Standards grounding practices

In diversity and inclusion, I believe we should move toward adopting a standard for our practices that is similar to the one operating in the clinical arena. Evidence-based practice standards have been in place there for more than a decade. They are grounded in qualifications imposed by science, standardized, replicable, and effective (Drake, 2001). 

For further information on grounding practices, refer to IEEE Standard 142-1972, Recommended Practices for Grounding of Industrial and Commercial Power Systems. ... 

White Chocolate. There is at present no standard of identity in the United States for white chocolate. Virtually all current uses of the term white chocolate do not meet the standards for chocolate, which prescribes the presence of ground cacao nibs. This restrictive requirement has acted as a practical deterrent to companies developing and marketing white chocolate-type products in the United States. When such products have been introduced and marketed in the United States, companies have had to label them with fanciful names to avoid the standardized labeling issues. In other countries where a standard of identity for white chocolate exists and where a minimum amount of cocoa butter is required by law, consumers have available to them a variety of easily recognizable products. 

To use KBr discs for quantitative measurements it is best to employ an internal standard procedure in which a substance possessing a prominent isolated infrared absorption band is mixed with the potassium bromide. The substance most commonly used is potassium thiocyanate, KSCN, which is intimately mixed and ground to give a uniform concentration, usually 0.1-0.2 per cent, in the potassium bromide. A KBr/KSCN disc will give a characteristic absorption band at 2125 cm 1. Before quantitative measurements can be carried out it is necessary to prepare a calibration curve from a series of standards made using different amounts of the pure organic compound with the KBr/KSCN. A practical application of this is given in Section 19.9. 

In the more usual case, however, if small differences are to be measured, it is likely that particle size will have to be standardized. Generally speaking, differences between two unlike samples are more apparent visually for samples of larger particle size (see Table II). Often samples noticeably different in diced form are practically indistinguishable if ground to a very fine powder. 

Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities Appendix IX -Ground-water Monitoring List 0.1-10 pg/L (Practical Quantitation Limits for 2 Methods) 40 CFR 264 EPA 1980b... 

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