International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies - 42nd Session (The Science and Culture Series - Nuclear Strategy and Peace Technology)

CONTENTS......Page 10
1. OPENING SESSION......Page 22
Antonino Zichichi Why Science is Needed for the Culture of the Third Millennium—The Motor for Progress......Page 24
EXAMPLES OF INTERVENTIONS IN SOME TOPICS OF VIVID INTEREST TO THE GREAT PUBLIC......Page 25
EXAMPLES OF RESULTS OBTAINED......Page 26
WHY SCIENCE IS NEEDED FOR THE CULTURE OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM: THE MOTOR FOR PROGRESS......Page 31
Nicholas P. Samios Acceptance Remarks on Receiving the 2009 Gian Carlo Wick Gold Medal Award......Page 58
SIGNIFICANCE OF GLACIERS IN TIBETAN PLATEAU......Page 60
GLACIERS IN THE PLATEAU ARE EXTENSIVELY RETREATING......Page 61
AMPLITUDE OF GLACIAL RETREAT IS LARGEST IN MT. KARAKORUM AND SOUTHEASTERN TIBET, WHILST SMALLEST IN CENTRAL PLATEAU......Page 62
OBSERVED SINGLE GLACIER ALSO SHOWS LARGEST RETREAT IN MT KARAKORUM AND SOUTHEASTERN TIBET, AND SMALLEST RETREAT IN CENTRAL PLATEAU......Page 63
THE ANNUAL RETREAT OF ATA GLACIER WAS 30-40M BEFORE 1980, AND INCREASED TO SOM AFTERWARDS......Page 64
MAJOR IMPACT......Page 65
IN THE TIBETAN PLATEAU, THERE ARE MORE THAN 1000 GLACIALWATER- SUPPLIED LAKES AND MORE THAN 3000 GLACIAL-TERMINUS LAKES......Page 66
GLEF IS DEVASTATING PASTURE NEARBY THE LARGE LAKES IN THE TIBETAN PLATEAU......Page 67
THE LAIGU GLACIAL-TERMINUS LAKE IN SOUTHEAST TIBETAN PLATEAU IS RAPIDLY EXPANDING......Page 68
CONCLUSIONS......Page 69
Yuri Antonovitch Izrael Climate Stabilization on the Basis of Geo-Engineering Technologies......Page 70
RADIATIVE FORCING COMPONENTS......Page 71
REFERENCES......Page 77
Herman H. Shugart Modeling Forest Ecosystems, Their Response to and Interaction with Global Climate Change......Page 78
CONCLUDING COMMENTS......Page 83
REFERENCES......Page 85
BIODIVERSITY WITHOUT MAN (PART I)......Page 88
BIODIVERSITY WITH MAN (PART I)......Page 89
BIODIVERSITY WITHOUT MAN (PART II)......Page 91
BIODIVERSITY WITH MAN (PART II)......Page 93
REFERENCES......Page 99
Henning Wegener and William Barletta Avoiding Disaster: Book Presentation......Page 102
2. INFORMATION SECURITY FOCUS: CYBER CONFLICTS AND CYBER STABILITY—FINDING A PATH TO CYBER PEACE......Page 104
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS......Page 106
OPENING ADDRESS......Page 108
KEY CHALLENGES......Page 112
IMPACT......Page 113
Jody R. Westby Cyber War vs.\' Cyber Stability......Page 118
THREATS IN CYBERSPACE IS A GLOBAL PROBLEM......Page 126
CONTAINMENT AND DETERRENCE OF CYBERWAR......Page 127
SUMMARY......Page 128
ENSEMBLE OF EXPERTS......Page 130
CONFICKER WORM......Page 131
IMPROVISATION......Page 132
IMPROVISATION, SECURITY AND SECRECY......Page 134
PEACE IN CYBERSPACE......Page 135
INTRODUCTION AND PROBLEM ANALYSIS......Page 136
EU ACTIONS......Page 137
PREAMBLE......Page 140
3. POLLUTION FOCUS: INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH AND CHEMICAL INNOVATION......Page 142
John Peterson Myers Fomenting New Opportunities to Protect Human Health......Page 144
REFERENCES......Page 147
John C. Warner Green Chemistry: A Necessary Step to a Sustainable Future......Page 150
THE TWELVE PRINCIPLES OF GREEN CHEMISTRY......Page 153
REFERENCES......Page 154
Jerrold J. Heindel Health Impact of Environmental Chemicals: Need for Green Chemistry......Page 156
