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PUBLIC HEALTH SECTION III Genetic Diseases & Testing~ Geriatrics ~ Hazardous Substances & Toxic Materials Health Economics & Statistics ~ Household Products ~ Insects & Pests Laboratory Guidelines ~ Land Mines & Ordnance ~ Mental Health Nuclear Processing Health Risks ~ Nuclear Reactors & Safety ~ Nutrition ~ Oil Spills Public Health Journals ~ Public Health & Epidemiology Statistics Section I: Grand Rounds, Air Quality, Chemicals, MSD's, CWA, Bioterrorism, Diseases, Environment Section II: Epidemiology Section III: Genetic Diseases, Geriatrics, Toxic Materials, Health Economics, Insects, Land Mines, Nuclear Safety, Oil Spills Section IV: Parasites, Pesticides, Poisons, Radiation, Tropical Medicine, Water Quality, Waste/Wastewater Treatment, Public Health Schools Public Health, Epidemiology, Medical, Nutrition, Calculators

GENETIC DISEASES & TESTING Genetic Disease & Gene Tests GENETIC DIAGNOSTIC TESTS - Medical Genetics Laboratories, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine Multimedia Genetic Diagnostic Tests Database (Text & Images). Genetic Diagnostic Tests include: "...Biochemical; Cytogenetics; DNA; Mitochondrial; Prenatal; etc..." Depending on Test, Each Test Name includes: "...Type of Analysis; Description; Specimen Requirements; Normal Range; CPT Codes; Test Codes; etc..." For more information see Medical Genetics Laboratories or the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics GENETIC ASSOCIATION DATABASE (GAD) - K.G. Becker, K.C. Barnes, T.J. Bright, S.A. Wang & H. Cheung, Gene Expression and Genomics Unit (GEGU), National Institute on Aging Multimedia Genetic Association Database (Text & Images). Genetic Association Database (GAD) is "...an archive of human genetic association studies of complex diseases and disorders. The goal of this database is to allow the user to rapidly identify medically relevant polymorphism from the large volume of polymorphism and mutational data, in the context of standardized nomenclature..." Genetic Association Database (GAD) is "...intended for use primarily by medical scientists and other professionals concerned with genetic disorders, by genetics researchers, and by advanced students in science and medicine..." For more information see Kevin G. Becker's Home Page; Gene Expression and Genomics Unit (GEGU); Intramural Research Program or the National Institute on Aging Offices, Laboratories and Services GENETIC DISEASE DATABASE & GENE TESTS - GeneTests-GeneClinics, Children's Health System and the University of Washington, Seattle Multimedia Genetic Disease Databases, Genetic Disease Cases, Disease Profiles, Genetic Disease Tests, etc. (Text & Images). GeneTests-GeneClinics "...a genetic testing resource that includes: A Genetics Laboratory Directory; A resource list of Genetics Clinics; An introduction to Genetic Counseling and Testing concepts..." Genetics Disease Cases "...View All Diseases; View Overviews and Related Diseases; Select by Disease Category..." HUMAN GENES AND DISEASE MAPS - National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, NIH For more information see the National Institutes of Health GERIATRICS Geriatrics Cases GERIATRICS CASES STUDIES & TEACHING MODULES (FLASH) - VirginiaGeriatrics.org, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and McGuire VA Medical Center Multimedia Geriatrics Cases (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). Geriatrics Cases include: "...Central Nervous System; Discharge Planning Case Studies; Functional and Cognitive Assessment of the Geriatric Patient; Geriatric Pharmacotherapy; Surgical Delirium; Women's Health; etc..." For more information see Virginia Geriatrics Geriatrics Grand Rounds with Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound GERIATRICS GRAND ROUNDS (REALPLAYER) - VirginiaGeriatrics.org, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and McGuire VA Medical Center Multimedia Geriatrics Grand Rounds, CME credit available (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). For more information see Grand Rounds Lecture Series or Virginia Geriatrics GERIATRIC GRAND ROUNDS VIDEOS (REALPLAYER) - Geriatric Education Center, Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico Multimedia Geriatrics Grand Rounds (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). For more information see HSC Media; Geriatric Education Center; Department of Family and Community Medicine or the School of Medicine Geriatric Courses & Teaching Modules with Cases UCSF ACADEMIC GERIATRIC RESOURCE CENTER (AGRC) ONLINE CURRICULUM - Academic Geriatric Resource Center (AGRC) & the John A. Hartford Center of Nursing Excellence, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Multimedia Geriatrics Cases, Geriatrics Course, Supplements, Teaching Modules, Glossary (Text & Images). Geriatrics Course Chapters include: "...Demography and Epidemiology; Biology and Physiology of