The Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health (CASH) are a set of 12 NIOSH -funded agencies focused on occupational health in industry involving food or plant products, such as fishing , forestry , and agriculture . The agencies were established in 1990 under the Agricultural Health and Safety Initiative.
23-668: NASD may refer to: National Ag Safety Database , maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers , a British trade union National Association of Securities Dealers, the former name of the American self-regulatory organization for broker-dealers, now known as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Network-Attached Secure Disks ,
46-523: A 1997–2001 research project of Carnegie Mellon University, with the goal of providing cost-effective scalable storage bandwidth Norristown Area School District , located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania North Allegheny School District , located in Wexford, Pennsylvania Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
69-561: A desire to reinvigorate the scientific discipline by robust research in order to extract "pure" science from such broad categorisation. This began with research conducted autonomously away from public utility and governmental supervision. Enclaves for industrial investigations became established. These included the Rockefeller Institute , Carnegie Institution of Washington and the Institute for Advanced Study . Research
92-490: A national resource for the dissemination of information; 2) to educate workers and managers about occupational hazards associated with agriculture-related injuries, deaths and illnesses; 3) to provide prevention information; 4) to promote the consideration of safety and health issues in agricultural operations; and 5) to provide a convenient way for members of the agricultural safety and health community to share educational and research materials with their colleagues. Currently, it
115-498: A research institute structure for its organizational model. Thomas Edison , dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention in the late 1800s, and because of that, he is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory. From the throes of the Scientific Revolution came
138-610: A separate academy in which graduates could pursue further scientific research. It was the first institution of its kind in Europe to conduct scientific research within the structure of a university. The St Petersburg Academy was established by decree on 28 January 1724. At the European level, there are now several government-funded institutions such as the European Space Agency (ESA), the nuclear research centre CERN ,
161-533: Is mostly funded by the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (CS-CASH). The original concept of NASD was a deliverable collection of safety materials contained within CD-ROMs, where the updates on CD would be periodically released. In October 1993, NIOSH provided funding through its Agricultural Health Promotion System (AHPS) grant program to develop the first CD-ROM NASD through
184-798: The European Southern Observatory (ESO) (Grenoble), the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) (Grenoble), EUMETSAT , the Italian-European Sistema Trieste with, among others, the International Centre for Theoretical Physics and the research complex Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, the biology project EMBL, and the fusion project ITER which in addition to technical developments has a strong research focus. Research institutes came to emerge at
207-623: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health , but are also funded by the US Department of Agriculture, and other state agencies. The centers include: The National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (NCCRAHS) was established in 1997, funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. It is the only center with an exclusive child focus. The mission of
230-770: The 17th century scientific academy. In London, the Royal Society was founded in 1660, and in France Louis XIV founded the Académie royale des sciences in 1666 which came after private academic assemblies had been created earlier in the seventeenth century to foster research. In the early 18th century, Peter the Great established an educational-research institute to be built in his newly created imperial capital, St Petersburg . His plan combined provisions for linguistic, philosophical and scientific instruction with
253-716: The Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (CSCASH), the Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention (SCAHIP), and the High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (HICAHS). NIOSH CASH research centers are focused on the topic of health and safety in agricultural practices. These centers not only conduct research on the subject of occupational disease and injury prevention, but also promote agricultural health and safety through educational outreach programs.These groups are mainly funded by
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#1732773327408276-644: The Kerala school independently discovered a number of important mathematical concepts. The earliest research institute in Europe was Tycho Brahe 's Uraniborg complex on the island of Hven , a 16th-century astronomical laboratory set up to make highly accurate measurements of the stars. In the United States there are numerous notable research institutes including Bell Labs , Xerox Parc , The Scripps Research Institute , Beckman Institute , RTI International , and SRI International . Hughes Aircraft used
299-493: The NCCRAHS is to "enhance the health and safety of all children exposed to hazards associated with agricultural work and rural environments". The director is Barbara C. Lee , PhD. Research center A research institute , research centre , or research organization is an establishment founded for doing research . Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research . Although
322-718: The University of Florida's Cooperative Extension Service (CES). The first prototype of the CD-ROM collection was delivered to a select group of reviewers in October 1994, containing materials from institutions participating in the AHPS grant and from elsewhere. Reviewers provided their suggestions in a March 1995 workshop, and the general release occurred in June of the same year. The Information Technology program associated with Florida CES
345-480: The beginning of the twentieth century. In 1900, at least in Europe and the United States, the scientific profession had only evolved so far as to include the theoretical implications of science and not its application. Research scientists had yet to establish a leadership in expertise. Outside scientific circles it was generally assumed that a person in an occupation related to the sciences carried out work which
368-520: The most famous were the 13th-century Maragheh observatory , and the 15th-century Ulugh Beg Observatory . The Kerala School of Astronomy and Mathematics was a school of mathematics and astronomy founded by Madhava of Sangamagrama in Kerala , India . The school flourished between the 14th and 16th centuries and the original discoveries of the school seems to have ended with Narayana Bhattathiri (1559–1632). In attempting to solve astronomical problems,
391-602: The program to expand and maintain NASD. In 2002, The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (USDA-CREES) added funding support for NASD. In 2002–2006, NIOSH funded NASD through the Southern Coastal Ag Center (SCAC). Dr. Carol Lehtola directed the project. In 2007–2009, NIOSH funded NASD through the University of Florida – again, Lehtola directed the project. After a four-year hiatus, in 2013 NIOSH resumed support for NASD with funding through
414-526: The term often implies natural science research, there are also many research institutes in the social science as well, especially for sociological and historical research purposes. In the early medieval period, several astronomical observatories were built in the Islamic world. The first of these was the 9th-century Baghdad observatory built during the time of the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun , though
437-538: The title NASD . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NASD&oldid=1234715138 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health#National Ag Safety Database The National Ag Safety Database (NASD)
460-400: Was advanced in both theory and application. This was aided by substantial private donation. As of 2006, there were over 14,000 research centres in the United States. The expansion of universities into the faculty of research fed into these developments as mass education produced mass scientific communities . A growing public consciousness of scientific research brought public perception to
483-652: Was developed with funding from the United States National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , and the USDA Cooperative Extension Service (CES). The information contained in NASD was contributed by safety professionals and organizations from across the United States . Specifically, the objectives of the NASD project are: 1) to provide
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#1732773327408506-565: Was developing tools to deliver Extension publications electronically through the internet, and in October 1996, NIOSH funded a three-year program to update the database and convert the database into HTML format for delivery on the World-Wide Web. By October 1997, the entire database had been converted and a web-site was established. Expansion of the database continued, and CD-ROMs of the content were also produced during 1997 (NASD'97), 1998 (NASD '98), and 1999 (NASD '99). In 2001, NIOSH funded
529-437: Was necessarily "scientific" and that the skill of the scientist did not hold any more merit than the skill of a labourer. A philosophical position on science was not thought by all researchers to be intellectually superior to applied methods. However any research on scientific application was limited by comparison. A loose definition attributed all naturally occurring phenomena to "science". The growth of scientific study stimulated
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