearch

    Claire A. Montgomery

    1989-01-01

    A model of U.S. housing demand and supply was developed that projects housing starts for use in long-term forest planning. Housing demand was shown to respond to the current sale price and the user capital cost of housing and to the size and age composition of the population. Current sale price is determined in the new construction market. Supply of new construction...

  19. 76 FR 13981 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; 2012 Economic Census Covering the Construction...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-03-15

    ... essential information for government, business and the general public. The 2012 Economic Census covering the... Economic Census Covering the Construction Sector AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The... provider of timely, relevant and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. Economic...

  20. Methodology to Estimate the Quantity, Composition, and Management of Construction and Demolition Debris in the United States

    EPA Science Inventory

    This report, Methodology to Estimate the Quantity, Composition and Management of Construction and Demolition Debris in the US, was developed to expand access to data on CDD in the US and to support research on CDD and sustainable materials management. Since past US EPA CDD estima...

  1. 76 FR 71121 - Notice of Proposed Buy America Waiver

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-11-16

    ... seeking a waiver for the procurement of glass panels needed to construct two structural glass pavilions... produced in the United States. 49 CFR 661.7(c)(1). Structural glass is a manufactured product. As such, it.... The proposals included glass panels to be utilized in the construction of two structural glass...

  2. Metric Conversion in the Construction Industries--Technical Issues and Status.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Milton, Hans J.; Berry, Sandra A.

    This Special Publication was prepared at the request of the Metric Symposium Planning Committee of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS). It is intended to provide information on technical issues and status of metric conversion in the United States construction industries. It was made available to attendees at the NIBS Symposium on…

  3. The Mexican Health Paradox: Expanding the Explanatory Power of the Acculturation Construct

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Horevitz, Elizabeth; Organista, Kurt C.

    2013-01-01

    The Mexican health paradox refers to initially favorable health and mental health outcomes among recent Mexican immigrants to the United States. The subsequent rapid decline in Mexican health outcomes has been attributed to the process of acculturation to U.S. culture. However, the construct of acculturation has come under significant criticism…

  4. The Role of the Primary Caregiving Father.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Frank, Robert A.

    This dissertation examined primary caregiving father families and how they construct their roles in contrast to primary caregiving mother families. A Self-report survey instrument was constructed. and administered to a sample of 93 married couples in the United States with children under the age of 6. Surveys were coded by couple, analyzed, and…

  5. 7. VIEW TO NORTH SHOWING SEWER CONSTRUCTION IN FOREGROUND AND ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    7. VIEW TO NORTH SHOWING SEWER CONSTRUCTION IN FOREGROUND AND BUILDING F IN THE LEFT BACKGROUND. 8X10 black and white gelatin print. United States Coast Guard, Air Station Contract 1247, Sewer System. 1956. - U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, 1020 North Access Road, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

  6. Materials in Use in U.S. Interstate Highways

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Sullivan, Daniel E.

    2006-01-01

    Summary: Natural aggregates (construction sand and gravel and crushed stone) make up the largest component of nonfuel mineral materials consumed in the United States. Most of these materials are used in construction activities, such as in buildings and roads. In highways, natural aggregates are incorporated into asphalt and concrete and are used as road base.

  7. United States housing, third quarter 2013

    Treesearch

    Delton Alderman

    2017-01-01

    The U.S. housing construction market’s third quarter was subdued, as all sectors moderated or declined. Once again, consensus expectations were for aggregate housing market gains, and these expectations were not realized. Overall starts, housing under construction, and completion data indicated quarterly improvement. Viewed from a recent his¬torical context, all...

  8. 76 FR 9052 - Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-02-16

    .... CEMEX, Inc. and CEMEX Construction Materials Atlantic, LLC, Civil Action No. 3:11-cv-00037, was lodged... located in Greene County, Ohio. The proposed Decree resolves the United States' claims against CEMEX, Inc. and CEMEX Construction Materials Atlantic, LLC (``Defendants'') by requiring Defendants to install and...

  9. 36 CFR 228.57 - Types of disposal.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Federal, State, county, local unit, subdivision, municipality, or county road district for use in public... various Forest Service programs involving construction and maintenance of physical improvements. ...

  10. 48 CFR 225.7202 - Exception.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... United States 225.7202 Exception. This subpart does not apply to contracts for commercial items, construction, ores, natural gas, utilities, petroleum products and crudes, timber (logs), or subsistence. ...

  11. Proposed positive protection guidance for Kansas : synthesis of work zone positive protection devices and state of practice.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2013-02-01

    The United States experiences over 700 fatalities and over 37,000 injuries each year in temporary : construction and maintenance work zones. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has implemented : Temporary Traffic Control Devices 23 CFR 630 Subp...

  12. STC synthesis of research results for water quality management at construction sites : final report.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2014-01-01

    The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lists sediment as the most common pollutant in U.S. streams, rivers, lakes, and : reservoirs. This is of significant importance to state Departments of Transportation (DOT) due to the large amou...

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

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    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…

  14. Local unitary invariants for N-qubit pure states

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Sharma, S. Shelly; Sharma, N. K.

    2010-11-01

    The concept of negativity font, a basic unit of multipartite entanglement, is introduced. Transformation properties of determinants of negativity fonts under local unitary (LU) transformations are exploited to obtain relevant N-qubit polynomial invariants and construct entanglement monotones from first principles. It is shown that entanglement monotones that detect the entanglement of specific parts of the composite system may be constructed to distinguish between states with distinct types of entanglement. The structural difference between entanglement monotones for an odd and even number of qubits is brought out.

  15. Nonproliferation and Threat Reduction Assistance: U.S, Programs in the Former Soviet Union

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2008-03-26

    reconfigure its large - scale former BW-related facilities so that they can perform peaceful research issues such as infectious diseases. For FY2004, the Bush...program to eliminate its plutonium, opting instead for the construction of fast breeder reactors that could burn plutonium directly for energy production...The United States might not fund this effort, as many in the United States argue that breeder reactors , which produce more plutonium than they

  16. 18 CFR 2.9 - Conditions in preliminary permits and licenses-list of and citations to “P-” and “L-” forms.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Conditions in... Lands of the United States, 12 F.P.C. 1137 (August 7, 1953), 17 F.P.C. 62 (January 18, 1957), 31 F.P.C... Affecting Lands of the United States, 54 F.P.C. 1896 (October 31, 1975). L-18: Constructed Minor Project...

  17. Human Behavior Representation in Constructive Simulation (La representation du comportement humain dans la simulation constructive)

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-09-01

    Environmental Medicine USN United States Navy VAE Virtual Air Environment VACP Visual, Auditory, Cognitive, Psychomotor (demand) VR Virtual Reality ...0 .5 m/s. Another useful approach to capturing leg, trunk, whole body, or movement tasks comes from virtual reality - based training research and...referred to as semi-automated forces (SAF). From: http://www.sedris.org/glossary.htm#C_grp. Constructive Models Abstractions from the reality to

  18. United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM): Construction Management Handbook

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2010-02-11

    installation B-Hut Road Work Sea-Hut Water Well and Pump House Brick and Mortar billets D. Oversight Program Oversight of contracts is critical to the...often asked to fulfill construction requirements in austere locations with little or no training in construction terminology, concepts, and protocols...contracting arm of SOAL is the Director of Procurement (also known as SOAL-K), located within the USSOCOM Headquarters on MacDill AFB, Florida. SOAL-K

  19. Methodology for Constructing a Modernization Roadmap for Air Force Automatic Test Systems

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-01-01

    Constructing a Modernization Roadmap for Air Force Automatic Test Systems Lionel A. Galway , Rachel Rue, James M. Masters, Ben D. Van Roo, Manuel...constructing a modernization roadmap for Air Force automatic test systems / Lionel A. Galway ... [et al.]. p. cm. Includes bibliographical...references. ISBN 978-0-8330-5899-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. United States. Air Force—Weapons systems—Testing. I. Galway , Lionel A., 1950- UG633.M3445

  20. Proposed positive protection guidance for Kansas : synthesis of work zone positive protection devices and state practice : [technical summary].

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2013-02-01

    The United States experiences over 700 fatalities and over 37,000 injuries each year in : temporary construction and maintenance work zones. The Federal Highway Administration : (FHWA) has implemented Temporary Traffic Control Devices 23 CFR 630 Subp...

  1. Internationalising Experiential Learning for Sustainable Development Education

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Lee, Young S.; Schottenfeld, Matthew A.

    2012-01-01

    The article discusses the internationalising of informal experiential learning as a pedagogical intervention for sustainable development education in the curriculum of built environment disciplines in the United States (US). A group of American students in the School of Planning, Design and Construction at Michigan State University participated in…

  2. Historians and the Suburbs.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Marsh, Margaret

    1990-01-01

    Reviews suburbanization of United States, created by assembly line construction, wartime housing shortages, and federal mortgage subsidies. States earlier scholars viewed suburban migration as a solution to urban overcrowding, whereas later scholars examined suburbs as symbolic of U.S. values and conformity, insulated from problems of U.S. cities.…

  3. Quantification of cracks in concrete bridge decks in Ohio District 3.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2012-02-01

    The development of cracks in reinforced bridge decks is a critical problem, not only in Ohio state, but the whole of United States. Many bridge decks constructed within the last 10 years in Ohio have already shown varying levels and patterns of crack...

  4. Quantification of cracks in concrete bridge decks in Ohio district 3.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2012-02-01

    The development of cracks in reinforced bridge decks is a critical problem, not only in Ohio state, but the whole of United States. Many bridge decks constructed within the last 10 years in Ohio have already shown varying levels and patterns of crack...

  5. Splintered Accountability: State Governance and Education Reform. SUNY Series in Public Policy

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Shober, Arnold F.

    2010-01-01

    The No Child Left Behind Act declared that improving education in every school in the United States was a top national priority. However, this act did not acknowledge how state departments of education have successfully constructed reforms for the past few decades, despite the power struggle between governors, legislators, school districts, and…

  6. The State of Post-Occupancy Evaluation in the Practice of Educational Design.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Lackney, Jeffery A.

    Over the past decade, thousands of new school buildings and renovations have been planned, designed, and constructed in the United States. Of these, only a small fraction will ever be evaluated against the educational needs of students and teachers. This paper reflects on the state of post-occupancy evaluation (POE) in the practice of educational…

  7. Toward an Index of Well-Being for the Fifty U.S. States

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Pesta, Bryan J.; McDaniel, Michael A.; Bertsch, Sharon

    2010-01-01

    Well-being is a construct spanning multiple disciplines including psychology, economics, health, and public policy. In many ways, well-being is a nexus of inter-correlated variables, much like the "g" nexus. Here, we created an index of well-being for the geographical and political subdivisions of the United States (i.e., states). The…

  8. 75 FR 68661 - Buy America Waiver Notification

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-11-08

    ... States. 23 U.S.C. 313(a) Under 23 U.S.C. 313(b), the Secretary may waive the Buy American requirements... Buy American waiver, stated in 23 U.S.C. 313, is appropriate for the purchase of foreign Mobile Harbor... in the United States and deemed necessary for the construction of the project. MarAd has reached out...

  9. 14 CFR Special Federal Aviation... - Construction or Alteration in the Vicinity of the Private Residence of the President of the...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... of the Private Residence of the President of the United States Federal Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 98 Aeronautics and Space FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION... Federal Aviation Regulation No. 98—Construction or Alteration in the Vicinity of the Private Residence of...

  10. Structural and functional characteristics of natural and constructed channels draining a reclaimed mountaintop removal and valley fill coal mine

    EPA Science Inventory

    Mountaintop removal and valley fill (MTR/VF) coal mining has altered the landscape of the Central Appalachian region in the United States. The goals of this study were to 1) compare the structure and function of natural and constructed stream channels in forested and MTR/VF catch...

  11. Constructing Gender in an English Dominant Kindergarten: Implications for Second Language Learners

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Hruska, Barbara L.

    2004-01-01

    This article is part of a year-long ethnographic study conducted in an English dominant kindergarten in the United States. The classroom comprised 6 Spanish-bilingual English language learners and 17 native English speakers. The study was based on a theoretical framework that views language as the site for constructing social meaning and…

  12. A profile of wood use in nonresidential building construction

    Treesearch

    H. N. Spelter; R. G. Anderson

    This report presents estimates of the amounts of lumber, glued-laminated lumber, trusses, plywood, particleboard, hardboard, and wood shingles used in new nonresidential building construction in the United States. Use of wood products is shown for several building types, project sizes, and building components. The estimates are based on a survey of 489 projects under...

  13. Carried or Defeated? Examining the Factors Associated with Passing School District Bond Elections in Texas, 1997-2009

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Bowers, Alex J.; Lee, Jooyoung

    2013-01-01

    Purpose: Across the United States, a large percentage of school districts are in need of facility improvements to provide safe and adequate buildings to facilitate student learning. To finance new construction, school districts traditionally have put proposals before local voters to fund construction through issuing long-term bonds to finance…

  14. Examination of the Predictors of Latent Class Typologies of Bullying Involvement among Middle School Students

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Lovegrove, Peter J.; Henry, Kimberly L.; Slater, Michael D.

    2012-01-01

    This study employs latent class analysis to construct bullying involvement typologies among 3,114 students (48% male, 58% White) in 40 middle schools across the United States. Four classes were constructed: victims (15%); bullies (13%); bully/victims (13%); and noninvolved (59%). Respondents who were male and participated in fewer conventional…

  15. Planning and evaluation parameters for offshore complexes

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Sincoff, M. Z. (Editor); Dajani, J. S. (Editor)

    1976-01-01

    Issues are presented for consideration in the planning and design of offshore artificial complexes. The construction of such complexes, their social, economic, and ecological impacts, and the legal-political-institutional environments within which their development could occur, are discussed. Planning, design, and construction of near-shore complexes located off the Mid-Atlantic coast of the United States is emphasized.

  16. EFL Teachers' Identity (Re)Construction as Teachers of Intercultural Competence: A Language Socialization Approach

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Ortaçtepe, Deniz

    2015-01-01

    Adapting Norton's (2000) notion of investment as an analytical lens along with thematic analysis, this longitudinal/narrative inquiry explores how 2 EFL teachers' language socialization in the United States resulted in an identity (re)construction as teachers of intercultural competence. Baris and Serkan's language socialization in the United…

  17. 24 CFR 203.43 - Eligibility of miscellaneous type mortgages.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... Department of the Interior located within the town area of Coulee Dam, WA, acquired by the United States for the construction, operation, and maintenance of Grand Coulee Dam and its appurtenant works or of any... be located on the mortgaged property a dwelling unit designed principally for residential use for not...

  18. Piloting through the Recession: Continuing Higher Education in Europe and the United Kingdom

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Roffe, Ian

    2009-01-01

    In common with the United States, Europe is currently experiencing a serious economic recession. The crisis, which started in the financial sector, is now rippling out and affecting heavily other economic sectors: construction, property, retailing, manufacturing, etc. The arguable cause of the crisis was a failure of management in financial…

  19. 40 CFR 62.15320 - What are the appropriate units of measurement for reporting my data?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... measurement for reporting my data? 62.15320 Section 62.15320 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF STATE PLANS FOR... Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 Reporting § 62.15320 What are the appropriate units of measurement...

