Auteur: Leslie Rubin

The "Break the Cycle" program has been an annual academic event since 2005, recruiting students from many different disciplines and departments at different universities across the United S …

With ten Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSUs) around the United States, and a few more in other countries, the prenatal field has grown significantly over time. The PEHSUs have eac …

The children of today are the citizens and leaders of the future. It behooves us, as responsible citizens and leaders of today, to make sure that we provide our children and future leaders with the n …

Children living in circumstances of social and economic disadvantage are at high risk for experiencing health problems caused or exacerbated by environmental factors. They are not only vulnerable to …

The literature on children who grow up in circumstances of social and economic disadvantage is very much a part of the place and time. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) wrote much about children who suffer …

This book represents a body of work performed by students from a diverse set of disciplines and a variety of universities in the United States and Santiago, Chile. Each project was developed by the s …

This book represents a body of work performed by students from a diverse set of disciplines and a variety of universities. Each project was developed by the students to "break the cycle of socia …

The field of computational sciences has seen a considerable development in mathematics, engineering sciences, and economic equilibrium theory. Researchers in this field are faced with the problem of …

This book examines the current state of research on anger and reflects the expanding understanding of how anger as an emotion interfaces with other aspects of psychological functioning, including beh …

Phytochemicals are health-protecting compounds of plant origin. They provide flavor and color to edible fruits, plants, herbs and beverages. Health protecting effects of phytochemicals are due to ant …

"Language and Literacy Education in a Challenging World" was published in response to the need to provide a comprehensive book dealing with the multidimensional complexity of language and l …

Phytoremediation, which involves the use of plants and rhizospheric organisms for the removal of pollutants, is an emerging technology for the clean up of contaminated sites. The removal of textile d …

This book presents the results of testing and operation experience of Novikov gearing. It gives the grounding, engineering techniques of geometry and strength analysis, definition of the gearing qual …

Increasingly routine use of prostate surface antigen (PSA)-based screening has led to the diagnosis of more patients with organ-confined prostate cancer. These localized cancers are routinely treated …

Break the Cycle of Children’s Environmental Health Disparities (BTC) is an annual collaborative interdisciplinary research and training program involving university students in academic tracks that f …