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ILO-CIS International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre - International occupational safety & health ... (333 words) |
 | CIS is the knowledge management arm of the Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SafeWork). |
 | CIS continuously monitors world literature on occupational safety and health through its contacts with publishers and with 140 focal points ("CIS Centres") at the national or regional level. |
 | CIS was founded in 1959 as a joint endeavour of the ILO, the International Social Security Association (ISSA), the European Coal and Steel Community and the occupational safety and health authorities of 11 European countries. |
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Cis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (328 words) |
 | Cis is a Latin word meaning "on the same side [of]" and is the opposite of trans. |
 | In chemistry, a double bond (or ring) in which the greater radical on both ends is on the same side of the bond (or face of the ring) is called cis. |
 | In genetics, cis- is a prefix used in terms such as "cis-regulation" to signify the co-location of two or more genes on the same chromosome of a homologous pair. |