  20. Language and Identity Construction: The Case of a Refugee Digital Bricoleur

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Karam, Fares J.

    2018-01-01

    The United States is the biggest resettlement country of refugees referred by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; however, educational resettlement efforts have been unsuccessful in responding to the needs of refugee students, and educational research has thus far presented a deficit-oriented narrative that ignores the skills and…

  1. Livestock Anaerobic Digester Database

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The Anaerobic Digester Database provides basic information about anaerobic digesters on livestock farms in the United States, organized in Excel spreadsheets. It includes projects that are under construction, operating, or shut down.

  2. 40 CFR 232.2 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... management practices to prevent or reduce the pollution of waters of the United States from discharges of... include, but are not limited to: rock, sand, soil, clay, plastics, construction debris, wood chips...

  3. The Code Noir: Construction of Slavery in French Colonial Louisiana.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Arlyck, Kevin

    2003-01-01

    Presents a lesson focusing on the history of slavery. Compares two systems of slavery in North America to teach students about slavery within and outside of the United States. States that the lesson uses the "Code Noir" to help students understand the similarities and differences between the systems. (CMK)

  4. 38 CFR 17.63 - Approval of community residential care facilities.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... residential care is not the responsibility of the United States Government or VA. (2) The resident or an... resident will be greater than the average cost of care for other residents, or if the resident chooses to... State and local regulations including construction, maintenance, and sanitation regulations; (2) Meet...

  5. 38 CFR 17.63 - Approval of community residential care facilities.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... residential care is not the responsibility of the United States Government or VA. (2) The resident or an... resident will be greater than the average cost of care for other residents, or if the resident chooses to... State and local regulations including construction, maintenance, and sanitation regulations; (2) Meet...

  6. 38 CFR 17.63 - Approval of community residential care facilities.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... residential care is not the responsibility of the United States Government or VA. (2) The resident or an... resident will be greater than the average cost of care for other residents, or if the resident chooses to... State and local regulations including construction, maintenance, and sanitation regulations; (2) Meet...

  7. 38 CFR 17.63 - Approval of community residential care facilities.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... residential care is not the responsibility of the United States Government or VA. (2) The resident or an... resident will be greater than the average cost of care for other residents, or if the resident chooses to... State and local regulations including construction, maintenance, and sanitation regulations; (2) Meet...

  8. Life-cycle environmental performance of renewable building materials in the context of residential construction : phase II research report : an extension to the 2005 phase I research report. Module N, Life-cycle inventory of manufacturing prefinished engineered wood flooring in the eastern United States

    Treesearch

    Richard D. Bergman; Scott A. Bowe

    2011-01-01

    This study summarizes the environmental performance of prefinished engineered wood flooring using life-cycle inventory (LCI) analysis. Using primary mill data gathered from manufacturers in the eastern United States and applying the methods found in Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (CORRIM) Research Guidelines and International Organization of...

  9. Semantic network analysis of vaccine sentiment in online social media.

    PubMed

    Kang, Gloria J; Ewing-Nelson, Sinclair R; Mackey, Lauren; Schlitt, James T; Marathe, Achla; Abbas, Kaja M; Swarup, Samarth

    2017-06-22

    To examine current vaccine sentiment on social media by constructing and analyzing semantic networks of vaccine information from highly shared websites of Twitter users in the United States; and to assist public health communication of vaccines. Vaccine hesitancy continues to contribute to suboptimal vaccination coverage in the United States, posing significant risk of disease outbreaks, yet remains poorly understood. We constructed semantic networks of vaccine information from internet articles shared by Twitter users in the United States. We analyzed resulting network topology, compared semantic differences, and identified the most salient concepts within networks expressing positive, negative, and neutral vaccine sentiment. The semantic network of positive vaccine sentiment demonstrated greater cohesiveness in discourse compared to the larger, less-connected network of negative vaccine sentiment. The positive sentiment network centered around parents and focused on communicating health risks and benefits, highlighting medical concepts such as measles, autism, HPV vaccine, vaccine-autism link, meningococcal disease, and MMR vaccine. In contrast, the negative network centered around children and focused on organizational bodies such as CDC, vaccine industry, doctors, mainstream media, pharmaceutical companies, and United States. The prevalence of negative vaccine sentiment was demonstrated through diverse messaging, framed around skepticism and distrust of government organizations that communicate scientific evidence supporting positive vaccine benefits. Semantic network analysis of vaccine sentiment in online social media can enhance understanding of the scope and variability of current attitudes and beliefs toward vaccines. Our study synthesizes quantitative and qualitative evidence from an interdisciplinary approach to better understand complex drivers of vaccine hesitancy for public health communication, to improve vaccine confidence and vaccination coverage in the United States. Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

  10. Construction safety research in the United States: targeting the Hispanic workforce

    PubMed Central

    Brunette, M

    2004-01-01

    While it is known that Hispanics have a continuous growing participation in the construction workforce and that their fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries are higher than any other ethnic group, very little construction safety and health research has been conducted in the United States. Research that focuses on safety and health of Hispanic workers employed in the construction industry might prove beneficial in reducing injuries and promoting safe and decent workplaces for all. The purpose of this article was twofold. First, to propose a research agenda where topics such as surveillance, intervention research on high risk occupations, intervention effectiveness evaluation, design and development of effective and appropriate safety training and educational materials, and the socioeconomic impact of injuries and illnesses, are investigated among the Hispanic construction workforce. Second, to present relevant aspects inherent to this particular population that need to be incorporated into the design and development stages of any safety and health research initiative. They include the occupational, social, economic, and cultural background of Hispanic workers; use of a participatory approach, proper selection and use of translation methods; and conducting collaborative research. Certain limitations and challenges related to the availability of resources for conducting safety and health research on Hispanic workers are further discussed. PMID:15314054

  11. Construction safety research in the United States: targeting the Hispanic workforce.

    PubMed

    Brunette, M J

    2004-08-01

    While it is known that Hispanics have a continuous growing participation in the construction workforce and that their fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries are higher than any other ethnic group, very little construction safety and health research has been conducted in the United States. Research that focuses on safety and health of Hispanic workers employed in the construction industry might prove beneficial in reducing injuries and promoting safe and decent workplaces for all. The purpose of this article was twofold. First, to propose a research agenda where topics such as surveillance, intervention research on high risk occupations, intervention effectiveness evaluation, design and development of effective and appropriate safety training and educational materials, and the socioeconomic impact of injuries and illnesses, are investigated among the Hispanic construction workforce. Second, to present relevant aspects inherent to this particular population that need to be incorporated into the design and development stages of any safety and health research initiative. They include the occupational, social, economic, and cultural background of Hispanic workers; use of a participatory approach, proper selection and use of translation methods; and conducting collaborative research. Certain limitations and challenges related to the availability of resources for conducting safety and health research on Hispanic workers are further discussed.

  12. The Kra Canal: An Analysis of a Foreign Policy Alternative for the United States Navy in the Indian Ocean

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1975-03-01

    construction and operation of the canal. The minimal advantages offered by the canal over the existing passages through the Malay Peninsula-Indonesian...was analyzed with respect to the advantages and costs that would result from U.S. participa- tion in the construction and operation of the canal. The...Present Status of the Canal -------------- 28 3. Motivating Factors for the Canal ..........- 31 4. Construction ----------------------------- 34 5

  13. Basement domain map of the conterminous United States and Alaska

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Lund, Karen; Box, Stephen E.; Holm-Denoma, Christopher S.; San Juan, Carma A.; Blakely, Richard J.; Saltus, Richard W.; Anderson, Eric D.; DeWitt, Ed

    2015-01-01

    The tectonic settings for crustal types represented in the basement domains are subdivided into constituent geologic environments and the types of primary metals endowments and deposits in them are documented. The compositions, architecture, and original metals endowments are potentially important to assessments of primary mineral deposits and to the residence and recycling of metals in the crust of the United States portion of the North American continent. The databases can be configured to demonstrate the construction of the United States through time, to identify specific types of crust, or to identify domains potentially containing metal endowments of specific genetic types or endowed with specific metals. The databases can also be configured to illustrate other purposes chosen by users.

  14. The Application of Optimum Value Engineering Design and Construction Techniques to the United States Navy’s Housing Construction Contract Request for Proposal.

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    1988-05-01

    thick asphalt pavement and a unit cost of $10/sy for subbase, binder and wearing courses (22), the following costs can be considered: Road Width Cofts...on exposed surfaces, whereas concrete and asphalt absorb and then transmit heat. This is the same rationale used in selecting a white roof over a...Surfaces Item Avg±L !9PRe± M! Trees 80 Grass Lawn i11 Wall Surface 130 ... Asphalt 160 (From Energy Efficient Site Desgn) What constitutes a good site

  15. Meth Mouth, White Trash, and the Pseudo-Racialization of Methamphetamine Use in the U.S.

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    Peterson, Jeffery Chaichana; Gubrium, Aline; Fiddian-Green, Alice

    2018-05-07

    Drug scares have historically been created for a range of purposes and with a variety of effects in the United States. Moral panics evoked by these drug scares either support or challenge dominant American ideas about race, economics, and society. In the present study, we examined newspaper accounts of methamphetamine use in the Inland Pacific Northwest of the United States in an effort to understand how the "reality" of the "meth epidemic" is socially constructed in a "meth hotspot," and reflect upon the ways that the discourse of Whiteness intersects with this construction. For our analysis, we are cognizant of the "slipperiness" of the logic of Whiteness as a concept, and the ways that an alternative logic is articulated - one that strategically embraces or distances White drug users to support notions of White dominance. We focus on the possibility that individual meth users could then be portrayed pseudo-racially as "White trash," and thus rendered outside the logic of White racial order. Our findings center on two main themes: (1) the use of fear in the construction of the meth drug scare through the sensationalization of meth, its anthropomorphization, and the depiction of the threat of the White drug user; and (2) how the logic of Whiteness is discursively reconciled within this construction. Given current mediated discourses about drug use and health in the United States that center on the emergence of the White drug user as the face of the opioid crisis, we are well served to carefully consider the recent historical precedence of the "meth epidemic" in which the public was faced with reconciling their views about drug use and the intersection of race, class, and mainstream American identity.

  16. 45 CFR 2301.151 - Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.

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    2010-10-01

    ...) ARCTIC RESEARCH COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE UNITED STATES ARCTIC RESEARCH COMMISSION § 2301.151 Program accessibility: New...

  17. 45 CFR 2301.151 - Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.

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    2011-10-01

    ...) ARCTIC RESEARCH COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE UNITED STATES ARCTIC RESEARCH COMMISSION § 2301.151 Program accessibility: New...

  18. 69. INTERIOR VIEW OF THE ABSORPTION TOWER BUILDING, ABSORPTION TOWER ...

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    69. INTERIOR VIEW OF THE ABSORPTION TOWER BUILDING, ABSORPTION TOWER UNDER CONSTRUCTION. (DATE UNKNOWN). - United States Nitrate Plant No. 2, Reservation Road, Muscle Shoals, Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

  19. Wood construction codes issues in the United States

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    Douglas R. Rammer

    2006-01-01

    The current wood construction codes find their origin in the 1935 Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material published by the USDA Forest Service. Many of the current design recommendations can be traced back to statements from this book. Since this time a series of development both historical and recent has led to a multi-layered system for use of wood products in...

  20. Invariance of the Measurement Model Underlying the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV in the United States and Canada

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    Bowden, Stephen C.; Saklofske, Donald H.; Weiss, Lawrence G.

    2011-01-01

    A measurement model describes both the numerical and theoretical relationship between observed scores and the corresponding latent variables or constructs. Testing a measurement model across groups is required to determine if the tests scores are tapping the same constructs so that the same meaning can be ascribed to the scores. Contemporary tests…

  1. 75 FR 38502 - Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Sunridge Properties in the...

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    2010-07-02

    ... require the filling of approximately 29.7 acres of waters of the United States, including wetlands. The... projects in the Sunridge Specific Plan area have been built. The Proposed Action is the construction of the... approximately 1.4 acres of waters of the U.S., including wetlands, to construct 134 houses, roadways, and other...

  2. "We Created That Space with Everybody:" Constructing a Community-Based Space of Belonging and "Familia" in a Latina/o Youth Group

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    Ventura, Julissa

    2017-01-01

    As the Latino population grows across the United States and particularly in places outside traditional gateway cities, questions arise around the challenges and opportunities for Latinos in these new areas of settlement. Situated within this context of Latino demographic change, this article examines the construction of a youth-led, grassroots…

  3. The Development of a Model for Construction of Criterion Referenced System Achievement Tests for the Strategic Weapon System Training Program.

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    Cantor, Jeffrey A.; Hobson, Edward N.

    The development of a test design methodology used to construct a criterion-referenced System Achievement Test (CR-SAT) for selected Naval enlisted classification (NEC) in the Strategic Weapon System (SWS) of the United States Navy is described. Subject matter experts, training data analysts and educational specialists developed a comprehensive…

  4. Orienting to "Being Ordinary": The (Re)Construction of Hegemonic Ideologies in Interactions among Adult Immigrant Learners of English

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    Miller, Elizabeth R.

    2009-01-01

    This article investigates the construction and maintenance of ideologies regarding the legitimacy of English as the dominant language in the United States in interactions involving adult immigrant learners of English. As both the researcher and these students' English as second language (ESL) instructor, I am a participant in the ESL classroom and…

  5. Comparisons of Belief-Based Personality Constructs in Polish and American University Students: Paranormal Beliefs, Locus of Control, Irrational Beliefs, and Social Interest.

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    Tobacyk, Jerome J.; Tobacyk, Zofia Socha

    1992-01-01

    Uses Social Learning Theory to compare 149 university students from Poland with 136 university students from the southern United States for belief-based personality constructs and personality correlates of paranormal beliefs. As hypothesized, Poles reported a more external locus of control and significantly greater endorsement of irrational…

  6. Disrupting Islamophobia: Teaching the Social Construction of Terrorism in the Mass Media

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    McQueeney, Krista

    2014-01-01

    This article presents a critical media literacy technique for teaching about the social construction of terrorism. In a post-9/11 context where the human rights of Arabs and Muslims in the United States and overseas are threatened by drone attacks, profiling, detentions, and hate crimes, educators must not shy away from this issue. I use visual…

  7. A Networked Learning Model for Construction of Personal Learning Environments in Seventh Grade Life Science

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    Drexler, Wendy

    2010-01-01

    The purpose of this design-based research case study was to apply a networked learning approach to a seventh grade science class at a public school in the southeastern United States. Students adapted Web applications to construct personal learning environments for in-depth scientific inquiry of poisonous and venomous life forms. API widgets were…

  8. Constructing a Counternarrative: Students Informing Now (S.I.N.) Reframes Immigration and Education in the United States

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    Dominguez, Neidi; Duarte, Yazmin; Espinosa, Pedro Joel; Martinez, Luis; Nygreen, Kysa; Perez, Renato; Ramirez, Izel; Saba, Mariella

    2009-01-01

    The work of Students Informing Now (S.I.N.), an immigrant student organization at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is described in this column. The authors argue that S.I.N.'s diverse activities and textual products construct a counternarrative that challenges and reframes the debate on undocumented students and immigration. Focusing on…

  9. Domestic market activity in solid wood products in the United States, 1950-1998.

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    David B. McKeever

    2002-01-01

    Solid wood is important to the construction, manufacturing, and shipping segments of the U.S. economy. Nearly all new houses are built with wood, and wood building products are used in the construction of nonresidential buildings, and in the upkeep and improvement of existing structures. Solid wood is used extensively to produce and transport manufactured products. It...