REFERENCES......Page 162
Terry Collins Moving the Chemical Enterprise Toward Sustainability: Key Issues......Page 164
REFERENCES......Page 168
4. ENERGY & CLIMATE FOCUS: ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR MODERATING CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPROVING ENERGY SECURITY......Page 170
ABSTRACT......Page 172
INTRODUCTION......Page 178
OPTIONS FOR CO2 CAPTURE......Page 179
THE ENERGY PENALTY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS......Page 184
THE COST OF CO2 CAPTURE......Page 185
OUTLOOK FOR LOWER-COST TECHNOLOGY......Page 187
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 191
REFERENCES......Page 193
INTRODUCTION: DYNAMICS OF A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEM......Page 196
POLICY SCENARIOS IN GERMANY FOR THE ELECTRICITY SECTOR: AMBITIOUS POLICIES—BUT BUILDING ON SUBSTANTIAL EFFORTS IN THE PAST 15 YEARS......Page 197
\"THEY DID NOT KNOW IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE, SO THEY DID IT!\" (MARK TWAIN)......Page 199
KEY ENTREPRENEURIAL QUALITIES: \"ENTREPRENEURS SEE OPPORTUNITY IN EVERY PROBLEM AND SEEK A SOLUTION WHEN FACED WITH A SETBACK\" (STEPHEN C. HARPER)......Page 204
IF ENERGY EFFICIENCY COULD MAKE AS MUCH WIND AS WIND ENERGY .........Page 208
CONCLUSIONS......Page 214
REFERENCES......Page 215
SUMMARY......Page 218
THE lEA ETP STUDY......Page 219
THE TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE......Page 220
THE ECONOMIC AND COST CHALLENGES......Page 222
BEYOND EMERGING LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES?......Page 224
REFERENCES......Page 225
NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE CHALLENGE......Page 226
SOURCES OF UNDER-INVESTMENT IN R&D......Page 232
ENCOURAGING PRIVATE-SECTOR R&D ON GHG CONTROL......Page 235
PROPOSALS, IMPEDIMENTS, AND BACK-UP STRATEGIES......Page 237
CONCLUSION......Page 240
REFERENCES......Page 241
ABSTRACT......Page 246
INTRODUCTION......Page 247
THE RELATIVE WARMING INFLUENCES OF GREENHOUSE GASES AND AEROSOLS OVER THE 21 ST CENTURY......Page 250
A PRACTICAL PATH FORWARD......Page 255
SUMMARY......Page 259
REFERENCES......Page 260
INTRODUCTION......Page 264
URANIUM ADSORBENT......Page 265
MARINE EXPERIMENT BY ADSORBENT FABRIC STACKS......Page 267
IMPROVEMENT OF ADSORBENT FOR COST REDUCTION......Page 270
CONCLUSIONS......Page 273
THE MECHANISM OF THE CONVENTIONAL OIL PEAK......Page 274
PEAKING OF CONVENTIONAL OIL - THE EXAMPLE OF THE UK......Page 280
CONTEXT......Page 292
METHODOLOGY......Page 293
WHY SO MUCH VARIATION BETWEEN PUBLISHED OUTLOOKS?......Page 294
IHS CERA\'S 2009 SUPPLY OUTLOOK: \"PAUSING FOR BREATH\"......Page 295
WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES TO PRODUCING A ROBUST OUTLOOK?......Page 296
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 299
REFERENCES......Page 302
Rodney F. Nelson The Importance of Technology—The Constant Wild Card......Page 304
INDUSTRY MACRO......Page 305
INTRODUCTION......Page 326
NATIONAL PROGRAM ON HAZARD MITIGATION......Page 327
SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE......Page 328
REFERENCES......Page 331
5. CLIMATE FOCUS: GLOBAL WARMING AND GREENHOUSE GASES......Page 332
Mikhail J. Antonovsky Exponential Analysis in the Problem of the Assessment of the Contribution of Greenhouse Gases in Global Warming......Page 334
