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Ensuring food safety in the European Union / by Silano, V., Silano, Marco

Table of Contents: “…2.3.4 Parasites -- 2.3.5 Prions and BSE Crisis (Discovery and Evolution, Geographical BSE Risk Assessment and Risk Organ Removal and Other Control Tools) -- Chapter 3 The EU Mandate to Promote Food Safety and "The White Paper on Food Safety" and the "Farm to Table" Legislation -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The EU Mandate to Promote Food Safety -- 3.3 The White Paper on Food Safety and the "Farm to Table" Legislative Action -- 3.3.1 The European Food Safety Authority -- 3.3.2 Food Safety Legislation -- 3.3.3 Control of Legislation Implementation -- 3.3.4 Consumer Information…”
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Psychology of terrorism

Table of Contents: “…James -- Terrorism stress risk assessment and management / Douglas Paton and John. …”
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Structural identification of constructed systems : approaches, methods, and technologies for effective practice of St-Id /

Table of Contents: “…Utilization of St-Id for Assessment and Decision Making -- Performance-Based Engineering -- Risk-Based Decision-Making -- Quantitative vs. Qualitative Risk Assessment -- Appendix A: Case Studies on the Structural Identification of Buildings -- A.1. …”
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Renewing Local Planning to Face Climate Change in the Tropics

Table of Contents: “…The case of the West Arsi Woreda in Ethiopia -- Visualize and communicate extreme weather risk to improve urban resilience -- Climate change adaptation and resilience in Mali -- Building resilience to drought in the Sahel by early risk identification and advices -- Risk analysis and evaluation to improve climate adaptation planning in Western Niger -- A simplified hydrological method for flood risk assessment at sub-basin level in Niger -- Socio-technical transitions and resilient infrastructure: analyzing changes in access to water following infrastructure upgrade in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Monitoring and evaluating advocacy and mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in Haiti -- Knowledge for transformational adaptation planning: comparing the potential of forecasting and back casting methods for assessing people vulnerability -- Possible impact of pelletized crop residues use as a fuel for cooking in Niger -- An effective Mainstreaming DRR and Resilience approach in La Paz (Mexico) and San Jose (Costa-Rica) -- Climate vulnerability reduction credits: measuring results of adaptation; potential applicability for sub-Saharan communities -- Review of pilot projects on index-based insurance in Africa: insights and lessons Learned -- A new perspective for integrating climate change in local development plans.…”
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Christianity and criminal law /

Table of Contents: “…Alschuler -- Parole, Risk Assessment of Offenders and Christianity / Sir John Saunders -- Judicial Punishment in Transitional Justice : A Restorative / Daniel Philpott -- The Weight of Judgment / Nathan S. …”
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Solutions to climate change challenges in the built environment

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: List of ContributorsChapter 1 Introductory Insights to Climate Change ChallengesChapter 2 Climate Change: Nature and Emerging TrendsChapter 3 Regional ImplicationsChapter 4 Urbanization and Climate ChangeChapter 5 Global Political Initiatives and OvertonesChapter 6 Green Economics Dialogue and the Built EnvironmentChapter 7 Strategic Environmental Impact AssessmentChapter 8 Methods for Valuing Preferences for Environmental and Natural Resources: An OverviewChapter 9 Ecological value of Urban EnvironmentsChapter 10 The Pedological Value of Urban LandscapesChapter 11 Insights and Perceptions of Sustainable Design and ConstructionChapter 12 Progress in Eco-and Resilient-Construction Materials DevelopmentChapter 13 Energy Efficiency: Alternative Routes to MitigationChapter 14 The Benefits of Green Infrastructure in Towns and CitiesChapter 15 Particulate Induced Soiling on Historic Limestone Buildings: Insights and the Effects of Climate ChangeChapter 16 Sustainable TransportationChapter 17 Linkages of Waste Management Strategies and Climate Change IssuesChapter 18 Climate Change and the Geotechnical Stability of 'Engineered'Landfill SitesChapter 19 Water Resources Issues and Solutions for the Built Environment: too little versus too muchChapter 20 Organisational Culture and Climate Change Driven ConstructionChapter 21 Preparing for Extreme weather events: A Risk Assessment ApproachChapter 22 The Socio-environmental Vulnerability Assessment Approach to Mapping Vulnerability to ClimateChapter 23 Mitigation via RenewablesChapter 24 Complexities and Approaches to Managing the Adaptation of Climate Change by Coastal CommunitiesChapter 25 Lessons for the FutureIndex.…”
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The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of legal and ethical aspects of sex offender treatment and management

