Chapter 3: Public Health Applications

Chapter 3 - Health Consequences of Tobacco Use

Chapter 3 – INTELLIGENT CONTROL AND HEALTH MONITORING

Advanced model-based control architecture overcomes the limitations state-of-the-art engine control and provides the potential of virtual sensors, for example for thrust and stall margin. “Tracking filters” are used to adapt the control parameters to actual conditions and to individual engines. For health monitoring standalone monitoring units will be used for on-board analysis to determine the...

Crowdsourcing applications for public health.

Crowdsourcing is an online, distributed, problem-solving, and production model that uses the collective intelligence of networked communities for specific purposes. Although its use has benefited many sectors of society, it has yet to be fully realized as a method for improving public health. This paper defines the core components of crowdsourcing and proposes a framework for understanding the ...

2 CHAPTER 2 Unsafe abortion : The global public health challenge

• EC\c~ year approximately 20 million unsafe abortions occur, primarily in developing countries, and they account for 20% . of ail j:>regmincy-related deaths and disabilities. • AwClman's likelihood of having an indlJCed abortion is almost the same whether she lives in a developed country or a de~eldpin9 country. The main difference is safety: abortion is primarily safe in the former and'mostly...

Chapter 9 - IMPACT OF MERCURY ON PUBLIC HEALTH IN NJ

In recent years, mercury has received increasing attention because of its known or suspected impacts on human health. Historically, this concern has resulted from occupational exposures (e.g., “Mad Hatter’s” disease), and from large-scale poisonings (Minamata and Iraq). Currently, however, concern is also focused on more subtle health effects. While use of thimerosal (an organic mercury compoun...