National Technical Reports Library: 57 - Medicine and Biology

90-Day Toxicity Study in the Rat by Dietary Administration with Difluoroacetic acid.

No abstract available. ...

Acidosis and Correction of Acidosis Does Not Affect rFVIIa Function in Swine.

Background: Hemorrhagic shock and trauma are associated with acidosis and altered coagulation. A fall in pH has been reported to attenuate the activity of recombinant activated Factor VII (rFVIIa) in vitro. However, it is not known if acidosis induce ...

Acoustic Coherent Backscatter Enhancement from Aggregations of Marine Animals.

LONG-TERM GOALS: The overall long-term goal for this project is to determine if and how acoustic coherent backscatter enhancement (ACBE) can be used for classification of active sonar returns in a wide variety of ocean environments. During its first ...

Adipose Stem Cell-Based Therapeutic Targeting of Residual Androgens in African Americans with Metastatic Prostate Cancer.

The disproportionate incidence and mortality of prostate cancer (CaP) among African Americans (AA) in comparison to Caucasian American (CA) are not well understood. It is believed that high circulating androgens reported in AA men may account for suc ...

Airport Wildlife Population Management: A Synthesis of Airport Practice.

This synthesis provides direct wildlife population control techniques for reducing wildlife collisions with aircraft. This report synthesizes the various direct wildlife population control techniques available to airport personnel and their relative ...

Analysis of Commute Times and Neurobehavioral Performance Capacity in Aviation Cabin Crew.

Numerous factors can affect safety, performance, and quality of life in individuals working in 24-hr operational environments such as industrial shift-work, military, health care, law enforcement, space exploration, and transportation, and one issue ...

Analysis of Sertraline in Postmortem Fluids and Tissues in 11 Aviation Accident Victims.

Sertraline (Zoloft R) is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor that is a commonly prescribed drug for the treatment of depression, as well as obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, ...

Anticipated Effects of Development on Habitat Fragmentation and Movement of Mammals into and out of the Schoodic District, Acadia National Park, Maine.

Most national parks interact with adjacent lands because their boundaries fail to encompass all regional habitats, species pools, and migration routes. Activities planned for adjacent lands can have adverse effects on park resources and visitor exper ...

Assessing Movement and Sources of Mortality of Juvenile Catostomids Using Passive Integrated Transponder Tags, Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon: Summary of 2012 Effort.

Survival of juvenile endangered Lost River and shortnose suckers is thought to limit recruitment into the adult populations and ultimately limit the recovery of these species in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon. Although many hypotheses exist about the sou ...

Atmospheric Prebiotic Chemistry and Organic Hazes.

Earth's atmospheric composition at the time of the origin of life is not known, but it has often been suggested that chemical transformation of reactive species in the atmosphere was a significant source of pre biotic organic molecules. Experimental ...

Audit of Compliance with Standards Governing Combined DNA Index System Activities at the North Dakota Office of Attorney General Crime Laboratory, Bismarck, North Dakota.

The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Audit Division, has completed an audit of compliance with standards governing Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) activities at the North Dakota Office of Attorney General Crime Laborator ...

Behavioral Ecology of Cetaceans: The Relationship of Body Condition with Behavior and Reproductive Success.

In this one-year limited-scope study, the objectives were to test our ability to make key measures needed to study the role of nutritive body condition in the behavior and reproduction in the Northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) and the ...

Bio-Alpha off the West Coast.

LONG-TERM GOALS: Develop quantitative models of the effects of fish with swim bladders on attenuation (bio-alpha), transmission loss, and scintillation index in the ocean. OBJECTIVES: Conduct an experiment off the west coast to determine the effects ...

Bioengineering Aspects of Inorganic Carbon supply to Mass Algal Cultures.

Regardless of the application, the basic biotechnology of large-scale outdoor cultures involves many common features, particularly in the requirement for adequate nutrients such as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus to ensure that light is the sole lim ...

Biological Evidence Preservation Handbook: Best Practices for Evidence Handlers. Technical Working Group on Biological Evidence Preservation.

Across the nation, headlines tell the story of evidence that has been mishandled, misplaced, lost, or destroyed. Often the blame for these mishaps is directed toward property and evidence custodians housed in law enforcement agencies nationwide. Many ...

Biomarkers of Human Decomposition Ecology and the Relationship to Postmortem Interval.

Microbial putrefaction of a corpse leaves signatures in the landscape and bone. Within this relationship exists the potential for refining models of postmortem interval (PMI) estimation based on increased understanding of the physicochemical characte ...

Botanical Extracts as Medical Countermeasures for Radiation Induced DNA Damage.

This study provides information for testing of readily available, low toxicity, long shelf life, easily administered botanicals which can be prophylactic radioprotectants. A selection of assays to test antioxidant capacity, metabolic and drug interac ...

Brain Vulnerability to Repeated Blast Overpressure and Polytrauma.

It is likely that the mild TBI and cognitive impairments observed among many of the troops returning from OIF and OEF result from repeated exposures to blast overpressure. Although the clinical symptoms of concussion are typically transient, there is ...

California State Waters Map Series--Hueneme Canyon and Vicinity, California.

In 2007, the California Ocean Protection Council initiated the California Seafloor Mapping Program (CSMP), designed to create a comprehensive seafloor map of high-resolution bathymetry, marine benthic habitats, and geology within Californias State Wa ...

Characterization of Photosynthetic Efficiency and Growth of Selected Microalgae in Dense Culture.

An objective of the Aquatic Species Program is the development of large scale culturing systems for the production of fuels from lipid-rich microalgae. A major constraint to any such culturing system is the provision of sufficient light in the most e ...

Chemical Profiles of Microalgae with Emphasis on Lipids.

This final report details progress during the third year of this subcontract. The overall objective of this subcontract was two fold: to provide the analytical capability required for selecting microalgae strains with high energy contents and to deve ...

Chemical Profiles of Microalgae with Emphasis on Lipids.

Well balanced cultivated cells that are healthy and unstressed produce the optimum cellular yield. All stress studies for lipids production should be conducted with the established cell mass and not be administered during active cultivation. Cells cu ...

Civil Aircraft Side-Facing Seat Research Summary.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has standards and regulations that are intended to protect aircraft occupants in the event of a crash. However, side-facing seats were not specifically addressed when aircraft seat dynamic test standards were ...

Civilian Fire Injuries in Residential Buildings (2008-2010). Topical Fire Report Series, Volume 13, Issue 1.

Fires can strike anywhere in structures, buildings, automobiles, and the outdoors. Fires that affect our homes are often the most tragic and the most preventable. It is a sad fact, but each year over 75 percent of all civilian fatalities occur as a r ...

Civilian Fire Injuries in Residential Buildings (2008-2010). Topical Fire Report Series, Volume 13, Issue 3.

Fires can strike anywhere in structures, buildings, automobiles and the outdoors. Fires that affect our homes are often the most tragic and the most preventable. While the loss of our possessions can be upsetting, the physical injuries and psychologi ...

Civilian Fire Injuries in Residential Buildings (2009-2011). Topical Fire Report Series, Volume 14, Issue 1.

Clinical Protocol for a Global Osteopathic Treatment Program for Chronic Back Pain.

Global treatment and payment protocols are gaining interest as an efficient and effective method for healthcare delivery. Although Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy (OMT) has been traditionally provided on a fee for service basis, a global treatment a ...

Coal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: (Surface Coal Mine), Fatal Accident (Machinery), January 26, 2013, Watts Welding and Fabricating (NXA), Slemp, Kentucky at Begley Resources No. 1, T and T Energy, LLC, Hyden, Leslie County, Kentucky. MSHA ID No. 15-19550.

On Saturday, January 26, 2013, at approximately 11:10 a.m., a machinery accident occurred at the T & T Energy, LLC, Begley Resources No. 1 Mine, located near Hyden, Leslie County, Kentucky. Jerry A. Watts (victim), a 52 year old contract welder with ...

Coal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Underground Coal Mine Fatal Powered Haulage Accident, September 11, 2012, Shoal Creek Mine, Drummond Company, Inc., Oakman, Walker County, Alabama. I.D. No. 01-02901.

On Tuesday, September 11, 2012, at approximately 10:23 a.m., a 28-year-old miner was fatally injured when he was crushed between a large power center and the coal rib. The power center was being moved by two large, articulating diesel forklifts, one ...