  10. ITS evaluatory design.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1999-02-01

    This report contains selected information on toll facilities in the United States. The information is based on a survey of facilities in operation, financed, or under construction as of January 1, 1999. /Abstract from report, p. xiv/

  11. Characterization Of The Environment

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1997-02-01

    This report contains selected information on toll facilities in the United States. The information is based on a survey of facilities in operation, financed, or under construction as of January 1, 1997. /Abstract from report, p. ix/

  12. Diverging diamond interchange performance evaluation (I-44 and Route 13)

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2011-02-01

    Performance evaluation was conducted on the first diverging diamond interchange (DDI) or double : crossover interchange (DCD) constructed in the United States. This evaluation assessed traffic operations, safety and : public perceptions t...

  13. Parenting and the workplace: the construction of parenting protections in United States law.

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    Eichner, Maxine

    2008-08-04

    In this paper, I discuss the shortcomings of the legal protections that exist for pregnancy, breastfeeding, and parenting for United States' workers. The two main sources of protection for pregnancy and parenting in United States employment law are the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Both, I argue, contain inadequate protections for the needs of pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers, as well as their infants. I consider what it is about the way these statutes conceptualize the needs of pregnant women, mothers, and their babies, that prevents more robust protection of their needs. I then compare the minimal protection afforded American women and families with more progressive policies in other countries to highlight the possibilities that arise when the state affirmatively supports working parents and their children.

  14. Development of LRFD procedures for bridge pile foundations in Iowa - volume III : recommended resistance factors with consideration of construction control and setup.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2012-02-01

    The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) mandated utilizing the Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) approach for all new bridges initiated in the United States after October 1, 2007. As a result, there has been a progressive move among state De...

  15. Access to What? English, Texts, and Social Justice Pedagogy

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    Brauer, Lydia

    2018-01-01

    Drawing from Buckingham's media education framework, this article uses content analysis to review one of the most recent and far-reaching disciplinary constructions of English in the United States, the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, in light of its engagement with larger social practices involved in text production,…

  16. Finding of No Significant Impact: Construction and Operation of an Emergency Services Center United States Air Force Academy, Colorado

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    2012-02-08

    alternatives and resource issues. Agencies and Persons Consulted Jay Burgoon, Environmental Manager, USAFA Jeanie Duncan , Air Quality and Solid Waste Manager...Academy and their conservation. Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Fitzgerald , J.P. and R.R

  17. Understanding Customer Product Choices: A Case Study Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process

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    Robert L. Smith; Robert J. Bush; Daniel L. Schmoldt

    1996-01-01

    The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used to characterize the bridge material selection decisions of highway officials across the United States. Understanding product choices by utilizing the AHP allowed us to develop strategies for increasing the use of timber in bridge construction. State Department of Transportation engineers, private consulting engineers, and...

  18. Variability of wildland fire emissions across the contiguous United States

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    YongQiang Liu

    2004-01-01

    This study analyzes spatial and temporal variability of emissions from wildland fires across the contiguous US. The emissions are estimates based on a recently constructed dataset of historical fire records collected by multiple US governlnental agencies. Both wildfire and prescribed fires have the highest emissions over the Pacific coastal states. Prescribed fire...

  19. Indicators of regenerative capacity for eastern hardwood forests

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    William H. McWilliams; Todd W. Bowersox; Patrick H. Brose; Daniel A. Devlin; James C. Finley; Steve Horsley; Kurt W. Gottschalk; Tonya W. Lister; Larry H. McCormick; Gary W. Miller; Kim C. Steiner; Susan L. Stout; James A. Westfall; Robert L. White

    2004-01-01

    Hardwood forests of the eastern United States are characterized by a complex mix of species associations that make it difficult to construct useful indicators of long-term sustainability, in terms of future forest composition and stocking levels. The Pennsylvania Regeneration Study examines regeneration adequacy in the state. The study uses the Forest Service's...

  20. Construction Safety, Health and Education Improvement Act of 1989. Hearing before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, First Session on S. 930 To Establish a Clear and Comprehensive Prohibition of Discrimination on the Basis of Disability.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

    This document reports the oral and written testimony of senators and representatives, administration officials, union officials, contractors' associations, engineers' associations, and construction and consulting companies concerning S. 930, a provision of the Construction Safety, Health and Education Improvement Act of 1989. This provision would…

  1. 75 FR 60093 - Record of Decision for the United States Marine Corps Basewide Utilities Infrastructure Project...

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    2010-09-29

    ... construction, operation, and maintenance of utility infrastructure upgrades, expansions, and improvements... and wastewater facilities and road improvements to Range 130. All practical means to avoid or minimize...

  2. Innovative contracting methods and construction traffic congestion.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2012-01-01

    Increasing travel demand and lack of sufficient highway capacity are serious problems in most : major metropolitan areas in the United States. Large metropolitan cities have been experiencing : increased traffic congestion problems over the past seve...

  3. GRS Bridge Piers And Abutments

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1995-02-01

    This report contains selected information on toll facilities in the United States. The information is based on a survey of facilities in operation, financed, or under construction as of January 1, 1995. /Abstract from report, p. [i]/

  4. Construction Costs and Operating Characteristics of Vintage Trolleys

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1992-03-01

    Today, the United States is witnessing a growing renaissance of vintage trolley systems. Vintage trolleys have been successfully integrated into the public transportation systems in several cities. Businessmen in many areas have pursued vintage troll...

  5. Gender Effects in Assessment of Economic Knowledge and Understanding: Differences among Undergraduate Business and Economics Students in Germany, Japan, and the United States

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    Brückner, Sebastian; Förster, Manuel; Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga; Happ, Roland; Walstad, William B.; Yamaoka, Michio; Asano, Tadayoshi

    2015-01-01

    Gender effects in large-scale assessments have become an increasingly important research area within and across countries. Yet few studies have linked differences in assessment results of male and female students in higher education to construct-relevant features of the target construct. This paper examines gender effects on students' economic…

  6. Using Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis to Measure Construct Validity of the Traits, Aptitudes, and Behaviors Scale (TABS)

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    Besnoy, Kevin D.; Dantzler, John; Besnoy, Lisa R.; Byrne, Caitlin

    2016-01-01

    This study evaluated the construct validity of the Traits, Aptitudes, and Behaviors Scale (TABS). Data for this study were collected from two separate school districts across three different academic years in the Southeastern United States. Of the total sample (N = 2,330), 64.6% of the children were identified as African American, 29.0% as…

  7. Environmental ramifications of various materials used in construction and manufacture in the United States.

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    S. Alexander; B. Greber

    1991-01-01

    Forest resource supply analysis has increasingly been done in an economic market context. Little work has been done to assess the environmental consequences of a change in timber harvests that would result in a shift in competing markets. The purpose of this study was to estimate a relation among construction materials as they are used as substitutes or complements of...

  8. The advisability of high-rise construction in the city

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    Sergievskaya, Natalia; Pokrovskaya, Tatyana; Vorontsova, Natalya

    2018-03-01

    In this article there discusses the question of advisability high-rise construction, the reasons for its use, both positive and negative sides of it. On the one hand, a number of authors believe that it is difficult to avoid high-rise construction due to the limited areas in very large cities. On the other hand, a number of other authors draw attention to the problems associated with high-rise construction. The author of the article analyses examples of high-rise construction in several countries (UAE, Dubai "Burj Khalifa"; Japan "Tokyo Sky Tree"; United States of America, "Willis Tower"; Russia "Federation Tower") and proves the advisability of high-rise construction in the city.

  9. Exploring the Role of Intertextuality in Concept Construction: Urban Second Graders Make Sense of Evaporation, Boiling, and Condensation

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    Varelas, Maria; Pappas, Christine C.; Rife, Amy

    2006-01-01

    The study explores urban second graders' thinking and talking about the concepts of evaporation, boiling, and condensation that emerged in the context of intertextuality within an integrated science-literacy unit on the topic of States of Matter, which emphasized the water cycle. In that unit, children and teacher engaged in a variety of…

  10. Natural aggregates of the conterminous United States

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    Langer, William H.

    1988-01-01

    Crushed stone and sand and gravel are the two main sources of natural aggregates. These materials are commonly used construction materials and frequently can be interchanged with one another. They are widely used throughout the United States, with every State except two producing crushed stone. Together they amount to about half the mining volume in the United States. Approximately 96 percent of sand and gravel and 77 percent of the crushed stone produced in the United States are used in the construction industry. Natural aggregates are widely distributed throughout the United States in a variety of geologic environments. Sand and gravel deposits commonly are the results of the weathering of bedrock and subsequent transportation and deposition of the material by water or ice (glaciers). As such, they commonly occur as river or stream deposits or in glaciated areas as glaciofluvial and other deposits. Crushed stone aggregates are derived from a wide variety of parent bedrock materials. Limestone and other carbonates account for approximately three quarters of the rocks used for crushed stone, with granite and other igneous rocks making up the bulk of the remainder. Limestone deposits are widespread throughout the Central and Eastern United States and are scattered in the West. Granites are widely distributed in the Eastern and Western United States, with few exposures in the Midwest. Igneous rocks (excluding granites) are largely concentrated in the Western United States and in a few isolated localities in the East. Even though natural aggregates are widely distributed throughout the United States, they are not universally available for consumptive use. Some areas are devoid of sand and gravel, and potential sources of crushed stone may be covered with sufficient unconsolidated material to make surface mining impractical. In some areas many aggregates do not meet the physical property requirements for certain uses, or they may contain mineral constituents that react adversely when used as concrete aggregate. In areas where suitable natural aggregate is not available or accessible, it may become necessary to improve the quality of existing aggregate, to import aggregate from outside the area, or to substitute artificial aggregate for natural aggregate. In most cases, all of these alternatives add substantially to the cost of the final product. Even though an area may be blessed with an abundance of aggregate suitable for the intended purpose, existing land uses, zoning, or regulations may preclude commercial exploitation of the aggregate. This report also discusses the aggregate industry in general terms, including exploration, mining, and processing, as well as aggregate production rates. Proper long-range planning based on an understanding of the aggregate industry can help assure adequate supplies of aggregate.

  11. Potential determinants of health-care professionals' use of survivorship care plans: a qualitative study using the theoretical domains framework.

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    Birken, Sarah A; Presseau, Justin; Ellis, Shellie D; Gerstel, Adrian A; Mayer, Deborah K

    2014-11-15

    Survivorship care plans are intended to improve coordination of care for the nearly 14 million cancer survivors in the United States. Evidence suggests that survivorship care plans (SCPs) have positive outcomes for survivors, health-care professionals, and cancer programs, and several high-profile organizations now recommend SCP use. Nevertheless, SCP use remains limited among health-care professionals in United States cancer programs. Knowledge of barriers to SCP use is limited in part because extant studies have used anecdotal evidence to identify determinants. This study uses the theoretical domains framework to identify relevant constructs that are potential determinants of SCP use among United States health-care professionals. We conducted semi-structured interviews to assess the relevance of 12 theoretical domains in predicting SCP use among 13 health-care professionals in 7 cancer programs throughout the United States with diverse characteristics. Relevant theoretical domains were identified through thematic coding of interview transcripts, identification of specific beliefs within coded text units, and mapping of specific beliefs onto theoretical constructs. We found the following theoretical domains (based on specific beliefs) to be potential determinants of SCP use: health-care professionals' beliefs about the consequences of SCP use (benefit to survivors, health-care professionals, and the system as a whole); motivation and goals regarding SCP use (advocating SCP use; extent to which using SCPs competed for health-care professionals' time); environmental context and resources (whether SCPs were delivered at a dedicated visit and whether a system, information technology, and funding facilitated SCP use); and social influences (whether using SCPs is an organizational priority, influential people support SCP use, and people who could assist with SCP use buy into using SCPs). Specific beliefs mapped onto the following psychological constructs: outcome expectancies, intrinsic motivation, goal priority, resources, leadership, and team working. Previous studies have explored a limited range of determinants of SCP use. Our findings suggest a more comprehensive list of potential determinants that could be leveraged to promote SCP use. These results are particularly timely as cancer programs face impending SCP use requirements. Future work should develop instruments to measure the potential determinants and assess their relative influence on SCP use.

  12. Life cycle environmental performance of renewable building materials in the context of residential construction : phase II research report: an extension to the 2005 phase I research report. Module C, Life-cycle inventory of hardwood lumber manufacturing in the Northeast and North Central United States.

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    Richard Bergman; Scott A. Bowe

    2008-01-01

    The goal of this study was to find the environmental impact of hardwood lumber production through a gate-to-gate Life-Cycle Inventory (LCI) on hardwood sawmills in the northeast and northcentral (NE/NC) United States. Primary mill data was collected per CORRIM Research Guidelines (CORRIM 2001). Life-cycle analysis is beyond the scope of the study.

  13. Life cycle environmental performance of renewable building materials in the context of residential construction : phase II research report: an extension to the 2005 phase I research report. Module L, Life-cycle inventory of hardwood lumber manufacturing in the Southeastern United States.

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    Richard D. Bergman; Scott A. Bowe

    2010-01-01

    The goal of this study was to gain an understanding of the environmental impact of hardwood lumber production through a gate-to-gate life-cycle inventory (LCI) of hardwood sawmills in the Southeastern United States (SE). Primary mill data were collected per Consortium on Research for Renewable Industrial Materials (CORRIM) Research Guidelines. Life-cycle impact...

  14. Life cycle environmental performance of renewable building materials in the context of residential construction : phase II research report: an extension to the 2005 phase I research report. Module D, Life cycle inventory of softwood lumber manufacturing in the Northeastern and North Central United States.

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    Richard D. Bergman; Scott A. Bowe

    2009-01-01

    The goal of this study was to gain an understanding of the environmental impact for softwood lumber production through a gate-to-gate life-cycle inventory (LCI) of softwood sawmills in the northeastern and north central United States (NE/NC). Primary mill data were collected per Consortium on Research for Renewable Industrial Material (CORRIM) Research Guidelines (...

  15. Decennial Life Tables for the White Population of the United States, 1790-1900.

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    Hacker, J David

    2010-04-01

    This article constructs new life tables for the white population of the United States in each decade between 1790 and 1900. Drawing from several recent studies, it suggests best estimates of life expectancy at age 20 for each decade. These estimates are fitted to new standards derived from the 1900-02 rural and 1900-02 overall DRA life tables using a two-parameter logit model with fixed slope. The resulting decennial life tables more accurately represent sex-and age-specific mortality rates while capturing known mortality trends.

