Data on instrumentation and methodological support of radioactive release monitoring are summarized. Flow charts continuous periodical (analytical) gas described. Methods used at the Mayak PA for air medium activity in process ducts, room active ventilation systems sources

Knowledge of the potential dangers of exposure to radioactive substances and the insti tution of proper safety precautions have helped to reduce accidental exposures to radioactive substances. However, the carcinogenic hazard from them has by no means been eliminated, and, in spite of the exercise of reasonable care and the use of improved technics, accidents in the laboratory and indust ry may...

a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Does the unification of retail and investment banking necessarily heighten risk in financial markets? Using a simple two period intertemporal model with borrower's moral hazard and uninsured risk, we argue that the integration in financial service markets under universal banking could give rise to a greater risk sharing arrangement. This could eliminate the...

The concept of marginalization, which is central to studies in political ecology, can be strengthened by incorporating a focus on the mutually constitutive concept of facilitation. Facilitation connotes how privileged groups are provided institutional forms of security in their pursuit of private gain, contributing to deleterious social and ecological outcomes. This paper builds on the concept ...

It is often argued that the provision of liquidity by the international institutions such as the IMF to countries experiencing balance of payment problems can have catalytic effects on the behavior of international financial markets, i.e., it can reduce the scale of liquidity runs by inducing investors to roll over their financial claims to the country. Critics point out that official lending a...

OBJECTIVE To measure the impact of diabetes on work cessation, i.e., on the risks of work disability, early retirement, and death while in the labor force. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We used data from the GAZEL prospective cohort of 20,625 employees of the French national gas and electricity company "EDF-GDF." We identified 506 employees with diabetes and randomly selected 2,530 nondiabetic ...

Solid waste is the unwanted or useless solid materials generated from combined residential, industrial and commercial activities in a given area. It may be categorised according to its origin (domestic, industrial, commercial, construction or institutional); according to its contents (organic material, glass, metal, plastic paper etc); or according to hazard potential (toxic, non-toxin, flammab...

This paper reports the results of a study performed for the Oregon Department of Energy. The objectives of the study were to characterize the range of radioactive material shipments through the state and to determine the worst radiological hazards which might arise if these shipments were involved in transportation accidents. The direct and indirect radiological hazards were analyzed for worst ...

The present investigation deals with the development of controlled release tablets of salbutamol sulphate using graft copolymers (St-g-PMMA and Ast-g-PMMA) of starch and acetylated starch. Drug excipient compatibility was spectroscopically analyzed via FT-IR, which confirmed no interaction between drug and other excipients. Formulations were evaluated for physical characteristics like hardness,...

The Abbott TDx therapeutic drug-monitoring system is based on fluorescence polarization. Polarization fluoroimmunoassay makes use of competitive binding, measuring the tracer binding directly, without the need for separation procedures. The attraction of non-radioactive polarization fluoroimmunoassay for the determination of T-uptake is that there is no radiation hazard and that the homogeneous...