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ref. 0266274978.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 0484914111.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1998ref. 058684New York/London: Drawing Center/Merrel Holberton 1998. 1st . Paper Back. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hugo Victor. 160pp.; SC white&brwn.w/brwn.-pic.cover; slight rub w/cleantight pgs. Catalog of exhibition held April 16-June 13 1998 at The Drawing Center New York. illus. Drawing Center/Merrel Holberton unknown
1922ref. 017332Chicago: Auto-Hemic Therapy Foundation 1922. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed By Author. 3rd Edition. Inscribed by author to personal friend 332pp. Auto-Hemic Therapy Foundation Hardcover
1958ref. 0007391Calcutta: Ayurvediya Dhanwantari Bhaban 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 921 iv pages red cloth. Scarce and apparently the only printing of this work. "Some people earnestly desire to know what Yogic acts are. . My book . is an attempt to remove this want - Apologia." This is his maiden work in English preceded by an abridged edition in Bengali under the title ASIMER ANVESAN. "The references to atoms planes mortal weapons found scattered in the MAHABHARAT and other philosophical treatises on ancient India clearly testify that researches on such things did actually take place and discoveries in this line were made in India several centuries before the birth of Christ." One color plate. Ayurvediya Dhanwantari Bhaban hardcover
1980ref. 050224Arete Press 1980. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. Scarce! 245pp. Arete Press Paperback
2002ref. 047677Living Spirit Press 2002. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Clean copy in plastic spirals with clear covers. 79pp. Scarce. Living Spirit Press Paperback
2006ref. FLAHIVE-1760teNeues Kempen 2006 A new copy in a new jacket. A clean tight unread copy. Still in publisher's original shrinkwrap. Art-D. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. teNeues, Kempen hardcover
1991ref. 000429New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1991. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 414pp. Black cloth over gray boards silver titles on spine white illustration on front board. Clean tight copy in unclipped jacket. Stated second printing. Sante's seminal addition to the literature of crime and a forerunner of our true crime obsessed era. . Farrar Straus & Giroux Hardcover
1954ref. 103547New York: Pageant Press 1954. Hardcover. 137p. first edition lightly worn dj with some tape repairs at edges else very good. Spence an Afro-Jamaican author and the principal author creates an adventure story with a California protagonist who travels to the Caribbean then returns to Southern California. Pageant Press hardcover
1954ref. 103547New York: Pageant Press 1954. Hardcover. 137p. first edition lightly worn dj with some tape repairs at edges else very good. Spence an Afro-Jamaican author and the principal author creates an adventure story with a California protagonist who travels to the Caribbean then returns to Southern California. Pageant Press hardcover books
1942ref. 010974Philadelphia: Blakiston Co. 1942. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 6th Edition. 2 large volumes with light rubbing to extremities. Combined 1747pp. International or airmail shipping options will exceed quoted rates please inquire. Blakiston Co. Hardcover
ref. 3054784-6Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
1998ref. 91646Washington DC: The Environmental Health Center a Division of the National Safety Council 1998. Presumed First Edition First Printing. Wraps. Very good. viii 54 2 pages. Illustrations. Appendix A B and C. The National Safety Council NSC is a 501c3 nonprofit public service organization promoting health and safety in the United States. Headquartered in Itasca Illinois NSC is a member organization founded in 1913 and granted a congressional charter in 1953. Members include more than 55000 businesses labor organizations schools public agencies private groups and individuals. The group focuses on areas where the greatest number of preventable injuries and deaths occur including workplace safety prescription medication abuse teen driving cell phone use while driving and safety in homes and communities. Following the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City in 1912 the Association of Iron and Steel Electrical Engineers sponsored the first Cooperative Safety Congress which resolved to "organize and create a permanent body for the promotion of the safety to human life in the industries of the United States." In 1913 the National Council for Industrial Safety was established. The name was changed to National Safety Council in 1914 to reflect the organization's expanded scope to include traffic and home safety. The NSC began producing posters technical fact sheets and other publications. In 1953 the U.S. Congress and President Dwight D. Eisenhower recognized the NSC's efforts with a Congressional charter to: ".maintain the interest of the people of the United States. in safety and in accident prevention and to encourage the adoption . of safety methods by all persons corporations and other organizations. Research reactors RRs are used worldwide for activities such as the education of nuclear scientists and engineers for general and refresher training of the nuclear power workforce to produce medical and industrial radioisotopes for silicon doping to perform advanced fuel and material testing to support life extension of operating nuclear power plants NPPs to validate safety analysis design methods for new power plants to qualify new fuels and to validate modelling and calculation tools. RRs are also key tools in building and maintaining national nuclear capacity and achieving public acceptance of nuclear technologies . As of March 2019 there are 227 RRs operating around the world with another 23 planned or in construction . An additional 136 RRs are in extended or permanent shutdown or under decommissioning. There is a clear and unequivocal understanding