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Coastal Pollution: Effects on Living Resources and Humans (Marine Science)

CRC Press, 2005

In 1996, after more than a decade of researching the effects of over-population and the consequent pollution of the greater metropolitan New York City area, Carl Sindermann published his observations and conclusions in Ocean Pollution: Effects on Living Resources and Humans, a mostly technical document that emphasized the pathological effects...

Radiation Dose from Adult and Pediatric Multidetector Computed Tomography (Medical Radiology / Diagnostic Imaging)

Springer, 2007

The use of computed tomography (CT) has seen enormous growth over the past decade. In the US, approximately 63 million examinations were performed in 2005 (Niagara Health Quality Coalition 2004) compared to 35 million in 2000. The increased number of clinical applications (e.g., in emergency and trauma, paediatric, cardiac, and...

Epidemics and Enslavement: Biological Catastrophe in the Native Southeast, 1492-1715 (Indians of the Southeast)

University of Nebraska Press, 2007

Epidemics and Enslavement is a groundbreaking examination of the relationship between the Indian slave trade and the spread of Old World diseases in the colonial southeastern United States. Paul Kelton scrupulously traces the pathology of early European encounters with Native peoples of the Southeast and concludes that, while...

The Mind of the Mathematician

Johns Hopkins, 2007

What makes mathematicians tick? How do their minds process formulas and concepts that, for most of the rest of the world's population, remain mysterious and beyond comprehension? Is there a connection between mathematical creativity and mental illness?

In The Mind of the Mathematician, internationally famous mathematician Ioan James and...

Radiation Oncology Advances (Cancer Treatment and Research)

Springer, 2007

Radiation therapy remains a mainstay of cancer treatment: it is estimated that around half of all cancer patients in Europe, in the US probably close to two-thirds, receive radiation therapy as part of their initial therapy, for salvage or for palliation. There are good reasons to expect the role of radiation therapy in the management of...

Geo-Data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia

Gale, 2002

Gale is pleased to present the third edition of Geo-Data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia. This is the first new edition of Geo-Data since 1989, and it represents a complete revision and updating of that work. The purpose of the book remains unchanged: to provide the reader with the most detailed and comprehensive descriptions available for the...

Allergy: An Atlas of Investigation and Diagnosis

CRC Press, 2005

In one form or another, allergies and intolerances affect approximately one third of the population, with as many as half of all sufferers being children.

Demystifying the whole subject, this exciting new reference is designed with one purpose in mind - to help allergy specialists and general practitioners care for patients...

Setting Foundations for the Creation of Public Value in Smart Cities (Public Administration and Information Technology)

Springer, 2019

This book seeks to contribute to prior research facing the discussion about public value creation in Smart Cities and the role of governments. In the early 21st century, the rapid transition to a highly urbanized population has made societies and their governments around the world to be meeting unprecedented challenges...

Instrumentation and Sensors for the Food Industry, Second Edition

CRC Press, 2001

An authoritative and practical guide to the range of instrumentation and sensors available to the food technology professional. Revised to include new developments and techniques, including the development of on-line sensors for immediate analysis and control of production.

The enjoyable, everyday food in an industrialized society relies...

Education in Rwanda: Rebalancing Resources to Accelerate Post-Conflict Development and Poverty Reduction (World Bank Country Study)

World Bank Publications, 2003

Ten years after the 1994 genocide in which an estimated 10 percent of the country’s population perished, Rwanda’s devastated education system is now back on its feet. Classrooms have been repaired and new ones built; teachers who fled the mayhem have been reintegrated into the teaching force; arrears in teacher pay have been cleared up;...

Guide to Information Sources in Mathematics and Statistics (Reference Sources in Science and Technology)

Libraries Unlimited, 2004

This book was conceived as a reference for librarians, mathematicians, and statisticians involved in college- and research-level mathematics and statistics in the twenty-first century. Now in a time of transition in scholarly communications in mathematics, practices that have changed little for a hundred years are giving way to new modes of...

Population Genetics for Animal Conservation (Conservation Biology)

Cambridge University Press, 2009

It is widely accepted among conservation biologists that genetics is, more than ever, an essential and efficient tool for wild and captive population management and reserve design. However, a true synergy between population genetics and conservation biology is lacking. Following the first International Workshop on Population Genetics for Animal...

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