Examines endocrine toxicologya (TM)s increased importance in environmental safety issues due to legislative directives established over the past ten years.

With contributions by international experts in academia, chemical manufacturing, government research laboratories, regulatory agencies, and private consulting, this guide explores the potentially damaging influence of environmental agents on the endocrine system.

Covering all principal areas of EPA concern, Endocrine Toxicology, Third Edition provides:

• putative endocrine disruptors and mechanisms of endocrine toxicity
• the history and status of the regulatory process
• mechanisms of toxic effects in various hormonal systems
• comparisons of the endocrine responses in humans, livestock, and wildlife
• testing methods in mammalian, fish, avian, and amphibian models
• valuable insight into the approaches of various personnel in the field, including: government officials who make and oversee policy; scientists in charge of development and validation of testing methods; basic researchers who identify toxic mechanisms; and manufacturers responsible for environmentally benign product certification

The primary goal of science is to "get it right," meaning that scientists seek to accurately document the world as it is. While erroneous conclusions and flawed theories can and do occur, they can only be tolerated as long as reliable mechanisms of self-correction exist, but an array of recent evidence suggests that this is not always the case. This book offers a behavioral science perspective on how scientific practice becomes compromised and provides recommendations for improvement. Broadening the discussion of research integrity beyond replication, publication biases, statistics, and methods, this book addresses the full complexity of the issue and serves academics and policy makers concerned with the reliability and validity of scientific findings across the social sciences. It tackles challenges presented by published reports and textbooks, addresses the ways that institutional review boards (IRBs) can influence the course of research, and discusses the weaknesses of meta-analysis, which is often recommended as a possible corrective measure for suboptimal scientific practice. The book concludes with an organizing framework to investigate how scientists' behaviors can impact the reliability and validity of scientific research.

In-depth, illustrated exploration of how early North African Christians lived out their faith Using a combination of literary and archeological evidence, this in-depth, illustrated book documents the development of Christian practices and doctrine in Roman Africa -- contemporary Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco -- from the second century through the Arab conquest in the seventh century. Robin Jensen and Patout Burns, in collaboration with Graeme W. Clarke, Susan T. Stevens, William Tabbernee, and Maureen A. Tilley, skillfully reconstruct the rituals and practices of Christians in the ancient buildings and spaces where those practices were performed. Numerous site drawings and color photographs of the archeological remains illuminate the discussions. This work provides valuable new insights into the church fathers Tertullian, Cyprian, and Augustine. Most significantly, it offers a rich, unprecedented look at early Christian life in Roman Africa, including the development of key rituals and practices such as baptism and eucharist, the election and ordination of leaders, marriage, and burial. In exploring these, Christianity in Roman Africa shows how the early African Christians consistently fought to preserve the holiness of the church amid change and challenge.

My name is Julie, and I am the last person alive on this island. I am what you might call shipwrecked, except for the fact that I came here on an airplane. I guess that makes me plane-wrecked, or just wrecked, or something. What matters, is the fact that I am here, and I have no way of leaving. Ever... After I arrived here, one night, everything changed. It wasn't guns or bombs. It wasn't tanks and artillery that killed. It was inevitable. A virus either mutated or was created that had no antidote, and it spread worldwide. As days turned into weeks, and then into months, the virus showed no signs of abating. Entire countries were dying or had died. Civilization didn't go out with a bang, as many thought it would, it died with a whimper. Follow me along as I faces the trials and problems of waking up and surviving on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. An island 3,000 miles from the continental United States. 3,000 miles from home... I hope whoever reads this doesn't mind, but I have to write down what's been going on before I go. My future prospects are grim at best. I can expect to die here from malnutrition or starvation, if not something worse. I will die alone, as it may be 100 or more years before anyone ever comes here again. Assuming there is anybody else alive out there.

One night, everything changed. It wasn't guns or bombs. It wasn't tanks and artillery that killed. It was inevitable. A virus either mutated or was created that had no antidote, and it spread worldwide. As days turned into weeks, and then into months, the virus showed no signs of abating. Entire countries were dying or had died. Civilization didn't go out with a bang, as many thought it would, it died with a whimper. Follow an average young lady along, in the third book of the "Tales of New Hope" series, as she goes from surviving in a St. Louis suburb, to walking the Oregon Trail in search of a brighter future.

Emma Pierce used to believe in love in first sight; it happened to her on the first day of her freshman year of high school. That was the day she met Hunter Speers, and she has loved him ever since. But when head cheerleader Julia Peters killed Emma's dreams, she changed.

Now in her twenties and jaded by years of living the free-love life in San Francisco, Emma has grown numb to the idea of finding love again. She has no problem finding men who fulfill her physical desires, but no one can compete with the memory of Hunter for her heart. Sex is now a chore, and this formerly romantic young woman knows she must find another way to fill the void. Terrified of spending the rest of her life cruising from one unfulfilling one-night stand to the next, she makes a decision: she wants a love so deep and out of control that she loses her sense of what's real.

Beyond that, she knows only one thing: she wants to share that love with Hunter Speers.

Throwing caution to the wind, she makes plans to attend her tenth high school reunion and commits to spending every minute she has to whipping herself into the best shape of her life. At the reunion, her life will take a sudden turn ... and change forever.

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of international literature classics available in printed format again - worldwide.

One night, everything in the world changed. It wasn't guns or bombs. It wasn't tanks and artillery that killed. It was inevitable. A virus either mutated or was created that had no antidote, and it spread worldwide. As days turned into weeks, and then into months, the virus showed no signs of abating. Entire countries were dying or had died. Civilization didn't go out with a bang, as many thought it would, it died with a whimper. Somehow, some managed to live. Join them now, in this introduction to the "Tales of New Hope" series, as they struggle to survive in a new world... Alone