Predicting Aquatic Threats

Immunotoxicological Threats of Pollutants in Aquatic Invertebrates

Immunology deals with the physiological activity of organisms to defend against pathogen and toxin invasion. Invertebrates residing in aquatic ecosystems often face toxicological threat arises from habitat pollution. The aquatic habitat of invertebrates is in the precarious risk of pollution caused by diverse groups of environmental toxins. Immunotoxins have been considered as a special group o...

Predicting Threats on Electronic Health Record Systems

Security is a key concern in the development of electronic health record (EHR) systems. This paper considers Neutralization Theory and the Fear Appeals Model in proposing a conceptual model for use in predicting breach behaviors within EHR systems. The goal of the model is to determine which factors influence security breach intent on the part of the offender. Specifically, perceived penalty, p...

Global changes, cyanobacterial blooms and threats to aquatic biodiversity.

Aquatic Toxicology Notes: Predicting the Fate and Effects of Aquatic and Ditchbank Herbicides1

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Predicting variability of aquatic concentrations of human pharmaceuticals.

Potential exposure to active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in the aquatic environment is a subject of ongoing concern. We recently published maximum likely exposure rates for several hundred human prescription pharmaceuticals commonly used in the US. These rates were estimated from nationally aggregated marketing data and wastewater production rates. The accuracy of these estimates is uncle...