Note: Fertility & -- Infertility For Dummies -- About the Authors -- Dedication -- Authors' Acknowledgements -- Contents at a Glance -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- How This Book Is Organised -- Icons Used in This Book -- Part I: Making Babies as Nature Intended -- Chapter 1: In the Beginning -- Making Babies: An Inefficient Process at Best -- How Aging Affects Fertility -- Things to Think About Before You Conceive -- Timing Your Baby: The Big Picture -- Understanding the Long-Term Effects of Birth Control -- Gene Genie: Looking at the Family Tree -- Getting Pregnant: Was It Easier for Grandma? -- Chapter 2: Taking Baby Steps -- Biology for Baby Makers: Reviewing Male and Female Anatomy -- Putting Male and Female Parts Together: Having Sex (At the Right Time) -- Conceiving a Baby: How Sex Should Work -- Making Sure That You're Healthy - Before Conception -- Behaving Yourself When Trying to Conceive -- Finding Information -- Part II: Planning a Pregnancy -- Chapter 3: We're Trying! We're Trying! (to Get Pregnant) -- Predicting Ovulation: Kits, Sticks, and Software -- Practice Makes Perfect -- Positive Thinking - Home Pregnancy Tests -- Coping with That Time of the Month Again: The Pain of Not Getting Pregnant -- Looking at Your Lifestyle -- Eating for Two? Sampling a Fertility Diet -- Looking at Supplements - Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs, and More -- Turning to Complementary Therapies -- Chapter 4: You, Your Fertility, and Your GP -- Deciding When the Time is Right to See Dr G Practitioner -- Thinking About FAQs for Your First Visit -- Carrying Out Tests on Your First Visit -- Choosing Over-the-counter Remedies: Placeboes or Simple Solutions? -- Chapter 5: Great Expectations . . . But: Early Pregnancy Loss -- Getting 'a Little Bit' Pregnant - It's Possible -- Suffering a Miscarriage. , Ectopic Pregnancy: When the Embryo Is Developing in the Wrong Place -- Picking Yourself Up after a Loss -- Part III: Tests and Investigations -- Chapter 6: Moving on Up: Seeing a Specialist -- Seeking Dr Specialist -- Working with Dr Specialist -- Facing the Stranger in Your Sex Life -- Understanding What Dr Specialist Says -- Chapter 7: Finding the Female Problem: Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3 -- Cataloguing the Common Tests: ABCD HSG -- Understanding Female Infertility Problems -- Reversing Sterilisation -- Understanding Diseases That Affect Fertility -- Chapter 8: It's a Man Thing: When Tests Reveal Sperm Problems -- Sounding Out Semen Analysis -- Interpreting Your Partner's Test Results -- Reversing a Vasectomy -- Overcoming Cancer and Male Fertility: The News Is Cautiously Optimistic -- Part IV: Eureka! Possible Solutions -- Chapter 9: Doing Your Homework: Researching Fertility Clinics and Funding Treatment -- Dealing with First Reactions -- Researching Fertility Clinics -- Footing the Bill: Who Will Pay? -- Chapter 10: All The 'I's: Introducing IUI, IVF, and ICSI -- Doing the Groundwork -- Deciding How Much Treatment You Need -- Discovering IUI, IVF, and ICSI - the Basics -- Deciding How Long to Keep Trying -- Thinking Ahead: Health Effects of Fertility Treatment -- Chapter 11: Giving Mother Nature a Helping Hand: Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) -- Deciding How Much Treatment You Need -- Treating Luteal Phase Defects -- Acquiring Help through AI -- Moving Up to Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation -- Boosting Progesterone -- Chapter 12: Making Test-Tube Babies: IVF -- Starting an IVF Cycle: A Roller Coaster Ride of Emotions -- Taking a Shot in the Dark: Time for hCG -- Going for the Gold: The Egg Retrieval -- Doing His Duty: Your Partner Is Busy, Too -- Answering Common Egg Retrieval Questions -- Chapter 13: ICSI: It Only Takes One Good Sperm!. , Understanding How ICSI Works -- Knowing Who Can Benefit from ICSI -- Recognising a Good Sperm When You See One -- Thinking Ahead: Things to Know about ICSI -- Chapter 14: 'Babies on Ice': Egg Freezing and Fertility Treatment -- Freezing Eggs: Coming In from the Cold -- Reaping the Benefits of Egg