Aging; Socio-Cultural and Psychological Aspects; Assessment of the Geriatric Patient; Health Care Policies; etc..." For more information see the AGRC Online Curriculum; UCSF Academic Geriatric Resource Center (AGRC); John A. Hartford Center of Nursing Excellence; Nursing Research Activities; School of Nursing or the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Examples of Anatomy & the Aging Process Subject Categories include Endocrine System Endocrine System Teaching Modules include "...Why Does Growth Hormone Decrease?; Aging, the Stress Response, Cortisol, and Cognitive Function; Should Age-Related Changes in Carbohydrate Metabolism Be Treated?; etc..." Immune System Immune System Teaching Modules include "...What Happens with Age?; The Physical Barriers; What Happens to Specific Immunity With Age?; etc..." Musculo-Skeletal System Musculo-Skeletal System Teaching Modules include "...Muscle Changes and Function with Age; Changes in Muscle with Age; Mobility Changes; Skeletal Changes With Age; etc..." Renal System Renal System Teaching Modules include "...Renal Changes with Age; Changes in Renal Homeostatic Controls; etc..." Geriatrics Manuals THE MERCK MANUAL OF GERIATRICS - Editors: M.H. Beers and R. Berkow; Published by Merck & Co., Inc. Multimedia Geriatrics Manual (Text & Images). The Merck Manual of Geriatrics Sections include: "...Basics of Geriatric Care; Falls, Fractures, and Injury; Surgery and Rehabilitation; Psychiatric Disorders; Delirium and Dementia; Neurologic Disorders; Musculoskeletal Disorders; Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders; Hematologic Disorders and Cancer; Pulmonary Disorders; etc..." For more information see The Merck Manual of Geriatrics Title Page; Merck Publications or Merck & Co., Inc. Geriatric Medicine Handbooks LIVERPOOL HANDBOOK OF GERIATRIC MEDICINE - Department of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liverpool, U.K. Multimedia Geriatrics Handbook, Geriatrics Teaching Modules (Text & Images). Liverpool Handbook of Geriatric Medicine is "...intended as an aid to medical student studies..." For more information see the Department of Geriatric Medicine; Faculty of Medicine or the University of Liverpool

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & TOXIC MATERIALS Hazardous Substances & Toxic Materials Databases, Teaching Modules, Tools, etc. Chemical Information Database for Physicians, etc. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES DATA BANK (HSDB) - Specialized Information Services Division, Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program, National Library of Medicine Multimedia Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) Database (Text & Images). Hazardous Substances Data Bank is a "...Comprehensive, peer-reviewed toxicology data for about 5,000 chemicals..." Hazardous Substances Data Bank Subject Categories include: "...Human Health Effects; Emergency Medical Treatment; Animal Toxicity Studies; Metabolism/Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacology; Environmental Fate & Exposure; Environmental Standards & Regulations; Chemical/Physical Properties; Chemical Safety & Handling; Occupational Exposure Standards; Manufacturing, Use Information; Laboratory Methods; etc..." For more information see TOXNET HAZ-MAP - Specialized Information Services (SIS) Division, National Library of Medicine (NLM) Multimedia Occupational Health Exposure to Chemicals & Biologicals Database (Text & Images). Occupational Health Exposure to Chemicals & Biologicals Database (HAZ-MAP) is "...designed for health and safety professionals and for consumers seeking information about the health effects of exposure to chemicals and biologicals at work. Haz-Map links jobs and hazardous tasks with occupational diseases and their symptoms..." For more information see Environmental Health and Toxicology; Specialized Information Services (SIS) Division or the National Library of Medicine (NLM) INTEGRATED RISK INFORMATION SYSTEM - Specialized Information Services Division, Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program, National Library of Medicine Multimedia Integrated Risk Information System Database (Text & Images). Integrated Risk Information System is a "...Hazard identification and dose-response assessments for over 500 chemicals..." Integrated Risk Information System includes Substance Identification; Reference Dose for Exposure "...Critical Effect; Experimental Dose; Conversion Factors; etc...." Chronic Health Hazard Assessment; etc..." For more information see TOXNET NIOSH/OSHA/DOE HEALTH GUIDELINES - OSHA Technical, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor Multimedia Chemical Health Guidelines - Chemical Health Database (Text & Images). NIOSH/OSHA/DOE Health Guidelines "...summarize pertinent information about chemicals for workers and employers as well as for physicians, industrial hygienists, and other occupational safety and health professionals