Environmental medicine Books

Book SynopsisFully revised for this third edition, the Oxford Handbook of Occupational Health is a concise, practice-based guide to the area. Bringing together the latest legislation and guidance with current practice in the field, this is an authoritative reference to assessing and managing health risks in the workplace. Consisting of twelve sections covering the full breadth of practice, this Handbook covers workplace hazards and diseases, occupational health emergencies, and practical procedures. This third edition also contains new information on ethics, work health and disability, infection control, respiratory disorders, and fitness for work, with updated diagrams, figures and chemical structures to aid reader understanding.Providing a thorough, easy-to-use guide to the whole of occupational health, this Handbook is the essential resource for all occupational physicians, occupational health nurses, and all those dealing with workplace health and fitness, giving you the information you need at your fingertips.Table of ContentsSection 1 -Occupational hazards 1: Steven Sadhra, Roger Cooke, Alan Smith, Jon Spiro: Physical hazards 2: Hilary Cross & Steven Sadhra: Chemical hazards 3: Beverley Davies: Biological hazards 4: Russell Fife: Mechanical and ergonomic hazards 5: Craig Jackson: Psychosocial hazards Section 2- Occupational diseases 6: Epha Croft, Rajaa Ahmed, Gareth Walters, Aine Jones: Occupational Infections 7: Gareth Walters, David Fishwick, Philip Wynn, Lanre Ogunyemi, Momeda Deen: Respiratory and cardiovascular disorders 8: Aine Jones: Skin disorders 9: Prosenjit Giri: Musculoskeletal disorders 10: Momeda Deen, Philip Wynn, Richard Caddis: GI and urinary tract 11: Alan Bray: Eye disorders 12: Steve Ruffles, Richard Caddis, Roger Cooke, Alan Bray: Neurological 13: Ian Molan & Kevin Bailey: Psychiatric 14: Shriti Pattani: Reproductive disorders 15: Momeda Deen: Haematological disorders 16: Lanre Ogunyemi: Medically unexplained syndromes Section 3 -Occupational health practice 17: Steven Boorman, Diana Kloss: Operational issues 18: Steven Boorman: Ethics 19: Steven Boorman: Policies 20: Steven Boorman: Sickness absence, rehabilitation and retirement 21: Steven Boorman: Risk assessment and risk management 22: Steven Boorman: Health surveillance Section 4- Fitness for work 23: Steve Boorman, Jed Boardman, David Flowers, Justin Varney: Generic fitness for work and specific disorders 24: Steve Boorman, Chris Schenk, Dipti Patel , Louise Holden, Elizabeth Woods, Sally Bell: Fitness for specific work Section 5- Occupational health law 25: Diana Kloss: UK Health and Safety law 26: Diana Kloss: Employment law 27: Steve Boorman: Law and records 28: Diana Kloss: Environmental law Section 6- Occupational Hygiene 29: Steven Sadhra: Occupational Hygiene overview 30: Steven Sadhra: Monitoring exposure 31: John Cherrie: Biological monitoring 32: Steven Sadhra: Prevention and control of exposure Section 7- Toxicology 33: Hilary cross: Toxicology Section 8- Epidemiology in occupational health 34: Hubert Lam: Epidemiology Section 9- Environmental Medicine 35: Ian Molan & Kevin Bailey: Environmental protection Section 10- Safety Science 36: Ruth Wilkinson: Safety science Section 11 - Practical procedures 37: Steve Boorman, Jed Boardman, Alan Bray: Clinical management 38: Alan Bray, Steven Sadhra, Russell Fife, Hubert Lam, Steve Boorman: Non-clinical tasks and procedures Section 12- Emergencies in occupational health 39: Cornelius Grobler & Richard Caddis: Acute poisoning 40: Epha Crofts: Non-chemical emergencies 41: Ian Molan & Kevin Bailey: Terrorism and crime

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Book SynopsisWhat can you do to improve your health and at the same time improve the health of our home planet? Do you want to be a healthier and more sustainable consumer? In this straightforward, easy-to-understand and entertaining book, dietitian and environmentalist Dr. Dana Ellis Hunnes outlines the actions we can all take. Many people feel overwhelmed by the scope of climate change and believe that only large, sweeping changes will make any difference. Yet the choices we make every day can have effects on climate change, the oceans, the land, and other species. This book outlines the problems we are facing, and then presents ideas or ''recipes'' to empower us, to help us all make a difference. Recipe For Survival provides the guidance that you can use right now to improve your health, your family''s health, and the health of the environment simultaneously.Trade Review'… a thorough introduction, and there's plenty for newbies to sink their teeth into.' Publisher's Weekly'An action-inspiring guide to transforming our personal habits so that each of us can become a powerful change agent for a brighter, greener future.' Josh Tickell, author and director of Kiss the Ground'… this brilliantly written book could become a classic. I emphatically recommend that it be required reading for any educational group or public service program which studies the environment. It is the ticket to our future. It is without parallel! Dana Ellis Hunnes presents an abundance of science-based evidence that should encourage us to think deeply about the multiple ways we humans degrade our planetary home. No reader can come away without feeling a sense of awe and urgency to do whatever we can to save our home, both individually and collectively … we can make it happen entirely within a democratic, free-market society. We simply need the collective will to do so. Dr. Hunnes provides a rich collection of ideas on how to make this happen and how to do it now! … It is well-nigh time for us to truly sense the future of our children and our grandchildren.' T. Colin Campbell, Cornell University, author of The China Study, Whole, and The Future of Nutrition: An Insider's Look at the Science, Why We Keep Getting It Wrong and How to Start Getting It Right'Dana Ellis Hunnes's fact-packed and accessible Recipe for Survival delivers on its promise to empower us in our daily lives right now. In the book's potent first half, Dana lays out the latest science documenting today's ecological and public health crises. In the second half, she shines a light on sources of hope, giving us the tools we need to make changes to our diets, our habits, and quite possibly the future of our planet.' Aaron Saul Gross, Founder, Farm Forward; Professor, University of San Diego; author of The Question of the Animal and Religion'Each of us has the power and the potential to change the world for the better. We can all make a difference when we harness our passion to the virtues of courage and imagination. Dana Ellis Hunnes understands the power of one, and the need to focus our energies in the present in order to define what the future will be. Recipe for Survival provides both guidance and answers and she has the courage to say what needs to be said.' Captain Paul Watson, Founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation SocietyTable of ContentsPart I. 1. Agriculture is a Major Driver of Climate Change (and Disease); 2. Politics and Dietary Guidelines, Two Major Problems; 3. Overfishing: There is No Such Thing as Sustainable Fish; 4. Plastic, It's What's for Dinner; 5. Environmental Exploitation; 6. Species Exploitation for Entertainment; 7. The Positives – Examples of the 'Good' Being Done Around the World; Part II: 8. Protecting Earth – One Recipe at a Time – An Introduction; 9. Epilogue: Final Thoughts and Key Takeaways; Appendix: Recipes You Can Use; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis new edition, providing a comprehensive introduction to the study of tropical medicine, has been thoroughly revised and updated to include new content, further illustrations and clinical photographs to aid understanding.Trade Review“This is a comprehensive review of many tropical diseases, appropriately updated from the previous edition, that accomplishes its educational purpose by presenting material in a way that makes learning uncomplicated and enhancing it with online materials and multiple-choice questions.” (Doody’s, 9 January 2015) Table of ContentsContributors vii Preface ix List of Abbreviations x New Drug Names xiii How to use your textbook xiv About the companion website xvii Part 1 A general approach to syndromes/symptom complexes 1 1 Gastrointestinal presentations 3 2 Respiratory presentations 11 3 Neurological presentations 16 4 Febrile presentations 24 5 Dermatological presentations 29 6 The patient with anaemia 33 7 A syndromic approach to sexually transmitted infections 38 8 Splenomegaly in the tropics 47 Part 2 Major tropical infections 51 9 Malaria 53 10 Visceral leishmaniasis 70 11 Cutaneous leishmaniasis 77 12 Tuberculosis 82 13 HIV infection and disease in the tropics 96 14 Onchocerciasis filariasis and loiasis 126 15 African trypanosomiasis 141 16 South American trypanosomiasis (Chagas’ disease) 148 17 Schistosomiasis 151 18 Leprosy 163 Part 3 Other tropical diseases 175 19 Amoebiasis 177 20 Bacillary dysentery 183 21 Cholera 186 22 Giardiasis and other intestinal protozoal infections 190 23 Intestinal cestode infections (tapeworms) including cysticercosis 195 24 Soil-transmitted helminths 199 25 Viral hepatitis 205 26 Liver and intestinal flukes 214 27 Hydatid disease 218 28 Pneumonia 222 29 Lung flukes 229 30 Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia 231 31 Pyogenic meningitis 233 32 Cryptococcal meningitis 241 33 Encephalitis 243 34 Acute flaccid paralysis 248 35 Spastic paralysis 251 36 Rabies 254 37 Tetanus 259 38 Brucellosis 262 39 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers 267 40 Arboviruses 273 41 Viral haemorrhagic fevers 276 42 Dengue and yellow fever 283 43 Relapsing fevers 289 44 Rickettsial infections 292 45 Leptospirosis 294 46 Melioidosis 297 47 Tropical ulcer 299 48 Buruli ulcer 301 49 Myiasis 305 50 Cutaneous larva migrans 307 51 Scabies and lice 309 52 Strongyloidiasis 311 53 Guinea worm infection (dracunculiasis) 315 54 Histoplasmosis 317 55 Other fungal infections 319 56 Haemoglobinopathies and red cell enzymopathies 321 57 Haematinic deficiencies 326 58 Bites and stings 330 59 Non-communicable diseases 334 60 Refugee health 351 61 Syndromes of malnutrition 358 62 Eye disease in the tropics 364 63 Neglected tropical diseases 372 Index 381

