The paper considers how primary care trusts (PCTs), which are relatively new organisations in the UK health service, might respond to the health hazards associated with radon in domestic properties. To this end, the cost-effectiveness of radon remediation programmes in four primary care trusts is calculated and compared with those of other interventions that can avert and treat lung cancer. The...

Our aim in this study is to review quantitatively studies of cognitive remediation with samples that included cases of bipolar disorder. Six studies were found. The estimated ES reflect those reported in the literature on cognitivere mediation for schizophrenia. As such conservative interpretations that cognitive remediation has atleast equivalent benefits in bipolar disorderas demonstrated in ...

With pollution sounding high alarms all around us, there is an immediate necessity for remediation. In most cases, the remediation measures require further remediation—the anti-pollutants themselves cause pollution. In this correspondence, the search deepens towards natural biogenic components that can be used for bioremediation. Polysaccharide and biosorption have been themes in discussion for...

Remediation actions are performed in scenarios in which consequences of a problem should be promptly mitigated when its cause takes too long to be addressed or is unknown. Existing approaches that address these scenarios are application-specific. Nevertheless, the reasoning about remediation actions as well as cause identification and resolution, in order to address problems permanently, can be...

A Symposium on Lead Remediation Effectiveness, sponsored by the US Environmental Protection Agency, was held at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, USA from 22-25 May, 2000. International participants from various levels of government, educational institutions, industry, and community representatives presented papers and posters on themes that ranged from engineering practices through community participation...

Three-dimensional groundwater flow and solute transport models were combined within a genetic algorithm framework to solve the discrete-time, optimal control problem of pump-and-treat remediation management with multiple management periods. The results show that (a) a nonlinear concentration term in the performance index contributes significantly to remediation costs; (b) multiple management pe...

Using the domain of logical programming, we illustrate a diagnosis and epistemological remediation framework, which exploits the nature of skills involved in the exercises practiced. The main contribution in this article is the framework generality where classical approaches may be incorporated as well as tutor or author custom choices for this process: an authoring tool or educational artifact...

The EPA Regional Ground Water Forum is a group of EPA professionals representing Regional Superfund and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Offices, committed to the identification and resolution of ground-water issues impacting the remediation of Superfund and RCRA sites. The Forum is supported by and advises the Superfund Technical Support Project. Emerging technologies that could p...

The EPA Regional Ground Water Forum is a group of EPA professionals representing Regional Superfund and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Offices, committed to the identification and resolution of ground-water issues impacting the remediation of Superfund and RCRA sites. The Forum is supported by and advises the Superfund Technical Support Project. Emerging technologies that could p...