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Handbook of Low-Level Laser Therapy

Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) also known as photobiomodulation is almost 50 years old and recently has been getting increasing acceptance from the scientific medical and veterinary communities. Discoveries are constantly being made about the cellular and molecular mechanisms of action the range of diseases that can be treated is also rising and home use LED devices are becoming common. This book compiles cutting-edge contributions from the world’s leading experts in Photobiomodulation and LLLT. Chapters cover general concepts mechanisms of action in vitro studies pre-clinical animal studies veterinary applications and a wide range of clinical topics. Edited by Michael Hamblin from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School aided by two prominent researchers (Marcelo Sousa and Tanupriya Agrawal) this book will appeal to anyone involved in the basic science translational aspects and clinical applications of LLLT. | Handbook of Low-Level Laser Therapy

GBP 335.00

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The Passivhaus Designer's Manual A technical guide to low and zero energy buildings

Passivhaus is the fastest growing energy performance standard in the world with almost 50 000 buildings realised to date. Applicable to both domestic and non-domestic building types the strength of Passivhaus lies in the simplicity of the concept. As European and global energy directives move ever closer towards Zero (fossil) Energy standards Passivhaus provides a robust 'fabric first' approach from which to make the next step. The Passivhaus Designers Manual is the most comprehensive technical guide available to those wishing to design and build Passivhaus and Zero Energy Buildings. As a technical reference for architects engineers and construction professionals The Passivhaus Designers Manual provides:State of the art guidance for anyone designing or working on a Passivhaus project;In depth information on building services including high performance ventilation systems and ultra-low energy heating and cooling systems;Holistic design guidance encompassing: daylight design ecological materials thermal comfort indoor air quality and economics;Practical advice on procurement methods project management and quality assurance;Renewable energy systems suitable for Passivhaus and Zero Energy Buildings; Practical case studies from the UK USA and Germany amongst others;Detailed worked examples to show you how it's done and what to look out for;Expert advice from 20 world renowned Passivhaus designers architects building physicists and engineers. Lavishly illustrated with nearly 200 full colour illustrations and presented by two highly experienced specialists this is your one-stop shop for comprehensive practical information on Passivhaus and Zero Energy buildings. | The Passivhaus Designer's Manual A technical guide to low and zero energy buildings

GBP 180.00

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Semiconductor Quantum Optoelectronics From Quantum Physics to Smart Devices

The development and application of low-dimensional semiconductors have been rapid and spectacular during the past decade. Ever improving epitaxial growth and device fabrication techniques have allowed access to some remarkable new physics in quantum confined structures while a plethora of new devices has emerged. The field of optoelectronics in particular has benefited from these advances both in terms of improved performance and the invention of fundamentally new types of device at a time when the use of optics and lasers in telecommunications broadcasting the Internet signal processing and computing has been rapidly expanding. An appreciation of the physics of quantum and dynamic electronic processes in confined structures is key to the understanding of many of the latest devices and their continued development. Semiconductor Quantum Optoelectronics covers new physics and the latest device developments in low-dimensional semiconductors. It allows those who already have some familiarity with semiconductor physics and devices to broaden and expand their knowledge into new and expanding topics in low-dimensional semiconductors. The book provides pedagogical coverage of selected areas of new and pertinent physics of low-dimensional structures and presents some optoelectronic devices presently under development. Coverage includes material and band structure issues and the physics of ultrafast nonlinear coherent intersubband and intracavity phenomena. The book emphasizes various devices including quantum wells visible quantum cascade and mode-locked lasers; microcavity LEDs and VCSELs; and detectors and logic elements. An underlying theme is high-speed phenomena and devices for increased system bandwidths. | Semiconductor Quantum Optoelectronics From Quantum Physics to Smart Devices

GBP 180.00

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Textbook of Assisted Reproductive Techniques Volume 2: Clinical Perspectives

Established as the definitive reference for the IVF clinic the sixth edition has been extensively revised with the addition of several important new contributions on clinical topics including The use of digitalization and precision medicine in the IVF clinic The environment and reproduction The use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists and the efficiency of IVF Controlled ovarian stimulation for freeze-all cycles Immunology in ART Home monitoring of ART cycles Luteal-phase support in ART The POSEIDON stratification of ‘low prognosis’ patients in ART Controlled ovarian stimulation for low responder patients Adjuvants for poor responders Innovative therapies in diminished ovarian reserve and primary ovarian insufficiency patients and Fertility options for transgender and nonbinary individuals. As previously methods protocols and techniques of choice are presented by IVF pioneers and eminent international experts. | Textbook of Assisted Reproductive Techniques Volume 2: Clinical Perspectives

