ilość książek w kategorii: 601
Computer Supported Risk Management
ISBN: 9780792333722 / Angielski / Twarda / 373 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Advances in information technology provide opportunities for the development of computer systems that support risk managers in complex tasks. Leading experts report on the potentials and limitations concerning the use of computer systems in risk management. Their reports are based on many years of experience in their fields which include: risk analysis, systems engineering, geographic information systems, decision support systems, human--machine systems, and psychology.
The book addresses four major issues in computer supported risk management:
Advances in information technology provide opportunities for the development of computer systems that support risk managers in complex tasks. Leading ...
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769,29 zł |
Quantitative Risk Assessment of Hazardous Materials Transport Systems: Rail, Road, Pipelines and Ship
ISBN: 9780792339236 / Angielski / Twarda / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Industrial development is essential to improvement of the standard of living in all coun- tries. In a given region, old and new plants, processes, and technologies have to coexist Technological penetration and substitution processes are generally taking place; they are entirely dynamic and this trend is going to stay like this. People's health and the environment can be affected, directly or indirectly, by rou- tine waste discharges or by accidents. A series of recent major industrial accidents and the effect of poUution highlighted, once again, the need for better management of rou- tine and...
Industrial development is essential to improvement of the standard of living in all coun- tries. In a given region, old and new plants, processes, and...
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884,70 zł |
Exploring Risk Communication
ISBN: 9780792340652 / Angielski / Twarda / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Exploring Risk Communication presents a systematic planning approach to risk communication. Risk communication is seen by many as an important tool for managing technological, environmental, and natural risks. The book's goal is to improve risk communication processes in these areas between private and public risk communication sources and the public. The systematic planning approach focuses on research activities which are considered to be diagnostic tools providing insight into the public's reactions to risks and into the public's cognitive abilities to process risk information....
Exploring Risk Communication presents a systematic planning approach to risk communication. Risk communication is seen by many as an importan...
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384,63 zł |
Scientific Uncertainty and Its Influence on the Public Communication Process
ISBN: 9780792341802 / Angielski / Twarda / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Experts from academia and government who are actively engaged in research in the area of risk communication present a compendium of cases that give information and allow the development of strategies to improve the communication of scientific information to the public. The cases span Western, Central and Eastern Europe, covering such areas as nuclear waste, heavy metal contamination, landfill siting, risk perception, global warming, international health for all, and more. The conclusions and recommendations presented here are being used to develop future activities to further explore this...
Experts from academia and government who are actively engaged in research in the area of risk communication present a compendium of cases that give in...
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384,63 zł |
The Economics of Railroad Safety
ISBN: 9780792382195 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The American public has a fascination with railroad wrecks that goes back a long way. One hundred years ago, staged railroad accidents were popular events. At the Iowa State fair in 1896, 89,000 people paid $20 each, at current prices, to see two trains, throttles wide open, collide with each other. "Head-on Joe" Connolly made a business out of "cornfield meets" holding seventy-three events in thirty-six years. Picture books of train wrecks do good business presumably because a train wreck can guarantee a spectacular destruction of property without the messy loss of life associated with...
The American public has a fascination with railroad wrecks that goes back a long way. One hundred years ago, staged railroad accidents were popular ev...
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576,96 zł |
Wireless Phones and Health: Scientific Progress
ISBN: 9780792383475 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since questions about wireless phones andbrain cancer were first raised in early 1993, numerous scientificstudies and reviews have been conducted and published throughout the world with support from industry and government. The most comprehensive colloquium to date covering this science was co sponsored byt he International Committee on WirelessCommunication Health Research and Wireless Technology Research, LLC, a t the University "La Sapienza" ofR omein November 1995. Papers fromt hat colloquium with appropriate updates formt he foundation for the current volume. A follow up tothat...
Since questions about wireless phones andbrain cancer were first raised in early 1993, numerous scientificstudies and reviews have been conducted and ...
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769,29 zł |
Risk, Organizations, and Society
ISBN: 9780792391180 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Growth of the electric industry Electric generating stations and the associated transmission and distribu tion systems are high ticket items as are the costs of fuel and of operating the industry. The country presently spends about $150 billion annually on electricity. It is the country's largest industry, with assets of over $400 billion (Edison Electric Institute Statistical Year book, 1985). The country's electric generating capacity and the end use of electricity grew exponentially for about 70 years, starting at the beginning of the century, with a doubling period of roughly seven years...
Growth of the electric industry Electric generating stations and the associated transmission and distribu tion systems are high ticket items as are th...
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384,63 zł |
Fearless: The Complete Personal Safety Guide for Women
ISBN: 9780802081124 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Fearless: The Complete Personal Safety Guide for Women" is an extensive manual that offers a unique balance of practical advice on personal safety and an array of self-defence strategies, with an academic exploration of the psychology of offenders and victims. While presenting the reader with detailed self-defence material, including strategies for safety awareness and effective physical and non-physical resistance techniques, Paul Henry Danylewich investigates the social patterns of sexual assault and domestic violence using the material from interviews with 50 sex offenders, as well as... "Fearless: The Complete Personal Safety Guide for Women" is an extensive manual that offers a unique balance of practical advice on personal safety... |
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166,30 zł |
Hazardous Chemicals in the Polymer Industry
ISBN: 9780824792732 / Angielski / Twarda / 648 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides accurate, up-to-date information on the hazardous properties of several hundred generic and specific polymeric additives used in elastomer and plastics processing operations, detailing the symproms of overexposure as well as resonsible packaging, shipping and emergency-response procedures. Essential safety data is offered.
Provides accurate, up-to-date information on the hazardous properties of several hundred generic and specific polymeric additives used in elastomer an...