REFERENCES......Page 346
6. ENERGY, CLIMATE, POLLUTION AND LIMITS OF DEVELOPMENT FOCUS: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES IN CHINA FOR MEETING THE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY PREDICAMENT IN A GREENHOUSE CONSTRAINED SOCIETY......Page 348
Mark D. Levine Myths and Realities about Energy and Energy-Related CO2 Emissions in China......Page 350
ENERGY INTENSITY IN CHINA......Page 356
CHINA\'S COAL FLOW IN 2006......Page 357
CHINA\'S CRUDE OIL FLOW IN 2005......Page 358
CHINA\'S NATURAL GAS FLOW IN 2006......Page 359
INDUSTRIALIZATION IN CHINA......Page 360
ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN TRANSPORTATION SECTOR......Page 361
HIGHWAY VEHICLE POPULATION IN CHINA SINCE 2000......Page 362
CHANGES IN AUTO MARKET AND STOCK......Page 363
PASSENGER VEHICLE STOCK SCENARIO......Page 364
AUTOMOTIVE ENERGY CONSUMPTION SCENARIO......Page 365
FINAL ENERGY DEMANDS BY ENERGY CARRIER......Page 366
PRIMARY ENERGY SUPPLY—CO2 EMISSION AND OIL IMPORT CONSTRAINED SCENARIO......Page 367
INCREMENTAL COST FOR LOW CARBON ENERGY SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION WILL BE SIGNIFICANT.......Page 368
TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT......Page 369
DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE NUCLEAR-POWER SYSTEMS......Page 370
WIND POWER CAPACITY......Page 371
LIFE CYCLE GHG EMISSION OF GASOLINE CAR AND EV IG C02/KM......Page 372
CO2 CAPTURE AND STORAGE (CCS)......Page 373
BASIC THEMES OF CHINA ENERGY STRATEGY......Page 374
RECENT EFFORTS TOWARD SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TRANSFORMATION-ECONOMIC INCENTIVES SYSTEM......Page 375
FURTHER EFFORTS TOWARD LOW CARBON ENERGY SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION......Page 376
INDICATIVE TRAJECTORY OF LOW CARBON ENERGY SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION IN CHINA......Page 377
INTRODUCTION......Page 378
C02 STORAGE POTENTIAL IN SONGLIAO BASIN......Page 382
REFERENCES......Page 387
KARST DYNAMIC SYSTEM AND METHODOLIES OF ITS RESEARCH......Page 390
INTERNATIONAL BACKGROUND (lGCP379)......Page 399
THE FINAL PRODUCT OF IGCP379......Page 400
CARBON CYCLE IN KDS OF CHINA......Page 403
FUTURE WORKS......Page 406
ABSTRACT......Page 408
STATUS AND STRATEGY OF CHINA\'S BIOENERGY......Page 409
BIOMASS RESOURCES AND PRODUCTION IN CHINA......Page 410
DIVERSITY OF ENERGY PLANTS IN CHINA......Page 412
INTEGRATION OF ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION AND BIOENERGY PRODUCTION......Page 413
ECONOMIC IMPACT......Page 415
SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK......Page 416
REFERENCES......Page 417
EMERGENCY WATER ISSUE......Page 418
SCREENING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT AND CASE STUDIES IN CHINA......Page 421
REFERENCES......Page 424
7. CLIMATE & DATA FOCUS: SIGNIFICANT CLIMATE UNCERTAINTIES ADDRESSED BY SATELLITES......Page 426
INTRODUCTION......Page 428
STRATEGY......Page 429
SELECTIONS FROM CURRENT PORTFOLIO......Page 430
THE FUTURE......Page 434
REFERENCES......Page 435
SOLAR IRRADlANCE VARIATIONS......Page 436
TOTAL IRRADIANCE COMPOSITES......Page 437
EMPIRICAL MODELS......Page 439
VARIATIONS IN THE ACTIVITY INDICES: MG II CORE-TO-WING RATIO (Mg c/w)......Page 440
V ARIA nONS IN THE ACTIVITY INDICES: Ca KLINE......Page 441
SOLAR MAGNETIC INDICES......Page 442
