Loss control profiling

General aspects of loss confrol are discussed in section 2.2.4. Loss control profiling is one of the major evaluation and control techniques associated with loss control management. The technique of profiling has formed the basis for a number of proprietary auditing systems such as International Safety Rating System (ISRS), Complete Health and Safety Evaluation (CHASE) and Coursafe. 

Between 1968 and 1971, Bird designed a loss control profile to quantify management s efforts in this area. He considered 30 areas of management activity that are connected either directly or indirectly with the reduction of loss. 

10 General promotion through the use of posters, baimers, signs. 

27 Transport including managers and salesmen driving cars. 

Each of the 30 areas needs to be evaluated to pinpoint where action is necessary to improve the organisation s control of losses. The evaluation should be undertaken by trained personnel using the technique of asking a series of questions related to each of the 30 areas. Up to 500 questions may be required to cover the 30 areas. 

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General aspects of loss control are discussed in section 9.4. Loss control profiling is one of the major evaluation and control techniques associated with loss control management. 

Thus, the first stage in loss control profiling is to develop the list of questions that relate specifically to the organisation under review. 

Fletcher and Douglas and Fletcher developed Bird s original ideas on profiling and formulated their own detailed evaluation questionnaire in which the answer to each question was rated on a six-point scale, ranging from fully implemented and fully effective (score 5) to nothing done to date (score 0). The scores of each question in a subject area are then summated, and the value is expressed as a percentage of the maximum attainable score. Loss control profiles are then constructed and utilised in a similar manner to that described above. 

Once the losses - both actual and potential - have been evaluated, and a loss control profile developed, then - and only then - can a definite action programme of loss control be planned and implemented. 

J. A. Fletcher, The Industrial Environment Total Loss Control, National Profile Limited, Willowdale, Ontario, Canada, 1972. 

This would be based on assessing the deficiencies highlighted by the loss control evaluation and profile, then initiating a programme of work to make good those deficiencies. 

Fletcher, J.A., The Industrial Environment - Total Loss Control, 18-122, National Profile Ltd, Willowdale, Ontario, (1972)... 

Fine, W.T. 1971. Mathematical evaluation for controlling hazards.JoumaZ qfSa/ety Research 40 157-166. Fletcher, J.A. 1972. The Industrial Environment—Total Loss Control. Wfllowdale, Ontario, Canada National Profile Limited. 

Adiabatic Reactors. Like isothermal reactors, adiabatic reactors with a flat velocity profile will have no radial gradients in temperature or composition. There are axial gradients, and the axial dispersion model, including its extension to temperature in Section 9.4, can account for axial mixing. As a practical matter, it is difficult to build a small adiabatic reactor. Wall temperatures must be controlled to simulate the adiabatic temperature profile in the reactor, and guard heaters may be needed at the inlet and outlet to avoid losses by radiation. Even so, it is hkely that uncertainties in the temperature profile will mask the relatively small effects of axial dispersion. 

The lower symmetry of nanorods (in comparison to nanoshells) allows additional flexibility in terms of the tunability of their optical extinction properties. Not only can the properties be tuned by control of aspect ratio (Figure 7.4a) but there is also an effect of particle volume (Figure 7.4b), end cap profile (Figure 7.4c), convexity of waist (Figure 7.4d), convexity of ends (Figure 7.4e) and loss of rotational symmetry (Figure 7.4f). 

In vitro release of methotrexate from the LDI based films is shown in Figure 7. The release was fast since the drug was imbedded in a thin film, in the order of 50 to 100 microns. The release profile was typical of one seen in diffusion controlled systems. The scattering of the release data was again reminiscent of the mass loss results, and the cause of that is not certain at this point... 

New evidence indicates that lower doses of estrogens are effective in controlling postmenopausal symptoms and reducing bone loss (see Table 31-2). Even ultralow doses of 17 /J-estradiol delivered by vaginal ring improved serum lipid profiles and prevented bone loss in elderly women. 

Orlistat induces weight loss by lowering dietary fat absorption, and it also improves lipid profiles, glucose control, and other metabolic markers. Soft stools, abdominal pain or colic, flatulence, fecal urgency, and/or incontinence occur in 80% of individuals, are mild to moderate in severity, and improve after 1 to 2 months of therapy. Orlistat interferes with the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins and cyclosporine. 

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