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... country. For instance, the conquest of hookworm was important to the economic development of the South and the attraction of Northern capital to that region.52 The completion ofthe Panama Canal was ... from the professor . . . of law, of economics, of allsubjects whatsoever.”35 For this reason, many preferred the use of the term “university system” to “full-time system.”To the joy of medical ... further in the 1870s and early 1880s,with the articulation ofthe germ theory of disease, the isolation and iden-tification ofthe specific microorganisms that cause tuberculosis andmany other dreaded...
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... and the Health ofthe Public: A Summaryofthe February 2009 Summithttp://www.nap.edu/catalog/12668.html20 INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE AND THE HEALTH OFTHE PUBLIC In addressing the issue of involving ... publication, Integrative Medicine and the Health ofthe Public: A Summaryofthe 2009 Summit, provides an account ofthe discussion and presentations ofthe two-and-a-half day summit in Washington, ... Comments (Chapter 7) The final session ofthe summit was devoted to an open review of key points ofthe summit discussions, including a panel conversation among the moderators ofthe five...
... of landscape, the number anddesignofturbines,thepattern of their arrangement, their color, and the number of blades.Visual or aesthetic resources refer to the natural and cultural features of ... proposalforthe exploitationofthe world’soffshorewindresourcewas designed for the eastern coast ofthe United States in the early 1970s (72).This use of a very large resource has not been pursued in the ... turbines use hinges on the hub thatallow the blades to move into and out ofthe plane of rotation independently of each other. Because the blade weights may not balance each other, other provi-sions...
... togetherwithanexamination of keyuncertaintiesandlimitations;andaseries of conclusionsandinsightsgainedfrom the analysis.ItisimportanttorecallthatthisRIArestson the analysisdonein2008;nonewairqualitymodelingorotherassessmentswerecompletedexceptthoseoutlinedabove. The supplementincludesapresentation ofthe benefitsandcosts of attainingvariousalternativeozoneNationalAmbientAirQualityStandardsin the year2020.Theseestimatesonlyincludeareasassumedtomeet the currentstandardby2020.Theydonotinclude the costsorbenefits of attaining the alternatestandardsin the SanJoaquinValleyandSouthCoastairbasinsinCalifornia,becauseweexpectthatnonattainmentdesignationsunder the CleanAirActfortheseareaswouldplacethemincategoriesaffordedextratimebeyond2020toattain the ozoneNAAQS.InTableS1.1below, the individualrowestimatesreflect the differentstudiesavailabletodescribe the relationship of ozoneexposuretoprematuremortality.Thesemonetizedbenefitsincludereducedhealtheffectsfromreducedexposuretoozone,reducedhealtheffectsfromreducedexposuretoPM2.5,andimprovementsinvisibility. The rangeswithineachrowreflecttwoPMmortalitystudies(i.e.PopeandLaden).Rangesin the totalcostscolumnreflectdifferentassumptionsabout the extrapolation of costsasdiscussedin Chapter 5 ofthe 2008OzoneNAAQSRIA. The lowend ofthe range of netbenefitsisconstructedbysubtracting the highestcostfrom the lowestbenefit,while the highend ofthe rangeisconstructedbysubtracting the lowestcostfrom the highestbenefit. The presentation ofthe netbenefitestimatesrepresents the widestpossiblerangefromthisanalysis.TableS1.2presents the estimate of totalozoneandPM2.5‐relatedprematuremortalitiesandmorbiditiesavoidednationwidein2020asaresult of thisregulation.S2‐2rate of ozonereductionseeninpreviousairqualitymodelingexercisestoestimate the additionalemissionsreductionsneededtomeet the lowertargets. The details ofthe approachareexplainedbelow,butformostareas ofthe analysisweusedsimpleimpactratiostoproject the ozoneimprovementsasarate of NOxemissionsreduced.Use of non‐site‐specific,linearimpactratiostodetermine the non‐linear,spatially‐varying,ozoneresponsewasanecessarylimitationwhichresultsinconsiderableuncertaintyin the extrapolatedairqualitytargets. ... $47,000aEstimatesareroundedtotwosignificantfigures.Assuch,totalswillnotsumdowncolumns.S.2.4.4 Summaryof TotalCosts TableS2.9presentsa summaryofthe totalnationalcosts of attaining the 0.055ppmand the 0.060ppmalternativestandardsin2020.This summary includes the engineeringcosts of the modeledcontrolstrategy(presentedin the 2008OzoneNAAQSRIA Chapter 54), the additionalsupplementalcontrols,aswellas the extrapolatedcosts.ConsistentwithOMBCircularA‐4,costsarepresentedata7%discountrate.7 The midrangeestimateconsists of usinganMvalue of 0.24for the estimation ofthe averagecostperton of controlbygeographicarea.Foracompletelisting of averagecostpertonbygeographicareaseeAppendixS2a.S2‐10FigureS2.2:Map of ExtrapolatedCostCountiesfor the 0.060ppmAlternateStandardandEstimatedPercentageNOxControlsNeededtoMeetthatStandardin2020S2.3 ... The costs of identifiedcontrolmeasuresaccountsforanincreasinglysmallerquantity of the totalcosts of attainment.Thisisamajorlimitation ofthe costanalysis.Weassumeamajority ofthe costs of attaining the tighteralternativestandardswillbeincurredthroughtechnologieswedonotyetknowabout.Thereforecostingfutureattainmentbaseduponunspecifiedemissionreductionsisinherentlydifficultandspeculative. The uncertaintiesandlimitationssummarizedabovearegenerallymoreextensivethanthosefor the 0.075ppm,0.070ppm,and0.065ppmanalyses. The tablebelowcontrastsourlevel of confidenceineach ofthe keyresults.TableS2.1:Keyuncertaintiesandlimitationsin the analysisfor0.060ppmand0.055ppmAnalyticalquestion...