Freezing -- Completing the Job: Thawing, Fertilisation, and Transfer -- Creating a Storm in a Test Tube - The Controversy over Freezing Eggs -- Chapter 15: Giving, Receiving, and Sharing: Egg Donor Treatments -- Using Donor Eggs: The Whys and Wherefores -- Finding an Egg Donor -- Taking Steps to Egg Donation -- Getting Support -- Chapter 16: Creating an Embryo: Amazing Teamwork in the Lab -- Recognising a Good Egg -- Sorting Suitable Sperm -- IVF: Making an Embryo 'in Glass' -- Taking the Call from Embryology -- Grading an Embryo -- Looking at Your Uterine Lining -- Hatching Embryos - Come on Out, Guys -- Blast Off! Considering a Blastocyst Transfer -- 'One Embryo or Two?' -- Transferring Your Embryo -- Keeping Your Feet and Your Spirits Up after the Transfer -- Do's and Don'ts for the Two-Week Wait -- Part V: Post-First Cycle: How You May Feel and What You Can Do -- Chapter 17: Waiting and Hoping: Surviving the Two-Week Wait after Embryo Transfer -- Technically, You're Pregnant - Waiting for the Proof -- Sensing Every Little Twinge: The Truth about Pregnancy Symptoms -- Preparing for 'But What If?' - Having a Plan B -- Saying 'No' to Home Pregnancy Tests -- Responding to Positive News -- Considering the Next Step If IVF Doesn't Work -- Chapter 18: What's in Your Freezer? Frozen Embryo Transfers -- Facing a Few Facts about Frozen Embryos -- Discovering Why Embryos Are Frozen -- Understanding the Process of Cryopreservation -- Dealing with the Ethical Issues of Embryo Freezing -- Chapter 19: If at First You Don't Succeed: Trying IVF More than Once. , Calculating the Odds: Success Rates per IVF Cycle -- Going Back for Seconds? Considering Your Options -- I'm Okay, You're Okay - Checking On the State of Your Union -- Exploring Some Controversial Fertility Treatments -- Gearing Up for More Cycles -- Giving Up on Fertility Treatments? Considering When to Let Go -- Part VI: Different Strokes for Different Folks: Options for Non-Traditional Families -- Chapter 20: Third-Party Reproduction: You and You and Me and Baby Make . . . Four! -- Preparing Yourselves for Using a Donor -- Borrowing from the Sperm Bank -- Using Donor Eggs -- Receiving Donor Embryos - Embryo Adoption -- Surrogacy: Borrowing a Uterus for Nine Months -- Traditional Surrogacy - The Road Less Travelled -- Telling the Family or Keeping It to Yourself -- Chapter 21: Safe Options for Same-Sex Couples and Single Mums -- Examining the Issues That You May Face as a Same-Sex Couple -- Adoption in the Gay and Lesbian Community -- Going It Alone: Fertility Issues for the Single Parent -- Chapter 22: Ready-Made Families and Other Choices -- Opting to Adopt -- Trying Out Foster Parenting First -- Deciding to Live Child Free -- Working with Children -- Chapter 23: New Advances and Ethical Dilemmas -- Looking Down the Road: Long-Term Health Effects of Fertility Medication -- Selecting the Sex: When You Absolutely, Positively, Want a Boy Or a Girl -- Selective Reduction: Making the Hardest Choice -- Dividing Up the Leftover Embryos -- Putting Old Genes into New Skins: Cytoplasmic Transfer -- Posthumous Conception: Legal and Ethical Issues -- Cloning and Human Concerns -- Saving Stem Cells for Research -- 'Welfare of the Child': Asking Clinics to Decide Who's Fit to Parent -- Making Mistakes in the Lab: When Saying You're Sorry Isn't Enough -- Where Is All This Leading? New Fertility Frontiers -- Part VII: The Part of Tens. , Chapter 24: Ten Tips to Get You Through Treatment (and Keep You Sane!) -- Give Yourself Time -- Don't Panic -- Remember You're Not Alone -- Don't Blame Yourself -- Listen to Friends - Occasionally -- Don't Delay Treatment -- Don't Freak about the Financing -- Don't Get Needled about Needles -- Share Your Treatment Experience -- Coming to Terms with No Success -- Chapter 25: Ten (Okay, Seven) Groups of Fertility Medications and Where to Find Them -- Gonadotrophins -- GnRH Agonists -- GnRH Antagonists -- hCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin) Intramuscular -- hCG Subcutaneous Recombinant -- Progesterone -- Clomiphene Citrate -- Locating What You Need -- Index.