Collection and Screening of Microalgae for Lipid Production.

Themotolerant microalgae were selected from an existing culture collection and isolated from hot spring areas of Yellowstone National Park. Several of them grew at 35 degrees celsius, although only one grew at much better than 1 doubling per day. All ...

Collection of High Energy Yielding Strains of Saline Microalgae from Southwestern States.

Approximately 1,400 individual isolates of microalgae were obtained from surface waters in the Southwest. Of the initial 23 algae screened for growth characteristics, the majority grew best at the lower salinities in both SERI Type I and Type II Medi ...

Collection of High Energy Yielding Strains of Saline Microalgae from the Hawaiian Islands.

Microalgae were collected from 48 locations in the Hawaiian Islands in 1985. The sites were an aquaculture tank; a coral reef; bays; a geothermal steam vent; Hawaiian fish ponds; a Hawaiian salt punawai (well); the ocean; river mouths; saline lakes; ...

Combined Assessment Program Summary Report: Evaluation of Mental Health Treatment Continuity at Veterans Health Administration Facilities.

The VA Office of Inspector General Office of Healthcare Inspections evaluated the continuity of care for mental health (MH) patients at Veterans Health Administration facilities. The purpose of the evaluation was to determine whether patients who wer ...

Community Based Outpatient Clinic Reviews at Battle Creek VA Medical Center, Battle Creek, MI and Captian James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, North Chicago, IL.

We evaluated select activities to assess whether the CBOCs operated in a manner that provides veterans with consistent, safe, high-quality health care. We conducted an onsite inspection of the Battle Creek VAMC CBOCs during the week of December 3, 20 ...

Community Based Outpatient Clinic Reviews at Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AR and G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS.

We evaluated select activities to assess whether the CBOCs operated in a manner that provides veterans with consistent, safe, high-quality health care. We conducted an onsite inspection of the Central Arkansas Veterans HCS and the G.V. (Sonny) Montgo ...

Community Based Outpatient Clinic Reviews at Northport VA Medical Center, Northport, NY.

Community Based Outpatient Clinic Reviews at Robley Rex VA Medical Center, Louisville, KY.

Comparison of Concentrations and Profiles of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Metabolites in Bile of Fishes from Offshore Oil Platforms and Natural Reefs Along the California Coast.

To determine the environmental consequences of decommissioning offshore oil platforms on local and regional fish populations, contaminant loads in reproducing adults were investigated at seven platform sites and adjacent, natural sites. Specimens of ...

Comparison of Radiation Dose Studies of the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Accident Prepared by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Department of Defense.

The earthquake and the tsunami that occurred in Japan on March 11, 2011 led to releases of radioactive materials from the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the environment. This report compares data, assumpti ...

Comparison of TOPMODEL Streamflow Simulations Using NEXRAD-Based and Measured Rainfall Data, McTier Creek Watershed, South Carolina.

Rainfall is an important forcing function in most watershed models. As part of a previous investigation to assess interactions among hydrologic, geochemical, and ecological processes that affect fish-tissue mercury concentrations in the Edisto River ...

Cooking Fires in Residential Buildings (2008-2010). Topical Fire Report Series, Volume 13, Issue 12.

From 2008 to 2010, an estimated average of 164,500 cooking fires in residential buildings occurred in the United States each year and resulted in an estimated annual average of 110 deaths, 3,525 injuries, and $309 million in property loss. The term c ...

Current Intelligence Bulletin 65: Occupational Exposure to Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers.

In this Current Intelligence Bulletin, NIOSH continues its long-standing history of using the best available scientific information to assess potential hazards and risks and to provide guidance for protecting workers. Since it is early in the develop ...

Data Report for the Collection of Eggs from the Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra Serpentina Serpentina) from the Hudson River, New York. Hudson River Natural Resource Damage Assessment. Final. March 30, 2005.

Past and continuing discharges of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have contaminated natural resources of the Hudson River, New York. The Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees are conducting a natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) to assess and ...

Department of Defense Suicide Event Report (DoDSER) Calendar Year 2011 Annual Report.

The DoDSER program is a collaborative effort of the National Center for Telehealth & Technology (T2) and the Services suicide prevention program offices. Since 1 January 2008, the DoDSER program has standardized suicide surveillance across the Servic ...

Design, Fabrication, and Operation of Innovative Microalgae Culture Experiments for the Purpose of Producing Fuels. Final Report, Phase I.

A conceptual design was developed for a 1000-acre (water surface) algae culture facility for the production of fuels. The system is modeled after the shallow raceway system with mixing foils that is now being operated at the University of Hawaii. A c ...

Developing an Empirically Based Ranking Order for Bone Sampling: Examining the Differential DNA Yield Rates Between Human Skeletal Elements Over Increasing Post Mortem Intervals.

This study established an empirically based ranking of skeletal elements according to each bones capacity to provide usable genetic material for a DNA identification and assessed how these results varied over longer post mortem intervals (PMI). Curre ...

Developing Breast Cancer Program at Xavier; Genomic and Proteomic Analysis of Signaling Pathways Involved in Xenohormone and MEK5 Regulation of Breast Cancer.

Xavier University (XU) and the Tulane Cancer Center (TCC) will build a core of human talent that will address scientific problems such as drug resistance and the effect of environmental agents on breast cancer (BC) in the African- American community. ...

Development and Testing of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder in Active Duty Service Members Who Served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This study was an open-label, single-group, treatment-development project aimed at developing and testing a method for applying virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) to active duty service members diagnosed with combat post-traumatic stress disorde ...

Development of a High Throughput Assay for Indirectly Measuring Phage Growth Using the OmniLog (trademark) System.

The conventional and most accepted method of measuring the lytic activity of a phage against its bacterial host is the plaque assay. This method is laborious, time consuming and expensive, especially in high throughput analyses where multiple phage-b ...

Development of a Multileaf Collimator for Proton Radiotherapy.

This report describes the sixth year of a project to design and construct multileaf collimators (MLC) to be used in proton radiotherapy, the fifth year of the project to develop scanned beam technology for proton radiotherapy, and the fourth year of ...

Dissolvable Films of Silk Fibroin for Ultrathin Conformal Bio- Integrated Electronics.

Electronics that are capable of intimate, non-invasive integration with the soft, curvilinear surfaces of biological tissues offer important opportunities for diagnosing and treating disease and for improving brain/machine interfaces. This article de ...

Early Evaluation of NOAA's Habitat Matrix Program.

This still-young program continues to be administered primarily as a collection of individual programs rather than as a unified program with clear priorities and performance targets. Within this context, the individual programs appear to be effective ...

Ecological Assessment of Johnston Atoll.

Johnston Atoll was added to the United States National Wildlife Refuge system in 1926 to protect an important tropical ecosystem and the wildlife that it harbors. Johnston Atoll s ecosystem now includes extensive coral reefs and tropical terrestrial ...

Ecological Modeling Guide for Ecosystem Restoration and Management.

Ecological models are important tools for planning ecosystem restoration and management activities. Models help to organize our thinking, conceptualize our understanding of complex systems, and forecast environmental benefits that may result from pro ...

Effects of Chiloquin Dam on Spawning Distribution and Larval Emigration of Lost River, Shortnose, and Klamath Largescale Suckers in the Williamson and Sprague Rivers, Oregon.

Chiloquin Dam was constructed in 1914 on the Sprague River near the town of Chiloquin, Oregon. The dam was identified as a barrier that potentially inhibited or prevented the upstream spawning migrations and other movements of endangered Lost River ( ...

Enhanced Cognitive Rehabilitation to Treat Comorbid TBI and PTSD.

This study is a randomized trial of a hybrid treatment for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans with a history of mild to moderate TBI (mTBI) and PTSD. Emotional symptoms are likely a main cause of the persistence of post- concussive symptoms while thinking ...

EnviroFish, Version 1.0: User's Manual.

EnviroFish is both a modeling approach and a computer software. As a modeling approach, EnviroFish estimates the value of floodplain habitat suitable for fish reproduction under a given set of hydrologic and hydraulic conditions. As a software, Envir ...

Estimation of Annual Agricultural Pesticide Use for Counties of the Conterminous United States, 1992-2009.

A method was developed to calculate annual county-level pesticide use for selected herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides applied to agricultural crops grown in the conterminous United States from 1992 through 2009. Pesticide-use data compiled by p ...

