The Anglo-Palestine Company Limited : Bekanntmachung

H. Neumann

The Anglo-Palestine Company Limited

H. Neumann

The Palestine Land Development Company Limited

H. Neumann

Satzungen nebst dem am 12. Mai 1903 mit der South West Africa Company limited, London, abgeschlossenen Vertrage und Anlagen

Otavi-Minen- und Eisenbahnen-Gesellschaft, Berlin

Minnie Milton, Hüftbild

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F05451

Minnie Milton, {[N.N.], Doppelbildnis

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F05452

Minnie Milton, Rollenbild

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F05453

Minnie Milton, Rollenbild

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F05455

Minnie Milton, Rollenbild, Brustbild

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F05456

Minnie Milton, Brustbild

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F05457

A comparison of worker risk of injury while working on fully automated side loaders and other residential collection trucks at a large solid waste collection company

The study aim was to determine whether using automated side loader (ASL) trucks in higher proportions compared to other types of trucks for residential waste collection results in lower injury rates (from all causes). The primary hypothesis was that the risk of injury to workers was lower for those who work with ASL trucks than for workers who work with other types of trucks used in residential waste collection. To test this hypothesis, data were collected from one of the nation’s largest companies in the solid waste management industry. Different local operating units (i.e. facilities) in the company used different types of trucks to varying degrees, which created a special opportunity to examine refuse collection injuries and illnesses and the risk reduction potential of ASL trucks.^ The study design was ecological and analyzed end-of-year data provided by the company for calendar year 2007. During 2007, there were a total of 345 facilities which provided residential services. Each facility represented one observation.^ The dependent variable – injury and illness rate, was defined as a facility’s total case incidence rate (TCIR) recorded in accordance with federal OSHA requirements for the year 2007. The TCIR is the rate of total recordable injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers. The independent variable, percent of ASL trucks, was calculated by dividing the number of ASL trucks by the total number of residential trucks at each facility.^ Multiple linear regression models were estimated for the impact of the percent of ASL trucks on TCIR per facility. Adjusted analyses included three covariates: median number of hours worked per week for residential workers; median number of months of work experience for residential workers; and median age of residential workers. All analyses were performed with the statistical software, Stata IC (version 11.0).^ The analyses included three approaches to classifying exposure, percent of ASL trucks. The first approach included two levels of exposure: (1) 0% and (2) >0 - <100%. The second approach included three levels of exposure: (1) 0%, (2) ≥ 1 - < 100%, and (3) 100%. The third approach included six levels of exposure to improve detection of a dose-response relationship: (1) 0%, (2) 1 to <25%, (3) 25 to <50%, (4) 50 to <75%, (5) 75 to <100%, and (6) 100%. None of the relationships between injury and illness rate and percent ASL trucks exposure levels was statistically significant (i.e., p<0.05), even after adjustment for all three covariates.^ In summary, the present study shows that there is some risk reduction impact of ASL trucks but not statistically significant. The covariates demonstrated a varied yet more modest impact on the injury and illness rate but again, none of the relationships between injury and illness rate and the covariates were statistically significant (i.e., p<0.05). However, as an ecological study, the present study also has the limitations inherent in such designs and warrants replication in an individual level cohort design. Any stronger conclusions are not suggested.^

Evaluation of a wellness program at a large private sector petrochemical company in Texas

