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Handbook of Environmental Health Two Volume Set

Handbook of Environmental Health Two Volume Set

The two-volume Handbook of Environmental Health Fourth Edition provides a comprehensive but concise discussion of important environmental health areas including energy ecology and people environmental epidemiology risk assessment and risk management environmental law air quality management food protection insect control rodent control pesticides chemical environment environmental economics human disease and injury occupational health and safety noise radiation recreational environment indoor environments medical care institutions schools and universities prisons solid and hazardous waste management water supply plumbing swimming areas sewage disposal soils water pollution control environmental health emergencies and nuisance complaints. The handbook presents background material that gives students and professionals an understanding of the areas under discussion and describes common problems and potential solutions. Each volume includes illustrative graphs graphs computerized drawings inspection sheets and flowcharts that consolidate or clarify textual material. These books are neither engineering texts nor comprehensive texts in each area of study. Their purpose is to provide a solid working knowledge of each environmental health area with sufficient detail for practitioners and students. The text can be used in basic courses in environmental health environmental pollution and ecology. For general areas of study the instructor can omit specific details such as resources standards practices and techniques and modes of surveillance and evaluation. Practitioners in a variety of environmental health and occupational health and safety fields will find these volumes handy references for resolving current problems and for obtaining a better understanding of unfamiliar areas. Practitioners and administrators in other areas such as food processing water-quality control occupational health and safety and solid and hazardous waste management will also find these reference books useful. High school teachers often must introduce environmental health topics in their classes and yet have no specific background in this area. They can be used as a text in graduate education courses for high school teachers as well as a reference the material divides easily into two separate courses. In Volume I readers are introduced to the underlying problems basic concerns and basic philosophy of environmental health. The ecological economic and energy bases provided help individuals understand their relationship to the ecosystem and to the real world of economic and energy concerns. It also provides an understanding of the role of government and the environmental health practitioner in helping to resolve environmental and ecological dilemmas created by humans. Chapter 2 on human health helps the reader understand the relationship between biological physical and chemical agents and disease and injury causation. Volume II discusses the many varied facets of terrorism and environmental emergencies nuisances and special problems. Students may refer to other chapters of the text to obtain a complete idea of each of the problems and the potential solutions. | Handbook of Environmental Health Two Volume Set

GBP 180.00
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Bioactive Peptides Production Bioavailability Health Potential and Regulatory Issues

Bioactive Peptides Production Bioavailability Health Potential and Regulatory Issues

Bioactive peptides have been receiving attention recently due to their applications as health-promoting agents. Derived from food proteins and other natural sources they exhibit various beneficial effects such as preventing diseases or modulating physiological systems once absorbed. As the market for nutraceuticals and functional foods continues to expand consumer interest has also grown and there are many common foods that have shown an abundance of bioactive peptides including dairy products cereal legumes meat and numerous other sources. In this newest addition to the series Nutraceuticals: Basic Research and Clinical Applications Bioactive Peptides: Production Bioavailability Health Potential and Regulatory Issues provides a comprehensive review of the current state of knowledge in the field of food protein hydrolysates and bioactive peptides their food sources bioavailability production applications functionalities health potentials and regulatory issues governing their use. Features Discusses different methodologies employed for scaling up bioactive peptides commercially Provides information on optimizing the production process Explains various bioactive properties exerted by different types of bioactive peptides Explores the application of metabolomics to the study of bioactive peptides With over 20 chapters written by established subject matter experts in their field this book provides timely information and discusses the latest developments of bioactive peptides. It will be useful for researchers academics and industry experts and can serve as an excellent resource for anyone interested in enhancing their knowledge in the field of bioactive peptides. | Bioactive Peptides Production Bioavailability Health Potential and Regulatory Issues

GBP 190.00
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Fibronectin in Health and Disease

Fibronectin in Health and Disease

This timely volume highlights current knowledge concerning the role of fibronectin in human biology and medicine. It is intended to stimulate further investigation in this area. Emphasized are the importance of fibronectin in the interaction between the cell and its environment; and the role of the fibronectin in the determination of cell behavior in normal physiologic processes in malignant behavior of cells and in inflammatory disease. This book is valuable to those in the biomedical community interested in fibronectin the microenvironment and extracellular matrix. It is also important to those interested in the pathobiochemistry of malignant disease and inflammatory disorders. | Fibronectin in Health and Disease