Evaluation of Controller and Pilot Performance, Workload and Acceptability under a NextGen Concept for Dynamic Weather Adapted Arrival Routing.

In todays terminal operations, controller workload increases and throughput decreases when fixed standard terminal arrival routes (STARs) are impacted by storms. To circumvent this operational constraint, Prete, Krozel, Mitchell, Kim and Zou (2008) p ...

Evaluation of Techniques to Prevent Introduction of Zebra Mussels ('Dreissena Polymorpha') During Native Mussel (Unionoidea) Conservation Activities. A Contract Completion Report.

Because of the declines in diversity and abundance of native freshwater mussels (superfamily Unionoidea), and the potential decimation of populations of native mussels resulting from the rapid spread of the exotic zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha, m ...

Examination of health effects and long-term impacts of deployments of multiple tag types on blue, humpback, and gray whales in the eastern North Pacific.

Our goal is to provide new insights into the long term consequences of different types of tags on several additional species of large whales including blue, humpback, and gray whales by conducting long term follow up of previously tagged individuals ...

Expansion of a Cheminformatic Database of Spectral Data for Forensic Chemists and Toxicologists. Final Report.

The emergence of designer drugs as abused substances has seen a dramatic increase over the past few years. Forensic laboratories are faced with a challenge in identifying these compounds because reference standards for many of the compounds do not ex ...

Expenditures for Hypertension Among Adults Age 18 and Older, 2010: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population. Statistical Brief No. 404.

Hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure, increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. It is the leading cause of stroke and kidney failure, and a major cause of heart attacks. This Statistical Brief presents estimates based on the Househ ...

Exploitation of P-glycoprotein Over-expression for Targeted Drug Delivery to Breast Cancer.

This research resulted in the design and synthesis of new nanoconjugates with the ability to target multidrug resistant tumors. Additionally, the work has helped to initiate a new research program focused on the delivery of drugs to the brain. Both t ...

Fate and Transport of Cyanobacteria and Associated Toxins and Taste-and-Odor Compounds from Upstream Reservoir Releases in the Kansas River, Kansas, September and October 2011.

Cyanobacteria cause a multitude of water-quality concerns, including the potential to produce toxins and taste-and-odor compounds. Toxins and taste-and-odor compounds may cause substantial economic and public health concerns and are of particular int ...

Field Guide to the Identification of Japanese Stiltgrass with Comparisons to Other Look-a-Like Species.

Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum), also called Nepalese browntop, is an aggressive invader of forest lands throughout the eastern United States. Infestations can impact the diversity of native species, reduce wildlife habitat, and disrupt i ...

Final Results of an Oral 28-Day Study of an OECD 407 Repeated Dose Toxicity Study in Rats with bis(4-tert-butylcyclohexyl) peroxydicarbonate.

No abstract available. ...

Fitting Models of the Population Consequences of Acoustic Disturbance to Data from Marine Mammal Populations.

The long term goal of this research is to build an ecological modeling framework that facilitates understanding of the at-sea condition and health of various species of marine mammals. We will use the results from these models to explore and quantify ...

Flight Attendant Work/Rest Patterns, Alertness, and Performance Assessment: Field Validation of Biomathematical Fatigue Modeling.

Fatigue-induced impairments in neurobehavioral performance capacity may compromise safety in 24-hr operational environments, and developing reliable and valid methods of identifying work/rest patterns that produce fatigue and undermine performance is ...

Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization(FISH) or Other In Situ Hybridization(ISH) Testing of Uterine Cervical Cells to Predict Precancer and Cancer. (Final).

Screening for cervical cancer has the potential to detect precancerous lesions and cancers in early stages, which can be effectively treated. Screening tests currently used in the United States on cervical cell samples include the Papanicolaou(Pap) t ...

Global War on Terrorism Open Tibia Study.

It is estimated that there have been several hundred tibia fractures that have occurred in the global war on terror. Little is known about the long- term consequences of these injuries and their treatment. Objective: Our main objective is to determin ...

Groundwater and Surface-Water Interactions Near White Bear Lake, Minnesota, Through 2011.

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the White Bear Lake Conservation District, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and other State, county, municipal, and regional planning agencies, wate ...

Guidance for Industry: Blood Establishment Computer System Validation in the User's Facility.

We, FDA, are issuing this guidance to assist you, blood establishments, in developing a blood establishment computer system validation program, consistent with recognized principles of software validation, quality assurance, and current good software ...

Guidance for Industry: Implementation of an Acceptable Full-Length and Abbreviated Donor History Questionnaires and Accompanying Materials for Use in Screening Donors of Source Plasma.

This guidance recognizes the standardized full-length and abbreviated donor history questionnaires and accompanying materials, version 1.2 dated September 2012, prepared by the Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (PPTA) as an acceptable mechanism ...

Guidance for Industry: M3(R2) Nonclinical Safety Studies for the Conduct of Human Clinical Trials and Marketing Authorization for Pharmaceuticals. Questions and Answers(R2), Revision 1.

Although the ICH M3(R2) guidance is still in its early phases of the implementation, the complexity of the guidance, its broader scope, and numerous changes in recommendations from the M3(R1) guidance have generated questions that have an impact on i ...

Guidance for Industry: Non-Penicillin Beta-Lactam Drugs: A CGMP Framework for Preventing Cross-Contamination.

This guidance describes the importance of implementing manufacturing controls to prevent cross-contamination of finished pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) with non-penicillin beta-lactam drugs. This guidance also provides i ...

Guidance for Industry: Studies to Evaluate the Safety of Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Human Food: General Approach to Establish a Microbiological ADI VICH. GL36(R).

A variety of toxicological evaluations can be performed to establish the safety of veterinary drug residues in human food. An issue that needs to be addressed for veterinary antimicrobial drugs is the safety of their residues on the human intestinal ...

Guidance for Industry: What You Need to Know About Administrative Detention of Foods Small Entity Compliance Guide. Final Guidance.

This guidance document provides updated information pertaining to the Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) authority to order the administrative detention of human or animal food under section 304(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C A ...

Habitat Preference, Dispersal, and Population Trends of Three Species of Invasive Asian Carps in Tributaries of the La Grange Reach of the Illinois River.

Asian carps (Ctenopharyngodon idella, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, and H. nobilis), first introduced into the United States in the 1960s and 1970s, escaped and established reproducing populations in the Mississippi and Illinois River systems by the y ...

Hay Lake Specialist's Report: Anderson Mesa Landscape Scale Assessment.

The Anderson Mesa Landscape Scale Assessment is a comprehensive document that describes the ecosystems structure, processes and functions. The Assessment objectives as outlined in the project initiation letter were as follows: Identify opportunities ...

Health Care Expenditures for the Most Commonly Treated Conditions of Women Ages 18 to 39, 2009. Statistical Brief No. 403.

This Statistical Brief is one in a series presenting data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey's Household Component (MEPS-HC) on expenditures for the most commonly treated medical conditions. This Brief focuses on the health care expenditures f ...

Health Consultation: Cancer Incidence in the Population Living Near the Ringwood Mines/Landfill Site, 1979-2008, Ringwood Borough, Passiac County, New Jersey. EPA Facility ID: NJD980529739, December 13, 2011.

In May 2006, the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS) and the U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) released a draft Public Health Assessment for the Ringwood Mines/Landfill site in Ringwood Borough, Pa ...

Health Consultation: Evaluation of Contaminants in Adjacent Streets and Residential Soils in the South Park Site, South Seattle, King County, Washinton, July 28, 2010.

The Department of Health's (DOH) top priority for South Park site residents is to ensure that the community has the best information possible to safeguard its health. The Department of Ecology (Ecology) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (E ...

Health Consultation: Evaluation of Fish Tissue Data Collected from Hobbs Pond, Rhoades Salvage Site, Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont. EPA Facility ID: VTR000006007, November 24, 2009.

The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VTDEC) requested the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) evaluate fish tissue data for the Rhoades Salvage Yard (Rhoades) site located at 15 Shirley Avenue in Milton, Vermont. ...

Health Consultation: Evaluation of Indoor Air Settlement Program Data on Tetrachloroethane, Schlage Lock Company, Security, El Paso County, Colorado. EPA Facility ID: COD082657420, December 10, 2008.

