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Consumers and Nanotechnology: Deliberative Processes and Methodologies
Published:
April 12, 2013
Author(s):
Harald Throne-Holst; Eivind Soto; Pal Strandbakken; Gerd Scholl
In recent years, questions about democratic influence on science and technology have received much attention. The lesson from the European unrest over GMO is that consumer-citizens will react negatively to being forced to accept the introduction of new, partly untested technologies. A number of …
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Occupational Safety and Hygiene
Published:
April 04, 2013
Editor(s):
Pedro Arezes; João Santos Baptista; Monica P. Barroso; Paula Carneiro; Patrício Cordeiro; Nelson Costa; Rui B. Melo; A. Sergio Miguel; Gonçalo Perestrelo
Occupational Safety and Hygiene presents selected papers from the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene – SHO2013 (Guimarães, Portugal, 14-15 February 2013), which was organized by the Portuguese Society for Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SPOSHO). The contributions from 15 …
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Emergency Planning Guide for Utilities, Second Edition
Published:
January 22, 2013
Author(s):
Samuel Mullen
An increase in major natural disasters—and the growing number of damaging events involving gas, electric, water, and other utilities—has led to heightened concerns about utility operations and public safety. Due to today's complex, compliance-based environment, utility managers and planners often …
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Responsible Nanobiotechnology: Philosophy and Ethics
Published:
October 05, 2012
Author(s):
Armin Grunwald
This book comprehensively reviews the considerations of nanotechnology elaborated in philosophy, ethics, and the social sciences and systematizes and develops them further. It focuses on the issues of ethical responsibility regarding chances and risks of nanotechnology and its possible applications …
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Auditory Cognition and Human Performance: Research and Applications
Published:
February 27, 2012
Author(s):
Carryl L. Baldwin
Hearing and understanding sound — auditory processing — greatly enriches everyday life and enhances our ability to perform many tasks essential to survival. The complex soundscape in which we live influences where we direct our attention, how we communicate with each other, and how we interact with …
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Occupational Physiology
Published:
December 20, 2011
Editor(s):
Allan Toomingas; Svend Erik Mathiassen; Ewa Wigaeus Tornqvist
In a clear and accessible presentation, Occupational Physiology focuses on important issues in the modern working world. Exploring major public health problems–such as musculoskeletal disorders and stress–this book explains connections between work, well-being, and health based on up-to-date …
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Designing for Situation Awareness: An Approach to User-Centered Design, Second Edition
Published:
December 19, 2011
Author(s):
Mica R. Endsley
The barrage of data overload is threatening the ability of people to effectively operate in a wide range of systems including aircraft cockpits and ground control stations, military command and control centers, intelligence operations, emergency management, medical systems, air traffic control …
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Hunter's Diseases of Occupations, Tenth Edition
Published:
October 29, 2010
Editor(s):
Peter Baxter; Anne Cockcroft; Tar-Ching Aw; Paul Durrington; J Malcolm Harrington
Winner of the 2011 BMA book awards: medicine categoryIn the five decades since its first publication, Hunter's Diseases of Occupations has remained the pre-eminent text on diseases caused by work, universally recognized as the most authoritative source of information in the field. It is an …
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Making Sense of Disaster Medicine: A Hands-on Guide for Medics
Published:
August 27, 2010
Author(s):
Alan Hawley; James Matheson
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Disaster Medicine is a broad and dynamic field that encompasses the medical and surgical response to mass casualty incidents including rail, air and road traffic accidents, domestic terrorism, and pandemic outbreaks, as well as the global issues of conflict and natural catastrophe.With conflict and …
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Living with the Earth, Third Edition: Concepts in Environmental Health Science
Published:
April 05, 2007
Author(s):
Gary S. Moore
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Includes all the bells and whistles you and your students have come to expect It’s hard to imagine a book more innovative and groundbreaking than Living with the Earth: Concepts in Environmental Health Science, Third Edition. The first edition won the CHOICE award for Outstanding Academic Book and …
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