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Webster, R. P. Effects of acid deposition on the properties of portland cement concrete state-of-knowledge. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory, 1985.

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Nolan, K. Michael. Effects of limestone quarrying and cement-plant operations on runoff and sediment yields in the upper Permanente Creek Basin, Santa Clara County, California. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1989.

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Imielińska, Krystyna. Degradation and damage of advanced laminate polymer composites due to environmental effects and low velocity impact. Politechnika Gdańska, 2005.

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Curtis, Peter. The Great Man-Made River Project: Assessment of potential deleterious effects on concrete and cement-mortar linings due to composition of the water. Queen Mary College, 1987.

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Lippmann, Morton, and Richard B. Schlesinger. Effects of Contaminants on Environmental Quality. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190688622.003.0007.

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This chapter reviews the potential for adverse environmental effects which may occur due to chemical pollutants. These include biological effects in domestic animals and livestock, ornamental plants, and crops and forests, and disruptions of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. They also include safety issues, such as atmospheric visual range reductions due to light-scattering particles, health issues such as stratospheric ozone reduction caused by fluorocarbons, aesthetic nuisances, and economic issues related to chemical odorants and foliar damage of commercial vegetation. The role of air pol
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Maruniak, Joel A. Environmental Chemicals and their Effects on Human Physiology. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190490911.003.0003.

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Environmental chemicals interact with the normal processes occurring in human bodies in many detrimental ways. Chapter 3 discusses the basic mechanisms by which exposures to environmental chemicals perturb normal homeostasis; interfere with the communication systems that coordinate proper functioning of cells, tissues, and organs; and modify gene expression by inducing epigenetic changes. Environmental chemicals disrupt homeostasis in adults, but fetuses, infants, children, and adolescents, whose homeostatic control systems are continuing to develop, are at the greatest risk for long-term adve
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Lippmann, Morton, and Richard B. Schlesinger. Effects of Contaminants on Human Health. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190688622.003.0006.

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This chapter describes the methodology used for evaluating potential human health effects resulting from exposure to environmental chemicals. It discusses the concept of the dose-response relationship, and reviews the processes by which chemicals may be delivered to and absorbed by the body. Concepts of the metabolic transformation of absorbed chemical are provided, as are the potential for storage and excretion. It explores the biological mechanisms and pathways underlying specific responses to chemical contaminants, which range from disruption of physiology to alteration of biochemical pathw
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Dunn, Peter O., and Anders Pape Møller, eds. Effects of Climate Change on Birds. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198824268.001.0001.

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Climate change issues are attracting rapidly increasing interest from a wide range of biologists due to their unprecedented effects on global biodiversity, although there remains a lack of general knowledge as to the environmental consequences of such rapid change. Compared with any other class of animals, birds provide more long-term data and extensive time series, a more geographically and taxonomically diverse source of information, a richer source of data on a greater range of topics dealing with the effects of climate change, and a longer tradition of extensive research. The first edition
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Brunnée, Jutta. International Environmental Law and Community Interests. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198825210.003.0010.

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Strong procedural elements are indispensable for international environmental law’s capacity to serve community interests. Procedural obligations can strengthen the rule concerning the prevention of environmental harm and flesh out its due diligence standard. Procedural obligations can also serve useful purposes when states, or judges, are reluctant to entertain substantive arguments, or find it difficult to establish that environmental harm has been caused. Violations of procedural obligations are more easily established and states can sometimes be prompted to correct harmful conduct or to tak
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Räisänen, Jouni. Future Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region and Environmental Impacts. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.634.

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The warming of the global climate is expected to continue in the 21st century, although the magnitude of change depends on future anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and the sensitivity of climate to them. The regional characteristics and impacts of future climate change in the Baltic Sea countries have been explored since at least the 1990s. Later research has supported many findings from the early studies, but advances in understanding and improved modeling tools have made the picture gradually more comprehensive and more detailed. Nevertheless, many uncertainties still remain.In the Balt
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Walsh, Bruce, and Michael Lynch. Short-term Changes in the Mean: 3. Permanent Versus Transient Response. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198830870.003.0015.

