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Parasites FOR PARASITOLOGY DATABASES, COURSES AND TUTORIAL SEE THE PATHOLOGY CENTER - PARASITOLOGY SOME EXAMPLES OF DATABASES INCLUDE IDENTIFICATION AND DIAGNOSIS OF PARASITES OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN - DPDx - Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) "Concise reviews of parasites and parasitic diseases, including an image library and a review of recommended diagnostic procedures...Interactive exchanges" and much more. For more information see Division of Parasitic Diseases (DPD); National Center for Infectious Diseases or the CDC Databases include Parasites of the Intestinal Tract Blood-borne Parasites Parasites Found in Other Sites Diagnostic Procedures

Pesticides DATABASES PESTICIDE USE MAP (U.S.) - G.P. Thelin, USGS National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program, USGS Multimedia Database (Text & Images). "...The maps are based on state-level estimates of pesticide use rates for individual crops, which have been compiled by the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy..." For more information see Pesticides National Synthesis Project; Pesticides in the Hydrologic Systems or the USGS-Water Resources of California COMPENDIUM OF PESTICIDE COMMON NAMES - A. Wood, Context Limited, London, U.K. "This electronic Pesticide Common Names compendium is updated each time that new common names are approved." EXTENSION TOXICOLOGY NETWORK (EXTOXNET) "A Pesticide Information Project of Cooperative Extension Offices of Cornell University, Michigan State University, Oregon State University, and University of California at Davis. Major support and funding was provided by the USDA/Extension Service/National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program." "Primary Files maintained and archived at Oregon State University." INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF HERBICIDE - RESISTANT WEEDS - Funded and Supported by the Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC) and the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) "The purpose of this survey is to monitor the evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds and assess their impact throughout the world." Multimedia Database (Text & Images). For more information see Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC) or the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) PESTICIDE LAW - Pesticide.Net, Regulatory Compliance Systems, LLC For more information see Pesticide.Net PESTICIDE PRODUCTS DATABASES: USEPA/OPP - California Department of Pesticide Regulation "Information on approximately 89,000 products is currently online." For more information see Menu of Departmental Database Resources or the California Department of Pesticide Regulation Examples of other databases include DPR's Chemical/Product Database Queries Product/Label Database Queries PESTICIDE PROPERTIES DATABASE (PPD) - Alternate Crops & Systems, Agricultural Systems Research Resource (ASRR), Beltsville Agricultural Research Center(BARC), USDA "The ARS Pesticide Properties Database (PPD) has been developed to provide water quality modelers and managers a list of the pesticide properties most important for predicting the potentials of pesticides to move into ground and surface waters under a range of weather and soil conditions..." For more information see Products & Services or Alternate Crops & Systems