Note: Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Part A: Assessing and managing priorities -- 1 Introduction -- 1|1 The need for guidance on assessing priorities for risk management -- 1|2 Objective -- 1|3 Background -- 1|4 Administrative and policy context -- 1|5 How to use this publication -- 1|6 References -- 2 General principles and basis for prioritizing chemicals -- 2|1 Principles for assigning priorities for risk management -- 2|2 Setting priorities with limited information -- 2|3 Factors affecting chemical concentrations along pathways -- 2|4 Frequent priorities for risk management -- 2|5 References -- 3 Developing and implementing risk management strategies -- 3|1 Identifying priority chemicals in a drinking-water supply -- 3|2 Drinking-water standards and guidelines -- 3|3 Overview of management procedures -- 3|4 References -- Part B: Identifying specific chemicals -- 4 Naturally occurring chemicals -- 4|1 General -- 4|2 Environmental factors affecting inorganic constituents in water -- 4|3 Data sources -- 4|4 Indicator parameters and simple tests -- 4|5 Guidance on identifying relevant chemicals -- 4|6 References -- 5 Chemicals from agricultural activities -- 5|1 Introduction -- 5|2 Data sources -- 5|3 Use of human excrement, animal manure, inorganic fertilizer and biosolids -- 5|4 Intensive animal practices -- 5|5 Use of pesticides -- 5|6 Irrigation and drainage -- 5|7 References -- 6 Chemicals from human settlements -- 6|1 Introduction -- 6|2 Data sources -- 6|3 Sewage systems and on-site sanitation -- 6|4 Waste disposal -- 6|5 Urban runoff -- 6|6 Fuel storage sites -- 6|7 Chlorinated solvents -- 6|8 Public health and vector control -- 6|9 References -- 7 Chemicals from industrial activities -- 7|1 Introduction -- 7|2 Data sources -- 7|3 Extractive industries. , 7|4 Manufacturing and processing industries -- 7|5 Reference -- 8 Chemicals from water treatment and distribution -- 8|1 Introduction -- 8|2 Chemicals used in treatment -- 8|3 Other chemicals and materials used in water treatment -- 8|4 Distribution systems -- 8|5 References -- Part C: Appendices -- Appendix 1: Potential sources and uses of chemicals considered in the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality -- Appendix 2: Chemicals potentially discharged through effluents from industrial sources -- Appendix 3: Association of pesticides with crops and crop types -- Appendix 4: Practical comments on selected parameters -- Index.

Note: Preliminary -- IHY Overview -- Leadership, Coordination & -- International Programs -- Science: Universal Heliophysical Processes and Coordinated Investigation Programmes (CIPs) -- IHY/UNBSS Observatory Development Program -- Education and Public Outreach -- IGY Gold History initiative -- IHY National and Regional Committee Reports -- Back matter.

