This report describes the demonstration and evaluation of an immunoassay field screening technology designed to determine polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination in soil. The immunoassay technology was the EnviroGard PCB Test developed by Millipore, Inc. The technology was demonstrated in Kansas City, Missouri, in August 1992, by PRC Environmental Management, Inc. (PRC), under contract to ...

environmental effects associated with pesticide application have motivated the development of integrated pest management programs throughout the world. advantages of the implementation of such a program like food security, biodiversity, consumer and producer security can be stated as economic value. estimating the economic value of such programs can be helpful in identifying the benefits as wel...

this paper develops an operational perspective of supply chain sustainability, by considering it as a risk management process. it explores the nature of sustainability-related supply chain risks, distinguishes them from typical supply chain risks and develops an analytical process for their management. an empirical study is conducted to generate insights about how sustainability-related risks s...

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ÐSoftware risk management can be defined as an attempt to formalize risk oriented correlates of development success into a readily applicable set of principles and practices. By using a survey instrument we investigate this claim further. The investigation addresses the following questions: 1) What are the components of software development risk? 2) how does risk management mitigate risk compon...

The present study aimed to determine the effect of risk management on supply chain management(case study: Saipa Company). This study was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlational in terms of data collection method. The tools used in this study include the 29-item questionnaire. The statistical population of this study included 110 managers of Saipa Company in Tehran. In this stu...

background: repeated applications of animal manure as fertilizer are normal agricultural practices in malaysia that may release veterinary antibiotics to environment from treated animals. methods: environmental risk assessment (era) on 5 commonly used antibiotics and one hormone in malaysian broiler farm was calculated using the ratio of measured environmental concentration (mec) and predicted ...

For individuals, organizations and nations, success and even survival depend upon making good decisions. Doing so can be extremely difficult when problems are not well structured and situations are complex, as they are for natural resource management. Recent advances in computer technology coupled with the increase in accessibility brought about by the Internet have increased our ability to sol...

Significance for public healthRisk-based decision making is a core feature of government actions aimed at protecting public health from the adverse effects of environmental hazards. In the past, it has often been an expert-driven, mostly obscure process used by federal agencies to justify and defend regulatory decisions made outside the public arena. But the nature of decision making has change...

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