Schlage Lock Company (Schlage) operates a manufacturing facility in Security, Colorado. In the late 1980s, the organic solvent tetrachloroethene, or PCE, was discovered in the subsurface soil on their property. Further investigation revealed that PCE ...

Health Consultation: Evaluation of Onsite Surface Soil Exposures by Recreational Users, Standard Mine, Gunnison County, Colorado. EPA Facility ID: CO0002378230, May 8, 2008.

This document is the second health consultation prepared for the Standard Mine site, which examines the potential public health risks associated with surface soil exposures by recreational users. The potential impact of mining wastes on Crested Butte ...

Health Consultation: Evaluation of Recreational Exposures to Surface Water, Sediment, and Fish Consumption, Standard Mine, Gunnison County, Colorado, September 5, 2008.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environments (CDPHE) Environmental Epidemiology Section has prepared this health consultation in cooperation with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). ATSDR is part of the US Depar ...

Health Consultation: Evaluation of Saginaw River Dioxin Exposures and Health Risks, Saginaw River, City of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan. EPA Facility ID: MID000724724, February 4, 2008.

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has shown that Saginaw River sediments, riverbank soils, and fish contain elevated amounts of dioxin-like chemicals (DLCs). The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) has documented fish ...

Health Consultation: Post-Removal Action, Rose Extermination Site, Norwood, Hamilton County, Ohio. EPA Facility ID: OHN000510327, August 28, 2009.

The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Health Assessment Section (HAS), in cooperation with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), seeks to serve the community of Norwood by using the best environmental science, providing accurate ...

Health Consultation: Review of Soil Gas, Indoor Air and Potable Well Data, Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek Site, Gibbsboro, Camden County, New Jersey. EPA Facility ID: NJD980417976, December 14, 2010.

In 2009, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), through a cooperative agreement with the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS) prepared a Public Health Assessment for the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek ...

Health Consultation: Salem-Keizer School District School Buses, Salem, Oregon, February 23, 2009.

The Oregon Public Health Division Environmental Health Assessment Program (EHAP) was asked by the Salem-Keizer School District to conduct this Health Consultation (HC). The purpose of this HC is to evaluate the public health risk for children who may ...

Health Consultation: Sapphire Valley Gem Mine Naturally Occurring Asbestos Site, Jackson County, North Carolina, September 18, 2009.

The N.C. Division of Public Health (DPH) understands the concerns with the potential for breathing naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) at the former Sapphire Valley Gem Mine. DPH's top priority is to make sure the community and other persons that may ...

Health Consultation: Scales Road, Advanced Disposal, and BFI Waste System Landfills, Lithonia, Dekalb County, Georgia. Scales Road EPA Facility ID: GAD981281777; BFI Waste Systems EPA Facility ID: GATMP0100114; Advanced Disposal EPA Facility ID: GAD981237316, February 6, 2007.

In April 2005, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) received a petition from a citizen action group requesting a health consultation to investigate the potential for human exposure to groundwater contaminants originating from ...

Health Consultation: Screening a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV), on October 10 and 14, 2008, After a Mercury Fever Thermometer Break in DeWitt, Michigan, May 22, 2009.

A private citizen called the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) and requested assistance with a mercury fever thermometer break in her sports utility vehicle (SUV). The thermometer broke in the backseat on the carpeted floor of the passen ...

Health Consultation: Sediment, Soil, and Surface Water Data Review, Rhoades Salvage, Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont. EPA Facility ID: VTR000006007, January 28, 2009.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requested the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) evaluate environmental data for the Rhoades Salvage Yard (Rhoades) site located at 15 Shirley Ave, Milton, VT (ATSDR 2008). Specifically, ...

Health Consultation: St. Clair Shores PCBs: Residential Soils, St. Clair Shores, Macomb County, Michican. EPA Facility ID: MIN000510063, November 27, 2007.

The purpose of this health consultation is to document the continued involvement and public-health activities of the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) at the PCB-contaminated area in St. Clair Shores, Macomb County, Michigan. MDCH initia ...

Health Consultation: Sweet Area Fluoride. Evaluation of Fluoride in Private Drinking Water Wells in the Communities of Sweet, Montour and Surrounding Areas, Gem County, Idaho, September 9, 2009.

BCEH's top priority is to ensure that the Sweet Community has good information to safeguard its health. Southwest District Health Department (SWDHD) asked BCEH to conduct this health consultation. The purpose of the consultation is to evaluate the pu ...

Health Consultation: Technical Support Document for a Methylmercury Reference Dose as a Basis for Fish Consumption Screening Values (FCSVs), September 10, 2009.

The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) is in the process of updating the fish consumption screening values (FCSVs) used in the Michigan Fish Consumption Advisory Program (MFCAP). All forms of mercury, including methylmercury in fish, can ...

Health Consultation: Vapor Intrusion Concerns, Springfield Street VOC Plume, Riverside, Montgomery County, Ohio. EPA Facility ID: OHN000510062, December 18, 2008.

The Springfield Street VOC Plume site (SSVP) consists of residences and commercial properties along Springfield Street in a mixed residential and industrial portion of the city of Riverside, just east of its boundary with the city of Dayton, in Montg ...

Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-2011-0096-3176, April 2013. Evaluation of Indoor Environmental Quality at an Accounting Office.

On April 15, 2011, NIOSH received an employee request regarding headaches, fatigue, weakness, fever, chills, flu-like symptoms, shortness of breath, coughing, chronic sinusitis, sore throat, burning eyes, and difficulty concentrating in a water-damag ...

Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-2011-0105-3173, April 2013. Evaluation of Zoonotic Disease and Exposures in Persons Working with Marine Mammals.

The HHE Program evaluated potential exposure of employees and volunteers to zoonotic diseases at a marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation center. Zoonotic diseases are those that can be transmitted from animals to humans. Investigators with the HHE ...

Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-2011-0166-3175, April 2013. Evaluation of Vibration Exposure for Interment Technicians.

The HHE Program evaluated concerns about injuries to an interment crew at a cemetery. Investigators spoke with employees about their health and safety concerns and measured the distance employees had to reach to operate equipment controls. Most opera ...

Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-2012-0164-3174, April 2013. Sea Lamprey Pesticide Contamination at a Biological Station.

The HHE Program evaluated surface contamination from spills of sea lamprey pesticides that occurred in the 1960s and 1970s at a biological station. HHE Program investigators took samples of carpet that were thought to have been contaminated with pest ...

Healthcare Inspection: Legioinnaires' Disease at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 23, 2013.

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) Office of Healthcare Inspections conducted a review of Legionnaires disease (LD) at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) at the request of the VA Secretary, Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr., Congressmen Mic ...

How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Expanded Edition.

This expanded edition of How People Learn is the result of the work of two committees of the Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education of the National Research Council (NRC). The original volume, published in April 1999, was the prod ...

Improving Attachments of Non-Invasive (Type III) Electronic Data Loggers to Cetaceans - Year Two Progress Report.

The overall goal of this project is to increase the longevity of suction cup attachments for short term archival tags such as the DTAG. Specifically, we are working to extend the routine attachment duration for suction-cup tags to multiple days, if n ...

Improving attachments of remotely-deployed dorsal fin-mounted tags: tissue structure, hydrodynamics, in situ performance, and tagged-animal follow- up.

We recently developed small satellite-linked telemetry tags that are anchored with small attachment darts to the dorsal fins of small- and medium- sized cetaceans. These Low Impact Minimally- Percutaneous External-electronics Transmitter (LIMPET) tag ...

Improving the National Preparedness System: Developing More Meaningful Grant Performance Measures.

After September 11, 2001, the United States made significant investments to strengthen its homeland security organizations and systems. The common purpose of these investments was to increase preparedness. To better prepare our Nation, this new homel ...

In Vitro Absorption of Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen Cyanide in Undisturbed Pooled Blood.

Biological samples from victims of aircraft accidents are analyzed for carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) and cyanide ion (CN-) in blood. Such victims quite often suffer large open wounds near the autopsy blood collection sites. Many aircraft crashes result in ...

Independent Validation Test of Microscopic Saw Mark Analysis.

Microscopic saw mark analysis is a well published, generally accepted, and commonly used method. The strength of the method is that it is based on easily recognized qualitative and quantitative characteristics of a saw mark using standard laboratory ...