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Book SynopsisIntroduction to Environmental Toxicology is designed as a concise text, introducing students to the fundamentals of this important subject. It covers the origin, characterization and environmental distribution of the major pollutants, and provides an explanation of their implications for human morbidity via the development of cancer, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary dysfunction and neurological conditions. Considering impacts on biodiversity, such as effects from acid rain, heavy metals and selected anthropogenic compounds, this book: - Covers biogenic contaminants, gases and particulates, organic pollutants, petroleum, heavy metals, complex polymers and radiation; - Considers the impact of pollutants across human health, biodiversity, water and food safety; - Includes questions, further reading and case studies to spark discussion in tutorials. Covering all the major biological toxins and pollutants, this book forms a true introduction to the subject for undergraduates studying environmental toxicology and related subjects.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Biogenic Contaminants 3: Ambient Gases and Particulates 4: Persistent Organic Pollutants 5: Fossil Fuel Pollutants 6: Metallic Elements 7: Consumerism and Lifestyle Choices: Toxicological Perspectives 8: Radiation 9: Adaptation in Microbes and Higher Plants 10: Discussion

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Book SynopsisNew edition of a comprehensive text: an ideal resource for the occupational health professional!A Doody's Core Title for 2024 & 2023! An updated and comprehensive guide to occupational and environmental injuries and illnesses, their diagnosis and treatment, and preventive measures in the workplace and community.Complete and concise, this clinically focused book is the go-to reference for health care professionals in all specialties who diagnose and treat acute and chronic occupational and environmental injuries and illnesses. In addition to clinical management and toxicology, the text covers important aspects of multidisciplinary occupational health and safety practice including ethical principles, disability management, workersâ compensation, medical monitoring, and health risk assessment. This new edition featuresnew chapters on the impact of climate change on workers, the changing nature of work, Total Wo

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Book SynopsisMicroplastics have received increased attention in the research world over the last ten years. A number of significant publications by the World Health Organisation, European Union, SAPEA, and GESAMP have highlighted this growing environmental and health emergency.This book provides an accessible introduction to the microplastic problem and details its potential impact both on nature and human health. Filled with the latest developments in the field, it attempts to address the gaps in our knowledge of microplastics and also proposes additional areas of research and impact to be considered to resolve this crisis. It will be of interest to researchers and academics working in the areas of microplastic pollution, microplastic detection, and the impact of microplastics on environmental and human health. It will also be of use to undergraduate students of environmental programmes, analytical programmes, and public health programmes.Key Features:

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Book SynopsisNanotechnologies represent a fast-growing market and this unique volume highlights the current studies in applied sciences on sustainability of green science and technology. The chapters include modelling, machine learning, nanotechnology, nanofluids, nanosystems, smart materials and applications and solar and fuel cells technology. The authors cover simulation, additive manufacturing, machine learning and the autonomous system. Various aspects of green science as well as trans-disciplinary topics between fundamental science and engineering are presented.The book is suitable for all postgraduates and researchers working in this rapid growing research area. Features Presenting latest research on green materials and sustainability. Provide in depth discussion on modeling and simulation using latest techniques. Technical exposure for the readers on additive manufacturing principles. Numerous examples on nanofluids and nano technology are presented. Discusses computer modeling, superconductivity, nanotubes and related structures such as graphene.

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Book SynopsisR for Quantitative Chemistry is an exploration of how the R language can be applied to a wide variety of problems in what is typically termed "Quantitative Chemistry" or sometimes "Analytical Chemistry". This book will be based upon, in large part, actual experimental data.Table of Contents1. Intro to R 2. Data and Statistics 3. Beer’s Law and Linear Regression 4. Solving Equilibrium 5. Titrations 6. Binding Curves 7. Electrochemistry 8. Fourier Transform and Spectroscopy 9. R Kinetic Analysis 10. Reports in R Markdown

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Book SynopsisPlanetary Health - the idea that human health and the health of the environment are inextricably linked - encourages the preservation and sustainability of natural systems for the benefit of human health. Drawing from disciplines such as public health, environmental science, evolutionary anthropology, welfare economics, geography, policy and organizational theory, it addresses the challenges of the modern world, where human health and well-being is threatened by increasing pollution and climate change. A comprehensive publication covering key concepts in this emerging field, Planetary Health reviews ideas and approaches to the subject such as natural capital, ecological resilience, evolutionary biology, One Earth and transhumanism. It also sets out through case study chapters the main links between human health and environmental change, covering: - Climate change, land use and waterborne infectious diseases. - Sanitation, clean energy and fertilizer use. - Trees, well-being and urban greening. - Livestock, antibiotics and greenhouse gas emissions. Providing an extensive overview of key theories and literature for academics and practitioners who are new to the field, this engaging and informative read also offers an important resource for students of a diverse range of subjects, including environmental sciences, animal sciences, geography and health.Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction and Key Concepts 1: Introduction to Planetary Health 2: Key Concepts in Planetary Health Part 2: Conceptual Frameworks for Planetary Health 3: The Evolutionary Biology Approach: a Natural Baseline for Human Health 4: The Natural Capital Approach: Opportunities and Challenges 5: The One Earth Approach: Planetary Health in an Era of Limits 6: The Transhuman Approach: Technoscience and Nature Part 3: Human Health in an Era of Global Environmental Change 7: Trends in Human Health 8: The Demographic Transition 9: The Epidemiological Transition 10: The Ecological Transition 11: Agriculture: Land Use, Food Systems and Biodiversity 12: Urbanization, Living Standards and Sustainability 13: Energy Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Global Warming 14: Environmental Protection: a Key Tool for Planetary Health 15: Conclusions: Equity, Distribution and Planetary Health Part 4: Case Studies of Planetary Health 16: Climate Change, Land Use and Waterborne Infectious Disease 17: Sanitation, Clean Energy and Fertilizer 18: Trees, Well-being and Urban Greening 19: Livestock, Antibiotics and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewDoody's Core Titles® 2022 "If you can only afford to buy one textbook this year, make it Auerbach's Wilderness Medicine" 2017 BMA Awards: The BMA Illustrated Book Award "This is the essential book for healthcare providers wishing to enhance their knowledge of urgent or emergency self-care and/or care for the masses during personal travel, exploration, or medical relief situations. The pairing of the print book with online access provides readers the portability required for world travel. This seventh edition is essential to present current state-of-the-art and cutting-edge information. As an emergency medicine physician and wilderness medicine enthusiast, I turn to Auerbach's as the authoritative gold standard." - Keith D Henry, MD, FAAEM (Regions Hospital and Level 1 Trauma Center) for Doody's Review Services

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Book SynopsisA detailed history of how sick building syndrome came into being: how indoor exposures to chemicals wafting from synthetic carpet, solvents, and so on became something that office workers felt and protested againstTrade Review“Sick Building Syndrome and the Problem of Uncertainty is all at once about the women’s health movement, ventilation, cybernetics, virology, and chemical toxicity. It is labor history and medical history wrapped into a fiercely disputed knot. Unraveling that tangle, and using the Syndrome to tell us about who we were at the turn of the millennium, Michelle Murphy has written a remarkable, insightful book.”—Peter Galison, author of Einstein’s Clocks, Poincaré’s Maps: Empires of Time“How does an illness come into being? In this provocative study, Michelle Murphy takes us on a journey into the making of an environmental illness, into the spaces of the modern office building, gendered labor practices, and workers’ bodies to reveal what is perceived and what is invisible in the built environment where many Americans spend their working days. How sick buildings and indoor air pollution became visible problems in environmental health is a story that takes us far beyond the architectural history of office buildings. It takes us deep into the architecture of reality: into how we know and what we know about environmental exposures and the uncertainties they pose both to knowledge and human health.”—Gregg Mitman, author of The State of Nature: Ecology, Community, and American Social Thought, 1900–1950Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Man in a Box: Building-Machines and the Science of Comfort 19 2. Building Ladies into the Office Machine 35 3. Feminism, Surveys, and Toxic Details 57 4. Indoor Pollution at the Encounter of Toxicology and Popular Epidemiology 81 5. Uncertainty, Race, and Activism at the EPA 111 6. Building Ecologies, Tobacco, and the Politics of Multiplicity 131 7. How to Build Yourself a Body in a Safe Space 151 Epilogue 179 Bibliography 181 Notes 213 Index 241

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Book SynopsisHow the body responds to high altitude - the classic study revised for the latest scientific findings.

