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Fig. 4. Classification of flotation machine types and examples of brand names. Numbers indicate countries of origin of machines. 1, United States 2, Germany 3, United Kingdom 4, Norway 5, France 6, Finland 7, Sweden 8, Canada 9, former USSR 10, AustraUa and 11, South Africa. Ref. 15.

Feeding standards, which have been instituted nationally, indicate the amount of the essential amino acids (together with other nutrients) for the rational breeding of domestic animals. The feeding standards of the National Research Council (NRC) of the United States and Agricultural Research Council (ARC) of the United Kingdom are well known (the former indicates the minimal amount and the latter shows the recommended amount). 

U.S. regulations define this standard as foUows proof spirit shaU be held to be that alcohoHc Hquor which contains one-half its volume of alcohol of a specific gravity of 0.7939 at 15.6°C ie, the figure for proof is always twice the percent alcohol content by volume. For example, 100° proof means 50% alcohol by volume. In the United Kingdom as weU as Canada, proof spirit is such that at 10.6°C alcohol weighs exactiy twelve-thirteenths of the weight of an equal bulk of distiUed water. A proof of 87.7° indicates an alcohol concentration of 50%. A conversion factor of 1.142 can be used to change British proof to U.S. proof. 

The corrosion curves in Fig. 3.4 were obtained some years ago. Corrosion is markedly influenced by the pattern of pollution, which is changing in the United Kingdom, and consequently the long-term corrosion rates may change. There is some evidence based on more recent tests to indicate that in many industrial environments the corrosion rate of steel over periods of 15 years will drop to a greater extent than is shown in Fig. 3.4. 

Dietary intake data from a number of studies in North America and the United Kingdom indicate that intake of lutein from natural sources is in the range of 1 to 2 mg/day (approximately 0.01 to 0.03 mg/kg body weight per day). Simulations considering proposed levels of use as a food ingredient resulted in an estimated mean and 90th percentile of intake of lutein plus zeaxanthin of approximately 7 and 13 mg/day, respectively. Formulations containing lutein and zeaxanthin are also available as dietary supplements, but no reliable estimates of intakes from these sources were available. 

To get the best estimate, each job should be broken down into its components and separate indices used for labour and materials. It is often more convenient to use the composite indices published for various industries in the trade journals. These produce a weighted average index combining the various components in proportions considered typical for the particular industry. Such an index for the chemical industry in the United Kingdom is published in the journal Process Engineering, Anon. (2004). The composition of this index is ... 

Odone P, Castoldi MR, Guercilena S, et al. 1979. Erythrocyte zinc protoporphyrin as an indicator of the biological effect of lead in adults and children. In International Conference on Management and Control of Heavy Metals in the Environment, London, United Kingdom, September. Edinburgh, UK CEP Consultants, Ltd., 66-69. 

Accredited laboratories using the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) logo on their reports should make it clear to their customers whether the opinion and/or interpretation is part of their scope of accreditation. If the opinion or interpretation on a report is not within the scope, then there has to be a disclaimer, The opinions and interpretations indicated are outside the scope of UKAS accreditation . UKAS has published a guide to help interpret the ISO standard [3]. 

Bryan, G.W., W.J. Langston, L.G. Hummerstone, G.R. Burt, and Y.B. Ho. 1983. An assessment of the gastropod, Littorina littorea, as an indicator of heavy-metal contamination in United Kingdom estuaries. Jour. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 63 327-345. 

Historical perspective An analysis of thermal runaways in the United Kingdom (Barton and Nolan, Incidents in the Chemical Industry due to Thermal Bunaway Chemical Reactions, Hazards X Process Safety in Fine and Specialty Chemical Plants, IChem 115 3-18) indicated that such incidents occur because of the following general causes ... 

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or mad cow disease) is a progressive neurological degenerative disease in cattle. It is caused by a mutated protein called a prion. BSE was first reported in the United Kingdom in 1986. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare disease that occurs in humans. Evidence to date indicates it is possible for humans to acquire CJD after consuming BSE-contaminated cattle products. 

The United Kingdom Medicines Act 1968 regulations require that all medicinal products are properly labelled to certain minimum standards, but requirements vary from country to country. Clinical trial materials, however, cannot be labelled normally because if the trial is blind, nothing should reveal to the patient or physician the nature of the contents. The basic information on the label should provide the patient s name, study phase, study number, directions for use, any special warning or storage requirements, expiry date and the investigator s name and address, along with an indication that the... 

Information available in 1999 indicated that di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate was produced by 30 companies in China, 15 companies in India, 12 companies in Japan, eight companies in Mexico, seven companies in Taiwan, five companies each in Germany and the Russian Federation, four companies each in Argentina, Brazil, the Philippines and the United States, three companies each in Canada, Chile, Spain, Thailand, Turkey and Venezuela, two companies each in Belgium, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Korea (Republic of), Malaysia and Poland, and one company each in Albania, the Czech Republic, Finland, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Peru, Romania, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and Viet Nam (Chemical Information Services, 1999). 

Information available in 1999 indicated that ethylbenzene was manufactured by nine companies in the United States, eight in Japan, seven in China, four in the Republic of Korea, two each in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Poland, Romania, the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom and one each in Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Iran, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Taiwan and the Ukraine (Chemical Information Services, 1999). 

Information available in 1999 indicated that 5-chloro-ort/2o-toluidine was manufactured by three companies in China and by one company each in Germany, India, Japan and the United Kingdom (Chemical Information Services, 1999). 

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