  16. Ready, Willing, and Able? Impediments to the Onset of Marital Fertility Decline in the United States

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    Hacker, J. David

    2016-01-01

    This study relies on IPUMS samples of the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses, aggregate census data, and the timing of state laws criminalizing abortion to construct regional estimates of marital fertility in the United States and estimate correlates of marital fertility. The results show a significant lag between the onset of marital fertility decline in the nation’s northeastern census divisions and its onset in western and southern census divisions. Empirical models indicate the presence of cultural, economic, and legal impediments to the diffusion of marital fertility control and illustrate the need for more inclusive models of fertility decline. PMID:27757800

  17. Ready, Willing, and Able? Impediments to the Onset of Marital Fertility Decline in the United States.

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    Hacker, J David

    2016-12-01

    This study relies on IPUMS samples of the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses, aggregate census data, and the timing of state laws criminalizing abortion to construct regional estimates of marital fertility in the United States and estimate correlates of marital fertility. The results show a significant lag between the onset of marital fertility decline in the nation's northeastern census divisions and its onset in western and southern census divisions. Empirical models indicate the presence of cultural, economic, and legal impediments to the diffusion of marital fertility control and illustrate the need for more inclusive models of fertility decline.

  18. Three-dimensional hydrogeologic framework model for use with a steady-state numerical ground-water flow model of the Death Valley regional flow system, Nevada and California

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    Belcher, Wayne R.; Faunt, Claudia C.; D'Agnese, Frank A.

    2002-01-01

    The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Department of Energy and other Federal, State, and local agencies, is evaluating the hydrogeologic characteristics of the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system. The ground-water flow system covers an area of about 100,000 square kilometers from latitude 35? to 38?15' North to longitude 115? to 118? West, with the flow system proper comprising about 45,000 square kilometers. The Death Valley regional ground-water flow system is one of the larger flow systems within the Southwestern United States and includes in its boundaries the Nevada Test Site, Yucca Mountain, and much of Death Valley. Part of this study includes the construction of a three-dimensional hydrogeologic framework model to serve as the foundation for the development of a steady-state regional ground-water flow model. The digital framework model provides a computer-based description of the geometry and composition of the hydrogeologic units that control regional flow. The framework model of the region was constructed by merging two previous framework models constructed for the Yucca Mountain Project and the Environmental Restoration Program Underground Test Area studies at the Nevada Test Site. The hydrologic characteristics of the region result from a currently arid climate and complex geology. Interbasinal regional ground-water flow occurs through a thick carbonate-rock sequence of Paleozoic age, a locally thick volcanic-rock sequence of Tertiary age, and basin-fill alluvium of Tertiary and Quaternary age. Throughout the system, deep and shallow ground-water flow may be controlled by extensive and pervasive regional and local faults and fractures. The framework model was constructed using data from several sources to define the geometry of the regional hydrogeologic units. These data sources include (1) a 1:250,000-scale hydrogeologic-map compilation of the region; (2) regional-scale geologic cross sections; (3) borehole information, and (4) gridded surfaces from a previous three-dimensional geologic model. In addition, digital elevation model data were used in conjunction with these data to define ground-surface altitudes. These data, properly oriented in three dimensions by using geographic information systems, were combined and gridded to produce the upper surfaces of the hydrogeologic units used in the flow model. The final geometry of the framework model is constructed as a volumetric model by incorporating the intersections of these gridded surfaces and by applying fault truncation rules to structural features from the geologic map and cross sections. The cells defining the geometry of the hydrogeologic framework model can be assigned several attributes such as lithology, hydrogeologic unit, thickness, and top and bottom altitudes.

  19. 76 FR 1659 - Notice of Receipt of Application for a Presidential Permit To Construct, Operate and Maintain...

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    2011-01-11

    ... maintain pipeline facilities on the border of the United States from Vantage Pipeline US LP (``Applicant'' or ``Vantage''), a limited partnership duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. According to the application, Vantage's general partner is Vantage Pipeline US GP LLC, a Delaware limited...

  20. Constructing Nonviolent Cultures in Schools: The State of the Science

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    Erickson, Christina L.; Mattaini, Mark A.; McGuire, Melissa S.

    2004-01-01

    Youth violence is widely recognized as a critical problem in the United States, and many approaches to prevention and intervention have been developed in recent years. Although children are safer in school than anywhere else, school violence remains a serious concern, and schools have proven to be among the most accessible nexuses for prevention…

  1. 7 CFR Exhibit A to Subpart I of... - Self-Help Technical Assistance Grant Agreement

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    2014-01-01

    ... (“Grantee”), organized and operating under (authorizing State statute) and the United States of America...” Grantee will be supervised to the extent necessary to protect the Government's interest and to help... to work together in groups by the mutual self-help method in the case of new construction. (G...

  2. 7 CFR Exhibit A to Subpart I of... - Self-Help Technical Assistance Grant Agreement

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... (“Grantee”), organized and operating under (authorizing State statute) and the United States of America...” Grantee will be supervised to the extent necessary to protect the Government's interest and to help... to work together in groups by the mutual self-help method in the case of new construction. (G...

  3. 7 CFR Exhibit A to Subpart I of... - Self-Help Technical Assistance Grant Agreement

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... (“Grantee”), organized and operating under (authorizing State statute) and the United States of America...” Grantee will be supervised to the extent necessary to protect the Government's interest and to help... to work together in groups by the mutual self-help method in the case of new construction. (G...

  4. Systems Study of Precast Concrete Tunnel Liners

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1975-03-01

    The study addresses precast concrete lining systems. Existing precast concrete systems designed or constructed in Europe, Japan, and the United States are evaluated. With these as a point of departure, designs for lining systems applicable to the spe...

  5. 36 CFR 223.111 - Administration of contracts in designated disaster areas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... construction work by the purchaser in connection with such a road or facility, the United States shall bear... feet. (b) Where the Chief, Forest Service, determines that damages are so great that restoration...

  6. 36 CFR 223.111 - Administration of contracts in designated disaster areas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... construction work by the purchaser in connection with such a road or facility, the United States shall bear... feet. (b) Where the Chief, Forest Service, determines that damages are so great that restoration...

  7. 36 CFR 223.111 - Administration of contracts in designated disaster areas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... construction work by the purchaser in connection with such a road or facility, the United States shall bear... feet. (b) Where the Chief, Forest Service, determines that damages are so great that restoration...

  8. 36 CFR 223.111 - Administration of contracts in designated disaster areas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... construction work by the purchaser in connection with such a road or facility, the United States shall bear... feet. (b) Where the Chief, Forest Service, determines that damages are so great that restoration...

  9. Roundabout design training for Alaska's engineers.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2015-07-01

    Roundabout are an emerging type of intersection design, are a relatively new addition to the transportation system in the United States. : As a result, guidelines for roundabout design and construction are very broad and leave much room for subjectiv...

  10. High performance concrete pavement in Indiana.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2011-01-01

    Until the early 1990s, curling and warping of Portland cement concrete pavement did not concern : pavement engineers in many transportation agencies. Since beginning construction of the interstate system in the : United States in the late 1950s throu...

  11. 24 CFR 971.3 - Standards for identifying developments.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... requires the property to be left in the unit for some period of time, and only for the period stated in the... least 30 years for rehabilitation equivalent to new construction) the development can sustain structural...

  12. Individual and collective processes in the construction of the self: self-enhancement in the United States and self-criticism in Japan.

    PubMed

    Kitayama, S; Markus, H R; Matsumoto, H; Norasakkunkit, V

    1997-06-01

    A collective constructionist theory of the self proposes that many psychological processes, including enhancement of the self (pervasive in the United States) and criticism and subsequent improvement of the self (widespread in Japan), result from and support the very ways in which social acts and situations are collectively defined and subjectively experienced in the respective cultural contexts. In support of the theory, 2 studies showed, first, that American situations are relatively conducive to self-enhancement and American people are relatively likely to engage in self-enhancement and, second, that Japanese situations are relatively conducive to self-criticism and Japanese people are relatively likely to engage in self-criticism. Implications are discussed for the collective construction of psychological processes implicated in the self and, more generally, for the mutual constitution of culture and the self.

  13. Psychological homelessness and enculturative stress among US-deported Salvadorans: a preliminary study with a novel approach.

    PubMed

    Negy, Charles; Reig-Ferrer, Abilio; Gaborit, Mauricio; Ferguson, Christopher J

    2014-12-01

    The purpose of this study was to examine the construct psychological homelessness-feelings of not belonging in one's home country-within the context of deported Salvadorans' enculturation to El Salvador. Participants (n = 66) who had been deported from the United States completed a set of questionnaires related to their deportation experience. Results indicated that deportees, in various degrees, experienced the phenomenon of psychological homelessness and enculturative stress related to living in El Salvador. As hypothesized, enculturative stress related to re-adapting to life in El Salvador significantly correlated with psychological homelessness after controlling for time spent in the United States, acculturation, and enculturation. Additional analyses revealed that maladaptive cognitions related to the deportation experience also predicted psychological homelessness. Our findings suggest psychological homelessness appears to be a valid construct and is experienced by many undocumented immigrants.

  14. National Geochronological Database

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Revised by Sloan, Jan; Henry, Christopher D.; Hopkins, Melanie; Ludington, Steve; Original database by Zartman, Robert E.; Bush, Charles A.; Abston, Carl

    2003-01-01

    The National Geochronological Data Base (NGDB) was established by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to collect and organize published isotopic (also known as radiometric) ages of rocks in the United States. The NGDB (originally known as the Radioactive Age Data Base, RADB) was started in 1974. A committee appointed by the Director of the USGS was given the mission to investigate the feasibility of compiling the published radiometric ages for the United States into a computerized data bank for ready access by the user community. A successful pilot program, which was conducted in 1975 and 1976 for the State of Wyoming, led to a decision to proceed with the compilation of the entire United States. For each dated rock sample reported in published literature, a record containing information on sample location, rock description, analytical data, age, interpretation, and literature citation was constructed and included in the NGDB. The NGDB was originally constructed and maintained on a mainframe computer, and later converted to a Helix Express relational database maintained on an Apple Macintosh desktop computer. The NGDB and a program to search the data files were published and distributed on Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) in standard ISO 9660 format as USGS Digital Data Series DDS-14 (Zartman and others, 1995). As of May 1994, the NGDB consisted of more than 18,000 records containing over 30,000 individual ages, which is believed to represent approximately one-half the number of ages published for the United States through 1991. Because the organizational unit responsible for maintaining the database was abolished in 1996, and because we wanted to provide the data in more usable formats, we have reformatted the data, checked and edited the information in some records, and provided this online version of the NGDB. This report describes the changes made to the data and formats, and provides instructions for the use of the database in geographic information system (GIS) applications. The data are provided in .mdb (Microsoft Access), .xls (Microsoft Excel), and .txt (tab-separated value) formats. We also provide a single non-relational file that contains a subset of the data for ease of use.

  15. The AP1000{sup R} China projects move forward to construction completion and equipment installation

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

    Harrop, G.

    2012-07-01

    The AP1000 design is the only Generation III+ technology to receive design certification from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. This evolutionary design provides the highest safety and performance standards and has several distinct advantages over other designs, including improved operations and reduced construction schedule risks through the use of modern, modular, engineering principles that allow construction and fabrication tasks traditionally performed in sequence to be undertaken in parallel. Since the first granting of Design Certification in 2005 by the NRC, the AP1000 design has been modified to meet emergent NRC requirements such as those requiring the design to withstand themore » impact of an aircraft crash. Both domestic and foreign utilities have turned to the Westinghouse AP1000 plant design to meet their near - and long-term sustainable energy needs. The first ever deployment of this advanced U.S. nuclear power technology began in China in 2007 with the award of a contract to build four AP1000 units, constructed in pairs at the coastal sites of Sanmen (Zhejiang Province) and Haiyang (Shandong Province). Currently, all four units are at an advanced stage of construction. The commercial operation date for Sanmen Unit 1 is November 2013 followed by Haiyang Unit 1 being operational in May 2014. Construction and equipment manufacture is at an advanced stage. Sanmen Unit 1 equipment that has been delivered includes the reactor vessel, the reactor vessel closure head, the passive residual heat removal heat exchanger, the integrated head package, the polar crane, and the refueling machine. The steam generators are also completed. The RV was installed within the containment vessel building in September 2011. The installation of this major equipment will allow the setting of the containment vessel top head. Haiyang Unit 1 is also achieving significant progress. Significant benefits continue to be realized as a result of lessons learned and experience gained from the first-of-a-kind activities for Sanmen Unit 1 and AP1000 equipment design and manufacturing. For example, the nuclear island basemat at Haiyang Units 1 and 2 and Sanmen Unit 2 was laid in less time than that of Sanmen Unit 1, the ultra-large steam generator and RV forging lead times were reduced for the follow on units, and the fabrication of the auxiliary building module for Haiyang Unit 1 took less time than for the Sanmen first unit. These benefits are also being realized by the United States AP1000 project construction and fabrication modules, and equipment. Some difficulties arise from building this first-of-a-kind (advanced passive) type of plant; however, these difficulties are being overcome and the overall schedule remains achievable. (authors)« less

  16. A Research of Construction Mechanism of Vassal State's City Group during Spring and Autumn Period Based on the Analyzation of Geographic Image - Take south region of Shandong as example

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Gao, X.; Li, B.; Zhou, X.

    2015-08-01

    Spring and Autumn period, the vassal states began to carry out country defense construction actively, brought changes to building the ideological. At that time, the south region of Shandong, as an independent unit of geography, seldom affected by external factors, and had striking cultural characteristics. Vassal states there constructed their capital mainly to defense the neighboring countries and cope with small scale mergers war, not involving the nationwide military deployment. Therefore, the region reflect the construction thought changes during the Spring and Autumn Period, and consistent with the research purpose. Based on this judgment, the author analyzed each capital's location and terrain feature by topographic map. In brief, the Spring and Autumn Period, feudal states acted of one's own free will, the relationship between cities contained the one within and between vassal states. Within vassal state relationships included economic support, entrenching each other and protecting the country together. Meanwhile, strategic defensing, scrambling for resources and geographical location comprised of the competition between vassal states. In the agrarian age, the political centers and agricultural areas were interdependent, giving priority to the development of political cities. Transformation of capitals' space layout was actually the process of carving up farming plains, the powerful states occupy favorable geographical position, and the small countries would be encroached and annexed gradually.

  17. A history of the ANS: Going back to the source

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

    Krause, C.

    1994-12-31

    This paper reviews efforts made since the mid 1970`s toward the construction of a major new neutron-scattering facility in the United States. Ralph Moon, and Dick Cheverton of ORNL made early proposals in this direction, which over subsequent years were revisited, and retooled in different forms and through different proposals, until the present proposed design is actually being presented for design and construction funding.