Poisons DATABASES POISONS INFORMATION MONOGRAPHS - IPCS INCHEM, International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) and the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) For more information see IPCS INCHEM Poisonous Snakes, Arthropods etc., TUTORIALS & DATABASES CLINICAL TOXINOLOGY (POISNOUS SNAKES, SPIDERS, SCORPIONS, MARINE LIFE, TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES & INVERTEBRATES, PLANTS & MUSHROOMS WORLD WIDE) - Toxinology Department, Women's & Children's Hospital (WCH), Adelaide, Australia, & the Department of Paediatrics, University of Adelaide (UA), Australia Multimedia Databases & Tutorials (Text & Images). Includes: "...Taxonomy, Biology, Poison Activity, Medical Information, etc..." For more information see the Toxinology Department SNAKE BITE PROTOCOL INDEX - T.M. Davidson, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego Medical Center Multimedia Tutorials (Text & Images). Includes: Immediate First Aid; Summary for Human Bite & Medical Management. For more information see Terence M. Davidson's Home Page; Otolaryngology - Head & Neck or the Department of Surgery POISON INFORMATION CENTER (Informationzentrale gegne Vergiftugen) - Medizinische Einrichtungen der Universität Bonn (Medical Center, University of Bonn), Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Germany) For more information see Med News, Medizinische Einrichtungen der Universität Bonn (Medical Center, University of Bonn) Examples include (German/Deutsch menu) Informationen über Pflanzen Informationen über giftige Tiere Informationen über Pilze VENOMDOC - B.G. Fry, Deputy Director, Australian Venom Research Unit, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Australia Multimedia Tutorials (Text & Images). Includes: Antivenom, Elapid, Lizard, Pythons, Sea Snakes etc. For more information see the Australian Venom Research Unit VENOMOUS CRITTERS - M.J. Stoddary, Arizona Poison & Drug Information Center, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona Includes: Bees, Blackwidow Spiders, Gila Monsters etc. For more information see Arizona Poison & Drug Information Center Poisonous Plants DATABASES CANADIAN POISONOUS PLANTS INFORMATION SERVICE - D.B. Munro, Biological Resources Division, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Agriculture and Agri_Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Multimedia Database (Text & Images). "This information system provides details taken from literature references for over 250 plants that can poison livestock, pets and humans in Canada. Its interactive search engine provides information on plant names, distribution, toxic plant parts, toxic chemicals, and symptoms of poisoning." GUIDE TO POISONOUS AND TOXIC PLANTS - US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, CHPPM Multimedia Database (Text & Images). For more information see Entomological Sciences Programs or U. S. Army Center For Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine HERBAL POISONOUS PLANTS - Author: M. Grieve, Botanical Com For more information see A Modern Herbal, Botanical Com POISONOUS PLANTS - M.C. Smith, D. Brown & T. Stanton, Animal Science, Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine Multimedia Database (Text & Images). "This is planned as an extensive collection of plant and lesion images with text concerning the botany, chemistry, toxicology, diagnosis and prevention of poisoning of animals by plants." For more information see Animal Science at Cornell University Examples of Databases include Alphabetical listing of botanical names by genus and species Alphabetical listing of common plant names