that each country is ethically and legally responsible for its own spent fuel and nuclear waste as stated by both the IAEA via the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management and by the international nuclear waste disposal concepts summarized by the World Nuclear Association WNA. Member States operating or having previously operated a RR research reactor are responsible for the safe secure and sustainable management of associated radioactive waste including RR spent nuclear fuel RRSNF. This includes the storage and ultimate disposal of conditioned RRSNF or the corresponding equivalent waste generated and returned following reprocessing of the spent fuel. The main objective in managing and disposing of radioactive waste is to protect people including future generations and the environment. Regional or national laws and directives provide a regulatory framework for the management of spent fuel. The IAEA provides Member States with safety standards guidelines and good practice examples to enable them to establish and maintain a responsible waste management program. Selection and implementation of the most appropriate nuclear waste management program can be very challenging considering the numerous elements and factors that must be addressed such as technological feasibility economics social acceptance and environmental impact. The aim of this publication is to support RR operating organizations and Member States in developing a spent fuel management programme including final disposal that is sustainable is secure and complies with international and national regulations. One key challenge when developing general recommendations for RRSNF management options lies in the diversity of spent fuel types locations and national or regional circumstances rather than mass or volume alone particularly since typical RRSNF inventories are relatively small. Presently many countries lack an effective long term policy for managing RRSNF. A methodical review and compilation of technology options for RRSNF management is therefore needed. The Environmental Health Center, a Division of the National Safety Council paperback
1946ref. 003777London: Cassell 1946 very heavy 5 kg two volume set xvi 1-1041 xi 1042-2236pp dark green cloth gilt titled to spines and upper boards hinges slightly loosened due to weight of books clean text EMAIL us directly for shipping quote before ordering please third edition. third edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Cassell hardcover
ref. 0428410553.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2008ref. 69176Washington DC: Dept. of Health and Human Services Office of Research on Women's Health 2008. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. COver has slight wear and soiling. x 225 1 p. Includes: illustrations index. From an official website: "The Office of Research on Women s Health ORWH is part of the Office of the Director of NIH. ORWH works in partnership with the 27 NIH Institutes and Centers to ensure that women s health research is part of the scientific framework at the NIH and throughout the scientific community. History and Mission The Office of Research on Women s Health is the first Public Health Service office dedicated specifically to promote women s health and sex differences research within and beyond the NIH scientific community. The ORWH was established in September 1990 and reaffirmed by statute in congressional legislation by the NIH Revitalization Act of 1993. Congress assigned a far-reaching leadership role for ORWH by mandating that the ORWH director: -Advise the NIH Director and staff on matters relating to research on women s health. -Strengthen and enhance research related to diseases disorders and conditions that affect women. -Ensure that research conducted and supported by NIH adequately addresses issues regarding women s health. -Ensure that women are appropriately represented in biomedical and bio-behavioral research studies supported by the NIH. -Develop opportunities and support for recruitment retention reentry and advancement of women in biomedical careers. -Support research on women s health issues. In 2006 the NIH Reform Act called for a reorganization of the Office of the Director placing the ORWH within a new division known as the Division of Program Coordination Planning and Strategic Initiatives DPCPSI. As a result of this legislation the ORWH Director reports to the director of DPCPSI." Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Research on Women's Health paperback
1938ref. 93306Washington: GPO 1938. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. photo index 184p. Later 1/4 cloth over marbled boards with original wrappers bound in. 23 cm. Library labels on backstrip and library stamp on title page from alibrary in Zurich. Pages 131-132 contain a carryover paragraph titled "Untreated Syphillis in the Negro" which described the ongoing Tuskegee study and made it quite clear that the study included a group getting "adequate treatment" and a group getting "no treatment." Despite the development of highly effective treatment with penicillin by 1947 this infamous study continued to leave one group untreated to study the effects of the disease until 1972 when the implications of the study were finally brought to the attention of the broader public. GPO hardcover books
ref. 111516NY: William Wood & Co. 1875 Ex-Library. Good. Hardcover. American Edition. RARE copy of this volume of Von Ziemssen's Cyclopaedia of Medicine discussing the gynecological examination diseases of the uterus menstruation and its derangements diseases of the Fallopian tubes diseases of the ovaries diseases of the uterine ligaments and of the adjacent portions of the peritoneum diseases of the vagina and diseases of the vulva. Illustrated. Moderate wear on the spine ends scuff mark inside back cover. William Wood & Co. hardcover
2015ref. 019199Draycott Publishing 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8-1/2 x 11 Softcover; First Edition; 197pp; Previous owner's name to front cover else covers clean & bright text unmarked binding is tight VG condition. Guide to getting instant pain relief with Distal Acupuncture also known as Master Tung and Dr. Tan acupuncture. Illustrated with diagrams. Draycott Publishing paperback