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Book SynopsisInteractions between competitors, predators and their prey have traditionally been seen as the foundation of community structure. Parasites - long ignored in community ecology and the care necessary bio-security are now recognised to play an important role in influencing species interactions and, consequently affecting the functioning of the ecosystem. Parasitism can interact with other ecological drivers, resulting in both adverse and beneficial effects on biodiversity and ecosystem health. Species interactions involving parasites are also keys to understanding many biological invasions and emerging infectious diseases. This book bridges the gap between ecology and epidemiology community to create a comprehensive examination of how parasites and pathogens affect all aspects of ecological communities, enabling a new generation of environmentalists to include parasites as a key element in their studies may be parasites human or animal, terrestrial or aquatic environments.

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental concerns have led to numerous regulations that have dramatically decreased the reported production and use of mercury in the United States since the 1980s. Government legislation and subsequent industry actions have led to increased collection of mercury-containing materials and the recovery of mercury through recycling. Mercury emissions have been reduced and effective alternatives to mercury products have been developed for many applications. This book updates and quantifies the changes in demand, supply, use, and material flow for mercury in various sectors in the United States that have taken place since 1996.

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Book SynopsisThe official Army special forces first-aid and medical emergency treatment of head injuries, burns, anaphylactic shock, and much more.Rangers value honor and reputation more than their lives, and as such will attempt to lay down their own lives in defense of their comrades. The Ranger Medic will do no less. Historically in warfare, the majority of all combat deaths have occurred prior to a casualty ever receiving advanced trauma management. Ranger leaders can significantly reduce the number of Rangers who die of wounds sustained in combat by simply targeting optimal medical capability in close proximity to the point of wounding. Directing casualty response management and evacuation is a Ranger leader task; ensuring technical medical competence is a Ranger Medic task. This official manual covers:Airway managementMenorrhage managementThoracic traumaGypovolemic shockHead InurySeisure managementOrthopedic traumaHypothermiaMalariaDiarrheaFungal skin infectionAnd much more!Written for US Army Rangers, but of use to Navy SEALs and all other special operation forces, this handbook lays a solid foundation for leaders and medics to be successful in managing casualties in a combat environment. The true success of the Ranger Medical Team will be defined by its ability to complete the mission and greatly reduce preventable combat death.

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Book SynopsisElke Pohl beschreibt mit Beispielen und wichtigen Tipps Auswirkung und Bekämpfung von fehlender Schlafqualität oder Schlafstörungen. Diese sind ein wichtiges Warnzeichen für eine fehlende Balance und zumeist Vorboten von chronischer Erschöpfung. In Verbindung mit den logisch folgenden Konzentrationsschwierigkeiten stellen sie auch einen erheblichen Risikofaktor für Mitarbeiter, Führungsstil und Produktivität in den Unternehmen dar. Dass Schlafstörungen und Tagesmüdigkeit die Leistungsfähigkeit von Menschen in hohem Maße beeinflussen, ist bekannt. Dennoch widmen immer noch zu wenige Unternehmen diesem Thema die gebührende Aufmerksamkeit. Positive Ansätze sollen Hilfestellungen geben.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Lob des Schlafes.- Auswirkungen von Schlafstörungen.- Der Tag macht die Nacht.- Werden Sie aktiv!.- Unternehmen sorgen für gesunden Schlaf.

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Book SynopsisWork-related disability is an increasingly important issue to organizations, in terms of cost, competitiveness, and social and ethical issues. Changes in the nature of disability arising from the evolution of work calls for a new approach to this understudied topic. Significant developments have taken place in linking injury events with subsequent primary prevention efforts, in engaging key stakeholders in effective pre-injury prevention and post-injury disability management efforts, and in exploring company-level interventions, regulatory interventions, and economic incentives. These issues are examined and brought together to form a unique, evidence-based, state-of-the-art research work revealing what works best in preventing workplace disability. Preventing and Managing Disabling Injury at Work examines the changing nature of the workplace and work force, and includes the newest information on effective early and staged multi-modal interventions in the workplace. TheTable of ContentsIntroduction. Understanding Risk Factors in Injury and Return to Work. Return to Work: New Approaches. Stakeholder Engagement in Intervention Programs. From Evidence to Policy and Practice.

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Book SynopsisMany wetlands around the world act as sinks for pollutants, in particular for trace elements. In comparison to terrestrial environments, wetlands are still far less studied. A collaborative effort among world experts, this book brings the current knowledge concerning trace elements in temporary waterlogged soils and sediments together. It discusses factors controlling the dynamics and release kinetics of trace elements and their underlying biogeochemical processes. It also discusses current technologies for remediating sites contaminated with trace metals, and the role of bioavailability in risk assessment and regulatory decision making. This book is intended for professionals around the world in disciplines related to contaminant bioavailability in aquatic organisms, contaminant fate and transport, remediation technologies, and risk assessment of aquatic and wetland ecosystems.Trade Review"This book not only fills an important gap in advancing our understanding of the environmental behavior of trace elements in waterlogged soils and sediments, but also gives valuable advice for those applying this knowledge in risk assessment, remediation and management of contaminated wetlands and aquatic environments."— Rainer Schulin, ETH Zürich, Switzerland"In Trace Elements in Waterlogged Soils and Sediments, a recent offering from CRC Press, editors Rinklebe, Knox and Paller have assembled contributions from an impressive list of accomplished researchers actively working in the field of trace element biogeochemistry as it pertains to waterlogged environmental systems. The book is composed of eighteen chapters roughly divided into three sections focused on fundamental processes, bioavailability, and remediation options. While providing some specific case studies related to a diverse range of contaminated systems, the chapters also contain significant fundamental material that make it equally beneficial to students and more experienced practitioners with interest in this field of study."— John C. Seaman, University of Georgia, USAWetland and other water-logged soils are of special importance in providing particular ecosystem services such as hydrological buffering, organic carbon storage, habitat and biodiversity source. Sediments play a role of similar importance as components of the aquatic environment at the bottom of water bodies. Both have in common that they also act as sinks for recalcitrant chemicals and as such are increasingly loaded with trace elements of anthropogenic origin. Due to the dominance of anaerobic conditions, the fate of trace elements in water-logged soils and sediments is governed by very different processes and mechanisms in these environments as compared to well-aerated soils. Against this backdrop, it is all the more remarkable how little we still know about these processes and the factors driving them. This book thus is very timely. It is also very comprehensive. In eighteen chapters written by experts in the respective fields, it gives the latest findings and insights into physicochemical factors and reactions controlling the speciation and binding of heavy metals and metalloids in water-logged soils and sediments, their bioavailability and the assessment of associated risks for humans and other recipients, and also on established remediation technology. Several chapters have a focus on redox-sensitive metals and metalloids such as arsenic, selenium, chromium and uranium. Some deal with new contaminants such as rare earth elements, others with ‘usual suspects’ such as cadmium and zinc. While various contributions are devoted to more fundamental aspects such as the kinetics of sorption and desorption processes or the mechanisms governing the retention and mobility of nanoparticles in aquatic environments, others provide insight into the role of particular environments such as paddies and other temporary flooded soils for trace element behavior or present specific case studies, e.g. on the fate of subsurface chromium on the Hanford site. In summary, this book not only fills an important gap in advancing our understanding of the environmental behavior of trace elements in waterlogged soils and sediments, but also gives valuable advice for those applying this knowledge in risk assessment, remediation and management of contaminated wetlands and aquatic environments.--- Rainer Schulin, Professor for Soil Protection, ETH Zürich, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, SwitzerlandIn Trace Elements in Waterlogged Soils and Sediment, editors Rinklebe, Knox and Paller have assembled contributions from an impressive list of accomplished researchers actively working in the field of trace element biogeochemistry as it pertains to waterlogged environmental systems. The book is composed of eighteen chapters roughly divided into three sections focused on fundamental processes, bioavailability, and remediation options. While providing some specific case studies related to a diverse range of contaminated systems, the chapters also contain significant fundamental material that make it equally beneficial to students and more experienced practitioners with interest in this field of study.---- John C. Seaman - Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, The University of Georgia.Table of ContentsUnderstanding and Processes. Release Kinetics of Metals in Floodplain Soils. Physicochemical Factors Controlling Stability of Heavy Metal and Metalloids in Wetland Soils and Sediments. Adsorption-Desorption Of Metals in Waterlogged Soils and Sediments. Nanomaterials in Estuarine and Riverine Floodplain Soils and Sediments. Fate of Mercury in Sediments after In Situ Treatment or Capping. Rare Earth Elements in Waterlogged Soils and Sediments. Concomitant Reduction and Immobilization of Chromium In Relation To Its Bioavailability in Soils. Geochemical Controls of Uranium in Sediments. Examination of U Interactions with Co-Contaminants in Subsurface Sediments from Rifle, CO. Bioavailability & Remediation. Bioavailability of Metals in Dredge Sediments. Understanding the Relationship Between Metal Bioavailability In Contaminated Sediments And Biological Receptors. The Application Of Passive Sampler (DGT) Technology For Improved Understanding Of Metal Behavior And Contaminant Management At Marine Disposal Sites In The UK. Soil-Plant-Interactions Of Metals In Temporary Waterlogged Soils. Phytoremediation Of Trace Elements Of Waterlogged Soils And Sediments. Active Media For In-Situ Remediation Of Contaminated Sediments. Remediation And Management Of Contaminated Sediments.

