182 March 1998
MR. MOM Who is Mr. Mom? If you saw the movie Mr. Mom, you know he is Michael Keaton who presents the Hollywood image of the father as care provider while the mother is the family's current breadwinner. Hollywood's Mr. Mom was very entertaining but not very representative of the many real Mr. Moms who may live on your street. The Mr. Moms who are less in the limelight have a few more positive abilities and qualities than our Hollywood Mr. Mom. Did you ever read: "My Daddy Takes Care of Me! Fathers as Care Providers"? Notice the perspective shown by the title? No, this was not an overlooked bestseller found at the public library. This is a September, 1997 Census Bureau product that can be found in a depository library and on the Internet. This report shows the characteristics of married fathers who provide child care while the mother is working for pay, as of fall, 1988, 1991, and 1993. The paper edition and narrative version of this title is 9 pages long and contains text with 6 charts and 3 tables. This edition will be found in some depository libraries with the SUDOC number C 3.186:P-70/2/59. This 9-page summary is also at http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/child/. The expanded version of this Census publication, identified as PPL-53 with the SuDoc number C 3.223/25:PPL-53 and at http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/child/ppl-53.html is 48 pages of 27 detailed ables of statistics about the real 1988, 1991, and 1993 Mr. MOM who takes care of me.
NALINI OF THE JUNGLE Our version of George of the Jungle takes place in the treetops of the temperate rainforests of Washington State and the tropical rainforests of Monteverde, Costa Rica. Nalini Nadkarni did her dissertation research while swinging in the canopies (i.e. treetops) of these two forests. Her current project involves putting rain gauges in the treetops to measure rainfall in tropical forests. A canopy researcher who wants to develop forest data of the treetops, she spends long days hanging hundreds of feet above the earth swinging in the trees of the Wind River Canopy Research Facility in the Olympia Peninsula studying forest canopy organisms and interactions. How many women normally swing through the rain (forest), have published a book entitled: Forest Canopies (in 1995), and have a tree canopy ant (Procryptocerus nalini) named after them? She is quite noteworthy! "Swingin' in the Rain, Life in Forest Treetops" in Frontiers, Newsletter of the National Science Foundation, December 1997 pages 4-6 http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/publicat/frontier/start.htm
ULTRAVIOLET INDEX:WHY AND WHERE June 28, 1994 was the first appearance of the Ultraviolet Index (UVI). This forecast index was developed by the National Weather Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Environmental Protection Agency in response to the increasing incidence of skin cancer, cataracts, and other adverse effects of exposure to ultraviolet rays. The UNI is forecast daily for 58 cities and is valid for a radius of thirty miles around each city. Each figure is based on many geographic and atmospheric elements that are unique to that city. One will find a U.S. map showing the city locations with the latest UVI data, a list of the 58 cities, and a brief explanation of the UVI at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oso/uvi.shtml. Another sit worth checking is "UV Index Forecasts, Frequently Asked Questions" at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/pa/secnews/uv/UV-FAQ.htm. Brochure information can be found on the shelves, "Ultraviolet Index: What You Need to Know" issued April 1995 by the EPA, this publication EPA 430-F-94-016 is helpful. If one contacts the EPA Stratospheric Ozone Hotline (800-296-1996), at the EPA Air and Radiation Office, there are more relevant RVI publications available.
"EVERYDAY ACCIDENTS/INJURIES" INFORMATION Every day accidents occur in and around the home. When someone breaks a bone, gets burned on hair dryers, is injured by fireworks, gets an electrical shock, or a child falls out of grocery/shopping cart, or gets an a toy stuck in their throat or ear, most go to the hospital emergency room and most people survive these accidents. In the emergency room, the cause of the accident, injury, or medial problem is recorded, as is the victim's personal information. Those unfortunate victims, who die, will eventually become part of the federal database of mortality statistics. The hospital emergency room data is the database needed to satisfy "everyday accidents/injuries" information needs. This accidents/injuries data can be found in the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's (U.S.CPSC) new quarterly: "Consumer Product Safety Review" V. 1, no. 1, Fall 1996 sent to depository libraries under Item 1062-C-22, SuDoc no. Y3.C76/3:28/ This quarterly can be found at http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/cpsr.html. "Product Summary Report: Product-Associated Visits to Hospital Emergency Rooms; Injury Estimates for 1996. National Electronic Injury Surveillance System" (dated) August 11, 1997 is about 30 pages and can be requested through info@cpsc.gov. Information and data about accidents/injuries for children's falls from shopping carts is on the Internet at http://www.cpsc.gov/library/shopcart.html. These titles are some of the many electronic sources of data to be found (as pdf files) though the U.S. CPSC publications page at http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/pub_idx.html"> There is also data from the National Health Care Survey in "Injury Visits to Hospital Emergency Departments: United States, 1992-95. Issued in January 1998 by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), these 65 pages of accidents/injuries data complement the NEISS data. HE 20.6209:13/131 is the SuDoc number to be used to shelve this volume in some depository libraries.
