Written by a recognized expert in emergency management, this volume is a thorough study of the planning process and response procedures for catastrophic disasters. Topics addressed include an introduction to catastrophe planning and response; ethical, political, and legal issues; logistics; critical infrastructure; public health and mass evacuation planning strategies and skills; and planning for response, recovery, and reconstruction. Recent real-world case studies are used to demonstrate the characteristics of a catastrophic disaster, the special issues of response and recovery, and preparation on international, national, and local levels.
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Security Services
Critical Security
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By adopting green chemistry principles and methodologies, researchers can devise new processes to help protect the environment from further damage. In this book, eminent international experts in green chemistry, green engineering, and environmental sustainability discuss the fundamentals of green chemistry and address current issues of social concern. The text covers sustainable development through green engineering, sustainable economics, environmentally benign technologies for greener processes, computational methods and modeling, environmental ethics, and green approaches to minimize air, water, soil, marine, noise, thermal and nuclear pollution.
• Sustainability
Environmental Engineering
Ecology - Environment Studies
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The purpose of the book is to organize the solution of heat conduction and diffusion problems and to make them more accessible. This is accomplished using the method of Green’s functions, together with extensive tables of Green’s functions and related integrals. The tables of Green’s function were first compiled as a supplement to a first-year graduate course in heat conduction. The book was originally envisioned as a reference volume, but it has since grown into a heat conduction treatise from a Green’s-functions perspective.
• Series in Computational Methods and Physical Processes in Mechanics and Thermal Sciences
Thermodynamics
Materials Science
Automotive Technology & Engineering
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Undergraduate

Drawing from the authors’ courses on the subject as well as the first author’s more than 30 years working in the pharmaceutical industry, Clinical Trial Methodology emphasizes the importance of statistical thinking in clinical research and presents the methodology as a key component of clinical research. From ethical issues and sample size considerations to adaptive design procedures and statistical analysis, the book first covers the methodology that spans every clinical trial regardless of the area of application. Bioequivalence clinical trials are then discussed. The final chapters incorporate real-world case studies of clinical trials from the authors’ own experiences.
• Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series
Statistics for the Biological Sciences
Clinical Implementation
Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Chemistry
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Professional

Focusing on the science and applications of molecular biology to agriculture and foods, this encyclopedia describes the new tools for use in the production of raw agricultural materials and the manufacturing of food products. Two hundred entries cover areas such as cloned animals, genetically modified and drought-resistant plants, biodiversity, and nutritionally enhanced foods. The encyclopedia explores media coverage of biotechnology, governmental regulations associated with it, consumer acceptance, and environmental issues. Illustrations and comprehensive references complement the text. This reference is also available in an online format.
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Agriculture
Biotechnology
Food Engineering
Encyclopedia
Professional

Written by leading pioneers of Bayesian clinical trial designs, this book explores the growing role of Bayesian thinking in clinical trial analysis. Covering Phase I, II, and III clinical trials, it establishes the basic principles before extending them to specific phases and endpoints. The authors also discuss special topics that span different phases of the process, including the use of historical data, equivalence studies, multiplicity and multiple comparisons, and subgroup analysis. They provide many detailed examples drawing on real data sets. Along with other materials, the R and WinBUGS codes used throughout are available on supporting websites.
• Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series
Statistics for the Biological Sciences
Clinical Implementation
Statistical Theory & Methods
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A collection of articles from international experts, this volume examines modern methods used for studying the properties and structures of inorganic compounds. The book begins by examining developments in small-molecule x-ray crystallography. This is followed by a description of single crystal neutron diffraction, a chapter on quantum chemistry, and an exploration of two important spectroscopic techniques. It describes intermolecular nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) NMR experiments and diffusion experiments for elucidating supramolecular structure, offering examples that demonstrate theoretical aspects of the methodology. The final chapter summarizes recent experimental and theoretical work on pressure effects on the d-d and luminescence spectra of transition metal complexes.
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Materials Science
Inorganic Chemistry
Chemical Physics
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Written by leading experts from Australia and North America, this book covers the impact of new mining technology on human work performance and safety. Ergonomics experts Tim John Horberry, Robin Burgess-Limerick, and Lisa J. Steiner draw on their personal experience to provide up-to-date research, case studies, and examples, making the book useful, accurate, informative, and easy to read. The authors combine their in-the-trenches experience and academic expertise to present a treatment that balances breadth with depth. The book supplies a much-needed overview of the human element in the journey to optimal equipment design of mining equipment.
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Machine Design
Optics & optoelectronics
Health & Safety
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This book arrives at a time of heightened concerns about patient safety in medical care and the overall responsibility assumed by health professionals. It begins by exploring experiences of error and harm in general, and it covers medical errors that can be attributed to system failures and errors in an individual’s reasoning, subsequent decision-making, and execution of tasks in medical care. It focuses on how to detect, correct, and avoid errors and their sometimes disastrous consequences. The book concludes with an analysis of the contributions and expectations of physicians in tort litigation and legal decision-making.
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Healthcare Management
Health & Safety
Medical & Healthcare Law
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Using examples from mathematics, mechanical and electrical engineering, and control and signal processing, this book provides an introduction to MATLAB ® and Simulink and examines the advantages and limitations of both. The author demonstrates how to visualize the results of calculations in various kinds of graphical representations, how to write useful script files and functions for solving specific problems, how to avoid disastrous, computational errors, and how to insert calculations and graphs into technical reports produced by either MS Word or LaTeX. Companion software with functions and script files is available online.
• What Every Engineer Should Know
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Mathematics & Statistics for Engineers
Mechanical Engineering
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