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Book SynopsisPhosphorus is an essential plant nutrient, but global population growth has dramatically reduced the availability of phosphorus fertilizer resources. Despite this scarcity, there remain numerous problems associated with the excessive and inappropriate use of phosphorus leading to non-point source pollution and eutrophication of natural waters. Identifying appropriate systems for managing soil phosphorus and reducing the risks of eutrophication are needed to minimize the environmental risks. This book focuses on the availability and recycling of phosphorus; regulatory and policy issues of sustainable phosphorus use; and water quality management in agroecosystems pertaining to phosphorus. Sections are dedicated to global phosphorus reserves; cycling and pathways of phosphorus; phosphorus in agriculture; human dimensions and policy intervention; and research and development priorities.Phosphorus is a finite but crucial resource and is an essential element to all life. Sub-opTable of ContentsThe Global Phosphorus Cycle. Positive and Negative Effects of Phosphorus Fertilizer on U.S. Agriculture and the Environment. Coupled Cycling of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus. Phosphorus in Soil and Plant Relation to Human Nutrition and Health. Phosphorus Management. Phosphorus Effluxes from Lake Sediments. Economic and Policy Issues of Phosphorus Management in Agroecosystems. Phosphorus Fertilization and Management in Soils of Sub-Saharan Africa. Phosphorus and the Environment. Enhancing Efficiency of Phosphorus Fertilizers through Formula Modifications. Soil Phosphorus Cycling in Tropical Soils: An Ultisol and Oxisol Perspective. The Use of Phosphorus Radioisotopes to Investigate Soil Phosphorus Dynamics and Cycling in Soil-Plant Systems. Pathways and Fate of Phosphorus in Agroecosystems.

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Book SynopsisThis practical guide—and popular reference—helps you evaluate the efficiency of your company's current safety and health processes and make fact-based decisions that continually improve overall performance. Newly updated, this edition now also shows you how to incorporate safety management system components into your safety performance program and provides you with additional techniques for analyzing safety performance data. Written for safety professionals with limited exposure to statistics and safety-performance-measurement strategies, this comprehensive book shows you how to assess trends, inconsistencies, data, safety climates, and training in your workplace so you can identify areas that need corrective actions before an accident or injury occurs. To help you develop an effective safety metrics program, the author includes both an overview of safety metrics, data collection, and analysis and a set of detailed procedures for collecting data, analyzing it, and presenting it. You'll examine a comprehensive collection of tools and techniques that includes run charts and control charts, trending and forecasting, benchmarking, insurance rating systems, performance indices, the Baldrige Model, and six sigma. In addition, you'll find exercises and questions in each chapter that allow you to practice and review what you've learned. All answers are provided in an appendix. Techniques and tools discussed in this book include descriptive and inferential statistics, cause and effect analyses, measures of variability, and probability. Safety metric program development, implementation, and evaluation techniques are presented as well.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Managing Safety Performance Chapter 3 Safety Goals and Objectives Chapter 4 Developing Safety Performance Indicators Chapter 5 Defining Safety Metrics Chapter 6 Implementing the Safety Performance Program Chapter 7 Statistical Methods in Safety Metrics Chapter 8 Run Charts and Control Charts Chapter 9 Trending and Forecasting Chapter 10 Effective Data Presentation Chapter 11 Auditing Safety Performance Chapter 12 Behavior Based Safety Metrics Chapter 13 Measuring Safety Training Performance Chapter 14 Assessment Techniques Chapter 15 Voluntary and National Consensus Standards

