Pesticides Of Today
Pesticides Of Today

Author: Yves Earhart

Publisher: Publifye AS

Published: 2024-10-08

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 8233932663

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""Pesticides of Today"" offers a comprehensive exploration of modern pesticide use, its impacts, and innovative approaches to pest management. The book delves into the complex relationship between agricultural productivity and environmental health, examining how pesticides affect human health, ecosystems, and food safety. It traces the history of pesticide use from ancient times to the present, providing readers with essential background knowledge to understand the subject's intricacies. At its core, the book argues that while pesticides have significantly boosted agricultural yields and controlled disease vectors, their widespread use has created unintended consequences requiring urgent attention. It presents a balanced view, drawing on scientific studies, case studies, and interdisciplinary connections to support its arguments. The book explores cutting-edge approaches to pest management, including integrated pest management and biological control methods, offering practical advice for reducing pesticide exposure and implementing alternative pest control strategies. What sets this book apart is its nuanced approach to a controversial topic, making complex scientific concepts accessible to a general audience while maintaining academic rigor. By addressing ongoing debates and acknowledging regional variations in pesticide use and regulation, ""Pesticides of Today"" equips readers with the knowledge to make informed decisions and engage in broader discussions about the future of agriculture and environmental protection.

Software Testing
Software Testing

Author: Srinivasan Desikan

Publisher: Pearson Education India

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 9788177581218

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"Software Testing: Principles and Practices is a comprehensive treatise on software testing. It provides a pragmatic view of testing, addressing emerging areas like extreme testing and ad hoc testing"--Resource description page.

Pesticides in the Natural Environment
Pesticides in the Natural Environment

Author: Pardeep Singh

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2022-05-24

Total Pages: 618

ISBN-13: 0323904904

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Pesticides in the Natural Environment: Sources, Health Risks, and Remediation presents the direct and indirect impacts of the use of pesticides on the environment, human health, and agriculture. The book explores sustainable alternatives to pesticide use, along with policies for regulations and remediation techniques. Bridging the gap between regulations and the tangible environmental threat, the book proposes practical solutions while also providing important context on the hazards of pesticides. It highlights the influence on climate change, offering a holistic perspective for researchers in environmental science, policymakers, and land managers.The book introduces pesticides and their applications, then goes on to cover their impact on various ecosystems in the natural environment. Health risks are covered, followed by various remediation techniques, such as biological processes, phytoremediation, and chemical treatments. - Describes the impact of pesticides on the environment, human health and the food chain as well as regulations and policies to address the impact - Presents remediation strategies and techniques for pesticides in a variety of ecosystems, along with potential alternatives - Includes case studies to illustrate the proper management of pesticides and intervention

Thinking-Driven Testing
Thinking-Driven Testing

Author: Adam Roman

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-03-20

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 3319731955

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This book presents a new paradigm of software testing by emphasizing the role of critical thinking, system thinking and rationality as the most important skills for the tester. It thus approaches software testing from a different perspective than in past literature, as the vast majority of books describe testing in the context of specific tools, automation, documentation, particular test design techniques or test management. In addition, the book proposes a novel meta-approach for designing effective test strategies, which is based on recent advances in psychology, economics, system sciences and logic. Chapter 1 starts by introducing the fundamental ideas underlying software testing. Chapter 2 then describes meta-strategies in software testing, i.e. general approaches that can be adapted to many different situations that a software tester encounters. Next, Chapter 3 presents the concept of Thinking-Driven Testing (TDT). This approach utilizes the concepts discussed in the two previous chapters and introduces the main ideas that underlie a reasonable and optimal approach to software testing. Chapter 4 builds on this basis and proposes a specific approach to testing, called TQED, that makes it possible to increase creativity in the context of delivering effective, optimal test ideas. Chapter 5 provides an overview of different types of testing techniques in order to understand the fundamental concepts of test design, while Chapter 6 details various pitfalls a tester may encounter and that can originate from a wide range of testing process areas. Lastly, Chapter 7 puts all this into practice, as it contains several exercises that will help testers develop a number of crucial skills: logical thinking and reasoning, thinking out of the box, creativity, counting and estimating, and analytical thinking. By promoting critical, rational and creative thinking, this book invites readers to re-examine common assumptions regarding software testing and shows them how to become professional testers who bring added value to their company.

Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children
Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1993-02-01

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 0309048753

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Many of the pesticides applied to food crops in this country are present in foods and may pose risks to human health. Current regulations are intended to protect the health of the general population by controlling pesticide use. This book explores whether the present regulatory approaches adequately protect infants and children, who may differ from adults in susceptibility and in dietary exposures to pesticide residues. The committee focuses on four major areas: Susceptibility: Are children more susceptible or less susceptible than adults to the effects of dietary exposure to pesticides? Exposure: What foods do infants and children eat, and which pesticides and how much of them are present in those foods? Is the current information on consumption and residues adequate to estimate exposure? Toxicity: Are toxicity tests in laboratory animals adequate to predict toxicity in human infants and children? Do the extent and type of toxicity of some chemicals vary by species and by age? Assessing risk: How is dietary exposure to pesticide residues associated with response? How can laboratory data on lifetime exposures of animals be used to derive meaningful estimates of risk to children? Does risk accumulate more rapidly during the early years of life? This book will be of interest to policymakers, administrators of research in the public and private sectors, toxicologists, pediatricians and other health professionals, and the pesticide industry.

Regulating Pesticides in Food
Regulating Pesticides in Food

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1987-02-01

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0309037468

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Concern about health effects from exposure to pesticides in foods is growing as scientists learn more about the toxic properties of pesticides. The Delaney Clause, a provision of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, prohibits tolerances for any pesticide that causes cancer in test animals or in humans if the pesticide concentrates in processed food or feeds. This volume examines the impacts of the Delaney Clause on agricultural innovation and on the public's dietary exposure to potentially carcinogenic pesticide residues. Four regulatory scenarios are described to illustrate the effects of varying approaches to managing oncogenic pesticide residues in food.