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Whether you have allergies or asthma, or you just want to avoid
exposures to indoor contaminants and allergens, this book will
teach you how to have a healthier home. In this thoroughly revised
edition of My House Is Killing Me! Jeffrey C. and Connie L. May
draw on the dramatic personal stories of their clients to help
readers understand the links between indoor environmental
conditions and human health. Explaining how air conditioning,
finished basements, and other home features affect indoor air
quality, the authors offer a step-by-step approach to identifying,
controlling, and even eliminating the sources of indoor pollutants
and allergens. This new edition includes * more than 60 color
photographs * expanded coverage on the dangers posed by volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) produced by such common items as paint,
carpet, and household cleaning products * up-to-date information on
the potential risks of installing spray polyurethane foam (SPF)
insulation * completely new case studies of people who improved
their indoor air quality by following the authors' advice *
brand-new chapters, including " 'Trojan Horse' Allergens," "The
Three Ps-Pets, Pests, and People," "Indoor Air Quality in
Multi-Unit Buildings," and "Testing and Remediation." Reading My
House Is Killing Me! lets you see your house the way an expert
would. Along with offering a wealth of practical advice and proven
solutions for various problems, the Mays include a glossary of
terms and a list of valuable resources. This book is a must for all
home occupants as well as perfect for those contemplating moving to
or purchasing a property.
Whether you have allergies or asthma, or you just want to avoid
exposures to indoor contaminants and allergens, this book will
teach you how to have a healthier home. In this thoroughly revised
edition of My House Is Killing Me! Jeffrey C. and Connie L. May
draw on the dramatic personal stories of their clients to help
readers understand the links between indoor environmental
conditions and human health. Explaining how air conditioning,
finished basements, and other home features affect indoor air
quality, the authors offer a step-by-step approach to identifying,
controlling, and even eliminating the sources of indoor pollutants
and allergens. This new edition includes * more than 60 color
photographs * expanded coverage on the dangers posed by volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) produced by such common items as paint,
carpet, and household cleaning products * up-to-date information on
the potential risks of installing spray polyurethane foam (SPF)
insulation * completely new case studies of people who improved
their indoor air quality by following the authors' advice *
brand-new chapters, including " 'Trojan Horse' Allergens," "The
Three Ps-Pets, Pests, and People," "Indoor Air Quality in
Multi-Unit Buildings," and "Testing and Remediation." Reading My
House Is Killing Me! lets you see your house the way an expert
would. Along with offering a wealth of practical advice and proven
solutions for various problems, the Mays include a glossary of
terms and a list of valuable resources. This book is a must for all
home occupants as well as perfect for those contemplating moving to
or purchasing a property.
There is no more fundamental resource than water. The basis of all
life, water is fast becoming a key issue in today's world, as well
as a source of conflict. This fascinating book, which sets out many
of the ingenious methods by which ancient societies gathered,
transported and stored water, is a timely publication as
overextraction and profligacy threaten the existence of aquifers
and watercourses that have supplied our needs for millennia. It
provides an overview of the water technologies developed by a
number of ancient civilizations, from those of Mesopotamia and the
Indus valley to later societies such as the Mycenaeans, Minoans,
Persians, and the ancient Egyptians. Of course, no book on ancient
water technologies would be complete without discussing the
engineering feats of the Romans and Greeks, yet as well as covering
these key civilizations, it also examines how ancient American
societies from the Hohokams to the Mayans and Incas husbanded their
water supplies. This unusually wide-ranging text could offer
today's parched world some solutions to the impending crisis in our
water supply. "This book provides valuable insights into the water
technologies developed in ancient civilizations which are the
underpinning of modern achievements in water engineering and
management practices. It is the best proof that "the past is the
key for the future." Andreas N. Angelakis, Hellenic Water Supply
and Sewerage Systems Association, Greece "This book makes a
fundamental contribution to what will become the most important
challenge of our civilization facing the global crisis: the problem
of water. Ancient Water Technologies provides a complete panorama
of how ancient societies confronted themselves with the management
of water. The role of this volume is to provide, for the first time
on this issue, an extensive historical and scientific
reconstruction and an indication of how traditional knowledge may
be employed to ensure a sustainable future for all." Pietro
Laureano, UNESCO expert for ecosystems at risk, Director of
IPOGEA-Institute of Traditional Knowledge, Italy
Computers are widely used for the analysis, design, and operation
of water resource projects. This gives accurate results, allowing
the analysis of complex systems which may not have been possible
otherwise, and the investigation and comparison of several
different alternatives in a short time, thereby reducing the
project costs, optimizing design, and efficient utilization of
resources. This volume compiles an edited version of the lecture
notes specially prepared by 14 well-known European and North
American researchers. Part I deals with free-surface flows.
