High performance thermoplastic resins and their composites / / by Sylvie Beland

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911006681203321
• Autore: Beland Sylvie <1961->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Park Ridge, N.J., U.S.A, : Noyes Data Corp., c1990
• ISBN: 1-282-01099-9; 0-8155-1790-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Disciplina: 620.1/923; 620.1923; 668.423
• Soggetti: Thermoplastic composites; Composite materials
• 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 (p. 156-177).
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; High Performance Thermoplastic Resins and their Composites; Copyright Page; Foreword; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTICE; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Neat Thermoplastic Resins Properties; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Properties of Neat Thermoplastic Resins; 2.3 Characteristics of Some Thermoplastic Polymer Families; 2.4 Summary; Chapter 3. Morphology; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Factors Influencing Morphology of Semi-Crystalline Thermoplastics; 3.3 Morphology-Property Relationships of Semi-Crystalline Thermoplastics; 3.4 Summary; Chapter 4. Performance of Thermoplastic Based Composites4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Room Temperature Mechanical Properties; 4.3 Elevated Temperature Mechanical Properties; 4.4 Damage Resistance and Tolerance; 4.5 Fatigue Resistsme; 4.6 The-Dependent Behavior; 4.7 Resistance to Thermal Cycling and Ionizing Radiation; 4.8 Summary; Chapter 5. Processing of Advanced Thermoplastic Composites; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Advantages/Disadvantages; 5.3 Treatment of Fibres; 5.4 Combination of Fibres with Matrix; 5.5 Lay-Up; 5.6 Processing Techniques for Thermoplastic Composites; 5.7 Processing of Flat Thermoplastic Laminates5.8 Forming ; Techniques; 5.9 Machining of Thermoplastic Composites; 5.10 Reprocessability; 5.11 Summary; Chapter 6. Joining Thermoplastic Composites; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Mechanical Fastening; 6.3 Adhesive Bonding; 6.4 Fusion Bonding (Welding); 6.5 Experimental Comparisons; 6.6 Summary; Chapter 7. Costs and Aircraft Applications of Thermoplastic Composites; 7.1 Costs of Thermoplastic Composites; 7.2 Examples of Use of Thermoplastic Composites in Aircraft Applications; 7.3 Summary; Chapter 8. Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations; 8.1 Neat Thermoplastic Resins8.2 Morphology; 8.3 Thermoplastic Composites; 8.4 Processing; 8.5 Joining; 8.6 Aircraft Applications of Thermoplastic Composites; Chapter 9. References
• Sommario/riassunto: Recent developments in high performance thermoplastic resins and their composites are described in this book, and the benefits and limitations of these emerging materials are assessed for aerospace and other applications. Discussions on the performance of neat and continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic resins in terms of their properties and environmental and chemical resistance are provided.