1999ref. 91711Geneva Switzerland: World Health Organization 1999. Presumed First Edition First Printing. Trade paperback. Good. vi 197 1 pages. Figures. Formulae. Tables. References. Annex. The cover has wear soiling a tear at the bottom of the front cover and a name in ink at the top of the front cover. There is also a ink notation related to the previous owner at the top of the title page. Ink marks noted to text. WHO Technical Report Series 890. The 1999 World Health Organization Technical Report Series 890 concludes that food irradiated with doses exceeding 10 kGy is safe and nutritionally adequate. Produced by a joint FAO/IAEA/WHO study group the report validates high-dose irradiation as a scientifically sound method for eliminating pathogens without creating toxicological hazards making it suitable for producing shelf-stable rations. The reasons for this limitation to doses of up to 10 kGy were essentially two-fold. Firstly the 1980 Joint Expert Committee was asked to assess the wholesomeness of irradiated foods on the basis of the data available at that time which mainly concerned doses below 10 kGy. Secondly many of the anticipated applications for irradiation of food would require doses of less than 10 kGy. Examples of such applications include: the elimination of vegetative bacterial pathogens from foods such as meat poultry fish and fresh fruits and vegetables; the inhibition of sprouting in potatoes and other tubers; the insect disinfestation of grains and dried fruits such as dates and figs; extension of the shelf-life of refrigerated foods; and the treatment for quarantine purposes of fruits and vegetables. It concluded that further studies in this area were required. The World Health Organization WHO is a specialized agency of the United Nations UN which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Geneva Switzerland and has six regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide. Only sovereign states are eligible to join and it is the largest intergovernmental health organization at the international level. The WHO's stated purpose is to achieve the highest possible level of health for all the world's people defining health as "a state of complete physical mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." The main functions of the World Health Organization include promoting the control of epidemic and endemic diseases; providing and improving the teaching and training in public health the medical treatment of disease and related matters; and promoting the establishment of international standards for biological products. The WHO was established on 7 April 1948 and formally began its work on 1 September 1948. It incorporated the assets personnel and duties of the League of Nations' Health Organization and the Paris-based Office International d'Hygiène Publique including the International Classification of Diseases ICD. The agency's work began in earnest in 1951 after a significant infusion of financial and technical resources. The WHO's official mandate is to promote health and safety while helping the vulnerable worldwide. It provides technical assistance to countries sets international health standards collects data on global health issues and serves as a forum for scientific or policy discussions related to health. Its official publication the World Health Report provides assessments of worldwide health topics. The WHO has played a leading role in several public health achievements most notably the eradication of smallpox the near-eradication of polio and the development of an Ebola vaccine. Its current priorities include communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS Ebola malaria and tuberculosis; non-communicable diseases such as heart disease and cancer; healthy diet nutrition and food security; occupational health; and substance abuse. The agency advocates for universal health care coverage engagement with the monitoring of public health risks coordinating responses to health emergencies and promoting health and well-being generally. The WHO is governed by the World Health Assembly WHA which is composed of its 193 member states. The WHA elects and advises an executive board made up of 34 health specialists; selects the WHO's chief administrator the director-general currently Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia; sets goals and priorities; and approves the budget and activities. The WHO is funded primarily by contributions from member states both assessed and voluntary followed by private donors. World Health Organization paperback
1974ref. 10208World Health Organization Geneva 1974. First Edition. Paperback. Publisher's printed stiff printed wrappers near fine. Spine bands shelf worn with some minor dust dulling and creasing to the panels. Remains overall a clean bright and strong copy of an uncommon title; 158 pages; Description: 158 p. Includes author index. Subjects: World Health Organization--Bibliography--Periodicals -- Medicine World Health Organization, Geneva paperback
1968ref. 36128Geneva:: World Health Organization 1968. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Report of Five WHO Scientific Groups. Large gray softcover 83 pages. Slight cover wear small sticker on front cover a little writing on first page. A nice copy. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order daily shipments and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. World Health Organization, paperback
1997ref. 019177Beijing China: New World Press 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 427pp; Covers clean & bright with slight edgewear to back text unmarked binding is tight VG condition. Guide to treating cancer with Chinese Medicine by Chinese medical physician with 30 years of clinical experience. New World Press paperback
1999ref. DADAX1577490908Brand: Fairview Press 1999-11-29. 1. paperback. New. 6.09x0.45x9.09. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Fairview Press paperback