CLIMATE IMPLICATIONS OF SOLAR VARIABILITY......Page 443
SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGES......Page 444
PROPOSED MECHANISMS–COSMIC RAYS AND CLIMATE......Page 445
MODELING OF SOLAR VARIABILITY EFFECT ON CLIMATE......Page 446
CONCLUSIONS......Page 447
NEW MEASUREMENTS......Page 448
8. CLIMATE & CLOUDS FOCUS: SENSITIVITY OF CLIMATE TO ADDITIONAL CO2 AS INDICATED BY WATER CYCLE FEEDBACK ISSUES......Page 450
William Kininmonth A Natural Limit to Anthropogenic Global Warming......Page 452
CARBON DIOXIDE AND RADIATION TO SPACE......Page 453
CARBON DIOXIDE AND SURFACE ENERGY EXCHANGE......Page 457
THE EXAGGERATED RESPONSE OF COMPUTER MODELS......Page 461
ISSUES WITH SURFACE EVAPORATION......Page 462
CONCLUSION......Page 463
INTRODUCTION......Page 466
FEEDBACK FORMALISM......Page 467
THE DATA AND ITS PROBLEMS......Page 470
CALCULATIONS......Page 473
APPENDICES......Page 479
REFERENCES......Page 480
THE UNCERTAINTY OF FEEDBACKS IN CLIMATE MODELS......Page 484
BASIC PROBLEM I......Page 485
BASIC PROBLEM 2......Page 487
9. CLIMATE WITHOUT COMPUTER SIMULATION F 0 C US: MA THEMA TICS, PHYSICS, AND CLIMATE......Page 490
Kyle L. Swanson What is the Climate Change Signal?......Page 492
METHODS......Page 494
REFERENCES......Page 495
SUPPLEMENT......Page 497
SUPPLEMENT REFERENCES......Page 501
Christopher Essex A Key Open Question of Climate Forecasting......Page 502
10. CLIMATE AND HEALTH FOCUS: WINDBLOWN DUST......Page 516
Mark B. Lyles Medical Geology: Dust Exposure and Potential Health Risks in the Middle East......Page 518
SUMMARY......Page 522
REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READING.......Page 523
Dale Griffin Climate Change and Climate Systems Influence and Control the Atmospheric Dispersion of Desert Dust: Implications for Human Health......Page 524
SUGGESTED READING......Page 526
FIGURES......Page 527
11. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOCUS: WMD PROLIFERATION—ENERGY OF THE FUTURE—MATHEMATICS & DEMOCRACY......Page 530
3. Target detection probability......Page 532
4. Signal produced by the target......Page 533
6. Attenuation of signal by air......Page 534
9. Signal and Background.......Page 536
10. Summary and Conclusions.......Page 537
THE \"FACTS ON THE GROUND\"......Page 544
BASIC NUCLEAR FERTILE-TO-FISSILE BREEDING PHYSICS......Page 546
THE WAY FORWARD......Page 554
BUT 106 YEARS STILL ISN\'T 109 YEARS .........Page 556
SUMMARY: STATUS......Page 557
SUMMARY: OUTLOOK......Page 558
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL......Page 559
OVERVIEW—COUNTRIES......Page 564
OVERVIEW—ELECTIONS......Page 565
OUTCOME—SEATS VOTES RATIO......Page 566
FRAGMENTATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES......Page 567
THE QUESTION REMAINS......Page 568
12. WFS GENERAL MEETING PMP REPORTS—DEBATE AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 570
Lord John Alderdice Permanent Monitoring Panel on Motivations for Terrorism......Page 572
AIDS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES PMP ACTIVITIES......Page 576
AIDS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES PMP PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR......Page 577
MANIFESTO (ERICE 2002): MATERNAL AND CHILD MORTALITY IS A PLANETARY EMERGENCY......Page 580
IMPACT OF TERRORISM ON MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH......Page 583
PLANETARY PROBLEM......Page 584