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In a variety of settings—additive epistasis in a diploid, dominance in an autotetraploids, shared environmental effects (such as epigenetic contributions), maternal effects, and dominance under inbreeding—the response in the mean has both a permanent and a transient component. The latter arises because selection perturbs the population distribution of genotypes away from their Hardy-Weinberg values. Upon the cessation of selection, any change in allele frequencies remains, but any additional changes due to departures from Hardy-Weinberg decay away. The result is that, even in the presence of t
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Riojas-Rodríguez, Horacio, Isabelle Romieu, and Mauricio Hernández-Ávila. Air Pollution. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190662677.003.0018.

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This chapter describes the adverse effects of both outdoor air pollution and indoor air pollution. Various ambient air pollutants are described as well as their adverse health effects, including acute and chronic respiratory disorders, cardiac disorders, cerebrovascular disease, and cancer. A section deals with National Ambient Air Quality Standards of the Environmental Protection Agency for particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, ozone, oxides of nitrogen, and carbon monoxide. Another section describes exposure assessment. The chapter also describes various measures to control hazardous air pollu
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Lippmann, Morton, and Richard B. Schlesinger. Introduction and Historical Perspective. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190688622.003.0001.

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Literature relevant to chemical contamination, especially to the adverse effects of occupational exposures, extends back to ancient Greece, Middle Age Europe and Japan, and the dawn of the industrial age. For air pollution, the adverse effects of coal burning effluents were recognized in London in the thirteenth century and became acute over 150 years ago. The feasibility of control of drinking water pollution due to communicable diseases agents was not adequately demonstrated until early in the twentieth century. By the middle of the twentieth century, it became apparent that chemical contami
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Lewis, Myles, and Tim Vyse. Genetics of connective tissue diseases. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199642489.003.0042.

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The advent of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has been an exciting breakthrough in our understanding of the genetic aetiology of autoimmune diseases. Substantial overlap has been found in susceptibility genes across multiple diseases, from connective tissue diseases and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to inflammatory bowel disease, coeliac disease, and psoriasis. Major technological advances now permit genotyping of millions of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Group analysis of SNPs by haplotypes, aided by completion of the Hapmap project, has improved our ability to pinpoint causal ge
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Onigu-Otite, Edore C. Fetal Exposure to Tobacco and Cannabis. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199937837.003.0180.

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Tobacco and cannabis are the most commonly used legal and illegal substances among pregnant women in the United States, respectively. About 12% to 25% of women smoke tobacco during pregnancy. Smoking tobacco during pregnancy and maternal exposure to environmental tobacco smoke during pregnancy is associated with a variety of adverse fetal outcomes. About 11% of women of childbearing age reported using cannabis in the preceding month. Fetal exposure to tobacco or cannabis is associated with dysregulation in development and may indicate a higher risk for neurodevelopmental and other psychiatric
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Johansen, Bruce E. The Global Warming Desk Reference. Greenwood, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400657924.

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With global temperatures rising rapidly during the past quarter century, infrared forcing, popularly known as the greenhouse effect, has attracted worldwide concern. This book is a concise, college-level compendium of the research on global warming. It surveys the scientific consensus on the issue, describes recent findings, and also considers the arguments of skeptics who doubt that global warming is a threat. Suggesting that the effects of global warming can be seen in the melting of glaciers and the dying of coral reefs, the work summarizes the potential impact on human health and on plants
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Jacobsen, Dean, and Olivier Dangles. Ecology of High Altitude Waters. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198736868.001.0001.

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This book brings together current knowledge on patterns and processes in the ecology of streams, lakes, and wetlands situated at more than 3000 m above sea level. The alpine headwaters of the large Asian rivers and Lake Titicaca are both well-known and iconic examples. High altitude waters include more than these systems—they are both numerous and cover many habitat types, organisms, and specializations. The book provides an overview of the variety of aquatic ecosystems and habitats, their environmental features, prominent species, and their functional adaptations to the harsh aquatic environm
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Sheppard, Charles, Simon Davy, Graham Pilling, and Nicholas Graham. The Biology of Coral Reefs. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198787341.001.0001.