Note: Intro -- Introduction -- 1 Amiidae -- Bowfin -- 2 Clupeidae Herrings -- Hickory Shad -- American Shad -- 3 Salmonidae Salmon, Trout, and Their Relatives -- Lake Whitefish -- Round Whitefish -- Mountain Whitefish -- Inconnu -- Golden Trout -- Apache Trout -- Cutthroat Trout -- Snake River Cutthroat Trout -- Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout -- Coastal Cutthroat Trout -- Lahontan Cutthroat Trout -- Westslope Cutthroat Trout -- Cutbow -- Mexican Golden Trout -- Gila Trout -- Pink Salmon -- Chum Salmon -- Coho Salmon -- Rainbow Trout -- Steelhead -- Sockeye Salmon and Kokanee (Landlocked Sockeye) -- Chinook Salmon -- Atlantic Salmon (Sea-run) -- Landlocked Atlantic Salmon -- Brown Trout -- Arctic Char -- Sunapee (Golden) Trout -- Quebec Red Trout -- Blueback Trout -- Bull Trout -- Brook Trout -- Dolly Varden -- Lake Trout -- Splake -- Arctic Grayling -- 4 Esocidae Pikes -- Redfin Pickerel -- Grass Pickerel -- Northern Pike -- Muskellunge -- Tiger Muskellunge -- Chain Pickerel -- 5 Cyprinidae Minnows -- Grass Carp (White amur) -- Common Carp -- Northern Squawfish -- Fallfish -- 6 Catostomidae Suckers -- White Sucker -- Smallmouth Buffalo -- Bigmouth Buffalo -- River Redhorse -- Golden Redhorse -- 7 Ictaluridae Catfishes -- Black Bullhead -- Yellow Bullhead -- Brown Bullhead -- Blue Catfish -- Channel Catfish -- Flathead Catfish -- 8 Percichthyidae The Temperate Basses -- White Perch -- White Bass -- Yellow Bass -- Striped Bass -- Wiper or Whiterock Bass -- 9 Centrarchidae Sunfish -- Rock Bass -- Flier -- Redbreast Sunfish -- Green Sunfish -- Pumpkinseed -- Warmouth -- Orangespotted Sunfish -- Bluegill -- Longear Sunfish -- Redear Sunfish -- Spotted Sunfish -- Redeye Bass -- Smallmouth Bass -- Spotted Bass -- Northern Largemouth Bass -- Florida Largemouth Bass -- Guadalupe Bass -- White Crappie -- Black Crappie -- 10 Percidae Perches -- Yellow Perch. , Sauger -- Walleye -- 11 Sciaenidae Drums and Croakers -- Freshwater Drum -- Glossary.

Note: Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 The Impact of Giardia on Science and Society -- 2 Cryptosporidium in Cattle: From Observing to Understanding -- TAXONOMY, NOMENCLATURE AND EVOLUTION -- 3 Names Do Matter -- 4 Centenary of the Genus Cryptosporidium: From Morphological to Molecular Species Identification -- MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND TYPING -- 5 Molecular Epidemiology of Human Cryptosporidiosis in Developing Countries -- 6 Molecular Epidemiology and Typing of Non-human Isolates of Cryptosporidium -- 7 Insights Into the Molecular Detection of Giardia duodenalis: Implications for Epidemiology -- ZOONOTIC, HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH ISSUES -- 8 Wildlife with Giardia: Villain, or Victim and Vector? -- 9 The Role of Livestock in the Foodborne Transmission of Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. to Humans -- 10 The Risk of Zoonotic Genotypes of Cryptosporidium spp. in Watersheds -- CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY -- 11 Clinical Presentation in Cryptosporidium-infected Patients -- 12 Molecular Epidemiology of Cryptosporidium and Giardia Infections -- ADVANCES IN DIAGNOSIS -- 13 Advances in Diagnosis: is Microscopy Still the Benchmark? -- TREATMENT OF DRINKING WATER -- 14 Control of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Surface Water by Disinfection -- 15 Towards Methods for Detecting UV-induced Damage in Individual Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis Oocysts by Immunofluorescence Microscopy -- CONTROL IN WATER -- 16 Effect of Environmental and Conventional Water Treatment Processes on Waterborne Cryptosporidium Oocysts -- 17 Methods for Genotyping and Subgenotyping Cryptosporidium spp. Oocysts Isolated During Water and Food Monitoring -- 18 Intervention in Waterborne Disease -- OTHER WATERBORNE PROTOZOA -- 19 Occurrence and Control of Naegleria fowleri in Drinking Water Wells. , 20 Environmental Factors Influencing the Survival of Cyclospora cayetanensis -- BASIC BIOLOGY -- 21 Recent Advances in the Developmental Biology and Life Cycle of Cryptosporidium -- 22 Basic Biology of Giardia lamblia: Further Studies on Median Body and Funis -- 23 Giardia intestinalis: a Microaerophilic Parasite with Mitochondrial Ancestry -- METABOLOMICS AND TRANSCRIPTOME -- 24 Cytoskeleton-based Lipid Transport in a Parasitic Protozoan, Giardia lamblia -- 25 Signalling During Giardia Differentiation -- GENOMICS -- 26 Preliminary Analysis of the Cryptosporidium muris Genome -- PROTEOMICS -- 27 Proteomic Analyses in Giardia -- 28 Proteomic and Genomic Approaches to Understanding the 'Power Plant' of Cryptosporidium -- BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY -- 29 Energy Metabolism and Carbon Flow in Cryptosporidium parvum -- 30 The Surface Protein Repertoires of Cryptosporidium spp. and Other Apicomplexans -- 