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Book SynopsisAs part of its "Programme for the prevention of health hazards caused by industrial substances", the Berufsge- nossenschaft der chemischen Industrie (BG Chemie, Em- ployment Accident Insurance Fund of the Chemical Indus- try) began in 1977 to investigate the toxicity of those chemicals which are widely used, have many different ap- plications and are suspected of being dangerous to health, in particular of having long-term effects. The in- vestigations consist of a literature search and - depending on the results - commissions of experimental studies. It is hoped by means of this testing to close gaps in our know- ledge and to increase the scientific validity of the required risk assessments. The results of the toxicological in- vestigations carried out by BG Chemie, and the resulting substance assessments have been published in German since 1987 in the form of 132 "Toxikologische Bewer- tungen" ("Toxicological Evaluations") up to now. In order to make this useful information internation- ally available, BG Chemie began in October 1990 to pub- lish them as a book series in English, of which the sixth volume (containing 11 individual evaluations) is presented here. Therefore for 83 existing chemicals 'Toxicological Evaluations" are available in English at the moment, a fur- ther 27 are in preparation and will be published soon.Table of ContentsMonochloroacetic acid.- Benzene sulphonic acid hydrazide.- 1,3-Di-o-tolylguanidine.- 4-Nitrophenol.- 2-Methyl-3-butyn-2-Ol.- N-Carboxyanthranilic acid anhydride.- Propionaldehyde.- Azodicarbonamide.- Isobutylidenediurea.- Hydroxylamine and its salts.- Hydroxylamine hydrochloride.- Hydroxylamine sulphate.- Hydroxylamine bisulphate.- Zinc ethylphenyldithiocarbamate.- Compound chemical index vol. 1–6.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on environmental and medical sociology, environmental justice, and social movement studies, this work looks at the ways scientific findings are made available to the public and the changing nature of policy offers a new perspective on health and the environment and the relationship among people, knowledge, power, and authority.Trade ReviewEnvironmental activists, wannabe activists, and folks tired of environmental hazards in their communities will find this a worthwhile guide for action. Library Journal Toxic Exposures does shed light on the intersection of health research, advocacy and policy-making. -- Paul D. Blanc Nature Timely and important. -- Peder Anker Science A guidebook for those wishing to understand the environmental-health movement. -- Sandra Steingraber Times Literary Supplement Toxic Exposures is one of the most important books I have read in a long time. -- David Naguib Pellow Mobilization The chapter on breast cancer is reason enough to read this book. -- Jill Chapin Breast Cancer Action Newsletter [Toxic Exposures] rightfully belongs on the shelf next to other books on contemporary issues in medicine. -- Russ Lopez Journal of the American Medical Association Not just another addition to environmental justice studies but provides substantial contributions to the foundations of environmental justice research. Nature and CultureTable of ContentsForeword by Lois Gibbs Preface: Toxic Exposures and the Challenge of Environmental Health List of Abbreviations Acknowledgments 1. Citizen-Science Alliances and Health Social Movements: Contested Illnesses and Challenges to the Dominant Epidemiological Paradigm 2. Breast Cancer: A Powerful Movement and a Struggle for Science 3. Asthma, Environmental Factors, and Environmental Justice 4. Gulf War-Related Illnesses and the Hunt for Causation: The "Stress of War" Versus the "Dirty Battlefield" 5. Similarities and Differences Among Asthma, Breast Cancer, and Gulf War Illnesses 6. The New Precautionary Approach: A Public Paradigm in Progress 7. Implications of the Contested Illnesses Perspective 8. Conclusion: The Growing Environmental Health Movement Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDocuments both environmental and work-related causes of lung disease Unlike other books on the subject, this new volume approaches occupational and environmental lung disease from the starting point of the patient who comes to the physician with respiratory symptoms. The authors recognize that potentially harmful exposures occur not only in the work environment, but also as a result of hobbies or other leisure activities, or from outdoor air pollution, and it is up the physician to identify whether a particular job or hobby is the cause of the patient's respiratory symptoms. To help you arrive at a differential diagnosis, chapters in the book are arranged by job or exposure, and are divided into 5 sections: Personal environment Home environment Other indoor environments Work environment General environment Each is written by an expert in the sTrade Review"Occupational health physicians will find it an invaluable resource for clinical practice." (Occupational Medicine, 11 December 2011) "The editors make good on their promise to provide a very useful clinical reference. This is a helpful companion to have when evaluating these patients.I commend these editors on a very illuminating approach to an important problem." (Doody's, 30 September 2011) "Unlike other books on the subject, this new volume approaches occupational and environmental lung disease from the starting point of the patient who comes to the physician with respiratory symptoms.." (Asiaing.com, 11 November 2010)Table of ContentsContributors. Preface. Introduction (Paul Cullinan and Susan M. Tarlo). Section 1: The personal environment. 1. Cosmetics and Personal Care Products in Lung Diseases (Howard M. Kipen). Section 2: The home environment. 2. Passive Smoking (Maritta S. Jaakkola). 3. Emissions related to cooking and heating (Debbie Jarvis). 4. Cleaning and other household products (Jan-Paul Zock). 5. Building materials and furnishing (Jouni J.K. Jaakkola). 6. Mites, pets, fungi and rare allergens (Frederic de Blay, Magdalena Posa, Gabrielle Pauli, Ashok Purohit). 7. Hobby pursuits (Paul D. Blanc). Section 3: Other indoor environments. 8. Greta Smedje. 9. Secondhand smoke exposure and the health of hospitality workers (Mark D. Eisner). 10. Health Effects of Environmental Exposures while in Automobiles (Madeline A. Dillon and David B. Peden). 11. Indoor Sports (Harman S. Paintal and Ware G. Kuschner). Section 4: Work environment. 12. Agricultural environments and the Food Industry (Jakob Hjort Bønløkke, Yvon Cormier and Torben Sigsgaard). 13. Mining (R. L. Cowie). 14. Metal Industry and related jobs (including welding) (William S. Beckett). 15. Automobile Maintenance, Repair and Refinishing (Meredith Stowe and Carrie A. Redlich). 16. Automotive Industry (Kenneth Rosenman). 17. Wood and textile industries (Kjell Torén, Carrie A. Redlich). 18. The electronics industry (Sherwood Burge). 20. The services industry (George L. Delclos, Lea Ann Tullis and Arch I. Carson). 21. Construction (Gary M. Liss, Edward L. Petsonk and Kenneth D. Linch). 22. Police, firefighters and the military (Aaron Thompson and Stefanos N. Kales). 23. Office Workers and Teachers (Jean M. Cox-Ganser, Ju-Hyeong Park and Kathleen Kreiss). 24. Research workers (Paul Cullinan). 25. Special environments (low altitude). 26. Special environments (high altitude). Section 5: General environment. 27. Natural resources – wildland fires and volcanoes (Sverre Vedal). 28. Traditional urban pollution (Sam Parsia, Amee Patrawalla and William N. Rom). 29. Traffic related urban air pollution (Steven M. Lee and Mark W. Frampton). 30. Outdoor sports (Kai-Håkon Carlsen). Index.

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Book SynopsisThis is the fifteenth annual installment in the series in the field of industrial and organizational psychology. The Series provides authoritative and integrative reviews of the key literature in the field. Each chapter offers a comprehensive and critical survey of a chosen topic, and each is supported by a valuable bibliography.Table of ContentsPsychological Contracts: Employee Relations for the Twenty-first Century? (L. Millward & P. Brewerton). Impacts of Telework on Individuals, Organizations and Families--A Critical Review (U. Konradt, et al.). Psychological Approaches to Entrepreneurial Success: A General Model and an Overview of Findings (A. Rauch & M. Frese). Conceptual and Empirical Gaps in Research on Individual Adaptation at Work (D. Chan). Understanding Acts of Betrayal: Implications for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (J. Pearce & G. Henderson). Working Time, Health and Performance (A. Spurgeon & C. Cooper). Expertise at Work: Experience and Excellent Performance (S. Sonnentag). A Rich and Rigorous Examination of Applied Behavior Analysis Research in the World of Work (J. Komaki, et al.). Index. Contents of Previous Volumes.

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Book SynopsisThe fourteenth in a series of annual volumes that provides authoritative reviews in the field of industrial and organizational psychology, this volume provides coverage of emergent issues such as personnel selection methods, system safety and control, well-being in the workplace, and more. The issue of work performance is given particular attention in this volume with chapters on work performance, organizational citizenship, and conflict and performance in groups and organizations.Table of ContentsPersonnel Selection Methods (J. Salgado). System Safety--An Emerging Field for I/O Psychology (B. Fahlbruch & B. Wilpert). Work Control and Employee Well-being: A Decade Review (D. Terry & N. Jimmieson). Multi-source Feedback Systems: A Research Perspective (C. Fletcher & C. Baldry). Workplace Bullying (H. Hoel, et al.). Work Performance: A Multiple Regulation Perspective (R. Roe). A New Kind of Performance for Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Recent Contributions to the Study of Organizational Citizenship Behavior (D. Organ & J. Paine). Conflict and Performance in Groups and Organizations (C. De Dreu, et al.). Index. Contents of Previous Volumes.

