Personal observations

Compliance with the written program can be verified during the walkaround by personal observation and employee interviews. If respirators are required to be worn in the workplace or respirators other than dust masks are worn by voluntary users, a written program is required. An overexposure is not required to cite. Discrepancies between the written program and implemented work practices at the worksite should be cited. Use of a elastomeric or supplied-air respirator, even when voluntary on the part of the employee, will require the employer to include all elements in a written program that will make sure that there is proper use of these respirators so that they do not create a hazard. 

This paper points out a few simple but fundamental reasons why expansion of the world use of economic poisons is being seriously retarded. These remarks are based on personal observations in twenty different countries of North America, South America, Europe, and Africa, and on contacts with technical men in as many more countries. 

In this Section the research and conclusions as stated in the previous Section will be discussed, showing the validity of the research and conclusions. Moreover, some personal observations while performing this research are discussed. 

By executing the 7-stage protocol in practice, several personal observations were made that could not be validated from the analysis results. Some observations were made as to why actors accepted precursors and why the overview is so difficult to retrieve. 

In the practical world, results not only need to be reproducible but also transferable. This requirement helps assure that differences in apparatus for the purpose of automation do not interfere with the method and demands a validation to demonstrate equivalency. Designs which diverge from the strict USP and industry convention run the risk of developing a system that cannot be validated at the specific method level. The authors have personally observed cases where extremely subtle changes in apparatus resulted in a failure to demonstrate suitability. 

In the discussion above, conditions described referred to perfect world conditions—that is, to those conditions that we would want (i.e., the security manager s proverbial wish list) to be incorporated into the design and installation of new chemical industry infrastructure. Post-9/11, in a not-so-perfect world, however, many of the peripheral (fence line) measures described above are more difficult to incorporate into chemical industry site infrastructure. This is not to say that industrial chemical facilities do not have fence lines or fences most of them do. These fences are designed to keep vandals, thieves, and trespassers out. The problem is that many of these facilities were constructed several years ago, before urban encroachment literally encircled the sites—allowing, at present, little room for security stand-backs or setbacks to be incorporated into plants or critical equipment locations. Based on personal observation, many of these fences face busy city streets or closely abut structures outside the fence line. The point is that when one sits down to plan a security upgrade, these factors must be taken into account. 

Goodman noted that the usual textbook estimates of the lethal dose of atropine (and scopolamine) are undoubtedly too low. With respect to scopolamine, for example, he found 9 cases that survived scopolamine doses of 225-267 mg, 3 cases that survived 324-384 mg and 2 who survived 500 mg.. (Abood also reported personal observation of two recoveries from large oral doses of scopolamine 350 mg and 500 mg, respectively.) These doses are close to the highest reported lethal range for atropine. Since scopolamine has about 7x the potency of atropine centrally, but roughly equal potency peripherally, one can infer that death from belladonnoid drugs is probably due to a peripheral effect - most likely cardiotoxicity. 

The General Educational Development test contains a 45-minute writing section in which test takers must develop an expository essay that includes personal observations, knowledge, and experience. The typical GED essay is about 250 words in length, written on your choice of five topics. A list of possible topics, as well as some test-... 

Meadow voles, M. pennsylvanicus, and sheep eat reed canarygrass according to the alkaloid content of the particular sample (Kendall and Sherwood, 1975 Robinson, 1979). Meadow voles also consume the more alfalfa the less saponins it contains (Kendall and Leath, 1976). Beaver, Castor canadensis, feed on the usually avoided red and Scots pines only in late winter (D. Muller-Schwarze, personal observations). It is assumed that the ratio between carbohydrates and terpenes is optimal at that time. 

This type of rotation error has also been observed when embryos are cultured with serum collected from ketamine-anesthetized rats (personal observation). Therefore, it is recommended to evaluate this effect against the others in the treatment group, as it could have non-treatment-related origins. 

Does a second person observe weighing/measuring/... 

Problem of Verification. Much of the data used in this study were gathered by interviews with R D personnel from the sample firms. These individuals provided both subjective and objective information about their companies and the manner in which environmental protection regulations impact their R D activities. Given the size and complexity of these sample firms, this data were difficult to verify. However, to help substantiate the validity of the data provided, the researchers analyzed the responses for consistencies or possible contradictions. Comparisons were made between individual responses and data gathered from trade journals, annual reports, and other secondary data sources. Further, in selected instances, the researchers made plant tours to personally observe the manner in which the companies had been affected. 

In the discussion of the materials used in various structures, and of pigments and colors used in their decorations, he often furnishes more specific information than is contained in earlier Greek or Latin writers. Pliny mentions him among his authorities and apparently cites him at times quite literally. It is also quite evident that Vitruvius does not always depend upon knowledge gained by personal observation or experience, but himself depends upon previous writers. In particular, it is evident that while he is familiar with the use of pigments, he is often dependent upon previous writers for his accounts of their sources and methods of preparation. He was, in other words, in no sense a practical chemist of the period. Nevertheless his contributions to our knowledge of the chemical arts of the time are valuable. 

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