31 Giardan: Structure, Synthesis, Regulation and Inhibition -- CELL BIOLOGY AND SIGNALLING -- 32 Protein Kinase C in Giardia duodenalis: a Family Affair -- 33 Secretory Granule Biogenesis and the Organization of Membrane Compartments via SNARE Proteins in Giardia lamblia -- 34 Molecular Mechanisms of Cryptosporidium-induced Host Actin Cytoskeleton Dynamics -- PATHOGENESIS AND HOST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIP -- 35 Pathogenic Mechanisms in Giardiasis and Cryptosporidiosis -- 36 Interferon-gamma (IFN-& -- #947 -- ) in Immunological Control of Cryptosporidial Infection -- 37 Immune Response to Giardia Infection: Lessons from Animal Models -- DRUG TREATMENT AND NOVEL DRUG TARGETS -- 38 Drug Treatment and Novel Drug Targets Against Giardia and Cryptosporidium -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Note: Front Cover -- Models for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- List of Reviewers -- Chapter 1: General Principles for Developing Landscape Models for Wildlife Conservation -- Uses of Models -- Philosophy of Modeling -- Avoiding Unreliable Models -- Models and Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) -- Addressing Uncertainty in Models -- Viability As a General Management Metric -- Visualization -- Summary -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 2: Application of Population Viability Analysis to Landscape Conservation Planning -- Methods of Modeling Population Viability -- When Should PVA Models Be Used and Which One(S)? -- Using PVA to Inform Large-Scale Landscape Planning, Management, and Policy Decisions -- Summary -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 3: Multispecies Conservation Planning on U.S. Federal Lands -- The Challenge of Multispecies Conservation Planning -- Broad Strategies for Multispecies Conservation Planning -- Recent Advances in Multispecies Conservation Planning -- A Sample Strategy for Multispecies Conservation -- Recommendations -- Application to Federal Public Lands -- Summary -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 4: Geographic Approaches to Biodiversity Conservation: Implications of Scale and Error to Landscape Planning -- Geographic Approaches to Biodiversity Conservation -- Consideration of Scale In Conservation Planning: Do Broad Brushes Cover A Gnat's Assets? -- Error and Uncertainty: The Diviner's Lament -- Future Research Needs -- Summary -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 5: Social and Economic Considerations for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes -- People-Wildlife Interactions and Trends -- Cost-Effective Wildlife Conservation -- Future Directions -- Summary -- Literature Cited. , Chapter 6: Landscape Considerations for Conservation Planning on Private Lands -- Challenges to Private Land Planning for Conservation -- Solutions to Increase Effectiveness of Conservation Planning -- Modeling of Private Lands -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 7: A Multiscale, Stepwise Approximation Approach for Wildlife Conservation Assessment and Planning -- Stepwise Approximation Strategy -- Applications to Planning -- Future Direction -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 8: An Emerging Agency-Based Approach to Conserving Populations Through Strategic Habitat Conservation -- An Overview of SHC -- SHC Technical Elements -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Literature Cited -- Appendix A -- Chapter 9: A Review of Methods for Quantifying Wildlife Habitat in Large Landscapes -- Complexity Gradient -- Additional Considerations -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 10: Wildlife Habitat-Relationships Models: Description and Evaluation of Existing Frameworks -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Future Directions -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 11: Lessons Learned from Using GIS to Model Landscape-Level Wildlife Habitat -- Analysis Structure -- Data Abundance -- Vegetation Change Analyses -- Classification Systems -- Spatial and Temporal Scale Issues -- Technological Considerations -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 12: A Review of LANDIS and Other Forest Landscape Models for Integration with Wildlife Models -- Forest Landscape Models and Their Potentials in Wildlife Modeling -- The LANDIS Model -- Advantages and Limitations -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 13: Simulating Landscape Change Using the Landscape Management System. , Geographic Area of Study and Application -- Landscape Management System: Application Methods and Results -- Decision Analysis System: Application Methods and Results -- Comparison of LMS with Other Forest Planning Models -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 14: Development and Application of Habitat Suitability Models to Large Landscapes -- HSI Models -- Model Development -- Input Data Layers -- HSI Equations -- LANDSCAPE HSImodels SOFTWARE -- Hoosier National Forest Case Study -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 15: Modeling Understory Vegetation and Its Response to Fire -- Understory Modeling Paradigms -- Empirical Models -- Ecosystem Dynamics Models -- Qualitative Modeling -- Can we Build the Ideal Understory Model? -- Predicting Understory Characteristics of Large Landscapes -- Fire and Understory Models -- Future Directions -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 16: Validation of Landscape-Scale Decision Support Models That Predict Vegetation and Wildlife Dynamics -- General Concepts and Terminology -- Three Elements of Model Evaluation -- Evaluation of Forest Vegetation Models -- Future Directions -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 17: Methods for Determining Viability of Wildlife Populations in Large Landscapes -- Relationship of PVA to Other Methods -- Issues for Large-Scale PVA Applications -- Types of Models and Examples of Their Applications -- Future Directions -- Summary -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 18: Dynamic Landscape Metapopulation Models and Sustainable Forest Management -- Indicator Species -- Constructing and Interpreting DLMP Models for Indicator Species -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 19: Habitat Networks for Terrestrial Wildlife: Concepts and Case Studies. , Concepts of Habitat Networks -- Case Studies -- Policy and Management Implications -- Future Directions -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 20: Landscape-Level Planning for Conservation of Wetland Birds in the U.S. Prairie Pothole Region -- The Prairie Pothole Region -- Conservation Efforts -- Approach to Conservation Planning -- Modeling Species Abundance and Distribution -- Future Directions -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 21: Plum Creek's Central Cascades Habitat Conservation Plan and Modeling for the Northern Spotted Owl -- The Habitat Conservation Plan Process -- Cascades Habitat Conservation Plan -- Habitat Conservation Plan Modeling -- Adaptive Management and Monitoring -- Policy and Management Implications -- Future Directions -- Summary -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 22: Application of Models to Conservation Planning for Terrestrial Birds in North America -- Bird Conservation Initiatives -- GIS-Based Habitat Assessment and Landscape Characterization -- Approaches to Linking Bird Distribution and Abundance with Habitat Assessments At the Bcr Scale -- Discussion -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 23: Modeling Bird Responses to Predicted Changes in Land Cover in an Urbanizing Region -- Methods -- Results -- Future Directions -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Literature Cited -- Chapter 24: A Decision Framework for Choosing Models in Large-Scale Wildlife Conservation Planning -- Single Species Versus Multiple Species -- Coarse Filter Versus Fine Filter -- Species Representation Versus Diversity -- Habitat, Abundance, or Viability -- Proceed with Existing Data or Collect New Data -- Qualitative or Conceptual Versus Statistical Models -- Stationary Versus Dynamic -- Optimization Versus Choosing from Alternatives -- Case Studies -- Other Issues -- Summary. , Literature Cited -- Index -- Color Plate.

Note: Front Cover -- Praise for 50 Simple Ways to Live a Longer Life -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Envision a Long Life -- 2. Stay Hungry -- 3. Skip a Meal -- 4. Walk Through a Long Life -- 5. Defy the Stereotypes -- 6. Supplement Smartly -- 7. Rediscover Aspirin -- 8. Build Strong Bones -- 9. Stay Connected -- 10. Lend a Hand -- 11. Take Time for Tea -- 12. Shed Your Stress -- 13. Get Physical -- 14. Join the Resistance -- 15. Keep Your Arteries Clean -- 16. Halt Hypertension -- 17. Dodge Diabetes -- 18. Prevent Colon Cancer -- 19. Protect Your Prostate -- 20. Rise and Dine -- 21. Gain the Upper Hand on Breast Cancer -- 22. Detect Breast Cancer Early -- 23. Stay Young with Strong Legs -- 24. Find Your Place in the Sun -- 25. Fight Back with Folic Acid -- 26. Eat Like a Caveman -- 27. Forage for Fruits -- 28. Get into Grains -- 29. Rough It -- 30. Choose Your Fish Carefully -- 31. Avoid Alzheimer's -- 32. Toast to Your Health -- 33. Watch Your Back -- 34. Eat Less Meat -- 35. Win the Weight War -- 36. Downsize Your Plate -- 37. Rest Your Weary Soul -- 38. Keep the Faith -- 39. Live with Purpose -- 40. Get the Right Touch -- 41. Heed Your Homocysteine -- 42. Just Say "Om" -- 43. Visit Mother Nature -- 44. Win an Oscar -- 45. Look on the Bright Side -- 46. Choose Your Fats Wisely -- 47. Mine for Minerals -- 48. Get Out of the Hospital Alive -- 49. Don't Become a Statistic -- 50. Don't Dwell on Genes -- Bibliography -- About the Authors -- Back Cover.