... iron gates of the galleries, and the removal ofthe wire guards from the windows inside ofthe galleries added much to theircheerfulness. The bars on the doors ofthe bedrooms, and the screens ... for the protection of society than the care ofthe lunatic.A Committee ofthe House of Commons was appointed in 1763, to inquire into the state ofthe privatemad-houses ofthe kingdom. On this ... hospital came under the provisions ofthe Lunacy Act (8 and 9 Vict., c. 100). Since the Lunacy Act of that year, the affairs ofthe hospital have been subjected to the control of the Commissioners,...
... half-Latin terms,very JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OFTHE EARTH JULES VERNE CHAPTER 1 THE PROFESSOR AND HIS FAMILY On the 24th of May, 1863, my uncle, Professor Liedenbrock, rushed into ... Königstrasse, one ofthe oldest streetsin the oldest portion ofthe city of Hamburg. Martha must have concluded that she was very much behindhand, for thedinner had only just been put into the oven. ... intersect each other in the middle ofthe ancient quarter of Hamburg, and which the great fire of 1842 hadfortunately spared. [1] Sixty-three. (Tr.) [2] As Sir Humphry Davy died in 1829, the translator...
... learned a man of course had no place for love affairs, andhappily the grand business ofthe document gained me the victory. Just as the moment ofthe supreme experiment arrived the Professor'seyes ... not to say so. Then the Professor took the book and the parchment, and diligentlycompared them together. pleasant hours we have spent in study; and how often I enviedthe very stones which ... improvement to thelandscape at the head of the lake. On the road we chatted hand inhand; I told her amusing tales at which she laughed heartilv. Then wereached the banks ofthe Elbe, and after...
... was the word "tabiled", which looked like Hebrew, and in thelast the purely French words prevent the knowledge of it coming into the mind of mytyrant, I will do it. By dint of turning ... JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OFTHE EARTH JULES VERNE CHAPTER 4 THE ENEMY TO BE STARVED INTO SUBMISSION "He is gone!" cried Martha, running out of her kitchen at the noiseof the violent ... on it of an idle-looking naiad; then I amused myselfwatching the process ofthe conversion ofthe tobacco into carbon,which was by slow degrees making my naiad into a negress. Now andthen I...
... "Descend, bold traveller, into the crater ofthe jokul of Sneffels,which the shadow of Scartaris touches before the kalends of July, andyou will attain the centre ofthe earth; which I have done, ... venturing on the expedition that, after all, he mighthimself discover the key of the cipher, and that then I should beclear at the mere expense of my involuntary abstinence. These reasons ... JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OFTHE EARTH JULES VERNE CHAPTER 5 FAMINE, THEN VICTORY, FOLLOWED BY DISMAY I had only just time to replace the unfortunate document upon thetable. Professor...
... was therefore necessaryto point out which of these leads to the centre ofthe globe. Whatdid the Icelandic sage do? He observed that at the approach of thekalends of July, that is to say in the ... likewise the creed adopted by other distinguishedgeologists, that the interior ofthe globe is neither gas nor water,nor any ofthe heaviest minerals known, for in none of these caseswould the ... into the fissuresof the crust ofthe earth, they broke out into fresh combustion withexplosions and eruptions. Such was the havedemonstrated that if a heat of 360,000 degrees [1] existed in theinterior...
... andas if there was not air enough in all the streets of Hamburg to putme right again. I therefore made for the banks ofthe Elbe, where thesteamer lands her passengers, which forms the communication ... forms the communication betweenthe city and the Hamburg railway. Was I convinced ofthe truth of what I had heard? Had I not bentunder the iron rule ofthe Professor Liedenbrock? Was I to ... his intention to penetrate to the centre of thismassive globe? Had I been listening to the mad speculations of alunatic, or to the scientific conclusions of a lofty genius? Wheredid truth stop?...