GBP 200.00

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EPR IMAGING and IN VIVO EPR

This volume provides a detailed examination of the physical basis for EPR imaging and in vivo EPR spectroscopy experimental arrangements and data analysis. The EPR imaging methods described include continuous wave spin-echo-detected and ENDOR-detected EPR with constant stepped modulated and pulsed magnetic field gradients. Applications described include inhomogeneous materials diffusion kinetics reaction kinetics orientation of liquid crystals microwave distributions magnetic field distributions superconductors radiation damage and defects in solids. The book also covers other topics important to in vivo studies including in vivo EPR spectroscopy low-frequency EPR state-of-the-art low-frequency EPR instruments achievable sensitivity and spin labels. The book will be of great interest to graduate students researchers and medical instrument developers who use EPR as well as clinicians and chemists interested in the relationship between in vivo radicals (such as superoxide and diseases).

GBP 205.00

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Kenaf Fibers and Composites

Kenaf fiber is gaining attention as an alternative reinforcement for composite products due to low cost reduced environmental impact and attractive mechanical properties. Kenaf Fibers and Composites covers the breadth of these exciting materials from raw material preparation to application in a variety of products. It discusses fiber characterization and properties how to prepare kenaf-based composites and design manufacturing and applications. It also covers hybrid fiber composites kenaf fiber thermosetting composites kenaf fiber thermoplastic composites kenaf fibers in various lengths and forms and arrangements such as particulates continuous roving and woven fabrics. Cellulose-based kenaf composites and kenaf fiber-filled biopolymer composites are presented.

GBP 180.00

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Adaptive Thermal Comfort: Principles and Practice

The fundamental function of buildings is to provide safe and healthy shelter. For the fortunate they also provide comfort and delight. In the twentieth century comfort became a 'product' produced by machines and run on cheap energy. In a world where fossil fuels are becoming ever scarcer and more expensive and the climate more extreme the challenge of designing comfortable buildings today requires a new approach. This timely book is the first in a trilogy from leaders in the field which will provide just that. It explains in a clear and comprehensible manner how we stay comfortable by using our bodies minds buildings and their systems to adapt to indoor and outdoor conditions which change with the weather and the climate. The book is in two sections. The first introduces the principles on which the theory of adaptive thermal comfort is based. The second explains how to use field studies to measure thermal comfort in practice and to analyze the data gathered. Architects have gradually passed responsibility for building performance to service engineers who are largely trained to see comfort as the �product� designed using simplistic comfort models. The result has contributed to a shift to buildings that use ever more energy. A growing international consensus now calls for low-energy buildings. This means designers must first produce robust passive structures that provide occupants with many opportunities to make changes to suit their environmental needs. Ventilation using free natural energy should be preferred and mechanical conditioning only used when the climate demands it. This book outlines the theory of adaptive thermal comfort that is essential to understand and inform such building designs. This book should be required reading for all students teachers and practitioners of architecture building engineering and management � for all who have a role in producing and occupying twenty-first century adaptive low-car | Adaptive Thermal Comfort: Principles and Practice

GBP 180.00

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Armed Conflict Survey 2018

The Armed Conflict Survey provides in-depth analysis of the political military and humanitarian dimensions of all major armed conflicts as well as data on fatalities refugees and internally displaced persons. Compiled by the IISS publisher of The Military Balance it is the standard reference work on contemporary conflict. The book assesses key developments in 36 high- medium- and low-intensity conflicts including those in Iraq Syria Afghanistan South Sudan Israel–Palestine Southern Thailand Colombia and Ukraine. The Armed Conflict Survey features essays by some of the world’s leading experts on armed conflict including Mats Berdal Elisabeth Jean Wood Julia Bleckner Nelly Lahoud William Reno and Carrie Manning. They write on: • UN peacekeeping; • conflict-related sexual violence; • the Islamic State’s shifting narrative; • the changing foundations of governance by armed groups; and • rebel-to-party transitions. The authors’ discussion of principal thematic and cross-national trends complements the detailed analysis of each conflict at the core of the book. The Armed Conflict Survey also includes maps infographics and multi-year data as well as the IISS Chart of Conflict. | Armed Conflict Survey 2018

