Tangible consequences

Traditionally the construction industry s high level of injury accidents has received the attention of enforcement, media publicity and management action. Arguably, the size of that problem has led to a neglect of the less tangible consequences of occupational hygiene and health problems, apart from well-publicised topics such as asbestos. There is little general awareness of just how big the occupational health risks are in construction compare the numbers already discussed for conventional injuries with the fact that mesothelioma, a form of cancer linked specifically to asbestos exposure, kills around 1400 people... 

Connecting a control computer to another system is a modification and should only be carried out after systematic study of possible consequences (see Section 20.4.3). If made, data flow should be possible only in the outward direction (see text through the end of this section). All systems should be secure. Houses need doors. The doors on control systems are less tangible than those on houses but just as important. 

Across the industry, there is a clear impression that since process validation is a regulatory requirement the possibility of any financial return has been eliminated. As a consequence, it has taken the industry a long time to recognize that there is a commercial advantage and tangible financial benefit to validation activities. 

Schnurr et al. (1996) postulate that these exposures involved elements of contamination stressors in which information about the exposure is the stressor rather than the tangible event. The late disclosure of the dangerous nature of these tests served as an additional stressor for many of the exposed men. Lack of information during the test, leaning to vague or diffuse fear with unknown consequences, could also contribute to the development of PTSD. The contamination stressor led to a future orientation a worry about what problems will develop as a result of the previous exposure. 

The time profile of cash flows (including the total life of investments and the shape of cash flows over time) is itself an unknown both for the pharmaceutical industry and for other firms. Consequently, Baber and Kang examined several alternative assumptions about the life of investments (including R D as well as tangible capital facilities and equipment) and the shape of the cash flow curve in both pharmaceutical and nonphar-... 

Step 1 Postulate a model for the process. The unknown process is not completely a black box. Some information about its dynamic behavior is known from basic principles and/or plant experience. Therefore, some estimate of its model s order and some initial values for the unknown parameters will be available. The more we know about the process, the more effective the postulated model will be. Consequently, we should use for its development all available information. Remember, though, that complex models of high order will not necessarily produce better controller designs and will burden the computational effort without tangible results. 

Consideration of the qualitative attributes of the equipment alternatives may very well result in selection of equipment that might not have been chosen if the economic analysis had been the sole basis of comparison. However, a casual discussion of the intangible, qualitative attributes of the equipment alternatives that causes a reversal of a decision originally based on the tangible dollar costs of the alternatives will often not withstand the scrutiny of those who must review the decision. Consequently, the discussion of the qualitative aspects of equipment alternatives must be explicit and well documented. 

Roald Not everyone. Many important chemists were not that enamored of the idea of unseen objects (molecules) endowed with 3D extent and that this feature, in turn, could lead to tangible physical consequences. One of these was Hermann Kolbe, a highly influential chemist, who expressed his objection in a satirical essay in 1877 [i ]... 

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