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Its 157 operating units have day-to-day autonomy to operate in their market, subject to strict central financial controls and measurement. As SYSCO s president, Tom Lankford, stated, Our units have complete autonomy relating to the front-of-the house, customer-facing actions, and very little autonomy on the back of the house - financial controls, accounting, supply chain, ordering, and supplier relationships. ... 

Article 16 of the Directive refers to the transitional measures. These measures apply to active substances that were on the EU market before 14 May 2000 (existing biocidal active substances) and products based on them. Such actives and products could stay on the EU market, subject to existing individual Member State requirements, for a period up to 10 years from 14 May 2000. During the same 10-year period, the Commission was to commence a programme for the review of these substances. The Directive also refers to a Regulation that was to be published and that would provide a suitable priority system. 

The pressure equipment directive was adopted by the European Parliament and the European Council in May 1997. It harmonises the national laws of the 15 Member States of the European Union relating to equipment subject to the pressure risk. That directive is one of the series of technical harmonisation directives such as for machinery, medical devices, simple pressure vessels, gas appliances and so on, which were foreseen by the Communities programme for the elimination of technical barriers to trade. It therefore aims to ensure the free placing on the market and putting into service of the equipment concerned within the European Union and the European Economic Area. At the same time it permits a flexible regulatory environment, allowing European industry to develop new techniques increasing thereby its international competitiveness. 

Projections of market penetrations and contributions to primary consumption of energy from biomass are subject to much criticism and contain significant errors. However, even though these projections may be incorrect, they are necessary to assess the future role and impact of renewable energy resources, and to help in deciding whether a potential renewable energy resource should be developed. 

Estimates of the amount of natural gas available are made within the context of definitions and are subject to revision as definitions change, as additional information becomes available, as resources are consumed, or as undedyiag assumptions are altered. These definitions iaclude proved reserves where the resource is expected to be recoverable and marketable usiag known technology and prices probable reserves where a resource has been identified but not completely characterized and possible or potential gas where estimates are based on the available geological iaformation, historical trends, and previous successes. There are variations ia these definitions throughout the world. 

The acceptance of optical data storage iato the mass storage market, which is as yet exclusively dominated by magnetic systems, will be fundamentally boosted if optical drives and media are subject to uniform standards and become fully compatible, and multiuser drives are offered which enable the user to employ alternatively CD-ROM and EOD disks, and maybe WORM disks as well (and CD-R disks, respectively). A prerequisite, however, will be whether rewritable optical memories will use the MOR or the PCR process. This accord especially will be hard to reach. 

Telephoae iaterviewiag by its very aature implies a cold call at what may be an iaconvenient time for the respondent. To overcome this limitation, some market researchers send a brief letter to the respondent outlining the subject for discussion and why the respondent will benefit from the discussion. A suggested time for the actual call is iadicated. This technique has yielded good results ia many studies. 

Costs. Since much more personal contact work is requked, the cost of marketing research studies is significantly higher than the cost of market research studies. Also, the advisabiHty of using the most senior personnel raises the cost. It is not uncommon for in-depth marketing research studies to cost 35,000 to 100,000, depending on the complexity of the subject. 

Standards have been a part of technology since building began, both at a scale that exceeded the capabiUties of an individual, and for a market other than the immediate family. Standardization minimizes disadvantageous diversity, assures acceptabiUty of products, and faciUtates technical communication. There are many attributes of materials that are subject to standardization, eg, composition, physical properties, dimensions, finish, and processing. Implicit to the realization of standards is the availabiUty of test methods and appropriate caUbration techniques. Apart from physical or artifactual standards, written or paper standards also must be considered, ie, their generation, promulgation, and interrelationships. 

New dmg apphcation (NDA) is the process through which the U.S. Food and Dmg Administration (FDA) authorizes the marketing of a new dmg. In the NDA, the data are intended to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the dmg in its intended apphcation. After approval, the dmg becomes available to the pubhc. Subsequendy, dosage amounts and forms may be modified according to experience, new indications may be added, and contraindications may be noted. All of the changes requite regulatory approval. A dmg in human use is subject to constant surveillance. 

Class III Premarket Approval. Similar to a new dmg approval, a premarket approval grants the appHcant a Hcense to market a specific weU-characterized device. These devices are subject to the requirements of Section 515 of the Eood, Dmg, and Cosmetic Act. A post-amendment device is a device put ia commercial distribution after May 28, 1976. If it is not substantially equivalent to a preamendment device it is automatically ia Class 111, and a premarket approval appHcation (PMA) is required. The appHcation must iaclude reports of preclinical and clinical studies done ia support of claims of safety and efficacy as well as any labeling claims made for the device. Once the PMA is submitted, the PDA determines whether the appHcation iacludes the required information. If the PMA is suitable for scientific review, the PDA has 180 days from the filing date to approve or deny the appHcation. Polybutester, polydioxanone, polyglyconate, and ePTPE sutures are all regulated as Class 111 devices. 

Finishing of Wool. Wool (qv) competes for markets where warmth, wrinkle recovery, and abiUty to set in creases are important. Wool problems relate to shrinkage, particularly to its tendency to felt. This is caused by scaly stmcture, which tends toward fiber entanglement when wet and subjected to mechanical action. In order to compensate for this tendency, wool needs to be set and also made shrinkproof if it is to be laundered. 

Petroleum Waxes. Waxes derived from petroleum are hydrocarbons of three types paraffin [64742-43-4] (clay-treated) sernimicrocrystaUine or intermediate and microcrystalHne [64742-42-3] (clay-treated). SernimicrocrystaUine waxes are not generally marketed as such (7). Others include acid-treated, chemically neutrali2ed, and hydrotreated and paraffin and hydrocarbon waxes, untreated. The quaHty and quantity of the wax separated from the cmde oil depends on the source of the cmde oil and the degree of refining to which it has been subjected prior to wax separation. Petroleum waxes are produced in massive quantities throughout the world. Subject to the wax content in the cmde, paraffin and, to a substantially lesser degree, microcrystalHne wax are produced in almost all countries of the world that refine cmde oil. Production capacity in the United States and imports for the years 1990 to 1995 are Hsted in Table 2. Canada suppHes over 50% of the petroleum wax imported into the United States (3). 

Oxamide is produced commercially by Ube Industries, Ltd. (Japan) and a pilot process is being operated by Enichem (Italy). It is not produced domestically as a commercial fertilizer, although it was the subject of much research and development activity by the Tennessee Valley Authority s (TVA) National Fertilizer Research and Development Center. It is made in small quantities for industrial use by AUied Chemical, Hummel Chemical Co., and United Guardian, Inc. Oxamide has appHcation as a controlled release nitrogen source for the turf and specialty agricultural markets. 

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