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Book SynopsisThis third edition offers 14 new chapters and a fully updated, comprehensive survey of the field of occupational health psychology, including its history, theories, models, interventions, and empirical research. Grounded in the NIOSH Total Worker Health® model, this new edition on Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) reflects the expanding scope of the field, as well as recent changes in the nature and organization of work. It is an essential resource for professionals and scholars who seek to prioritize worker safety while promoting their health and well-being. OHP is informed by research from psychology subdisciplines including I/O, human factors, cognitive, social, health, clinical, counseling and developmental psychology, as well as public health, preventive medicine, occupational medicine, ergonomics, industrial hygiene, and industrial engineering. Historically, OHP focused on preventing illness, injury, or distress of workers in their work envirTable of ContentsPart I. Mission and History Chapter 1. Introduction: Public Health and Prevention in Occupational Settings Lois E. Tetrick, Gwenith G. Fisher, Michael T. Ford, and James Campbell Quick Chapter 2. The Origins of Occupational Health Psychology: Another Look Joseph J. Hurrell Jr. and Steven L. SauterPart II. Models and Frameworks Chapter 3. Examining the Dynamics of Major Theories of Occupational Stress Pamela L. Perrewé and Charn P. McAllister Chapter 4. The Holistic Model of Stress: Savoring Eustress While Coping With Distress Bret L. Simmons, Alexis Hanna, and Jinyu Hu Chapter 5. Controlling Occupational Safety and Health Hazards Michael J. Smith, Pascale Carayon, and Peter Hoonakker Chapter 6. An Integrated Framework for Organizational Well-Being: Updated Themes, Potential Competencies, and a Broader Horizon Joel Bennett, Cristina Banks, and Aldrich Chan Chapter 7. A Dual Process Model of Multidimensional Work–Nonwork Balance Wendy J. Casper, Shelia A. Hyde, Hoda Vaziri, and Julie H. Wayne Chapter 8. Cross-Cultural Occupational Health Psychology: An Updated Review William Scott, Chu-Hsiang Chang, and Paul E. SpectorPart III. Causes and Risks Chapter 9. Organizational Climate and Occupational Health Mark G. Ehrhart and Maribeth Kuenzi Chapter 10. Nonstandard Work Schedules Philip Tucker and Göran Kecklund Chapter 11. Nonstandard Work Arrangements Regina Pana-Cryan, John Howard, and Tim Bushnell Chapter 12. Sleep and Fatigue in Occupational Health Psychology Research Larissa K. Barber and Christopher J. Budnick Chapter 13. Taking a Broader View of Justice as a Component of Occupational Health: Moving Beyond Organizational Justice M. Blake Hargrove Chapter 14. Mistreatment in Organizations: Where Are We, and Where Are We Going Liu-Qin Yang, Stefanie Fox, and Katharine McMahonPart IV. Symptoms, Disorders, and Consequences Chapter 15. Job Burnout Michael P. Leiter and Christina Maslach Chapter 16. Occupational Psychosocial Factors and Cardiovascular Disease Paul Landsbergis, Javier Garcia-Rivas, Arturo Juarez-Garcia, BongKyoo Choi, Marnie Dobson Zimmerman, Viviola Gomez Ortiz, Niklas Krause, Jian Li, and Peter Schnall Chapter 17. Pain, Musculoskeletal Injuries, and Return to Work William S. Shaw, Alicia G. Dugan, and Jennifer Garza Chapter 18. Alcohol and Illicit Drug Involvement in the Workforce and Workplace Michael R. Frone and Peter A. Bamberger Chapter 19. Psychological Well-Being and Occupational Health: Caught in the Quicksand or Standing on a Firm Foundation? Robert R. Sinclair, Thomas W. Britt, and Gwendolyn Paige Watson Chapter 20. Psychological Recovery From Work Demands and Employee Well-Being Charlotte Fritz Chapter 21. Meaningful Work, Calling, and Occupational Health Bryan J. Dik, Michael F. Steger, and Zachary A. MercurioPart V. Interventions and Treatment Chapter 22. Improving Employee Well-Being Through Improving Working Conditions: A Review on How We Can Make Participatory Organizational Interventions Work Karina Nielsen Chapter 23. Promoting Worker Health and Well-Being: Targets for Change and Strategies for Attaining Them Catherine A. Heaney Chapter 24. Employee Assistance Programs: Strengths, Challenges, and Future Roles Zofia Bajorek, Andrew Kinder, and Cary L. Cooper Chapter 25. Occupational Health and Safety Leadership Jane Mullen, Tabatha Thibault, and E. Kevin Kelloway Chapter 26. The Work–Nonwork Interface: Policy and Practice Leslie B. Hammer and Tori L. CrainPart VI. Methods and Evaluation Chapter 27. Epidemiology for Occupational Health Psychology Research: Understanding the Approach Amanda Sonnega and John Sonnega Chapter 28. Program Evaluation: The Bottom Line in Organizational Health Joyce A. Adkins, Susan Douglas, Patrick Voorhies, and Leonard BickmanPart VII. Allied Disciplines Chapter 29. Occupational Ergonomics David Gilkey Chapter 30. Industrial Hygiene and the Physical Work Environment Jennifer Cavallari, Len Zwack, and Cora Roelofs Chapter 31. Public Health Practice for Prevention Liliana Tenney, Carol Brown, and Natalie V. Schwatka Chapter 32. Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the Occupational Health Psychology Interface Richard Pompei, Brian Williams, and Lee S. NewmanPart VIII. Conclusion Chapter 33. Occupational Health Psychology Today: Research Themes, Reflections, and Looking to the Future Michael T. Ford, Gwenith G. Fisher, Lois E. Tetrick, and James Campbell Quick

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Book SynopsisPresents techniques for diagnosis and treatment of head-related injuries to enable medical professionals to provide the best care possible. This book outlines how to recognise, assess and treat concussions, enabling practitioners to treat athletes exhibiting signs of this dangerous condition.Trade Review“…[T]he authors make detailed and potentially difficult study material easy to read and understand throughout.”NATA NewsTable of ContentsPart 1: General ConceptsChapter 1. Athletes and Neurological Injuries: A View From 10,000 Feet A Stroll Through History The Present Spectrum of Neurological Injury in Sports Concluding Thoughts References Chapter 2. Medicolegal Considerations in Neurological Sports Medicine With Increased Awareness Comes Increased Scrutiny The King of Concussions Negligence Duty and Breach Violation of a Statutory Duty Standard of Care Defined by Experts Standard of Care Established Through Literature, Rules, Protocols and Textbooks Good Samaritan Laws Proximate Cause Assumption of the Risk Theories of Negligence Cases of Interest NFL and NCAA Concussion Litigation Concluding Thoughts References Chapter 3. Having a Game Plan Developing an Emergency Action Plan Caring for Athletic Injuries Responsibilities of Host and Visiting Medical Staff Concluding Thoughts References Part 2: Sport-Related Head InjuriesChapter 4. Biomechanics, Pathophysiology, and Classification of Concussion Biomechanics and Basic Concepts Lessons Learned From Football Lessons Learned From Other Sports Pathophysiology of Concussion Classification of Concussion and Grading Systems Concluding Thoughts References Chapter 5. In the Trenches: Acute Evaluation and Management of Concussion Presentation Acute Evaluation Concluding Thoughts References Chapter 6. Neuroimaging and Neurophysiological Studies in the Head-Injured Athlete Standard Neuroimaging Advanced Structural Techniques Advanced Functional Techniques Neurophysiological Techniques Concluding Thoughts References Chapter 7. Neuropsychological Assessment in Concussion Use of Symptom Checklists Value of Neuropsychological Assessment of Concussion Issues With Computerized Assessments Other Considerations Other Issues Addressed by Neuropsychologists in the Assessment of Concussed Patients Concluding Thoughts References Chapter 8. Role of Balance Testing and Other Adjunct Measures in Concussion Balance Assessment in Concussion Emerging Technology and Future Directions for Adjunct Measures of Assessment in Concussion Concluding Thoughts References Chapter 9. Postconcussion Syndrome What’s in a Definition Scope of the Problem A Neuroanatomical Substrate for Prolonged Symptoms Psychogenesis of PCS and PPCS A Modern Conceptual Framework for PCS and PPCS Concluding Thoughts References Chapter 10. Neuropathology of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Definition of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Posttraumatic Encephalopathy Versus Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Gross Morphology and Histomorphology of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Concluding Thoughts References Chapter 11. The Emerging Role of Subconcussion A Working Definition Laboratory Evidence of Subconcussive Effects Clinical Evidence of Subconcussion Concluding Thoughts References Chapter 12. Severe Head Injury and Second Impact Syndrome Cerebral Contusions and Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage Traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Subdural Hematoma Skull Fractures Epidural Hematoma Diffuse Axonal Injury Arterial Dissection and Stroke Fatalities Other Posttraumatic Sequelae Second Impact Syndrome Concluding Thoughts References Chapter 13. Neurological Considerations in Return to Sport Participation History of Return to Play Symptom Complex and Identification Return to Play and Brain Abnormalities Addressing and Resolving Return to Play Issues Concluding Thoughts References Chapter 14. The Role of Pharmacological Therapy and Rehabilitation in Concussion The Decision to Treat Pharmacologically Somatic Symptoms Sleep Disturbance Symptoms Emotional Symptoms Cognitive Symptoms The Role of Rehabilitation in Concussion Management Concluding Thoughts References Chapter 15. The Research Behind Natural Neuroprotective Approaches to Concussion Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid Curcumin Resveratrol Creatine Green Tea Caffeine Vitamins E and C Vitamin D Scutellaria baicalensis Examples of Other Neuroprotective Nutraceuticals Another Natural Approach: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Concluding Thoughts Concluding Thoughts References Part 3: Sport-Related Injuries of the Spine and Peripheral Nervous SystemChapter 16. Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine Injuries: Types, Causal Mechanisms, and Clinical Features Background and Epidemiology Normal Anatomy Types of Tissue Injuries and Neurologic Syndromes Common Cervical Injuries and Conditions Common Thoracic Injuries Common Lumbar Injuries Concluding Thoughts References Chapter 17. Management of Spine Injuries, Including Rehabilitation, Surgical Considerations, and Return to Play On-the-Field Assessment Radiological Assessment Treatment and Rehabilitation Surgical Considerations Cervical Spine Injuries and Their Management and Treatment Cervical Spine Injury: Return to Play Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Injuries and Their Management Concluding Thoughts Chapter 18. Peripheral Nerve Injuries in Athletes Epidemiology Pathogenesis Clinical Evaluation Additional Testing Management Rationale Surgical Options: Primary Nerve Surgery Surgical Options: Secondary Surgery (Soft Tissue or Bony Reconstruction) Postoperative Management and Return to Play Legal Implications Concluding Thoughts References Part 4: Other Sport-Related Neurological IssuesChapter 19. Headaches in Athletics Clinical Approach and Assessment Commonly Recognized Headache Syndromes Coincidental to Sporting Activity Prolonged Sporting Activity as a Trigger for Commonly Recognized Headache Syndromes Primary Exertional Headache Headaches Attributed to Head or Neck Trauma Headaches Attributed to Sport-Specific Mechanisms Concluding Thoughts References Chapter 20. Heat Illness in Sports Background Contributory Factors in Heat Illness Prevention The Spectrum of Heat Illness and Management Return to Play Concluding Thoughts References