  18. Oversight of High-Containment Biological Laboratories: Issues for Congress

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-03-27

    construction of two BSL-4 National Biocontainment Laboratories ( NBLs ) and thirteen BSL-3 Regional Biocontainment Laboratories (RBLs). The NBLs and...Congressional Research Service 13 to assist public health efforts during a bioterrorism emergency.50 The two NBLs are being built in Boston, MA, and Galveston...TX.51 The RBLs are geographically dispersed throughout the United States.52 The NBLs and RBLs are being constructed through a grant-making process

  19. Oversight of High-Containment Biological Laboratories: Issues for Congress

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-05-04

    construction of two BSL-4 National Biocontainment Laboratories ( NBLs ) and thirteen BSL-3 Regional Biocontainment Laboratories (RBLs). The NBLs and RBLs...Research Service 13 to assist public health efforts during a bioterrorism or emerging infectious disease emergency.50 The two NBLs are being built in...Boston, MA, and Galveston, TX.51 The RBLs are geographically dispersed throughout the United States.52 The NBLs and RBLs are being constructed

  20. The implementation of unit price of work standard SNI 7394: 2008 for the construction of reinforced concrete beam

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Tripoli; Mubarak; Nurisra; Mahmuddin

    2018-05-01

    This paper discusses the implementation of Indonesian National Standard (SNI) 7394: 2008 on procedures for calculating the unit price of concrete work for the construction of building and housing. The standard provides some reinforced concrete constructions unit price (UP) analysis by specified the total number of reinforcing uses. Related to reinforced concrete beam work (Analysis No. 6.31), the reinforcement requirement is stated at 200 kg/m3 of concrete. Once the implementation considers various earthquake zoning, the question will arise about the extent to which the standard is feasible to apply. Therefore, this research aimed to analyze the possibility of UP standard implementation by certain earthquake zonation. This research is focused on the construction of reinforced concrete beam for buildings with function as educational, residential and office buildings. The data used are sourced from 21 buildings in two zones in Aceh Province, covering Zone 10 and Zone 15 based on earthquake map of SNI 1726: 2012. The analysis results indicate that the UP standard for reinforced concrete beam cannot be applied to all zoning. The UP standard is only possible on buildings constructed in Zone 10 or zonation with seismic spectral response 0.6g to 0.7g or lower.

  1. The impact of occupational health and safety regulations on prevention through design in construction projects: Perspectives from Spain and the United Kingdom.

    PubMed

    Martínez-Aires, María Dolores; Rubio Gámez, María Carmen; Gibb, Alistair

    2015-01-01

    Since the mid-1990 s, Prevention through Design (PtD) has become increasingly prevalent in the built environment. The acceptance of PtD has largely been due to the removal or reduction of risks during the execution phase of construction projects. European States have had the added impetus of national legislation. This paper analyzes the influence of European Union Directive 92/57/EEC on occupational safety and health injury prevention in the project design phase. Qualitative methods comprised individual semi-structured interviews and focus groups with a panel of experts. Sixty individuals from construction and related professions (architects, engineers, constructors, developers, and other construction experts) answered 17 key questions to establish national perceptions of the effectiveness of Directive 92/57/EEC in Spain and the United Kingdom (UK). The implementation of PtD in the project design phase in the UK is clearer since the regulations explicitly state the obligations of project designers as well as those of the coordinator. Interviews with Spanish experts show that, in Spain, the prevention culture is less frequently realized. The most significant differences between the European Directive and national regulations which influence PtD are linked to the Health and Safety Coordinator, and Health and Safety documents.

  2. Utility residential new construction programs: Going beyond the code. A report from the Database on Energy Efficiency Programs (DEEP) Project

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

    Vine, E.

    Based on an evaluation of 10 residential new construction programs, primarily sponsored by investor-owned utilities in the United States, we find that many of these programs are in dire straits and are in danger of being discontinued because current inclusion of only direct program effects leads to the conclusion that they are not cost-effective. We believe that the cost-effectiveness of residential new construction programs can be improved by: (1) promoting technologies and advanced building design practices that significantly exceed state and federal standards; (2) reducing program marketing costs and developing more effective marketing strategies; (3) recognizing the role of thesemore » programs in increasing compliance with existing state building codes; and (4) allowing utilities to obtain an ``energy-savings credit`` from utility regulators for program spillover (market transformation) impacts. Utilities can also leverage their resources in seizing these opportunities by forming strong and trusting partnerships with the building community and with local and state government.« less

  3. The beliefs in the inheritance of risk factors for suicide scale (BIRFSS): cross-cultural validation in Estonia, Malaysia, Romania, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

    PubMed

    Voracek, Martin; Loibl, Lisa Mariella; Swami, Viren; Vintilă, Mona; Kõlves, Kairi; Sinniah, Dhachayani; Pillai, Subash Kumar; Ponnusamy, Subramaniam; Sonneck, Gernot; Furnham, Adrian; Lester, David

    2008-12-01

    The genetics of suicide is increasingly recognized and relevant for mental health literacy, but actual beliefs may lag behind current knowledge. We examined such beliefs in student samples (total N = 686) from Estonia, Malaysia, Romania, the United Kingdom, and the United States with the Beliefs in the Inheritance of Risk Factors for Suicide Scale. Cultural effects were small, those of key demographics nil. Several facets of construct validity were demonstrated. Marked differences in perceived plausibility of evidence about the genetics of suicide according to research design, observed in all samples, may be of general interest for investigating lay theories of abnormal behavior and communicating behavioral and psychiatric genetic research findings.

  4. Radiation therapy facilities in the United States

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

    Ballas, Leslie K.; Elkin, Elena B.; Schrag, Deborah

    2006-11-15

    Purpose: About half of all cancer patients in the United States receive radiation therapy as a part of their cancer treatment. Little is known, however, about the facilities that currently deliver external beam radiation. Our goal was to construct a comprehensive database of all radiation therapy facilities in the United States that can be used for future health services research in radiation oncology. Methods and Materials: From each state's health department we obtained a list of all facilities that have a linear accelerator or provide radiation therapy. We merged these state lists with information from the American Hospital Association (AHA),more » as well as 2 organizations that audit the accuracy of radiation machines: the Radiologic Physics Center (RPC) and Radiation Dosimetry Services (RDS). The comprehensive database included all unique facilities listed in 1 or more of the 4 sources. Results: We identified 2,246 radiation therapy facilities operating in the United States as of 2004-2005. Of these, 448 (20%) facilities were identified through state health department records alone and were not listed in any other data source. Conclusions: Determining the location of the 2,246 radiation facilities in the United States is a first step in providing important information to radiation oncologists and policymakers concerned with access to radiation therapy services, the distribution of health care resources, and the quality of cancer care.« less

  5. Procurement Opportunitites in: Afghanistan and the Central Asian States (CAS)

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-08-01

    barriers) Furniture (office and household) Prefabricated Structures (CONEXs, containerized housing units, re-locatable buildings) Office Supplies... Concrete Foundation and Structure Road Support Activities Minor Building Renovation Water and Sewer Line and Related Construction Heavy and Civil

  6. National Intelligent Transportation Systems program plan : five-year horizon

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2003-06-01

    This report contains selected information on toll facilities in the United States. The information is based on a survey of facilities in operation, financed, or under construction as of January 1, 2003. /Abstract from report, p. x/

  7. Integral abutment bridges under thermal loading : field monitoring and analysis.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2017-08-01

    Integral abutment bridges (IABs) have gained popularity throughout the United States due to their low construction and maintenance costs. Previous research on IABs has been heavily focused on substructure performance, leaving a need for better unders...

  8. Pipeline Expansions

    EIA Publications

    1999-01-01

    This appendix examines the nature and type of proposed pipeline projects announced or approved for construction during the next several years in the United States. It also includes those projects in Canada and Mexico that tie-in with the U.S. markets or projects.

  9. Research notes : capacity of aging bent caps.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2008-10-01

    Many conventionally reinforced concrete deck girder (RCDG) bridges were built in the United States during the construction of the interstate highway system in the 1950s. Designs followed the AASHO standard of the time, which were less stringent than ...

  10. Corrosion evaluation of mechanically stabilized earth walls.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2005-09-01

    Numerous reinforced walls and slopes have been built over the past four decades in Kentucky, the United States, as well as worldwide. Tensile elements used in constructing low-cost reinforcing walls and slopes consist of metal polymer strips or grids...

  11. Multiple environmental contexts and preterm birth risks

    EPA Science Inventory

    Human health is affected by simultaneous exposure to numerous stressors and amenities, but research often focuses on single exposure models. To address this, a United States county-level Multiple Environmental Domain Index (MEDI) was constructed with data representing five envir...

  12. Socioeconomic Segregation in Large Cities in France and the United States.

    PubMed

    Quillian, Lincoln; Lagrange, Hugues

    2016-08-01

    Past cross-national comparisons of socioeconomic segregation have been undercut by lack of comparability in measures, data, and concepts. Using IRIS data from the French Census of 2008 and the French Ministry of Finance as well as tract data from the American Community Survey (2006-2010) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Picture of Subsidized Households, and constructing measures to be as similar as possible, we compare socioeconomic segregation in metropolitan areas with a population of more than 1 million in France and the United States. We find much higher socioeconomic segregation in large metropolitan areas in the United States than in France. We also find (1) a strong pattern of low-income neighborhoods in central cities and high-income neighborhoods in suburbs in the United States, but varying patterns across metropolitan areas in France; (2) that high-income persons are the most segregated group in both countries; (3) that the shares of neighborhood income differences that can be explained by neighborhood racial/ethnic composition are similar in France and the United States; and (4) that government-assisted housing is disproportionately located in the poorest neighborhoods in the United States but is spread across many neighborhood income levels in France. We conclude that differences in government provision of housing assistance and levels of income inequality are likely important contributing factors to the Franco-U.S. difference in socioeconomic segregation.

  13. Fatal falls in the U.S. residential construction industry.

    PubMed

    Dong, Xiuwen Sue; Wang, Xuanwen; Largay, Julie A; Platner, James W; Stafford, Erich; Cain, Chris Trahan; Choi, Sang D

    2014-09-01

    Falls from heights remain the most common cause of workplace fatalities among residential construction workers in the United States. This paper examines patterns and trends of fall fatalities in U.S. residential construction between 2003 and 2010 by analyzing two large national datasets. Almost half of the fatalities in residential construction were from falls. In the residential roofing industry, 80% of fatalities were from falls. In addition, about one-third of fatal falls in residential construction were among self-employed workers. Workers who were older than 55 years, were Hispanic foreign-born, or employed in small establishments (1-10 employees) also had higher proportions of fatal falls in residential construction compared to those in nonresidential construction. The findings suggest that fall safety within the residential construction industry lags behind commercial construction and industrial settings. Fall prevention in residential construction should be enhanced to better protect construction workers in this sector. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

  14. Work, family, support, and depression: employed mothers in Israel, Korea, and the United States.

    PubMed

    O'Brien, Karen M; Ganginis Del Pino, Heather V; Yoo, Sung-Kyung; Cinamon, Rachel Gali; Han, Young-Joo

    2014-07-01

    Our research revealed differences in work-family constructs for employed mothers in 3 countries, Israel (N = 105), Korea (N = 298), and the United States (N = 305). Although levels of work-family conflict were comparable, the Korean women had the lowest levels of work-family enrichment compared with the Israeli and American mothers. Moreover, Korean women reported the most depression and the least support from both spouses and employers. Spousal support mediated the relationship between work-family conflict and depression for employed mothers in Israel, Korea, and the United States. As hypothesized by conservation of resources theory (Hobfoll, 1989, 1998, 2001), threat of resource loss (operationalized as work-family conflict) was related to depression more strongly than was resource gain (i.e., work-family enrichment). PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved.

  15. Environmental aspects of engineering geological mapping in the United States

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Radbruch-Hall, Dorothy H.

    1979-01-01

    Many engineering geological maps at different scales have been prepared for various engineering and environmental purposes in regions of diverse geological conditions in the United States. They include maps of individual geological hazards and maps showing the effect of land development on the environment. An approach to assessing the environmental impact of land development that is used increasingly in the United States is the study of a single area by scientists from several disciplines, including geology. A study of this type has been made for the National Petroleum Reserve in northern Alaska. In the San Francisco Bay area, a technique has been worked out for evaluating the cost of different types of construction and land development in terms of the cost of a number of kinds of earth science factors. ?? 1979 International Association of Engineering Geology.

  16. The Fiscal Effects of School Choice Programs on Public School Districts. National Research

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Scafidi, Benjamin

    2012-01-01

    In this report, the author constructs the first ever estimates for each state and the District of Columbia of the short-run fixed costs of educating children in public schools. He endeavors to make cautious overestimates of these short-run fixed costs. The United States' average spending per student was $12,450 in 2008-09. The author estimates…

  17. Space Station

    NASA Image and Video Library

    1985-12-01

    Skylab's success proved that scientific experimentation in a low gravity environment was essential to scientific progress. A more permanent structure was needed to provide this space laboratory. President Ronald Reagan, on January 25, 1984, during his State of the Union address, claimed that the United States should exploit the new frontier of space, and directed NASA to build a permanent marned space station within a decade. The idea was that the space station would not only be used as a laboratory for the advancement of science and medicine, but would also provide a staging area for building a lunar base and manned expeditions to Mars and elsewhere in the solar system. President Reagan invited the international community to join with the United States in this endeavour. NASA and several countries moved forward with this concept. By December 1985, the first phase of the space station was well underway with the design concept for the crew compartments and laboratories. Pictured are two NASA astronauts, at Marshall Space Flight Center's (MSFC) Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS), practicing construction techniques they later used to construct the space station after it was deployed.

  18. Neutral Buoyancy Simulator - Space Station

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    1985-01-01

    Skylab's success proved that scientific experimentation in a low gravity environment was essential to scientific progress. A more permanent structure was needed to provide this space laboratory. President Ronald Reagan, on January 25, 1984, during his State of the Union address, claimed that the United States should exploit the new frontier of space, and directed NASA to build a permanent marned space station within a decade. The idea was that the space station would not only be used as a laboratory for the advancement of science and medicine, but would also provide a staging area for building a lunar base and manned expeditions to Mars and elsewhere in the solar system. President Reagan invited the international community to join with the United States in this endeavour. NASA and several countries moved forward with this concept. By December 1985, the first phase of the space station was well underway with the design concept for the crew compartments and laboratories. Pictured are two NASA astronauts, at Marshall Space Flight Center's (MSFC) Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS), practicing construction techniques they later used to construct the space station after it was deployed.

