List of Bid Proposal Holders, March 20, 2012

List of Bid Proposal Holders

Description of three new arctic bramble cultivars and proposal for cultivar identification

Selostus: Kolmen uuden mesimarjalajikkeen kuvaukset ja lajikekuvausohjeet mesimarjalle ja jalomaaraimelle

List of Bid Proposal Holders, April 17, 2012

List of Bid Proposal Holders

Department of Human Services Proposal for State Mental Health Institute Closure and Consolidation, December 15, 2009

The Department’s recommendation for closure and consolidation is based on an analysis of the existing programs, persons served, physical plant costs, expenses and renovation/infrastructure costs for relocation, and review of the draft report from the MHI Task Force. Further detail surrounding the analysis used to drive the recommendation is found under the Recommendations section, beginning on page 12 of this report. In response to the legislative requirement to recommend closure and consolidation of an MHI, the Department recommends the closure of the Mount Pleasant Mental Health Institute with consolidation of its programs and operational beds at the Independence Mental Health Institute. With this recommendation, Independence MHI will add beds to accommodate the 15 adult psychiatric beds, 14 dual diagnosis beds, and 50 substance abuse treatment beds now located at the Mount Pleasant MHI. This relocation will take an estimated six months from the time statutory authority and corresponding appropriations are received.

List of Bid Proposal Holders, June 19, 2012

List of Bid Proposal Holders

MERCURY QUANTIFICATION IN SOILS USING THERMAL DESORPTION AND ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY: PROPOSAL FOR AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF ANALYSIS

Despite the considerable environmental importance of mercury (Hg), given its high toxicity and ability to contaminate large areas via atmospheric deposition, little is known about its activity in soils, especially tropical soils, in comparison with other heavy metals. This lack of information about Hg arises because analytical methods for determination of Hg are more laborious and expensive compared to methods for other heavy metals. The situation is even more precarious regarding speciation of Hg in soils since sequential extraction methods are also inefficient for this metal. The aim of this paper is to present a technique of thermal desorption associated with atomic absorption spectrometry, TDAAS, as an efficient tool for quantitative determination of Hg in soils. The method consists of the release of Hg by heating, followed by its quantification by atomic absorption spectrometry. It was developed by constructing calibration curves in different soil samples based on increasing volumes of standard Hg2+ solutions. Performance, accuracy, precision, and quantification and detection limit parameters were evaluated. No matrix interference was detected. Certified reference samples and comparison with a Direct Mercury Analyzer, DMA (another highly recognized technique), were used in validation of the method, which proved to be accurate and precise.

List of Bid Proposal Holders, July 17, 2012

List of Bid Proposal Holders

List of Bid Proposal Holders, August 21, 2012

List of Bid Proposal Holders

List of Bid Proposal Holders, September 18, 2012

List of Bid Proposal Holders

List of Bid Proposal Holders, October 16, 2012

List of Bid Proposal Holders

List of Bid Proposal Holders, December 18, 2012

List of Bid Proposal Holders

List of Bid Proposal Holders, January 16, 2013

List of Bid Proposal Holders

List of Bid Proposal Holders, February 19, 2013

List of Bid Proposal Holders

List of Bid Proposal Holders, April 16, 2013

List of Bid Proposal Holders

List of Bid Proposal Holders, May 21, 2013

List of Bid Proposal Holders