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  2. National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health

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    In 1974, the Health and Safety at Work Act laid down general principles for the management of health and safety at work in Britain. [2] This legislation, together with the establishment of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Health and Safety Commission (HSC) (now merged), led to more emphasis being placed on occupational safety and health by UK employers from the mid-1970s onwards. [3]

  3. Protective distribution system - Wikipedia

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    A protective distribution system (PDS), also called protected distribution system, is a US government term for wireline or fiber-optic telecommunication system that includes terminals and adequate acoustical, electrical, electromagnetic, and physical safeguards to permit its use for the unencrypted transmission of classified information.

  4. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project - Wikipedia

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    HCUP Logo. The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP, pronounced "H-Cup") is a family of healthcare databases and related software tools and products from the United States that is developed through a Federal-State-Industry partnership and sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

  5. Piping and instrumentation diagram - Wikipedia

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    A Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) is a detailed diagram in the process industry which shows process equipment together with the instrumentation and control devices.

  6. Pilot direction indicator - Wikipedia

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    A pilot direction indicator or pilot's directional indicator (PDI) [1] is an aircraft instrument used by bombardiers to indicate heading changes to the pilot in order to direct them to the proper location to drop bombs.

  7. Power distance - Wikipedia

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    Examples of countries with low PDIs include the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, and the Nordic countries. [ 13 ] In higher PDI cultures, the power relations are paternalistic and autocratic , and centralized authority exists; there is a wide gap or emotional distance which is perceived to exist among people at ...

  8. Bühlmann decompression algorithm - Wikipedia

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    The Bühlmann decompression model is a neo-Haldanian model which uses Haldane's or Schreiner's formula for inert gas uptake, a linear expression for tolerated inert gas pressure coupled with a simple parameterised expression for alveolar inert gas pressure and expressions for combining Nitrogen and Helium parameters to model the way inert gases enter and leave the human body as the ambient ...

  9. Mycology - Wikipedia

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    Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their taxonomy, genetics, biochemical properties, and use by humans. [1] Fungi can be a source of tinder, food, traditional medicine, as well as entheogens, poison, and infection.