COLOMBIAN VIOLENCE LANDSCAPE......Page 586
RECRUITMENT OF CHILD SOLDIERS IN COLOMBIA IN 2009......Page 587
SOCIOPOLITICAL FACTORS......Page 588
ADDITIONAL FACTORS THAT NEED TO BE STUDIED......Page 589
INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS AND PROTOCOLS......Page 590
CLOSING REMARKS......Page 591
SOURCES......Page 592
2009 PROGRAM......Page 594
ENERGY USE BY SECTOR......Page 595
2010 PROGRAM......Page 598
ENVIRONMENTAL BASIS OF DISEASE: THE NEED FOR GREEN CHEMISTRY......Page 600
THE GROUNDW ATER PROTECTION ISSUES IN KARST REGIONS OF SOUTHWEST CHINA......Page 601
WHY WE CANNOT \"SOLVE\" THE RADIOACTIVE WASTE \"PROBLEM\" WITH THE CURRENT SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, REGULATIONS, AND SOCIETAL DEMANDS......Page 602
Charles McCombie Multinational Repositories: Recent Developments and 2010 Session and Workshop Proposals......Page 604
WFS 2010 WORKSHOP PROPOSAL......Page 605
POLLUTION PANEL WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS, 19 AUGUST 2009......Page 607
ENERGY PMP MEETING......Page 610
THE PMP BUSINESS SESSION......Page 612
THE ENERGY PLENARY SESSION......Page 613
42nd SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS ON PLANETARY EMERGENCIES AND ASSOCIATED MEETINGS......Page 614
FIVE-PMP WRAP-UP WORKSHOP—THE CHINA EXPERIENCE......Page 616
CBRN TERRORISM MITIGATION: ONE-SCIENCE FOR GLOBAL COOPERATION TO MITIGATE TERRORIST ACTS......Page 620
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 623
CLIMATE PMP PROPOSALS......Page 626
A JOINT CLIMATE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES PMP PROPOSAL FOR 2010:......Page 627
THE CLIMATE PERMANENT MONITORING PANEL......Page 628
Henning Wegener and Jody R. Westby Permanent Monitoring Panel on Information Security Report from the Co-Chairs......Page 630
13. INFORMATION SECURITY PANEL MEETING......Page 632
World Federation of Scientists: Permanent Monitoring Panel on Information Security Erice Declaration on Principles for Cyber Stability and Cyber Peace......Page 634
THEREFORE, we advocate the following principles for achieving and maintaining cyber stability and peace:......Page 635
TOP CYBER SECURITY PROBLEMS THAT NEED RESOLUTION TO ADDRESS THE PLANETARY EMERGENCY REGARDING THE INSECURITY OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS......Page 636
Abstract......Page 642
3. MODERN CONTEXT......Page 643
7. CONCLUSION......Page 644
14. LIMITS OF DEVELOPMENT PANEL MEETING......Page 646
I. ENERGY IN ARGENTINA......Page 648
2. HOW ARE ENERGY EFFICIENCY TECHNOLOGIES IN EACH SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY BEING DEVELOPED AND SOLD?......Page 650
THE HYDROELECTRICAL CASE—YACIRETA......Page 652
THE NUCLEAR CASE—ATUCHA II.......Page 653
5. THE LEGAL BACKGROUND......Page 655
7. WHAT TECHNOLOGIES ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO MANAGE \"RAPID URBANIZATION\"?......Page 656
REFERENCES......Page 657
SELLING PRICE CHARGED BY ARGENTINA STATE GAS MONOPOLY......Page 659
1. CLIMATE-CHANGE VECTORS. MAIN CONTRIBUTORS AND COUNTERMEASURES.......Page 660
2. ENERGY CRISIS AND RELATED CHALLENGES......Page 661
4. VARIABILITY OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXES......Page 663
5. GRIM ECONOMIC PROSPECTS AND POSSIBLE SHOCKS......Page 664
REFERENCES......Page 665
15. MITIGATION OF TERRORIST ATTACKS MEETING......Page 666
