Iowa Bureau of EMS: Bureau of EMS Status Reports, Leading the Way,

Report of Iowa EMS services, providers, and certification levels of the providers. Along with trauma and care facilities in Iowa.

South Carolina tobacco directory

This tobacco directory list tobacco products sold in South Carolina by name, company name, original certification date, action type and agreement type.

South Carolina tobacco directory

This tobacco directory list tobacco products sold in South Carolina by name, company name, original certification date, action type and agreement type.

South Carolina tobacco directory

This tobacco directory list tobacco products sold in South Carolina by name, company name, original certification date, action type and agreement type.

South Carolina tobacco directory

This tobacco directory list tobacco products sold in South Carolina by name, company name, original certification date, action type and agreement type.

South Carolina's highway safety and performance plan FFY 2010

This document describes the 2010 highway safety plan for South Carolina. It includes information on state certification and assurances, overview of the Section 402 Highway Safety Program, projects to be implemented, program administration, alcohol countermeasures, motorcycle safety, youth alcohol and traffic safety, traffic records and police traffic services.

Determinants of Sustainability e-reporting in Portuguese municipalities: an institutional and legitimacy theoretical framewor

This study aims to analyse the extent of online social responsibility (SR) information disclosure by Portuguese municipalities and to identify related determinant factors, based on Institutional Theory and Legitimacy Theories. A content analysis was performed on webpages from 60 sampled municipalities, and an information disclosure index was created.Descriptive statistics obtained indicate the Total Disclosure Index (TDI) value was 0.46. The Economic Information sub-category exhibits the highest value (0.66), followed by the Social and Environmental Information categories (0.61 and 0.36, respectively). The multivariate analysis results indicate that LA21 implementation the existence of tax burdens, the characterisation of a municipality as urban and environmental/SR certification application positively influence SR information disclosure. TDI is negatively affected by the existence of an inactive population (i.e. by the percentage of individuals ≤19 and ≥65 years of age).

Formulación de estrategias para incentivar el turismo sostenible en Colombia, con énfasis en regiones con un alto nivel de desarrollo económico.

Actualmente el sector turismo se ha ido posicionando como una de las principales fuentes de prosperidad (en términos de empleo, bienestar y riqueza) por encima de grandes industrias como la automotriz y la petrolera, lo cual, es considerado por las Naciones Unidas como una gran oportunidad de desarrollo para los países emergentes. Colombia, es un ejemplo de esta situación por su gran potencial en turismo naturaleza, el cual está comenzando a incluirse en planes de desarrollo turístico como en Villavicencio, actual epicentro comercial de los llanos orientales y líder en el desarrollo turístico del Meta. El trabajo pretende ser un estudio de caso que evidencie los factores que han impedido que el desarrollo sostenible progrese de forma paralela al crecimiento turístico que se está dando en la región, enfocado en los alojamientos urbanos y rurales de la capital del Meta. A partir de esto, se realiza una encuesta a 42 hoteles, una vez vistos los resultados está, se analiza la manera en que es asimilada la sostenibilidad desde un punto de vista práctico. La información recopilada revela que los agentes turísticos presentan carencia de concientización, respecto al movimiento “verde” que se está dando a nivel mundial, no tienen como prioridad los temas sostenibles, desconocen las normas ambientales y no tienen claridad sobre los procesos de certificación

Propuesta de mejora en la calidad de los procesos de la empresa Banafruts

El presente documento es una propuesta elaborada para la empresa “Banafruits” a partir de la visita realizada a la finca “Chavela”, lugar donde se realizan todos los procesos productivos del banano. Para su elaboración, se tomaron como base los detalles de cada uno de los pasos que toma el producto, lo cual permitió destacar puntos de mejora para que la empresa a través de su implementación, logre beneficios en la productividad llegando a mejoras en la calidad final de sus productos; tomando en cuenta, cada uno de los procesos diarios que integran su cadena productiva. Para la elaboración de los puntos en los que se basa la propuesta para Banafruts, se abordaron principalmente cuatro elementos: el personal, el tiempo, las herramientas implementadas y las medidas; los cuales deben ser cuidados en conjunto para garantizar el resultado final. Cada uno de los aspectos fue evaluado a través de la implementación de herramientas de calidad cuyos resultados permitieron proponer alternativas para mejorar el desempeño actual de la compañía.

Quality improvement of traditional dry fermented sausages based on innovative technological strategies

Dry fermented sausages are highly appreciated food specialties, mainly in Portugal and other southern European countries. Therefore, all research efforts aiming at improving the food quality and safety of traditional dry sausages are of interest, since they are likely to result in products with higher added value and quality standards most suited to the requirements and concerns of the modern consumers. Among those efforts, it may be highlighted the studies involving innovative processing parameters and technologies to overcome practical problems gathered in the meat industry, which are mostly associated with food quality and safety. Additionally, characterization of traditional dry sausages and rationalization of their processing are essential for further achievement of any official certification. Thus, this article attempts to point out some research lines of highest interest in meat science (and particularly to the broad variety of regional dry fermented sausages), towards to the valorisation of technological, nutritional and commercial features. In addition, it is here emphasized the importance for the continuous improvement of the quality and safety of meat products as a way to respond to the current concerns regarding its consumption and the general advices in reducing its daily intake.