Table of Contents: “…Wilcox -- Punishment and the rehabilitation of sex offenders : an ethical maelstrom / Tony Ward and Chelsea Rose -- Distinguishing moral and clinical decisions in sex offender programmes : the good lives model and virtue ethics / Bill Glaser -- Pharmacological treatment of sexual offenders and its legal and ethical aspects / Raphaela Basdekis-Jozsa, Daniel Turner, and Peer Briken -- Female sexual offenders : the need for a gender responsive approach / Sherry Ashfield, Sheila Brotherston, Hilary Eldridge and Ian Elliott -- A convergent approach to sex offender risk assessment / Jeffrey C. Singer, Douglas P. Boer, and Martin Rettenberger -- Sex offender registration in the USA and the UK : emerging legal and ethical debates / Terry Thomas -- A more ethical way of working : circles of support and accountability / Stephen Hanvey and Mechtild H'ing -- Ethical practice and the use of the polygraph in working with sex offenders / Daniel T. …”
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The regulation of continental shelf development : rethinking international standards /

Table of Contents: “…Engen -- Environmental regulation and probabilistic risk assessment / Martin G. Malsch -- Disasters and the continental shelf : exploring new frontiers of risk / Bruce C. …”
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Scour manual current-related erosion /

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The environmental science of drinking water by Sullivan, Patrick J., Ph. D.

Table of Contents: “…Population, pollution, risk, and precaution. The risk assessment process -- 5. Managing risk and drinking water quality: Learning from the past and present. …”
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Business data communications and networking / by FitzGerald, Jerry

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 Introduction to Data Communications 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Data Communications Networks 1.3 Network Models 1.4 Network Standards 1.5 Future Trends 1.6 Implications for Management Chapter 2 Application Layer 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Application Architectures 2.3 World Wide Web 2.4 Electronic Mail 2.5 Other applications 2.6 Implications for Management Chapter 3 Physical Layer 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Circuits 3.3 Communication Media 3.4 Digital Transmission of Digital Data 3.5 Analog Transmission of Digital 3.6 Digital Transmission of Analog Data 3.7 Implications for Management Chapter 4 Data Link Layer 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Media Access Control 4.3 Error Control 4.4 Data Link Protocols 4.5 Transmission Efficiency 4.6 Implications for Management Chapter 5 Network and Transport Layers 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Transport and Network Layer Protocols 5.3 Transport Layer Functions 5.4 Addressing 5.5 Routing 5.6 TCP/IP Example 5.7 Implications for Management Chapter 6 Network Design 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Needs Analysis 6.3 Technology Design 6.4 Cost Assessment 6.5 Implications for Management Chapter 7 Wired and Wireless Local Area Networks 7.1 Introduction 7.2 LAN Components 7.3 Wired Ethernet 7.4 Wireless Ethernet 7.5 The Best Practice LAN Design 7.6 Improving LAN Performance 7.7 Implications for Management Chapter 8 Backbone Networks 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Switched Backbone 8.3 Routed Backbones 8.4 Virtual LANs 8.5 The Best Practice Backbone Design 8.6 Improving Backbone Performance 8.7 Implications for Management Chapter 9 Wide Area Networks 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Dedicated-Circuit Networks 9.3 Packet-Switched Networks 9.4 Virtual Private Networks 9.5 The Best Practice WAN Design 9.6 Improving WAN Performance 9.7 Implications for Management Chapter 10 The Internet 10.1 Introduction 10.2 How the Internet Works 10.3 Internet Access Technologies 10.4 The Future of the Internet 10.5 Implications for Management Chapter 11 Network Security 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Risk Assessment 11.3 Ensuring Business Continuity 11.4 Intrusion Prevention 11.5 Best Practice Recommendations 11.6 Implications for Management Chapter 12 Network Management 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Designing for Network Performance 12.3 Configuration Management 12.4 Performance and Fault Management 12.5 End User Support 12.6 Cost Management 12.7 Implications for Management .…”
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Pesticide contamination in freshwater and soil environs : impacts, threats, and sustainable remediation /