who may need such information to conduct effective occupational safety and health programs..." Examples of Chemicals, Dust, etc. within the NIOSH/OSHA/DOE Health Database include: "...Aluminum; Arsenic; Chlorine Trifluoride; Chromium II; Coal Dust; Diazomethane; Dimethylamine; Ethanolamine; Ethyl Butyl Ketone; Formic Acid; Halothane; Hydrogen Bromide; Isopropylamine; Mercury Vapor; Oil Mist, Mineral Oil; Tetramethyl Lead; Thioglycolic Acid; Uranium & Insoluble Compounds; Vinylidene Chloride; Welding Fumes; Wood Dust; Zinc Stearate; etc..." For more information see Subject Index or OSHA Hazardous Substances & Toxic Materials Reporting Tools CERCLA/EPCRA REPORTABLE QUANTITIES: RQ CALCULATOR - J. DiCerbo, A. Leslie, K. Erskine & F. Baes, Environmental Policy and Guidance, RCRA/CERCLA Division (EH-413), Department of Energy CERCLA/EPCRA Reportable Quantities RQ Calculator "...simplifies the calculation of whether a release exceeds a chemical's reportable quantity. The program will calculate the amount of the regulated substance released, compare the resulting value to the chemical's RQ, and advise the user as to whether or not a notification must be made..." Reportable Quantities Calculator input values include: "...Substance released; Evaluate a Release; Find the RQ for a Hazardous or Extremely Hazardous Substance; Who to Contact and DOE Guidance..." Reportable Quantities Calculator also includes: "...CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; EPCRA: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act; etc..." For more information see Environmental Policy and Assistance Tools; DOE Environmental Policy & Guidance or the DOE Office of Environmental, Safety and Health Chemical Analytical Methods Databases CHEMICAL ANALYTICAL METHODS: INDEX OF SAMPLING AND ANALYTICAL METHODS - OSHA Technical, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor Multimedia Chemical Analytical Methods Database (Text & Images). "...An alphabetical list of chemicals that have either a validated or partially validated OSHA method. Some chemicals may be listed by their common synonym..." Chemical Analytical Methods Database includes: "...Substance and Method Number Matrix; Target Concentration; Procedure; Recommended Air Volume and Sampling Rate; Status of Method; General Discussion; etc..." CAS Number(s); Instrument/Sampler; etc..." For more information see Sampling and Analytical Methods; Sampling and Analysis; Subject Index or OSHA Chemical Sampling Methods Databases CHEMICAL SAMPLING INFORMATION (CSI) - Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor Multimedia Chemical Database (Text & Images). Chemical Sampling Information "...presents, in concise form, data on a large number of chemical substances that may be encountered in industrial hygiene investigations. It is intended as a basic reference for industrial hygienists..." Depending on Chemical, Each Chemical includes: "....General Description; Exposure Limits; Health Factors & Health Effects; Monitoring (Primary Sampling/Analytical Method)..." For more information see Subject Index or OSHA

Hazardous Substances & Toxic Materials Databases, Teaching Modules, Cases ATSDR SCIENCE CENTER - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Multimedia Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Databases, Teaching Modules & Cases (Text & Images). Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry "...is directed by congressional mandate to perform specific functions concerning the effect on public health of hazardous substances in the environment. These functions include public health assessments of waste sites, health consultations concerning specific hazardous substances, health surveillance and registries, response to..." HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL DATABASE - J.K. Hardy, Department of Chemistry, Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, University of Akron Multimedia Hazardous Chemical Database (Text & Images). Hazardous Chemical Database "...will allow the user to retreive information for any of over 1300 hazardous chemicals based on a keyword search..." For more information see The Virtual Classroom; HORDENET; James K. Hardy's Home Page or the Department of Chemistry HAZDAT - HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASE/HEALTH EFFECTS DATABASE - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, CDC Multimedia Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database (Text & Images). Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database "...is the scientific and administrative database developed to provide access to information on the release of hazardous substances from Superfund sites or from emergency events and on the effects of hazardous substances on the health of human populations..." For more information see the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) or the CDC HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES INFORMATION SYSTEM (HSIS) - Hazardous Substances Information System, Australian Safety and Compensation Council, Commonwealth of Australia Multimedia Hazardous Substances Information System Database (Text & Images). Hazardous Substances Information System "...provides access to two data sets, one for hazardous substance information and the other for exposure standard information. The data for substances that are common to both data sets are linked..." For more information see the Hazardous Substances Information System MIXED WASTE (RADIOACTIVE & HAZARDOUS) - EPA, U.S. Multimedia Mixed-waste: Radioactive and Chemically Hazardous Waste Database (Text & Images). Mixed-waste Database "...contains both radioactive and (chemically) hazardous waste. As a result, both treatment and regulation are complex. Two different regulatory frameworks and three federal agencies are involved..." "...Industrial, hospital, and nuclear power plant facilities use both radioactive and hazardous materials in a number of processes: medical diagnostic testing and research; pharmaceutical and biotechnology development; pesticide research; nuclear power plant operations. SCORECARD: TOXIC CHEMICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT - Environmental Defense Fund Multimedia Pollution Databases (Text & Images). "...Get an in-depth pollution report for your county, covering air, water, chemicals, etc...." For more information see Environmental Defense Fund Some examples of Pollution Databases include Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) Chemical Database & Rank Chemicals by Reported TRI Releases Health Effects TESTING INFORMATION & STUDY RESULTS: NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM (NTP) - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), DHHS Multimedia National Toxicology Database (Text & Images). National Toxicology Program "...The three NTP participating agencies are the NIH's NIEHS, the FDA's National Center for Toxicological Research, and the CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health..." For more information see National Toxicology Program Home Page

HEALTH ECONOMICS & STATISTICS Health Economics & Statistics Related Centers FOR MEDICAL CALCULATORS SEE THE CALCULATORS CENTER: MEDICAL FOR ONLINE STATISTICAL COURSES & CALCULATORS SEE THE CALCULATORS CENTER: STATISTICS Health Economics & Statistics Courses with Calculators & Applets HEALTH ECONOMICS: HADM J712 - S.L. Baker, Department of Health Administration, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina Multimedia Health Economics Teaching Modules & Calculators (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Health Economics; Samuel L. Baker's Home Page or Department of Health Administration Some examples from over "12" Health Economics Calculators include Elasticity Calculator The Internal Rate of Return Calculator HEALTH DECISION CALCULATORS & DEMONSTRATIONS - Health Decision Strategies, LLC. VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Health Decision Strategies Some examples from over "23" Heath Decision Calculators include Cost-Consequence Analysis (CCA) Calculator Cost-Consequence Analysis Calculator input values include: "...Treatment A, B, etc.; Costs; Effect; Compliance; Longevity; QOL; etc..." Pharmaco-Economics Calculator Pharmaco Economics Calculator input values include: "...Direct Medical Costs; Direct Non-Medical Costs; Indirect Costs; Life Yrs Gained; Quality of Life; etc..." Multi-Attribute Utility Theory (MAUT) Grapher & Calculator Multi-Attribute Utility Theory Calculator input values include: "...Treatment Options; Price; Effect; Longevity; QOL; etc..." Fieller's Confidence Intervals: Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Calculator and Plotter Fieller's Confidence Intervals: Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Calculator input values include: "...Costs; Effectiveness - Outcomes; etc..." QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR HEALTH ADMINISTRATION: HADM J716 - S.L. Baker, Department of Health Administration, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina Multimedia Quantitative Methods For Health Administrations (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Health Economics; Samuel L. Baker's Home Page or Department of Health Administration Some examples from over "10" Quantitative Methods For Health Administrations Applets include Normal distribution of the error illustrated, using discreet values of X Scatter of points from log(Y)=log(A)+b log(X)+normal error Queue simulation for live demonstration HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS Household Products Databases & Teaching Modules HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS DATABASE - National Institutes of Health (NIH) Multimedia Household Products Database (Text & Images). Household Products Database "...What's under your kitchen sink, in your garage, in your bathroom, and on the shelves in your laundry room? Learn more about what's in these products, about potential health effects, and about safety and handling..." INSECTS & PESTS Insects & Pests Related Centers FOR MORE THAN '100' INSECTS & PESTS COURSES, TEACHING MODULES, DATABASES SEE THE BIOSCIENCE CENTER: ENTOMOLOGY

