Numerous advancements in machinery performance on row-crop agricultural tractors have been made in recent years. Currently, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) only tests predetermined points (E.g., max. power, max. torque) for drawbar and hydraulic power. This method of testing has been used for many years with the tractor at a steady state which is usually not ty...

The OECD is a unique forum where the governments of 33 democracies work together to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of globalisation. The OECD is also at the forefront of efforts to understand and to help governments respond to new developments and concerns, such as corporate governance, the information economy and the challenges of an ageing population. The Organisati...

Although CVD mortality is 292 per 100 000 population, still lower than the OECD average of 299 (Figure 1), potential years of life lost, a commonly used measure of premature mortality, at 728 per 100 000 population for diseases of the circulatory system in 2011, is 25% higher than the OECD average of 581 (by using the age limit of 70), suggesting that CVD-related deaths occur earlier in life th...

During the austral summer of 1980-1981, a study was undertaken on the applicability of the Vollenweider-Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) phosphorus loadingeutrophication response relationships to Lake Vanda, a permanently ice-covered, meromictic lake located in the Wright Valley of Antarctica. The Vollenweider-OECD empirical relationships had been developed on the ba...

Non-clinical animal studies to assess the safety of compounds under development have to comply with Good Laboratory Practice (GLP). The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has established the Mutual Acceptance of Data (MAD) system in OECD member countries for the mutual acceptance of non-clinical safety study data. Since 1997 non-OECD-member countries have also been ab...

OBJECTIVE To review and update the conceptual framework, indicator content and research priorities of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Health Care Quality Indicators (HCQI) project, after a decade of collaborative work. DESIGN A structured assessment was carried out using a modified Delphi approach, followed by a consensus meeting, to assess the suite of HCQI...

During the past quarter century major investments have been undertaken in most OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries to bring computers into classrooms. As a result of this effort a rapid improvement in student–computer ratios could be seen (see OECD, 2004, 2006). In most OECD countries primary as well as secondary schools have access to computers and educationa...

This study determines influence of advanced technology and foreign capital on economic growth apart from contribution of the other major domestic inputs. The countries were classified into four groups; i.e., lower and lower middle income countries, upper middle income countries, non-OECD high income countries, and OECD countries. Five major factors as sources of growth in this study are domesti...

1. Inventory of methods currently available From the regulatory point of view, the main objective of acute toxicity testing is basically to classify chemicals according to their intrinsic toxicity as required by the EEC directive on classification, packaging, and labelling of dangerous substances (Council Directive 67/548/EEC and subsequent amendments). This requirement aims to protect public h...

Recent health care policy reforms proposed by President Obama have prompted an increased interest in the efficiency of the US health care system. Looking at total health expenditure and life expectancy alone, the President has good reason to be hasty in his desire for change. Comparing the US to 18 other Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries at similar lev...