Table of Contents: “…Khamis -- Pesticide Pollution: Risk Assessment and Vulnerability / Saima Hamid, Ali Mohd Yatoo, Mohammad Yaseen Mir, and Azra N Kamili -- Utilization of Biosurfactant Derived from Beneficial Microorganismsas Sustainable Bioremediation Technology for the Management of Contaminated Environment: Panacea to a Healthy Planet / Charles Oluwaseunadetunji, Osikemekha Anthony Anani, and Chukwuebuka Egbuna -- Polymeric Nanocomposite for Nanoremediation: Laboratory to Land Approach / Divya Chauhan, Neetu Talreja, Mohammad Ashfaq, Adriana Mera B, and Carlos A. …”
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Ensuring the integrity of electronic health records : the best practices for e-records compliance / by López, Orlando

Table of Contents: “…<P>1 Introduction</P><P>2 E-records Lifecycle Revisited</P><P>3 Data and E-records Lifecycles -- A Comparison</P><P>4 MHRA Guidance -- Revisited</P><P>5 E-records Integrity Expectations of EU GMP Inspectors</P><P>6 Comparison of Health Authorities E-records</P><P>Integrity Expectations</P><P>7 Maxims of E-records Integrity</P><P>8 Vulnerabilities of E-records</P><P>9 CGMP E-records Risk Management</P><P>10 CGMP E-records Risk Assessments</P><P>11 Security Service</P><P>12 Defining and Managing Manufacturing Data</P><P>13 Controls on Transient Data</P><P>14 Digital Date and Timestamps</P><P>15 E-records Migration and Its Integrity</P><P>16 Ensuring E-records Integrity of Cloud Service</P><P>Providers</P><P>17 E-records Integrity in Hybrid Systems</P><P>18 Technologies Supporting E-records Integrity</P><P>19 Integration Between Computer Systems and</P><P>E-records Lifecycles</P><P>20 Miscellaneous E-records Integrity Issues</P><P>21 E-records Remediation Project Revisited -- Medicine</P><P>Manufacturing</P><P>22 Designing E-records Integrity into your Practices</P><P>23 Introduction to Data Quality</P><P>24 Summary</P>…”
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Analyzing and modeling spatial and temporal dynamics of infectious diseases /

Table of Contents: “…Murty, Amit Kumar Banerjee and Jianhong Wu -- West Nile virus risk assessment and forecasting using statistical and dynamical models / Ahmed Abdelrazec, Yurong Cao, Xin Gao, Paul Proctor, Hui Zheng, and Huaiping Zhu -- Using mathematical modeling to integrate disease surveillance and global air transportation data / Julien Arino and Kamran Khan -- Mathematical modeling of malaria models with spatial effects / Daozhou Gao and Shigui Ruan -- Avian influenza spread and transmission dynamics / Lydia Bourouiba, Stephen Gourley, Rongsong Liu, John Takekawa, and Jianhong Wu -- Analyzing the potential impact of bird migration on the global spread of H5N1 avian influenza (2007-2011) using spatio-temporal mapping methods / Heather Richardson and Dongmei Chen -- Cloud computing-enabled cluster detection using a flexibly shaped scan statistic for real-time syndromic surveillance / P. …”
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Reopening public facilities after a biological attack a decision making framework /

