...The importance of Personal Hygiene and Field Sanitation Staying Clean and conducting personal hygiene is a vital role in a Soldiers life. Soldiers may spend weeks in an environment where proper facailities are not established and it is vital that one stay clean to prevent illness because military units are unable to carry out their missions when the soldiers are weakened by disease. In all US conflicts three times as many soldiers have been lost to illnesses/diseases rather than battle wounds. The most common injuries that soldiers may face are heat, cold injuries and communicable diseases. Personal Hygeine and cleanliness are an extremley important role in a soldiers life and it is important to know when one is getting sick and how to prevent it. Heat injury is one of the most common among soldiers who have lived in a temperate climate their entire life. When they go to another country to fight a war, most people arnt'e used to the dramatic changes in temperature and are unaware of the signs of heat injury. Hydration is key to staying in the battle when in extreme heat. Being thirsty is already an early sign of dehydration and should be avoided. Three meals a day should be standard to help replace the lost electrolytes and salts in the body. An example of extreme heat during a battle would be during the 1967 Arab Israeli battle where almost 20,000 egyptian soldiers died. It is crucial that a soldier pay attention to the signs of heat exhaustion, heat stroke and heat...
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...SURFACE SANITATION VERIFICATION PURPOSE: The primary purpose of this information paper is to provide guidance on the use and implementation of the Charm PocketSwab( for surface sanitation verification in commissaries located throughout EUCOM. BACKGROUND: ATP (adenosine triphosphate) bioluminescence has been used in the food industry for over 10 years to quickly assess and monitor microbial contamination on surfaces. ATP is an excellent means of identifying “hot spots” or areas with organic material that could possibly support and accelerate microbial growth. The technology of ATP bioluminescence for hygiene monitoring has become increasingly useful because of it real-time capabilities, ease of use and affordability. It cannot replace microbiological testing but it is easier, faster and the results indicate cleanliness, (defined as the absence of organic material), rather than counting colony forming units of microorganisms. SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLE: It is important to understand the basic principles of ATP bioluminescence. ATP is a molecule that is essential and common to all plant, animal and microbial cells. This compound combines and reacts with an enzyme (luciferase) resulting in the release of light. The light emitted is measured by using the Charm LUM-T. This output of light is proportional to the amount of ATP present on a given surface. The measurement of biological contamination is approximated by determining the amount of ATP contained within or on the material...
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...2000, the 189 member countries of the United Nations at that time adopted eight Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s). The eight goals are ambitious, and involve among others halving the number of people without clean water and sanitation by 2015. The challenges in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) target for sanitation in Zambia by 2015 are many and include the large numbers of temporary latrines, low capacity for sanitation promotion in the country, weak policies and strategies for sanitation promotion, low support for sanitation in donor supported programs, social resistance to the use of the latrines, and lack of multi-sectoral partnerships for sanitation promotion. This paper endeavours to outline and discuss the sequential platform of activities in the policy process which the policy maker would use to address the problem of poor sanitation in Luangeni Village of Chief Mpezeni’s area. The essay also attempts to establish the seriousness of the problem of poor sanitation in the village by presenting statistical evidence. In order to fully comprehend and come up with solutions concerning the topic under discussion it is imperative that we understand some key concepts to be used in this essay, these include policy, policy makers and sanitation. Development policy making lies within the domain of the state. The word policy however has no single defination in literature, this is so because there are different points of view and diverging opinions and definitions from...
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...Over 300 staff members and students will participate in this massive cleaning drive. Director B.S. Sahay will flag off the campaign with an oath taking ceremony. The ceremony will also witness the official launch of the Eco-club of IIM Raipur. The cleaning activities will continue till midday. The event which coincides with the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi has a lot of significance, as the Father of nation used to stress on the importance of cleanliness and personal hygiene and sought to promote it in his surroundings in every possible way. Our nation is facing a lot of problems due to poor standards of cleanliness and lack of proper sanitation facilities. According to a United Nations report released this year, India continues to have the largest number of people in the world defecating in the open."The standards of hygiene and sanitation are very poor in even urban areas. Garbage disposal and hygiene standards in many commercial establishments leave much to be desired. This initiative by IIM Raipur is an effort to spread the message of cleanliness and encourage the citizens of India to keep the nation clean and beautiful", said Prof. B.S. Sahay, Director , IIM Raipur. The 'Swachh Bharat Campaign', an ambitious project of Prime minister Narendra Modi, that will be launched tomorrow is one of the biggest nationwide cleanliness campaigns. The objective of the five-year campaign, which the prime minister...
