Rail safety/ equipment crashworthiness. Volume I: A systems analysis of injury minimization in rail systems. Interim report.

Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C.

Selected problems of minimization of variable-valued logic formulas /

"UIUCDCS-R-75-726"

An algorithm for the minimization of two-level multiple-output networks.

Vita.

Minimization of logic networks under a generalized cost function /

Includes bibliographical references.

Minimization of switching networks using negative functions

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Historische wahre Nachricht von dem Elend und Drangsalen des im Jahre 1777 auf dem Wallfischfang nach Grönland abgefarnen verunglückten Schiffes Wilhelmina ... : aus dem holländischen Tagebuche und mündlicher Erzählung der drei Matrosen, Harm Henrich Kröger, Harm Henrich Kröger, des Sohns ... und Kasten Külke ... übersetzt : wo beigefügt ist die kurzgefasste wahrhafte Nachricht von den im Jahr 1777 auf dem Wallfischfang nach Grönland abgegangenen und daselbst verunglückten fünf Hamburger Schiffen ... Altona, 1778 ...

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 11794.6-2, suppl.

Waste minimization : major problems of data reliability and validity identified : report to Congressional requesters /

"B-235931"--P. [1].

Love, life & work ; being a book of opinions, reasonably good-natured, concerning how to attain the highest happiness for one's self with the least possible harm to others.

Double t.-p. in red and black within ornamental borders.

Gender differences in the relationship between offending, self-harm and depression in adolescence and young adulthood

Criminal offending and poor mental health are both recognised as important social problems warranting prevention and intervention efforts. Although there is some evidence for comorbidity between these problems, little research has examined the causal relationship between offending and mental health, particularly for young people. The present investigation addresses these issues by using data from the Sibling Study, a longitudinal investigation of delinquency as self-reported by 731 adolescents and young adults in south-east Queensland, Australia. The results suggest that for young women, but not men, offending behaviours (including the use of illicit drugs) lead to increases in self-harm and depression. Conversely, poor mental health, as indicated by having low self-esteem, a poor future outlook, and a belief that life is very confusing, does not influence subsequent levels of offending for either sex. The implications for prevention and intervention are discussed, with emphasis on the need for the criminal justice system to provide mental health services to young female offenders.

WASOP, a qualitative methodology for waste minimization: systems thinking, HAZOP principles and nuclear waste

Purpose – The international nuclear community continues to face the challenge of managing both the legacy waste and the new wastes that emerge from ongoing energy production. The UK is in the early stages of proposing a new convention for its nuclear industry, that is: waste minimisation through closely managing the radioactive source which creates the waste. This paper proposes a new technique (called waste and source material operability study (WASOP)) to qualitatively analyse a complex, waste-producing system to minimise avoidable waste and thus increase the protection to the public and the environment. Design/methodology/approach – WASOP critically considers the systemic impact of up and downstream facilities on the minimisation of nuclear waste in a facility. Based on the principles of HAZOP, the technique structures managers' thinking on the impact of mal-operations in interlinking facilities in order to identify preventative actions to reduce the impact on waste production of those mal-operations.' Findings – WASOP was tested with a small group of experienced nuclear regulators and was found to support their qualitative examination of waste minimisation and help them to work towards developing a plan of action. Originality/value – Given the newness of this convention, the wider methodology in which WASOP sits is still in development. However, this paper communicates the latest thinking from nuclear regulators on decision-making methodology for supporting waste minimisation and is hoped to form part of future regulatory guidance. WASOP is believed to have widespread potential application to the minimisation of many other forms of waste, including that from other energy sectors and household/general waste.

Assessing the efficacy of structural merger remedies:choosing between theories of harm?

This paper shows that many structural remedies in a sample of European merger cases result in market structures which would probably not be cleared by the Competition Authority (CA) if they were the result of merger (rather than remedy).This is explained by the fact that the CA’s objective through remedy is to restore premerger competition, but markets are often highly concentrated even before merger. If so, the CA must often choose between clearing an ‘uncompetitive’merger, or applying an unsatisfactory remedy. Here, the CA appears reluctant to intervene against coordinated effects, if doing so enhances a leader’s dominance.