Data Storage and Retrieval

There is no sense in collecting data if you are not going to use it, and if you do collect it how are you going to store it so you can find it when you want it Whatever system is used must match identified needs and integrate with existing data storage and retrieval systems. 

This may look like a lot of paper or office work but it is necessary if benefit is to be gained from past experiences and also, in certain cases, as proof of actions taken should queries arise in the future. 

Accidents occur - they do not happen-, they are caused - by shortcomings on the part of the employer, the employee or both. The results can be traumatic for both for the employee in the way an injury can affect him personally, his family and their quality of life for the employer through lost production, time spent on investigations and at worst, the cost of a legal action. 

Accident prevention aims to reduce the chances of such an incident to the absolute minimum. 

Hazard - something with the potential to cause harm Risk - the probability that the harm will occur and the severity of the resulting damage 

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Selenium chalcogenide glasses exhibit good infrared transmission properties. These are used as lenses (ZnSe, CdSe) in laser apphcations and have potential applications in fiber optics (qv) and in data storage and retrieval. 

The RMDB consists of two mayor sections computer data storage and retrieval system, and backup microfilm data bank file. The computer data storage and retrieval system is used for die standard reliability and maintainability data listing, special calculations, and searches. This data bank system has been established to facilitate remote terminal access compatible with the GIDEP remote terminal programs. The microfilm data bank file is used for storage and distribution of supplier s documents, failure analysis curves, description of methods used in the collection of the data, and additional background information too extensive to include in the computer data bank. 

The portable vibration analyzer incorporates a microprocessor that allows it to mathematically convert the electrical signal to acceleration per unit time, perform a TFT, and store the data. It can be programmed to generate alarms and displays of the data. The data stored by the analyzer can be downloaded to a personal or a more powerful computer to perform more sophisticated analyses, data storage and retrieval, and report generation. 

The screening capillary viscometer can be operated manually as well as automatically. If manual operation is desired, an interactive program is available to aid with data collection. Program-operator interaction takes place through terminal input and also with a push-button data collection indicator on the instrument itself. The immediate on-line analysis of results and the ease of data storage and retrieval are just some of the benefits realized by using this program 1n conjunction with manual operation of the instrument. 

An essential requirement of any data storage and retrieval system is data validation to ensure that neither incorrect nor dupHcate data are entered onto the main storage file which is used to generate the final reports. This preventative screen is required at four stages during the conversion of the cigarette sample into smoke chemistry values on the database. 

Backman, Terminal Ballistics , Naval Weapons Center TP 5780 (1976), ADA 021833 5) J.P. Lambert et al, Standardization of Terminal Ballistics Testing, Data Storage and Retrieval , ARBRL-TR-02066 (1978), ADE 430062... 

Pros Though not yet widespread, several databases adapted to heterogeneous catalysis have been developed recently at the laboratory scale, which mostly solves the crucial issue of data storage and retrieval. 

Data Storage and Retrieval, Archiving, Raw Data Availability... 

It may take years for a company to compile and submit a regulatory package of completed studies in support of an application. Thus, data storage and retrieval are important. All raw data, documentation, records, protocols, specimens, and final reports generated as a result of a study should be retained. Specimens obtained from mutagenicity tests, specimens of soil, water, and plants, and wet specimens of blood, urine, feces, and biologic fluids, need not be retained after QA verification.6-8... 

Multivariate Analysis Derivation of Expert Systems Data Storage and Retrieval... 

BIOSTAR Tripos Inc. (St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.) Macintosh -based (4-DL) Around S20K Compound registration, assay assignment, data analysis, data storage and retrieval, easy interface with chemical structure and diversity software offered by Tripos Only on Macintosh, difficult to customize, cannot execute cross-plate operations... 

CSAP MLR automation (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A Windows based (Access) ) Around S20K Data analysis, data storage and retrieval, seamless integration with MS-Excel and MS-Word and Visual Basic, customizable, ODBC compliant Only PC-based, vendor not well established, offers no other products... 

Promising new analytical tools are further enzymatic analysis, coated wire electrodes, high-pressure liquid chromotography, sulfide electrode use, and use of computers for data storage and retrieval and for monitoring laboratory instrumentation. 

As will become apparent in the later chapters, the statistical nature of the conclusions is such that the present amount of data in the crystallographic data base is inadequate. We find ourselves presenting results that show well-defined trends, but in doing so, have come to realize that we need a tenfold increase in the information from X-ray and neutron crystallography before the conclusions drawn can become really definitive. This tenfold increase in structural data will surely come within the next decade, and will be useful only if the publication, data storage, and retrieval mechanisms keep pace with the accelerating rate of data acquisition. 

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