The study purpose was to analyze the effects Integrated Health Solutions (IHS), an employee wellness program that has been implemented for one year on the corporate campus of a major private sector petrochemical company in Houston, TX, has on employee health. ^ Chronic diseases are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States and are the most preventable of all health problems. The costs of chronic diseases in the working-age adult population include not only health problems and a decrease in quality of life, but also an increase the cost of health care and costs to businesses and employers, both directly and indirectly. These emerging costs to employers as well as the fact that adults now spend the majority of waking hours at the office have increased the interest in worksite health promotion programs that address many of the behavioral factors that lead to chronic conditions. Therefore, implementing and evaluating programs that are aimed at promoting health and decreasing the prevalence of chronic diseases at worksites is very important. ^ Data came from existing data that were collected by IHS staff during employee biometric screenings at the company in 2010 and 2011. Data from employees who participated in screenings in both 2010 and 2011 were grouped into a cohort by IHS staff. ^ One-tailed t-tests were conducted to determine if there were significant improvements in the biometric measures of body fat percentage, BMI, waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, total, HDL, and LDL cholesterol levels, triglycerides, blood glucose levels, and cardiac risk ratios. Sensitivity analysis was conducted to determine if there were differences in program outcomes when stratified by age, gender, job type, and time between screenings. ^ Mean differences for the variables from 2010 to 2011 were small and not always in the desired direction for health improvement indicators. Through conducting t-tests, it was found that there were significant improvements in HDL, cardiac risk ratio, and glucose levels. There were significant increases in cholesterol, LDL, and diastolic blood pressures. For the IHS program, it appears that gender, job type, and time between screenings were possible modifiers of program effectiveness. When program outcome measures were stratified by these factors, results suggest that corporate employees had better outcomes than field employees, males had better outcomes overall than females, and more positive program effects were seen for employees with less time between their two screenings. ^ Recommendations for the program based on the results include ensuring validity of instruments and initial and periodic training of measurement procedures and equipment handling, using normative data or benchmarks to decrease chances for biased estimates of program effectiveness, measuring behaviors as well as biometric and physiologic statuses and changes, and collecting level of engagement data.^

Grafts, A. S., Currier, H. B. y Stocking, C. R. - El agua en la fisiología vegetal (Water in the physiology of plants); 40 pp. Ed. por Chronica Botanica Company, Waltham, Mass. USA., 1949

Fil: H. G. C..

Ciudades imaginadas en Fernando Arrabal y Milton Hatoum

Este artículo propone una lectura comparativa de la obra teatral 'Fando y Lis', del dramaturgo español Fernando Arrabal, y el romance brasileño 'Los Huérfanos de El Dorado' (Órfãos do Eldorado), del amazónico Milton Hatoum, a través del espacio imaginado por los personajes, las ciudades 'Tar' y la 'Ciudad Encantada' (Cidade Encantada). En el texto teatral de Fernando Arrabal, los personajes Fando y Lis pasan su vida caminando hacia 'Tar' (espacio imaginado), que siempre se describe como un lugar que todos intentan alcanzar. En 'Los Huérfanos de El Dorado', Arminto pasa la vida buscando a una mujer que se fue a la 'Ciudad Encantada' (también un lugar imaginado). Este trabajo sostiene que 'Tar' y 'Ciudad Encantada' tiene algo en común: los personajes creen que ellas existen, pues son parte de la creación de los personajes. Gaston Bachelard en 'La poética del espacio' trata de la inmensidad íntima, de la dialéctica del exterior y del interior de los personajes. Es a través de este prisma teórico que se hará el análisis comparativo de las dos obras, de los dos espacios imaginados

El territorio usado en Milton Santos y la inteligencia territorial en el GDRI INTI : Iniciativas y perspectivas

El territorio usado en Milton Santos es un macro-concepto de notable riqueza y polisemia, y a la vez base, en las próximas décadas, en la construcción de un status científico con escasos precedentes en la Teoría del Territorio. La inteligencia territorial en el GDRI INTI es un macro-concepto en formación y desarrollo en Europay en América Latina, con una capacidad notable de articulación entre Teorías Sociales, Territoriales y de la Transformación al servicio de un campo científico multidisciplinar con gran futuro. Por génesis y desarrollo, territorio usado e inteligencia territorial se inscriben en el denominado paradigma emergente en las ciencias (de Sousa, 2009). Traducción mediante con los sujetos del objeto ¿En qué medida cosas y relaciones juntas, materializadas en técnicas, resignificadas en acontecimientos y sujetas a relaciones de poder no sólo son explanans y explanandum de cualquier territorio usado, sino que pueden constituir base para la co-construcción de territorios bien usados y/o mejor usados mediante las difíciles interfaces de conocimientos (Long, 2007) y ecologías de saberes (de Sousa, op.cit.)? Este interrogante dispara la hipótesis de este trabajo: su intento por responderlo se trabaja interpretando proyectos de Inteligencia Territorial concretos en América Latina y Europa hace poco más de tres años