Information Concerning a Manufacturing Impurity with Acetic Acid, ((5-chloro-8-quinolinyl)oxy)-, 1-Methyhexyl Ester(Cloquintocet-Mexyl) and Heptan-2-yl((5- ((5-chloroquinolin- 8-yl)oxy)quinolin-8-yl) oxy)acetate.

No abstract available. ...

Initial Results from a Reconnaissance of Cyanobacteria and Associated Toxins in Illinois, August-October 2012.

Ten lakes and two rivers in Illinois were sampled in August-October 2012 to determine the concentrations and spatial distribution of cyanobacteria and associated cyanotoxins throughout the State. The reconnaissance was a collaborative effort of the U ...

Interaction of Benzo(A)Pyrene Diol Epoxide with SV40 Minichromosomes.

SV40 minichromosomes were reacted with (+)7B,8a-dihydroxy-9a,10aepoxy- 7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo(a)pyrene (BaP di(n epoxide)). Low levels of modification (< 5 DNA adducts/minichromosome) did not detectably alter the structure of the minichromosomes bu ...

Inventory of Sources of Available Saline Waters for Microalgae Mass Culture in the State of Arizona.

The Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) is conducting research on the development of microalgae biomass systems for the production of liquid fuels. Particularly appealing at this time, is the idea of using indigenous resources of the Southwest for ...

Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance Program.

The Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance (KOSHS) program is an expanded program that includes a fundamental occupational injury and illness surveillance program and a Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program. This final prog ...

Laboratory Studies of the Impact of Fish School Density and Individual Distribution on Acoustic Propagation and Scattering.

LONG-TERM GOALS: The long-term scientific objective of this project is to increase our understanding of acoustic propagation and scattering in the presence of schools of fish, the effects of which can potentially overshadow all other acoustic mechani ...

Letter Health Consultation: Evaluation of Exposure Pathways Related to the 2009 Environmental Management Plan, Southside High School, Elmira, Chemung County, New York. EPA Facility ID: NYD987025921, March 4, 2010.

The Elmira City School District prepared an Environmental Management Plan (Sterling 2009) for the Southside High School in Elmira, Chemung County, New York. The plan is intended to ensure that contamination in subsurface soils, groundwater and soil v ...

Letter Health Consultation: Evaluation of Exposure Related to Soil Vapor Intrusion Mitigation Verification, December 2009, Southside High School, Elmira, Chemung County, New York. EPA Facility ID: NYD987025921, March 4, 2010.

Between January 28 and February 9, 2010, the New York State Department of Health's (NYS DOH's) Bureau of Environmental Exposure Investigation received a validated air data package from the Elmira City School District's consultant, Sterling Environmen ...

Letter Health Consultation: February and March 2008 Soil Vapor Intrusion Sampling: Rowe Industries Superfund Site, Sag Harbor, New York. EPA Facility ID: NYD981486954.

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) have evaluated the data generated during the February and March, 2008 soil vapor intrusion sampling conducted at residential properties ...

Letter Health Consultation: Health Impact of December 23, 1999, Emissions Release Incident at the Stericycle, Inc. Facility, Lone Butte Industrial Park, Gila River Indian Community, Chandler, Arizona, September 3, 2009.

Because air-borne mercury was identified as the contaminant of concern for this incident, our office consulted with toxicologists from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 9 to evaluate emissions testing data pertaining to medical w ...

Letter Health Consultation: Rocky Mountain Steel Mills, Pueblo, Colorado, March 3, 2010.

The Air Pollution Control Division (APCD) of the Colorado Department of Health and Environment (CDPHE) requested assistance from the Colorado Cooperative Program for Environmental Health Assessments (CCPEHA) to evaluate the potential health hazards w ...

Letter Health Consultation: Rose Exterminator Site, Norwood, Ohio, April 17, 2009.

This letter is in response to your request to evaluate potential arsenic exposures at the Rose Exterminator site in Norwood, Ohio. The Ohio Department of Health's Health Assessment Section (HAS) evaluated the U.S. EPA data for this site in order to g ...

Letter Health Consultation: Soil Data Evaluation, Seneca Nation Senior Housing Complex, Town of Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York, May 6, 2009.

In March of 2009, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) requested assistance from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) to evaluate possible exposures ass ...

Letter Health Consultation: Soil Data Evaluation: Ross Park Tar Site, St. Bernard, Hamilton County, Ohio. EPA Facility ID: OHN000510412.

This letter is in response to your request to evaluate the public health threat posed by potential exposures to seeps of petroleum hydrocarbons at the Ross Park Tar Site in St. Bernard, Ohio. The Ohio Department of Health's Health Assessment Section ...

Letter Health Consultation: Sparta Aquifer Vulnerability Study/Health Implications of Heavy Metals Contamination in Locust Bayou Private Wells (Phase II), Locust Bayou, Calhoun County, Arkansas, June 17, 2008.

Exposure to contaminants of concern is determined by examining human exposure pathways. An exposure pathway has five parts: (1) A source of contamination (e.g., industrial facilities utilizing hazardous materials), (2) An environmental medium such as ...

Loss of Life, Evacuation and Emergency Management - Application of Dutch Models to US Case Studies.

The objective of this project is to investigate the application of Dutch models for Loss of life and evacuation analysis to US case studies. Within this second phase we have made analyses of life loss for the Natomas Basin (CA) as part of the compari ...

Measuring and Predicting Sleep and Performance During Military Operations.

It is widely believed that a full night s sleep is an unnecessary, inefficient luxury. However, this belief is even stronger in military and political settings in which a reduced need for sleep is seen often as a badge of honor. Throughout history, i ...

Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Nerve Regeneration and Immunomodulation after Composite Tissue Allotransplantation.

Composite Tissue Allotransplantation (CTA) offers an alternative reconstructive strategy for complicated musculoskeletal injuries incurred during modern warfare where functional outcomes after multipe conventional reconstructions are suboptimal. Broa ...

Moment-Based Physical Models of Broadband Clutter due to Aggregations of Fish.

LONG-TERM GOALS: Contribute to a new understanding of what fish parameters control mid-frequency (MF; 1-10 kHz) biological clutter, including the relative influence of oceanographic phenomena; and provide benchmark data sets and statistical models fo ...

Monitoring Functionality and Durability of the New York State Highway 30 Turtle Barrier and Adjacent Nesting Substrate.

In 2008, the NYS Department of Transportation installed a wildlife barrier along NYS Route 30 in Tupper Lake, Franklin County, NY. The major objectives of the study that is the subject of this report were to: evaluate the effectiveness of the Route 3 ...

Multiadaptive Plan (MAP) IMRT to Accommodate Independent Movement of the Prostate and Pelvic Lymph Nodes.

Using our current planning margins to the prostate (6 mm posterior and 8 mm elsewhere) and pelvic lymph nodes (5 mm uniform), we found that aligning daily images to the pelvic bones would require a planning margin of the prostate greater what we used ...

Multiple Repeated Dose, Reproductive/Developmental, and Neurotoxicity Studies.

No abstract available. ...

Musculoskeletal Disoders Among Manufacturing Worker.

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) continue to be important occupational health problems in industry. In order to assess risk factors for upper extremity MSD, we investigated the relationship between occupational exposure to hand-intensive work among 38 ...

National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System: Enteric Bacteria, 2010. Human Isolates Final Report.

This annual report includes CDCs surveillance data for 2010 for non-typhoidal Salmonella, typhoidal Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter and E. coli O157 isolates in addition to surveillance data for 2009 Vibrio species other than V. cholerae. Data fo ...

National Coastal Population Report: Population Trends from 1970 to 2020.

Our nations bountiful coastal resources have influenced American history and culture, and have drawn a substantial portion of our countrys population to the coast. The concentration of people and economic activity at the coast places pressures on eco ...

National Preparedness: Efforts to Address the Medical Needs of Children in a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear Incident.

The nation remains vulnerable to terrorist and other threats posed by CBRN agents. Medical countermeasures--drugs, vaccines, and medical devices--can prevent or treat the effects of exposure to CBRN agents, and countermeasures are available in the SN ...

NIJ Proposal to Enhance Methods for Studying Degraded DNA, Final Technical Report.

Quantitative PCR was used to evaluate the efficacy of sodium hypochlorite in the removal of contaminating DNA from bone surfaces. While our findings are consistent with previous studies that found sodium hypochlorite to be highly efficient ((approxim ...

