Scientific Workplace

D.W. Hardy and C.L. Walker, Doing Mathematics with Scientific Workplace and Scientific Notebook, MacKisham Software Inc., Poulsbo, WA, 2003. 

Technical word processing. Scientific Workplace for technical word processing, 2D and 3D graph creation, and BibTeX bibliography creation. LaTeX documents. PCs (Windows). 

Scientific and Technological Literacy. There is increasing concern within the business community about the effectiveness of the precoUege education system (K—12) in preparing students for an increasingly technically sophisticated workplace. This issue is of special importance to the chemical enterprise, which will find it more difficult to operate effectively in a society that does not understand science and the scientific process (42). 

J H Duffiis, Cancer and workplace chemicals, (Leeds H. H Scientific Consultants, 1995). 

Finding 3 There is a need to recruit more African Americans-female and male - to careers in chemistry. African Americans are virtually invisible in science and technology policy. Moreover, only a few are in the ranks of the scientific elite-Nobel laureates, and members of the National Academy of Science. When asked if there is a need to increase the representation of African Americans in chemistry, 98% of interviewees answered affirmatively and cited the following reasons untapped talent need for technical skills to be competitive in the workplace highly respected field future leaders for a global economy the need for diversity in chemistry and increased numbers will provide the visibility to attract others. 

Schizophrenia is a devastating mental disorder characterized by abnormal thinking, psychosis (delusions, paranoia, hearing voices), lack of emotion, and loss of function in one s school or workplace. The bizarre thought patterns of schizophrenics often resemble that of dream content, and in fact it was once hypothesized that people with schizophrenia suffered from intrusions of REM sleep into wakefulness, much like that seen in people with narcolepsy. However, most scientific evidence suggests that this is not the case. 

The definition of the Maximale Arbeitsplatzkonzentration MAK (maximum workplace concentration) is the highest tolerable concentration of a chemical as gas, vapor or dust in the atmosphere at a workplace to which an employee can be exposed (using the best current knowledge) without any adverse effects on the health of an individual employee within a normal 8-hour period based on an average working week of 40 hours. The fundamental exposition schemes are based on the operative mechanism of the substance, on scientific criteria for health protection, and practical experience, rather than on technical and economic feasibility. 

Goelzer, B. O Neill, I.K. (1985) Workplace air sampling. In Fishbein, L. O Neill. I.K., eds. Environmental Carcinogens. Selected Methods of Analysis, Vol. 7, Some Volatile Halo-genatedHydrocarbons (lARC Scientific Publications No. 68), Lyon, lARC, pp. 107-140... 

With the uncertainties involved in the designation of occupational exposure standards and the variability of the occupational environment, it would be unreasonable to interpret occupational limits as rigidly as one might interpret an engineering standard or specification. Fortunately, there has been a recent effort to make these rather subjective judgements more scientific and uniform by the application of statistics. The latter makes it possible to develop decisionmaking strategies that can prescribe how many samples to take, where and when to take them in the workplace, and how to interpret the results. 

Generally, workplace exposures to chemical substances are considered to be at higher levels than for public exposures. Material safety data sheets (MSDSs) should always contain an indication of carcinogenic potential. The Report on Carcinogens (RoC) is an informational scientific and public health document first ordered by the U.S. Congress in 1978. This report has identified agents, substances, mixtures, or exposure circumstances that may pose a hazard to human health by virtue of their carcinogenicity. 

Occupational pesticide exposure holds a peculiar status within the field of occupational health and safety, both from a scientific and regulatory perspective. Methods for personal monitoring of dermal exposure first arose in the context of pesticide applications in agriculture, pioneered by scientists in the USA Public Health Service (Batchelor and Walker, 1954 Durham and Wolfe, 1962). These methods gained worldwide recognition in the early 1960s, and remain a component of exposure assessment practice today. This work pre-dated most personal monitoring methods that were developed for industrial workplaces. 

Another source of chemicals to which we can be exposed, apart from food, is our workplace. This could be a factory where solvents or metals are used or chemicals synthesized, a printing press, a photographic film developer or a scientific laboratory. Even workers in offices can be exposed to photocopier toners, for example. Then there are the chemicals we knowingly imbibe, such as drugs, stimulants like coffee, and of course alcoholic drinks. 

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