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The growth in chemotherapy has led to a great need for all those
involved to be familiar with safe procedures based on best
evidence-based practice. Practical Chemotherapy: a
multidisciplinary guide is a comprehensive and straightforward
guide describing over 70 widely used chemotherapy regimens, helping
to make their prescription and administration safer and less
problematic. Checklists throughout the book are specifically
tailored for the needs of each professional group involved in
treatment, and are intended to help prevent potentially serious
mistakes that can occur. This book is unique in its practical
emphasis and will be invaluable for doctors, pharmacists and nurses
working in oncology and haematology.
Understanding the Oceans brings together an internationally
distinguished group of authors to consider the enormous advances in
marine science that have been achieved since the voyages of HMS
Challenger a century ago. The whole book draws inspiration from the
seminal contribution made by the research conducted on those
voyages, and each contributor considers the significance of the
findings, relating them to the exciting developments of today and
tomorrow.
Covering the whole spectrum of the marine sciences, the book has
been written and edited very much with the non-specialist reader in
mind. Marine scientists, whether students or researchers, will
welcome this authoritative sweep through the history of their
subject through to the present day; other scientists will find the
book to be an accessible and informative introduction to marine
science and its historical roots.
"Understanding the Oceans" brings together an internationally
distinguished group of authors to consider the enormous advances in
marine science that have been achieved since the voyages of "HMS
Challenger" a century ago. The book draws inspiration from the
seminal contribution made by the research conducted on those
voyages, and each contributor considers the significance of the
findings, relating them to the developments of today and tomorrow.
Covering the spectrum of the marine sciences, the book has been
written and edited very much with the non-specialist in mind.
Marine scientists, whether students or researchers, should welcome
this authoritative sweep through the history of their subject
through to the present day; other scientists should find the book
to be an accessible and informative introduction to marine science
and its historical roots.
Life on our planet depends upon having a climate that changes
within narrow limits - not too hot for the oceans to boil away nor
too cold for the planet to freeze over. Over the past billion years
Earth's average temperature has stayed close to 14-15 DegreesC,
oscillating between warm greenhouse states and cold icehouse
states. We live with variation, but a variation with limits.
Paleoclimatology is the science of understanding and explaining
those variations, those limits, and the forces that control them.
Without that understanding we will not be able to foresee future
change accurately as our population grows. Our impact on the planet
is now equal to a geological force, such that many geologists now
see us as living in a new geological era - the Anthropocene.
Paleoclimatology describes Earth's passage through the greenhouse
and icehouse worlds of the past 800 million years, including the
glaciations of Snowball Earth in a world that was then free of land
plants. It describes the operation of the Earth's thermostat, which
keeps the planet fit for life, and its control by interactions
between greenhouse gases, land plants, chemical weathering,
continental motions, volcanic activity, orbital change and solar
variability. It explains how we arrived at our current
understanding of the climate system, by reviewing the contributions
of scientists since the mid-1700s, showing how their ideas were
modified as science progressed. And it includes reflections based
on the author's involvement in palaeoclimatic research. The book
will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of
thought about future climate change. It will be an invaluable
course reference for undergraduate and postgraduate students in
geology, climatology, oceanography and the history of science. "A
real tour-de-force! An outstanding summary not only of the science
and what needs to be done, but also the challenges that are a
consequence of psychological and cultural baggage that threatens
not only the survival of our own species but the many others we are
eliminating as well." Peter Barrett Emeritus Professor of Geology,
Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, New
Zealand "What a remarkable and wonderful synthesis... it will be a
wonderful source of [paleoclimate] information and insights."
Christopher R. Scotese Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary
Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
Understanding the Oceans brings together an internationally
distinguished group of authors to consider the enormous advances in
marine science that have been achieved since the voyages of HMS
Challenger a century ago. The whole book draws inspiration from the
seminal contribution made by the research conducted on those
voyages, and each contributor considers the significance of the
findings, relating them to the exciting developments of today and
tomorrow. Covering the whole spectrum of the marine sciences, the
book has been written and edited very much with the non-specialist
reader in mind. Marine scientists, whether students or researchers,
will welcome this authoritative sweep through the history of their
subject through to the present day; other scientists will find the
book to be an accessible and informative introduction to marine
science and its historical roots.