NIOSH Bibliography of Communication and Research Products, 2012.

This publication is a compendium of NIOSH publications and reports produced during calendar year 2012. Citations are listed by category including: I. Journal Articles; II. Book or Book Chapters; III. NIOSH Numbered Publications; IV. Proceedings; V. A ...

Novel Method Identifies Potential Key Pathway in Arsenic-Induced Birth Defects. Research Brief 221.

Blocking the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) pathway in a chick embryo model prevents structural birth defects induced by arsenic, according to a 2013 NIEHS-funded study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Superfund Research Program (UNC ...

Oral (gavage) Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity Range-Finding Study in the Rat with Dicyclopentadienyl Iron.

No abstract available. ...

Origin and Characteristics of Discahrge at San Marcos Springs Based on Hydrologic and Geochemical Data (2008-10), Bexar, Comal, and Hays Counties, Texas.

The Edwards aquifer in south-central Texas is a productive and important water resource. Several large springs issuing from the aquifer are major discharge points, popular locations for recreational activities, and habitat for threatened and endanger ...

Patterns of Firefighter Fireground Injuries.

For the 2005-2009 period, there was an estimated annual average of 38,660 firefighter fireground injuries in the U.S. Of these, an average of 27,920 were minor, and 10,740 were moderate or severe. The leading types of minor injuries were: strain or s ...

Pilot Personality and Training Outcomes.

The current study examined the relationship between personality tests and U.S. Air Force pilot training outcomes. Two computerized tests were used, the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised and the Armstrong Laboratory Aviation Personality Survey. In add ...

Post Admission Cognitive Therapy (PACT) for the Inpatient Treatment of Military Personnel with Suicidal Behaviors: A Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial.

The broad objective of the proposed study is to empirically evaluate the efficacy of a cognitive behavioral intervention, titled, Post Admission Cognitive Therapy (PACT), for military personnel psychiatrically hospitalized due to a suicide-related ev ...

Practical Guidebook for the Identification and Control of Invasive Aquatic and Wetland Plants in the San Francisco Bay-Delta Regions.

Plants from around the world are invading our lakes, ponds, streams, sloughs, bays and wetlands. Some of these invasions cause serious economic and ecological problems: marinas get clogged with water hyacinthstream sides get choked with ivy and tamar ...

Preliminary Comparative Results: Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture, 2012.

Results from the 55 U.S. pharmacies that participated in a pilot study of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture in early 2012 are provided in this document. The results presented here are from ...

Preliminary Results from an Acute Inhalation Toxicity Test (Limit Test) in Rats with Tributyltetradecylphosphonium chloride.

No abstract available. ...

Preliminary Study Summary of a Transgenic Rodent Somatic and Germ Cell Gene Mutation Assay with 2, 3-Epoxyprophyl Neodecanoate.

No abstract available. ...

Preliminary Test Results for an Acute Oral Toxicity Study with Cobalt Isononanoate.

No abstract available. ...

Preliminary Test Results of an Acute Oral Toxicity Study and an Acute Inhalation Toxicity Study in Rats with Cobalt Monoxide.

No abstract available. ...

Preliminary Test Results of an Acute Oral Toxicity Study in Rats with Cobalt Propionate.

No abstract available. ...

Promoting Cartilage Stem Cell Activity to Improve Recovery from Joint Fracture.

It has been assumed that chondrocytes killed by mechanical injury to articular cartilage are never replaced and that the resulting hypocellularity contributes to post-traumatic osteoarthritis. However, we found that nonviable areas in an explant inju ...

PTSD in Limb Trauma and Recovery.

This grant consists of three projects, each with its own investigative team, as described below: (Program 1) Establishing the Parameters of Virtual Reality Environments in the Treatment of PTSD (Tracie Shea, Ph.D. lead investigator). This project has ...

Quantitative Analysis of High Velocity Bloodstain Patterns.

The goal of this study is to establish statistically significant classifications of blood spatter patterns resulting from the interactions between a weapon, suspect and victim. Specifically, a medium velocity spatter pattern is usually attributed to ...

Quantitative Determination of Selenium and Mercury, and an ICP-MS Semi-Quantatitive Scan of Other Elements in Samples of Eagle Tissues Collected from the Pacific Northwest, Summer 2011.

A group of 182 eagle tissue samples was received by the inorganic section of the Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC) on August 18, 2011, consisting of liver (number (n)=26), kidney(n=25), brain (n=23), talon (n=25), feather (n=25), femur (n ...

Red Blood Cell Immune Complex Binding Capacity in Children with Sickle Cell Trait (HbAS) Living in P. falciparum Malaria Holoendemic Region of Western Kenya.

Malaria infection leads to the formation of circulating immune complexes (CICs) which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of complicated malaria which includes severe malarial anemia. Children with sickle cell trait (HbAS) are less predisposed t ...

Reducing Tobacco-Related Cancer Incidence and Mortality. Workshop Summary. Held in Washington, DC on June 11-12, 2012.

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, causing more than 440,000 deaths annually and resulting in $193 billion in health-related economic losses each year, $96 billion in direct medical costs and $97 billion in lo ...

Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region (Version 2.0).

This document is one of a series of Regional Supplements to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual, which provides technical guidance and procedures for identifying and delineating wetlands that may be subject to regulatory jurisdiction un ...

Resource Assessment for Microalgal/Emergent Aquatic Biomass Systems in the Arid Southwest.

This research project has been designed to facilitate the eventual selection of biomass production systems using aquatic species (microalgal and emergent aquatic plant species (MEAP)) which effectively exploit the potentially available resources of t ...

Results of a 3-Generation Reproduction Toxicity Study in Wistar Rats. Confidential.

No abstract available. ...

Results of a Combined Repeat Dose Reproduction Toxicity Screening Test with N4-Amine N, N-Bis-(3-Aminopropyl) Ethylenediamine.

No abstract available. ...

Results of a Combined Repeated Dose/Reproduction Toxicity Screening Study in Rats with 1H-Benzotriazole-1-methanamine, N, N-bis(2-ethyl hexyl)-ar-methyl-.

No abstract available. ...

Results of a Final Biodegradability Study. with Amines, bis (C11-14-branched and Linear Alkyl), Tungstates.

No abstract available. ...

Results of a Growth Inhibition Test on Green Alga. (Confidential).

No abstract available. ...

Results of a Local Lymph Node Assay with Carbonodithioic Acid, O-(2-Methylbutyl) S-2-Propen-l-yl Ester and Carbonodithioic Acid O-pentyl S-propenyl Ester.

No abstract available. ...

Results of a Repeated Dose 90-Day Oral Toxicity Study in Fisher Rats. (Confidential).

No abstract available. ...

Results of a Repeated-Dose Toxicity Study in Rats with Reaction Product of Formaldehyde with an Alkyl-Substituted Phenol and Anarmatic Diamine.

No abstract available. ...

Results of a Skin Corrosion Test using an EpiDerm 3D Tissue Model with Phenol, 4,4-(1-methylethylidene)bis-, Polymer with 5-amino 1,3,3-Trimethylcycl ohexanemethanamine and 2-(Chloromethyl)Oxirane.

No abstract available. ...

Results of a Skin Corrosion Test with the EpiDerm 3D Tissue Model with Phenol, 4,4-(1-methylethylidene)bis-, Polymer with 1,3-Benzenedimethanamine and 2-(Chloromethyl)Oxirane.

No abstract available. ...

Results of Acute Toxicity Studies in Green Algae and Daphnids. (Confidential).

No abstract available. ...

Results of an Acute Inhalation Toxicity Study in Rats with Benzyl Trimethyl Ammonium Chloride.

No abstract available. ...

Results of an Acute Oral Screening Study in Wistar Rats.(Confidential).

No abstract available. ...

Results of an Acute Oral Study and an Acute Inhalation Study and an Acute Inhalation Study in Rats with Elemental Cobalt Powder.

No abstract available. ...

Results of an Acute Oral Study in Rats. (Confidential).

No abstract available. ...

Results of an Acute Oral Toxicity Study in Rats with Cobalt Acetyl Acetonate.

No abstract available. ...

Results of an Acute Oral Toxicity Study in Rats with Cobalt Neodecanoate.

No abstract available. ...

