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Discussing the role biosensors play in detecting and monitoring environmental substances, Biosensors and Environmental Health provides key facts that can be applied to other areas of health and disease and a "mini-dictionary" of key terms and summary points. It covers personal toxicity testing, soil and risk assessment, pesticide, insecticides, parasites, nitrate, endocrine disruptors, heavy metals, food contamination, whole cell bioreporters, bacterial biosensors, antibody-based biosensors, enzymatic, amperometric and electrochemical aspects, quorum sensing, DNA-biosensors, cantilever biosensors, bioluminescence and other methods and applications. The contributors are leading authorities and the book is essential reading for environmental scientists, toxicologists, medical doctors, health care professionals, pathologists, biologists, biochemists, chemists and physicists, general practitioners as well as those interested in disease and sciences in general.

Explores fresh sources of nutraceutical and functional food ingredients and addresses crucial issues for the production of functional food and nutraceutical products. This book presents various developments in the chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology, epidemiology, engineering, and processing of functional foods.

The binding properties of phytates have caused them to be viewed traditionally as anti nutrients. However, research suggests that phytates may actually reduce the risks of cancer and heart disease. This book describes the potential health benefits of phytates.

Solid-State Shear Pulverization is an innovative process that produces polymeric powders with unique physical properties not found in the output of conventional size-reduction methods. This looks at this multifaceted polymer processing technology. It illustrates different processed materials, as well as the machinery and mixed waste used.

Presents the techniques necessary for creating, testing, and launching packaging. This book explains each step of how a packaging project evolves from the business plan to product launch, with an emphasis on the financial and human resources necessary to move the project forward.

Presents a collection of chromatographic methods for the separation and quantitative determination of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, peptides, aroma and flavor compounds in a wide variety of foods and food products. This book gives an evaluation of chromatographic methods used for many food and food product macro and microcomponents.

Offers the design engineer with information on the important methods that have emerged for the design of structures, products, and components. This book presents information and ideas for improving the design engineering process in terms of quality, reliability, cost control and timeliness.

Thermodynamics is an indispensable tool for developing a large and growing fraction of new polymers and polymer blends. These two volumes show the researcher how thermodynamics can be used to rank polymer pairs in order of immiscibility, including the search for suitable chemical structure of compatibilizers. Because of the great current commercial interest in this most dynamic sector of the polymer industry, there is high interest in studying their physical and mechanical properties, their structures, and the processes of their formation and manufacture. These Books are dedicated to Analysis of the Thermodynamics of Polymer Blends. Thermodynamic behavior of blends determines the compatibility of the components, their morphological features, rheological behavior, and microphase structures. As a result, the most important physical and mechanical characteristics of blends can be identified.

Engages students in an exploration of how and why US Supreme Court Justices have interpreted the provisions of the US Constitution relating to freedom of expression and religion, and equal protection and privacy. This work is intended for undergraduate courses in Constitutional Law, Civil Rights and Liberties, and more.

Offers hydrologists, watershed managers, land-use planners, educators, policymakers, and non-governmental organizations with a comprehensive account of the multiple benefits and conflicts arising from the uniquely structured ecosystems of arid and semi-arid regions. This text describes the inhabitants of southwestern riparian ecosystems.

Forests at the wildland-urban interface are at increasing risk due to the impacts of urbanization. This text provides information, strategies, and tools to enhance natural resource management, planning, and policymaking at the wildland-urban interface, and demonstrates effective ways to conserve and manage interface forestlands.

Taking an application-oriented approach, this book provides readers with a step-by-step presentation of modeling procedures to help them properly analyze and model real-world data. It discusses all four elements of the modeling process: conceptualization, formulation, calibration, and verification.

Contains various chapters on Environmental Justice and Range Rule. This handbook includes instructions on how to modify its material for application to an organization's particular needs. It simplifies the complex world of environmental law and compliance. It provides checklists and techniques for running environmental compliance audits.