To understand climate change today, we first need to know how Earth
s climate changed over the past 450 million years. Finding answers
depends upon contributions from a wide range of sciences, not just
the rock record uncovered by geologists. In Earth s Climate
Evolution, Colin Summerhayes analyzes reports and records of past
climate change dating back to the late 18th century to uncover key
patterns in the climate system. The book will transform debate and
set the agenda for the next generation of thought about future
climate change. The book takes a unique approach to the subject
providing a description of the greenhouse and icehouse worlds of
the past 450 million years since land plants emerged, ignoring
major earlier glaciations like that of Snowball Earth, which
occurred around 600 million years ago in a world free of land
plants. It describes the evolution of thinking in palaeoclimatology
and introduces the main players in the field and how their ideas
were received and, in many cases, subsequently modified. It records
the arguments and discussions about the merits of different ideas
along the way. It also includes several notes made from the author
s own personal involvement in palaeoclimatological and
palaeoceanographic studies, and from his experience of working
alongside several of the major players in these fields in recent
years. This book will be an invaluable reference for both
undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses in related
fields and will also be of interest to historians of science and/or
geology, climatology and oceanography. It should also be of
interest to the wider scientific and engineering community, high
school science students, policy makers, and environmental NGOs.
Reviews: "Outstanding in its presentation of the facts and a good
read in the way that it intersperses the climate story with the
author's own experiences. [This book] puts the climate story into a
compelling geological history." -Dr. James Baker "The book is
written in very clear and concise prose, [and takes] original,
enlightening, and engaging approach to talking about 'ideas' from
the perspective of the scientists who promoted them." -Professor
Christopher R. Scotese "A thrilling ride through continental drift
and its consequences." - Professor Gerald R. North "Written in a
style and language which can be easily understood by laymen as well
as scientists." - Professor Dr Jorn Thiede "What makes this book
particularly distinctive is how well it builds in the narrative of
change in ideas over time." - Holocene book reviews, May 2016 "This
is a fascinating book and the author s biographical approach gives
it great human appeal." - E Adlard
Providing a unique collection of perspectives on the persistence of
documentary as a vital and dynamic media form within a digital
world, New Documentary Ecologies traces this form through new
opportunities of creating media, new platforms of distribution and
new ways for audiences to engage with the real.
Providing a unique collection of perspectives on the persistence of
documentary as a vital and dynamic media form within a digital
world, New Documentary Ecologies traces this form through new
opportunities of creating media, new platforms of distribution and
new ways for audiences to engage with the real.
CDM REGULATIONS CDM REGULATIONS 2015 PROCEDURES MANUAL The
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM Regulations)
initially came into force on 31 March 1995 to promote an
integrated, holistic approach to the consideration of health and
safety issues associated with all aspects of construction projects.
The Regulations were updated in 2007, with the current version
coming into force on 6 April 2015. The Regulations require all
those involved in construction to adopt a team-based approach to
health and safety, to be delivered through dutyholder
responsibilities via project team risk management, accountability
and effective, timely communication. The CDM Regulations 2015
Procedures Manual articulates and explains the statutory duties,
and provides a documentation system to ensure associated
compliance. It has been thoroughly revised to take account of the
amendments to the CDM Regulations brought about by the 2015 update,
which requires both subtle and significant changes in the
management of health and safety within the construction industry.
A lady, the desert, the army and the Apaches
This is the account of the life of a young army wife who followed
her husband-a second lieutenant of infantry-after the turbulent
years of the American Civil War, in which he had served, to what
was considered the wildest and most remote of frontier outposts in
the American south west. Life within the Army in Arizona came as
something of a cultural shock to this gentle lady of New England
who knew nothing of housekeeping-indeed she did not even know how
to pack. This absorbing book takes us together with its author on a
rights of passage experience as she lived, travelled, camped and
came to have affection for the untamed land. Her husband was
constantly engaged in campaigns against the Apache and Martha
Summerhayes experience of them in peace and war also adds flavour
to this unforgettable life of a woman in frontier days. Available
in soft cover and hard cover with dust jacket for collectors.
Oceans 2020 presents a comprehensive assessment of the most
important science and societal issues that are likely to arise in
marine science & ocean management in the next twenty years.
Sponsored by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC),
the Scientific Committeeon Oceanic Research (SCOR), and the
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), the
book brings together the world's leading ocean scientists and
researchers to analyze the state of marine science and technology,
identify key scientific issues for sustainable development, and
evaluate the capability of scientists, governments, and
private-sector stakeholders to respond to those issues. Topics
include: basic ocean sciences, pressures on the coastal zone,
climate change and the ocean, fisheries and fishery science in
their search for sustainability, offshore industries including oil
drilling, carbon sequestration, and, manganese nodule mining,
marine information for shipping and defense
Also included are chapters on cross-cutting issues including
operational oceanography, ocean instrumentation and technology,
developing frameworks for cooperation, and capacity building in
developing nations. In addition,the book offers an introductory
overview and a "Vision to 2020" that outlines a path to rational
ocean governance. In each chapter, contributors give a brief but
comprehensive overview of the subject and then consider what has
been achieved in recent years, define the problems, outline
solutions, and set forth recommendations on the needs for and
directions of ocean science in support of sustainable development
for the next twenty years.