LAND MINES & ORDNANCE Land Mines & Ordnance Teaching Modules & Databases E-MINE: ELECTRONIC MINE INFORMATION NETWORK - Electronic Mine Information Network (E-MINE), a project of the UN Mine Action Service, United Nations Multimedia Landmines & Unexploded Ordnance Databases & Teaching Modules (Text & Images). Mine Action "...is not just about landmines. In many countries, unexploded ordnance, or UXO, poses an even greater threat to people's safety. UXO comprises bombs, mortars, grenades, missiles or other devices that fail to detonate on impact but remain volatile and can kill if touched or moved. Some of the main sources of UXO are cluster bombs. Today, mine-action programmes typically address problems of landmines, UXO and "explosive remnants of war," which includes UXO and "abandoned ordnance," or weapons left behind by armed forces when they leave an area..." For more information see United Nations HUMANITARIAN DEMINING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - Sponsored by the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command, Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, Countermine Division & BRTRC Multimedia Landmines Databases & Teaching Modules (Text & Images). Deminers "...around the world face numerous challenges in attempting to detect landmines in the field. Challenges include distinguishing mines from clutter, detecting mines containing very little metal and those mines buried deeply. The HD R&D Program is assisting deminers by developing advanced technologies to improve the capability to detect low-metal mines, and at the same time, discriminate these mines from metallic clutter..." MENTAL HEALTH Mental Health Related Centers FOR MENTAL HEALTH ATLASES, CASES, COURSES, DATABASES, JOURNALS, TEXTBOOKS, TUTORIALS, VIDEOS, ETC. SEE THE MEDICAL CENTER: MENTAL HEALTH/PSYCHIATRY NUCLEAR PROCESSING HEALTH RISKS Nuclear Processing Health Risks Calculators, Applets, Simulations URANIUM RADIATION INDIVIDUAL DOSE CALCULATOR - P. Diehl, WISE Uranium Project, Arnsdorf, Germany Uranium Radiation Individual Dose Calculator "...Determine the radiation dose for an individual that is exposed to a known amount of uranium and/or its decay products. For a variety of nuclide mixes found in the nuclear fuel industry, this calculator covers ingestion, inhalation, external exposure from contaminated soil, and external exposure from a point source. Calculations can not only be performed for actual exposure situations, but also for future scenarios, taking decay and ingrowth of decay products into account..." Uranium Radiation Individual Dose Calculator input values include: Material Input "...Unit; Type (Ore, Mill Tailings, U, UCI4, etc.); Parameters (Ore Grade, Natural Uranium, Recycled Uranium, etc.); Exposure Parameters Exposure Situation (Ingestion, Inhalation, etc.); Rate (Per Day, Per Year, Per Liter Water, Ounce, etc.); Dose Factor; Decay; etc. For more information see Calculators or the WISE Uranium Project NUCLEAR/URANIUM PROJECT CALCULATORS - P. Diehl, WISE Uranium Project, Arnsdorf, Germany WISE Uranium Project "...offers a choice of unique JavaScript-based calculators covering the front-end of the nuclear fuel cycle. These calculators serve to make the basics of the nuclear fuel industry more transparent. Though designed for educational purposes, they are believed to be scientifically correct - to the degree achievable with limited resources. Each calculator is accompanied by a Help file, describing the calculation procedure and the parameters used, and any assumptions and simplifications made..." For more information see the WISE Uranium Project Some examples from over "32" Nuclear & Uranium Calculators Uranium Map Generator Unit Converter (Radiation Activity, Radiation Dose, Uranium & Radon) Nuclear Fuel Chain Waste Activity Calculator Nuclear Fuel Supply Calculator Nuclear Fuel Cost Calculator Recycled Nuclear Fuel Cost Calculator Nuclear Fuel Material Balance Calculator Uranium Miner Health Risk Calculator