Results of an Acute Oral Toxicity Study in Rats with Cobalt Octoate.

No abstract available. ...

Results of an Acute Toxicity Study in Fish(Oncorhynchus mykiss). (Confidential).

No abstract available. ...

Results of an In Vivo Unscheduled DNA Synthesis(UDS) Assay in Male Rats. (Confidential).

No abstract available. ...

Results of an Uterotrophic Assay in Rats. (Confidential).

No abstract available. ...

Role of MMP-1 in Breast Cancer Growth and Metastasis to the Brain in a Xenograft Model.

Background Brain metastasis is an increasingly common complication for breast cancer patients approximately 15-30% of breast cancer patients develop brain metastasis. However relatively little is known about how these metastases form, and what phenot ...

Role of Natural Killer T Cells In Immunogenic Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer.

During this first year of investigation, we have highlighted the important role of gamma delta T cells in the efficacy of immunogenic chemotherapy using anthracyclines. In the meantime, the NKT cells seem to be dispensable for this effect at least in ...

Selective Control of Eurasian Watermilfoil in Houghton Lake, Michigan: 2002-2006.

Houghton Lake is the largest inland water body in Michigan, covering a surface area of nearly 9,000 ha (22,000 acres). The lake is a major natural and recreational resource for the region with activities including sport fishing, boating, snowmobiling ...

Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography: Compensation for Constant Attenuation.

A back-projection of filtered projection (BKFIL) reconstruction algorithm is presented that is applicable to single-photon emission computed tomography (ECT) in the presence of a constant attenuating medium such as the brain. The filters used in tran ...

State of the Birds, 2011. Documeinting Changes in Massachusetts' Birdlife.

The birdlife of Massachusetts is exceptionally rich, containing both a great diversity of species and several populations of global significance. Thanks to a long history of bird and habitat conservation and some of the earliest and strongest environ ...

Subacute Staphylococcus Epidermidis Bacterial Endocarditis Complicated by Mitral-Aortic Intervalvular Fibrosa Pseudoaneurysm.

The patient is a 75-year-old man with a history significant for hypertension and congestive heart failure who underwent a bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement secondary to acute onset of aortic insufficiency. Cultures of the native valve were posit ...

Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook, April 16, 2013.

Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook examines world and U.S. production, consumption, trade, stocks, and prices for beet and cane sugar, and high fructose corn syrup. ...

Summary of an Acute Oral Toxicity Test in Rats with Cobalt Napthenate.

No abstract available. ...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation Leads to Modest Changes in Diet Quality.

Recent research has shown that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) effectively reduces food insecurity. Questions remain, however, about the extent to which SNAP affects the quality of adult participants diets. These questions have s ...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation Leads to Modest Changes in Diet Quality. Report Summary.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Examining the Evidence to Define Benefit Adequacy.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) touches the lives of millions of people in the United States in good and particularly in bad economic times. Over the last decade participation in the program has increased from less than 20 millio ...

Support Vector Machines with Selective Kernel Scaling for Protein Classification and Identification of Key Amino Acid Positions.

Data that characterize primary and tertiary structures of proteins are now accumulating at a rapid and accelerating rate and require automated computational tools to extract critical information relating amino acid changes with the spectrum of functi ...

Surveillance for Enteric Pathogens in a Case-Control Study of Acute Diarrhea in Western Kenya.

Acute diarrhea remains a major public health problem in East African nations such as Kenya. Surveillance for a broad range of enteric pathogens is necessary to accurately predict the frequency of pathogens and potential changes in antibiotic resistan ...

Survey of Watercraft Interception Programs for Dreissenid Mussels in the Western United States.

The overland transport of Dreissenid mussels on trailered recreational and commercial watercraft and equipment is the primary mechanism for their range expansion into and within the western United States. For that reason, most western states have ado ...

Targeting Transforming Growth Factor Beta to Enhance the Fracture Resistance of Bone.

Because aging can lower the fracture resistance of bone in ways that are independent of bone mass, the present project investigated the possibility that transforming growth factor (TGF)-Beta inhibition could improve multiple measurements of fracture ...

Technical and Economic Evaluation of Macroalgae Cultivation for Fuel Production.

The potential of macroalgae as sources of renewable liquid and gaseous fuels is evaluated. A series of options for production of macroalgae feedstock is considered. Because of their high carbohydrate content, the fuel products for which macroalgae ar ...

Technology Assessment on Genetic Testing or Molecular Pathology Testing of Cancers with Unknown Primary Site to Determine Origin. Final.

This technology assessment reports the results of our review of the existing literature on commercially available genetic tests that are used to identify the tissue or origin (TOO) of the cancer in patients with cancer of unknown primary(CUP) site. C ...

Test Report for a Reverse Mutation Assay using Salmonella Typhimurium and Escherichia Coli with 2-Propenoic Acid, 2-Methyl-, 3-Chloro-2-Hydroxypropyl Ester.

No abstract available. ...

Test Report for an Acute Oral Toxicity Study in Rats. (Confidential).

No abstract available. ...

Testing Wetland Delineation Indicators in New England Boulder Fields.

We evaluated the potential for regulating wet boulder fields as wetlands or other Waters of the US under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. We monitored hydrology in two boulder fields in Maine during the 2011 growing season and documented the prese ...

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Bacteria for the Lower Monocacy River Basin in Carroll, Frederick, and Montgomery Counties, Maryland.

This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), establishes a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for fecal bacteria in the Lower Monocacy River (basin number 02-14-03-02). Section 303(d)(1)(C) of the federal Clean Water A ...

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for Church Creek in the Little Choptank River Basin in Dorchester County, Maryland.

Section 303(d)(1)(C) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each State to develop a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for each impaired water quality limited segment (WQ ...

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Areas in Magothy River, Tar Cove, and Forked Creek and a Water Quality Analysis of Fecal Coliform for Deep Creek of the Magothy River Basin in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each State to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current require ...

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Areas in Miles River and Leeds Creek and a Water Quality Analysis of Fecal Coliform for Hunting Creek of the Miles River Basin in Talbot County, Maryland.

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Areas in the Manokin River and St. Peter's Creek of the Manokin River Basin in Somerset County, Maryland.

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Extended Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Area in Miles River Mainstem of the Miles River Basin in Talbot County, Maryland.

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Area in Laws Thorofare and Upper Thorofare of the Tangier Sound Basin in Somerset County, Maryland.

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Area in Mill Creek of the Lower Patuxent River Basin in Charles County, Maryland.

Section 303(d)(1)(C) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each State to develop a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for each impaired water quality limited segment (WQL ...

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Area in Monie Bay in Somerset County, Maryland.

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Area in the Lower Choptank River Mainstem in Dorchester and Talbot Counties, Maryland.

Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Area in the Lower Wicomico River Basin in Wicomico and Somerset Counties, Maryland.

Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current require ...

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Area in the Nanicoke River Mainstem in Dorchester and Wicomico Counties, Maryland.

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Area in the Wye River Basin in Queen Anne's and Talbot Counties, Maryland.

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Area in Wells Cove of the Kent Narrows-Prospect Bay Basin in Queen Anne's County, Maryland.

Section 303(d)(1)(C) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to develop a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for each impaired water quality limited segment (WQ ...

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Area of the Chester River in the Lower Chester River Basin, Southeast Creek Basin, and Middle Chester River Basin in Kent and Queen Anne's Counties, Maryland.

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Areas in Bear Neck Creek, Cadle Creek, West River, and Parish Creek for the West River Basin in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Areas in the South River, Duvall Creek, Selby Bay, and Ramsey Lake of the South River Basin in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Areas in the St. Mary's River Basin in Saint Mary's County, Maryland.

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Areas in the Wicomico River Watershed Basin (Charleston Creek and Chaptico Bay) in Charles and Saint Mary's Counties, Maryland.

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Areas in Tracy and Rockhold Creeks of the Other West Chesapeake Bay Drainages Basin in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Areas in Whitehall and Meredith Creeks, Mill Creek, and the Severn River Mainstem of the Severn River Basin in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Areas in Whitehall Creek, Indian Creek, Goose Creek, Warwick River, and San Domingo Creek for the Lower Choptank River Basin in Dorchester and Talbot Counties, Maryland.

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Areas of the Pocomoke River in the Lower Pocomoke River Basin and Pocomoke Sound Basin in Somerset and Worcester Counties, Maryland and Accomack County, Virginia, June 2009.

