Economic Benefits of the Recycling Industry in Missouri

The recycling, remanufacturing, and reuse industry (RRR) plays an important role in Missouri by reducing the use of raw natural resources and by reducing energy consumption. Recycling activities also provide important economic benefits beyond environmental benefits. The Missouri Recycling Economic Information Study (MOREIS), funded by the EnvironmentalImprovement and Energy Resources Authority (EIERA), was conducted to determine the extent of economic benefits of recycling for Missourians. A survey was conducted of potential recycling, remanufacturing, and reuse firms in the state. The surveydata along with data from the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) were used to estimate the direct economic impact of the industry in Missouri. Secondary impacts were then calculated from the direct economic impact. The study examined four business sectors, recycling collection, recycling processing, recycling manufacturing, and reuse and remanufacturing. The four business sectors are subdivided into 26 business categories. Data gathered from a mail survey were used in 11 business categories, a calculation based on industry data for 2 categories, and existing data were drawn from the NAICS for the remaining 13 categories. The approach used here permits comparison with the United States Recycling Economic Information Study (USREIS) and other state studies that were based upon the methodology used in USREIS. Three levels of economic impact were used. Data are presented according to the direct effects (actual business employees, sales, and payroll), indirect effects (the effect of purchasing products and services from other business in order to produce a product), and induced effects (wages paid to employees in the direct and supporting industries that are available for employees to purchase goods and services). The induced effect is the total effect the industry has on the region

Missouri Recycling Economic Information Study

The recycling of materials is not new, recycling was an element of the war effort during World War II, for example, and recycling has continued in some sectors without active government involvement. Recycling became more prominent in the 1970s and 80s first because of environmental concerns, and later due to the decline in landfill capacity. These concerns culminated in the passage of SB 530 in 1990. The act strengthened the regulations of landfills, authorized the creation of solid waste management districts, and encouraged recycling of newsprint, batteries and tires, and other products. The resulting recycling activities produce indirect benefits, such as the reduction of environmental degradation caused by illegally disposed waste, including vehicle batteries and tires, but recycling activities also produce economic benefits over and above environmental benefits. This study is designed to explore these economic benefits of recycling in the state of Missouri. The study examined four business sectors, recycling collection, recycling processing, recycling manufacturing, and reuse and remanufacturing. The four business sectors are subdivided into 26 business categories. See Table 1 and Appendix A for a description of the business categories. Data gathered from the mail survey were used in 11 business categories, a derivation based on industry data for 2 categories, and existing data were drawn from the NAICS for the remaining 13 categories. The approach used here was designed to be comparable to the United States Recycling Economic Information Study (USREIS) and the several state studies that have replicated that study.Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority (EIERA)Includes bibliographical reference

Theorizing Program Quality in Web-Based Adult Education

The purpose of the study was to discover dimensions of quality in web based adult education and to map those dimensions in a wide range of programs. The focus of the study was to develop a typology of the types of programs with respect to the quality dimensions of web-based adult education. Cluster analysis was used to develop a typology of web-based adult education

Bioinorganic hydrocarbon oxidation : mechanistic and kinetic studies of the soluble methane monooxygenase from Methylococcus capsulates (bath)

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemistry, 1998.Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-233).Chapter 1. Principles of Small Molecule Activation by Metalloproteins as Exemplified by the Soluble Methane Monooxygenase -- Chapter 2. Small Molecule Binding to the Mixed-Valent Diiron Center of Methane Monooxygenase Hydroxylase from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) as Revealed by ENDOR Spectroscopy -- Chapter 3. An EPR Study of the Dinuclear Iron Site in the Soluble Methane Monooxygenase Reduced by One Electron at 77 K: the Effect of Component Interactions and the Binding of Small Molecules to the Dinuclear Ferric Center -- Chapter 4. An Investigation of the Reaction of Diferrous Methane Monooxygenase Hydroxylase with Dioxygen and Substrates by Rapid Freeze- Quench and Stopped-Flow Spectroscopy -- Chapter 5. Oxidation of Radical Clock Substrate Probes by the Soluble Methane Monooxygenase System -- Chapter 6. Tritiated Chiral Alkanes as Probes for the Mechanism of Hydroxylation by the Soluble Methane Monooxygenase.by Ann M. Valentine.Ph.D

Consonant Confusability: An MEG Study

Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society: General Session and Parasession on Phonetic Sources of Phonological Patterns: Synchronic and Diachronic Explanations (2003

