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Hardcover: 388 pages
Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (July 12, 1985)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0122282507
ISBN-13: 978-0122282508.

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Paperback: 522 pages
Publisher: Wiley-VCH; 1 edition (May 25, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3527323899
ISBN-13: 978-3527323890.

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Hardcover: 364 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1555812686
ISBN-13: 978-1555812683
Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.1 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds.

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Hardcover: 194 pages
Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (August 18, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1420045466
ISBN-13: 978-1420045468.

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Containing method descriptions and step-by-step procedures, the Spatial Epidemiological Approaches in Disease Mapping and Analysis equips readers with skills to prepare health-related data in the proper format, process these data using relevant functions and software, and display the results as mapped or statistical summaries. Describing the wide range of available methods and key GIS concepts for spatial epidemiology, this book illustrates the utilities of the software using real-world data. Additional topics include geographic data models, address matching, geostatistical analysis, universal kriging, point pattern analysis, kernel density, spatio-temporal display, and disease surveillance.

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Hardcover: 166 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (June 16, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1441900314
ISBN-13: 978-1441900319.

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Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.

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Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc (March 30, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1608764745
ISBN-13: 978-1608764747.

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So-called top-down technologies have enabled us to manufacture and fabricate structures even smaller than the micrometer scale. MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) technologies were developed by applying semiconductor microfabrication technologies to make three-dimensional microstructures and mechanical systems in the late 1980s. MEMS technologies offer the advantages of batch fabrication of numbers of devices as well as an ability to integrate multiple functional units in a small area, which is important for developing smart and sophisticated devices. By using top-down technology such as MEMS, material costs and the amount of waste can be reduced, thus having a potential to meet the requirements to improve global health. This book also examines a 4-step process for analysing medication adherence data generated by MEMS and similar electronic monitoring devises. Example analyses are presented to demonstrate these methods using MEMS data HIV-positive subjects’ adherence to antiretroviral medications. Other chapters in this book examine power MEMS, defined as microsystems for power generation and energy conversion, including propulsion and cooling, novel optical MEMS device that can fully characterise the transparent living cells or microparticles in real time, an adaptive sliding mode controller for a MEMS vibratory z-axis gyroscope, and the use of nanofretting in nano/microelectromechanical systems (NEMS/MEMS).

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Hardcover: 340 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (January 1, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0306462230
ISBN-13: 978-0306462238.

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The Handbook of HIV Prevention is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of the theories, methods and approaches for reducing HIV-associated risk behaviors. It represents the first single source of information about HIV prevention research in developed and developing countries. The Handbook addresses the subject of HIV prevention from two interrelated perspectives. First, it presents the seminal theories currently used to guide the development and implementation of HIV prevention interventions. Second, it describes prevention approaches for diverse populations at risk of HIV infection. This Handbook provides a compilation of knowledge on HIV prevention by the leading authorities in the field, and will be an important resource for students, researchers and clinicians in the field.

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Hardcover: 362 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (February 9, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521811953
ISBN-13: 978-0521811958.

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As ravagers of crops and carriers of diseases affecting plants, humans and animals, insects present a challenge to a growing human population. In Pest and Vector Control, H.F. van Emden and Mike Service describe the available options for meeting this challenge, discussing their relative advantages, disadvantages and future potential. Methods such as chemical and biological control, host tolerance and resistance are discussed, intergrating–often for the first time–information and experience from the agricultural and medical/veterinary fields. Chemical control is seen as a major component of insect control, both now and in the future, but this is balanced with an extensive account of associated problems, especially the development of pesticide-tolerant populations. The authors are leading authorities in their respective fields and two of the best known entomologists of their generation.

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Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC (July 27, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1584887249
ISBN-13: 978-1584887249.

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Bayesian analyses have made important inroads in modern clinical research due, in part, to the incorporation of the traditional tools of noninformative priors as well as the modern innovations of adaptive randomization and predictive power. Presenting an introductory perspective to modern Bayesian procedures, Elementary Bayesian Biostatistics explores Bayesian principles and illustrates their application to healthcare research.

Building on the basics of classic biostatistics and algebra, this easy-to-read book provides a clear overview of the subject. It focuses on the history and mathematical foundation of Bayesian procedures, before discussing their implementation in healthcare research from first principles. The author also elaborates on the current controversies between Bayesian and frequentist biostatisticians. The book concludes with recommendations for Bayesians to improve their standing in the clinical trials community. Calculus derivations are relegated to the appendices so as not to overly complicate the main text.

As Bayesian methods gain more acceptance in healthcare, it is necessary for clinical scientists to understand Bayesian principles. Applying Bayesian analyses to modern healthcare research issues, this lucid introduction helps readers make the correct choices in the development of clinical research programs.

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Paperback: 248 pages
Publisher: CABI; First edition (April 11, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1845935780
ISBN-13: 978-1845935788.

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Pandemic influenza is an example of an emerging pathogen that could have, and has had, serious public health consequences. Following three global pandemics in the last 100 years and the recent avian and swine influenza outbreaks, preparedness on national and international scales is of vital importance.With a strong emphasis on practical preparedness issues, and covering areas not dealt with by traditional texts, this book covers influenza epidemiology, vaccinology, virology and immunology, pharmaceutical and public health countermeasures, policy issues, biomathematical modelling, ethics and communication between health professionals and the public, promoting the better understanding of influenza that will be needed to battle future pandemics.Each chapter raises five key questions at the beginning and proceeds to answer them in clear and concise sections, also providing selected papers for further reading and detailing relevant modelling studies. It is an essential text students in virology, epidemiology, infectious diseases, public health and medical sciences, and for all those involved in pandemic preparedness.

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