Offers a broad overview of hazardous waste management. This text covers the roles of science and technology in the standards-setting processes. It presents materials on environmental issues and impacts, hazardous waste treatment technologies, site assessment, waste minimization, emergency response, and medical/biomedical and infectious waste.

Understanding the mechanisms associated with metal complexes and the sequestering metal contaminants in the environment is essential for effective remediation. This book describes and quantifies desorption/release kinetics and dissolution reactions in the release of heavy metals from soil. It is suitable for graduate level students and scientists.

Incorporates the common concepts associated with environmental regulations with various controversial issues of domestic and international environmental compliance. This book covers the basic regulatory and state requirements for environmental compliance. It also covers the compliance process, including how to comply and what forms are needed.

Retailers such as Home Depot have revised their purchasing and selling policies to give preference to certified wood. This book highlights the history, importance, and rewards of forest certification. It discusses the issues involved in mainstream forestry as it is practiced, and what can be done to create sustainable forestry.

Written for safety and health professionals, this book covers topics such as: machinery operation, maintenance and repair techniques, fire loss control techniques, the safe handling of agrochemicals, and techniques involving the handling of animals. It includes both EPA and OSHA regulations involved in operating a farm or farming related business.

A comprehensive book on the use of compost in commercial horticultural enterprises. It focuses on the uses of compost in horticultural cropping systems, compost production methods, the importance of compost quality, the benefits of compost utilization, as well as the potential hazards.

Covers soil C pools in different ecoregions, the impact of natural and anthropogenic disturbances on soil C pool, the method of assessment of C, other properties of soils of the cold ecoregions, the fate of C in soils of the cold ecoregions, and research and development priorities.

Presents a simple and effective method of measuring safety performance using the same criteria as other business sectors. This book covers how to compete with other sectors for company dollars, awareness, and commitment from management. It gives an overview of where performance measurement is, and where it should be.

Presents you the background and skills you need to ensure total environmental compliance in your organization. This guide focuses on critical elements such as communication skills, hiring and retaining qualified employees, managing environmental information, and maintaining high standards of professionalism.

Exposure to toxic chemicals is of major concern to health professionals. The scope and importance of hazardous materials toxicology has expanded and impacts financial institutions, government, private corporations, and many other organizations as well. This book presents the myriad health implications of hazardous chemicals.

Nutrient management is an important aspect of feeding livestock and poultry. The heightened awareness of the environmental impacts associated with animal production has caused animal nutritionists to refocus their thoughts, practices, and expectations regarding how nutrients are supplied to animals. This title covers these issues.

Focuses on applications for small scale or artisanal fisheries in developing countries. This book incorporates a sample design, various mathematical models as a basis for predicting consequences for stock exploitation and discusses the impact of exploitation on non-targeted species. It also discusses how a stock assessment is carried out.

Contains the information industrial and construction owners and managers need to reduce or avoid injuries, illnesses, fires, and equipment damage resulting from accidents. This book discusses how OSHA conducts its inspections and how to avoid losses and increase profits by complying with OSHA regulations.

An understanding of environmental gradients is a prerequisite to the delineation of wetland boundaries, and buffers are a key element of wetlands conservation. This text focuses on current research and techniques for delineation in wetlands.

This handbook shows readers how best to manage and manipulate data by using the DATA step in SAS, helping them avoid common problems when creating SAS data sets. The author explains that learning syntax does not solve all problems; rather, a thorough comprehension of SAS processing is needed for successful programming. He also guides readers through a programming task. In most of the examples, the author first presents strategies and steps for solving the problem, then offers a solution, and finally gives a more detailed explanation of the solution.

Understanding the issues that have encountered at other sites, and the steps that have led to resolution of these issues, can help those considering, planning, or implementing fresh groundwater recharge projects. This title reviews the technical constraints and issues that have been addressed and resolved through research and experience.

Focusing on ecotoxicology, this work stresses why genetics is important in understanding if and how chemical contaminants affect populations. It considers both ecological/evolutionary consequences and practical implications.