GBP 375.00

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The Tokugawa World

With over 60 contributions The Tokugawa World presents the latest scholarship on early modern Japan from an international team of specialists in a volume that is unmatched in its breadth and scope. In its early modern period under the Tokugawa shoguns Japan was a world apart. For over two centuries the shogun’s subjects were forbidden to travel abroad and few outsiders were admitted. Yet in this period Japan evolved as a nascent capitalist society that could rapidly adjust to its incorporation into the world system after its forced opening in the 1850s. The Tokugawa World demonstrates how Japan’s early modern society took shape and evolved: a world of low and high cultures comic books and Confucian academies soba restaurants and imperial music recitals rigid enforcement of social hierarchy yet also ongoing resistance to class oppression. A world of outcasts puppeteers herbal doctors samurai officials businesswomen scientists scholars blind lutenists peasant rebels tea-masters sumo wrestlers and wage workers. Covering a variety of features of the Tokugawa world including the physical landscape economy art and literature religion and thought and education and science this volume is essential reading for all students and scholars of early modern Japan.

GBP 270.00

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Cinema Raw Shooting and Color Grading with the Ikonoskop Digital Bolex and Blackmagic Cinema Cameras

With the next generation of raw cinema cameras you can finally shoot professionally with uncompressed raw motion pictures without compromising your image or your budget. In Cinema Raw: Shooting and Color Grading with the Ikonoskop Digital Bolex and Blackmagic Cinema Cameras Lancaster takes you through the birth of these new cameras and includes an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Digital Bolex. He field tests each camera and discusses the importance of shooting in raw and guides you through the raw color grading process so you can create stunning films. Interviews with professionals who have shot documentaries shorts and promotionals with these cameras are featured throughout allowing you to learn field production techniques under real world conditions. FEATURES: Behind-the-scenes case studies for the next generation of low budget cinema cameras Recommended gear lists to begin your raw shooting experience Full color post workflows that help you realize your boldest cinematic visions A companion website (www. kurtlancaster. com) featuring raw projects covered in the book; video interviews with the creators of the Digital Bolex Joe Rubinstein and Elle Schneider; and resources for further study of raw cinema | Cinema Raw Shooting and Color Grading with the Ikonoskop Digital Bolex and Blackmagic Cinema Cameras

GBP 180.00

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Aviation Design and Innovation

In order to facilitate the safe efficient and cost effective exchange of passengers and cargo between ground and sky airports require the provision of adequate runways aircraft manoeuvring areas cargo sheds and passenger processing facilities. Airports are capital intensive facilities and planning errors which result in the over or under-provision of capacity are both costly and problematic to rectify and so understanding the optimal configuration of passenger terminals is paramount. Of course the design of passenger terminal buildings is influenced not only by levels of demand the commercial requirements of airlines and tenant companies the availability of investment funds and political influence but also by the aircraft that will be using the facility both now and in the future. Indeed the introduction of the first generation of passenger jets in the 1950s and higher-capacity wide-bodied aircraft in the late 1960s required not only the expansion of gate areas and passenger processing facilities but also the introduction of new technologies such as the travelator the baggage reclaim carousel and the airbridge. The introduction of the A380 ‘Super Jumbo’ into revenue passenger service in 2007 similarly demanded a reconfiguration of the airports it serves and practitioners need to be cognisant of the options for accommodating a new generation of large aircraft. While large aircraft generally require a lengthy turn around period between flights and the extensive provision of expensive fixed ground support infrastructure low cost carriers pursue a business model based on very short turnarounds and minimal use of airport infrastructure assets such as airbridges. One of the main challenges facing airport operators is how to accommodate the diverse and dynamic requirements of different operators and these issues are addressed in this Volume. Traditionally aircraft were made and manufactured by small companies within one country but as costs have increased and technology has become more sophisticated a relatively small number of manufacturers which are supported by international supply chains have come to dominate the commercial aircraft market. Originally all aviation jet fuels were derived from crude oil. However concerns about future oil supply and energy security combined with the need to improve aviation’s environmental performance and sustainability has driven the development of alternative fuel sources. However the development and adoption of alternative aviation fuels is not straightforward and the Volume examines the opportunities and challenges of widespread biofuel adoption in terms of production capacity emissions reductions cost and commercial viability. The final essays in this Volume address business model innovation in the airline and airport sector and include considerations of the future evolution of low cost carriers the potential for airline-airport alliances and the development of multi-airport multinational operating companies. | Aviation Design and Innovation

GBP 210.00

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Corrosion Science Theoretical and Practical Applications

