Work-related deaths definition

Instrumentalism in the definition and measurement of work-related death... 

Without exception, all industries and companies face safety and health issues, which could have adverse effects upon their workforce and workplace. It does not matter whether you are a service industry, insurance agency, construction operation, or manufacturer of widgets. Your workforce will be exposed to the hazards unique to that worksite. It is definitely beneficial to your bottom line to not have any of your workforces injured or ill from something within your place of employment. Whether you are large or small having anyone in your workforce who has been incapacitated in any way disrupts the work process. Not counting the loss of a potential key employee, the time spent addressing an incident that has caused injuries or illnesses definitely cuts into the bottom line. If you think this is bad, you have no idea about the impact of occupationally related deaths. 

Li and Harrison carried out the first cell assay in microchannels [2]. This seminal work made use of electrokinetically driven flow (electroosmosis and electrophoresis) to transport bacteria, yeast, and mammalian cells in channels and to implement low-volume chemical lysis (cell death). This theme of microfluidics-based cell transport, sorting, and lysis has continued to be a popular application, as well as related work in using microfluidics to culture cells and to pattern them into structures. The utility of these methods is acknowledged (and that they are featured in several good reviews [1] and other entries in the encyclopedia) but focuses here on describing microfluidics-based cell assays that fit the definition described above - application of a stimulus and measurement of a response. 

Article II covers definitions and criteria . The term chemical weapons is to apply to toxic, lethal, super-toxic and harmful chemicals including key precursors, except where they are intended for purposes not prohibited by the Convention as long as the types and quantities involved are consistent with such purposes . It also embraces munitions and devices specifically designed to cause death or other harm by releasing toxic chemicals. Further work remains to be done on this article to cover the position of riot control agents, chemicals which, although not toxic in themselves, could be used to increase the effect of chemical munitions, and the definitions relating to binary munitions. 

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