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With the treatment of waste set to increase -- since the volume of waste is closely related to economic growth -- waste transport will be a major challenge in the future. This raises several issues. Should transport regulations be made more stringent and their implementation reviewed? Should the proximity principle -- incorporated in the regulations in the interests of environmental protection -- be questioned, since it prevents the consolidation of flows in sufficient volume to make the most environmentally-friendly modes of transport viable? The environmental performance of waste transport can be established only within the framework of an overall approach which incorporates all waste treatment routes. We must indeed be wary of seemingly good ideas such as "waste transport must be restricted" or "recycling is the best solution". The closure of landfills or reprocessing could well lead to a large increase in waste transport. The Round Table picks up on these issues and uses the cases of different countries to examine, in turn, developments in the waste transport sector and the statistical problems encountered in trying to understand them, the regulations applicable to the modes of transport used and their environmental performance, focusing closely on the difficulties created by the current modal split in this sector.

Waste products --- Transportation --- By-products --- Industrial wastes --- Products, Waste --- Trades-waste --- Utilization of waste --- Waste materials --- Manufacturing processes --- Factory and trade waste --- Recycling (Waste, etc.) --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Scrap materials --- Substitute products --- Waste spills

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The field of lamination has developed significantly over the past 5000 years. Nowadays, we have a humongous array of structures and technological systems where composite laminates are applied. From the viewpoint of structural mechanics, an interface slip motion between two laminated structures, such as beam plate and plate in the presence of dry friction, can be utilized for slip damping systems. By scientific definition, slip damping is a mechanism exploited for dissipating noise and vibration energy in machine structures and systems. Researchers have developed several mathematical models for noise dissipation, minimization and complete vibration isolation laminated mechanisms. The purpose of this book is to describe new concepts of producing laminated structures and possible modern engineering applications.

Manufactures. --- Commercial products. --- Commodities --- Economic goods --- Merchandise --- Products, Commercial --- Commodity exchanges --- Manufactures --- Substitute products --- Manufactured goods --- Manufactured products --- Products --- Products, Manufactured --- Commercial products --- Manufacturing industries --- Contracting out --- Physical Sciences --- Engineering and Technology --- Technology --- Material Science --- Manufacturing Engineering

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Leisure-related transport is a poorly known and widely underestimated phenomenon. And yet, it generates more traffic than journey-to-work travel. Indeed, the great number of leisure activities that involve transport range from shopping, visiting family or friends and sporting activities to local and international tourism. This book sets out to describe and analyse leisure-related transport in terms of flow size, points of concentration, modes of transport, temporal trends and structural changes. It then examines the consequences that growth in leisure activities could have for transport policy: integrating local and long-distance transport, increasing the use of environmentally-friendly means of transport, promoting local recreational trips or improving the living environment. This may be seen as a genuine opportunity for policymakers: in responding to the challenge posed by leisure-related transport they can indeed respond to the challenges posed by any kind of transport.

Recreation areas -- Great Britain. --- Transportation -- Europe -- History. --- Transportation -- Great Britain. --- Transportation. --- Urbanization -- Europe -- History. --- Waste products --- Transportation --- By-products --- Industrial wastes --- Products, Waste --- Trades-waste --- Utilization of waste --- Waste materials --- Manufacturing processes --- Factory and trade waste --- Recycling (Waste, etc.) --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Scrap materials --- Substitute products --- Waste spills

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Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an established inherited amino acid disorder with a very traditional dietary therapy, but there is still more to learn and verify about its nutritional composition, application and overall effectiveness. Although in the 1950s, the first patient successfully treated with diet therapy patently established the role of a low phenylalanine protein substitute, in present times, it is still necessary to characterise the most effective source of artificial protein; defining its optimal amino acid profile; and identifying nutrient modulation that will improve the functionality of protein substitutes. It is also important to understand the impact of a life-long synthetic diet on gut microbiota, metabolomics and inflammatory status. In early-treated patients with PKU, it is unclear if co-morbidities such as overweight, obesity, hypertension and diabetes are higher than in the general population and if these are associated with increased cardiovascular risk. It is also uncertain if overweight and obesity in PKU is related to early dietary practices, the nutritional composition of protein substitutes and special low-protein foods, impact of the dietary treatment on satiety, disordered eating patterns, non-adherence with the low phenylalanine diet and poor metabolic control, or if this is even a consequence of the disorder. In a generation of ageing patients, the impact of intermittent and suboptimal dietary adherence on nutritional status deserves systematic study.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Food & society --- phenylketonuria --- special low protein foods --- nutritional composition --- UK --- macronutrients --- phenylketonuria (PKU) --- consensus --- Delphi method --- food labelling --- phenylalanine --- Phe --- protein --- exchanges --- PKU --- glycomacropeptide --- amino acid --- absorption --- diet therapy --- protein substitute --- gastrointestinal symptoms --- prolonged release --- satiety --- macronutrient intake --- protein content --- free from --- gluten free --- aspartame --- sugar tax --- phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency --- hyperphenylalaninemia --- medical formula --- amino acid mixture --- tetrahydrobiopterin --- sapropterin --- BH4 --- body composition --- bone mineral density --- bone turnover markers --- osteoporosis --- blood biochemistry --- casein glycomacropeptide --- amino acid protein substitute --- low-protein diet --- newborn screening --- metabolic control --- guidelines --- nitrogen balance --- amino acid catabolism --- blood urea nitrogen --- body mass index --- obesity --- overweight --- phenylalanine restriction --- phenylalanine-restricted diet --- food --- school --- IHCP --- parent/caregiver experiences --- England --- prescribing patterns --- costs --- adult phenylketonuria --- standard operating procedure --- inherited metabolic disorders --- dietary management --- eating out --- low protein food --- restaurants --- amino acids --- adherence --- epigenetics --- health --- preconception --- women --- dietary patterns --- food frequency questionnaire --- validation --- reproducibility

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Pacific Islands countries are vulnerable to commodity price shocks, and this poses challenges to monetary policy. The high degree of exchange rate pass-through to headline inflation and the weak monetary transmission mechanism in PICs suggest a greater efficacy of exchange rate changes in affecting inflation rather than monetary policy. To assess the tradeoff between the use of the exchange rate and monetary policy in macroeconomic stabilization, we employ a model-based approach to examine the optimal policy in response to the historical distribution of exogenous shocks in a Pacific Island (Tonga). The empirical evidence and model simulations tilt in the favor of exchange rate policy given the close relationship between exchange rate changes and headline inflation and the low interest rate sensitivity of aggregate demand.

Foreign exchange rates --- Commercial products --- Monetary policy --- Monetary management --- Economic policy --- Currency boards --- Money supply --- Commodities --- Economic goods --- Merchandise --- Products, Commercial --- Commodity exchanges --- Manufactures --- Substitute products --- Exchange rates --- Fixed exchange rates --- Flexible exchange rates --- Floating exchange rates --- Fluctuating exchange rates --- Foreign exchange --- Rates of exchange --- Contracting out --- Rates --- Foreign Exchange --- Inflation --- Macroeconomics --- Price Level --- Deflation --- Monetary Policy --- Commodity Markets --- Currency --- Commodity prices --- Real exchange rates --- Exchange rate adjustments --- Prices --- Tonga