Screening: Testing for disease in people without symptoms.
Setoff: A claim by a defendant in a lawsuit that the plaintiff owes the defendant money which should therefore be subtracted from the amount of damages claimed by plaintiff.
screening
Carrying out of a test or tests, examination(s) or procedure(s) in order to expose undetected abnormalities, unrecognized (incipient) diseases, or defects: examples are mass X-rays and cervical smears.
Screening
Main article: Screen filter
The first step in purifying surface water is to remove large debris like sticks, leaves, trash and other large particles which may interfere with subsequent purification steps.
Screening: Use of screens to remove coarse floating and suspended solids from sewage.
Screening Risk Assessment: A risk assessment performed with few data and many assumptions to identify exposures that should be evaluated more carefully for potential risk.
Screening: A rapid analysis to determine if further action (detailed analysis, clean-up, etc.) is warranted.
Scrubber: An air pollution device that uses a spray of water or reactant or a dry process to trap pollutants in emissions.
Screening Levels
The intervals in a groundwater monitoring well where the samples are taken or the interval between the upper and the lower extents of the screen of a groundwater well through which the sample is taken.
SIDS (See screening information data set)
SIDS initial assessment meeting
SMMR (See Nimbus-7 Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer) ...
The principal screening tool used by EPA to evaluate risks to public health and the environment associated with abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites.
High-throughput screening (HTS): The use of automated processes to rapidly screen potential therapeutic agents e.g. antibodies.
HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus; causes AIDS.
ADSS- Air Data Screening System
ADT- Average Daily Traffic
AEA- Atomic Energy Act
AEC- Associate Enforcement Counsels
AEE- Alliance for Environmental Education
AEERL- Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory
AEM- Acoustic Emission Monitoring ...
Hazardous Ranking System: The principal screening tool used by EPA to evaluate risks to public health and the environment associated with abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites.
The periodic medical screening of a defined population for a specific disease or for biological markers of disease for which the population is, or is thought to be, at significantly increased risk.
Removing solids and floating matter from wastewater using screening, skimming and sedimentation (settling by gravity).
Reservoir
A place where water is stored until it is needed. A reservoir can be an open lake or an enclosed storage tank.
Passive solar design aims to let sunlight into a building in winter to provide warmth, while screening it out during summer. Coupled with good insulation, it reduces the amount of (fossil fuel) energy needed to heat and cool a building.
bar screen In wastewater treatment, a screening device consisting of metal rods, at a fixed distance apart, placed across a flow channel to remove large solids.
Primary treatment Treatment which includes all operation prior to and including primary treatment, e.g., bar screening, grit removal, comminution, and primary sedimentation.
Procaryotic organisms Organisms which do not have a cellular membrane.
The CV is used as a screening level during the public health assessment process. Substances found in amounts greater than their CVs might be selected for further evaluation in the public health assessment process.
Robin Herbert, co-director of Mount Sinai's World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program, in a New York Times article. "Our patients are sick, and they will need ongoing care for the rest of their lives." ...
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