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Barry Commoner's Contribution to the Environmental Movement Science and Social Action

Barry Commoner's Contribution to the Environmental Movement Science and Social Action

Few people have made greater contributions to protecting and improving the environment than the scientist teacher activist Dr. Barry Commoner. For half a century Dr. Commoner has been an international leader in the environmental movement. On the occasion of his eightieth birthday a symposium was held at which invited speakers discussed his contributions to a wide range of environmental issues. This book collecting many of the invited papers provides fascinating insights into the life and work of one of the twentieth century's most influential scientists and social activists. Chapters contributed by other activists scientists and scholars including Ralph Nader Tony Mazzocchi and Peter Montague cover many of Dr. Commoner's major contributions. | Barry Commoner's Contribution to the Environmental Movement Science and Social Action

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Plasma Physics and Engineering

Plasma Physics and Engineering

Plasma Physics and Engineering presents basic and applied knowledge on modern plasma physics plasma chemistry and plasma engineering for senior undergraduate and graduate students as well as for scientists and engineers working in academia; research labs; and industry with plasmas laser and combustion systems. This is a unique book providing a clear fundamental introduction to all aspects of modern plasma science describing all electric discharges applied today from vacuum to atmospheric pressure and higher from thermal plasma sources to essentially cold non-equilibrium discharges. A solutions manual is available for adopting professors which is helpful in relevant university courses. Provides a lucid introduction to virtually all aspects of modern plasma science and technology Contains an extensive database on plasma kinetics and thermodynamics Includes many helpful numerical formulas for practical calculations as well as numerous problems and concepts This revised edition includes new material on atmospheric pressure discharges micro discharges and different types of discharges in liquids Prof. Alexander Fridman is Nyheim Chair Professor of Drexel University and Director of C. & J. Nyheim Plasma Institute. His research focuses on plasma approaches to biology and medicine to material treatment fuel conversion and environmental control. Prof. Fridman has almost 50 years of plasma research in national laboratories and universities of Russia France and the United States. He has published 8 books and received numerous honors for his work including Stanley Kaplan Distinguished Professorship in Chemical Kinetics and Energy Systems George Soros Distinguished Professorship in Physics the State Prize of the USSR Plasma Medicine Award Kurchatov Prize Reactive Plasma Award and Plasma Chemistry Award. Prof. Lawrence A. Kennedy is Dean of Engineering Emeritus and Professor of Mechanical Engineering Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Professor of Mechanical Engineering Emeritus at the Ohio State University. His research focuses on chemically reacting flows and plasma processes. He is the author of more than 300 archival publications and 2 books the editor of three monographs and served as Editor–in-Chief of the International Journal of Experimental Methods in Thermal and Fluid Science. Professor Kennedy was the Ralph W. Kurtz Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at OSU and the Stanley Kaplan University Scholar in Plasma Physics at UIC. Prof. Kennedy is also the recipient of numerous awards such as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Heat Transfer Memorial Award (2008) and the Ralph Coats Roe Award from ASEE (1993). He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers the American Physical Society the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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Colloidal Silica Fundamentals and Applications

Colloidal Silica Fundamentals and Applications

In spite of the apparent simplicity of silica’s composition and structure scientists are still investigating fundamental questions regarding the formation constitution and behavior of colloidal silica systems. Colloidal Silica: Fundamentals and Applications introduces new information on colloid science related to silica chemistry as well as theoretical and experimental aspects of significant areas of colloidal silica science and technology. This resource is dedicated to helping researchers find new uses of silica and answers to practical problems as its industrial use continues to grow steadily in traditional and novel areas. Written by leading silica scientists around the world this book reflects developments in the field since silica scientist Ralph K. Iler published his authoritative book on silica chemistry in 1979. It discusses properties and methods of characterization synthesis and preparation of silica in terms of industrial applications. Following an analysis of the surface chemistry of various silicas the book explores methods for measuring particle size and useful characterization techniques for determining structure stability and reactivity. The authors then focus on various studies analytical methods and current applications involving silica gels and powders silica coatings colloidal silica and sol-gel technology. Colloidal Silica: Fundamentals and Applications features up-to-date material relating to fields as diverse as catalysis metallurgy electronics glass ceramics paper and pulp technology optics elastomers food health care and industrial chromatography. It is ideal for scientists interested in silica chemistry and physics as well as those not familiar with the subject. | Colloidal Silica Fundamentals and Applications

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Handbook of Algorithms for Physical Design Automation

Handbook of Algorithms for Physical Design Automation

The physical design flow of any project depends upon the size of the design the technology the number of designers the clock frequency and the time to do the design. As technology advances and design-styles change physical design flows are constantly reinvented as traditional phases are removed and new ones are added to accommodate changes in technology. Handbook of Algorithms for Physical Design Automation provides a detailed overview of VLSI physical design automation emphasizing state-of-the-art techniques trends and improvements that have emerged during the previous decade. After a brief introduction to the modern physical design problem basic algorithmic techniques and partitioning the book discusses significant advances in floorplanning representations and describes recent formulations of the floorplanning problem. The text also addresses issues of placement net layout and optimization routing multiple signal nets manufacturability physical synthesis special nets and designing for specialized technologies. It includes a personal perspective from Ralph Otten as he looks back on the major technical milestones in the history of physical design automation. Although several books on this topic are currently available most are either too broad or out of date. Alternatively proceedings and journal articles are valuable resources for researchers in this area but the material is widely dispersed in the literature. This handbook pulls together a broad variety of perspectives on the most challenging problems in the field and focuses on emerging problems and research results.

