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Work, so fundamental to well-being, has its darker and more costly side. Work can adversely affect our health, well beyond the usual counts of injuries that we think of as 'occupational health'. The ways in which work is organized - its pace and intensity, degree of control over the work process, sense of justice, and employment security, among other things - can be as toxic to the health of workers as the chemicals in the air. These work characteristics can be detrimental not only to mental well-being but to physical health. Scientists refer to these features of work as 'hazards' of the 'psychosocial' work environment. One key pathway from the work environment to illness is through the mechanism of stress; thus we speak of 'stressors' in the work environment, or 'work stress'. This is in contrast to the popular psychological understandings of 'stress', which locate many of the problems with the individual rather than the environment. In this book we advance a social environmental understanding of the workplace and health. The book addresses this topic in three parts: the important changes taking place in the world of work in the context of the global economy (Part I); scientific findings on the effects of particular forms of work organization and work stressors on employees' health, 'unhealthy work' as a major public health problem, and estimates of costs to employers and society (Part II); and, case studies and various approaches to improve working conditions, prevent disease, and improve health (Part III). ... Read more

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Recent outbreaks of disease in domestic animals, humans and wildlife illustrate the relative importance of infectious diseases and the vulnerability of susceptible animals. Why do such diseases emerge? What are the factors that lead to dramatic epidemics? How can we apply our knowledge to improve the methods of control? These are just some of the questions addressed in this book, which seeks to develop and apply an ecological approach to an understanding of epidemiology in wild animal populations. The development of mathematical models in the dynamics of infectious diseases is a field that has seen rapid growth over the last decade. There is now a need to challenge these models with the data and to bring vets and field workers closer to the disease issues. This book was conceived to identify the exciting questions and set the future research agenda. 50 of the most active workers met in Trento, northern Italy, to brainstorm the issues, and from this the editors have moulded a synthesis that captures the excitement and importance of this expanding field. ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.
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British Library

T147274

Half-title: 'A dialogue between the Rev. Mr. Jenkin Evans and Mr. Peter Dobson, concerning Bishops.'.

London : printed for M. Cooper, 1744. [4],64p. ; 8° ... Read more

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Star of the Sydney food scene, Ross Dobson, has long championed farmers’ markets, eating food when it is seasonally available, and using simple cooking techniques to showcase good produce at its best. In this book, he turns his attention to creating meals from wholefoods, using nutritious legumes and grains as the basis of the recipes. Great

• Mouth-watering photography by Peter Cassidy. ... Read more

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Eight eerie stories of Witchcraft by today's Acknowledged Masters in the field of Sorcery and Science Fiction: Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, John Brunner, Fritz Leiber, Richard Matheson, Keith Roberts, Theodore Sturgeon and A E Van Vogt. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Philip Sparke, Henry Geehl, Edward Manukyan, Joseph Horovitz, Kenneth Alford, Simon Dobson, Gordon Langford, Peter Graham, Philip Wilby, Elgar Howarth, Dean Goffin, Derek Bourgeois, William Rimmer, Brenton Broadstock, Paul Lovatt-Cooper, Martin Ellerby, Goff Richards, John Golland, John Hartmann. Excerpt:Brenton Broadstock (born Melbourne , 1952) is an Australian composer . Broadstock studied composition with Peter Sculthorpe at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music , and after numerous awards became part of the composition staff at the University of Melbourne . Broadstock has been well known in the Australian composition scene ever since the premiere of his Tuba Concerto early in his career. He has written five symphonies (which the Krasnoyark Academic Orchestra have recorded). His first symphony was written as a direct response to the mental anguish he experienced after one of his children was born with a severe mental disability. He is also the author of a chamber opera based on the Ray Bradbury novel Fahrenheit 451 . In 1984 he won the Albert H. Maggs Composition Award . He retired from teaching at the end of 2006 to pursue his own compositional goals. The current head of composition at Melbourne University, Stuart Greenbaum also studied with Broadstock at Melbourne University. For more information on Broadstock see his personal website References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Sir Dean Goffin (9 July 1916 to 1984) was one of New Zealand's first prolific Salvation Army composers who composed not only music for the Army but for non-Army bands as well. He grew up in a musically active Salvation Army family, his father a famous bandmaster and composer of popular marches. From a very young age he was active in the musical life of New Zealand , both in a... ... Read more