The Bends

The Bends
Author: John L. Phillips
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1998
Genre: Compressed air
ISBN:

This book is a wide-ranging history of the wonders compressed air brought about and the suffering its unknown hazards inflicted. John L. Phillips explores the intertwining roles of science, technology, engineering, medicine, and politics in the invention of compressed air, the recognition and identification of decompression sickness, and the hundred-year-long process of learning to understand and treat the bends.

Engineering and Health in Compressed Air Work

Engineering and Health in Compressed Air Work
Author: F.M. Jardine
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 680
Release: 2005-10-27
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1135826080

This book is the record of the conference held in Oxford in 1992 organised by CIRIA, and co-sponsored by the Health and Safety Executive, The British Tunnelling Society and the Medical Research Council's Hyperbaric Sciences Panel. The book consolidates international medical and engineering knowledge and experience on the use of compressed air and hyperbaric techniques, and looks to how they can be safely used in the future.

Advances in Spatio-Temporal Analysis

Advances in Spatio-Temporal Analysis
Author: Xinming Tang
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1998
Release: 2007-08-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0415408075

Developments in Geographic Information Technology have raised the expectations of users. A static map is no longer enough; there is now demand for a dynamic representation. Time is of great importance when operating on real world geographical phenomena, especially when these are dynamic. Researchers in the field of Temporal Geographical Information Systems (TGIS) have been developing methods of incorporating time into geographical information systems. Spatio-temporal analysis embodies spatial modelling, spatio-temporal modelling and spatial reasoning and data mining. Advances in Spatio-Temporal Analysis contributes to the field of spatio-temporal analysis, presenting innovative ideas and examples that reflect current progress and achievements.

Underground Space - The 4th Dimension of Metropolises, Three Volume Set +CD-ROM

Underground Space - The 4th Dimension of Metropolises, Three Volume Set +CD-ROM
Author: Jiri Bartak
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1992
Release: 2007-05-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0415889677

The so-called fourth dimension of a metropolis is the underground space beneath a city which typically includes structures such as tunnels, which facilitate transport and provide gas, water and other supplies. Underground space may also be utilised for living, working and recreational facilities and industrial storage. These volumes focus on underg

Hunter's Diseases of Occupations

Hunter's Diseases of Occupations
Author: Peter Baxter
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1318
Release: 2010-10-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1444128434

Winner of the 2011 BMA book awards: medicine categoryIn the five decades since its first publication, Hunter's Diseases of Occupations has remained the pre-eminent text on diseases caused by work, universally recognized as the most authoritative source of information in the field. It is an important guide for doctors in all disciplines who may