Usage statistics

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Since the SCADA systems sensors provided valuable information, many utilities and other industries established connections between their SCADA systems and their business system. This allowed utility/industrial management and other staff access to valuable statistics, such as chemical usage. When utilities/industries later connected their systems to the Internet, they were able to provide stakeholders/stockholders with usage statistics on the utility/industrial web pages. Figure 7.1 provides a basic illustration of a representative SCADA network. Note that firewall protection (see chapter 9) would normally be placed between the Internet and the business system and between the business system and the MTU. 

Very limited information is available, either in the scientific literature or in popular literature available through Internet. Thapinta and Hudak (2000) in their report on the pesticide use and residual occurrence in Thailand reviewed the import and usage statistics of different pesticides and also their residual levels in different environmental samples. Thailand is a country where the climatic conditions make it suitable for cultivating a wide range of tropical and semi-tropical crops. Recently, Thailand is improving fast in the industrial sector, all these activities leading to the import of many chemicals from several nations. Chemicals import, especially those of pesticides to Thailand have increased rapidly over the past decade more than double between 1987 and 1996, that is from 20,357 MT in 1987 to 45,071 MT in 1996 (DOA, 1996). 

Usage statistics for snack and take-away foods... 

Guidelines for the Collection of Pesticides Usage Statistics Within Agriculture and Horticulture (2002). 

THE ROLE OF USAGE STATISTICS IN MINIMISATION POLICIES AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT... 

The collection of a reliable set of usage statistics has value in many areas of research, legislation and agricultural support, and is far more than a simple statistical exercise in its own right. In Great Britain, usage statistics form an integral part of minimisation policy and the assessment of pesticide impact on consumers,... 

Within the OECD, where the Pesticide Forum, and in particular the Risk Reduction Group, have expressed a need for reliable usage statistics. 

Once the collection of a regular set of usage statistics has been established, changes over time in use on particular crops (Figure 2.2), or of particular pesticides (Figure 2.3), can be monitored. These may result from several factors, some or all of which may interact to give annual variations in use ... 

As other countries adopt their own usage surveys, the wider availability of usage statistics will not only facilitate international trade by providing more... 

Thomas, M.R. (1999) Guidelines for the Collection of Pesticide Usage Statistics within Agriculture and Horticulture. Paris Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 

This header could be inserted into a request to indicate the email address of the user requesting the resource. Servers can use headers such as this to gather usage statistics. 

With regard to the motor carrier industry, internet usage statistics include ... 

FIGURE 14.3 Usage Statistics for Mobius and Cousin/ChemLink. Usage statistics from Cousin/ChemLink and Mobius. Number of sessions are reported for Consin/ChemLink versus number of queries for Mobius. On average in our experience there are approximately 2.3 queries run per session. For color details, please see color plate section. 

Usage statistics show that the access control system is used much more than initially planned. 

Table 7.1 Usage statistics of search terms included in Advanced Queries on FZ online, Febmary 2004 to November 2007... 

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