Catching them early : identifying potential early-career leavers

This article describes a small-scale quantitative study that explored levels of satisfaction within a sample of student teachers at two points in time. A first questionnaire was completed during students’ final year at an English university and comprised of questions relating to their satisfaction with school experience. A second was conducted mid-way through their subsequent Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) year, asking similar questions to the first, but applicable to their NQT school. Data indicated that a notable proportion of NQTs had considered leaving the teaching profession since they had qualified. Significantly, it was possible to identify these individuals from the rest of the student cohort by examining their responses from the first questionnaire. This indicates that teachers in danger of leaving the teaching profession at an early stage in their post-qualification career could potentially be recognized during their university training. Finally, issues surrounding the overt labelling of students as being a ‘leaving risk’ are discussed

Catching them early: Promoting teacher retention by identifying potential early-career leavers

The paper describes a study that assesses the feasibility of identifying signs of teacher dissatisfaction at the earliest stage. ITT students were questioned about their satisfaction with their school during their time at university, and again during their NQT year. Their responses were compared in order to see whether NQTs who subsequently consider leaving the profession can be spotted a year earlier during university training, so that remedial action can be taken in university

Pulse oximetry and oxygen services for the care of children with pneumonia attending frontline health facilities in Lagos, Nigeria (INSPIRING-Lagos): study protocol for a mixed-methods evaluation

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this evaluation is to understand whether introducing stabilisation rooms equipped with pulse oximetry and oxygen systems to frontline health facilities in Ikorodu, Lagos State, alongside healthcare worker (HCW) training improves the quality of care for children with pneumonia aged 0-59 months. We will explore to what extent, how, for whom and in what contexts the intervention works. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Quasi-experimental time-series impact evaluation with embedded mixed-methods process and economic evaluation. SETTING: seven government primary care facilities, seven private health facilities, two government secondary care facilities. TARGET POPULATION: children aged 0-59 months with clinically diagnosed pneumonia and/or suspected or confirmed COVID-19. INTERVENTION: 'stabilisation rooms' within participating primary care facilities in Ikorodu local government area, designed to allow for short-term oxygen delivery for children with hypoxaemia prior to transfer to hospital, alongside HCW training on integrated management of childhood illness, pulse oximetry and oxygen therapy, immunisation and nutrition. Secondary facilities will also receive training and equipment for oxygen and pulse oximetry to ensure minimum standard of care is available for referred children. PRIMARY OUTCOME: correct management of hypoxaemic pneumonia including administration of oxygen therapy, referral and presentation to hospital. SECONDARY OUTCOME: 14-day pneumonia case fatality rate. Evaluation period: August 2020 to September 2022. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethical approval from University of Ibadan, Lagos State and University College London. Ongoing engagement with government and other key stakeholders during the project. Local dissemination events will be held with the State Ministry of Health at the end of the project (December 2022). We will publish the main impact results, process evaluation and economic evaluation results as open-access academic publications in international journals. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ACTRN12621001071819; Registered on the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry

Integrated Sustainable childhood Pneumonia and Infectious disease Reduction in Nigeria (INSPIRING) through whole system strengthening in Jigawa, Nigeria: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Child mortality remains unacceptably high, with Northern Nigeria reporting some of the highest rates globally (e.g. 192/1000 live births in Jigawa State). Coverage of key protect and prevent interventions, such as vaccination and clean cooking fuel use, is low. Additionally, knowledge, care-seeking and health system factors are poor. Therefore, a whole systems approach is needed for sustainable reductions in child mortality. METHODS: This is a cluster randomised controlled trial, with integrated process and economic evaluations, conducted from January 2021 to September 2022. The trial will be conducted in Kiyawa Local Government Area, Jigawa State, Nigeria, with an estimated population of 230,000. Clusters are defined as primary government health facility catchment areas (n = 33). The 33 clusters will be randomly allocated (1:1) in a public ceremony, and 32 clusters included in the impact evaluation. The trial will evaluate a locally adapted 'whole systems strengthening' package of three evidence-based methods: community men's and women's groups, Partnership Defined Quality Scorecard and healthcare worker training, mentorship and provision of basic essential equipment and commodities. The primary outcome is mortality of children aged 7 days to 59 months. Mortality will be recorded prospectively using a cohort design, and secondary outcomes measured through baseline and endline cross-sectional surveys. Assuming the following, we will have a minimum detectable effect size of 30%: (a) baseline mortality of 100 per 1000 livebirths, (b) 4480 compounds with 3 eligible children per compound, (c) 80% power, (d) 5% significance, (e) intra-cluster correlation of 0.007 and (f) coefficient of variance of cluster size of 0.74. Analysis will be by intention-to-treat, comparing intervention and control clusters, adjusting for compound and trial clustering. DISCUSSION: This study will provide robust evidence of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community-based participatory learning and action, with integrated health system strengthening and accountability mechanisms, to reduce child mortality. The ethnographic process evaluation will allow for a rich understanding of how the intervention works in this context. However, we encountered a key challenge in calculating the sample size, given the lack of timely and reliable mortality data and the uncertain impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN 39213655 . Registered on 11 December 2019