1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480350403321

Titolo

Immigration policy and the search for skilled workers : summary of a workshop / / National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) ; Gail Cohen, Aqila Coulthurst, and Joe Alper, rapporteurs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-309-33783-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 p.)

Disciplina

325.73

Soggetti

Skilled labor - Government policy

Electronic books.

United States Emigration and immigration Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter; Preface and Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Introduction and Overview; 2 High-Skilled Immigration and Ideas in a World of Global Education and Research Collaborations; 3 Skilled Migration Trends and Policy Evolution: A Multilateral Overview; 4 Comparative System Design and Effects; 5 Competing for Students and Entrepreneurs; 6 The Effects of Immigration on Innovation and Labor Markets; 7 Policy Implications for High-Skilled Immigration; 8 Key Points Made in the Workshop; References; Appendix A: Workshop Agenda

Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and Planning Committee MembersAppendix C: List of Participants



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910139903403321

Titolo

Foodborne disease outbreaks : guidelines for investigation and control / / World Health Organization

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : World Health Organization, c2008

ISBN

1-282-25004-3

9786612250040

92-4-068382-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 146 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

615.954

Soggetti

Foodborne diseases - Prevention

Food contamination - Prevention

Epidemics - Prevention

Food poisoning - Prevention

Communicable diseases - Prevention

Disease Outbreaks - prevention and control

Foodborne Diseases - prevention and control

Communicable Disease Control - methods

Food Contamination - prevention & control

Public Health Practice

Food Contamination

Guideline

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-95).

Nota di contenuto

Foodborne disease outbreaks: Guidelines for investigation an; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Section 1; Practical guide; Section 2; Planning and preparation; Section 3; Surveillance to detect foodborne disease outbreaks; Section 4; Investigation of foodborne disease outbreaks; Section 5; Control measures; Section 6; Features of important foodborne diseases; References; Further reading; Annex 1; Glossary; Annex 2; Outbreak control meeting: draft agenda; Annex 3; Examples of outbreak investigation forms; Annex 4; Questionnaire design; Annex 5; Sample



questionnaires; Annex 6

Investigation report formsInvestigation of a foodborne outbreak; Annex 7; Statistics; Annex 8; Situations likely to contribute to foodborne disease outbrea; Annex 9; Procedures and equipment for specimen collection; Annex 10; The WHO Five Keys to Safer Food

Sommario/riassunto

The investigation and control of foodborne disease outbreaks are multi-disciplinary tasks requiring skills in the areas of clinical medicine, epidemiology, laboratory medicine, food microbiology and chemistry, food safety and food control, and risk communication and management. Many outbreaks of foodborne disease are poorly investigated, if at all, because these skills are unavailable or because a field investigator is expected to master them all single-handedly without having been trained.These guidelines have been written for public health practitioners, food and health inspectors, district