Promoting Quality Care - Good Practice Guidance on the Assessment and Management of Risk & Dementia Toolset August 2012

Good Practice Guidance

Guidance on the transfer of mentally disordered patients detained under the Mental Health (NI) Order 1986 to and from Hospitals in Great Britain - August 2011 (PDF 101 KB)

Guidance on the transfer of mentally disordered patients detained under the Mental Health (NI) Order 1986 to and from Hospitals in Great Britain - August 2011.

Classification and management of seeds in retinoblastoma. Ellsworth Lecture Ghent August 24th 2013.

Retinoblastoma has the unique capacity to accelerate its own intra-ocular propagation by adopting semi-solid or even liquid growth properties through seeding. Until recently, the presence of any degree of seeding was mostly incompatible with successful conservative management, due to the multiresistant nature of the seeds. Surprisingly, this well-recognized retinoblastoma behavior has not undergone any detailed description of seeding patterns and anatomic sites. In this paper, we describe the phenotypic variability of seeds across the four possible intraocular seeding compartments and classify them into three fundamental types: namely dust, spheres, and clouds. We also provide an overview of the different therapeutic strategies developed for seeding, with special attention to intravitreal chemotherapy as the treatment of choice for vitreous and retro-hyaloid seeding. Finally, we propose criteria to enable assessment of the response to treatment by reporting seed regression patterns, as well as a clinical grading system for the retinal toxicity observed following intravitreal melphalan.

Missing Persons Bulletin, Iowa Department of Public Safety, August 2001

Monthly newsletter for public safety

E-1 Monthly Statistical Movement Summary for Entire Iowa Department of Corrections, August 2001

Monthly Statistical Movement Summary for Entire Iowa Department of Corrections

E-1 Monthly Statistical Movement Summary for Entire Iowa Department of Corrections, Iowa Department of Corrections, August 2002

Monthly Statistical Movement Summary for Entire Iowa Department of Corrections

Report on Special Investigation of the City of Preston Library, June 14, 1999 - August 25, 2003

City Audit Report - Special Investigation

Report on the Special Investigation of the Nutrition Department of the Boone Community School District, For the Period August 30, 2004 through March 31, 2006 and Selected Activity for the period February 28, 2000 through March 31, 2006

Community School District Audit Report - Special Investigation

Investigation into the Department of Natural Resources' Investigation of Asian Markets in Polk County, August 2004

Investigative report produced by Iowa Citizens' Aide/Ombudsman

E-1 Monthly Statistical Movement Summary for Entire Iowa Department of Corrections, August 2004

Monthly Statistical Movement Summary for Entire Iowa Department of Corrections

Iowa Soybean Promotion Board, Independent Auditor's Reports, Financial Statements and Supplemental Information, Schedule of Findings, August 31, 2003 & 2004

State Agency Audit Report

Special Investigation of the Fourth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services (District) Headquartered in Council Bluffs, July 1st, 2003 through August 31, 2004

Other Audit Report - Special Investigation

Evaluation of the Iowa Department of Transportation's Compensatory Wetland Mitgation Program, August 30, 2004

The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the Compensatory Wetland Mitigation Program at the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) in terms of regulatory compliance. Specific objectives included: 1) Determining if study sites meet the definition of a jurisdictional wetland. 2) Determining the degree of compliance with requirements specified in Clean Water Act Section 404 permits. A total of 24 study sites, in four age classes were randomly selected from over 80 sites currently managed by the Iowa DOT. Wetland boundaries were delineated in the field and mitigation compliance was determined by comparing the delineated wetland acreage at each study site to the total wetland acreage requirements specified in individual CWA Section 404 permits. Of the 24 sites evaluated in this study, 58 percent meet or exceed Section 404 permit requirements. Net gain ranged from 0.19 acre to 27.2 acres. Net loss ranged from 0.2 acre to 14.6 acres. The Denver Bypass 1 site was the worst performer, with zero acres of wetland present on the site and the Akron Wetland Mitigation Site was the best performer with slightly more than 27 acres over the permit requirement. Five of the 10 under-performing sites are more than five years post construction, two are five years post construction, one is three years post construction and the remaining two are one year post construction. Of the sites that meet or exceed permit requirements, approximately 93 percent are five years or less post construction and approximately 43 percent are only one year old. Only one of the 14 successful sites is more than five years old. Using Section 404 permit acreage requirements as the criteria for measuring success, 58 percent of the wetland mitigation sites investigated as part of this study are successful. Using net gain/loss as the measure of success, the Compensatory Wetland Mitigation Program has been successful in creating/restoring nearly 44 acres of wetland over what was required by permits.