Corrosion studies have attracted considerable interest in the areas of materials chemistry and industrial chemistry as it affects the direct and indirect costs of industry leading to huge economic setbacks due to the need for repair maintenance and even shutdowns due corrosion damage. This new volume is a comprehensive resource that presents new and up-to-date theoretical and experimental corrosion inhibition studies. Corrosion Science: Theoretical and Practical Applications provides an introduction and overview of corrosion science and presents theoretical and experimental studies to mitigate damage from corrosion. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective this volume is a rich resource of studies and experiments toward solutions that are cost-effective environmentally friendly and low in maintenance. The chapters cover an array of topics on the study of corrosion science exploring different types of materials and various methods of corrosion inhibition. Topics include the use of oil and plant extracts the application of density functional theory to study anticorrosiove effects the use of infrared spectroscopy the introduction of new hybrid sol-gel coatings an atomistic simulation method a dynamic electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (DEIS) technique and much more. This book offers important information on the mechanisms of corrosion science in theory and practice as well as a wealth of corrosion prevention and protection methods. | Corrosion Science Theoretical and Practical Applications

GBP 193.00

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The Routledge Handbook of Inclusive Education for Teacher Educators Issues Considerations and Strategies

This handbook provides foundational conceptual and practical knowledge and understanding of inclusive education and special needs education. It highlights the need for preparing special educators and teachers for inclusive classrooms to effectively cater to the needs of students with diverse needs in various low- middle- and high-income countries globally. It demonstrates various evidence-based and practice-based strategies required to create classrooms inclusive of diverse learners. While tracing the historical trajectory of the foundational underpinnings philosophical bases and crucial issues associated with inclusive education this book presents a future roadmap and pathways through case instances and in-depth discussions to share with educators how they can strengthen their bases and make learning more inclusive in their context. It also provides an overview of the different models of assessment and their applications in the analysis of children in inclusive classroom settings. Comprehensive accessible and nuanced this handbook will be of immense interest and benefit to teachers educators special educators students scholars and researchers in the areas of social inclusion education special needs education educational psychology technology for inclusion disability studies among other related disciplines. It will be extremely beneficial for academicians teacher educators special educators and those interested in professional teacher training courses. | The Routledge Handbook of Inclusive Education for Teacher Educators Issues Considerations and Strategies

GBP 190.00

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Heating and Cooling with Ground-Source Heat Pumps in Moderate and Cold Climates Two-Volume Set

Heating and Cooling with Ground-Source Heat Pumps in Moderate and Cold Climates Two-Volume Set focuses on the use of very low-temperature geothermal energy for heating and cooling residential institutional and industrial buildings and aims to increase the design community’s awareness and knowledge of the benefits design and installation requirements of commercial/institutional building ground-source heat pumps (GSHP). This set helps readers assess applicability select a GSHP system type and estimate building thermal load to ensure proper size for ground-source subsystems appropriate brine and groundwater flow rates and apt design of building closed-loops with distributed or central geothermal heat pumps. The first volume addresses fundamentals and design principles of vertical and horizontal indirect and direct expansion closed-loop as well as ground- and surface-water ground-source heat pump systems. It explains the thermodynamic aspects of mechanical and thermochemical compression cycles of geothermal heat pumps as well as the energetic economic and environmental aspects associated with the use of ground-source heat pump systems for heating and cooling residential and commercial/institutional buildings in moderate and cold climates. The second volume focuses on applications and cases studies of ground-source heat pumps in moderate and cold climates. It details technical aspects as well as the most common and uncommon application fields of basic system configurations. The principles of system integrations and applications in moderate and cold climates are also presented each followed by case studies. This comprehensive work is aimed at designers of HVAC systems as well as geological mechanical and chemical engineers implementing environmentally-friendly heating and cooling technologies for buildings.

GBP 250.00

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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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Diagnostic MRI in Dogs and Cats