Radiation TUTORIALS RADIATION & RADIOACTIVITY - INDEX - University of Michigan Student Chapter of Health Physics Society, University of Michigan Multimedia Tutorials (Text & Images). Radiation & Health Physics RADON: THE GEOLOGY OF - J.K. Otton, L.C.S. Gundersen, and R.R. Schumann, Radon in Earth, Air and Water, United States Geological Survey Multimedia Course/Tutorial (Text & Images). For more information see Radon; Other Topics; Central Energy Team or the United States Geological Survey DATABASES RADIOACTIVITY ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - Radioactivity Environmental Monitoring and Emergency Management Group of the JRC/EI, Italy Includes: Radioactivity Environmental Monitoring, European Radioactivity, European Community Urgent Radiological Information Exchange, European Union Radioactivity Data Exchange Platform, Atlas of caesium deposition on Europe after the Chernobyl Accident, and much more. RADIATION EFFECTS AND ANALYSIS - Maintained by K.A. LaBel and A. Morgan, Radiation Effects and Analysis Section, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Multimedia (Text & Images). Includes Space Radiation Environment, Single Event Effects, Total Ionizing Dose, Microelectronics & Photonics Test Bed, SEU Spaceflight Data Analysis, and much more. For more information see Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SIMULATIONS FOR RADIATION CALCULATORS SEE RADIATION - RADIOACTIVITY CALCULATORS Ship Sanitation DATABASES SUMMARY OF SANITATION INSPECTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL CRUISE SHIPS - CDC Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), CDC "Every vessel that has a foreign itinerary and that carries 13 or more passengers is subject to twice-yearly inspections and, when necessary, to reinspection by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)." For more information see the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH); CDC Centers, Insititute, and Offices or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tropical Medicine CASES & TUTORIALS TROPICAL MEDICINE: INTERNATIONAL REGISTRY OF TROPICAL IMAGING - J.G. Smirniotopoulos, M.M. Reeder, J.H Cross & A.M. Marty, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) Multimedia Cases & Teaching Files (Text & Images). "...Serves as a worldwide archiving and retrieval source for imaging studies involved in the diagnosis of over 60 parastic and infectious..." For more information see Educational Pages or Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine Water Quality FOR QIR QUALITY DATABASES/COURSES SEE THE GEOSCIENCE CENTER - HYDROLOGY/WATER Waste Treatment Recycled, Landfilled, Combusted & Composted COURSES PAPER CALCULATOR - Office of the Federal Environmental Executive "...calculates the U.S. average energy and wood consumption and environmental releases summed across the full "life cycle" of each of five major grades of paper and paperboard..." For more information see the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive WASTE REDUCTION MODEL (WARM) - CALCULATOR - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Government VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. "...WARM calculates emissions in metric tons of carbon equivalent (MTCE) across a wide range of material types included in municipal solid waste; it also can break down emission results by type of greenhouse gas (i.e., carbon dioxide, methane, etc.)." Includes: Tons (Generated, Recycled, Landfilled, Combusted & Composted) of Paper, Paper Board, Cans, Glass, HDPE, Food Discards, Yard Trimmings etc. For more information see Calculators; Online Tools; Global Warming or the Environmental Protection Agency Wastewater Treatment CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SIMULATIONS (SOME EXAMPLES) FOR MORE WASTEWATER/WATER TREATMENT CALCULATORS SEE THE CALCULATORS CENTER: ENGINEERING - WASTEWATER TREATMENT ENGINEERING LANGELIER INDEX CALCULATOR - Author: Bob Clement, USEPA & hosted by the American Water Works Association VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Small Utility Netork; Science & Technology or American Water Works Association WATER/WASTEWATERMATH CALCULATOR - Drinking Water & Wastewater Treatment System, Operator Information Center, Department of Environmental Protection, Pennsylvania VERY VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Includes: "Temperature; GPM to MGD; Loadings Calculation; Lbs of Chemical/Gal of Solution; Tank Volume Calculations; MG/L (PPM) to Lbs per Day; Removal Efficiency; GPD to ML per Minute; F/M Ratio Calculator; Geometric Mean Calculator; Fecal Coliform Reporting; Wastewater Sludge (biosolids) Production Estimating Calculator; TNTC Calculation; Nitrification Calculator, Alkalinity Calculator, etc..." For more information see Drinking Water & Wastewater Treatment System, Operator Information Center; Local Government Main Page or the Department of Environmental Protection, Pennsylvania Examples from over "16" Calculators include Tank Volume Calculator Chemical Needed per Day Food to Microorganism (F/M) Activaated Sludge (Wastewater) Calculator SLUDGE ESTIMATING CALCULATORS - Drinking Water & Wastewater Treatment System, Operator Information Center, Department of Environmental Protection, Pennsylvania VERY VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. "In order to do this calculation, you must first have some accurate data...You will need the following data in order to do the calculation; 1. Average Daily Flow in terms of MGD, etc..." For more information see Wastewater Sludge Volume Calculation Home Page; Water/Wastewatermath Calculators; Drinking Water & Wastewater Treatment System, Operator Information Center; Local Government Main Page or the Department of Environmental Protection, Pennsylvania

Emergency Management EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION eXCHANGE (EPIX) - Centre For Policy Research on Science and Technology (CPROST), Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Multimedia (Text and Images). "The purpose of EPIX is to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information among Canadian and international public and private sector organizations about the prevention of, preparation for, recovery from and/or mitigation of risk associated with natural and socio-technological disasters." INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES "The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is one part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, which comprises National Red Cross or Red Crescent Societies, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (the Federation), and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)."

Resources HEALTH CARE INFORMATION RESOURCES - T. Flemming, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Large database of Health Care Information including: Illness; Alternative Medicine; Wellness; Health Care Disciplines and Education and Alternative Medicine.

Public Health Schools SOME EXAMPLES AT RANDOM BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY, THE NETHERLANDS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY, PALESTINE HEALTH CARE & EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA INSTITUTT FOR SAMFUNNSMEDISINSKE FAG UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN, NORWAY ROLLINS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMORY UNIVERSITY, U.S. SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, U.S. SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AUSTRALIA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, U.S.

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