SMART assessment

What I find most attractive about [DCM] is that it fits my sense of smart assessment, assessment that makes the context, environment, or institution smarter and more reflective, (personal communication)... 

The purpose of the SMART module in GCES is to help chemical manufacturers to review their processes and to perform similar analyses during the course of process development prior to filing a premanufacture notification with the EPA. The SMART assessment techniques are applicable to both new and existing manufacturing processes. 

After entering all reaction data, a SMART assessment can be performed. The program then performs a series of mass-balance calculations and provides the waste quantification, hazard classification, and a qualitative level of concern. The algorithms cover single-step reactions that produce a single chemical product the software is not applicable to reactions with multiple products or for polymer reactions. In this case, the individual reactions of a synthetic sequence have to be calculated sequentially. 

Smart Assessment of Program and Course Outcome with Students Objectives... 

Synthetic Methodology Assessment for Reduction Techniques (SMART)... 

Sherlock JC, Smart G, Forbes GI, et al. 1982. Assessment of lead intakes and dose-response for a population in Ayr exposed to a plumbosolvent water supply. Human Toxicol 1 115-122. 

Chen P.and Chung, D.D.L., Carbon fiber reinforced concrete as an intrinsically smart concrete for damage assessment during dynamic loading, pp. 168-9, Extended Abstracts, 22st Biennial Conference on Carbon, 1995, pp 168 169. 

Background methodologies exist, therefore, that could be applied to plastics. These are being developed for composite materials for safety-critical structures, such as aircraft, where assessment of actual fatigue life can be coupled with non-destructive condition monitoring. Smart composites include inbuilt sensors to monitor local cracking and damage. 

Madsen, F., Eberth, K., and Smart, J.D., A rheological assessment of the nature of interactions between mucoadhesive polymers and a homogenised mucus gel. Biomaterials, 19 1083-1092 (1998). 

SMART (Solvent Measurement, Assessment, and Revamping Tool) is a software program that allows assessment of solvents used for batch processing based on both empirical data and property estimation methods (Modi et al., 1996). This system includes a new conjugation based method for the estimation of reaction rates in solution, which is based on the concept that the absolute reaction rate coefficient can be obtained from a function dependent on the change in molecular charge distribution between reactants and activated complex (Sherman et al., 1998). Table 9.2 provides a list of solvent substitution resources available on the World Wide Web. 

Figure 2.5 Diagrammatic representation of the use of immunoblotting to assess relative levels of a P450 protein following treatment of rats with a PCB. C = hepatic microsomal proteins from a control, untreated rat T = hepatic microsomal proteins from a rat treated with PCBs. (From An Introduction to Biochemical Toxicology, 3rd ed., E. Hodgson and R. C. Smart, eds., Wiley, 2001.)...

Standard Instruments, Microcontrollers, and Smart Instruments are usually connected to a device to record their data. It is uncommon for them to contain functionality that supports electronic signatures. The majority of these systems are hybrid systems and if this is the case, the Part 11 areas to be assessed include ... 

The potential for smart packaging for improvement of food quality and safety is very high. Although sensory evaluation is essential in the early stages of development, there is an important role for sensory evaluation simultaneously with analytical assessments of new materials in contact with food systems. New materials or novel applications of materials may deliver value in improved sensory quality or create unexpected sensory impact that may not be interpreted from analytical chemical or physical methods of assessment. 

Virley D, Beech JS, Smart SC, Williams SC, Hodges H, Hunter AJ (2000) A temporal MRI assessment of neuropathology after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion in the rat correlations with behavior. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 20 563-582... 

It is difficult to assess the benefits and risks of smart drugs, because not enough research exists on tliein Although doctors question their salety, especially when used in the combinations that their fans prefer, safety may be less of a concern than efficacy, ft is not at all clear that these substances really have the beneficial effects claimed by their promoters, and we do not have enough information to know iust what are the effects of long-term use. 

We are now in a position to investigate a question that will be assessed throughout this textbook What is the relationship between the microstructure of a material, and its overall properties If our world wishes to stay on our current path of unprecedented growth in areas of electronics, building materials, homeland security devices, and future smart materials, it is essential that we become familiar with the properties of individual classes of materials and current applications. Only then will we be able to extrapolate these properties into new and exciting applications for the future. 

Smart, J.D. An in vitro assessment of some mucosa adhesive dosage forms. Int. J. Pharm. 1991, 73, 69-74. 

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