PRIORITISATION

Appraisal activity should be prioritised in terms of the amount of reduction of uncertainty it provides, and its impact on the value derived from the subsequent action. 

Many molecules are obtained and used in a crystalline form, the nature of which can have e significant impact on their properties and behaviour. Moreover, it is sometimes possible foi a given material to exist in more than one crystalline form, depending upon the conditions under which it was prepared. This is the phenomenon of polymorphism. This can be important because the various polymorphs may themselves have different properties. It is Iberefore of interest to be able to predict the three-dimensional atomic structure(s) that a gi en molecule may adopt, for those cases where it is difficult to obtain experimental data and also where one might wish to prioritise molecules not yet synthesised. 

To assess, forecast, and mitigate the risks of key toxicants on fresh water and marine ecosystems and their biodiversity at a river basin and adjacent marine environment scale focusing on DSSs for the selection of the most efficient management options to prevent effects on biodiversity and to prioritise contamination sources and contaminated sites. 

Lacking international and local cooperation an insufficient cooperation and coordination between different implementation scales. This leads to discrepancies in prioritisation of measures and their effects, depending on the scale considered. This lack of common objectives occurred with harmonisation of measurement protocols and with selection and implementation of measures between countries and institutions during the implementation of first generation RBMPs. 

There are some other issues related to the selection of measures. For instance, concerning drought, one measure is the prioritisation of water use in case of severe drought. In Spain, where severe drought can be expected, possible measures are water reuse and artificial recharge of aquifers by injection of reclaimed wastewater. 

Better connection and closer interrelation between technical, economical and social aspects of the RBMPs. Besides integration, water managers would like to have more flexibility in the prioritisation of these aspects. With regard to the natural system itself, there is a need to focus more on groundwater and its connection (integration) with the rest of the aquatic system, i.e. sediment/soil/surface water/ groundwater and the land system. 

Next plans should more reflect the understanding of the interactions and dependencies of the aquatic and land systems with their individual drivers and pressures (e.g. increased irrigation and change in land use). By achieving this, they will be prepared to better prioritise measures to be taken, assess their effectiveness and to take into account the impact of potential future scenarios within the river basins. 

Findings from the case study revealed that modelling of operational control processes takes an enormous amount of time, while afterwards many precursors and their accompanying control processes are not that relevant from a safety perspective. From a traditional safety perspective only those processes which are directly related to the highest risks are analysed. This implies that a prioritisation of precursors has to be made before analysing the effectiveness of accompanying control processes. 

Table 17 Example prioritisation of precursors on their likelihood. 

For improved quality of care in the elderly we must first define and measure the problem and the magnitude of the problem. We must also prioritise between problems and select the most important issue. Of course the aim must be improvement for the individual patient. But since quality in healthcare normally is complicated and multifactorial a systematic change in structures and processes is required. 

Establishing the process—For example, prioritising problems, selecting a panel, declaring conflicts of interest, and agreeing on group processes... 

Malta and Slovenia presented a formal proposal for prioritisation of low-volume chemicals registered at below 10 tonnes per annum to the Council of Ministers in March 2005, which was discussed in April 2005, with formal proposals for amendments to REACH made in May 2005. 

PRIORITISING FLAME RETARDANTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT... 

The current situation with regard to risk assessment in the use of a wide range of different types of flame retardant is reviewed with respect to EEC council regulation No.793/93. The countries responsible for risk assessment on particular materials are listed and tonnages of materials used are noted. Three methods of prioritisation are used based on quantity used, environmental hazard potential and environmental risk ranking. 6 refs. 

It is tempting for environmentalists to ignore economics and finance. After all, they say, the environment is more important than mere money. However, in the real world - where the rest of us live - we too want to improve and protect the environment, but this costs money and we recognise that without infinite resources we have to prioritise where we spend our money. We also recognise that if business does not make profits there will not be any money to spend So I make no apology for addressing the economics of cellroom conversion. 

OSPAR, (1998). Hazardous chemicals which have been prioritised for urgent action to address discharges, emissions and losses by 2003. 

A prerequisite to the use of health economics is an acceptance that no healthcare system can possibly do all things for all people. This means recognising explicitly that some form of prioritising is necessary and unavoidable. Such recognition has been slowly emerging over the past decade or so. 

As a result of this growing acceptance of scarcity, explicit prioritisation is becoming an increasingly common feature of the British NHS. In the past decade, we have increasingly seen health authorities make clear choices about the kind of interventions that they will provide for their inhabitants. Many have gone so far as to remove certain procedures (e.g. tattoo removal, gender reorientation and fertility treatments) from the list of services that they will provide. 

The intention of the Commissions 1st Review Regulation is to lay out the ground rules and data/information requirements associated with the identification and notification of existing active substances within the BPD. It has prioritised the first set of active substances (in this case Wood Preservatives and Rodenticides) to be assessed for entry onto Annex 1. The regulation is aimed at collecting the necessary input from producers and formulators to ... 

Develop a prioritisation base for assessment call-in of notified substances. This will be part of the 2nd review regulation. 

The third step involves the inclusion of prioritised substances in Annex XIV, which means that these substances are principally subject to authorization after expiry of specific transitional arrangements. Consequently, companies who want to use such a substance have to apply for an authorization (37, 38) unless the intended use is a priori exempted from authorization. 

Five case studies follow, examining particular identities and their evolution into different forms of nationalism. The first, paradoxically, is Chinese identity in Southeast Asia, in chapter 3. This is prioritised in part because overseas Chinese nationalism slightly preceded the anti-imperial nationalism of Indonesia and Malaysia (though not the Philippines), so that the different forms of nationalism emerging from the Malay category of chapter 4 emerged in critical dialectic with... 

European Chemicals Agency (2009) Substance Name 5-tert-Butyl-2,4,6-trinitro-m-xylene (Musk Xylene), EC Number 201-329-4, CAS Number 81-15-2, Prioritisation and Annex XIV Background Information. European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), 14 January 2009 http //echa.europa.eu/doc/ consultations /recommendations/ prioritisations /... 

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