Information sources for medical waste management

Although many hospital professionals now have personal access to online databases, popular communications services may not have the full range of electronic services needed for technical problem solving. Librarians are practiced at cross-disciplinary technical research and so health professionals may be best served by consulting an experienced database search analyst so that important information is not accidentally missed. Additionally, many commercially produced databases have repackaged and redistributed data developed by NIOSH and other federal agencies, data that are readily available in the public sector. The cost of accessing or purchasing commercial databases is usually higher than for federal databases, though commercial products use the federal databases to develop their products. Public agencies should always be consulted to obtain the most current information issued by those bodies and also because a variety of free and low-cost support materials may be available. Because of the expense of routinely consulting electronic databases when comparable printed materials may be available at a lower cost, a small reference collection of books, journals, and audiovisuals may be desirable. A selective print reference collection is found in Appendix A.     

横机针织技术 粗纱和细纱的反差产生不同的图案效果

目前织物组织结构上的对比非常流行:不同的纱线和不同的织法,针织品规格上的对比往往能产生强烈的视觉效果。这项技术并不十分新奇,但它的应用却是方兴未艾。粗纱和细纱对比产生不同效果的机理在于:一方面,使用同样的纱线,在顺着面料方向和横向会产生透光和不透光的区域。另一方面,使用同种类型不同粗细的股纱或者捻纱,根据不同的筛目号数和厚度,面料的透光度会有不同下降。技术方法采用电脑控制独立选针器、换纱控制器(嵌花),并且用沉降片向下拉住织物--这在目前所有现代化企业中都能做到。下面列出了三种方法:1.采用有较大头的织针,可以拉…     

亚洲发展中国家的能源效率与节能：过去的经验,未来趋势及投资需求

本文分析了几个亚洲发展中国家或地区(中国、印度、印度尼西亚、韩国、菲律宾、中国台湾省以及泰国)1980～1994年期间能源效率与节能情况的变化,重点分析了它们所取得的成就和未来的节能潜力。中国是终端能源密度下降最为迅速的国家,但仍是终端能源密度最高的国家。台湾省的终端能源密度也呈持续的下降趋势,这归因于其采取了适当的能源定价政策,即在稳步转变经济结构的同时,取消了对所有能源的价格补贴。亚洲发展中国家未来节能战略总体上是要继续实行和强化现行的节能措施,并进一步寻求实施需求端管理。需求端管理计划的制度化和节能辅助基金的建立是亚洲发展中国家节能潜力在未来得以实现的强有力的推动力。     

Does reputation of sponsors matter in IPO? Evidence from Hong Kong

Contrary to other markets where underwriters perform a combined role of underwriting and sponsoring in an Initial Public Offering (IPO), IPO issuers in Hong Kong must appoint at least one sponsor in addition to the underwriters. The splitting of the single role of underwriters into two separate ones offers an ideal setting to disentangle the effects of the two roles and to examine which of the two roles—sponsor or underwriter—is more important in explaining IPO underpricing and initial volatility in the Hong Kong equity market. Interestingly, our findings provide supportive evidence that the sponsor reputation does matter in an IPO and it is even more significant than the underwriter reputation in explaining the IPO underpricing phenomenon. Given the recent high-tech fervor, our research goes deeper to examine specifically the role of sponsors on high-tech firms, with results indicating that the reliance on sponsors is higher for traditional issuers than for technology firms. We further discover that sponsors and underwriters are playing substitution roles rather than complementary roles. In order to examine the regulatory policy impact, our research also compares the role of IPO sponsors before and after the launch of the new sponsor regulatory regime in 2013. The empirical findings lend support to our argument that after the launch of the new regulations, public awareness of sponsors is raised, respect towards more reputable sponsor increases, and thus, the role of sponsors becomes more important than before.