GBP 205.00
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Concise Guide to Workplace Safety and Health What You Need to Know When You Need It

Concise Guide to Workplace Safety and Health What You Need to Know When You Need It

Every organization must comply with occupational health and safety regulations. Yet it is frequently unclear which actually apply in a given real-life situation plus the field is loaded with technical terminology and complicated regulations. Many managers trainers even safety and health professionals therefore find it hard to know how to comply with exactly what. Written to make this important discipline more understandable Concise Guide to Workplace Safety and Health: What You Need to Know When You Need It systematically addresses for each of the 34 topics covered core issues such as relevant regulations required program elements and definitions of key terms. Organized for quick access to information this handy reference book demystifies required documentation training elements medical requirements recordkeeping and more. Conveniently the author uses the same 20-part format for every topic. For example if you want to know only about the documentation required you can immediately turn to a topic‘s Section 9 (Written Documentation Required). If training requirements are the issue simply go to a chapter‘s Section 12 (Training Requirements). Also provided for each topic are links to quality background and training information with sample forms and programs where available. The guide covers safety and health topics of interest to a wide cross section of industries and businesses. The author‘s relaxed yet focused approach and consistent format allow efficient access to a broad range of occupational health and safety information. The topics covered include not only those that are currently regulated but also emerging issues such as injury and illness prevention programs and the rapidly growing field of nanotechnology. | Concise Guide to Workplace Safety and Health What You Need to Know When You Need It

GBP 180.00
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Lactic Acid Bacteria Microbiological and Functional Aspects

Lactic Acid Bacteria Microbiological and Functional Aspects

Through four editions Lactic Acid Bacteria: Microbiological and Functional Aspects has provided readers with information on the how’s and why’s lactic acid-producing fermentation improves the storability palatability and nutritive value of perishable foods. Thoroughly updated and fully revised with 12 new chapters the Fifth Edition covers regulatory aspects globally new findings on health effects properties and stability of LAB as well as production of target specific LAB. The new edition also addresses the technological use of LAB in various fermentations of food feed and beverage and their safety considerations. It features the detailed description of the main genera of LAB as well as such novel bacteria as fructophilic LAB and novel probiotics and discusses such new targets as cognitive function metabolic health respiratory health and probiotics. Key Features: In 12 new chapters findings are presented on health effects properties and stability of LAB as well as production of target specific LAB Covers such novel bacteria as fructophilic LAB and novel probiotics Presents new discoveries related to the mechanisms of lactic acid bacterial metabolism and function Covers the benefits of LAB both in fermentation of dairy cereal meat vegetable and silage and their health benefits on humans and animals Discusses the less-known role of LAB as food spoilers Covers the global regulatory framework related to safety and efficacy | Lactic Acid Bacteria Microbiological and Functional Aspects

GBP 250.00
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Lifestyle Medicine Third Edition

Lifestyle Medicine Third Edition

The field of lifestyle medicine which is the study of how daily habits and actions impact on both short- and long-term health and quality of life continues to expand globally. The scientific and medical literature that supports the success of these lifestyle habits and actions is now overwhelming. Thousands of studies provide evidence that regular physical activity maintenance of a health body weight following sound nutritional practices stress reduction and other good practices all profoundly impact both health and quality of life. Following its predecessors Lifestyle Medicine Third Edition is edited by lifestyle medicine pioneer cardiologist Dr. James Rippe. This edition has been thoroughly updated and represents the expert opinions of 20 section editors as well as more than 150 expert chapter authors whose knowledge span all aspects of this emerging discipline. Topics cover lifestyle medicine practices including regular physical activity proper nutrition and weight management. These principles are applied to the prevention and or treatment of a wide variety of chronic conditions ranging from heart disease and diabetes to cancer mental health addiction and injury prevention. This book serves as evidence base for individuals who wish to practice lifestyle medicine or incorporate some of its principles into either general medicine or subspecialty practice. It provides valuable information to healthcare workers in the fields of nutrition exercise physiology psychology behavioral medicine health promotion and public policy where lifestyle medicine principles play an ever-increasing role.

