News tagged with guidelines
New Evidence Shakes up Perceptions of Salt
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans are currently under development and regulations surrounding sodium consumption are being considered, an analysis of evidence to be released online ...
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Slow Down -- Those Lines On The Road Are Longer Than You Think
Take a guess -- how long are the dashed lines that are painted down the middle of a road? If you're like most people, you answered, "Two feet."
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Proposed dietary guidelines for Americans sharply debated
A special article published today in the journal Nutrition sharply criticizes the recent Report of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC). Authors Hite et al. argue the Report fails to conform to the standa ...
Oct 01, 2010 |
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A new order for CPR, spelled C-A-B
The American Heart Association is re-arranging the ABCs of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in its 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care, published ...
Oct 18, 2010 |
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New design means cheaper, more sustainable construction
People are always looking for ways to make something less expensive and more environmentally friendly - and a team of researchers from North Carolina State University has figured out how to do both of those ...
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Gov't won't classify proxies as 'sophisticated' (Update)
(AP) -- The U.S. government has dropped - for now - a plan to classify the use of "proxy" servers as evidence of sophistication in committing a crime.
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Most heart attack patients' cholesterol levels did not indicate cardiac risk
A new national study has shown that nearly 75 percent of patients hospitalized for a heart attack had cholesterol levels that would indicate they were not at high risk for a cardiovascular event, according to current national ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 12, 2009 |
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US mulls stiffer sentences for common Net proxies
(AP) -- "Proxy" servers are an everyday part of Internet surfing. But using one in a crime could soon lead to more time in the clink.
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Everyone should boost intake of vitamin D, IOM says
(PhysOrg.com) -- The nation's top scientific advisory panel today recommended that adults modestly increase their intake of vitamin D, known as the "sunshine vitamin," from a daily dose of 200 international ...
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Don't be fooled. Guideline don't drive behavior
(PhysOrg.com) -- The bar has been lowered for Canadians regarding the nation's physical-activity standards. In short, there is compelling evidence that doing less is still associated with significant health benefit.
Jan 28, 2011 |
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Schnitzel is bad for the environment
If you want to protect the environment, you should first of all think about eating less meat. An Austrian study done at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) unveils the remarkable ecological advantages ...
Aug 16, 2011 |
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Study: Potential criminals deterred by longer sentences
Deterrence is often a stated goal of criminal sentencing guidelines, but there is debate about whether the threat of punishment actually discourages people from committing crimes. A new study published in the Journal of Po ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 18, 2009 |
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Retail prices of healthy foods rising: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the federal government prepares to issue its latest guidelines for healthy eating, UW researchers have found retail prices of the most nutritious foods are increasing at a higher rate than other foods.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 03, 2010 |
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Protecting computers at start-up: New NIST guidelines
A new draft computer security publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides guidance for vendors and security professionals as they work to protect personal computers as they start up.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 21, 2011 |
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NASA offers guidelines to protect historic sites on the Moon
(Phys.org) -- NASA and the X Prize Foundation of Playa Vista, Calif., announced Thursday the Google Lunar X Prize is recognizing guidelines established by NASA to protect lunar historic sites and preserve ongoing and future ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 24, 2012 |
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Guideline
A guideline is any document that aims to streamline particular processes according to a set routine. By definition, following a guideline is never mandatory (protocol would be a better term for a mandatory procedure). Guidelines are an essential part of the larger process of governance.
Guidelines may be issued by and used by any organization (governmental or private) to make the actions of its employees or divisions more predictable, and presumably of higher quality.
Examples or guidelines are:
For more information about Guideline, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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