The book covers all major issues in the field of healthcare hazard control and safety management. It presents information on physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic, and psycho-social hazards in an organized format. In addiction, practical safety checklists, forms, and a bluep…
Avec le XXe siècle se clôt le 2e millénaire mais aussi la Terre, l'astre des vivants. La mondialisation clôt le champ des possibles de l'horizon terrestre : le globe est bouclé par une ronde de satellites qui nous fait heurter l'enveloppe de notre planète. Et par le couplage des…
Essai dénonçant les effets néfastes du téléphone portable d'un point de vue écologique (déchets électroniques), sanitaire (détérioration de la santé), social (technification des rapports sociaux) et psychologique (addiction, autisme social).
Introduction to emergency management
by Lindell, Michael K., Perry, Ronald W., Prater, Carla
fromWiley pathways
This textbook addresses all phases of emergency management in the United States. It covers topics from the social and environmental processes that generate hazards to vulnerability analysis, hazard mitigation, emergency response, and disaster recovery.
Once upon a time, a fellow named Richard Bachamn wrote Blaze on a Olivetti typewriter, then turned the machine over to Stephen King, who used it to write Carrie. Bachman died in 1985 ("cancer of the Pseudonym"), but this last gripping Bachman novel resurfaced after being hidden …
"Warning signs are all around us. In ancient Egypt, tombs were lavishly adorned with signs and symbols warning of the dire consequences that would befall any robbers and thieves. And yet these signs were often read as provocations and challenges. Why was this? And how could we m…
"Warning signs are all around us. In ancient Egypt, tombs were lavishly adorned with signs and symbols warning of the dire consequences that would befall any robbers and thieves. And yet these signs were often read as provocations and challenges. Why was this? And how could we m…
Perceiving and communicating danger -- Representing and interpreting danger -- The Sebeok report -- Verbal warnings -- Pictorial warnings -- Narrative warnings -- Understanding danger. "Warning signs are all around us. In ancient Egypt, tombs were lavishly adorned with signs an…
"Warning signs are all around us. In ancient Egypt, tombs were lavishly adorned with signs and symbols warning of the dire consequences that would befall any robbers and thieves. And yet these signs were often read as provocations and challenges. Why was this? And how could we m…
"Warning signs are all around us. In ancient Egypt, tombs were lavishly adorned with signs and symbols warning of the dire consequences that would befall any robbers and thieves. And yet these signs were often read as provocations and challenges. Why was this? And how could we m…
Background: In Ethiopia, chewing khat is legal and driving while chewing is normal. Although drugged driving is implicitly illegal in the country, it does not appear that this law includes khat. It has been suggested that the government's lax policy towards khat may be due to th…
