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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784146003321

Titolo

Radiation inactivation of bioterrorism agents [[electronic resource] /] / edited by L.G. Gazsó and C.C. Ponta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Oxford, : IOS Press, c2005

ISBN

1-280-50477-3

9786610504770

1-4294-0240-7

1-60750-109-0

600-00-0533-4

1-60129-090-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

NATO science series. Series I, Life and behavioural sciences, , 1566-7693 ; ; v. 365

Altri autori (Persone)

GazsoL. G

PontaC. C (Corneliu C.)

Disciplina

660.2982

Soggetti

Biological weapons - Effect of radiation on

Radiation sterilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Radiation Inactivation of Bioterrorism Agents, 7-9 March 2004, Budapest, Hungary"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Foreword; Contents; Radiation Technology for New Materials Development, Human Health and Environment Protection; Radiation Safety Principles and Requirements at Gamma- and Electron Irradiation Facilities; Dosimetry Systems for Radiation Processing; Process Control of Radiation Treatment; Dose Setting Procedures for Radiation Sterilization; Radiation Chemistry and Its Application to Radiation Technology; Physical, Chemical and Biological Dose Modifying Factors; Radiation Technology in the Mediterranean Dialogue Countries

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism: New Challenge for Protection and Crisis ManagementPreventing is better than Postfactum Intervention in Bioterrorism; Potential Agents for Biological Weapons; Deployable (Molecular) Biological Laboratory: Concept & Reality; Irradiation Decontamination of Postal Mail and High-



Risk Luggage; Research Directions at State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR. International Collaboration is an Efficient Option for Infectious Disease Control and Combating Bioterrorism; Differential PCR Diagnostic of Orthopoxviruses

Inactivation of Bio-Terrorism Agents in Military and Domestic ApplicationsInactivation of Biological Warfare Agent Simulants by Ionizing Radiation; Inactivation of Biological Threat Agents with Nonionizing Radiation; Ionizing Radiation Inactivation of Medically Relevant Viruses; Detection and Prevention of Bioterrorism Agents - Portuguese Case Studies; Foodborne Agents and Bioterrorism Prevention - A Portuguese Case Study on Ionizing Irradiation; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is the product of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Radiation Inactivation of Bioterrorism Agents, held in March 2004 in Budapest, Hungary. Gazs (National Center for Public Health, National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, Hungary) and Ponta (""Horia Hulubei"" National Institute for Physics and Engineering, Roman

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814068803321

Autore

Holbourn Ann E. L

Titolo

Atlas of benthic foraminifera / / Ann Holbourn, Andrew S. Henderson, and the trustees of the Natural History Museum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Natural History Museum, 2013

ISBN

9781118452493

1118452496

9781118452523

1118452526

9781299464766

1299464769

9781118452509

111845250X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (656 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HendersonAndrew S

Disciplina

578.77/7

Soggetti

Foraminifera

Benthos

Marine organisms



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Atlas of Benthic Foraminifera; Abyssamina poagi Schnitker and Tjalsma, 1980; Abyssamina quadrata Schnitker and Tjalsma, 1980; Alabamina creta (Finlay), 1940; Alabamina dissonata (Cushman and Renz), 1948; Ammoanita ingerlisae Gradstein and Kaminski, 1997; Ammobaculites agglutinans (d'Orbigny), 1846; Ammobaculites jarvisi Cushman and Renz, 1946; Ammobaculoides carpathicus Geroch, 1966; Ammodiscus infimus Franke, 1936; Ammodiscus latus Grzybowski, 1898; Ammodiscus pennyi Cushman and Jarvis, 1928

Ammodiscus tenuis (Brady), 1881Ammolagena clavata (Jones and Parker), 1860; Amphicoryna scalaris (Batsch), 1791; Annectina biedai Gradstein and Kaminski, 1997; Annectina grzybowskii (Jurkiewicz), 1960; Anomalinella rostrata (Brady), 1881; Anomalinoides capitatus (Gümbel), 1868; Anomalinoides globulosus (Chapman and Parr), 1937; Anomalinoides rubiginosus (Cushman), 1926; Anomalinoides semicribratus (Beckmann), 1954; Aragonia aragonensis (Nuttall), 1930; Aragonia velascoensis (Cushman), 1925; Astrononion stelligerum (d'Orbigny), 1839; Bigenerina nodosaria d'Orbigny, 1826

Bolivina decussata Brady, 1881Bolivina huneri Howe, 1939; Bolivinita quadrilatera (Schwager), 1866; Bolivinoides delicatulus Cushman, 1927; Bolivinoides draco (Marsson), 1878; Brizalina alata (Seguenza), 1862; Brizalina aliformis (Cushman), 1926; Brizalina antegressa (Subbotina), 1953; Brizalina subaenariensis var. mexicana (Cushman), 1922; Brizalina subspinescens (Cushman), 1922; Bulbobaculites problematicus (Neagu), 1962; Bulimina aculeata d'Orbigny, 1826; Bulimina alazanensis Cushman, 1927; Bulimina callahani Galloway and Morrey, 1931; Bulimina elongata d'Orbigny, 1846

Bulimina gibba Fornasini, 1902Bulimina glomarchallengeri Tjalsma and Lohmann, 1983; Bulimina impendens Parker and Bermúdez, 1937; Bulimina jacksonensis Cushman, 1925; Bulimina jarvisi Cushman and Parker, 1936; Bulimina macilenta Cushman and Parker, 1939; Bulimina marginata d'Orbigny, 1826; Bulimina mexicana Cushman, 1922; Bulimina midwayensis Cushman and Parker, 1936; Bulimina rostrata Brady, 1884; Bulimina semicostata Nuttall, 1930; Bulimina taylorensis Cushman and Parker, 1935; Bulimina thanetensis Cushman and Parker, 1947; Bulimina trinitatensis Cushman and Jarvis, 1928

Bulimina tuxpamensis Cole, 1928Bulimina velascoensis (Cushman), 1925; Buliminella beaumonti Cushman and Renz, 1946; Buliminella grata Parker and Bermúdez, 1937; Buzasina galeata (Brady), 1881; Cancris auriculus (Fichtel and Moll), 1798; Cancris nuttalli (Palmer and Bermúdez), 1936; Cassidulina teretis Tappan, 1951; Cassidulinoides parkerianus (Brady), 1881; Caudammina excelsa (Dylàzanka), 1923; Caudammina gigantea (Geroch), 1960; Caudammina ovula (Grzybowski), 1896 emend. Geroch, 1960; Chilostomella oolina Schwager, 1878; Chrysalidinella dimorpha (Brady), 1881

Cibicides lobatulus (Walker and Jacob), 1798

Sommario/riassunto

An up-to-date atlas of an important fossil and living group, with the Natural History Museum. Deep-sea benthic foraminifera have played a central role in biostratigraphic, paleoecological, and paleoceanographical research for over a century. These single-celled marine protists are important because of their geographic ubiquity,



distinction morphologies and rapid evolutionary rates, their abundance and diversity deep-sea sediments, and because of their utility as indicators of environmental conditions both at and below the sediment-water interface. In addition, stable isot