The Pocomoke River is an interstate watershed; the boundary between Maryland (MD) and Virginia (VA) follows along the Pocomoke on the eastern shores of these jurisdictions. This fecal coliform TMDL for the Pocomoke watershed was developed through a c ...

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Areas of the Pocomoke River in the Lower Pocomoke River Basin and Pocomoke Sound Basin in Somerset and Worcester Counties, Maryland and Accomack County, Virginia.

Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Coliform for the Restricted Shellfish Harvesting Portion of the Corsica River in Queen Anne's County, Maryland.

Towards Effective Emerging Infectious Diseases Surveillance: Evidence from Kenya, Peru, Thailand, and the U.S.-Mexico Border.

This DTRA-sponsored research examines the political economy of emerging infectious disease (EID) surveillance programs; it also provides lessons learned for U.S. military medical research laboratories collaborating with developing countries. It is th ...

Toxic Substances: EPA Has Increased Efforts to Assess and Control Chemicals but Could Strengthen Its Approach.

In 1976, Congress passed TSCA to provide EPA with the authority to obtain more information on chemicals and to regulate those chemicals that EPA determines pose unreasonable risks of injury to human health or the environment. GAO has reported that EP ...

Toxicological Findings in Fatally Injured Pilots of 979 Amateur-Built Aircraft Accidents.

Biological samples collected from fatally injured pilots in aviation accidents involving all types of aircraft, including amateur-built aircraft, are submitted to the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) for accident investigation. These samples ...

Understanding the Breathing Gas Capacities (Ratings) of Escape Respirators for Mineworker Use.

The following information will help workers understand the meaning of breathing gas capacity of a jointly approved National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) closed-circuit escape re ...

Understanding the Role of Typhoons, Fire, and Climate on the Vegetation Dynamics of Tropical Dry Forests: Looking to the Past to Develop Future Management Solutions.

Gaining an understanding of the range of environmental variability and the impacts on dry forest form and function is critical in order to effectively manage and restore these systems. An ideal approach to examine how ecosystems develop and respond t ...

Underwater Behavior of Blue Whales Examined with Suction-cup Attached Tags.

The overall long-term goal of the research is to examine the underwater behavior of blue whales, especially vocal and feeding behavior. Understanding whale vocal behavior is important to both evaluate potential impacts of underwater sounds and also t ...

Use of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy to Probe Chromatin in the Cell Nucleus.

All systems in thermodynamic equilibrium are subject to spontaneous fluctuations from equilibrium. For very small systems, the fluctuations can be made apparent, and can be used to study the behavior of the system without introducing any external per ...

Virtual Reality Paced Serial Assessment Test for Neuropsychological Assessment of a Military Cohort.

The assessment and treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) has become a difficult challenge for the DoD medical health system. Clinical neuropsychologists are being asked to make statements regarding a soldier's functional skills, ability to return ...

Water Quality Analysis of Cadmium in Little Patuxent River, Anne Arundel County and Howard County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Cadmium in Lower North Branch Potomac River, Allegany County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Cadmium in Lower Susquehanna River, Cecil and Harford County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for Bynum Run, Harford County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for Deep Creek Lake and the Deep Creek Watershed, Garrett County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for Greenbrier Lake, Washington County, Maryland.

Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s implementing regulations direct each State to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for Lake Bernard Frank, Montgomery County, Maryland.

Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (the Act) directs States to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required controls of a specified substance are inadequate to achieve water quality s ...

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for Lake Needwood, Montgomery County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for Little Seneca Lake, Montgomery County, Maryland.

Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct states to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required cont ...

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for Piney Run Reservoir, Carroll County, Maryland.

Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct States to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required cont ...

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for the Cabin John Creek Basin in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for the Evitts Creek Basin in Allegany County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for the Gwynns Falls Watershed in Baltimore County and Baltimore City, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for the Jones Falls Watershed in Baltimore City and Baltimore County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for the Little Gunpowder Falls Basin in Baltimore and Harford Counties, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for the Little Patuxent River Basin in Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for the Lower North Branch Patapsco River Basin in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, and Howard Counties, and Baltimore City, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for the Middle Patuxent River, Howard County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for the Patuxent River Upper Watershed, Anne Arundel, Prince George's, and Howard Counties, Maryland.

Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required ...

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for the Potomac River Montgomery County Watershed, Montgomery and Frederick Counties, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for the Potomac River Washington County Watershed, Washington County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for the Seneca Creek Basin in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for the Tidal Bird River, Baltimore County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for the Tidal Langford Creek, Kent County, Maryland.

Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s implementing regulations direct each State to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required con ...

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for the Tidal Lower Susquehanna River, Harford and Cecil Counties, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for the Upper North Branch Potomac River, Garrett County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for the Wills Creek Basin in Alleghany and Garrett Counties, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication for Town Creek, Allegany County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication of the Casselman River, Garrett County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication of the Savage River, Garrett County, Maryland.

The Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 303(d) directs each State to develop a list of impaired waters, called the 303(d) list. The Savage River was first identified on the 1996 303(d) list, submitted to EPA by the Maryland Department of the Environment (M ...

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication of the St. Mary's Lake, St. Mary's County, Maryland.

Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s implementing regulations direct States to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required controls ...

Water Quality Analysis of Eutrophication: Youghiogheny River Main Stem (Maryland Portion).

Water Quality Analysis of Lead in Northeast River, Cecil County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Nutrients (Phosphorus) for the Potomac River Lower North Branch in Allegany County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Sediment for Town Creek, Allegany County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Sediment in Middle Patuxent River, Howard County, Maryland.

This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), presents a Water Quality Analysis (WQA) of sediment in the Middle Patuxent River watershed (basin number 02131106) (2008 Integrated Report of Surface Water Quality in Mar ...

Water Quality Analysis of Sediment in Potomac River Lower North Branch, Allegany County, Maryland.

This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), presents a Water Quality Analysis (WQA) of sediment in the Potomac River Lower North Branch (LNB) watershed (basin number 02141001) (2010 Integrated Report of Surface Wat ...

Water Quality Analysis of Sediment in the Conowingo Dam/Susquehanna River Watershed, Cecil and Harford Counties, Maryland.

This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), presents a Water Quality Analysis (WQA) of sediment in the Maryland 8-Digit (MD 8-Digit) Conowingo Dam/Susquehanna River watershed (basin number 02120204) (2010 Integrate ...

Water Quality Analysis of Sediments for Piney Run Reservoir in Carroll County, Maryland.

Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Environmental Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations direct each state to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required controls o ...

Water Quality Analysis of Total Phosphorus for the Conowingo Dam Susquehanna River Watershed, Cecil and Harford Counties, Maryland.

This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), presents a Water Quality Analysis (WQA) of phosphorus in the Maryland 8-Digit (MD 8-Digit) Conowingo Dam/Susquehanna River watershed (basin number 02120204) (2010 Integra ...

Water Quality Analysis of Total Phosphorus for the Lower Gunpowder Falls Watershed, Baltimore County, Maryland.

This document, upon approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), establishes a Water Quality Analysis (WQA) for total phosphorus in the Lower Gunpowder Falls. Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U. S. Environmen ...

Water Quality Analysis of Zinc and Lead in Bodkin Creek, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Zinc Contamination for the Jones Falls Baltimore City and Baltimore County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Zinc in Back River, Baltimore County and Baltimore City, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Zinc in Middle Patuxent River, Howard County, Maryland.

Water Quality Analysis of Zinc in Northeast River, Cecil County, Maryland.

Wisconsin: NIOSH State-Based Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance.

Not all of the tasks outlined in our original application were completed due to limitation of funds. This was primarily due to a salary increase of the epidemiologist/program manager. However, we were able to complete many tasks outlined in our appli ...

Worker Dialogue: Improving Health, Safety and Security at the U.S. Department of Energy.

In 2006, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) established the Office of Health, Safety, and Security (HSS) to consolidate assistance, independent oversight, and enforcement of health, safety and security regulations at DOE sites, as well as programs f ...

World Health Day, April 7, 2013. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Volume 62, No. 13.

World Health Day and the 50th anniversary of the World Health Organization (WHO) will be observed April 7. The focus of World Health Day this year is high blood pressure (hypertension). Although preventable, high blood pressure remains a leading risk ...