  19. Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1983-11-25

    A II-. BY THE U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Public Lands And Reserved Water • Committee On Energy And Natural ... Natural Resources United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: In response to your request, we have reviewed the recreation construction backlogs at six...0 215 215 Pennsy Ivan ia: Tloge-ai4bnd Lakes 192,700 12,125 10,546c 1,579 1,579 b Puerto Rico: Portugues and Bucane Rivers 295,000 7,579 0 7,579

  20. Korean American parents’ reconstruction of immigrant parenting in the United States

    PubMed Central

    Kim, Eunjung; Im, Haesang; Nahm, Eunyoung; Hong, Seunghye

    2017-01-01

    The aim of this qualitative study was to explore 28 Korean American parents’ perceptions of parenting. Interview data were audio taped, transcribed, and analyzed using content analysis. Themes that emerged were: Korean parenting constructed in Korea, European American parenting observed in the United States, and resulting reconstruction of Korean American parenting. The findings indicate that Korean American parents’ perceptions of parenting are deeply rooted in the social contexts of where parents were brought up and where parents raise their children. These findings could be used to develop a culturally and linguistically competent parenting program for Korean American parents. PMID:23362693

  1. Decennial Life Tables for the White Population of the United States, 1790–19001

    PubMed Central

    Hacker, J. David

    2010-01-01

    This article constructs new life tables for the white population of the United States in each decade between 1790 and 1900. Drawing from several recent studies, it suggests best estimates of life expectancy at age 20 for each decade. These estimates are fitted to new standards derived from the 1900–02 rural and 1900–02 overall DRA life tables using a two-parameter logit model with fixed slope. The resulting decennial life tables more accurately represent sex-and age-specific mortality rates while capturing known mortality trends. PMID:20563225

  2. Research review of potential safety effects of electronic billboards on driver attention and distraction

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1998-03-01

    The Strategic Highway Research Program developed and coordinated construction of test sections for flexible pavement maintenance throughout the United States and Canada. Test sites included specific test sections for evaluation of the performance of ...

  3. Effectiveness of increased law enforcement surveillance on work zone safety in Mississippi.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2007-07-01

    Increased law enforcement surveillance program is one of the methods currently been implemented by departments of transportation in the United States in an effort to increase safety for both drivers and workers in highway construction zones. Unfortun...

  4. Hot mix asphalt tender zone

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2000-04-01

    Approximately 500 million tons of hot mix asphalt (HMA) are placed in the United States each year. With this large quantity of HMA, it is expected that some construction problems will occur from time to time. One problem that has been observed for ye...

  5. Development of a Novel Segmental Bone Defect Construct

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-10-01

    from chicken egg white (90%) were purchased from Sigma Aldrich (St. Louis, MO). Ethylene glycol, sodium metabisulfite (SMS), urea, and hydrogen...HRP-conjugated polyclonal anti-LYZ (chicken egg white) was purchased from United States Biological (Swampscott, MA). N-(3-Sulfopropyl)- N

  6. United States Environmental Protection Agency Real Property Status Report SF 429

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Used by recipients of Federal financial assistance to report real property status or to request agency instructions on real property that was/will be provided as Government Furnished Property (GFP) or acquired (i.e. purchased or constructed)

  7. A toolbox for alleviating traffic congestion and enhancing mobility

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1997-01-01

    Over 40 years ago, the United States embarked upon the largest public works project in its history--the construction of the Interstate highway system. The urban portions of this system along with the highways and public transportation services develo...

  8. High performance concrete pavement in Indiana : [technical summary].

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2011-01-01

    Until the early 1990s, curling and warping of Portland cement concrete pavement did not concern pavement engineers in many transportation agencies. Since beginning construction of the interstate system in the United States in the late 1950s through t...

  9. Marine Engine-Exhaust Emissions Test Cell

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1974-11-01

    A marine engine exhaust emissions test cell for boat-size diesel engines (approx. 200 hp) and outboard engines was constructed as part of a project sponsored by the United States Coast Guard for the monitoring and control of emissions from marine sou...

  10. Lime utilization in the laboratory, field, and design of pavement layers : [research project capsule].

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2015-05-01

    Nearly two-thirds of highways in the United States are constructed on in-place soils : with poor or undesirable characteristics. These materials demonstrate undesirable : engineering behavior, such as low bearing capacity, high shrink/swell potential...

  11. Recent Cases: Administrative Law--Occupational Safety and Health Act

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Harvard Law Review, 1976

    1976-01-01

    Implications of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 are described in two cases: Brennan v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (Underhill Construction Corp.), and Anning-Johnson Co. v. United States Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. (LBH)

  12. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS. PROCEEDINGS, ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, ANNUAL MEETING AND EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT, (50TH SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 71-22, 1964).

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    LIEBESKIND, MORRIS

    PROBLEMS IN THE SCHEDULING AND COMPLETION OF SCHOOL BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE DISCUSSED WITH REFERENCE TO THE CRITICAL PATH METHOD OF PROGRAMING. THE DISCUSSION GIVES A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE METHOD WITH DETAILED SUGGESTIONS FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS. SPECIFIC SUBJECT AREAS INCLUDE--(1) CPM, A NEW MANAGEMENT TOOL, (2) CPM…

  13. Cost Analysis of Leed Certified United States Navy Buildings

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2011-08-03

    be accumulated in order to offset initial investment costs - St = Savings in operational costs in year t associated with a given alternative - ∆I0...ior Non-Structural Elements er.o• 2 1 Construction Waste ManagenMnt Oivort 50% fro m Disposal Crocllt 22 Construction Waste Managemen t , Divert 75... Operations and Reports (0704-0188), 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202- 4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding

  14. Solid wood timber products consumption in major end uses in the United States, 1950-2009 : a technical document supporting the Forest Service 2010 RPA assessment

    Treesearch

    David B. McKeever; James L. Howard

    2011-01-01

    Solid wood timber products provide important raw materials to the construction, manufacturing, and shipping sectors of the U.S. economy. Nearly all new single-family houses and low-rise multifamily residential structures are wood framed and sheathed. Large amounts of solid wood timber products are also used in the construction of new nonresidential buildings, and in...

  15. Pavements Maintenance and Construction Equipment Operator Career Ladders: United States Air Force Job Inventory. AFSCs 55130/31, 55150/51, 55170/71, and 55191.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Air Force Personnel and Training Research Center, Lackland AFB, TX.

    The U. S. Air Force job inventory for the pavements maintenance and construction equipment operator career ladders is divided into 26 categories, each of which is broken down into a duty-task list. Space is provided for Air Force personnel filling out the inventory to check whether each task is at present part of their duties. The 26 categories…

  16. Opening of Schemes and the Expression of Knowledge Structures in the Construction of Novelty: A Developmental Study of Brazilian and American Children.

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    Figueiredo, Eliane L.; Sisto, Fermino F.

    The evolution of creative thought was examined, an examination that resulted in the construction of universal criteria for analysis and detailed evidence for the evolution of novelty, i.e. how children create knowledge. The collected data came from 200 students from the United States and 200 from Brazil. Each of the 10 age groups (from 4 to 13…

  17. Assessment of an alternative housing reconstruction policy after the 1995 Grevena-Kozani (N.Greece) earthquake: Construction of standardized units in private lots

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    Mousteraki, K.; Dandoulaki, M.; Symeonidis, S.

    2009-04-01

    In Greece, the reconstruction of earthquake damaged building stock is technically and financially supported by the state. Housing reconstruction typically comprises three subsequent phases that is emergency shelter, temporary housing and permanent housing in buildings after their reconstruction. The latter is based on financial support by the state to the owner for the repair or reconstruction of each individual building. A different approach was tried after the 1995 Kozani-Grevena (N.Greece) earthquake. The earthquake (M=6.6) affected mainly the countryside of the two prefectures and devastated a great number of small settlements with aged and decreasing population. The experience from the 1986 Kalamata earthquake had demonstrated that low income and elderly households had difficulties in using reconstruction loans and tented to remain longer in temporary housing. In an attempt to take in the Kalamata experience and the development features of the disaster area, certain categories of homeless households were offered the choice to select either the typical financial and technical support to reconstruct their damaged house under their own responsibility or a small standard house (50 to 60m2) constructed by the state in their lot. About 4,000 housing units were constructed in villages all over the disaster area. The paper focuses on this new housing policy. It presents the institutional framework, the procedures for the selection of eligible households, the geography of the constructed housing units, issues of project management and involved costs. It also attempts to highlight strong and weak points of the new approach and to make some comparisons with the long-established approach to recovery of damaged building stock. The overall conclusion is that despite huge complexities in project management and higher costs, this new policy contributed in retaining the population and enhancing development in the area.

  18. The process of implementation of emergency care units in Brazil.

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    O'Dwyer, Gisele; Konder, Mariana Teixeira; Reciputti, Luciano Pereira; Lopes, Mônica Guimarães Macau; Agostinho, Danielle Fernandes; Alves, Gabriel Farias

    2017-12-11

    To analyze the process of implementation of emergency care units in Brazil. We have carried out a documentary analysis, with interviews with twenty-four state urgency coordinators and a panel of experts. We have analyzed issues related to policy background and trajectory, players involved in the implementation, expansion process, advances, limits, and implementation difficulties, and state coordination capacity. We have used the theoretical framework of the analysis of the strategic conduct of the Giddens theory of structuration. Emergency care units have been implemented after 2007, initially in the Southeast region, and 446 emergency care units were present in all Brazilian regions in 2016. Currently, 620 emergency care units are under construction, which indicates expectation of expansion. Federal funding was a strong driver for the implementation. The states have planned their emergency care units, but the existence of direct negotiation between municipalities and the Union has contributed with the significant number of emergency care units that have been built but that do not work. In relation to the urgency network, there is tension with the hospital because of the lack of beds in the country, which generates hospitalizations in the emergency care unit. The management of emergency care units is predominantly municipal, and most of the emergency care units are located outside the capitals and classified as Size III. The main challenges identified were: under-funding and difficulty in recruiting physicians. The emergency care unit has the merit of having technological resources and being architecturally differentiated, but it will only succeed within an urgency network. Federal induction has generated contradictory responses, since not all states consider the emergency care unit a priority. The strengthening of the state management has been identified as a challenge for the implementation of the urgency network.

  19. The process of implementation of emergency care units in Brazil

    PubMed Central

    O'Dwyer, Gisele; Konder, Mariana Teixeira; Reciputti, Luciano Pereira; Lopes, Mônica Guimarães Macau; Agostinho, Danielle Fernandes; Alves, Gabriel Farias

    2017-01-01

    ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the process of implementation of emergency care units in Brazil. METHODS We have carried out a documentary analysis, with interviews with twenty-four state urgency coordinators and a panel of experts. We have analyzed issues related to policy background and trajectory, players involved in the implementation, expansion process, advances, limits, and implementation difficulties, and state coordination capacity. We have used the theoretical framework of the analysis of the strategic conduct of the Giddens theory of structuration. RESULTS Emergency care units have been implemented after 2007, initially in the Southeast region, and 446 emergency care units were present in all Brazilian regions in 2016. Currently, 620 emergency care units are under construction, which indicates expectation of expansion. Federal funding was a strong driver for the implementation. The states have planned their emergency care units, but the existence of direct negotiation between municipalities and the Union has contributed with the significant number of emergency care units that have been built but that do not work. In relation to the urgency network, there is tension with the hospital because of the lack of beds in the country, which generates hospitalizations in the emergency care unit. The management of emergency care units is predominantly municipal, and most of the emergency care units are located outside the capitals and classified as Size III. The main challenges identified were: under-funding and difficulty in recruiting physicians. CONCLUSIONS The emergency care unit has the merit of having technological resources and being architecturally differentiated, but it will only succeed within an urgency network. Federal induction has generated contradictory responses, since not all states consider the emergency care unit a priority. The strengthening of the state management has been identified as a challenge for the implementation of the urgency network. PMID:29236876

  20. Will they stay or will they go? The role of job embeddedness in predicting turnover in individualistic and collectivistic cultures.

    PubMed

    Ramesh, Anuradha; Gelfand, Michele J

    2010-09-01

    Although turnover is an issue of global concern, paradoxically there have been few studies of turnover across cultures. We investigated the cross-cultural generalizability of the job embeddedness model (Mitchell & Lee, 2001) by examining turnover in an individualistic country (United States) and a collectivistic country (India). Using cross-cultural data from call centers (N = 797), we demonstrated that although organization job embeddedness predicted turnover in both countries, different dimensions of job embeddedness predicted turnover in the United States and India. As hypothesized, on the basis of individualism-collectivism theory, person-job fit was a significant predictor of lower turnover in the United States, whereas person-organization fit, organization links, and community links were significant predictors of lower turnover in India. We also explored whether a newly developed construct of embeddedness-family embeddedness-predicts turnover above and beyond job embeddedness and found initial support for its utility in both the United States and India. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. Copyright 2010 APA, all rights reserved

  1. How Other Countries Use Deprivation Indices-And Why The United States Desperately Needs One.

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    Phillips, Robert L; Liaw, Winston; Crampton, Peter; Exeter, Daniel J; Bazemore, Andrew; Vickery, Katherine Diaz; Petterson, Stephen; Carrozza, Mark

    2016-11-01

    Integrating public health and medicine to address social determinants of health is essential to achieving the Triple Aim of lower costs, improved care, and population health. There is intense interest in the United States in using social determinants of health to direct clinical and community health interventions, and to adjust quality measures and payments. The United Kingdom and New Zealand use data representing aspects of material and social deprivation from their censuses or from administrative data sets to construct indices designed to measure socioeconomic variation across communities, assess community needs, inform research, adjust clinical funding, allocate community resources, and determine policy impact. Indices provide these countries with comparable data and serve as a universal language and tool set to define organizing principles for population health. In this article we examine how these countries develop, validate, and operationalize their indices; explore their use in policy; and propose the development of a similar deprivation index for the United States. Project HOPE—The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.

  2. Safety climate and safety behaviors in the construction industry: The importance of co-workers commitment to safety.

    PubMed

    Schwatka, Natalie V; Rosecrance, John C

    2016-06-16

    There is growing empirical evidence that as safety climate improves work site safety practice improve. Safety climate is often measured by asking workers about their perceptions of management commitment to safety. However, it is less common to include perceptions of their co-workers commitment to safety. While the involvement of management in safety is essential, working with co-workers who value and prioritize safety may be just as important. To evaluate a concept of safety climate that focuses on top management, supervisors and co-workers commitment to safety, which is relatively new and untested in the United States construction industry. Survey data was collected from a cohort of 300 unionized construction workers in the United States. The significance of direct and indirect (mediation) effects among safety climate and safety behavior factors were evaluated via structural equation modeling. Results indicated that safety climate was associated with safety behaviors on the job. More specifically, perceptions of co-workers commitment to safety was a mediator between both management commitment to safety climate factors and safety behaviors. These results support workplace health and safety interventions that build and sustain safety climate and a commitment to safety amongst work teams.

  3. The distribution of common construction materials at risk to acid deposition in the United States

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Lipfert, Frederick W.; Daum, Mary L.

    Information on the geographic distribution of various types of exposed materials is required to estimate the economic costs of damage to construction materials from acid deposition. This paper focuses on the identification, evaluation and interpretation of data describing the distributions of exterior construction materials, primarily in the United States. This information could provide guidance on how data needed for future economic assessments might be acquired in the most cost-effective ways. Materials distribution surveys from 16 cities in the U.S. and Canada and five related databases from government agencies and trade organizations were examined. Data on residential buildings are more commonly available than on nonresidential buildings; little geographically resolved information on distributions of materials in infrastructure was found. Survey results generally agree with the appropriate ancillary databases, but the usefulness of the databases is often limited by their coarse spatial resolution. Information on those materials which are most sensitive to acid deposition is especially scarce. Since a comprehensive error analysis has never been performed on the data required for an economic assessment, it is not possible to specify the corresponding detailed requirements for data on the distributions of materials.