Oceans 2020 suggests what can be done about major marine
environmental issues through the better development and application
of marine science and technology, focusing on the issues that are
most closely related to human and sustainable development. It will
help guide countries in developing their marine science and
technology strategies and priorities and is an essential source of
information for policymakers, government officials, resource
managers, scientists, the media, and all those concerned with the
current and future health of the oceans.
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM
Regulations 2007) is a revision of a major piece of legislation
within the wide portfolio of construction-related legislation. It
seeks to improve the long term health and safety performance of the
UK construction industry, with ownership of health and safety
proactively undertaken by the integrated project team.
Good design has always embraced health and safety issues and
design teams remain essential players as well as key contributors
and communicators in matters of health and safety management.
Designers have a legal responsibility to ensure that their designs
account for health and safety at all stages within the holistic
envelope of construction.
"Design Risk Management: Contribution to Health and Safety"
gives detailed guidance to construction practitioners with design
responsibility on how to identify and manage health and safety
risks, and on the design strategies to be followed. It seeks to
focus on accountability with due emphasis on the minimisation of
unnecessary bureaucracy and offers documentation trails that
provide an insight to managing risk and not paperwork. Subsequently
it offers a process by which designers can discharge their duties
in compliance with the CDM Regulations.
For most people, planet Earth's icy parts remain out of sight and
out of mind. Yet it is the melting of ice that will both raise sea
level and warm the climate further by reducing the white surfaces
that reflect solar energy back into space. In effect, our icy
places act as the world's refrigerator, helping to keep our climate
relatively cool. The Icy Planet lays out carbon dioxide's role as
the control knob of our climate over the past 1000 million years,
then explores what is happening to ice and snow in Antarctica, the
Arctic and the high mountains. Colin Summerhayes takes readers to
the world's icy places to see what is happening to its ice, snow,
and permafrost. He recounts tales from his own visits to these
frozen landscapes, shining a light on some of the wonders he has
encountered in his travels. He also brings together pieces of the
climate story from different scientific disciplines, and from the
past and the present, to illustrate how Earth's climate system
works. Utilizing geological records of climate change alongside new
technologies in ice coring, Summerhayes crafts a detailed and
compelling record of Earth's climate history and examines how that
can be used as a window into our future.
When Martha Summerhayes (1844–1926) came as a bride to Fort
Russell in Wyoming Territory in 1874, she “saw not much in those
first few days besides bright buttons, blue uniforms, and shining
swords,” but soon enough the hard facts of army life began to
intrude. Remonstrating with her husband, Jack Wyder Summerhayes,
that she had only three rooms and a kitchen instead of “a whole
house,” she was informed that “women are not reckoned in at all
in the War Department.” Although Martha
Summerhayes’s recollections span a quarter of a century and
recount life at a dozen army posts, the heart of this book concerns
her experiences during the 1870s in Arizona, where the harsh
climate, rattlesnakes, cactus thorns, white desperadoes, and other
inconveniences all made for a less-than-desirable posting for the
Summerhayeses. First printed in 1908, Vanished Arizona is
Summerhayes’s memoir of her years as a military wife as her
husband’s Eighth Regiment conducted Gen. George Crook’s
expedition against the Apaches. It was so well received that she
became an instant celebrity and the book a timeless classic. The
book retains its place securely among the essential primary records
of the frontier-military West because of the narrative skill of the
author and her delight in life.
The Anthropocene, a term launched into public debate by Nobel Prize
winner Paul Crutzen, has been used informally to describe the time
period during which human actions have had a drastic effect on the
Earth and its ecosystems. This book presents evidence for defining
the Anthropocene as a geological epoch, written by the high-profile
international team analysing its potential addition to the
geological time scale. The evidence ranges from chemical signals
arising from pollution, to landscape changes associated with
urbanisation, and biological changes associated with species
invasion and extinctions. Global environmental change is placed
within the context of planetary processes and deep geological time,
allowing the reader to appreciate the scale of human-driven change
and compare the global transition taking place today with major
transitions in Earth history. This is an authoritative review of
the Anthropocene for graduate students and academic researchers
across scientific, social science and humanities disciplines.
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