Tripartite concept

After stressing the importance of Safety Forum as a tripartite arena, both union representatives were more concerned with, and critical of, the oil companies than reflecting on their own role and contribution. Karlsen spoke frankly about the issue of power and underscored that the earlier power tactics of the oil companies were not as easy to deploy in the face-to-face setting in the forum. Furre, for his part, raised the question of who has the power to define and operationalise the concept of safety, and the influence of cultural differences in this respect. The two quotes demonstrate that the unions were in favour of Safety Forum but they still went on attacking the oil companies. 

That the ICH S7A document could reach Step 4 in the short time period of only 1 year and 8 months was tmprecedented and attributed, in part, to the quality of the Step 0 document that reflected the collective positions of each of the tripartite regulatory members Guideline for Safety Pharmacology Study by the Japanese MHW, Concept paper on nonclinical safety pharmacology studies by the USA Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Note for Safety Pharmacology Studies in Medical Products Development by the European CPMP, see Bass et al. (2004a). 

It is not just the coarse, mass-produced bowls that are latent with hybridity -it is architectural form, in the tripartite structures that have similar but diverging roles in north and south, and it is sealing practices as well. But similarity in form masks difference in function - these materials house, even hide, different ways of thinking about the social organization and interactions of the people who made them, just as shared concepts - marking the source and ownership of goods, for example - can take the different forms of stamp and cylinder seals. 

Worked-out Examples throughout the text illustrate how to apply the concepts. In many instances, a drawing or photograph is included to help students visualize what is going on in the problem. More importantly, all worked-out Examples now follow a tripartite structure of Analyze-Solve-Assess to encourage students to adopt a logical approach to problem solving. 

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