  4. Density functional study of intramolecular ferromagnetic interaction through m-phenylene coupling unit (I): UBLYP, UB3LYP, and UHF calculations

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Mitani, Masaki; Mori, Hiroki; Takano, Yu; Yamaki, Daisuke; Yoshioka, Yasunori; Yamaguchi, Kizashi

    2000-09-01

    Polyradicals comprised of m-phenylene-bridged organic radicals are well known as building blocks of organic ferromagnets, in which radical groups are connected with each other at the meta position in the benzene ring, and the parallel-spin configurations between radical sites are more stabilized than the antiparallel ones. Topological rules for spin alignments enable us to design organic high-spin dendrimers and polymers with the ferromagnetic ground states by linking various radical species through an m-phenylene unit. However, no systematic ab initio treatment of such spin dendrimers and magnetic polymers has been reported until now, though experimental studies on these materials have been performed extensively in the past ten years. As a first step to examine the possibilities of ferromagnetic dendrimers and polymers constructed of m-phenylene units with organic radicals, we report density functional and molecular orbital calculations of six m-phenylene biradical units with radical substituents and polycarbenes linked with an m-phenylene-type network. The relative stability between the spin states and spin density population are estimated by BLYP or B3LYP and Hartree-Fock calculations in order to clarify their utility for constructions of large spin denderimers and periodic magnetic polymers, which are final targets in this series of papers. It is shown that neutral polyradicals with an m-phenylene bridge are predicted as high-spin ground-state molecules by the computations, while m-phenylene-bridged ion-radical species formed by doping may have the low-spin ground states if zwitterionic configurations play significant roles to stabilize low-spin states. Ab initio computations also show an important role of conformations of polyradicals for stabilization of their high-spin states. The computational results are applied to molecular design of high-spin dendrimers and polymers. Implications of them are also discussed in relation to recent experimental results for high-spin organic molecules.

  5. A Geostatistical Toolset for Reconstructing Louisiana's Coastal Stratigraphy using Subsurface Boring and Cone Penetrometer Test Data

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    Li, A.; Tsai, F. T. C.; Jafari, N.; Chen, Q. J.; Bentley, S. J.

    2017-12-01

    A vast area of river deltaic wetlands stretches across southern Louisiana coast. The wetlands are suffering from a high rate of land loss, which increasingly threats coastal community and energy infrastructure. A regional stratigraphic framework of the delta plain is now imperative to answer scientific questions (such as how the delta plain grows and decays?) and to provide information to coastal protection and restoration projects (such as marsh creation and construction of levees and floodwalls). Through years, subsurface investigations in Louisiana have been conducted by state and federal agencies (Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, United States Geological Survey, United States Army Corps of Engineers, etc.), research institutes (Louisiana Geological Survey, LSU Coastal Studies Institute, etc.), engineering firms, and oil-gas companies. This has resulted in the availability of various types of data, including geological, geotechnical, and geophysical data. However, it is challenging to integrate different types of data and construct three-dimensional stratigraphy models in regional scale. In this study, a set of geostatistical methods were used to tackle this problem. An ordinary kriging method was used to regionalize continuous data, such as grain size, water content, liquid limit, plasticity index, and cone penetrometer tests (CPTs). Indicator kriging and multiple indicator kriging methods were used to regionalize categorized data, such as soil classification. A compositional kriging method was used to regionalize compositional data, such as soil composition (fractions of sand, silt and clay). Stratigraphy models were constructed for three cases in the coastal zone: (1) Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) area: soil classification and soil behavior type (SBT) stratigraphies were constructed using ordinary kriging; (2) Middle Barataria Bay area: a soil classification stratigraphy was constructed using multiple indicator kriging; (3) Lower Barataria Bay and Lower Breton Sound areas: a soil texture stratigraphy was constructed using soil compositional data and compositional kriging. Cross sections were extracted from the three-dimensional stratigraphy models to reveal spatial distributions of different stratigraphic features.

  6. 41 CFR 60-741.2 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS, EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 741... Programs of the United States Department of Labor, or his or her designee. (g) Disability—(1) The term... functions incidental to the actual construction. (2) Contracting agency means any department, agency...

  7. Field Evaluation of Advanced Methods of Geotechnical Instrumentation for Transit Tunneling

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1983-09-01

    The construction of new rail rapid transit systems and additions to existing systems, has greatly increased the amount of tunneling performed in the United States. Since these transit systems are generally located in urban areas, tunneling is used to...

  8. Rapid and Non-Destructive Assessment of Levees for Strength and Liquefaction Resistance.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2017-08-15

    Beginning with the first recorded levee construction in 1717 for the small village of New Orleans (Mitchell 1990), the United States levee system has been continuously adapted to respond to changing flood conditions and urban development. Although nu...

  9. 32 CFR 553.13 - Standards of construction, maintenance, and operations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... shrines provided by a grateful nation to the honored dead of the Armed Forces of the United States, the...) Accomodations and services provided to the next of kin of the honored dead and to the general public will be of...

  10. 32 CFR 553.13 - Standards of construction, maintenance, and operations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... shrines provided by a grateful nation to the honored dead of the Armed Forces of the United States, the...) Accomodations and services provided to the next of kin of the honored dead and to the general public will be of...

  11. 32 CFR 553.13 - Standards of construction, maintenance, and operations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... shrines provided by a grateful nation to the honored dead of the Armed Forces of the United States, the...) Accomodations and services provided to the next of kin of the honored dead and to the general public will be of...

  12. 32 CFR 553.13 - Standards of construction, maintenance, and operations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... shrines provided by a grateful nation to the honored dead of the Armed Forces of the United States, the...) Accomodations and services provided to the next of kin of the honored dead and to the general public will be of...

  13. Safety and Automated Train Control for Rail Rapid Transit Systems

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1974-07-01

    The anticipated construction and expansion of rail rapid transit system in the United States over the next 10-15 years implies major capital expenditures. A significant level of automation in train cntrol is likely to be central to these systems. The...

  14. Meeting the Customer's Needs for Mobility and Safety During Construction and Maintenance Operations

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2011-01-01

    This report presents the Survey, Interviews, and Workshops Test Plan for 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 Progr...

  15. Long-term durability of geosynthetics based on exhumed samples from construction projects

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2001-04-01

    This report presents the results of mechanical and chemical tests on 24 retrieved geosynthetics from 12 sites, across the United States and provides a baseline databank of mechanical and chemical properties of many commonly used geosynthesis in trans...

  16. Pulpwood production and use in southern forest survey territory, 1946

    Treesearch

    William S. Stover

    1946-01-01

    The great expansion of the wood pulp and paper industry in the South is one of the major developments in the United States forest scene in recent years. Since 1936, when the current expansion started, wood-pulping capacity in the 12 southern States from Virginia to Texas has nearly quadrupled--the result of new mill construction and expansion of existing mills. About...

  17. Common clay and shale

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Virta, R.L.

    2006-01-01

    At present, 150 companies produce common clay and shale in 41 US states. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), domestic production in 2005 reached 24.8 Mt valued at $176 million. In decreasing order by tonnage, the leading producer states include North Carolina, Texas, Alabama, Georgia and Ohio. For the whole year, residential and commercial building construction remained the major market for common clay and shale products such as brick, drain tile, lightweight aggregate, quarry tile and structural tile.

  18. A Comparative Analysis of Domestic Violence Shelter Staff Perceptions Regarding Barriers to Services in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United States.

    PubMed

    Grubb, Jonathan A; Muftić, Lisa R

    2017-11-01

    Service provision for domestic violence (DV) survivors has been a long-standing staple of shelters in the United States. Although shelter services provide numerous benefits for survivors, barriers tied to acquisition remain a pressing concern when combatting DV. Nevertheless, there has been minimal research exploring barriers to service acquisition on a cross-national level. As such, the current research cross-nationally examines perceptions of shelter staff regarding acquisition barriers as well as the effectiveness of local agencies to meet survivor needs and differences in populations served in the United States (specifically Texas) as well as in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Data collection stemmed from self-report surveys originally constructed in English and translated into Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian. Results underscored differences between populations served, perceptions of local agencies assisting survivors of DV, and barriers tied to cultural and financial concerns. Implications, limitations, and future directions are also discussed.

  19. Preliminary map of temperature gradients in the conterminous United States

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

    Guffanti, M.; Nathenson, M.

    1980-09-01

    Temperature gradients have been determined from temperature/depth measurements made in drill holes deeper than 600 m and used in the construction of a temperature-gradient map of the conterminous United States. The map displays temperature gradients (in /sup 0/C/km) that can be expected to exist regionally in a conductive thermal regime to a depth of 2 km. The major difference between this map and the AAPG-USGS temperature-gradient map is in the midcontinental region where the AAPG-USGS map does not demarcate a division between colder eastern and warmer western thermal regimes. A comparison with the heat-flow map of Sass et al. (1980)more » indicates that temperature gradients commonly reflect regional heat flow, and the gross east-west division of the United States on the basis of heat flow is also expressed by temperature gradient.« less

  20. Modularized construction of general integrated circuits on individual carbon nanotubes.

    PubMed

    Pei, Tian; Zhang, Panpan; Zhang, Zhiyong; Qiu, Chenguang; Liang, Shibo; Yang, Yingjun; Wang, Sheng; Peng, Lian-Mao

    2014-06-11

    While constructing general integrated circuits (ICs) with field-effect transistors (FETs) built on individual CNTs is among few viable ways to build ICs with small dimension and high performance that can be compared with that of state-of-the-art Si based ICs, this has not been demonstrated owing to the absence of valid and well-tolerant fabrication method. Here we demonstrate a modularized method for constructing general ICs on individual CNTs with different electric properties. A pass-transistor-logic style 8-transistor (8-T) unit is built, demonstrated as a multifunctional function generator with good tolerance to inhomogeneity in the CNTs used and used as a building block for constructing general ICs. As an example, an 8-bits BUS system that is widely used to transfer data between different systems in a computer is constructed. This is the most complicated IC fabricated on individual CNTs to date, containing 46 FETs built on six individual semiconducting CNTs. The 8-T unit provides a good basis for constructing complex ICs to explore the potential and limits of CNT ICs given the current imperfection in available CNT materials and may also be developed into a universal and efficient way for constructing general ICs on ideal CNT materials in the future.

  1. Atlas/Data Abstract for the United States and Selected Areas: Fiscal Year 1988

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1988-01-01

    more than one plant, the contract has been attributed to the location where the largest dollar amount of work will be performed. Both construction and...67,322 170,367 44,068 123 Service Contracts 596,632 82,939 430,629 71,587 11,477 Construction Contracts 14,788 163 14,625 0 0 Civil Function Contracts...Contracts 151,308 16,972 7,680 5,040 121,616 R&D Contracts 15,559 8,513 2,997 4,049 0 Service Contracts 50,458 2,246 28,987 17,214 2,011 Construction

  2. Reserve Component Support to United States National Low Intensity Conflict Strategy: Future Issues. CLIC Papers

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1989-04-01

    transportation systems; (3) Well drilling and construction of basic sanitation facilities; and (4) Rudimentary construction and repair of public facilities. e. 10...reporting. The conferees, therefore, exempted ( de minimus) activities from this section. The conferees did not put a specific dollar ceiling on the...definition of ( de minimus) but wish to make clear they had in mind activities that have been commonplace on foreign exercises for decades. These would include

  3. Dynamic, Dogmatic, & Divergent: How United States Marine Corps Officers Learn the Innovative Art of Constructive Rule-Breaking

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2014-07-16

    been properly screened and evaluated, and certified as possessing exemplary moral character. Any decision-making construct that knowingly and...to generate optimal outcomes in the grip of chaos.34 In his book Corps Business (2000), David Freeman isolates this idea even further: What sets...and Robb Webb, Battle Ready, Pg. 142. 35 Freedman, David H., Corps Business : The 30 Management Principles of the U.S. Marines, Pg. 68. 36 Interview

  4. Army Corps of Engineers: Better Guidance Could Improve Corps’ Information on Water Resources Projects Undertaken by Nonfederal Sponsors

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-12-01

    Nonfederal Sponsors Why GAO Did This Study Through its Civil Works program, the Corps designs , constructs, and maintains federal water resources...Public Works United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is the world’s largest public engineering, design ...its Civil Works Program, in general, the Corps plans, designs , constructs, operates, and maintains a wide range of water resources projects. Congress

  5. Forecast Inaccuracies in Power Plant Projects From Project Managers' Perspectives

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Sanabria, Orlando

    Guided by organizational theory, this phenomenological study explored the factors affecting forecast preparation and inaccuracies during the construction of fossil fuel-fired power plants in the United States. Forecast inaccuracies can create financial stress and uncertain profits during the project construction phase. A combination of purposeful and snowball sampling supported the selection of participants. Twenty project managers with over 15 years of experience in power generation and project experience across the United States were interviewed within a 2-month period. From the inductive codification and descriptive analysis, 5 themes emerged: (a) project monitoring, (b) cost control, (c) management review frequency, (d) factors to achieve a precise forecast, and (e) factors causing forecast inaccuracies. The findings of the study showed the factors necessary to achieve a precise forecast includes a detailed project schedule, accurate labor cost estimates, monthly project reviews and risk assessment, and proper utilization of accounting systems to monitor costs. The primary factors reported as causing forecast inaccuracies were cost overruns by subcontractors, scope gaps, labor cost and availability of labor, and equipment and material cost. Results of this study could improve planning accuracy and the effective use of resources during construction of power plants. The study results could contribute to social change by providing a framework to project managers to lessen forecast inaccuracies, and promote construction of power plants that will generate employment opportunities and economic development.

  6. Guidelines for Sampling, Assessing, and Restoring Defective Grout in Prestressed Concrete Bridge Post-Tensioning Ducts

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2013-10-01

    A significant proportion of the United States bridge inventory is based on bonded post-tensioned (PT) concrete construction. An important aspect of maintaining corrosion protection of these PT systems is assuring that tendon ducts are properly groute...

  7. Design of a post-tensioned prestressed concrete pavement, construction guidelines, and monitoring plan.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2003-08-01

    Prestressed Concrete Pavement (PCP) has been around for almost 60 years. Its application started in Europe in : the 1940s, and since then it has been applied with fair success in other countries, including the United States. : Domestic application of...

  8. FME Senior Project Managers: A Juggling Act of Multiple Projects | Poster

    Cancer.gov

    By Peggy Pearl, Contributing Writer It was not until the 1950s that organizations in the United States began to apply project management tools and techniques to complex construction and engineering projects (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_life_cycle).

  9. 33 CFR 114.05 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    .... (h) Permit. The term “permit” means the license permitting construction of bridges and approaches... subchapter. (i) Secretary. The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Homeland Security or any person to... term “bridge” means a structure erected across navigable waters of the United States, and includes...

  10. United States housing brief, August 2017

    Treesearch

    Delton Alderman

    2018-01-01

    The bright spot in September was new single-family sales, but housing starts appear to have stalled on a monthly basis. Regionally, data were mixed across all sectors. New construction spending’s contribution to U.S. gross domestic product decreased on a quarterly basis.