NUCLEAR REACTORS & SAFETY Nuclear Reactors & Safety Courses, Cases, Databases, Teaching Modules NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION - Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), U.S. Multimedia Nuclear Databases, Teaching Modules, Simulations, etc. (Text & Images). The NRC's scope of responsibility "...includes regulation of commercial nuclear power plants; research, test, and training reactors; nuclear fuel cycle facilities (also called fuel cycle facilities); medical, academic, and industrial uses of radioactive materials; and the transport, storage, and disposal of radioactive materials and wastes..." INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR EVENT SCALE - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Finland International Nuclear Event Scale "...is a tool to promptly and consistently communicate to the public the safety significance of reported events at nuclear installations..." For more information see the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR SAFETY CENTER - Reactor Analysis Division, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and the U.S. Department of Energy Multimedia Nuclear Databases, Teaching Modules, etc. (Text & Images). International Nuclear Safety Center "...Major portions of the INSC Database are devoted to nuclear plant-specific information, material properties for safety and risk analyses, INSC project documentation,..." For more information see the Reactor Analysis Division, Argonne National Laboratory Nuclear Reactors by Country NUCLEAR REACTORS - U.S. - Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), U.S. Multimedia Nuclear Reactors Databases, Teaching Modules, Simulations, etc. (Text & Images). Nuclear Reactors Databases include Find Operating Nuclear Power Reactors by Location or Name; Regulated Reactors; Regulated Activities "...Operating Reactors; Operator Licensing; New Reactor Licensing; etc..." Spent Fuel Storage; Spent Fuel Transportation; High-Level Waste Disposal; Nuclear Security and Safeguards; Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities; etc. For more information see Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) RUSSIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - International Nuclear Safety Center, Ministry of the Russian Federation for Atomic Energy, Moscow, Russia International Nuclear Safety Center of Russian MINATOM (RINSC) "...was founded in accordance with a Joint Declaration on Establishing International Nuclear Safety Centers..." "...carries out R&D work to ensure the safety of nuclear power plants (NPP), research reactors, space and maritime nuclear reactors..." SOVIET-DESIGNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - Office of Internatinoal Nuclear Safety and Cooperation, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) & the U.S. Department of Energy The U.S. Department of Energy conducts a "...comprehensive, cooperative effort to improve safety at Soviet-designed nuclear power plants. In eight partnering countries; Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, and Slovakia..." NUTRITION Nutrition Related Centers FOR OVER '200' NUTRITION ATLASES, CASES, COURSES, DATABASES, JOURNALS, TEXTBOOKS, TUTORIALS, VIDEOS, ETC. SEE THE NUTRITION CENTER

OIL SPILLS & CONTAMINATION Oil Spills & Contamination Teaching Modules, Simulations MODELING SUBSURFACE TRANSPORT OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS: SIMULATIONS & CALCULATORS - J. Weaver, Ecosystems Research Division (ERD), National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL), Office of Research and Development, EPA, Athens, Georgia Multimedia Petroleum Hydrocarbons Course (Text, Images & Simulations). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Petroleum Hydrocarbons Calculators "...provide consistency for simple calculations, and access to methods and data that are not commonly available. The latter include data on fuel composition and models for leaching from fuel lenses..." For more information see Modeling Subsurface Transport of Petroleum Hydrocarbons Course Home Page or the Ecosystems Research Division (ERD) or the National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) Some examples from over "25" Modeling Subsurface Transport of Petroleum Hydrocarbons Calculators include Gradient and Direction from Three Points with Map Scaling Calculator Moisture Content Calculator Diffusion Coefficient Estimation Calculator Retardation Factor Calculator (Solids Density, Porosity, Bulk Density etc.) Seepage Velocity Calculation and Advective Travel Time Effective Solubility Calculator Vertical Gradients with Well Screen Effects OIL SPILLS - Hazardous Materials Response and Assessment Division, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Multimedia Oil Spills Databases & Teaching Modules & Tools (Text & Images). Responding to Oil Spills "...tools and information for people dealing with spills of oil and petroleum products..." For more information see Hazardous Materials Response and Assessment Division or the National Ocean Service Oil Spills & Contamination Databases OIL & CHEMICAL SPILLS DATABASE - U.S. - National Response Center, United States Coast Guard Multimedia Oil Spills Database & Chemical Spills Database (Text & Images). For more information see the National Response Center OIL & CHEMICAL SPILLS ONLINE REPORT FORMS - U.S. - National Response Center, United States Coast Guard Multimedia Oil Spills Database & Chemical Spills Database (Text & Images). For more information see the National Response Center

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