GBP 250.00
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BioElectroMagnetics Human Safety and Biomedical Applications

BioElectroMagnetics Human Safety and Biomedical Applications

This book is an educational resource of evolving scientific knowledge in the area of bioelectromagnetics that may serve the interests of students and decision-makers as well as society as a whole. It is distinguished by extensive descriptions of fundamental biophysical concepts and their relevance to human health. Reflecting the transdisciplinary approach from several different intellectual streams including physics biology epidemiology medicine environment risk science and engineering the book is quite a venture into the battling studies to assess the latest research on health effects and biomedical applications of EM energy. This new edition of the book particularly looks at the potential threats from the emerging 5G wireless networks which will deploy large numbers of low-powered smartphones notebooks tablets radio access networks and other transmitters. Features Introduces necessary biophysical principles of EM fields in the context of their interaction with living systems. Strengthens understanding of cutting-edge research on several major areas in the broad area of bioelectromagnetics. Presents safety standards and guidelines for human exposure to EM fields. Discusses techniques that have been developed to ensure adequate EM-thermal dosimetry required for both health effects and biomedical applications. Provides insight into the determinants of EM health risk assessment and public concerns. Includes extensive reference list at the end of each chapter to enhance further study. Riadh Habash is a special appointment professor and McLaughlin Research Chair in Electromagnetic Fields and Health at the University of Ottawa Canada. He has been the recipient of many awards including the National Wighton Fellowship Award and has authored or co-authored over 90 research articles six books and five book chapters. His most recent books are Green Engineering in 2017 and Professional Practice in 2019 (CRC Press) with the remaining previous books targeting the area of bioelectromagnetics. | BioElectroMagnetics Human Safety and Biomedical Applications

GBP 180.00
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Snack Foods Processing Innovation and Nutritional Aspects

Snack Foods Processing Innovation and Nutritional Aspects

The diverse segments of the snack industries that generate close to $520 billion of annual sales are adapting to new consumer´s expectations especially in terms of convinience flavor shelf life and nutritional and health claims. Snack Foods: Processing Innovation and Nutritional Aspects was conceptualized to thoroughly cover practical and scientific aspects related to the chemistry technology processing functionality quality control analysis and nutrition and health implications of the wide array of snacks derived from grains fruits/vegetables milk and meat/poultry/seafood. This book focuses on novel topics influencing food product development like innovation new emerging technologies and the manufacturing of nutritious and health-promoting snacks with a high processing efficiency. The up-to-date chapters provide technical reviews emphasising flavored salty snacks commonly used as finger foods including popcorn wheat-based products (crispbreads pretzels crackers) lime-cooked maize snacks (tortilla chips and corn chips) extruded items (expanded and half products or pellets) potato chips peanuts almonds tree nuts and products derived from fruits/vegetables milk animal and marine sources. Key Features: Describes traditional and novel processes and unit operatios used for the industrial production of plant and animal-based snacks. Depicts major processes employed for the industrial production of raw materials oils flavorings and packaging materials used in snack food operations. Contains relevant and updated information about quality control and nutritional attributes and health implications of snack foods. Includes simple to understand flowcharts relevant information in tables and recent innovations and trends. Divided into four sections Snack Foods aims to understand the role of the major unit operations used to process snacks like thermal processes including deep-fat frying seasoning packaging and the emerging 3-D printing technology. Moreover the book covers the processing and characteristics of the most relevant raw materials used in snack operations like cereal-based refined grits starches and flours followed by chapters for oils seasoning formulations and packaging materials. The third and most extensive part of the book is comprised of several chapters which describe the manufacturing and quality control of snacks mentioned above. The fourth section is comprised of two chapters related to the nutritional and nutraceutical and health-promoting properties of all classes of snacks discussed herein. | Snack Foods Processing Innovation and Nutritional Aspects

GBP 190.00
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Soil Basics Management and Rhizosphere Engineering for Sustainable Agriculture

Soil Basics Management and Rhizosphere Engineering for Sustainable Agriculture

Increase in global population drastic changes in the environment soil degradation and decrease in quality and quantity of agricultural productivity warranted us to adapt sustainable farming practices. This book focuses on soil health management and creating biased rhizosphere that can effectively augment the needs of sustainable agriculture. | Soil Basics Management and Rhizosphere Engineering for Sustainable Agriculture

GBP 200.00
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CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine

CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine

AAP Prose Award Finalist 2018/19 For three decades this book has been acknowledged as the most respected scientific reference specifically devoted to marine mammal medicine and health. Written by approximately 100 contributors who are recognized globally as leaders in their respective fields the CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine Third Edition continues to serve as the essential guide for all practitioners involved with marine mammals including veterinarians technicians biological researchers students managers keepers curators and trainers. The 45 chapters provide essential information for the practitioner on pathology infectious diseases medical treatment anesthesia surgery husbandry health assessment species-specific medicine medically pertinent anatomy and physiology and global health concerns such as strandings oil spills and entanglements of marine mammals. Covers all aspects of marine mammal veterinary practice Written by internationally acknowledged experts Adds new chapters on Ophthalmology Dentistry Ethics Oil Spill Response Health Assessments Whale Entanglement Response Dive Response and Biotoxins Richly illustrated in color throughout the new edition including updated anatomical drawings and extensive photographs of ocular lesions Provides guidance to websites that regularly present updated information and images pertinent to current marine mammal medicine such as imaging and stranding network contacts Discusses ethics and animal welfare. The book guides the reader through the veterinary care of cetaceans pinnipeds manatees sea otters and polar bears. In addition to summaries of current knowledge chapters provide information on those digital resources and websites which present the latest information as it emerges in the field. The CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine Third Edition gives a call to action for scientists to experiment with new endeavors to engage and inspire current and future generations to care for marine mammals and the marine environment and work together to find solutions. As the most trusted reference for marine mammal conservation medicine and for marine mammal medical facilities around the world this book needs to be in your library.

GBP 205.00
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Fermented Food Products

Fermented Food Products

Fermented food play an important proactive role in the human diet. In many developing and under developed countries fermented food is a cheap source of nutrition. Currently more than 3500 different fermented foods are consumed by humans throughout the world; many are indigenous and produced in small quantities however the consumption of many fermented foods has gradually increased. Fermented Food Products presents in-depth insights into various microbes involved in the production of fermented foods throughout the world. It also focuses on recent developments in the fermented food microbiology field along with biochemical changes that are happening during the fermentation process. • Describes various fermented food products especially indigenous products• Presents health benefits of fermented food products• Explains mechans involved in the production of fermented foods• Discusses molecular tools and its applications and therapeutic uses of fermented foodsThe book provides a comprehensive account about diversified ethnic fermented food products. Readers will get updated information regarding various types of fermented food products and will learn the effect these fermented food products have on human health.

GBP 180.00
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Microbiome-Host Interactions

Microbiome-Host Interactions

Microbiota are a promising and fascinating subject in biology because they integrate the microbial communities in humans animals plants and the environment. In humans microbiota are associated with the gut skin and genital oral and respiratory organs. The plant microbial community is referred to as holobiont and it is influential in the maintenance and health of plants which themselves play a role in animal health and the environment. The contents of Microbiome-Host Interactions cover all areas as well as new research trends in the fields of plant animal human and environmental microbiome interactions. The book covers microbiota in polar soil environments in health and disease in Caenorhabditis elegans and in agroecosystems as well as in rice root and actinorhizal root nodules speleothems and marine shallow-water hydrothermal vents. Moreover this book provides comprehensive accounts of advanced next-generation DNA sequencing metagenomic techniques high-throughput 16S rRNA sequencing and understanding nucleic acid sequence data from fungal algal viral bacterial cyanobacterial actinobacterial and archaeal communities using QIIME software (Quantitative Insights into Microbial Ecology). FEATURES Summarizes recent insight in microbiota and host interactions in distinct habitats including Antarctic hydrothermal vents speleothems oral skin gut feces reproductive tract soil root root nodules forests and mangroves Illustrates the high-throughput amplicon sequencing computational techniques involved in the microbiota analysis downstream analysis and visualization and multivariate analysis commonly used for microbiome analysis Describes probiotics and prebiotics in the composition of the gut microbiota skin microbiome impact in dermatologic disease prevention and microbial communities in the reproductive tract of humans and animals Presents information in a reachable way for students teachers researchers microbiologists computational biologists and other professionals who are interested in strengthening or enlarging their knowledge about microbiome analysis with next-generation DNA sequencing in the different branches of the sciences

GBP 180.00
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Bacterial Starter Cultures for Food

Bacterial Starter Cultures for Food

This book brings together information concerning starter culture bacteria in the manufacture of many milk meat vegetable and bakery products. The characteristics and functions of these bacteria in the production of cultured foods as well as factors which affect their performance are discussed in detail. Topics include the role of plasmids in starter culture bacteria the function of these bacteria as food preservatives nutritional and health benefits and future applications. Authors provide historical background as an introduction to each chapter. This will be a valuable reference book for food industry technologists and academicians. | Bacterial Starter Cultures for Food

