The amount of radiation from diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures is kept within a safe limit relative to the established " ALARA " ( As Low As Reasonably Achievable ) principle.

* ALARA, an acronym for " As Low As Reasonably Achievable "

The prudent avoidance principle is seen as a better alternative than other proposed approaches to risk management such as ALARA because it makes reasonable efforts to reduce possible risk without creating a specific numeric standard which is not supported by strong scientific evidence.

* Annual review of the radiation safety program for adherence to ALARA ( as low as reasonably achievable ) concepts.

The term ALARA, or " as low as reasonably achievable " is used interchangeably in the United States of America, almost exclusively in the field of Radiation Protection.

The RSO will review at least quarterly external radiation exposures of authorized users and workers to determine that their exposures are ALARA.

* The RSO will ensure that authorized users, workers, and ancillary personnel who may be exposed to radiation will be instructed in the ALARA philosophy and informed that the management, the Radiation Safety Committee, and the RSO are committed to implementing the ALARA concept.

The RSO will review radiation levels in unrestricted and restricted areas to determine that they were at ALARA levels during the previous quarter.

* The RSO will schedule briefings and educational sessions to inform workers of ALARA programs.

The phrase So Far As is Reasonably Practicable ( SFARP ) in this and similar clauses is interpreted as leading to a requirement that risks must be reduced to a level that is As Low As is Reasonably Practicable ( ALARP ).

In Belgium, the title of Duke of Brabant ( historically the most prestigious in the Low Countries, and containing the federal capital Brussels ), if still vacant, has been awarded preferentially to the eldest son and heir presumptive of the king, other male dynasts receiving various lower historical titles ( much older than Belgium, and in principle never fallen to the Belgian crown ), such as Count of Flanders ( King Leopold III's so-titled brother held the title when he became the realm's temporary head of state as prince-regent ) and Prince of Liège ( a secularised version of the historical prince-bishopric ; e. g., the present King Albert II until he succeeded his older brother Baudouin I ).

The plan was in principle a repeat of the double invasion of the previous year, this time with the main blow to fall in the Low Countries.

He formulated his ideas a little later in his chief work, New fortress Construction ( Nieuwe Vestingbouw op een natte of lage horisont, Leeuwarden, 1685 ), in which he laid down three systems, the characteristic feature of which was the multiplicity and great saliency of the works, which were calculated and in principle are still eminently suited for, flat and almost marshy sites such as those in the Low Countries.

It might be that Low has seen too many stupidities and that they do not outrage him now.

Low per capita income has been proposed as a cause for grievance, prompting armed rebellion.

Estonian has been influenced by Swedish, German ( initially Middle Low German, later also standard German ), and Russian, though it is not related to them genetically.

This is primarily because the Estonian language has borrowed nearly one third of its vocabulary from Germanic languages, mainly from Low Saxon ( Middle Low German ) during the period of German rule, and High German ( including standard German ).

The English term has cognates in the other Germanic languages: Old Saxon heƀan " sky, heaven ", Middle Low German heven " sky ", Old Icelandic himinn " sky, heaven ", Gothic himins ; and those with a variant final-l: Old Frisian himel, himul " sky, heaven ", Old Saxon / Old High German himil, Dutch hemel, and modern German Himmel.

Historically, the term “ priest ” has been more associated with the “ High Church ” or Anglo-Catholic wing, whereas the term “ minister ” has been more commonly used in “ Low Church ” or Evangelical circles.

Low German ( Nederdüütsch, Plattdüütsch ) is often identified with its Low Saxon dialect ( Nedersassisch, Low Saxon ) because it has a much stronger position than the other dialects.

The PLC has two digital inputs from float switches ( Low Level and High Level ).

Conversely, the southern part has tended to sink to compensate, causing flooding of the Low Countries and Denmark.

Low Level or Slant Top slot machines include a stool so the player has sitdown access.

The part of Arturo Ui has been played by a number of notable actors including Al Pacino, Darryl Low, Leonard Rossiter, Antony Sher, Nicol Williamson, Griff Rhys Jones and Peter Falk.