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...[pic] Food Handling: Dos and Don’ts Guidelines 1. Potentially hazardous foods must be kept at 45oF or below or 135oF or above. The range between 45oF and 135oF is considered the “DANGER ZONE” because bacteria can grow best within this range. 2. Potentially hazardous foods shall be cooked to an internal temperature of at least 140oF except as follows: a. Roast beef shall be cooked to an internal temperature of at least 130oF b. Beef steak shall be cooked to at least 130oF, unless otherwise ordered by the immediate consumer c. Food from an approved packaging plant shall be cooked to at least 135oF d. Pork and food containing pork shall be cooked to at least 150 oF e. Ground beef and foods containing ground beef shall be cooked to at least 155 oF f. Poultry, stuffed poultry, stuffed meats and stuffings containing meat shall be cooked to at least 165 oF 3. Potentially hazardous foods that have been cooked and then refrigerated must be reheated to 165 oF within 2 hours. 4. Cooked potentially hazardous foods must be actively cooled once they reach 135 oF. Cool from 135 oF to 70 oF within 2 hours and then from 70 oF to 45 oF within 4 additional hours, for a total of six hours to cool. Cooling methods include: placing foods in shallow pans, separating the food into smaller and thinner portions, using rapid cooling equipment, ice baths, ice wands, containers that facilitate heat transfer, adding...
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...Demolition/munitions effects Noise Demolition/munitions effects Night operations Operations near post/camp boundaries and civilian populace Vehicle convoys/maneuvers Threatened / Endangered species Maneuvering in sensitive areas Demolition/munitions effects, especially during breeding seasons Disturbing habitat or individual species spills or releases Poor field sanitation Soil (terrain) Over-use of maneuver areas Demolition/munitions effects Munitions and munitions related wastes Poor field sanitation Poor maneuver-damage control Erosion Troop construction effects Refueling operations spills Maneuver in ecologically sensitive areas such as wetlands Water Refueling operations near water sources spills Erosion and unchecked drainage Amphibious/water crossing operations Poor field sanitation 2. Identify mission-related environmental risks with a solution to the scenario. Vehicle accidents and breakdowns causing spill of fuel. Train all drivers before the exercise. Supply and issue vehicle spill equipment. Spills during refueling stops. Train all fuel handlers on proper refueling procedures. Provide spill equipment. Ensure that only fuel handlers will dispense fuel. Locate refueling sites away from bodies of water and wetland areas. Maneuver damage from off-road movement. Brief all drivers to stay on primary and secondary roads. Identify all...
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...disturbing or removing artifacts) • Noise (Demolition/munitions effects, night operations, operations near post/camp boundaries and/or civilian populace, vehicle convoys/maneuvers) • Threatened / Endangered species (Maneuvering in sensitive areas, demolition/munitions effects, disturbing habitat or individual species, spills or releases, poor field sanitation) • Soil / terrain (Over-use of maneuver areas, Demolition/munitions effects, Munitions and munitions related wastes, Poor field sanitation, Poor maneuver-damage control, Erosion, Troop construction effects) • Refueling operations (spills, refueling operations near water sources) • Ecologically sensitive areas such as wetlands (Unchecked drainage, Amphibious/water crossing operations, poor field sanitation, erosion) 2. Identify mission-related environmental risks with a solution to the scenario. • Vehicle accidents and breakdowns causing spill of fuel. - Train all drivers before the exercise. Supply and issue vehicle spill equipment. • Spills during refueling stops. - Train all fuel handlers on proper refueling procedures. Provide spill equipment. Ensure that only fuel handlers will dispense fuel. Locate refueling sites away from bodies of water and wetland areas. • Maneuver damage from off-road movement. - Brief all drivers to stay on primary and secondary roads. Identify all sensitive areas and habitat along the route. Conduct prior route recon...