Note: Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Frontispiece -- Copyright -- Foreword -- COME ON-A MY HOUSE -- Relinquish Control for Stress-free Bird Feeding -- Turn Your Backyard into a Wildlife Sanctuary -- Open a Restaurant: A Maître d' for the Birds -- DRESSING THE PART -- Clean Your Optics: The Unbearable Brightness of Seeing -- Bigger Is Not Better -- Choose Your Wardrobe Wisely: Good Birders Don't Wear White -- Question Authority: Good Birders Sometimes Wear White -- IDENTIFY, THEN TESTIFY -- Avoid False Starts -- Take Field Notes -- Follow These Rules to See a Mangrove Cuckoo -- Surrender! (Or at Least Wave a White Flag) -- Bird by Impression -- COME FLY WITH ME -- Choose a Birding Tour Carefully -- Hug Your Tour Leader -- Think Like a Migrating Bird -- Don't Be Afraid of Two-thirds of the Planet: Pelagic Birding -- THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED -- Try the Canadian Great Plains in Winter -- Go Birding at Night: The Final Frontier -- LIST LUST -- Birder or Bird Watcher? You Decide -- Linger Even After You've Listed a Bird -- Shift Your Focus from Birding to Birds -- CHEER-UP, CHEERILY -- Don't Forget to Listen -- Go Beyond Identifying Birds to Identifying with Them -- Don't Play with Firecrackers: Where Have All the Birdsongs Gone? -- Become a Pod Person: The iBirder -- Shush and Pish -- MIND YOUR MANNERS -- Oh, Behave! -- Heed Birding's Traditions and Taboos -- Play Fair When Sharing a Scope -- FEATHER FORECASTING -- Go Birding in Bad Weather -- Learn about Distribution and Weather -- Use a Storm to Your Advantage -- BUILDING A NEST EGG -- Be a Proactive Conservationist -- Make a Difference for Birds -- Write It Down: Making a Calendar -- CAPTURING THE MOMENT -- Learn from Your Mistakes: How Not to Hide from Birds -- Go Digital for Bird Photography -- Dump the Gear -- Learn by Drawing -- THE JOY OF BIRDING -- Practice Seeing -- Don't Forget the Peripherals. , If You're Sure of Yourself, Stand Your Ground: Between a Rock and an Owl -- Share Your Passion: Born-Again Birder -- Let Birds Help You Escape to Paradise -- Slow Down and See More Birds: The Rule of Sandwiches -- LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! -- Go Birding with Kids -- Introduce Children to Birds -- DEVELOPING A BIRD BRAIN -- Work at Becoming a Good Birder (Maybe Even a Great One) -- Cultivate Good Birding Practices -- Recognize True Greatness -- Index -- Coming Soon: GOOD BIRDERS STILL DON'T WEAR WHITE -- About the Editor -- Connect with HMH.

