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The selection process of retrieving these case histories from the 18,000 is based on the availability of rich accident data located within the chemical process industry. A detailed discussion of the selection process can be found in Chapters 3 and 6. 

Institute of Chemical Engineers, "Articles and Case Histories from Process Industries Throughout the World", Loss Prevention Bulletin, 075, June 1987, Institute of Chemical Engineers, Ruby, U.K., 1987. 

I had no support system there, so I started a HEAL chapter. What happened was, I started to get phone calls from people complaining about conditions in their children s schools. I thought maybe this was an area I needed to look into, so I started doing research. Nobody seemed to have any research on sick schools, so I just started collecting case histories from these parents and, eventually, from teachers who felt the school environment compromised their health. And gradually I started finding bits and pieces about the connection between environmental exposure and brain function—short-term memory loss, the ability to access, store and retrieve information, all of that kind of neurobiology as it related to the environment. 

Farina, P.R., Homon, C.A., Lazer, E.S., and Parks, T.P., Discovery of BIRM 270 a new class of leukotriene biosynthesis inhibitors, in The Search for Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Case Histories from Concept to Clinic, Merluzzi, V.J. and Adams, ]., Eds., Birkheauser, Boston, 1995, chap. 9. 

Abstract The discovery in the 1960s to early 1970s that rock geochemistry could be used to detect mineral deposits under 50-100 metres of post-mineralization rocks was probably one of the first indications that that geochemistry could be used for deep exploration. Some case histories from Cyprus and Canada are presented to illustrate this. The second important impetus to considering deep exploration was research into the mechanisms involved in the formation of anomalies. This led to the proposal of electrochemical models and the measurement of unconventional parameters such as pH, conductivity in water slurries of samples as well as measurement of elements in dilute leaches including water. These developments are illustrated by case histories from Canada and Australia. 

Adams. J. and V J. Meiluzzi Search for Antiviral Drugs, Case Histories from Concept to Clinic. Birkhauser Vcrlag. Cambridge. MA. 1904. 

Lewis, D., Puebla, Mexico—19 June 1977, Loss Prevention Bulletin—Articles and Case Histories from Process Industries Throughout the World, vol. 100, published by the Institution of Chemical Engineers, August 1991, pp. 35—42. 

Perron, Michael, Operator Error Lessons Learned, Case Histories from Large Losses, Spring National Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Paper 103-C, Orlando, Fla., March 1990. 

Weiss, W. and Puricelli, S. (2004) Case histories from the H2S04 industry (Observe cell temperatures of spent acid oxygen analyzers). Sulfuric Acid Today, Spring-Summer, 18. www.sulfuricacidtoday.com... 

Moorbath S., Whitehouse M. J., and Kamber B. S. (1997) Extreme Nd-isotope heterogeneity in the early Archaean-fact or fiction Case histories from northern Canada and West Greenland. Chem. Geol. 135, 213-231. 

In four case histories from the CSIRO study, soil gas was collected in addition to soil. In the example of the Currawang deposit, a soil-gas Hg anomaly of about twice background occurs in association with a soil anomaly of about 100 times background (Fig. 12-34). The detection limit of Hg in soil gas was 0.07 ng/L and the background levels were in the range 0.1-0.2 ng/L. In two other examples, the Woodcutters Zn-Pb deposit (Roberts, 1973) and the Ranger IV U deposit, both in the Northern Territory, Hg soil anomalies, but not soil-gas anomalies, were detected. In the fourth example, the Jabiluka U-Au deposit, a soil-gas anomaly was present but not a soil anomaly (Fig. 12-22). 

Despite the common assumption of fault sealing in hydrocarbon fields, very few faults have been characterised in the detail needed which allows identification of the sealing mechanism or controls. Without the construction of a robust set of case histories from such analysis, future seal evaluation will remain a high risk venture. These case histories are also needed to integrate seal behaviour with pressure test, production and in situ stress analysis. The paper has highlighted the importance of an integrated approach from micro to macro and stressed the value of core-based studies to quantify fault rock properties, sub-seismic fault populations and sealing mechanisms. 

Bhullar, A. G, Karlsen, D, A., Backer-Owe, K., Seland, R. T. Le Tran, K. 1999b. Dating reservoir filling—A case history from the North Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 16, 581-603. 

Storey BC (1995) The role of mantle plumes in continental breakup Case histories from Gondwanaland. Nature 337 301-308... 

I. Palmlund UK Secrecy hiding harm case histories from the past that inform the future... 

Institution of Chemical Engineers. In Articles and case histories from process industries throughout the world. Loss Prevention Bulletin, vol. 78. Rugby, UK Instituhon of Chemical Engineers 1987. p. 26-27. 

Lewis D. Puebla, Mexico -19 June 1977, Loss prevention bulletin - Articles and case histories from process industries throughout the World, vol. 100. The Institution of Chemical... 

Here is another case history from yesteryear demorrstrating the lack of proper procedures, the lack of process safety irtformatiort, the lack of training, but the desire to keep production going. 

A recent British publication reports that flexible hoses account for about 10% of all the 718 loss of containment incidents that were reported and they studied in an 11 year period. The next chapter will provide details from that British study, along with two case histories from the US Chemical Safety Board and a number of case histories, which could have also been reported as one-minute modifications. The present chapter will highhght a faulty one-minute type hose repair, which resulted in a fierce fire. 

Wilson, 1997, Wilson, R.C., 1997, Broad-scale climatic influences on rainfaU thresholds for debris flows Adapting thresholds for northern California to southern California, in Larson, RA., and Slosson, J.E., editors, Storm-Induced Geologic Hazards Case Histories from the 1992 1993 Winter in Southern California and Arizona Bouldei Colorado, Geological Sodety of America Reviews in Engineering Geology, V. XI, P. 71-80. 

The Yacambu-Quibor tunnel in Venezuela illustrates how a case history from the literature can be employed to emphasize the importance of geology in underground constructions. It is a 23.3 km long hydraulic tunnel with (approx.) 4 m average internal diameter and a rock cover of up to 1270 m that has been considered by many as the most difficult tunnel in the world ... 

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