03037nam 2200577 a 450 991014469730332120170810195535.01-280-76866-597866136794370-470-71922-20-470-71673-8(CKB)1000000000687526(EBL)703768(OCoLC)775867407(SSID)ssj0000715318(PQKBManifestationID)11434937(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000715318(PQKBWorkID)10701001(PQKB)11517244(MiAaPQ)EBC703768(PPN)152247580(EXLCZ)99100000000068752619850910d1961 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCiba Foundation symposium on the nature of sleep[electronic resource] /editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Maeve O'ConnorBoston Little, Brown[1961]1 online resource (448 p.)Novartis Foundation Symposia ;v.948"With 101 illustrations."0-470-72266-5 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.THE NATURE OF SLEEP; PREFACE; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; Some properties of pyramidal neurones of the motor cortex; Discussion; Neurophysiological mechanisms in cerebral arousal; Discussion; Electroencephalogram-synchronizing structures in the lower brain stem; Discussion; Mechanisms of reticular deactivation; Discussion; Neuronal activity in wakefulness and in sleep; Discussion; Neuronal discharge in the cat's motor cortex during sleep and arousal; Effects of sleep and waking on activity of single units in the unrestrained cat; DiscussionTelencephalic and rhombencephalic sleep in the catDiscussion; A clinical, electroencephalographic and polygraphic study of sleep in the human adult; Discussion; Changes of cortical d.c. potentials in the sleep-wakefulness cycle; Discussion; Electroencephalographic detection of sleep induced by repetitive sensory stimuli; Discussion; Electtographic responses in sleeping conditioned animals; Discussion; Hibernation and sleep; Diccucsion; Sleep patterns on polar expeditions; Effects of sleep-deprivation on performance and muscle tension; Discussion; Cortical function during human sleepDiscussionThe nature of dreaming; Discussion; Sleep and the energy metabolism of the brain; Discussion; General discussion; Chairman's closing remarks; Index of Authors; Index of SubjectsNovartis Foundation SymposiaSleepSleep.612.8217Wolstenholme G. E. W(Gordon Ethelbert Ward)63039O'Connor Maeve284912MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910144697303321Ciba Foundation symposium on the nature of sleep2003134UNINA05420nam 2200745 450 991081578390332120230807214206.00-19-755951-40-19-021943-2(CKB)3710000000383012(EBL)1992294(OCoLC)905969832(SSID)ssj0001458420(PQKBManifestationID)12603633(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001458420(PQKBWorkID)11451987(PQKB)11512082(MiAaPQ)EBC1992294(StDuBDS)EDZ0002340641(Au-PeEL)EBL1992294(CaPaEBR)ebr11039079(CaONFJC)MIL760406(EXLCZ)99371000000038301220150410h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDDT wars rescuing our national bird, preventing cancer, and creating Environmental Defense Fund /Charles F. WursterNew York, New York :Oxford University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (257 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2015.0-19-021942-4 0-19-021941-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. A New England Town Sprays Its Elm Trees with DDT""; ""How Did I Get into This?""; ""DDT Kills Birds but Doesnâ€?t Save the Trees""; ""2. Sue the Bastards on Long Island: The Power of an Idea""; ""DDT Goes to Trial on Long Island""; ""Rigging the Audubon Convention; A Wall Street Lawyer Was Unimpressed""; ""The Environmental Defense Fund Is Born""; ""3. Proceed with Caution, then Sue the Bastards in Michigan""; ""The Suit Partly Unravels; Another Win While Losing""; ""The Cities Cave In, Forget to Kick Us Out""""Evolving a Master Plan""""4. On to Wisconsin, the Dairy State""; ""DDT Goes to Trial in Madison, Wisconsin""; ""Birds Die, Nests Fail""; ""DDT, Thin Eggshells, and Reduced Reproduction in Birds""; ""DDT Reduces Reproduction in Trout and Salmon""; ""Wayland Hayes: â€œDDT Is Absolutely Safeâ€?""; ""A Toxicologist Arrives from Sweden""; ""The Task Force for DDT Questions the Analyses; Confusion with PCBs""; ""Integrated Pest Management Without any DDT""; ""Summation: DDT Is a Pollutant in the Wisconsin Ecosystem""; ""To Make an Omelet, You will Break Some Eggs""""Mid-1969: Where Did We Stand, What Had We Accomplished?""""Final Verdict from the DDT Hearings in Wisconsin""; ""5. EDF, Barely an Organization, Getting Its Act Together""; ""Environmental Defense Fund, or Fundless Environmental Defenders?""; ""6. EDF Diversifies into New Environmental Arenas""; ""Early Battles""; ""The Environmental Decade: The 1970s""; ""Environmental Defense Fund: Biggest Bang for the Buck""; ""The Judicial Approach Is Contagious""; ""7. Time to Go After the Feds""; ""What!? DDT Also Causes Cancer?""; ""What!? DDT Also Causes Mutations and Birth Defects?""""Both Federal Agencies React to the Petitions. Barely!""""The Environmental Defense Fund Takes Two Federal Agencies to Court""; ""The Appeals Court Makes an Historic Decision""; ""The Bruising Battle of the Briefs""; ""8. Escalating the DDT Issue with More Court Cases""; ""Flushing Tons of DDT into the Los Angeles Sewer System""; ""What Happened to Montrose and Its Pollution Legacy After 1972?""; ""Bald Eagles Gone, Golden Eagles Move in""; ""9. Changes in Washington Affect the DDT Battle""; ""EDF Begins to Expand: New People, New Washington Office""""10. DDT Goes to Trial, Finally, in Washington, DC""""DDT: Global Contamination Problem""; ""Predatory Birds Pay the Price""; ""Mechanism for DDE-Induced Thin-Shelled Eggs""; ""Dangers of DDT to Fish and People Who Eat Them""; ""Superior Insect Control Without DDT""; ""Does DDT Cause Cancer? In Mice? Rats? Humans?""; ""DDT Industry Shortage of Qualified Witnesses""; ""11. Ruckelshaus Decides""; ""The Ruckelshaus Decision: DDT Gets Canceled! Almost!""; ""Both Sides Appeal the Ruling to the Court of Appeals""; ""Passing the Test of Time""; ""They Are After Us Againâ€?40 Years Later. Why?""""The Use of DDT for Controlling Malaria""This is a firsthand account of the Environmental Defense Fund's battle to ban DDT from use as a pesticide, written by a founding member of the EDF. It describes the various legal and scientific maneuvers required to have the Environmental Protection Agency officially ban DDT.Oxford scholarship online.DDT (Insecticide)ToxicologyDDT (Insecticide)Physiological effectDDT (Insecticide)Environmental aspectsHealth promotionEnvironmental healthDDT (Insecticide)Toxicology.DDT (Insecticide)Physiological effect.DDT (Insecticide)Environmental aspects.Health promotion.Environmental health.632/.9517Wurster Charles F.1675077MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815783903321DDT wars4040315UNINA