BACKGROUND There are currently no widely accepted guidelines on standards for the practice of chiropractic or manual therapy manipulation under anesthesia, and the evidence base for this practice is composed primarily of lower-level evidence. The purpose of this project was to develop evidence-informed and consensus-based guidelines on spinal manipulation under anesthesia to address the gaps in...

Background: There are currently no widely accepted guidelines on standards for the practice of chiropractic or manual therapy manipulation under anesthesia, and the evidence base for this practice is composed primarily of lower-level evidence. The purpose of this project was to develop evidence-informed and consensus-based guidelines on spinal manipulation under anesthesia to address the gaps i...

Management of chemical sites and facilities has an obligation to conduct the operations on the site in such a way as to ensure the safety of people and the environment. In many countries this obligation is a legal requirement. Within recent years a new standard IEC 61508 has been published. This standard and its derivative standards are providing clear guidelines for the use of electrical, elec...

This paper provides an overview of the published literature regarding magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) safety. It gives basic information about the electromagnetic fields that are generated during the MRI diagnostic procedure, followed by a description of the biological effects of those fields on humans. It concludes with a discussion of the safety issues related to MRI use in clinical practice...

There has been consider able discussion about the ethical aspects of the group movement, which includes a variety of groups going under such names as T-groups, sensitivity groups and encounter groups. However, little if any progress has been made in developing guidelines or standards. There are at least two reasons for this lack of progress. One is that the problem is an exceedingly difficult o...

An e-Business standard is a technical specification that provides a shared understanding and agreement on the shared information and data among trading partners. Standards are usually developed in a standards development organisation, where a guideline for the process of developing standards is provided. However, these guidelines are mainly concerned with the administrative aspect of the standa...