Environmental Health : From Global to Local

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910958621703321
• Autore: Frumkin Howard
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 9781118988060; 9781118984765
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1287 pages)
• Collana: Public Health/Environmental Health Ser.
• Disciplina: 616.9/8
• Soggetti: Environmental health
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Tables, Figures, Text Boxes, and Tox Boxes -- The Editor -- The Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Potential Conflicts of Interest in ; Environmental Health: From Global to Local -- References -- Part 1: Methods and Paradigms -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Environmental Health -- What Is Environmental Health? -- The Evolution of Environmental Health -- Spatial Scales, from Global to Local -- The Forces that Drive Environmental Health -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 2: Ecology and Ecosystems as Foundational for Health -- Environment as Ecology: Ecology as the Study of Our Home -- Population Ecology -- Community Ecology -- Ecosystem Ecology -- Systems Thinking: From Ecology to Human Health -- Features of Our Home: Ecological Characteristics as Foundational for Health -- Toward Ecological Approaches to Health and Home -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 3: Sustainability and Health -- Historical Considerations of Sustainability -- Sustainable Human Well-Being and the Three-Legged Stool -- Drivers of Nonsustainability, Limits to Growth, and Collapse -- What Should Concern Us More: Population Growth Or Consumerism? -- Limits to Growth -- Human Societal Collapse? Prevention Through Systems Thinking and Early Action -- The Importance of Scale -- The Way Forward -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 4: Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology -- A Primer on Epidemiology -- Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology -- Epidemiology and Risk Assessment -- Future Directions -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information.; Chapter 5: Geospatial Data for Environmental Health -- Components of Georeferenced Data -- Basic GIS Operations -- Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Exposure -- Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Disease Risk -- What Makes Good Maps of Good Data? -- What Can We Do with GIS? -- Are There Any Limitations? -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 6: Toxicology -- Introduction to Toxicology -- Toxicology and Environmental Public Health -- Toxicant Classifications -- Testing Compounds for Toxicity -- From Regulatory Toxicology to Public Health Policy -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 7: Genes, Genomics, and Environmental Health -- Fundamental Concepts of Genetics and Genomics -- Approaches for Identifying Gene-Environment Interactions -- Examples of Gene-Environment Interactions in the Real World -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 8: Exposure Science, Industrial Hygiene, and Exposure Assessment -- Anticipation, Recognition, Evaluation, and Control -- Exposure Science -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 9: Environmental Psychology -- Environmental Psychology and Toxicology -- Environmental Psychology Processes -- So What? Interventions That Work -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 10: Environmental Health Ethics -- Defining Ethics and Morals -- The Modern Philosophical Background -- Professionalism -- Expanding Horizons and Challenges -- Implications for Professional Ethics -- Concluding Discussion -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 11: Environmental Justice and Vulnerable Populations.; The Roots of Environmental Justice -- Elements of Environmental Justice -- From Research to Action on Environmental Justice -- Social Inequality and Environmental Quality -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Part ; 2: Environmental Health on the Global Scale -- Chapter 12: Climate Change and Human Health -- Greenhouse Gases -- A Warming Earth: From Past to Future -- Earth System Changes -- Food and Malnutrition -- Weather Extremes and Disasters -- Air Pollution -- Infectious Diseases -- Mental Health Effects -- The Public Health Response to Climate Change -- Climate Change as a Public Issue -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Part 3: Environmental Health on the Regional Scale -- Chapter 13: Air Pollution -- History of Air Pollution -- Types of Ambient Air Pollution -- Studies of Air Pollution and Health -- Sources and Effects of Outdoor Pollutants -- Air Pollution Prevention and Control -- Larger Effects of Regional Air Pollution -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 14: Energy and Human Health -- Household Energy -- Fossil Fuels -- Nuclear Energy -- Renewable Sources of Energy -- Energy Conservation and Efficiency -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 15: Healthy Communities -- The History of Cities -- Poverty and Industrialization in Cities -- The Modern Metropolis: Consumption and Urban Sprawl -- Community Design and Health -- Cities as Healthy Human Habitats -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 16: Water and Health -- The Role of Water in Life -- Regulatory Framework -- Risk Characterization for Water Contaminants -- Emerging Issues -- Summary -- Key Terms.; Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Part 4: Environmental Health on the Local Scale -- Chapter 17: Solid and Hazardous Waste -- Solid Waste -- Solid Waste Management Strategies -- Primary Prevention of Waste -- Waste Treatment and Disposal -- Health Concerns -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 18: Pest Control and Pesticides -- Insect Pests -- Vertebrate Pests -- Pesticides -- Integrated Pest Management -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 19: Food Systems, the Environment, and Public Health -- What Is the Food System? -- Food Production: Industrial Agriculture -- Industrial Food Animal Production -- Sustainable Agriculture -- Food Consumption and Food Environments -- Food Safety and Environmental Health: A Systems Perspective -- Making Change: Food System Policy -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 20: Buildings and Health -- The Range of Buildings -- Key Elements of a Healthy Building -- Toward Safe, Healthy Buildings -- Architecture, Environment, and Human Health -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 21: Work, Health, and Well-Being -- The Interaction of Work and Health -- Protecting Safety and Health on the Job -- Workers' Compensation -- Sustainability -- Globalization -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 22: Radiation -- Nonionizing Radiations -- Ionizing Radiation: The Basics -- Sources of Ionizing Radiation Exposure -- Cellular and Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation -- Human Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation -- Radiation Protection -- Assessing Radiation Risks -- Summary -- Key Terms.; Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 23: Injuries -- Injury Prevention and Control -- Policy for Injury Prevention and Control -- Injury Prevention in Practice -- Injury Control in Special Settings -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 24: ; Environmental Disasters -- Scope of the Problem -- The Public Health Consequences of Environmental Disasters -- Disaster Risk and Its Determinants -- Managing Disaster Risk -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 25: Nature Contact -- The Links Between Nature and Human Health -- Domains of Nature Contact -- The Greening of Environmental Health -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- PART 5: The Practice of Environmental Health -- Chapter 26: Environmental Public Health: From Theory to Practice -- Concepts of Environmental Health Prevention -- Principles of Prevention in Environmental Public Health -- Core Functions of Environmental Public Health -- Environmental Public Health Systems -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 27: Risk Assessment in Environmental Health -- History -- Risk Assessment -- Risk Management and Communication -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 28: Communicating Environmental Health -- Communication, Social Marketing, and Environmental Health -- Environmental Risk Communication -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Index -- End User License Agreement.
• Sommario/riassunto: The bestselling environmental health text, with all new coverage of key topics Environmental Health: From Global to Local is a comprehensive introduction to the subject, and a contemporary, authoritative text for students of public health, environmental health, preventive medicine, community health, and environmental studies. Edited by the former director of the CDC's National Center for Environmental Health and current dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Washington, this book provides a multi-faceted view of the topic, and how it affects different regions, populations, and professions. In addition to traditional environmental health topics--air, water, chemical toxins, radiation, pest control--it offers remarkably broad, cross-cutting coverage, including such topics as building design, urban and regional planning, energy, transportation, disaster preparedness and response, climate change, and environmental psychology. This new third edition maintains its strong grounding in evidence, and has been revised for greater readability, with new coverage of ecology, sustainability, and vulnerable populations, with integrated coverage of policy issues, and with a more global focus. Environmental health is a critically important topic, and it reaches into fields as diverse as communications, technology, regulatory policy, medicine, and law. This book is a well-rounded guide that addresses the field's most pressing concerns, with a practical bent that takes the material beyond theory. Explore the cross-discipline manifestations of environmental health Understand the global ramifications of population and climate change Learn how environmental issues affect health and well-being closer to home Discover how different fields incorporate environmental health perspectives The first law of ecology reminds is that 'everything is connected to everything else.' Each piece of the system affects the whole, and the whole must sustain us all for the long term. Environmental Health lays out the facts, makes the connections, and demonstrates the importance of these crucial issues to human health and well-being, both on a global scale, and in our homes, workplaces, and neighborhoods.