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A Climate of Risk Precautionary Principles Catastrophes and Climate Change

A Climate of Risk Precautionary Principles Catastrophes and Climate Change

We are living in a climate of risk. Our way of life imposes risks on ourselves and others. We are causing climatic changes that have the potential to change radically the conditions under which both we – the present generation – and future generations will live. While we are now quite certain that climate change is happening we are unsure of exactly what will happen and when given different emissions and policy scenarios. We are therefore in a position where we must decide what to do about the risks climate change threatens in the face of a range of uncertainties In this book Lauren Hartzell-Nichols provides guidance in the face of this uncertainty by offering an in-depth discussion of how and why we ought to take a precautionary approach to climate policy namely by appeal to a Catastrophic Precautionary Principle and Catastrophic Precautionary Decision-Making Framework. By examining the way in which climate change is harmful Hartzell-Nichols shows how precaution does have a meaningful role to play in moving climate policy forward if we reconsider what precaution is about before too quickly appealing to precaution as a reason or justification for action. A Climate of Risk takes a philosophically grounded interdisciplinary approach that will appeal to a broad scholarly and policy-oriented audience. Hartzell-Nichols’s reinterpretation of the precautionary principle enables precaution to be more effectively leveraged as a driver of action on climate change. | A Climate of Risk Precautionary Principles Catastrophes and Climate Change

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The Routledge Companion to Literature and Human Rights

The Routledge Companion to Literature and Human Rights

The Routledge Companion to Literature and Human Rights provides a comprehensive transnational and interdisciplinary map to this emerging field offering a broad overview of human rights and literature while providing innovative readings on key topics. The first of its kind this volume covers essential issues and themes necessarily crossing disciplines between the social sciences and humanities. Sections cover: subjects with pieces on subjectivity humanity identity gender universality the particular the body forms visiting the different ways human rights stories are crafted and formed via the literary the visual the performative and the oral contexts tracing the development of the literature over time and in relation to specific regions and historical events impacts considering the power and limits of human rights literature rhetoric and visual culture Drawn from many different global contexts the essays offer an ideal introduction for those approaching the study of literature and human rights for the first time looking for new insights and interdisciplinary perspectives or interested in new directions for future scholarship. Contributors: Chris Abani Jonathan E. Abel Elizabeth S. Anker Arturo Arias Ariella Azoulay Ralph Bauer Anna Bernard Brenda Carr Vellino Eleni Coundouriotis James Dawes Erik Doxtader Marc D. Falkoff Keith P. Feldman Elizabeth Swanson Goldberg Audrey J. Golden Mark Goodale Barbara Harlow Wendy S. Hesford Peter Hitchcock David Holloway Christine Hong Madelaine Hron Meg Jensen Luz Angélica Kirschner Susan Maslan Julie Avril Minich Alexandra Schultheis Moore Greg Mullins Laura T. Murphy Hanna Musiol Makau Mutua Zoe Norridge David Palumbo-Liu Crystal Parikh Katrina M. Powell Claudia Sadowski-Smith Mark Sanders Karen-Magrethe Simonsen Joseph R. Slaughter Sharon Sliwinski Sidonie Smith Domna C. Stanton Sarah G. Waisvisz Belinda Walzer Ban Wang Julia Watson Gillian Whitlock and Sarah Winter.

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Economic Evaluation of Cancer Drugs Using Clinical Trial and Real-World Data

Economic Evaluation of Cancer Drugs Using Clinical Trial and Real-World Data

Cancer is a major healthcare burden across the world and impacts not only the people diagnosed with various cancers but also their families carers and healthcare systems. With advances in the diagnosis and treatment more people are diagnosed early and receive treatments for a disease where few treatments options were previously available. As a result the survival of patients with cancer has steadily improved and in most cases patients who are not cured may receive multiple lines of treatment often with financial consequences for the patients insurers and healthcare systems. Although many books exist that address economic evaluation Economic Evaluation of Cancer Drugs using Clinical Trial and Real World Data is the first unified text that specifically addresses the economic evaluation of cancer drugs. The authors discuss how to perform cost-effectiveness analyses while emphasising the strategic importance of designing cost-effectiveness into cancer trials and building robust economic evaluation models that have a higher chance of reimbursement if truly cost-effective. They cover the use of real-world data using cancer registries and discuss how such data can support or complement clinical trials with limited follow up. Lessons learned from failed reimbursement attempts factors predictive of successful reimbursement and the different payer requirements across major countries including US Australia Canada UK Germany France and Italy are also discussed. The book includes many detailed practical examples case studies and thought-provoking exercises for use in classroom and seminar discussions. Iftekhar Khan is a medical statistician and health economist and a lead statistician at Oxford Unviersity’s Center for Statistics in Medicine. Professor Khan is also a Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics at University of Warwick and is a Senior Statistical Assessor within the Licensing Division of the UK Medicine and Health Regulation Agency. Ralph Crott is a former professor in Pharmacoeconomics at the University of Montreal in Quebec Canada and former head of the EORTC Health Economics Unit and former senior health economist at the Belgian HTA organization. Zahid Bashir has over twelve years experience working in the pharmaceutical industry in medical affairs and oncology drug development where he is involved in the design and execution of oncology clinical trials and development of reimbursement dossiers for HTA submission. | Economic Evaluation of Cancer Drugs Using Clinical Trial and Real-World Data

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