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Book SynopsisA Handbook of Environmental Toxicology focuses on two key aspects: human disorders and ecotoxicology as affected by major toxins originating from biological sources and pollutants, as well as radiation generated spontaneously or as a result of anthropogenic activity. A diverse array of these potentially harmful agents regularly appear in the atmosphere, soil, water and food, compromising both human health and biodiversity in natural and managed ecosystems. This book: - provides authoritative reviews together with specialist short communications to complement the main chapters and address contemporary issues with important case studies; - explores the cutting edge of research and also indicates the likely direction of future developments; - contains extensive coverage of toxicants that are of significant current interest and will be of increasing concern for many years to come; and - encourages international cooperation in future research on pollution and other environmental agents causing harm to human health and degradation of natural habitats in the ecosystem. Written by an international team of authors from a range of educational, medical and research establishments, this book is an essential reference for advanced students and researchers in the areas of environmental sciences, ecology, agriculture, environmental health and medicine, in addition to industry and government personnel responsible for environmental regulations and directives.Table of ContentsPART I: BIOGENIC COMPOUNDS 1: Phytotoxins 2: Mycotoxins 3: Cyanobacterial Toxins 4: Amino Acids and Peptides as Mediators of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Higher Plants PART II: AMBIENT GASES AFFECTING HUMAN HEALTH AND ADAPTATION IN HIGHER PLANTS 5: Ozone I. Human Disorders: an Overview 6: Ozone II. Biophysical Observations 7: Nitrogen Dioxide: Ambient Exposure in Human Disorders 8: Sulfur Dioxide and Human Disorders 9: Plant Response to Acid Rain Stress PART III: PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS 10: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Ecotoxicity in the Aquatic Environment and Implications for Human Health 11: The Developmental Neurotoxicity of Polychlorinated Biphenyls: a Continuing Environmental Health Concern 12: Dioxins I. Dynamics and Legal Directives in Europe 13: Dioxins II. Human Exposure and Health Risks 14: Dioxins III. Relationship to Pre-Diabetes, Diabetes and Diabetic Nephropathy 15: Environmental Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Human Health 16: Organochlorine Insecticides: Neurotoxicity 17: Organophosphates I. Human Health Effects and Implications for the Environment: an Overview 18: Organophosphates II. Neurobehavioural Problems Following Low-Level Exposure: Methodological Considerations for Future Research 19: Glyphosate as a Glycine Analogue PART IV: PETROLEUM POLLUTION 20: Crude Oil Pollution I. Deepwater Horizon Contamination: Human Health Effects and Health Risk Assessments, a Case Study 21: Crude Oil Pollution II. Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Contamination on Sediment Toxicity in the Gulf of Mexico 22: Crude Oil Pollution III. Exxon Valdez Contamination: Ecological Recovery, a Case Study 23: Review of Studies of Composition, Toxicology and Human Health Impacts of Wastewater from Unconventional Oil and Gas Development from Shale PART V: TOXICOLOGY OF HEAVY METALS 24: Minamata Disease and Methylmercury Exposure 25: Lead Poisoning 26: Cadmium I. Exposure and Human Health Effects: an Overview 27: Cadmium II. Cardiovascular Effects of Human Exposure to Cadmium: Left Ventricular Structure and Function PART VI: PARTICULATES AND PLASTICS 28: Particulates from Combustion Sources: Formation, Characteristics and Toxic Hazards 29: Assessment of the Ecotoxicity of Airborne Particulate Matter 30: Toxicity of Microplastics in the Marine Environment PART VII: RADIATION RISKS 31: UV Exposure and Skin Protective Effects of Plant Polyphenols 32: Radon I. Lung Cancer Risks 33: Radon II. Leukaemia or CNS Cancer Risks Among Children 34: Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Potential Health Effects Inferred from Butterfly and Human Cases PART VIII: REMEDIATION 35: Microbial Remediation of Contaminated Soils 36: Metallic Iron for Environmental Remediation: Prospects and Limitations 37: Remediation of Contaminated Soil by Biochar PART IX: OUTLOOK AND CONCLUSIONS 38: Environmental Regulations in China 39: 21st Century Toxicology: Methods for Environmental Toxicology and Monitoring 40: Unequivocal Evidence Associating Environmental Contaminants and Pollutants with Human Morbidity and Ecological Degradation

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Book SynopsisThe role natural environments play in human health and wellbeing is attracting increasing attention. There is growing medical evidence that access to the natural environment can prevent disease, aid recovery, tackle obesity and improve mental health. This book examines the history of natural environments being used for stress-reduction, enjoyment, aesthetics and catharsis, and traces the development of the connection between humans and the environment, and how they impact our personal and collective health.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Overview Chapter 2: Nature and Health Chapter 3: The Historical Connection Between Natural Environments and Health Chapter 4: Concepts and Theories Chapter 5: Child Development and Nature Chapter 6: Adaptations and Applications Chapter 7: Outcomes and Benefits Chapter 8: Sense of Place and the Role of Education Chapter 9: Innovative Approaches to Integrating Natural Environments and Health Chapter 10: Future Actions and Implications for Policy and Research Chapter 11: Resources

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Book SynopsisThe first book to focus exclusively on muscle injuries in sports! Accounting for the majority of sports-related disorders, injuries of the skeletal muscles have been difficult to define, classify, and treat mainly due to a lack of scientific background and missing guidelines. Now, for the first time, readers will find full coverage of muscle anatomy, physiology, diagnosis, imaging, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention in one comprehensive volume. It includes a standardized terminology and new classification system, both based on a consensus conference that took place in 2011 in Munich. Special Features: Written by top international sports medicine physicians who have more than 35 years of experience treating competitive athletes, including the German national soccer team Emphasizes practice-oriented content with a scientific foundation Shares dozens of case studies that highlight injury assessment, pitfalls, and complications Provides more than 500 vivid, full-color illustrations and photographs, including detailed anatomic diagrams and tables At a time when athletic muscle injuries have increasingly become the focus of research and clinical studies, especially due to their frequency and impact on player absence, this book makes an enormous contribution to the field. It is essential reading for all sports medicine physicians, residents and fellows, physical therapists, coaches, and other practitioners involved in caring for athletes. Table of Contents1 Functional Anatomy of Skeletal Muscle 2 Basic Physiology and Aspects of Exercise 3 Molecular and Cell Biology of Muscle Regeneration 4 Muscle Healing: Physiology and Adverse Factors 5 Epidemiology of Muscle Injuries in Soccer 6 Terminology, Classification, Patient History, and Clinical Examination 7 Ultrasonography 8 Magnetic Resonance Imaging 9 Differential Diagnosis of Muscle Pain 10 Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology in Sports 11 Conservative Treatment of Muscle Injuries 12 Role of the Spine in Muscle Injuries and Muscle Disorders 13 Operative Treatment of Muscle Injuries 14 Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation 15 Prevention of Muscle Injuries 16 Special Case Reports from High-Performance Athletics

