Building on Progress - Expanding the Research Infrastructure for the Social, Economic, and Behavioral Sciences. Vol. 1

The publication provides a comprehensive compendium of the current state of Germany's research infrastructure in the social, economic, and behavioural sciences. In addition, the book presents detailed discussions of the current needs of empirical researchers in these fields and opportunities for future development. The book contains 68 advisory reports by more than 100 internationally recognized authors from a wide range of fields and recommendations by the German Data Forum (RatSWD) on how to improve the research infrastructure so as to create conditions ideal for making Germany's social, economic, and behavioral sciences more innovative and internationally competitive. The German Data Forum (RatSWD) has discussed the broad spectrum of issues covered by these advisory reports extensively, and has developed general recommendations on how to expand the research infrastructure to meet the needs of scholars in the social and economic sciences

Nutrition and ocular disease in an older Australian cohort : the Blue Mountains Eye Study

Wolfram syndrome patients are mainly characterised by juvenile onset diabetes mellitus and optic atrophy. A synonym is the acronym DIDMOAD: diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, deafness. Diabetes insipidus and sensorineural high-frequency hearing impairment are important additional features. This rare autosomal recessively inherited neurodegenerative syndrome is caused by mainly inactivating mutations in the WFS1 gene. It is located at chromosome 4p16 and encodes wolframin, a transmembrane protein. No function has yet been ascribed to this protein

Preventing tobacco use among young people: a report of the Surgeon General

Health consequences of tobacco use by young people -- Health consequences of smoking among young people -- Adult health implications of smoking among young people -- Nicotine addiction in adolescence -- Smoking as a risk factor for other drug use -- Health consequences of smokeless tobacco use among young people -- Epidemiology of tobacco use among young people in the United States -- Cigarette smoking among young people in the United States -- Smokeless tobacco use among young people in the United States -- Psychosocial risk factors for initiating tobacco use -- Initiation of cigarette smoking -- Initiation of smokeless tobacco use -- Implications of research for preventing tobacco use: modifying psychosocial risk -- Tobacco advertising and promotional activities -- Role of advertising and promotion in the marketing of tobacco products -- History of cigarette advertising to the young -- Historical content analyses of cigarette advertising -- Promotional efforts of the tobacco industry -- Research on the effects of cigarette advertising and promotional activities on young people --Efforts to prevent tobacco use among young people -- Public opinion about preventing tobacco use among young people -- Educational efforts to prevent tobacco use among young people -- Public policies to prevent tobacco use among young people.Constitutes the 1994 Surgeon general's report on the health consequences of smoking. Cf. Foreword and transmittal letter from Donna E. Shalala.Also available via the World Wide Web.Includes bibliographical references and index

Federal Register

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii

Secretary for Environmental Protection

As a measure of its commitment to good government and to transparency, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control has launched a comprehensive review of its permit process. During the past two years, stakeholder feedback and our own intemal observations have demonstrated that there is room for improvement in the process of permitting hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposalfacilities. Twenty-two businesses are working with outdated permits for various reasons, critics have complained the department does not have clear guidelines for when to deny a permit and businesses complain standards are unevenly applied. To continue providing a high level of protection, DTSC must review its hazardous waste management guidance and practices as they relate to our permitting program. As a result, we have contracted with California Personnel Services (CPS) to perform an outside review of our permit process. CPS is a self-supporting state agency, created in 1985 to improve the performance of government and non-profit agencies, as well as private companies. Bill Magavern, Senior Policy Advocate for the Coalition for Clean Air, and Tom McHefiry, a member of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort Practice Group, ar

Actes de l'Ecole d'Eté Temps Réel 2005 - ETR'2005

Pdf des actes disponible à l'URL http://etr05.loria.fr/Le programme de l'Ecole d'été Temps Réel 2005 est construit autour d'exposés de synthèse donnés par des spécialistes du monde industriel et universitaire qui permettront aux participants de l'ETR, et notamment aux doctorants, de se forger une culture scientifique dans le domaine. Cette quatrième édition est centrée autour des grands thèmes d'importance dans la conception des systèmes temps réel : Langages et techniques de description d'architectures, Validation, test et preuve par des approches déterministes et stochastiques, Ordonnancement et systèmes d'exploitation temps réel, Répartition, réseaux temps réel et qualité de service