GBP 180.00
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Maternal-Fetal and Obstetric Evidence Based Guidelines Two Volume Set Fourth Edition

Maternal-Fetal and Obstetric Evidence Based Guidelines Two Volume Set Fourth Edition

Designed for easy revision of the key points key references and key management stages the two volumes in this set review the evidence for best practice presenting the reader with the right information in the right format summarized in easy-to-use tables and algorithms. Each guideline is designed to make it easy to do it right with appropriate use of proven interventions. The quality of evidence available is graded so that a well-informed clinician can improve the health of mother and baby by providing quality care. *Offers an easy-to-assimilate guide to the key points in maternal-fetal and obstetric practice *Supplies an invaluable resource for those revising topics for professional or clinical requirements *Ensures providers of care can locate the best intervention quickly and confidently | Maternal-Fetal and Obstetric Evidence Based Guidelines Two Volume Set Fourth Edition

GBP 190.00
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Paracoccidioidomycosis

Paracoccidioidomycosis

Paracoccidioidomycosis continues to be a serious health problem among rural workers in many Latin American countries. This deep mycosis has many similarities to other deep mycoses that affect the developed world. Furthermore P. brasiliensis is becoming an excellent tool for basic studies (e. g. dimorphism hormone-mediated host interactions ecology). Paracoccidioidomycosis is an important publication with 30 chapters covering every aspect of the disease from its etiological agent P. brasiliensis to the clinical manifestations and treatment. The chapters are written by 45 specialists each one a leading figure in his or her area of research. This reference is the first of its kind to be written in English. The book is a valuable addition to the reference collections of basic researchers and applied mycologists as well as clinicians and others working with infectious and tropical diseases. It can also be used for courses on medical mycology.

GBP 240.00
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Handbook of Standards and Guidelines in Human Factors and Ergonomics

Handbook of Standards and Guidelines in Human Factors and Ergonomics

With an updated edition including new material in additional chapters this one-of-a-kind handbook covers not only current standardization efforts but also anthropometry and optimal working postures ergonomic human computer interactions legal protection occupational health and safety and military human factor principles. While delineating the crucial role that standards and guidelines play in facilitating the design of advantageous working conditions to enhance individual performance the handbook suggests ways to expand opportunities for global economic and ergonomic development. This book features: Guidance on the design of work systems including tasks equipment and workspaces as well as the work environment in relation to human capacities and limitations Emphasis on important human factors and ergonomic standards that can be utilized to improve product and process to ensure efficiency and safety A focus on quality control to ensure that standards are met throughout the worldwide market | Handbook of Standards and Guidelines in Human Factors and Ergonomics

GBP 205.00
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Handbook of Validation in Pharmaceutical Processes Fourth Edition

Handbook of Validation in Pharmaceutical Processes Fourth Edition

Revised to reflect significant advances in pharmaceutical production and regulatory expectations Handbook of Validation in Pharmaceutical Processes Fourth Edition examines and blueprints every step of the validation process needed to remain compliant and competitive. This book blends the use of theoretical knowledge with recent technological advancements to achieve applied practical solutions. As the industry's leading source for validation of sterile pharmaceutical processes for more than 10 years this greatly expanded work is a comprehensive analysis of all the fundamental elements of pharmaceutical and bio-pharmaceutical production processes. Handbook of Validation in Pharmaceutical Processes Fourth Edition is essential for all global health care manufacturers and pharmaceutical industry professionals. Key Features: Provides an in-depth discussion of recent advances in sterilization Identifies obstacles that may be encountered at any stage of the validation program and suggests the newest and most advanced solutions Explores distinctive and specific process steps and identifies critical process control points to reach acceptable results New chapters include disposable systems combination products nano-technology rapid microbial methods contamination control in non-sterile products liquid chemical sterilization and medical device manufacture

GBP 205.00
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Prevention of Accidents at Work Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Prevention of Accidents at Work (WOS 2017) October 3

Prevention of Accidents at Work Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Prevention of Accidents at Work (WOS 2017) October 3