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1247,27 zł |
International Food Safety Handbook: Science, International Regulation, and Control
ISBN: 9780824793548 / Angielski / Twarda / 811 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Covers all aspects of food safety--science, regulation, and labeling requirements--integrating major developments in the fields of toxicology, analytical chemistry, microbiology, hygiene, and nutrition."
"Covers all aspects of food safety--science, regulation, and labeling requirements--integrating major developments in the fields of toxicology, analyt...
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1117,35 zł |
Beyond Human Error: Taxonomies and Safety Science
ISBN: 9780849327186 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A ground-breaking new book, Beyond Human Error: Taxonomies and Safety Science deconstructs the conventional concept of human error and provides a whole new way of looking at accidents and how they might be prevented. Based on research carried out in the rail, nuclear, and defense industries, the authors show how, by concentrating solely on human error, systems and sociological factors are frequently ignored in contemporary safety science. They also argue that the information processing view of human cognition, the foundation of the majority of safety science and ergonomics, is...
A ground-breaking new book, Beyond Human Error: Taxonomies and Safety Science deconstructs the conventional concept of human error and provides...
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571,67 zł |
Sanitation of the Harvesting, Processing, and Distribution of Shellfish: National Shellfish Sanitation Program Manual of Operations, Part II Revised 1
ISBN: 9780849387258 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sanitation of the Harvesting, Processing, and Distribution of Shellfish is a guide for operating, inspecting, and certifying shellfish shippers, processors, and depuration facilities. It is also needed for guidance regarding the controlling of interstate shipments of shellfish. Anyone who interfaces with regulatory agency personnel and researchers in fisheries and environmental management will find this book to be essential.
Sanitation of the Harvesting, Processing, and Distribution of Shellfish is a guide for operating, inspecting, and certifying shellfish shippers, proce...
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519,65 zł |
Monitoring for Drug Safety
ISBN: 9780852007211 / Angielski / Twarda / 766 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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1153,96 zł |
Monitoring for Adverse Drug Reactions
ISBN: 9780852008768 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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769,29 zł |
Household Chemicals and Emergency First Aid
ISBN: 9780873719018 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Designed for casualty officer, paramedics and other emergency first aid providers, this manual covers 386 household chemicals, discussing their hazards when mixed with other chemicals, describing the symptoms of overexposure, and providing instructions for emergency first aid treatment. The book is intended to be used in the event that label instructions on household chemicals have not been followed. It describes what may possibly happen and how to happen the situation if it does occur. Poison control centres are also listed.
Designed for casualty officer, paramedics and other emergency first aid providers, this manual covers 386 household chemicals, discussing their hazard...
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1299,25 zł |
Vitamin Pushers
ISBN: 9780879759094 / Angielski / Twarda / 543 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drs. Barrett and Herbert present a detailed and comprehensive picture of the multibillion-dollar health-food industry and counter the phony assertions of health-food hucksters with reliable, scientifically based nutrition information. Includes appendices on balancing your diet, evaluating claims made for more than 60 supplements and food products, and much more.
Drs. Barrett and Herbert present a detailed and comprehensive picture of the multibillion-dollar health-food industry and counter the phony assertions...
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159,24 zł |
Circle of Poison: Pesticides and People in a Hungry World
ISBN: 9780935028096 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every minute, someone in the Third World becomes a victim of pesticide poisoning. Circle of Poison documents the international marketing of restricted pesticides that leave a globe-circling trail of sickness and death. But the circle's victims are not silent. Around the world, people are fighting back.
Every minute, someone in the Third World becomes a victim of pesticide poisoning. Circle of Poison documents the international marketing of restricted...
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34,23 zł |
Scientific and Technical Issues in the Management of Spent Fuel of Decommissioned Nuclear Submarines
ISBN: 9781402041723 / Angielski / Miękka / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book represents a collection of papers prepared for and presented by specialists of seven concerned countries in the fourth Advanced Research Workshop (ARW), Moscow, September 22-24, 2004, sponsored and organized within the framework of the NATO-Russia partnership. Similar to the three previous publications, which collected the materials of the NATO-Russia ARWs held in Moscow in 1995, 1997 and 2002, this fourth book also addresses a very important challenge of the present complex decommissioning of the nuclear-powered vessels taken out of service and environmental rehabilitation... The book represents a collection of papers prepared for and presented by specialists of seven concerned countries in the fourth Advanced Research W... |
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1153,96 zł |
Mandated Science: Science and Scientists in the Making of Standards: Science and Scientists in the Making of Standards
ISBN: 9781556080579 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For a long time I would not eat strawberries. In 1977, a scandal broke about a testing laboratory having falsified the data that was used to register a large number of pesticides. The Canadian government, along with several others, began the process of re-evaluating both the procedures for testing and these specific chemicals. One chemical proved particularly controversial, the commonly-used pesticide named captan. In light of the controversy, which was manifest in a conflict between two government departments, in 1981, the Canadian government chose to appoint a special panel of experts to...
For a long time I would not eat strawberries. In 1977, a scandal broke about a testing laboratory having falsified the data that was used to register ...
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384,63 zł |
Handbook of Beef Safety and Quality
ISBN: 9781560223245 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Make sure your beef harvest, production, and processing methods meet the highest standards
Handbook of Beef Safety and Quality is a comprehensive guide to the impact and importance of pre-harvest/production, harvest, and further processing controls, methods and practices on safety and quality--with commodity beef as the target market. This unique book was developed with the help of American Meat Science Association members to create a safety and quality handbook for the beef industry as it moves toward a consumer-driven market that values flavor, palatability, convenience, nutrient value,... Make sure your beef harvest, production, and processing methods meet the highest standards
Handbook of Beef Safety and Quality is a comprehensive ... |
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244,21 zł |