trauma is a leading cause of death and disability around the world. injuries are responsible for about six million deaths annually, of which ninety percent occur in developing countries. in iran, injuries are the most common cause of death among age groups below fifty. trauma system development is a systematic and comprehensive approach to injury prevention and treatment whose effectiveness has...

Students, faculty and sta ff gath­ ered on Fieldhou.se Mall Monday as part of a sexuality and gender rally that supporters said was designed to foster a “ safe space” at Notre Dame. The "Speak Out! Sexuality and Gender at Notre Dame” forum was the " f ir s t o f its k in d " at the U n ive rs ity , sen io r Progressive Student Alliance (PSA) member and organizer Curtis Leighton said. “We knew w...

In their recent article [1], Chari et al. call attention to the important subject of setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to provide requisite protection for public health, including the health of sensitive groups, as specified under the Clean Air Act (73 FR 66965) [2]. The authors focus on consideration of susceptibility to inform policy choices, using lead (Pb)-related neuro...

The costs of lead-based paint hazard control in housing are well documented, but the costs of cleanup after improper, inherently dangerous, methods of removing lead-based paint are not. In this article we report a case of childhood lead poisoning and document the costs of decontamination after uncontained power sanding was used to remove paint down to bare wood from approximately 3,000 ft(2) of...

This document contains an Environmental Assessment (EA), Regulatory Impact Review (RIR), and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) for two actions. The EA and IRFA analyze the impacts of the Federal actions to: 1) establishing the 2004 harvest specifications for groundfish target species in the groundfish fisheries of the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska fishery managem...

As part of the Atmospheric Exchange Over Lakes and Oceans Study (AEOLOS) the dry deposition fluxes and atmospheric size distributions (ASDs) of anthropogenic metals were measured over the southern basin of Lake Michigan. The measurements were made during winter, summer, and fall, concurrently, in Chicago, IL; over Lake Michigan onboard the U.S. EPA RV Lake Guardian; and in South Haven, MI. The ...

SCOEL has already issued Summary Documents on both Lead and Lead Compounds (SCOEL/SUM 83) and Hexavalent Chromium Compounds (SCOEL/SUM 86), to which reference is made. On this basis, the present Summary Document on Lead Chromate is focussed on experimental data on the genotoxicity of lead chromate and on the issue of bioavailibility. Specific data on lead chromate published after the latest IAR...

SCOEL has already issued Summary Documents on both Lead and Lead Compounds (SCOEL/SUM 83) and Hexavalent Chromium Compounds (SCOEL/SUM 86), to which reference is made. On this basis, the present Summary Document on Lead Chromate is focussed on experimental data on the genotoxicity of lead chromate and on the issue of bioavailibility. Specific data on lead chromate published after the latest IAR...

PROBLEM STATEMENT: Petroleum hydrocarbons, and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are found to contaminate groundwater and soils, are usually treated by pump-and-treat methods, which are very time-consuming, expensive, and not very effective. We are proposing the use of pervaporation for effectively removing these hydrocarbons and VOCs from contaminated soil and groundwater (with or...

This document contains an Environmental Assessment (EA), Regulatory Impact Review (RIR), and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) for two actions. The EA and IRFA analyze the impacts of the Federal actions to: 1) establishing the 2004 harvest specifications for groundfish target species in the groundfish fisheries of the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska fishery managem...