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...Title of the action / project: Sensitization and well being for the Urban Extreme Poor (SWBUEP) Location of the action (country, region): 15 Slums areas in Dinajpur town, Bangladesh. Short project description focusing on the expected outcomes Situation Analysis: (Bangladesh Context): Bangladesh is a small country in South Asia with a total land area of 147.6 thousand square km. The populations of the cities in Bangladesh are growing at more than 8 percent per year and they will be double in size in less than 10 years (IFPRI, 2002). Rapid inflow of poor migrants, mostly poverty ridden and environmentally induced, and growing urban population are creating continual pressure on health and livelihoods in urban areas. Around 40 percent of the total population nationally and 43 percent of population in urban areas consume less than 2122 kilocalorie per capita per day which is defined as absolute poverty. On the other hand, 24.4 percent of urban poor populations live on less than 1805 kilocalorie are referred as hard-core poverty (BBS, 2011). Reproductive health: Access to health care facilities is a constitutional right of citizens of Bangladesh. According to World Bank health statistics, there were 0.4 hospital beds and 0.3 registered physicians per thousand persons in Bangladesh in 2005. In comparison to other developing countries, these statistics of health services are lower. For instance, in India there were almost 1 bed and 0.58 physicians per thousand persons in 2003. Similarly...
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...Company Pvt. Ltd.” Ms. Sonali P. Banerjee, Mr. Tarun Sharma, Assistant Professor, Amity Business School Amity University, Uttar Pradesh Student – MBA, Amity Business School Amity University, Uttar Pradesh Case Summary: The topic of retail branding and brand hygiene is nothing new to the world. It is something that the world follows and also obeys to. The importance of brand hygiene is very evident to the retail world and more so when the retailers’ business depends upon how the product looks like and what is the store environment like. The customer will always prefer that product which looks appealing and to that store which provides good environment. This case study highlights the facts that it is important that the retailers maintain proper branding and more so from the company point of view also. The company must look forward to fulfilling the interest of the dealers and converting a dealer into a happy dealer. Also, the case study highlights the fact that the retailer must concentrate on the basics of keeping the store neat and tidy both inside and outside the store (nearby area). The case also focuses on the factors that a customer often looks for while chosing which store to go and shop. It describes how dealer sells the product and how satisfied or unsatisfied the dealer is with the company and the brand. The project also focuses on the various issues of retail branding and also the various areas for improvement as far as the brand hygiene is concerned. India is a growing...
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...unit 1 Water cycle The water cycle, also known as the hydrologic cycle, describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth. Since the water cycle is truly a "cycle," there is no beginning or end. Water can change states among liquid, vapor, and ice at various places in the water cycle. Although the balance of water on Earth remains fairly constant over time, individual water molecules can come and go. Contents Description The sun, which drives the water cycle, heats water in the oceans. Water evaporates as vapor into the air. Ice and snow can sublimate directly into water vapor. Evapotranspiration is water transpired from plants and evaporated from the soil. Rising air currents take the vapor up into the atmosphere where cooler temperatures cause it to condense into clouds. Air currents move clouds around the globe, cloud particles collide, grow, and fall out of the sky as precipitation. Some precipitation falls as snow and can accumulate as ice caps and glaciers, which can store frozen water for thousands of years. Snowpacks can thaw and melt, and the melted water flows over land as snowmelt. Most precipitation falls back into the oceans or onto land, where the precipitation flows over the ground as surface runoff. A portion of runoff enters rivers in valleys in the landscape, with streamflow moving water towards the oceans. Runoff and groundwater are stored as freshwater in lakes. Not all runoff flows into rivers. Much of it soaks...
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...Introduction Zimbabwe is a country in the south of africa. It was endepentend since 1980. A lot of things have of late been happening in Zimbabwe that has led to deterioration of infrasturactural development in both urban and rural areas. Mbire Rural District Council Mbire Rural Council is one of the largest councils in Mashonaland Central province, with a population of 114909.The major ethnic groups residing in Korekore. There is a traditional structure of leadership that has remained intact and that continues to be influential. The population consists mostly of subsistence farmers whose fields are distant from the main village. Crops grown include sorghum, millet, corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes and pumpkins. * Problem Statement * The majority of rural households in Mbire Rural district council do not have access to potable drinking water. While many rural towns once had piped water, these systems have fallen into disrepair due to lack of maintenance. Similarly, a few villages had drilled wells with hand pumps near schools and clinics but have lost this infrastructure. Therefore, rural populations draw their water from unprotected springs or rivers located from 300 to 600 meters from the villages or from hand-dug wells, locally known as matsime. The matsime are primitive wells with an average depth of six meters, with a diameter of 1.2 meters and uncovered at the top. The water collected from rivers and matsime is used for bathing, washing clothes, cooking and drinking...