Note: Intro -- Analytical Methods for Drinking Water Advances in Sampling and Analysis -- Contents -- Series Preface -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- 1 Drinking Water Regulations -- 1.1 EU Directive on Drinking Water - Past, Present and Future -- 1.1.1 EU Water Legislation -- 1.1.2 The Drinking Water Directives - Revision Processes -- 1.1.3 Main Aspects of the Drinking Water Directives -- 1.1.4 Revision of the DWD and WHO Guidelines -- 1.1.5 Conclusions -- 1.2 Drinking Water Regulations in the United States -- 1.2.1 Introduction -- 1.2.2 History of the Safe Drinking Water Act -- 1.2.3 Development of Regulations -- 1.2.4 Highlights of the Safe Drinking Water Act -- 1.2.5 Implementation of Regulations -- 1.2.6 Conclusions -- 1.3 Standardization -- 1.3.1 Introduction -- 1.3.2 Requirements to be met by Laboratories and Analytical Methods -- 1.3.3 Standardization in CEN TC 230 Water Analysis and ISO TC 147 Water Quality -- 1.3.4 Development of Standards in ISO/TC 147 -- 1.3.5 Special Standards Development Procedures -- 1.3.6 Drafting of Standards -- 1.3.7 EU Requirements for Standard Methods -- References -- 2 Bromate Determination -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Ion Chromatographic Methods -- 2.2.1 Identification and Removal of the Main Interferences -- 2.2.2 Sample Pre-treatment Automation -- 2.3 Alternative Laboratory Methods -- 2.3.1 Ion Chromatography / ICP-MS -- 2.3.2 Ion Chromatography Spectrophotometry Detection -- 2.3.3 Ion Pair Chromatography - Fluorescence Detection -- 2.3.4 Flow Injection - ICP-MS -- 2.4 Field-based Methods -- 2.4.1 Spectrophotometric Method with Methylene Blue -- 2.4.2 Flow Injection - Spectrophotometric Detection -- 2.5 Stability of Bromate -- 2.5.1 Effect of Water Matrix on Bromate Stability -- 2.5.2 Stability of Bromate Species Immobilized on Alumina Microcolumns -- 2.6 Interlaboratory Excercise for Bromate Determination. , 2.7 Toxicity, Occurrence and Current Status of Bromate in Drinking Waters -- References -- 3 Lead Monitoring -- 3.1 Factors Determining the Lead Concentration in Drinking Water -- 3.1.1 Sources of Lead in Drinking Water -- 3.1.2 Factors Determining the Lead Concentration in Drinking Water -- 3.2 Sampling of Lead in Drinking Water -- 3.2.1 Available Sampling Procedures -- 3.2.2 Definition of a 'Representative Sample' -- 3.2.3 Representative Sampling at an Individual Consumer's Tap -- 3.2.4 Lead Analyses in Tap Water -- 3.3 Comparison of Sampling Procedures in the Field -- 3.3.1 European Study -- 3.3.2 Applied Sampling Procedures -- 3.3.3 Characteristics of Test Areas -- 3.3.4 Applied Test Procedures -- 3.3.5 Performance Criteria of Sampling Protocols -- 3.3.6 Representativeness of the Tested Protocols -- 3.3.7 Reproducibility of the Tested Protocols -- 3.3.8 Costs, Practicality and Consumer Acceptance -- 3.3.9 Final Evaluation of Sampling Procedures -- 3.3.10 Experience with the Monitoring Protocol in France -- 3.4 Fit for Purpose Lead Monitoring Protocols -- 3.4.1 The Requirements for Sampling and Monitoring Lead in Accordance with the DWD 98/83/EC -- 3.4.2 Sampling and Monitoring Strategy -- 3.4.3 Lead Monitoring Purposes -- 3.5 Lead Levels in Drinking Water in Tap Water -- 3.5.1 Overview of Lead Levels in Test Areas -- 3.5.2 Effect of Water Composition -- 3.5.3 Effect of Plumbing Materials -- 3.5.4 Water Consumption -- References -- 4 Materials in Contact with Drinking Water -- 4.1 Parameters Used for the Control of Materials Effects -- 4.1.1 Organoleptic Assessments -- 4.1.2 General Hygiene Assessments -- 4.1.3 Substances that Pose a Risk to Health -- 4.1.4 Enhancement of Microbial Growth -- 4.2 Test Procedure for Metallic Materials -- 4.2.1 Introduction -- 4.2.2 Metallic Materials -- 4.2.3 Experiments within Conormative Research. , 4.2.4 Discussion -- 4.2.5 Conclusions -- 4.3 Test Procedure for Cementitious Materials -- 4.3.1 Introduction -- 4.3.2 Technical Background -- 4.3.3 Effect of Preconditioning and Migration Water -- 4.3.4 Reproducibility Tests -- 4.3.5 Effect of Preconditioning at Different Ageing Times -- 4.3.6 Conclusions -- References and Bibliography -- Index.