  11. United States housing brief, September 2017

    Treesearch

    Delton Alderman

    2018-01-01

    The bright spot in September was new single-family sales, but housing starts appear to have stalled on a monthly basis. Regionally, data were mixed across all sectors. New construction spending’s contribution to U.S. gross domestic product decreased on a quarterly basis.

  12. Anchorage zone design for pretensioned precast bulb-T bridge girders in Virginia.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2009-01-01

    Precast/prestressed concrete girders are commonly used in bridge construction in the United States. The application and diffusion of the prestress force in a pretensioned girder cause a vertical tension force to develop near the end of the beam. Fiel...

  13. 39 CFR 776.9 - Review procedures.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... Service UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FLOODPLAIN AND WETLAND PROCEDURES Wetlands Protection § 776.9 Review procedures. (a) Early public notice. If a facility action at the contending site(s) could require construction in a wetland, public notice must be provided. (b) Finding of no practicable...

  14. 39 CFR 776.9 - Review procedures.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Service UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FLOODPLAIN AND WETLAND PROCEDURES Wetlands Protection § 776.9 Review procedures. (a) Early public notice. If a facility action at the contending site(s) could require construction in a wetland, public notice must be provided. (b) Finding of no practicable...

  15. 39 CFR 776.9 - Review procedures.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... Service UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FLOODPLAIN AND WETLAND PROCEDURES Wetlands Protection § 776.9 Review procedures. (a) Early public notice. If a facility action at the contending site(s) could require construction in a wetland, public notice must be provided. (b) Finding of no practicable...

  16. 39 CFR 776.9 - Review procedures.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... Service UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FLOODPLAIN AND WETLAND PROCEDURES Wetlands Protection § 776.9 Review procedures. (a) Early public notice. If a facility action at the contending site(s) could require construction in a wetland, public notice must be provided. (b) Finding of no practicable...

  17. 39 CFR 776.9 - Review procedures.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... Service UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FLOODPLAIN AND WETLAND PROCEDURES Wetlands Protection § 776.9 Review procedures. (a) Early public notice. If a facility action at the contending site(s) could require construction in a wetland, public notice must be provided. (b) Finding of no practicable...

  18. Constructing a celestial calendar wheel

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Cousineau, Sarah M.

    1999-11-01

    When we are asked to consider astronomical monuments of historical significance, we often think of Stonehenge, Mayan cities, or Aztec calendars. Few of us in the United States are prompted to look in our own backyard, where Native Americans spent centuries monitoring the rhythmic motions of the skies.

  19. Urban-rural differences in environmental quality and associations with adverse birth outcomes

    EPA Science Inventory

    Exposures affecting human health differ across environmental media and level of urbanicity. To address this, we constructed an Environmental Quality Index (EQI) with data representing five domains (air, water, land, built, sociodemographic) for each United States (U.S.) county. F...

  20. 9 CFR 121.1 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    .... Recombinant nucleic acids. (1) Molecules that are constructed by joining nucleic acid molecules and that can... of the United States. Synthetic nucleic acids. (1) Molecules that are chemically or by other means synthesized or amplified, including those that are chemically or otherwise modified but can base pair with...

  1. 9 CFR 121.1 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    .... Recombinant nucleic acids. (1) Molecules that are constructed by joining nucleic acid molecules and that can... of the United States. Synthetic nucleic acids. (1) Molecules that are chemically or by other means synthesized or amplified, including those that are chemically or otherwise modified but can base pair with...

  2. 46 CFR 308.400 - Authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... 46 Shipping 8 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Authority. 308.400 Section 308.400 Shipping MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCY OPERATIONS WAR RISK INSURANCE War Risk Builder's Risk... issuance of war risk insurance on American vessels under construction in shipyards in the United States. ...

  3. Constructing Language Normativity through the Animation of Stance in Spanish Language Medical Consultations

    PubMed Central

    Vickers, Caroline H.; Deckert, Sharon K.; Goble, Ryan

    2013-01-01

    The purpose of this study is to examine the construction of language normativity as medical providers interact with patients and animate stance within Spanish language medical consultations. The context of the study is a clinic in which providers use Spanish to communicate with monolingual Spanish-speaking patients. This clinic is in the United States, an English-speaking macro-societal context. Findings indicate that providers who are second language users of Spanish animate stance and interact with patients in ways that English is constructed as normative and Spanish as marked. Implications include the need to consider how the construction of language normativity within medical consultations affects health outcomes. PMID:24156518

  4. Wildlife conservation and solar energy development in the Desert Southwest, United States

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Lovich, Jeffrey E.; Ennen, Josua R.

    2011-01-01

    Large areas of public land are currently being permitted or evaluated for utility-scale solar energy development (USSED) in the southwestern United States, including areas with high biodiversity and protected species. However, peer-reviewed studies of the effects of USSED on wildlife are lacking. The potential effects of the construction and the eventual decommissioning of solar energy facilities include the direct mortality of wildlife; environmental impacts of fugitive dust and dust suppressants; destruction and modification of habitat, including the impacts of roads; and off-site impacts related to construction material acquisition, processing, and transportation. The potential effects of the operation and maintenance of the facilities include habitat fragmentation and barriers to gene flow, increased noise, electromagnetic field generation, microclimate alteration, pollution, water consumption, and fire. Facility design effects, the efficacy of site-selection criteria, and the cumulative effects of USSED on regional wildlife populations are unknown. Currently available peer-reviewed data are insufficient to allow a rigorous assessment of the impact of USSED on wildlife.

  5. Societal costs of exposure to toxic substances: economic and health costs of four case studies that are candidates for environmental causation.

    PubMed Central

    Muir, T; Zegarac, M

    2001-01-01

    Four outcomes that evidence suggests are candidates for "environmental causation" were chosen for analysis: diabetes, Parkinson's disease (PD), neurodevelopmental effects and hypothyroidism, and deficits in intelligence quotient (IQ). These are an enormous burden in the United States, Canada, and other industrial countries. We review findings on actual social and economic costs, construct estimates of some of the costs from pertinent sources, and provide several hypothetical examples consistent with published evidence. Many detailed costs are estimated, but these are fragmented and missing in coverage and jurisdiction. Nonetheless, the cumulative costs identified are very large, totaling $568 billion to $793 billion per year for Canada and the United States combined. Partial Canadian costs alone are $46 billion to $52 billion per year. Specifics include diabetes (United States and Canada), $128 billion per year; PD in the United States, $13 billion to $28.5 billion per year; neurodevelopmental deficits and hypothryoidism are endemic and, including estimates of costs of childhood disorders that evidence suggests are linked, amount to $81.5 billion to $167 billion per year for the United States and $2 billion per year in Ontario; loss of 5 IQ points cost $30 billion per year in Canada and $275 billion to $326 billion per year in the United States; and hypothetical dynamic economic impacts cost another $19 billion to $92 billion per year for the United States and Canada combined. Reasoned arguments based on the weight of evidence can support the hypothesis that at least 10%, up to 50% of these costs are environmentally induced--between $57 billion and $397 billion per year. PMID:11744507

  6. Planning responds to gender violence: evidence from Spain, Mexico and the United States.

    PubMed

    Sweet, Elizabeth L; Escalante, Sara Ortiz

    2010-01-01

    Urban planning has been largely ineffective in addressing urban violence and particularly slow in responding to gender violence. This paper explores the public and private divide, structural inequalities, and issues of ethnicity and citizenship, in terms of their planning implications for gender violence. Drawing on evidence from Spain, Mexico and the United States, it examines how economic and social planning and gender violence intertwine. The three case studies demonstrate that the challenge is not only to break constructed structural inequalities and divisions between public and private spheres, but also to promote changes in the working models of institutions and organisations.

  7. Experimental demonstration of polarization encoding quantum key distribution system based on intrinsically stable polarization-modulated units.

    PubMed

    Wang, Jindong; Qin, Xiaojuan; Jiang, Yinzhu; Wang, Xiaojing; Chen, Liwei; Zhao, Feng; Wei, Zhengjun; Zhang, Zhiming

    2016-04-18

    A proof-of-principle demonstration of a one-way polarization encoding quantum key distribution (QKD) system is demonstrated. This approach can automatically compensate for birefringence and phase drift. This is achieved by constructing intrinsically stable polarization-modulated units (PMUs) to perform the encoding and decoding, which can be used with four-state protocol, six-state protocol, and the measurement-device-independent (MDI) scheme. A polarization extinction ratio of about 30 dB was maintained for several hours over a 50 km optical fiber without any adjustments to our setup, which evidences its potential for use in practical applications.

  8. A 5-year analysis of crop phenologies from the United States Heartland (Invited)

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Johnson, D. M.

    2010-12-01

    Time series imagery data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) was intersected with annually updated field-level crop data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA). Phenological metrics were derived for major crop types found in the United States (US) Heartland region. The specific MODIS data consisted of the 16-day composited Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) 250 meter spatial resolution imagery from the Terra satellite. Crops evaluated included corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, sorghum, rice, and other small grains. Charts showing the annual average state-level NDVI phenologies by crop were constructed for the five years between 2006 and 2010. The states of interest covered the intensively cultivated regions in the US Great Plains, Corn Belt, and Mississippi River Alluvial Plain. Results demonstrated the recent biophysical growth cycles of prevalent and widespread US crops and how they varied by geography and year. Linkages between the time series data and planting practices, weather impacts, crop progress reports, and yields were also investigated.

  9. Environmental Assessment for Construction of the United States Air Force Technical Application Center (AFTAC) on Patrick Air Force Base, Florida (Amended)

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2010-07-01

    ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) SpecPro Inc,Environmental Services,12500 San Pedro Avenue Ste 670,San Antonio,TX,78216 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION ...FDEP’s state Clearinghouse which provided interagency review by several state organizations . The FDEP determined that the Proposed Action is consistent...locations, etc., that use more organic elements with landscaping, trees, grass, rock, and aesthetic views. The amount of impervious surface for roads and

  10. The application of civil commitment law and practices to a case of delusional disorder: a cross-national comparison of legal approaches in the United States and the United Kingdom.

    PubMed

    Fennell, Philip; Goldstein, Robert Lloyd

    2006-01-01

    Legal approaches to civil commitment in the United States and the United Kingdom are compared. A concise overview of the historical evolution of civil commitment in both countries precedes a discussion of the present scheme of commitment standards in each system. These current standards in U.S. and U.K. jurisdictions are then applied to a hypothetical case of delusional disorder. A discussion of the constructive use of civil commitment in patients with delusional disorder who may be dangerous focuses on its value as a preventive measure against potential harm to self or others, as well as the pros and cons of coercive assessment and treatment. Despite the many differences in approach to commitment, the authors concur that in both countries the patient with delusional disorder was committable before the commission of a serious criminal offense.

  11. Musculoskeletal injuries in construction: a review of the literature.

    PubMed

    Schneider, S P

    2001-11-01

    The first step in addressing any problem is recognition of the problem and a measure of its size and scope. There have been few reviews to date of the evidence of a musculoskeletal disorders problem in construction, particularly in the United States. Construction contractors in the United States have questioned the existence of a musculoskeletal disorders problem in construction, so a review of the evidence is warranted. The types of evidence reviewed include: 1) historical evidence, 2) injury data, 3) workers' compensation data, 4) medical exam data, 5) survey data, and 6) exposure data. Injury data generally represent injuries that the employers have identified as work-related and recorded or reported. Workers' compensation data are from cases that have been filed by workers for compensation and quite often represent only "closed" cases where compensation has been awarded. Medical exam data are from physical examinations of workers. Symptom survey data are the most inclusive and show the number of workers who self-report musculoskeletal problems. Exposure data include measurements made of exposure to musculoskeletal risk factors. The existing data show construction workers to be at significant risk of musculoskeletal injury, specifically related to the work they do. Their risk of musculoskeletal injury is much higher than that of other workers who have less heavy work, about 50 percent higher than all other workers. Several trades have been extensively studied, while others have been studied to a lesser extent. While the exact relationship between exposures and injuries is complex and often multifaceted, it would be difficult to deny the existence of the problem and the fact that these injuries are, to a great extent, related to the work that construction workers perform.

  12. Peat

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Jasinski, S.M.

    2006-01-01

    In 2005, peat was harvested in 15 US states. Florida, Michigan and Minnesota accounted for more than 80% of the US production. Reed-sedge was the dominant variety of peat harvested in the United States. More than 56% of all peat used in the US was imported from Canada. With the growing interest in gardening, landscaping related to home construction and golf courses, peat usage is expected to remain near current levels during the next several years.

  13. 75 FR 6225 - Northern States Power Company-Minnesota; Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Units 1 and 2...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-02-08

    ... modifications of this scope, and the impediments to construction such as the planned refueling outages at both... on the Internet at the NRC Web site: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html . Persons who do not...

  14. Appendix D : policy review of the ITS priority corridors : executive summary

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1989-04-01

    Selected data on highway toll facilities in the United States are contained in Table T-1 of this report based on a survey of facilities in operation, financed, or under construction as of January 1, 1989. The data include information such as the name...

  15. Handbook on Architectural Services.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Adams, Hugh D.; And Others

    Alabama State Building Commission policies and procedures are established for the use of all agencies, architects, and engineers working under the jurisdiction of the Commission. All school construction with the exception of mobile classroom units is covered, and general procedures are outlined followed by the requirements for plan submittals.…

  16. Impact of variations in material properties on asphalt pavement life-evaluation of Warren-Scappoose project : interim report.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1981-12-01

    Construction and short-term pavement performance problems were noted in the Pacific Northwest and throughout the United States during the past five years. Several reasons have been suggested to explain this sudden change in pavement performance, such...

  17. Profiling USGA putting greens using GPR - an as-built surveying method

    USDA-ARS?s Scientific Manuscript database

    Putting greens installed using the United States Golf Association (USGS) specifications have a subsurface infrastructure constructed to exacting standards. It may be difficult to discern those drainage systems that possess installation flaws, as some flaws may not be readily obvious as their being ...

  18. Cross-Cultural Consistency of the Demand/Withdraw Interaction Pattern in Couples

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Christensen, Andrew; Eldridge, Kathleen; Catta-Preta, Adriana Bokel; Lim, Veronica R.; Santagata, Rossella

    2006-01-01

    In order to examine the cross-cultural consistency of several patterns of couple communication, 363 participants from four different countries (Brazil, Italy, Taiwan, and the United States) completed self-report measures about communication and satisfaction in their romantic relationships. Across countries, constructive communication was…

  19. Leveling the Playing Field: Graphical Aids on Mathematics Tests

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Jiménez, Albert M.; Nixon, Casey B.; Zepeda, Sally J.

    2017-01-01

    This research suggests that structural accommodation can be implemented during the construction phase of standardized mathematics examinations. Data from a racially diverse district in the United States are used to compare student performance on questions with and without graphical aids. Findings suggest that mathematics questions possessing…

  20. 22 CFR 401.1 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 true Definitions. 401.1 Section 401.1 Foreign Relations INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND CANADA RULES OF PROCEDURE General § 401.1 Definitions. (a) In the construction of the regulations in this part, unless the context otherwise requires...

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