Prevention of Accidents at Work collects papers presented at the 9th International Conference on the Prevention of Accidents at Work (WOS 2017) held in Prague Czech Republic on October 3-6 2017 organized by the VSB-Technical University of Ostrava. The conference on current issues within occupational safety is organized under the umbrella of Workingonsafety. net (WOS. net). WOS. net is an international network of decision-makers researchers and professionals responsible for the prevention of accidents and trauma at work. The network aims to bring accident prevention experts together in order to facilitate the exchange of experience new findings and best practices between different countries and sectors. WOS. net is supported by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA). The overall theme is safety management complexity in a changing society with the motto: Do we need a holistic approach? Underlying topics include: Foundations of safety science: theories principles methods and tools; Research to practice: achievements lessons learned and challenges; Risk management and safety culture: case studies best practices and further needs; Safety regulation: reasonable practicable approach; Education and training: prerequisite for safety; Complexity and safety: multidisciplinarity and inter-stakeholder views. Prevention of Accidents at Work should be valuable to researchers policy makers safety professionals labor inspectors labor administrators and other experts in the prevention of occupational accidents. | Prevention of Accidents at Work Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Prevention of Accidents at Work (WOS 2017) October 3

GBP 180.00
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Textbook of Ion Channels Three Volume Set

Textbook of Ion Channels Three Volume Set

The Textbook of Ion Channels is a set of three volumes providing a wide-ranging reference source on ion channels for students instructors and researchers. Ion channels are membrane proteins that control the electrical properties of neurons and cardiac cells mediate the detection and response to sensory stimuli like light sound odor and taste and regulate the response to physical stimuli like temperature and pressure. In non-excitable tissues ion channels are instrumental for the regulation of basic salt balance that is critical for homeostasis. Ion channels are located at the surface membrane of cells giving them the unique ability to communicate with the environment as well as the membrane of intracellular organelles allowing them to regulate internal homeostasis. Ion channels are fundamentally important for human health and diseases and are important targets for pharmaceuticals in mental illness heart disease anesthesia pain and other clinical applications. The modern methods used in their study are powerful and diverse ranging from single ion-channel measurement techniques to models of ion channel diseases in animals and human clinical trials for ion channel drugs. All three volumes give the reader an introduction to fundamental concepts needed to understand the mechanism of ion channels a guide to the technical aspects of ion channel research offer a modern guide to the properties of major ion channel families and include coverage of key examples of regulatory physiological and disease roles for ion channels. | Textbook of Ion Channels Three Volume Set

GBP 230.00
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Bridge Maintenance Safety Management Life-Cycle Sustainability and Innovations Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Bridg

Bridge Maintenance Safety Management Life-Cycle Sustainability and Innovations Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Bridg

Bridge Maintenance Safety Management Life-Cycle Sustainability and Innovations contains lectures and papers presented at the Tenth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance Safety and Management (IABMAS 2020) held in Sapporo Hokkaido Japan April 11–15 2021. This volume consists of a book of extended abstracts and a multimedia device containing the full papers of 571 contributions presented at IABMAS 2020 including the T. Y. Lin Lecture 9 Keynote Lectures and 561 technical papers from 40 countries. The contributions presented at IABMAS 2020 deal with the state of the art as well as emerging concepts and innovative applications related to the main aspects of maintenance safety management life-cycle sustainability and technological innovations of bridges. Major topics include: advanced bridge design construction and maintenance approaches safety reliability and risk evaluation life-cycle management life-cycle sustainability standardization analytical models bridge management systems service life prediction maintenance and management strategies structural health monitoring non-destructive testing and field testing safety resilience robustness and redundancy durability enhancement repair and rehabilitation fatigue and corrosion extreme loads and application of information and computer technology and artificial intelligence for bridges among others. This volume provides both an up-to-date overview of the field of bridge engineering and significant contributions to the process of making more rational decisions on maintenance safety management life-cycle sustainability and technological innovations of bridges for the purpose of enhancing the welfare of society. The Editors hope that these Proceedings will serve as a valuable reference to all concerned with bridge structure and infrastructure systems including engineers researchers academics and students from all areas of bridge engineering. | Bridge Maintenance Safety Management Life-Cycle Sustainability and Innovations Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Bridg

GBP 375.00
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Human Factors in Lighting