Table of Contents: “…Army Biological Warfare laboratories -- Development of Superfund and remediation plans -- Remediation experiences in the U.S. nuclear weapons complex -- Anthrax decontamination after the 2001 attacks: social and political context -- Uncertain science, certain social division -- Case study selection -- Framework for event management -- Hazard identification and assessment -- Identification of the agent -- Evaluating the state of the agent -- Evaluating the state of the contaminated building -- Factors influencing exposure to harmful biological agents in indoor environments -- Exposure -- Sources -- Building design and operations -- Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems -- Transport and fate of harmful biological agents -- Deposition -- Resuspension -- Preparing and operating buildings for a bioterrorism attack and subsequent operation -- Analyzing health risks -- Assessment of risks posed by a biological hazard -- Dose-response: principles and uncertainties -- Sampling strategies and technologies -- Sampling and identification -- General sampling plan for quantifying the extent of cleanup -- Decontamination practices and principles -- Processes for decontamination of harmful biological agents and other response options --Decontamination of harmful biological agents by chemical and physical methods -- Examples of decontamination: Hart Senate Office Building and American Media International Building…”
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Cognitive behavior therapy with older adults innovations across care settings / by Sorocco, Kristen Hilliard

Table of Contents: “…Gallagher-Thompson -- Suicidal Older Adults: Suicide Risk Assessments, Safety Planning, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Gregory Brown -- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Late-Life Depression and Comorbid Psychiatric Conditions / Natalie D. …”
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Surface Guided Radiation Therapy

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Interface between regulation and statistics in drug development / by Alemayehu, Demissie, Emir, Birol, Gaffney, Michael, active 1983

Table of Contents: “…2.6.4 Challenges with Bayesian Statistics -- 2.6.5 Concluding Remarks -- 2.7 Surrogate Endpoints and Biomarkers -- 2.7.1 Introduction -- 2.7.2 Statistical Considerations -- 2.7.3 Regulatory Considerations -- 2.7.4 Concluding Remarks -- 2.8 Subgroup Analyses -- 2.8.1 Introduction -- 2.8.2 Subgroup Analyses in the Traditional Confirmatory Clinical-Trial Setting -- 2.8.3 Statistical Approaches -- 2.8.4 Reporting and Interpretation of Subgroup Results -- 2.8.5 Subgroup Analyses in the Changing Clinical-Trial and Regulatory Setting -- 2.8.6 Conclusion -- 2.9 Benefit-Risk Assessment…”
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Transboundary water resources management : a multidisciplinary approach /

Table of Contents: “…-- 8.1.1.1.Training Objectives -- 8.1.2.Training Target Groups -- 8.1.3.Communication as a Basis of a Transboundary Groundwater Curriculum -- 8.1.4.Experimenting Transboundary Groundwater Curricula and Pedagogy: Two Pilot Courses -- 8.1.5.An Instrument for Training: a Manual Gathering the Contributions to the Pilot Courses -- 8.2.A Risk-Based Integrated Framework for Conflict Resolution in Transboundary Water Resources Management / Lena Salame -- 8.2.1.Managing Transboundary Water Resources: Quantity and Quality -- 8.2.2.The Risk Analysis Framework in TWRM -- 8.2.2.1.Aleatory Uncertainties or Randomnes -- 8.2.2.2.Epistemic or Man-Induced Uncertainties -- 8.2.2.3.Risk Assessment and Management -- 8.2.2.4.Institutional and Social Issues -- 8.2.3.Towards an Integrated Risk-Based Sustainable TWRM Approach -- 8.2.4.Modelling Transboundary Water-Related Conflicts -- 8.2.5.Hydro-Politics for Conflict Resolution: The UNESCO PC-CP Initiative -- 8.2.5.1.Examples of Track II Initiatives -- 8.2.6.Conclusions --…”
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