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Abbrev. for Infrared Space Observatory, an orbiting infrared astronomy observatory launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) on top of an Ariane-4 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, Nov. 1995. The 2.5-tonne, 5.3-meter-long ISO was the most sensitive infrared satellite of its time, using four detectors cryogenically cooled by liquid helium to capture and study weak infrared radiation from such sources as cold gas and dust clouds and regions of star birth and star death, as well as quasars and remote galaxies. Lying in the focal plane of a telescope with a 60-centimeter mirror, the four detectors were (1) an infrared camera (ISOCAM) covering the range 2.5–17 μm; (2) a photopolarimeter (ISOPHOT) functioning between 2.5 and 240 μm; (3) a shortwave spectrometer covering the 2.4–45 μm band; and (4) a longwave spectrometer operating between 45 and 196.8 μm. These instruments revealed numerous hitherto unknown objects that were ‘visible’ only in infrared light. The satellite operated for about 30 months. Its mission ended in Apr. 1998 when its coolant finally ran out.

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a lime-sulfur chemical decoction for combating mites and ticks (acaricide).

International Standards Organization, International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

A body which promotes the development of world-wide standards and which publishes such standards.

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ISO

(1) For the light measurement standard, see ISO speed.

(2) For the optical disc format standard, see ISO image.

(3) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). ISO deals with all fields except electrical and electronics, which is governed by the older International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). With regard to information processing, ISO and IEC created JTC1, the Joint Technical Committee for information technology.

ISO carries out its work through more than 185 technical committees and 2,700 subcommittees and working groups and is made up of standards organizations from more than 95 countries, some of them serving as secretariats for these technical bodies.

Full, Correspondent and Subscriber Members
Of the 164 ISO member bodies, more than a hundred are full members that influence ISO standards development. Approximately 50 Correspondent members attend meetings as observers. A handful of Subscriber members stay up-to-date on ISO activities but do not sell or adopt ISO standards nationally as do all the others. See ISO/IEC.

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An ISO report noted: "To evaluate biodegradability, the consumption of oxygen or evolved carbon dioxide needs to be determined" in a plastic - such assessments can be carried out with the aid of standards ISO 14851, ISO 17556, ISO 14852 and ISO 14855.

ISO offers expert global assistance to recycling industry

Although ISOs were intended to provide a tax benefit to employees, when the post-exercise price declines, optionees can find themselves subject to huge AMT tax liabilities attributable to sometimes worthless stock.

ISOs and AMT: improving the odds when gambling with the IRS

There are many reasons for a health care facility to obtain ISO certification (ISO 9000 is the family of standards; an entity is certified to ISO 9001:2000).

Implementing an ISO 9001 quality management system in a multispecialty clinic

ISO 15489 Information and Documentation--Records Management--Part 1: General.

A national response to ISO 15489: a case study of the Jamaican experience: a group of records management professionals in Jamaica joined forces to determine how they could best use ISO 15489, the international records management standard, to advance RIM

* Existing ISO 14001:1996 certificates will be renewed as ISO 14001: 2004 certificates only when the EMS concerned has been successfully audited as conforming to the new version.

Certifying and updating EMS

Companies with an EMS in place prior to initiating the certification process already complied to varying degrees with the requirements of the ISO 14001 standard.

ISO 14000--a profitable investment? Environmental management systems are not just for high-risk polluters anymore. As stakeholder interest in environmental management increases, it's worth considering whether ISO certification will add value to your company

In addition to the Tennessee company, two others, Mobile Medical in Vermont and EADS Dornier in Germany, have taken on the task of creating their versions of the Army's future mobile operating suite in an ISO container.

American forces press service (June 16, 2004): Future Medical Shelter prototype set up at Fort Detrick

If anyone knows how the ISO certification process works, it's Lisa Farrell, director of communications for New York's Canandaigua Wine Company.

ISO certification: should you get it?

ISO 9001 standard updated its fifth edition namely, ISO 9001:2015 in the year 2015.

Effect of ISO 9001 Standard on Organisational Performance

The new OH&S standard is based on the common elements found in all of ISO's management systems standards and uses a simple Plan-Do-Check-Act model, providing a framework for organizations to plan what they need to put in place in order to minimize the risk of harm.

Safety reference joins ISO 9000 quality, 14000 environmental standards

The five-hour highly-customised seminar for leadership and management teams, will provide an overview of the new and updated requirements for ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015, as well as the anticipated requirements of ISO 45001 expected to be published next year.

A New Wave of Leadership: Intertek Bahrain Launches an Executive Awareness Seminar

* ISO announced the launch of ISO Market Landscape[TM], an interactive dashboard that allows insurance professionals across disciplines to visualize and benchmark their company's results with one of the largest property/casualty insurance databases in the world.