Ranking needs

Interview Customers Construct Needs j Tidy Up, Group, Rank Needs List of Needs ... 

But do not overlook the fact that standard tests use standard test pieces and cannot compare as an assessment of suitability with the testing of the actual bonded components themselves. A classic illustration is the torque testing (DTD 5628 Method D) of anaerobic adhesives compared to the actual vibration testing of locked threaded fasteners (see Sections 2.3.2 and 3.6). The former test gives a strength ranking - needed for design and quality control - while the latter shows quite clearly that all these adhesives resist severe vibration - their raison d etre. The two are not comparable but are often confused. 

It seems intuitive that various self-needs require satisfaction before self-transcendent or actively caring behavior is likely to occur. Actually, there is little research support for ranking needs in a hierarchy. In fact, it is possible to think of a number of examples where individuals have actively cared for others before satisfying all of their own needs. Mahatma Gandhi is a prime example of a leader who put the concerns of others before his... 

Thus the order of alkadiene stability decreases m the order conjugated diene (most stable) isolated diene cumulated diene (least stable) To understand this ranking we need to look at structure and bonding m alkadienes m more detail... 

Eastman Kodak has identified 10 core competencies and developed a process for their management and utilization within the company (29). Similarly, Eaton Corporation selected seven core technical competencies, ranked them in importance, assessed their importance vs the known state-of-the-art for the industry, and developed action plans to extend the life of each (30). Eaton subsequently found the company could bring to market products designed with proven building blocks, thus minimizing risk and the need for additional capital equipment. In addition, the competencies were found to be reservoirs of proprietary advantage that had not previously been put to work. 

The development of a continuous grinding index was the focus of work in the late 1970s (59). The laboratory test equipment used is similar to that for the Hardgrove test but permits classifying the product and recycling the oversize material. An improved correlation is obtained that may, however, need to be corrected for the relative sizes of the test grinding balls versus those used in commercial-scale equipment. The continuous grinding index is especially useful for lower rank coals. 

Known and suspected endocrine disrupting chemicals needed to be ranked in order of priority for possible regulatory action. 

The general purpose of an audit may be to determine if the toller has management systems and documented procedures in place to ensure process safety, environmental responsibility, product quality and traceability of materials. The need to audit could be to evaluate compliance with regulations or accordance with client requirements related to specific performance elements. A subjective rating system for ranking management systems audit results is often used. An example of one that might be appropriate is shown below ... 

Go to the Web and develop a list of suppliers along with unit costs for some of the various types of flocculants described in this chapter. Also obtain the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) for these chemicals. Once you have collected the information, develop a relative ranking of unit cost and health risk associated with each. For question 2 you will need information of recommended doses. 

The Important Sequence Model module does sensitivity studies and importance rankings for about a thousand highest frequency sequences. The analyst zooms to the most frequent plant damage category, to the most frequent sequences in that category, to the most important top event, to the most important split fraction, and to the most important cutsets. If sensitivity analysis is needed on the model as a whole, a menu option, "CLONE a Model," makes a copy of the model, c hange,s are made, and results compared. 

This step takes the information from Steps 6 and 8. The frequency of an accident multiplied by the consequences is the risk. The consequences need to be in common units to get a measure of the risk. Of course, multiple consequence measures may be used and give multiple risk measures frequency of fatalities, frequency of injuries, frequency of fishkill, frequency of monetary loss. Judgment must be used to rank there relative significance. 

Once you have identified and ranked necessary tasks and work products, you need to consider the skills required to accomplish them—and where you might be able to find them. To do this, you may want to revisit the sWlls matrices you developed in Chapter 2, which helped you select the PSM team. This same technique can be effe vely applied to the tasks you have identified, as shown in Figure 5-5. Once this is done for each PSM element the overall needs for the complete program can be understood. 

Different materials pose different hazards, including thermal radiation, explosion overpressure, and toxic and flammable vapor clouds. Some materials pose only one hazard, while others may pose all four. For the purposes of ranking facilities you will need to estimate the laigest area affected by the potential hazards. You can arrive at such an estimate by calculating the greatest downwind distance to a particular level of hazatd. The following thresholds are commonly applied ... 

To factor location into the rankings, multiply the total distances by the average population density in the area surrounding the facility. Where population varies with distance, you may need to vaiy the density by distance. One effective approach is to consider population density in concentric circles of 1 km, 2 km, 5 km, and 10 km radius. 

Each cell in tlie matrix (Table 18.4.2) is assigned a risk ranking as indicated by the letters. In this approach, an A level risk corresponds to a very severe consequence with a high likelihood of occurrence. Action must be taken, and it must be taken promptly. At tlie other end of the scale, a E level risk is of little or no consequence witli a low likelihood of occurrence, and no action is needed or justified. For example, a level C risk might warrant mitigation witli engineering and/or administrative controls or may represent risks tliat are acceptable with controls and procedures. 

Today, the use of CHIRBASE as a tool in aiding the chemist in the identification of appropriate CSPs has produced impressive and valuable results. Although recent developments diminish the need for domain expertise, today the user must possess a certain level of knowledge of analytical chemistry and chiral chromatography. Nevertheless, further refinements will notably reduce this required level of expertise. Part of this effort will include the design of an expert system which will provide rule sets for each CSP in a given sample search context. The expert system will also be able to query the user about the specific requisites for each sample (scale, solubility, etc.) and generate rules which will indicate a ranked list of CSPs as well their most suitable experimental conditions (mobile phase, temperature, pH, etc.). 

Energy conseiwation typically involves making an investment that results in lower energy running costs. An investor (or policymaker) is often confronted with a list of possible conseiwation measures. The investor needs a way to rank the measures and then... 

We have an advantage in this situation. We know that our data contain 4 components, plus a small linear baseline, and some nonlinearities. This would lead us to expect that our data would show a rank of 5 or 6. Four dimensions are required to span the variations from the 4 different spectral components, and an additional 1 or two would be needed to span the variations due to the baselines and non-linearities. It gets a bit tricky when we realize that the baseline and non-linearity effects are rather small. Statistical indicators such as the 2-way F-test on REV s are not always able to destinguish factors that span small, but... 

Methanation Section Test Conditions. To date, the HYGAS pilot plant has been operated with Montana lignite coal feed. This lignite is a low sulfur (usually less than 1 wt % ) coal which has good reactivity for hydrogasification. The coal is nonagglomerating (thus eliminating the need for pretreatment), and it represents the lowest rank of U. S. coals that are available for conversion to substitute natural gas. 

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