During her career, Ono has collaborated with a diverse group of artists and musicians including John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann, Cornelius ( Keigo Oyamada, Naoki Shimizu and Yoko Araki ), Frank Zappa, Sean Lennon, Yuka Honda, Jim Keltner, Earl Slick, Peaches, John Cage, David Tudor, George Maciunas, Ornette Coleman, Charlotte Moorman, George Brecht, Jackson Mac Low, Jonas Mekas, Fred DeAsis, Yvonne Rainer, La Monte Young, Richard Maxfield, Zbigniew Rybczyński, Yo La Tengo, and Andy Warhol ( in 1987 Ono was one of the speakers at Warhol's funeral ).

The 40 megajoules per kilogram or less kinetic energy of projectiles launched at up to 9000 m / s velocity ( if including extra for drag losses ) towards Low Earth Orbit is a few kilowatt-hours per kilogram if efficiencies are relatively high, which accordingly has been hypothesized to be under $ 1 of electrical energy cost per kilogram shipped to LEO, though total costs would be far more than electricity alone.

Low has argued that within the context of general relativity, it is impossible to construct a warp drive in the absence of exotic matter.

Low grade institutional toilet paper is typically of the lowest grade of paper, has only one or two plies, is very coarse and sometimes contains small amounts of embedded unbleached / unpulped paper.

Quentin Skinner has argued that several critical modern innovations in contract theory are found in the writings from French Calvinists and Huguenots, whose work in turn was invoked by writers in the Low Countries who objected to their subjection to Spain and, later still, by Catholics in England.

Some people wish to evidence the historical links the region has with Belgium and the Netherlands prefer to call this region the French Low Countries, which also means French Netherlands in French ( French: Pays-Bas français ; Dutch: Franse Nederlanden or Franse Lage Landen ).

Low investment has been a long term problem in Fiji and property rights are sometimes thought to be part of this problem because, by law, five sixths of the land is owned communally by indigenous Fijians and may only be leased, not purchased outright.

In the Westphalian dialects of Low Saxon, in East Frisian Low Saxon and in the Saterland Frisian language, Saturday is called Satertag, also akin to Dutch Zaterdag, which has the same linguistic roots as the English word Saturday.

Montgomery's training paid off when the Germans began their invasion of the Low Countries on 10 May 1940 and the 3rd Division advanced to the River Dijle and then withdrew to Dunkirk with great professionalism, entering the Dunkirk perimeter in a famous night-time march which placed his forces on the left flank which had been left exposed by the Belgian surrender.

Some have theorized it emerged from the overwhelming influence of Low German in medieval times, having flattened the originally Nordic melodic accent, but stød is absent in most southern Danish dialects where Low German impact would have been the greatest.

This could be because these languages have been mutually affected by each other, as well as having a similar development influenced by Middle Low German.

It was not until John, who had been disappointed in his hope for an easy victory after being driven from Roche-au-Moine and had retreated to his transports that the Imperial Army, with Otto at its head, assembled in the Low Countries.

Low and high cycle fatigue are enhanced and have been documented to provide increases up to ten times greater than non-UIT specimens.

Now that France had been expelled from Germany, the Low Countries and Italy, Spain became the centre of activity in the next few years.

* February 10 – Mary of Burgundy, the daughter of Charles the Bold, is forced by her disgruntled subjects to sign the Great Privilege, by which the Flemish cities recover all the local and communal rights which had been abolished by the arbitrary decrees of the dukes of Burgundy, in their efforts to create in the Low Countries a centralized state.

A few towns in the Low Countries dated back to Roman times, but most had been founded from the 9th century onward.

Low temperatures may have been exaggerated during the early stages of continental rifting.

Most of these Anglo-Catholic " innovations " ( or, rather, revivals of dormant practices ) have since been accepted by mainstream Anglican churches, if not by Evangelical or Low Church Anglicans.

During the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, neither England nor the main maritime provinces of the Low Countries, Flanders and Holland, had been major European sea powers on par with Venice, Genoa, Portugal, Castile or Aragon.

In 1506, Charles inherited his father's Burgundian territories, most notably the Low Countries and Franche-Comté, most of which were fiefs of the German empire, except his birthplace of Flanders which was still a French fief, a last remnant of what had been a powerful player in the Hundred Years ' War.

In other languages, this has not been adopted, though the larger area is sometimes known as the Low Countries in English.

The English forms Derek, Derrick and Terry have been re-introduced from the continent, from Low German, Dutch and French sources.

A variety of names have since been given to the Wandering Jew, including Matathias, Buttadeus, Paul Marrane, and Isaac Laquedem ( a name for him in France and the Low Countries, in popular legend as well as in a novel by Dumas ).