Evaluación de la organización académico administrativa con base en la metodología de los sistemas suaves: El caso de la licenciatura en turismo

Recibido 20 de octubre de 2010 • Aceptado 09 de marzo de 2011 • Corregido 2 de abril de 2011 El objetivo de la investigación fue evaluar, con un enfoque sistémico, la organización académico administrativa de tres programas de licenciatura en turismo, con la finalidad de identificar las características que estos presentaban respecto a los criterios del Consejo para la Acreditación de la Educación Turística (CONAET) y TedQual (Tourism Education Quality), para acceder a la certificación nacional e internacional. El cuestionario y la guía de observación fueron los instrumentos para recopilar la información necesaria, la cual fue organizada con un enfoque cualitativo (mediante el Atlas Ti) y cuantitativo (a través de la estadística descriptiva). La principal conclusión fue que la Licenciatura en Turismo, ofrecida por la Escuela Superior de Turismo (EST), cumple con los criterios de certificación. Se considera, por tanto, que sus instalaciones y el programa ofertado se encuentran de acuerdo con los lineamientos de certificación, en tanto que la Universidad el Valle de México (UVM) y la Escuela Bancaria y Comercial (EBC) presentan serias deficiencias respecto a los criterios establecidos por estos organismos.

Fatigue and Damage Tolerance in Primary Composite Aeronautical Structures

The challenging requirements set on new full composite aeronautical structures are mostly related to the demonstration of damage tolerance capability of their primary structures, required by the airworthiness bodies. And while composite-made structures inherently demonstrate exceptional fatigue properties, when put in real life working conditions, a number of external factors can lead to impact damages thus reducing drastically their fatigue resistance due to fiber delamination, disbonding or breaking. This PhD aims towards contributing to the better understanding of the behavior of the primary composite aeronautical structure after near-edge impacts which are inevitable during the service life of an aircraft. The behavior of CFRP structures after impacts in only one small piece of the big picture which is the certification of CFRP built aircraft, where several other parameters need to be evaluated in order to fulfill the airworthiness requirements. These parameters are also discussed in this PhD thesis in order to give a better understanding of the complex task of CFRP structure certification, in which behavior of the impacted structure plays an important role. An experimental and numerical campaign was carried out in order to determine the level of delamination damage in CFRP specimens after near-edge impacts. By calibrating the numerical model with experimental data, it was possible, for different configurations and energy levels, to predict the extension of a delamination in a CFRP structure and to estimate its residual static strength using a very simple but robust technique. The original contribution of this work to the analysis of CFRP structures is the creation of a model which could be applicable to wide range of thicknesses and stacking sequences of CFRP structures, thus potentially being suitable for industrial application, as well.

Experimental Project on the Safety and the Optimization of the Use of Glyphosate-Based Herbicides in the Grain Sector.

INTRODUCTION: Glyphosate is the most widely applied pesticide worldwide and it is an active ingredient of all glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs), including in the formulation “Roundup” . It is unclear if the glyphosate present in ground water can be absorbed and translocated in different parts of the pants, particularly wheat plants. This indeed represents an important aspect for productivity (being this a powerful herbicide) and organic certification of the products (the use of glyphosate is not admitted in organic farming and the ubiquitous contamination of glyphosate in water might in theory affect the level of glyphosate in the plants). Overall, epidemiological, in vivo and in vitro studies available in literature present conflicting findings on the safety of glyphosate. METHODS: The work performed for this PhD thesis aimed to experimentally test the root absorption and the eventual translocation of the glyphosate herbicide in the different parts of the wheat plant (Triticum durum) starting from ground water. Furthermore we aimed to experimentally test the effects of the exposure to GBHs at doses of glyphosate considered to be “safe”, the US ADI of 1.75 mg/kg bw/day, defined as the chronic Reference Dose (cRfD) determined by the US EPA, in in vivo models (Sprague-Dawley rats) and in vitro models (Caco2 and L929). RESULTS: All the experimental absorption studies on wheat plants performed have given negative results in terms of the presence of glyphosate or AMPA in the grain of durum wheat. On the other hand the experimental safety studies on in vitro and in vivo models highlighted different effects at doses currently considered safe for humans and with no effects in animals. CONCLUSION: Overall the integration of the findings from absorption in plants and safety studies will serve as solid evidence-base for risk assessment and productive strategies for agriculture.

Design and evaluation of aerosol and liquid separation systems

Conventional chromatographic columns are packed with porous beads by the universally employed slurry-packing method. The lack of precise control of the particle size distribution, shape and position inside the column have dramatic effects on the separation efficiency. In the first part the thesis an ordered, three-dimensional, pillar-array structure was designed by a CAD software. Several columns, characterized by different fluid distributors and bed length, were produced by a stereolithographic 3D printer and compared in terms of pressure drop and height equivalent to a theroretical plate (HETP). To prevent the release of unwanted substances and to provide a surface for immobilizing a ligand, pillars were coated with one or more of the following materials: titanium dioxide, nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) and polystyrene. The external NFC layer was functionalized with Cibacron Blue and the dynamic binding capacity of the column was measured by performing three chromatographic cycles, using bovine serum albumin (BSA) as target molecule. The second part of the thesis deals with Covid-19 pandemic related research activities. In early 2020, due to the pandemic outbreak, surgical face masks became an essential non-pharmaceutical intervention to limit the spread. To address the consequent shortage and to support the reconversion of the Italian industry, in late March 2020 a multidisciplinary group of the University of Bologna created the first Italian laboratory able to perform all the tests required for the evaluation and certification of surgical masks. More than 1200 tests were performed on about 350 prototypes, according to the standard EN 14683:2019. The results were analyzed to define the best material properties and masks composition for the production of masks with excellent efficiency. To optimize the usage of surgical masks and to reduce their environmental burden, the variation of their performance over time of usage were investigated as to determine the maximum lifetime.