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Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (ELCA) that was developed about three decades ago demands a broadening of its scope to include lifecycle costing and social aspects of life cycle assessment as well, drawing on the three-pillar or ‘triple bottom line’ model of sustainability, which is the result of the development of the Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA). LCSA refers to the evaluation of all environmental, social and economic negative impacts and benefits in decision-making processes towards more sustainable products throughout their life cycle. Combination of environmental and social life cycle assessments along with life cycle costing leads to life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA). This book highlights various aspects of life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA).
Master's Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Health - Public Health, , course: MASTER OF DENTAL SURGERY, language: English, abstract: Background and objectives: Growing urbanization has led to several changes in the healthcare sector. While on one hand, access to healthcare services are being provided to the community thereby resulting in the better health for all, improper management of biomedical waste emanating from these healthcare establishments has also given rise to many environmental and health problems. Although awareness in this issue has considerably increased over the last few years, sensitivity to this problem has been limited. Most hospitals are not actively involved in ad...
My Life in the Stormy Seas is a book of passion of James Vincent who knew deep inside that Sylvia, his wife, was chronically mentally ill. Yet, he wanted to save their marriage. This story tells how Dr. Thomas travelled through the lives of Sylvia, in various countries, and Vincent. This book tells how people with no discernment abilities made insincere and unwise choices in misunderstanding Sylvia's mental illness. The heartbreaking story of Vincent is about how he was ridiculed by his so-called friends and most family members. Some of them even wished that he was dead. Vincent was threatened with police and court action if he ever sought help from them. The story speaks of the hypocrisy of...
This book on “Human Diseases” is written with a view to meet curricular requirements of students at undergraduate and post graduate levels of Indian Universities. Diseases are illnesses impairing the normal physiological functioning of living organisms. The causative agents are virus, bacteria, protozoans, helminthes and others. The diseases chosen for this book are: measles, smallpox, chickenpox, AIDS, Ebola, Dengue, cholera, leprosy, tuberculosis, typhoid, malaria, amoebiasis, Diarrhoea, Filariasis, Cancer and Jaundice. The text describes causative agents, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, epidemiology and history of all 16 diseases. A table containing these factors has also been included for the convenience of readers to have an immediate idea about these human diseases.
This textbook of obstetrics will be an updated comprehensive book for both the undergraduates and postgraduates. This will also be a handy, practical reading material for those practising obstetrics. - Topics covered as per the latest revised curriculum of Medical Council of India - History taking for important obstetric conditions have been included which will be of great help to students during the examination and in clinical practice - Commonly asked questions provided at the end of every chapter in order to have immediate self-assessment and identify the learning needs - 50 clinical case scenarios provided to enable students to practice the steps of evaluation and clinical management - E...
Tulsian's Quick Revision for Financial Accounting is a self-study handbook. Loaded with practical questions, this book is a perfect revision text - comprises structured questions based on pattern and scheme adopted in examinations.
This fifth edition of Tulsian's Financial Management is a contemporary and comprehensive treatise designed to provide a thorough understanding of the subject in a systematic manner. It integrates the latest trends and current practical applications in financial management. Designed as a self-study text with a to-the-point approach, this popular text is a useful resource for postgraduate students of management.
This quick-revision text for Financial Management - CA-IPC (Group - I) is a supplement to the main textbook for Financial Management. It provides a means for quick text revision and self-assessment to students prior to examinations. The book helps reduce preparation time and reinforces students understanding by providing candidates with fully-solved chapter-wise scanner comprising CA professional examination problems with authentic solutions. Important formulae, theoretical questions, author's own revision test papers with answers and CA-IPC examination papers are given to help attempt the paper successfully.
In a conceptually current, quick-reference, Question & Answer format - Tulsian's Quick Revision for Corporate Financial Reporting is a practically illustrated self-study handbook. In line with exam pattern and weightage, the book includes practice questions on almost all the topics which are immensely helpful for last minute revision.