BACKGROUND Laboratory capacity building is characterized by a paradox between endemicity and resources: countries with high endemicity of pathogenic agents often have low and intermittent resources (water, electricity) and capacities (laboratories, trained staff, adequate regulations). Meanwhile, countries with low endemicity of pathogenic agents often have high-containment facilities with cost...

T US National Forest Management Act (NFMA) is an essential statute for maintaining biotic diversity on 192 million acres of national forests and national grasslands. It was enacted in 1976 as reform legislation in response to environmental impacts from timber harvest, grazing, and mining on national forest lands, which the public and Congress found increasingly unacceptable (Wilkinson and Ander...

T he " red " versus " blue " state divide, most graphically captured in mapped results of the infamous United States presidential election battle between George Bush and Al Gore in 2000, has come to symbolize the political polarization of America. It may be surprising, therefore, to fi nd a Republican from President Bush's decidedly red state of Texas and Gore's running mate, a Democrat from th...

Measures for assessing the environmental impact and long-term sustainability will become an increasingly important requirement in industrial project management. The concept of sustainability influences all aspects of a project, from its earliest phases: development procedures, design of facilities and infrastructure, operation of the industrial facility, and economics. Project management resear...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess state licensing and administrative regulations promoting healthy sleep practices in child care and to compare these regulations to national recommendations. METHODS We reviewed regulations related to healthy sleep practices for all states and territories for both child care centers (centers) and family child care homes (homes). We compared re...

There is a trend in Europe towards increasing the quality and performance of regulations. At same time, regulatory failure has been observed area building fire safety regulation England elsewhere. As result, an analysis appropriateness regulations Spain warranted, with objective being to assess whether suitable level currently delivered. Three basic elements must be considered such analysis: le...

Abstract In a Danish context, the Building Regulation is legislation for our built environment. Therefore, focus of this survey to investigate how treats questions on daylight in relation build Furthermore, it looks at whether specific ways looking influence general understanding light and processing design When acknowledging both its multifaceted character impact has, as well inherent implicat...

The framework of the newly revised International Health Regulations is a key driver in the effort to strengthen global public health security. Unanimously agreed upon by the World Health Assembly on May 23, 2005, the regulations are the result of experience gained and lessons learned during the past 30 years. This global legal framework includes a commitment from the World Health Organization (...