Warfare in a Fragile World
Warfare in a Fragile World

Author: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Publisher:

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13:

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"Among the crucial problems that confront mankind today are those associated with a degraded environment. This book examines the extent to which warfare and other military activities contribute to such degradation. The military capability to damage the environment and to cause ecological disruption has escalated, and there is no sign that the level of conflict in the world is decreasing. The military use and abuse of each of the several major global habitats -- temperate, tropical, desert, arctic, insular, and oceanic -- are evalusated separately in the light of the civil use and abuse of that habitat"--Dust jacket.

Reinventing French Aid
Reinventing French Aid

Author: Laure Humbert

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-05-20

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 1108831354

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An original insight into how occupation officials and relief workers controlled and cared for Displaced Persons in the French zone.

China, the Health Sector
China, the Health Sector

Author: Dean T. Jamison

Publisher:

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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This review of China's health sector begins by noting China's achievements in population control, health status, and nutrition. The policies, sources of financing, and resource use that have contributed to China's successes are cited, and the evolution of several influences on health from outside the sector are discussed, including nutritional improvements, greater access to clean water and sanitary waste disposal, and fertility reduction. Two major challenges now face China's health sector: (i) extending the methods that have been successful to areas where mortality rates and deaths due to infectious diseases remain high; and (ii) developing and implementing approaches to management of chronic disease that combine prevention, low-cost treatment, rehabilitation, and humane care. Major innovation will be essential because resources are limited and plans for meeting the health needs of the population are ambitious. Institutions capable of innovation, experimentation, and analysis of public health problems must be developed. The report includes discussion of specific issues in the sector.

Electrotransformation of Bacteria
Electrotransformation of Bacteria

Author: Natalie Eynard

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-06-29

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 366204305X

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In this manual, protocols for the transformation of about 40 strains of bacteria are described, with the emphasis placed on the individual critical procedural steps, since the practical details mainly depend on the bacterial strain under investigation. This presentation together with the theoretical introductionary chapters, allows users to modify and adapt each protocol to their own experiments. Bacterial strains with relevance in the food industry, biotechnology, medical and veterinary fields, agroindustry and environmental sciences are covered.

Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology
Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology

Author: David R. Boone

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-01-13

Total Pages: 717

ISBN-13: 038721609X

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Bacteriologists from all levels of expertise and within all specialties rely on this Manual as one of the most comprehensive and authoritative works. Since publication of the first edition of the Systematics, the field has undergone revolutionary changes, leading to a phylogenetic classification of prokaryotes based on sequencing of the small ribosomal subunit. The list of validly named species has more than doubled since publication of the first edition, and descriptions of over 2000 new and realigned species are included in this new edition along with more in-depth ecological information about individual taxa and extensive introductory essays by leading authorities in the field.

The Use of Historical Data in Natural Hazard Assessments
The Use of Historical Data in Natural Hazard Assessments

Author: Thomas Glade

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2001-11-30

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9780792371540

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This book highlights the use of historical data in natural hazard assessments. Different types of data, such as historical data from written documents, are linked to technically measured data such as stream gauge height and consequently river discharge in order to archive new possibilities of probability determination of respective hazardous processes. In addition, this book strengthens this interdisciplinary approach through the application to different processes of earthquakes, floods, and landslides. Based on worldwide examples, the book introduces how various disciplines address the use of historical data in their respective analysis. These studies might give suggestions of new approaches in their own field derived from applications shown by other disciplines. Audience: This volume is of particular interest to professionals interested and involved in natural hazard assessments, working at research institutions and organisations, large and small scale enterprises, governmental agencies as well as private personnel. However, also advanced students might find the book helpful in addressing specific issues raised in natural hazard courses.