INDEX case studies

Colombo JC, Pelletier E, Brochu C (1989) Determination of hydrocarbon sources using -alkane and polyaromatic hydrocarbon distribution indexes. Case study Rio de la Plata estuary, Argentina. Environ Sci Technol 23, 888-894. 

These costs are now scrutinized and compared with other figures from fuel suppliers, trade associations or allied companies to identify suspected problems. Typical histories can be obtained from the Case Studies Index of the Energy Information Centre in the UK, or any similar body in other countries. 

J.R.M. Smits, W.J. Meissen, G.J. Daalmans and G. Kateman, Using molecular representations in combination with neural networks. A case study prediction of the HPLC retention index. Computers Chem., 18 (1994) 157-172. 

A Case Study Advancing Ecological Risk Assessment Methods in the EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs, Final Report from FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel. USEPA, Washington, DC (2001). Also available on the World Wide Web http //www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap 001/index.htm, accessed September 2002. 

A new approach for computerized Inherent Safety Index is also presented. The index is used for the synthesis of inherently safer processes by using the index as a fitness function in the optimization of the process structure by an algorithm that is based on the combination of an genetic algorithm and case-based reasoning. Two case studies on the synthesis of inherently safer processes are given in the end. 

Perhaps the best site is that of Amnesty International at http //www.amnesty.org. Its page http //web.amnesty.orgAibrary/eng-313/index cites many dozens of case studies, a significant fraction of which involve electricity. Or type electricity into their search engine (almost hidden at the foot of the page), and be shocked at the number of so-called friendly and civilized countries that employ torture Israel, Indonesia, the USA, and many of the new countries of Europe. Be warned some of the details are horrific - electricity is a very efficient way of generating pain. 

Several large studies have investigated the prevalence of both Tourette s disorder and OCD in index cases having Tourette s disease ( 161, 162). In the cases of Tourette s disorder with OCD symptoms, the age-corrected ratio is 18%, with relatives having Tourette s disorder, chronic tics, or OCD (10%). in relatives of patients that have Tourette s symptoms only, 17% have either Tourette s disorder or chronic tic disorder and 14% have OCD. Thus, the incidence of OCD in relatives is identical in index cases of those with Tourette s disorder with OCD and index cases of Tourette s disorder only. Finally, follow-up studies find that Tourette s disorder develops in a significant percentage of children with OCD (163). 

As for important things that have not changed, with the exception of Chapter 10 I have chosen to continue to use all of the existing case studies. I consider them still to be sufficiently illustrative of modem application that they remain useful as a basis for thought/discussion, and instructors will inevitably have their own particular favorites that they may discuss off-text in any case. The thorough nature of the index has also, hopefully, not changed, nor I hope the deliberate and careful explanation of all equations, tables, and figures. 

In the case study, the indexes involved are /gen and environmental performance of a process also relates to its emission of PEL Therefore, in the WAR algorithm, the output rate of PEI, 7out, and... 

The reaction system involved in the case studied is a kind of relatively complex van de vusse reaction, nevertheless the reaction system in real manufacturing process may involve more reaction types and, therefore, is more complex than that one. One can, however, simulate the change of environmental indexes within a reactor by combining traditional reactor mathematical model with the PEI balance, and may also discover the effects of reaction conditions and engineering factors on environmental performance by PEI rate-law expression and/or combinations it with other reaction rate equations as well as other related equations in reactor mathematical models. 

In the case study, the quantitative environmental impact assessment and the PEI indexes are cited from the WAR algorithm, it is worth noting that, however, quantitative impact assessment and environmental indexes are likely to improve with time, and that these improvements can be incorporate... 

Application of the EDAR Index to a case study of surface water and groundwater pollution... 

As mentioned in Section 17.3.1, retention of quadrivalent actinide oxides within the phosphate matrix is not a major issue because these oxides are insoluble in water, and all that is needed is their microencapsulation by the phosphate components of the matrix. This was demonstrated in a number of studies on UO2 and PUO2 and their surrogate Ce02. If the actinides are found in a trace amount in the waste, their chemical form is not so important because the phosphate matrix immobilizes them very efiectively. For example, the wastewater in the case study given in Section 16.3.2.2 contained 32 pCi/ml of and 0.6 pCi/ml of The ANS 16.1 tests conducted on the waste forms with 18.6pCi/g loading of combined U in the waste form showed that the leaching index was 14.52. XCLP tests also showed that levels in the leachate were below the detection limit of 0.2 pCi/ml. This implies that microencapsulation of trace-level U is very efiective in the Ceramicrete matrix. 

Table 8.2 Case Study 24-year-old male with a body mass Index (BMI) of 32 and family history of premature heart disease (male close relative before age 55).

Using the 76 Standard Solutions A Case Study for Improving the World Food Supply. TRIZ Journal, www.triz-journal.eom/archives/2001/04/e/ index.htm. 

Dresser, T. H. A Case Study of Environmental, Health Safety Issues Involving the Burlington, MA Public School System, http //www.epa.gov/ region7/education resources/teachers/ehsstudy/index.htm (accessed Sep 7, 2008). 

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