CBRN TERRORISM MITIGATION: ONE SCIENCE FOR GLOBAL COOPERATION TO MITIGATE TERRORIST ACTS......Page 668
WHAT ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION FROM A SCIENTIFIC POINT OF VIEW ARE CRITICAL IN THE INITIAL AND SUBSEQUENT EVALUATION OF A CBRN INCIDENT?......Page 670
GIVEN THE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS TYPE OF DATA, WHAT EQUIPMENT AND/OR PROCESSES ARE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN THE INFORMATION?......Page 673
WHAT TYPES OF INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL, REGIONAL OR LOCAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS MUST BE OPERATIONAL DURING THE PERIOD OF THE CBRN INCIDENT AND MITIGATION EFFORTS?......Page 674
WHO SHOULD OWN AND OPERATE THE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS IDENTIFIED IN RESPONSE TO QUESTION 3.D. ABOVE?......Page 675
CURRENT DEFICITS......Page 676
DECONT AMINA TION......Page 678
COMMAND, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATION......Page 679
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION......Page 680
INTRODUCTION......Page 682
SOME WALL STREET FINANCIERS SHOULD BE RADIATION WORKERS......Page 683
SPECIFIC GUIDANCE BY NCRPM......Page 684
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR REENTRY INCLUDING PERSONAL EXPERIENCE......Page 686
TERRORISM IN INDIA......Page 690
EFFORTS TO PREVENT CONVENTIONAL TERRORISM......Page 692
EXISTING CBRN MITIGATION MEASURES......Page 693
PERCEPTIONS ON WMD TERRORISM AND LIMIT A TIONS ON MITIGATION EFFORTS......Page 694
Vasily Krivokhizha Politization in the Process of International Cooperation to Mitigate Nuclear Terrorism: Some Dubious Results......Page 698
SYSTEM CONCEPTUAL DESIGN......Page 712
RADIOLOGICAL A IT ACK......Page 714
NUCLEAR DETONATION IN A CITY......Page 715
Overview......Page 719
SUMMARY OF SOME COMMENTS MADE IN RESPONSE TO THIS PRESENTATION:......Page 724
MY PERSONAL ACIVITY AS A \"PUBLIC EXPLAINER\"......Page 726
A COMMUNICATION NETWORK......Page 727
PROPOSAL......Page 728
16. ENERGY PANEL MEETING......Page 730
Akira Miyahara Status of ITER Broader Approach Activities......Page 732
SUMMARY......Page 733
Akira Miyahara Topics of Energy Research in Japan......Page 734
Hisham Khatib Impact of the Financial Crisis of 2008 on World Energy......Page 736
REFERENCES......Page 739
17. GREEN CHEMISTRY WORKSHOP......Page 740
INTRODUCTION......Page 742
SOLUTIONS: SMALL MOLECULE PLASTICIZERS......Page 743
SOLUTIONS: SMALL MOLECULE FLAME RETARDANTS......Page 745
DESIGNING LESS HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS......Page 746
REFERENCES......Page 747
BISPHENOLS AND BISPHENOL-A (BPA)......Page 750
BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF BISPHENOLS: ESTROGENICITY......Page 751
HUMAN EXPOSURE TO BISPHENOLS AND PHTHALATES: THE CASE OF TAKE AWAY FOOD......Page 753
REFERENCES......Page 756
INTRODUCTION......Page 758
ADIPOGENESIS AND OBESITY......Page 759
OBESOGENS......Page 760
OBESOGENS AND STEM CELLS......Page 761
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 762
REFERENCES......Page 764
INTRODUCTION......Page 768
BIO-BASED POLYMERS......Page 770
CONCLUSIONS......Page 776
CHEMICALS IN SOCIETY AND ADVANCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE......Page 778
REVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE......Page 780
REFERENCES......Page 781
SOURCES AND ROUTES OF EXPOSURE AND METABOLIC FATE......Page 784