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Book SynopsisThe lifestyles and socio-economic status that are prevalent in regions of the world with limited resources form the background for the unique features of neoplastic diseases in these areas, where the majority of the world population lives. The predominance of the world’s retroviral burden of in these areas further compounds the nature and challenges of the cancer there. Much of the international cancer literature covers the nature and challenges of the disease as seen in high-income regions of the world, thereby giving a skewed view of the global cancer challenges. As the low- and middle-income regions of the world transition from communicable to non communicable disease patterns, there is a need for a corresponding paradigm shift, with increased emphasis on what the world needs to know about non communicable diseases, including cancer, where the disease is hitherto poorly documented. The main goal of the proposed book is to contribute to this outcomes.Table of ContentsPart IV: Future Perspectives Chapter 10 – Strategies for progress Abstract Section 10.1.0: The role of international partnership in the development of global health systems Section 10.1.1: Models of humanitarian global outreach in health care Section 10.1.2: The concept of “convergence” and the future of health care research Section 10.1.3.0: The concept of global health Section 10.1.3.1: Models of global health partnership in cancer control Section 10.1.3.2: The tiered resource stratification framework of the Breast Health Global Initiative (BHGI) Network Section 10.1.3.3: ASCO’s resource-stratified guidelines for the management of invasive cervical cancer Section 10.1.3.4: NCCN framework for resource stratification for invasive cervical cancer Section 10.1.3.5: Resource-stratified approaches in the primary prevention of cervical cancer Section 10.1.3.5.1 ASCO resource-stratified guideline for the primary prevention of cervical cancer Section 10.1.3.6: Resource-stratified approaches in the secondary prevention of cervical cancer Section 10.1.3.4.1: Selected Global Health Activities for promoting cancer control/Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) Section 10.1.3.4.2 Global Curriculum and Mentoring Program Section 10.1.3.4.3: Global Curriculum and Mentoring Program/International Development and Education Award Section 10.1.3.4.4: Proposal for recognizing global oncology as an academic field Section 10.2: Overcoming barriers to progress in the control of cancer and retroviral diseases, including HIV/AIDS Section 10.2.1: Prioritizing strategies for universal health coverage Section 10.2.1.1: mHealth Strategies for Universal Health Coverage Section 10.2.1.2: Community Health Insurance Coverage as a strategy for Universal Health Care Section 10.2.1.3: Innovation in provider training as a strategy in UHC Section 10.2.2: The role of politics in attainment of Universal Health Coverage Section 10.2.3: The role of science and engineering in human welfare Section 10.2.3.1: The role of science Section 10.2.3.1.1: Science advocacy Section 10.2.3.1.2: Science education in low- and middle-income countries Section 10.2.3.1.3 Examples of the transforming effect of science in LMICs Section 10.2.3.1.3.1 Impact of science on the emergence of South Korea Section 10.2.3.1.3.2: Impact of science on Middle-Eastern cooperation Section 10.2.3.1.3.3: Impact of the US-Cuba scientific diplomacy Section 10.2.3.1.3.4: Boosting science in Singapore Section 10.2.3.1.3.5: India boosts its ambitious space program Section 10.2.3.2: Transforming the practice of engineering to meet global health needs Section 10.2.3.3 Models in innovation with potentials for cancer and HIV/AIDS control in LMICs Section 10.2.3.3.1: Affordable, weather durable x-ray machine Section 10.2.3.3.2: Affordable cancer immunotherapy in Cuba Section 10.2.3.3.3: The smart village for rural electrification Section 10.2.3.3.4: HIV/AIDS control in China Section 10.3: The future of control of cancer and retroviral diseases Page 1055: Section 10.3.1: From the National Cancer Act to the 21st Century Cures Act Page 1059: Section 10.3.2: Advances in lung cancer prevention Page 1062: Section 10.3.3: Ending the HIV/AIDS pandemic Page 1063: Section 10.3.4: Finding a cure for AIDS – a possible convergence of cancer and HIV/AIDS researchIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book presents an in-depth exploration of the potential plants that can contribute to human survival. It delves into the medicinal properties of plants and the ongoing research to discover new drugs, molecules, and leads. It also covers ethnic and traditional applications, as well as the nutraceutical values of plants. The book provides a comprehensive baseline of information on plants and their potential impact on human health. It is based on twenty-five research articles and focuses primarily on plant species such as Boswellia serrata, Butea monosperma, Colebrookea oppositifolia, Cymbopogon khasianus, Dendrophthe falcata, Dysoxylum binectariferum, Echinacea purpurea, Grewia asiatica, Picrorrhiza kurroa, Saussurea costus, Withania somnifera, Zanthoxylum armatum, as well as different species of Aconitum and Panax, Ashtavarga groups (Habenaria intermedia, Habenaria edgeworthii, Malaxis acuminata, Malaxis muscifera, Lilium polyphyllum, Polygonatum verticillatum, Polygonatum cirrhifolium, and Roscoea procera), and hundreds of other plants used by ethnic tribes in the Himalayan region for food, shelter, and medicine. The books research studies and clinical trials can help in the development of medicine formulations and products. The introduction section emphasizes specific research avenues for drug development programs. The books collections of views represent a diverse range of scientific perspectives, reflecting the thousands of ideas that enabled thoughtful deliberations from various scientific fields.

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Book SynopsisThis proceedings volume results from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on 'Biomarkers of Radiation in the Environment: Robust Tools for Risk Assessment (BRITE)’. The BRITE workshop discussed insights from cancer research, epigenetics, non-human and human risk assessment, since many of the state-of-the-art biomarkers being developed for humans deserve consideration for environmental applications and vice versa. Sessions were very wide-ranging covering methods, mechanisms, cross disciplinary application and regulation.The chapters in this book have been grouped into five major themes that were covered by the BRITE workshop:· Techniques for biomarker development· Low-dose effect mechanisms· Biomarkers for risk evaluation· Biomarkers in wildlife· Biomarker use and responses Each chapter has been written independently and reflects the views of the chapter author(s). Therefore, the readers can form their own balanced view of the different perspectives on biomarkers of radiation in the environment. Given the breadth of topics covered and the state-of-the-art perspectives shared by leading experts in their respective fields, this book should form a valuable resource for anyone with an interest in how biomarkers can be used to improve our understanding of radiation in the environment and its potential impacts.Table of ContentsTECHNIQUES FOR BIOMARKER DEVELOPMENT.- Chapter 1. Reducing Uncertainties In Live Monitoring Of Radiation In Wildlife; T. Cresswell.- Chapter 2. Synchrotron Light Facilities And Applications In Life Sciences; V.M. Tsakanov.- Chapter 3. Elemental Imaging In Biology Using Synchrotron X-Ray Fluorescence Microscopy; K. Brown.-LOW-DOSE EFFECT MECHANISMS.- Chapter 4. Modelling Direct And Indirect Effects Of Radiation: Experimental, Clinical And Environmental Implications; S.C. Brueningk, G.P. Powathil.- Chapter 5. Immune Networks In The Context Of Low Dose Ionizing Radiation; D. Schaue et al.- Chapter 6. Learning From Nato Biomarker Research For Humans; A. Giovannetti et al.- BIOMARKERS FOR RISK EVALUATION.- Chapter 7. Exosomes As Radiation Biomarkers; K.K. Jella.- Chapter 8. Monitoring Very Low Dose Radiation Damage In Dna Using “Field-Friendly” Biomarkers; K. Rothkamm, S. Burdak-Rothkamm.- Chapter 9. The Development Of Bio-Assays Based On Non-Targeted Effects Of Radiation; A Potential Worm-Hole Into Ecosystem Level Biomarkers; C. Mothersill. BIOMARKERS IN WILDLIFE.- Chapter 10. Birds As Bioindicators Of Radioactive Contamination And Its Effects; A. Bonisoli-Alquati.- Chapter 11. Amphibians In Field Radioecology: A Review And Perspective; G. Orizaola.- Chapter 12. Measuring Adaptive Responses Following Chronic And Low Dose Exposure In Amphibians; M. Audette-Stuart et al.- Chapter 13. Are There Ecosystem-Relevant Endpoints For Measuring Radiation Impacts?; C. Bradshaw.-Chapter 14. Biomarkers And Ecological Indicators For Environmental Radioactivity In Invertebrates; K. Raines et al.- BIOMARKER USE AND RESPONSES.- Chapter 15. Biomarkers Of Radiation And Risk Assessment By Ionizing Radiation, Countermeasures For Radiation Protection Of Environment, Workers And Public; L. Qafmolla.- Chapter 16. Application Of The International System Of Radiation Protection In Fit-For-Purpose Assessment Of Impacts; T.L. Yankovich.- Chapter 17. Practicalities Of Mainstreaming Biomarker Use – A Canadian Perspective; S. Mihok, M. McKee.- Index.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book deals with global sanitation, where SDG 6.2 sets a target of enabling access to sanitation services for all, but has not yet been achieved in low- and middle-income countries. The transition from the United Nations MDGs to the SDGs requires more consideration based on the socio-cultural aspects of global sanitation. In other words, equitable sanitation for those in vulnerable situations could be based on socio-cultural contexts. Sanitation is a system that comprises not only a latrine but also the works for the treatment and disposal of human waste. Sanitation systems do not function by themselves but have significance only through social management. The process of decision-making also largely depends on socio-cultural conditions, and the importance of sanitation needs to be socially acknowledged. The health benefits of sanitation improvement—among the significant contributions of sanitation—also need to be considered in the socio-cultural milieu. Further, the social-culture itself is affected, and potentially even created, by sanitation. In this context, more progress on the improvement of sanitation requires a more holistic approach across disciplines.In this book, we present the concept of the Sanitation Triangle, which considers the interconnections of health, materials, and socio-culture in sanitation, as a holistic approach, and the case studies based on the Sanitation Triangle by diverse disciplines such as Cultural Anthropology, Development Studies, Health Sciences, Engineering, and Science Communication. By the deep theoretical examinations and inter-dialogues between the different disciplines, this book explores the potentialities of inter-disciplinary studies on global sanitation.Table of Contents

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