A Dol is a little-used unit of measurement for pain. The name is from the Latin word for pain, dolor. According to the International Society for the Study of Pain, there are two different terms: pain and nociception. ... Latin is the language that was originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...
James Hardy, Herbert Wolff, and Helen Goodell of Cornell University proposed the unit based on their studies of pain during the 1940s and 1950s; they defined one dol to equal two "just noticeable differences" (jnd's) in pain. The unit did not come into widespread use and other methods are now used to assess the level of pain experienced by patients. Cornell University is a private university located in Ithaca, New York, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Years: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Events and trends Technology First nuclear bomb First cruise missile, the V1 flying bomb and the first ballistic missile, the... Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb. ...
DOL Announces Availability of $125 Million in Grant Funds for Community-Based Job Training Grants
On August 8, 2007, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), announced the availability of approximately $125 million in grant funds for Community-Based Job Training Grants.
Community-Based Job Training Grants will be awarded through a competitive process to support workforce training for high-growth/high-demand industries through the national system of community and technical colleges.
DOL says workers with mental impairments for which there is not a documented physical dysfunction of the nervous system.
The Conference Report directs DOL to: "consider an appeal process whereby claimants have an opportunity to have an adverse determination reviewed by an independent physician or physician panel." An appeals process using physician panels is crucial because many cases will involve complex issues requiring expertise in medicine, toxicology, industrial hygiene, and epidemiology.
"DOL was entrusted by Congress to reform the program that had been mismanaged by the Energy Department, yet this rule unapologetically deviates from plain and unambiguous direction provided by Congress," noted Richard Miller, GAP Senior Policy Analyst.
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