Diagnostic MRI in Dogs and Cats makes the vast and increasingly complex topic of clinical MRI in small animals accessible to all veterinarians. With the increasing availability of MRI technology there is also a pressing need for expertise in interpreting these images. This is the first reference textbook to provide a well-illustrated and comprehensive overview of the current knowledge focusing on imaging appearance rather than on clinical signs or treatment. With chapters on MRI physics and technology as well as sections on specific anatomical regions the book functions as a stand-alone reference for the reader whether they be a radiology/neurology resident in training or a practitioner with a need to learn about veterinary clinical MRI. Includes both evidenced-based material and the authors' personal experience providing an excellent overview of current knowledge in the field. Contributors are international leaders in the field. Bullet points format and table summaries throughout the book keep the concepts concise and organized. Richly illustrated with over 650 annotated images showcasing the main features of the disease processes. Images are obtained at all magnet field strengths so as to reflect the current reality of veterinary MRI which uses low- mid- and high-field magnets. The chapters on physics and MRI technology are concise and accessible using many visual aids and diagrams and avoiding abstract concepts and equations whenever possible. Within each anatomical section each chapter focuses on a disease category of that body region. When it is important to understand the imaging appearance the pathophysiology is reviewed and imaging features of prognostic relevance are detailed. This practical yet thoroughly comprehensive book is primarily an evidence-based learning resource for trainees but will also aid practising veterinarians who have less MRI experience.

GBP 240.00

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Medical Image Processing Reconstruction and Analysis Concepts and Methods Second Edition

Differently oriented specialists and students involved in image processing and analysis need to have a firm grasp of concepts and methods used in this now widely utilized area. This book aims at being a single-source reference providing such foundations in the form of theoretical yet clear and easy to follow explanations of underlying generic concepts. Medical Image Processing Reconstruction and Analysis – Concepts and Methods explains the general principles and methods of image processing and analysis focusing namely on applications used in medical imaging. The content of this book is divided into three parts: Part I – Images as Multidimensional Signals provides the introduction to basic image processing theory explaining it for both analogue and digital image representations. Part II – Imaging Systems as Data Sources offers a non-traditional view on imaging modalities explaining their principles influencing properties of the obtained images that are to be subsequently processed by methods described in this book. Newly principles of novel modalities as spectral CT functional MRI ultrafast planar-wave ultrasonography and optical coherence tomography are included. Part III – Image Processing and Analysis focuses on tomographic image reconstruction image fusion and methods of image enhancement and restoration; further it explains concepts of low-level image analysis as texture analysis image segmentation and morphological transforms. A new chapter deals with selected areas of higher-level analysis as principal and independent component analysis and particularly the novel analytic approach based on deep learning. Briefly also the medical image-processing environment is treated including processes for image archiving and communication. Features Presents a theoretically exact yet understandable explanation of image processing and analysis concepts and methods Offers practical interpretations of all theoretical conclusions as derived in the consistent explanation Provides a concise treatment of a wide variety of medical imaging modalities including novel ones with respect to properties of provided image data | Medical Image Processing Reconstruction and Analysis Concepts and Methods Second Edition

GBP 200.00

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The Routledge Handbook of Nature Based Tourism Development

This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the themes and concepts related to nature-based tourism development. Providing interdisciplinary insights from leading researchers academics and practitioners across the globe it delivers a critical and timely contribution to the knowledge around nature-based tourism. Nature-based tourism is currently the fastest-growing tourism sector globally and for many destinations the most significant tourism segment. Organized into five parts this handbook provides contemporary and cutting-edge perspectives on core topics and explores their linkages. It considers among others various natural settings and natural attractions where nature-based tourism can be exercised including: protected and conserved areas islands and mountains; the emerging themes shaping the contemporary nature-based tourism development including ethics Sustainable Development Goals COVID-19 crisis over-tourism climate change resilience; and new approaches toward the visitor management and low-impact experience design including regenerative and transformative tourism destination stewardship and pro-environmental behaviour. Part I introduces the concept of nature-based tourism and the emerging challenges in the field. Part II explores the key components in the management and planning of nature-based tourism development. In Part III the handbook focuses on visitor experience design and management and Part IV highlights the impacts of nature-based tourism. Part V examines the future of nature-based tourism and possible solutions to mitigate associated challenges in the field. The handbook offers a valuable contribution with a systematic outlook of the phenomenon of nature-based tourism and critical perspectives on key concepts policy and practice. It shares current knowledge innovative tools and sustainable solutions with substantial evidence and societal impact. The book will appeal to students researchers and professionals in the fields of tourism human geography leisure studies business studies and sociology. Chapter 12 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. | The Routledge Handbook of Nature Based Tourism Development

GBP 190.00

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Chemical Warfare Agents Biomedical and Psychological Effects Medical Countermeasures and Emergency Response