Human Factors in Lighting

The availability of electric lighting has changed the lives of people the world over yet as a major user of electricity it has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years. This scrutiny has focused largely on the environmental consequences with little consideration of the benefits of lighting. Human Factors in Lighting Third Edition restores some balance to the discussion by examining the ways in which people interact with lighting. These interactions influence the ability to perform visual tasks; the perception of people objects and spaces; human comfort and behavior; as well as human health and safety. It is only by understanding how to use light to achieve these ends that lighting can be provided effectively and efficiently to the benefit of all. See What‘s New in the Third Edition: New chapters on the non-image-forming system lighting for pedestrians light pollution and lighting and electricity use Revision of all other chapters to update them to take into account the advances that have been made in our understanding of the effects of light on people over the last decade Integration of the combined effects of light via the visual and non-image-forming systems on performance and perception The book covers both the visual and the non-visual effects of light on people as well as the benefits of lighting and the costs it imposes on the environment. It details the consequences of exposure to lighting or lighting technology and the role of exposure to light on such basic functions of the body as circadian rhythms. The author combines information from many different sources and integrates them into a coherent overview of lighting practice that can be used to develop better lighting solutions at a lower environmental cost.

GBP 180.00
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Handbook of Foodborne Diseases

Handbook of Foodborne Diseases

Clearly linked to consumption of foods beverages and drinking water that contain pathogenic microbes toxins or other toxic agents foodborne diseases have undergone a remarkable change of fortune in recent decades from once rare and insignificant malaises to headline-grabbing and deadly outbreaks. Unquestionably several factors have combined to make this happen. These include a prevailing demand for the convenience of ready-to-eat or heat-and-eat manufactured food products that allow ready entry and survival of some robust temperature-insensitive microorganisms; a drastic reduction in the costs of air sea and road transportation that has taken some pathogenic microorganisms to where they were absent previously; an expanding world population that has stretched the boundary of human activity; and an ageing population whose weakened immune functions provide a fertile ground for opportunistic pathogens to invade and thrive. Given the diversity of causative agents (ranging from viruses bacteria yeasts filamentous fungi protozoa helminthes toxins to toxic agents) and the ingenuity of pathogenic microbes to evolve through genetic reassortment horizontal gene transfer and/or random genetic mutation it has become an enormous challenge to understand how foodborne agents are able to evade host immune defenses and induce diseases and also to develop and apply innovative approaches for improved diagnosis treatment and prevention of foodborne diseases. Handbook of Foodborne Diseases summarizes the latest findings on more than 100 foodborne diseases and their causative agents. With contributions from international experts on foodborne pathogens toxins and toxic agents research this volume provides state-of-the-art overviews on foodborne diseases in relation to their etiology biology epidemiology clinical presentation pathogenesis diagnosis treatment and prevention. Apart from offering a comprehensive textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students in food medical and veterinary microbiology this volume constitutes a valuable reference on foodborne diseases for medical professionals and health authorities and forms an informative educational resource for the general public.

GBP 250.00
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Biomass Burning in South and Southeast Asia Two Volume Set

Biomass Burning in South and Southeast Asia Two Volume Set

The increasing intensity and frequency of natural disasters all around the world has caused severe socioeconomic impacts especially in South and Southeast Asia. This region is particularly susceptible to vegetation fires leading to biomass burning pollution with impacts on other countries through trans-boundary air pollution. Despite the growing body of information on biomass pollutants worldwide only a modest amount of data from these regions are available. With fires and biomass burning identified as a vital issue in South/Southeast Asia this two-volume set was created to meet community research and application needs. To better serve the atmospheric environmental and remote sensing communities and to address air quality climate and the human health impacts of greenhouse gases and aerosols from biomass burning this set brings together the collective achievements of experts in these regions and the state-of-the-art technologies and spatial analyses to model and monitor biomass burning events and their impacts. This first volume covers various topics on fire biomass burning mapping and monitoring while the second volume highlights the impact of biomass burning on the biosphere and reflects extensive research by interdisciplinary teams of experts. This set will serve as a valuable resource for remote sensing scientist geographers ecologists atmospheric scientists environmental scientists and all who wish to advance their knowledge on fires biomass burning and biomass burning pollution in South/Southeast Asia Specific Features: Unique in its discussion of the sources and the causes of biomass burning and atmospheric research in South and Southeast Asia. Explains how remote sensing and geospatial technologies help the mapping and monitoring of biomass burning events and their impacts. Focuses on large spatial scales integrating top-down and bottom-up methodologies. Addresses the pressing issues of environmental pollution that are rampant in South and Southeast Asia. Includes contributions from global experts currently working on biomass burning projects in the US Japan South/Southeast Asia and Europe. | Biomass Burning in South and Southeast Asia Two Volume Set

GBP 205.00
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