Governing equations are derived and their solution by the
finite-difference, finite-element, and boundary-integral methods
are discussed. Then, turbulence models, three-dimensional models,
dam-break flow models, sediment transport models, and flood routing
models are presented. Part II is related to the modeling of steady
and transient pressurized flows. Governing equations for both
single and two-component flows are derived and numerical methods
for their solution are presented. The modeling of water quality in
pipe networks, of cooling water systems, and slow and rapid
transients is then discussed.
Computers are widely used for the analysis, design, and operation
of water resource projects. This gives accurate results, allowing
the analysis of complex systems which may not have been possible
otherwise, and the investigation and comparison of several
different alternatives in a short time, thereby reducing the
project costs, optimizing design, and efficient utilization of
resources. This volume compiles an edited version of the lecture
notes specially prepared by 14 well-known European and North
American researchers. Part I deals with free-surface flows.
Governing equations are derived and their solution by the
finite-difference, finite-element, and boundary-integral methods
are discussed. Then, turbulence models, three-dimensional models,
dam-break flow models, sediment transport models, and flood routing
models are presented. Part II is related to the modeling of steady
and transient pressurized flows. Governing equations for both
single and two-component flows are derived and numerical methods
for their solution are presented. The modeling of water quality in
pipe networks, of cooling water systems, and slow and rapid
transients is then discussed.
The fourth international rotifer symposium was Wednesday afternoon
a tour of Edinburgh, includ held in Edinburgh, Scotland, August 18
- 25, 1985, ing a visit to the Palace of Holyrood, was arranged.
hosted by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology. This This was
followed by an evening banquet with meeting continued the tradition
of holding rotifer traditional Scottish entertainment. On Thursday
symposia at three-year intervals. The first an evening most
participants attended a fireworks dis nouncement of the fourth
meeting was circulated at play which was part of the Edinburgh
Festival. Fi the end of 1983 to almost 300 people whose names
nally, an excursion to Loch Lomond and the Tros appeared on the
mailing list of the international sach hills was arranged for the
Saturday after the newsletter, Rotifer News. In total, 68 people
from meeting. 23 countries attended the meeting. It is interesting
The organisers would like to thank Mr. C. J. to note that, of these
68 participants, 21 had at Place and colleagues at the Institute of
Terrestrial tended the first meeting, held in Linz, Austria,
Ecology for their invaluable help in organising the 1976, and 13
had attended all three previous meet meeting and preparing the
symposium volume for ings. publication. We are also grateful for
financial sup As in previous symposia, some research topics port
from the Royal Society, the British Council were identified in
advance of the meeting as being and British Petroleum (Scotland).
There is no more fundamental resource than water. The basis of
all life, water is fast becoming a key issue in today s world, as
well as a source of conflict. This fascinating book, which sets out
many of the ingenious methods by which ancient societies gathered,
transported and stored water, is a timely publication as
overextraction and profligacy threaten the existence of aquifers
and watercourses that have supplied our needs for millennia.
It provides an overview of the water technologies developed by a
number of ancient civilizations, from those of Mesopotamia and the
Indus valley to later societies such as the Mycenaeans, Minoans,
Persians, and the ancient Egyptians. Of course, no book on ancient
water technologies would be complete without discussing the
engineering feats of the Romans and Greeks, yet as well as covering
these key civilizations, it also examines how ancient American
societies from the Hohokams to the Mayans and Incas husbanded their
water supplies. This unusually wide-ranging text could offer today
s parched world some solutions to the impending crisis in our water
supply.
"This book provides valuable insights into the water
technologies developed in ancient civilizations which are the
underpinning of modern achievements in water engineering and
management practices. It is the best proof that "the past is the
key for the future."
Andreas N. Angelakis, Hellenic Water Supply and Sewerage Systems
Association, Greece
"This book makes a fundamental contribution to what will become
the most important challenge of our civilization facing the global
crisis: the problem of water. Ancient Water Technologies provides a
complete panorama of how ancient societies confronted themselves
with the management of water. The role of this volume is to
provide, for the first time on this issue, an extensive historical
and scientific reconstruction and an indication of how traditional
knowledge may be employed to ensure a sustainable future for
all."
Pietro Laureano, UNESCO expert for ecosystems at risk, Director of
IPOGEA-Institute of Traditional Knowledge, Italy"
OPENING DOORS: JOAN STEITZ AND JENNIFER DOUDNA, TWO WOMEN OF THE
RNA WORLD, a dual biography of Joan Steitz and Jennifer Doudna, two
important molecular biologists, unfolds the changing rules for
women of science in the twenty years between Steitz's and Doudna's
graduate training and the twenty plus years that followed, a
pivotal period for women in science in the US. The book opens with
an overview chapter, then alternating chapters in which each of the
two women first identify an interest in science, attend graduate
school, decide to get married, delve into their research subjects,
have problems and thrills with children, experience teaching, deal
with scientific competition, and receive awards. Throughout the
chapters, historical comparisons show how the situation changed
greatly between their two debuts in science in the 1960s and the
1980s. Then OPENING DOORS provides predictions and prescriptions
for increasing the number and well-being of women in science.
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