The first edition of this book Chemical Warfare Agents: Toxicity at Low Levels was published just prior to the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001. The second edition titled Chemical Warfare Agents: Pharmacology Toxicology and Therapeutics included new epidemiological and clinical studies of exposed or potentially exposed populations; new treatment concepts and products; improved organization of the national response apparatus addressing the potential for CWA terrorism; and improved diagnostic tests that enable rapid diagnosis and treatment. Since the second edition the chemical warfare agent community has worked hard to advance research for protection and treatment and develop/improve response approaches for individuals and definitive care. Consequently in addition to updating previous chapters Chemical Warfare Agents: Biomedical and Psychological Effects Medical Countermeasures and Emergency Response Third Edition features several new chapters that address the Syrian War chemical destruction the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons biomarkers for chemical warfare agent exposure field sensors aircraft decontamination lung/human on a chip chemical warfare response decision making and other research advancements. Features: Describes the newest medical interventions and the latest technologies deployed in the field as well as developments in the international response to CW usage highlighting recent events in the Middle East Discusses the latest in organizational/interagency partitioning in terms of responsibilities for emergency response not just in the United States but at the international level—whether prevention mitigation medical care reclamation or medico-legal aspects of such response Contains the most current research from bench-level experts The third edition contains the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the question of chemical warfare agent employment on the battlefield or in terrorism. Edited by workers that have been in the field for 35+ years it remains faithful to the scientific constants while evaluating and crediting the advances by the industry that have made us safer. | Chemical Warfare Agents Biomedical and Psychological Effects Medical Countermeasures and Emergency Response

GBP 230.00

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Effects Conservation Tillage On Ground Water Quality Nitrates and Pesticides

Nowadays the environmental sustainability of the cropping systems is increasingly requested by the consumers. Conventional tillage practices totally turning over the soil between the vineyard rows may cause erosion due to rain as well as structure destruction of the soil in the long term. Conservation tillage is a soil management technique poorly widespread in Sardinia allowing cover cropping between vineyard rows. Furthermore this technique makes the canopy development control of herbage possible by cutting it up during specific phenological phases. Conservation tillage usually involves direct benefits to farmers such as increasing soil fertility as well as reductionof tillage costs soil erosion and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the atmosphere. This long term trial during at least five years aims to assess the conservation tillage impact on chemical-physical soil characteristics in comparison with traditional tillage by evaluating the change of organic matter C. E. C. and availability of major plant nutrients in the soil and to estimate their probable rise. The field plots are located in a 35% slope condition vineyard showing massive erosion problem and organic matter low content. A split/plot design with four replications was set up with the comparison between conservation and traditional tillage apart as main plots. Moreover the effects of two different irrigation levels were evaluated in the subplots of each main plot. At the beginning of the trial (2011) a pedological survey was made. Three soil profiles were described and sampled along the field slope and soil sampling in each plot were made both to characterize the soil and to find the zero point. The soil chemical and physical characteristics were monitored through a second soil sampling made at the end of 2013. Conservation tillage caused increasing organic matter content and C. E. C. values. As for major plant nutrients in soil results were more uncertain. Grapevine yield and quality parameters did not show any negative effect when passing from conventional to conservation tillage techniques. The trial provided a preliminary positive evaluation of conservation tillage. However more years are required to confirm this trend. | Effects Conservation Tillage On Ground Water Quality Nitrates and Pesticides

GBP 180.00

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Handbook of Low-Level Laser Therapy

The Passivhaus Designer's Manual A technical guide to low and zero energy buildings

Semiconductor Quantum Optoelectronics From Quantum Physics to Smart Devices

Textbook of Assisted Reproductive Techniques Volume 2: Clinical Perspectives

EPR IMAGING and IN VIVO EPR

Kenaf Fibers and Composites

Adaptive Thermal Comfort: Principles and Practice

Armed Conflict Survey 2018

The Tokugawa World

Cinema Raw Shooting and Color Grading with the Ikonoskop Digital Bolex and Blackmagic Cinema Cameras

Aviation Design and Innovation

Corrosion Science Theoretical and Practical Applications

The Routledge Handbook of Inclusive Education for Teacher Educators Issues Considerations and Strategies

Heating and Cooling with Ground-Source Heat Pumps in Moderate and Cold Climates Two-Volume Set

BioElectroMagnetics Human Safety and Biomedical Applications

Diagnostic MRI in Dogs and Cats

Medical Image Processing Reconstruction and Analysis Concepts and Methods Second Edition

The Routledge Handbook of Nature Based Tourism Development

Chemical Warfare Agents Biomedical and Psychological Effects Medical Countermeasures and Emergency Response

Effects Conservation Tillage On Ground Water Quality Nitrates and Pesticides

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