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Coral reefs represent the most spectacular and diverse marine ecosystem on the planet as well as a critical source of protein and income for many millions of people. Ecologically they are as complex as they are diverse and colourful. However, the combined effects of human activities have led to a rapid decline worldwide in the health of reefs. This timely book provides an integrated overview of the function, physiology, ecology and behaviour of coral reef organisms. Each chapter is enriched with a selection of ‘boxes’ on specific aspects written by internationally recognized experts. As with o
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Armstrong, Fraser, and Katherine Blundell, eds. Energy... beyond oil. Oxford University Press, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199209965.001.0001.

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As the Earth's oil supply runs out, and the effects of climate change threaten nations and their populations, the search for carbon-neutral sources of energy becomes more important and increasingly urgent. This book focuses on solutions to the energy problem, and not just the problem itself. It describes the major energy-generation technologies currently under development, and provides an authoritative summary of the current status of each one. It stresses the need for a balanced portfolio of alternative energy technologies. Certain solutions will be more appropriate than others in particular
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Omstedt, Anders. The Development of Climate Science of the Baltic Sea Region. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.654.

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Dramatic climate changes have occurred in the Baltic Sea region caused by changes in orbital movement in the earth–sun system and the melting of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet. Added to these longer-term changes, changes have occurred at all timescales, caused mainly by variations in large-scale atmospheric pressure systems due to competition between the meandering midlatitude low-pressure systems and high-pressure systems. Here we follow the development of climate science of the Baltic Sea from when observations began in the 18th century to the early 21st century. The question of why the water l
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Lilja, Sven. Climate, History, and Social Change in Sweden and the Baltic Sea Area From About 1700. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.633.

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The growing concern about global warming has turned focus in Sweden and other Baltic countries toward the connection between history and climate. Important steps have been taken in the scientific reconstruction of climatic parables. Historic climate data have been published and analyzed, and various proxy data have been used to reconstruct historic climate curves. The results have revealed an ongoing regional warming from the late 17th to the early 21st century. The development was not continuous, however, but went on in a sequence of warmer and colder phases.Within the fields of history and s
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Cook, Kerry H. Climate Change Scenarios and African Climate Change. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.545.

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Accurate projections of climate change under increasing atmospheric greenhouse gas levels are needed to evaluate the environmental cost of anthropogenic emissions, and to guide mitigation efforts. These projections are nowhere more important than Africa, with its high dependence on rain-fed agriculture and, in many regions, limited resources for adaptation. Climate models provide our best method for climate prediction but there are uncertainties in projections, especially on regional space scale. In Africa, limitations of observational networks add to this uncertainty since a crucial step in i
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Stubbe, Peter. Legal Consequences of the Pollution of Outer Space with Space Debris. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190647926.013.68.

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This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Planetary Science. Please check back later for the full article.Space debris has grown to be a significant problem for outer space activities. The remnants of human activities in space are very diverse; they can be tiny paint flakes, all sorts of fragments, or entirely intact—but otherwise nonfunctional spacecraft and rocket bodies. The amount of debris is increasing at a growing pace, thus raising the risk of collision with operational satellites. Due to the relative high velocities involved in on-orbit collisio
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Frew, Anthony. Air pollution. Edited by Patrick Davey and David Sprigings. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199568741.003.0341.

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Any public debate about air pollution starts with the premise that air pollution cannot be good for you, so we should have less of it. However, it is much more difficult to determine how much is dangerous, and even more difficult to decide how much we are willing to pay for improvements in measured air pollution. Recent UK estimates suggest that fine particulate pollution causes about 6500 deaths per year, although it is not clear how many years of life are lost as a result. Some deaths may just be brought forward by a few days or weeks, while others may be truly premature. Globally, household
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Gleń-Karolczyk, Katarzyna. Zabiegi ochronne kształtujące plonowanie zdrowotność oraz różnorodność mikroorganizmów związanych z czernieniem pierścieniowym korzeni chrzanu (Atmoracia rusticana Gaertn.). Publishing House of the University of Agriculture in Krakow, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.15576/978-83-66602-39-7.

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Horseradish roots, due to the content of many valuable nutrients and substances with healing and pro-health properties, are used more and more in medicine, food industry and cosmetics. In Poland, the cultivation of horseradish is considered minor crops. In addition, its limited size causes horseradish producers to encounter a number of unresolved agrotechnical problems. Infectious diseases developing on the leaves and roots during the long growing season reduce the size and quality of root crops. The small range of protection products intended for use in the cultivation of horseradish generate
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