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National Approach (national + approach)
Selected AbstractsTowards a national approach to vegetation condition assessment that meets government investors' needs: A policy perspectiveECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION, Issue 2006David Parkes No abstract is available for this article. [source] Review of aquaculture, its regulation and monitoring in ScotlandJOURNAL OF APPLIED ICHTHYOLOGY, Issue 4-5 2000A. R. Henderson Summary The aquaculture industry in Scotland is primarily located on the western and northern coasts of Scotland where geographical and hydrographic conditions suit the species cultured. The regulation and monitoring of the industry has adapted and grown with the industry. Over 10 years, production has increased 10-fold and the efficiency of the industry has improved along with husbandry and management techniques although major disease problems have occurred. Planning and siting controls have recently been reviewed incorporating new EC legislation on environmental impact assessment. Environmental protection and end product quality are achieved through complex legislation demanding licences to discharge waste products and the application of strict quality standards and targets to both the product and its growing and receiving environment. Monitoring programmes are well established to ensure compliance with the legislation. The complexity of issues the industry now poses for regulation and monitoring have challenged traditional views and required new techniques to be developed, for example, mathematical modelling to set environmental targets for some medicines. A national approach has been needed which will benefit the industry and the regulators and allow focus to be brought to wider issues requiring research and development. [source] A national approach to evaluating delays in diagnosis and treatment: Potential implications for age related and geo-political differences in access to care and outcome in children and adolescents with cancerPEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER, Issue 4 2008Gregory H. Reaman MD No abstract is available for this article. [source] Plans to mobilise vets call for national approachAUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL, Issue 8 2002Dr Geoff Neumann No abstract is available for this article. [source] Birth Defects Cluster Study: A national approach to birth defects cluster investigations,,BIRTH DEFECTS RESEARCH, Issue 11 2008James E. Kucik Abstract BACKGROUND: Investigations of clusters of birth defects have been challenging endeavors that have had only modest success identifying causes or risk factors. Some of the challenges to individual cluster investigations have been small sample size and limited data collection. We describe a novel approach for investigating and analyzing pooled information from a series of birth defects cluster investigations. METHODS: The Birth Defects Cluster Study uses a case-control study design with standardized methods, including a case definition, control selection, data collection methods, and data collected (e.g., maternal interviews, blood samples, and environmental samples). Analyses of pooled data from several clusters of the same defect are conducted for specific hypotheses once a sufficient sample size has been achieved. The feasibility of conducting individual birth defect investigations was evaluated on a cluster of gastroschisis. RESULTS: The pilot investigation of a cluster of gastroschisis demonstrated success in recruiting participants and in collecting data and specimens for eventual inclusion in a pooled analysis. CONCLUSIONS: The Birth Defects Cluster Study offers a unique and effective approach to cluster investigations that improves the likelihood of identifying genetic and environmental causes of birth defects and provides a model for cluster investigations of other noninfectious health outcomes. Birth Defects Research (Part A), 2008. Published 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source] The Cartagena Protocol: Implications for Regional Trade and Technology Development in AfricaDEVELOPMENT POLICY REVIEW, Issue 1 2008E. Jane Morris The majority of African countries have ratified or acceded to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and many have received support through the Global Environment Facility and the UN Environment Programme for development of their National Biosafety Frameworks. This article examines the extent to which these frameworks are aligned with the goals of the Regional Economic and Regional Research Communities of which they are members. Many national approaches lack alignment with regional trade, economic, science and technology policies. The strict application of the precautionary principle and the imposition of costly administrative hurdles are likely to hinder intra-regional trade and technology development. [source] | |||||||||||||