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Asia Monitor
UNU e-Newsletter Issue 17. July 2006 Asia News: GC/MS at
new members’ laboratories in India A GC/MS was delivered to another new member to this Coastal
Hydrosphere project, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India Bharathidasan University was established as an affiliating
university in 1982 in the name of a great revolutionary Tamil poet,
BHARATHIDASAN. The university is
located in Tiruchirappalli, the fourth largest city in India’s Tamil Nadu
state. The place is a fine blend of tradition and modernity built around the
Rock Fort-- the most famous land mark of this bustling town.
Access to Global Research Information and Knowledge:
benefits for developing countries Free or low cost access to research journals from
developing coutries Reported by Ms. Mayako Matsuki (UNU-Center Librarian) Mediterranean
Green Chemistry Network, MEGREC An Emerging Regional Symbol of Sustainable Chemistry Reported by Prof. Mohamed Tawfic Ahmed Suez Canal University Ismailia, Egypt UNU
News and Events Conferences
in Tokyo and Iwate The programmes of these conferences were finalized. This year’s Coastal Hydrosphere project (POPs in ecosystems) symposium
will be held in Manila in 7 November, 2006. External coming events The 4th International Conference on Combustion,
Incineration/Pyrolysis and Emission Control will be held during 26-29 September,
2006 in Kyoto, Japan. International
Conference and Exhibition on Mangroves of Indian and Western Pacific Oceans
(ICEMAN 2006) A former
project participant, Mr. Tan Kim Hooi (Maritime Institute of
Malaysia), kindly shared this information with us. This conference will be held on 21-24 August 2006 Legend Hotel, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. To learn
more details on this conference please visit the website of Maritime Institute of Malaysia. UNU Event reports Risk analysis tool workshop was held
at the UN House (Tokyo) on 30 May, and UNU-IC participants had hands-on experience
on how the risk analysis was carried out in the business and environment risk
assessment processes. Ms. Mikiko Sawada, Hitachi Japan East Solutions. Ltd.,
kindly provided the training course. During the course, each participant was
provided with a computer with Microsoft Excel and a trial version of a risk
analysis tool, called @Risk. @Risk, by Palisade, is a Monte Carlo Simulation
tool which helps its users to calculate probabilities of Excel model outputs,
instead of single point estimations such as average, conservative and/or
worst case values. The environmental application used in the course was a
case study on "bioaccumulation of helptachlor in beef" introduced
in a Princeton University Press publication, "Should we risk it?"
written by Daniel Kammen and David Hassenzahl. After the workshop, a
participant remarked that he finally started seeing an overall picture of
what risk analysis is about.
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