GREEN CHEMISTRY: 21 ST CENTURY MATERIALS SCIENCE......Page 779
ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS OF BPA IN LABORATORY ANIMALS......Page 787
THE NEED FOR ALTERNATIVES TO BPA......Page 789
REFERENCES......Page 790
18. AIDS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES......Page 794
Franco M. Buonaguro 2009 Progress Report of the MCD-217 Project and 2010 Research Project, East-Africa AIDS Research Center at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (Uvri), Entebbe, Uganda......Page 796
P53 ROLE IN CANCER PATHOGENESIS: TWO DISTINCT MODELS.......Page 797
DEVELOPMENT OF HIV VACCINE......Page 798
TRAINING AND EXCHANGE PROGRAMS......Page 799
19. SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS......Page 802
Seminar Participants......Page 804
20. ETTORE MAJORANA ERICE SCIENCE FOR PEACE PRIZE— SCIENTIFIC SESSION Why Science is Needed for the Culture of the Third Millennium......Page 816
Antonio M. Battro The Impact of Digital Technologies Among Children of Developing Countries......Page 818
REFERENCES......Page 819
Richard Wilson The Crucial Role of Science (and Scientists) in Public Affairs: A Suggestion for Coping with Terrorism......Page 820
REFERENCES......Page 826
NEW SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE BUILDS ON THE PAST OVER LONG TIMESCALES......Page 828
CLASSICAL PHYSICS IS STILL GOOD......Page 830
SCIENTIFIC TECHNICALITIES MATTER......Page 831
Anastasios Tsonis The Use and Misuse of Science—An Example......Page 834
Robert Huber Innovation Cannot Be Planned......Page 838
SCIENCE AND GOOD GOVERNANCE......Page 842
GLOBAL WARMING......Page 846
THE ENERGY CRISIS......Page 850
A SOLUTION TO BOTH PROBLEMS......Page 852
CONCLUSION......Page 854
ENERGY SECTOR CLIMATE STABILIZATION POLICIES......Page 856
TECHNOLOGY CHANGES FOR 450 STABILIZATION (lEA ENERGY TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVES 2008)......Page 857
CO-BENEFITS SUMMARY IEA 2009 WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK, 450 PPM SCENARIO......Page 858
THE ROLE OF SCIENCE......Page 859
Zenonas Rokus Rudzikas Why Science is Needed for the Culture of the Third Millennium: Historical Experience of a Small Country (Lithuania)......Page 860
REFERENCES......Page 865
THE YEAR OF PHYSICS EXHIBITION......Page 866
INNOVATIVE COMPETITION USING SUPERCONDUCTOR FOR MAGNETIC LEVITATION......Page 871
SUMMARY......Page 874
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 875
Bruno Maraviglia The Human Brain Function Investigated by New Physical Methods......Page 876
REFERENCES......Page 881
WHAT IS \"QUALITY OF LIFE\"?......Page 882
WHA T IS SUSTAINED DEVELOPMENT?......Page 883
REFERENCES......Page 884
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY IS VITAL FOR FUTURE PROGRESS—......Page 886
AN EXAMPLE: SPACE QUANTIZATION TO MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI)—A TIMELINE FROM 1911–1977......Page 888
MODERN BASIC RESEARCH—WHAT IS INSIDE THE PROTON?......Page 892
REFERENCES......Page 897
SOCIETAL NEEDS......Page 898
WATER......Page 899
ENERGY......Page 901
STATUS OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL IN THE USA......Page 903
WHAT TO DO WITH HIGH LEVEL WASTE?......Page 904
CONCLUSIONS......Page 905
REFERENCES......Page 906
Lord John Alderdice A Science of the Irrational Can Help Protect Science from Irrational Attacks......Page 910