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...mproving Sanitation in Coastal Communities with Special Reference to Puerto Princesa, Palawan Province, Philippines Table of Contents Acknowledgments (see below) Abstract (see below) Resumé (see below) Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Thesis Rationale 1.2 Goals and Objectives of the Thesis 1.3 Research Methodology 1.4 Scope and Limitations of the Study 1.5 Organization of the Thesis Chapter 2 General Scenario of Sanitation Problems in Coastal and Waterfront Communities--A Literature Review 2.1 Reasons for Settling on Coastal, Waterfront and Low-lying Areas 2.2 Sanitation Problems 2.3 Health and Environmental Conditions Chapter 3 Low-Cost Sanitation Systems used in Coastal and Waterfront Communities--A Literature Review 3.1 Available Low-Cost Sanitation Technologies 3.2 Sanitation Systems Used in Coastal and Waterfront Communities Chapter 4 The Case Study 4.1 Community Background 4.2 * Chapter 5 Results of Field Survey-- Analysis of Existing Sanitation in the Coastal Communities of Puerto Princesa 5.1 Basis of Analysis 5.2 Existing Environmental Sanitation 5.3 Health Condition and Observed Hygienic Practices related to Sanitation and Water Supply Chapter 6 Essential Factors for the Provision of Sanitation Systems in Coastal Communities 6.1 Considerations in the Provision of Sanitation Systems 6.2 Sanitation Systems Options Chapter 7 Conclusions and Recommendations 7.1 Summary of Existing sanitation Problems 7.2 Key Considerations in the Provision of...
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...hygienic practices (e.g., washing of hands, safe preparation of food). A combination of factors traps them into this practice, including tradition, lack of awareness about the importance of sanitation, and misconceptions about the costs involved.34 In addition, communities must learn that technologies, even simple ones, are not the monopoly of engineers and technocrats, before they have the confidence to use and manage their sanitation problems.35 For policymakers and program implementers, experience has shown that information, education, and communication (IEC) campaigns involving communities and grassroots organizations can accelerate the process of change and hasten the adoption of sanitary practices. These efforts must include addressing sociocultural attitudes toward owning a household toilet. In many cases, this will require educating SCs and STs, many of whom are illiterate, about the need to use latrines and the importance of hygiene. In this effort, it is important to understand that much of the demand for latrines comes from women, as they are the worst sufferers due to non-availability of these facilities. Women have, by far, the most important influence in determining household hygiene practices and in forming habits of their children.36 Thus, the social marketing of many sanitation programs often start with making house-to-house contact to educate and motivate women in target communities. Messages that appeal to the need for privacy and the social stigma of open defecation...
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...CHAPTER I PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Which is more useful? Which is fast and believable? Those are just few questions that will give us an idea if what is much more effective tool as source of information, the Cyber World or Reference Book? It is undeniable that Reference Book is one of the most common sources of information. It is because of the reliability of the author or writer of the books. The information printed on each pages is very acceptable. Many generations had past and almost everyone learned by the use of books. But in those generations that past is also the fast modernization in Information and Technology. Examples are computers, gadgets and internet that most people now are using in their daily lives are some of the reasons why people are slowly forgetting the role and special use of Reference Book. But on the bright side, it makes our living more easily on doing things. No matter what age or gender of user you are. But which is more effective? Let us find out. We are in a new generation again which is more modern. All are affected by this change, each personality for social life or even personal life. But how's the Reference Book now? Only few people are using it as a source of information. It is possible that in the near future, Reference Book will be forgotten and neglected. It will be override by the modernization through the use of Cyber World. Hopefully we won't forget where we first learned. Although we must say that we need to go with...
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...The American Trucking Company has recently been experiencing an increase in stolen loads—a loaded tractor/trailer is stolen and the load sold. Loads of merchandise are often worth thousands of dollars, sometimes exceeding the value of the tractor/trailer. American Trucking, while wishing to recover both the load and equipment, seeks a way to locate the tractor/trailer at all times so they can dispatch their security team to retrieve the load before it is sold on the black market (as well as to retrieve the truck/trailer before it is vandalized). They have engaged the services of Truck Locators, a provider of locating services to the trucking industry. Truck Locator’s Truck Finder services is a one-way messaging service that routes messages from the truck on the road to the trucking companies offices. The trucking company is provided with detailed information: GPS location of both the tractor and the trailer, speed of the truck/trailer, whether the trailer doors are open, how much weight is the trailer carrying, etc. Truck Locator’s installs a dedicated hardware unit on the truck and the trailer before the Truck Finder service can be used. Customers generally sign two contracts, one governing the dale of the hardware (devices) and the other providing the provision of the service. Service contracts generally have a duration of 12 months and are billed monthly. Service and devices are sold at standard rates, but discounts are offered depending on the number of units purchased...
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