WAS IT A GOOD CRASH? A drunk driver goes off the road. The cell-phone user hits the car in the next lane. Someone spins on ice and ends up in the highway median strip. The car crash occurs in Cincinnati, Juneau, Honolulu, and Guam. Were these all instances of car crashes? What makes a car crash a valid statistic? How would the car crash data for each incident compare? What are the standards that make each incident a car crash? Car crash standards are to be formalized by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's new Minimum Uniform Car Crash Criteria (MUCC). A copy of the MUCC is available by e-mail from MUCCMAIL@nhtsa.dot.gov, by mail from: NUCC Guideline, NHTSA, NRD-31, 400 Seventh St., S.W., Room 6125, and Washington, D.C. 20590. This report can be downloaded from: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ncsa/codes/MinData/minstand.html. The Federal Register notice of the availability of this Draft Guideline states that the implementation of a final Guideline by the States will be voluntary. This Guideline will fill a recognized need to collect uniform motor vehicle traffic data both within a State and across States. (NHTSA, FHA, "Availability of the Draft Guideline for Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria, Notice of Availability," Federal Register, v. 63, no. 27, February 10, 1998 page 6793).
HOW BIG/SMALL IS SMALL? Whenever you hear the term "Small Business" do you know exactly what that term means? How could you prove your business is a small business and qualifies for the benefit(s) of small business funding? How big can your small business be and still be a small business? In the Federal Register, v. 63, no. 19, January 29, 1998 pages 4532-4552, you will find "Small Business Administration, Table of Small Business Size Standards, Correction, Notices". This is a full table of small business size standards by four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code. This table does not create, establish or modify any size standards currently in existence; it is published annually to reflect changes and corrections for easy access to those using these standards. It presents all the four-digit SIC Codes for which SBA has established a small business size standard. These 20 pages are the paper version, but the electronic version of the current table is at http://www.sba.gov/. Try those standards on for size!
CIGARETTE RATINGS: BEST OF 1249 COFFIN NAILS Did
you know there are 32 brands of cigarettes, which have ventilated
filters? The filters are designed to have vents that allow the
incoming air to dilute the tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide the
smoker inhales into his/her lungs. Ventilated filters are supposed to
make it safer to smoke cigarettes. According to our chart on
ventilated filters, to get the full dose of these tar, nicotine, and
carbon monoxide, smoke Kool (filter), or Newport. To get the least
amount of contaminants into your lungs smoke Carlton. Carlton is
listed as having the most effective ventilation filters. "Filter
Ventilation Levels of Selected U. S. Cigarettes, 1997" Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report: MMWR v. 46, no 44, November 7, 1997 pages
1043-1047, HE 20.7009:46/44.) To learn how much tar, nicotine, and
carbon monoxide you get when you smoke any of the 1249 varieties,
read the latest Federal Trade Commission "Report on the Tar,
Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide of the Smoke of 1249 varieties of
Domestic Cigarettes for the Year 1995". This Report was announced in
the January 23, 1998 issue of the Federal Register (v. 63, no. 15
pages 3576-3577) and the WINKIN + BLINKIN = NOD STUDIES Did you ever watch
someone's eye movements when that person is performing a long visual
task? What do you observe about his blinking frequency and fatigue?
Since 1895 there have been studies about one's blink rate as
reflecting one's fatigue level. It would be interesting to know what
1895 (visually) intensive occupations caused this research to be
started. Today, it is important to know when an air traffic
controller and people in other visually intensive and life-and-death
occupations where blinking and fatigue can result in disasters and
fatalities. "Blink Rate as a Measure of Fatigue, A Review" by J. A.
Stern, D. Boyer, and D. J. Schroeder has completed a summary 15-page
review of blink research from 1895 to 1990. Stern (et al) found: "It
is abundantly clear that there are well defined conditions in which
TOT [time-on -tasks] effects are reflected in an increase in
blink rate" (page 10), in short: "winkin + blinkin = nod". This
August 1994 FAA aviation medicine research report will be found in
some depository in microfiche under SuDoc number TD 4.210:94/17. The
46-item bibliography on pages 10 and 11 reflects a long history on
what may be an obscure topic. However, today there are so many
stressful occupations such as pilots, air traffic controllers, and
others where some "winkin + blinkin = nod" are not allowed and can be
hazardous to your health. RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION AND EMF'S: HOME/WORK
Electric charges create electric fields and electric charges that
move (i.e. electric current) create magnetic fields (EMFs). EMFs are
found in varied strengths in the Electromagnetic Spectrum. The EMFs
found in the home are usually of extremely low frequency (ELF). In
"EMF in Your Environment, Magnetic Field Measurements of Everyday
Electrical Devices" issued in December 1992 by the EPA (EP 1.2:M27),
you will find the EMF measurements for the electrical devices found
in each room of your house as well as outside power lines. This
32-page publication has a bibliography of sources of more information
about EMFs and their possibilities of being a health hazard. In the
Code of Federal Regulations (47 CFR Part 1.1130), there is "Table
1--Radiofrequency radiation exposure limits" has information about
occupational and general population exposure limits with sources
cited. For occupational safety, on September 12, 1997, the FCC has
issued a new rule relating to amateur radio stations performing
environmental evaluations for human exposure to Radiofrequency
radiation electromagnetic fields. "Guidelines for Evaluating the
Environmental Effects of Radiofrequency Radiation, Final Rule"
Federal Register v. 62, no. 177, September 12, 1997 pages
47960-47968, and (the corrections notices on) issue no. 183 September
22, 1997 pages 49557, and no. 222 November 18, 1997 pages
61447-61448. Is the computer that created and is displaying this text
giving off EMFs? Isn't that an electrifying question??? April 7, 1998 http://www.nku.edu/~yannarella/news9803.html