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Source NIDA, Monitoring the Future, Overview of Key Findings 2005. 

Sources , Drug Use among Ontario Students, 1997-2005, Toronto 2005 and NIDA, Monitoring the Future, Overview of Key Findings in 2006, Bethesda Maryland, May 2007. 

C. E. TiU, The Riquid-Metal Reactor. Overview of the Integrated Fast Reactor Rationale and Basis for Its Development, Presented to National Academy Sciences Committee on Future Nuclear Power, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, lU., Aug. 1989. 

The relevance of photonics technology is best measured by its omnipresence. Semiconductor lasers, for example, are found in compact disk players, CD-ROM drives, and bar code scaimers, as well as in data communication systems such as telephone systems. Compound semiconductor-based LEDs utilized in multicolor displays, automobile indicators, and most recendy in traffic lights represent an even bigger market, with approximately 1 biUion in aimual sales. The trend to faster and smaller systems with lower power requirements and lower loss has led toward the development of optical communication and computing systems and thus rapid technological advancement in photonics systems is expected for the future. In this section, compound semiconductor photonics technology is reviewed with a focus on three primary photonic devices LEDs, laser diodes, and detectors. Overviews of other important compound semiconductor-based photonic devices can be found in References 75—78. 

Once the decision has been made to use QRA, the next step is to execute it effectively. Chapter 3 describes the process of setting up an individual QRA. This chapter discusses the importance of defining the right problem for analysis and selecting the right analysis techniques it also provides an overview (not a how to) of the various classes of QRA techniques. Chapter 4 discusses ways to interpret and use QRA results. Conclusions about the future of QRA in the CPI are offered in Chapter 5. 

For the novice, this volume provides a starting point for understanding the phenomena covered and presents methods for calculating the possible consequences of incidents. It also offers an overview and resource reference for experts. It should provide managers with a basic understanding of the phenomena, methods of calculation to estimate consequences, and the limitations of each method. The authors also hope that this volume can be taken as a starting point for future research. 

Consider supplementing these relatively static media with in-person presentations—especially as you undertake facility-specific communications. In some companies, it may be feasible to develop a core presentation that a number of PSM advocates— the PSM team, for example—can use to provide an overview and introduction to the PSM system. This helps bring your company s PSM system out of the ivory tower (or research lab) and into the field in addition, it helps encourage dialogue with participants— present and future. 

The final chapter in this volume by Alexander Sadimenko (University of Fort Hare, South Afiica) continues a series by this author on the organometaUic chemistry of heterocycles, of which 0,S monoheterocycles and N,P,Si,B monoheterocycles were published in volumes 78 and 79, respectively. The organometaUic chemistry of pyrazole is so broad that the present overview does not include the polyfunctional, chelating frameworks containing pyrazolyl units, which are typified by the pyrazolyl borate derivatives. These will be the subject of a future chapter. 

The future price of ionic liquids will also reflect intellectual property considerations. While the currently most frequently requested ionic liquids, the tetrafluoroborate and hexafluorophosphate ionic liquids, are all patent-free, many recently developed, new ionic liquid systems are protected by state of matter patents. Table 2.2-2 gives an overview of some examples published after 1999. 

There are multiple mechanisms known to underlie the neuronal cell damage associated with injury or disease that at least theoretically could be targeted for pharmaceutical intervention. Currently however, there is no clinically available therapeutic agent that can reliably protect the brain from progressive neurodegenerative processes for sustained periods. Due to the extensive amount of preclinical research that has been conducted in recent years, there is a basis for optimism, however, it appears likely that some of these approaches will result in clinically effective therapeutic modalities in the near future. A short overview of some of the investigational approaches to combat neurodegeneration appears below. 

The layout of this article is as follows Section 2 considers the equilibrium aspects of the crystals whilst Sects. 3 and 4 explain the growth theories, divided into nucleation and non-nucleation theories, respectively. Finally, Sect. 5 provides an overview and suggests future lines of investigation. 

The symposium was designed to provide an overview of the current status of plutonium chemistry by practitioners in the various areas covered. The authors, drawn from U.S. and foreign universities and national laboratories, were encouraged to include review material to place their subjects in perspective, as well as to suggest what they believe to be productive directions for future investigation. We find it particularly useful that the contributions represent a mixture of fundamental as well as more applied environmental and process chemical research. Although we do not claim that this volume represents all areas of plutonium chemistry that are currently under active investigation, this collection does represent a reasonably broad and balanced view of the field. The contents of the volume should be useful as a reference both for those familiar with actinide chemistry and for those with limited interests who seek an introduction to the literature and current status in an area of plutonium chemistry. 

An overview is given of plutonium process chemistry used at the U. S. Department of Energy Hanford, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Rocky Flats, and Savannah River sites, with particular emphasis on solution chemistry involved in recovery, purification, and waste treatment operations. By extrapolating from the present system of processes, this paper also attempts to chart the future direction of plutonium process development and operation. Areas where a better understanding of basic plutonium chemistry will contribute to development of improved processing are indicated. 

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This is part of the environmental issues series of the UK Environment Agency. The report provides an overview of plastics looking at manufacture, uses and disposal. The aim of the report is to make recommendations on ways to ensure that society s use of plastics is more sustainable in the future. 

This paper provides a detailed overview of the current plastics waste management situation in Japan. It discusses material, chemical, and thermal recycling, and incineration versus landfill. It also provides a flow sheet showing recycling and the treatment/disposal of plastics waste in Japan in 1991. Conclusions are drawn, and the outlook for the future is considered. 5 refs. 

Aggarwal S.L., Structure and properties of block polymers and multiphase polymer systems An overview of present status and future potential. Polymer, 17, 938, 1976. 

In this section an overview on the available technologies for continuous mixing and to compare its benefits with traditional batch mixing is discussed. Further work needs to be done before continuous mixing is widely accepted and an outlook in the next future will be discussed as well. 

Lewis, D. H., Tice, T. R., and Beck, L. R., Overview of controlled release systems for male contraception, in Male Contraception Advances and Future Prospects (G. I. Zatuchni, ed.). Harper and Row, Philadelphia, 1986, pp. 336-345. 

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