BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Data Dredging

  • the process of making comparisons with and drawing conclusions from data that was not part of the original basis of a study

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Dredge river, EPA tells GE.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Washington - A massive dredging of New York's Hudson River that is expected to cost nearly half a billion dollars will proceed, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ruled last week. Washington - A massive dredging of New York's Hudson River...
Tags: General Electric Co., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2001-12-10
CONTRACTORS IN LEGAL DISPUTE.(Dominica Water and Sewerage Co., Inter-Island Dredging Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
A legal conflict over money has arisen between the Canadian general contractor and a sub-contractor working on the multi-million dollar Roseau Water and Sanitation Project in Dominica, reports CANA (July 13, 2001): Wilson and Sommerville, a Canadian firm which has been contracted by...
Tags: International Data Corp.
Research articles 2001-09-01
FDA to Consider Lower Standards for Amgen and ImClone in Cancer Studies
In its review of applications for ImClone's Erbitux and Amgen's Vectibix, the FDA has released a statement simultaneously frowning upon retrospective analyses of drug studies and suggesting a path for their use in new indication approvals. The statement says in part: There are multiple examples of “retrospective” or post-hoc...
Tags: FDA, Amgen Inc., Standards, ImClone, Federal Government, Government, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2008-12-12
Scientists Decry New Jersey's Lack of Data on Chemicals in Hudson River.
By Alex Nussbaum, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 20--The PCB-laden fish off North Jersey's Hudson River shoreline could soon be sandwiched between projects stirring up thousands of pounds of the carcinogenic chemical. But New Jersey...
Tags: chemicals, General Electric Co., river, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2001-06-20
Implementing perimeter air-monitoring programs: factors to be reconciled include monitoring and data-quality objectives, the type, number and placement of monitoring devices, and calibration and quality control protocols
Perimeter or fenceline monitoring systems that track ambient air quality are widely used around hazardous waste sites, landfill excavation projects, dredging operations, hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste HTRW sites, ports, and manufactured gas plant MGP site-remediation projects and to a lesser extent, around the perimeters of industrial facilities. Since fenceline...
Tags: calibration, compound, instrumentation, monitoring, perimeter, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2004-10-01
GUCCI, LVMH WAGE WAR DURING ANNUAL MEETING.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
AMSTERDAM -- The gloves are off once again. Officials from LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton and Pinault-Printemps Redoute clashed openly during Gucci Group's annual shareholders meeting here Thursday. Their bitter war of words made it clear there's no end in sight...
Tags: Gucci Group N.V., LVMH Inc.
Research articles 2000-06-23
Contracts. (Community Bits).
James W. Sewall Company (www.jws.com) has completed a nine-month database migration project involving the 17.4-mile Cape Cod Canal for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (www.usace.army.mil). Sewall migrated landbase data, digital orthophotography, and infrastructure data from the existing ESRI (www.esri.com) Arc-View 3 system to ArcGIS Desktop....
Tags: Electrabel S.A., Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., Perupetro S.A.
Research articles 2002-11-01
NAS Supports EPA PCB Dredging Proposal.(National Academy of Sciences, polychlorinated biphenyl-contaminated sediments)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
EPA wants GE spend $490 million to dredge PCB sediment in Hudson River AN ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency EPA official says a study by the National Academy of Sciences NAS generally supports the agency's recent proposal to clean up polych ...
Tags: NAS, National Academy of Sciences, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2001-01-15
Linking hydrography & VTS
Every waterway presents the mariner with a unique challenge. One that changes subtly and sometimes dramatically from moment to moment. Wind and tides, geological events and local traffic conspire to make navigation a sometimes "best guess" event. In many ports and waterways, navigation is often handled by analyzing tide...
Tags: Sensor Systems Inc.
Research articles 1998-03-01
Siemens PLM Software's Teamcenter and Solid Edge Software Named Standard Technology for Van Oord
'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands -- Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management PLM software and services, announced that Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors B.V., a marine contractor that works on worldwide dredge and water hydraulic projects, has...
Tags: Standard Technology Inc.
Research articles 2008-10-28
Contracts for August 07, 2009
CONTRACTS ?? AIR FORCE ?? ?????????????????????????????? Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Integrated Systems Western Region, El Segundo, Calif., was awarded a $57,100,000 modified contract to provide a demonstration unit of the initial parts of the MP-RTIP for the Joint Stars E-8 platform.?? At this time, $27,200,000 has been obligated.?? Multi-Sensor Command...
News items 2009-08-09