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Contents VII

Chapter 17 **Polynomial Response Surfaces for Probabilistic** 

Sergey Oladyshkin and Wolfgang Nowak

**Risk Assessment and Risk Control via Robust Design 317**

#### Chapter 17 **Polynomial Response Surfaces for Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Risk Control via Robust Design 317**  Sergey Oladyshkin and Wolfgang Nowak

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Chapter 7 **Theories and Methods for** 

Chapter 8 **Absorption and Accumulation of** 

**the Emergency Rescue System 121** Jianfeng Li, Wenmao Liu and Bin Zhang

Hong Ge, Emmy Camada and Yao Yiping

**Evaluation at Nanoscale Levels – A Way Forward in Ecotoxicological Studies 167** 

Chapter 10 **Polysystemic Approach to Risk Assessment 185**

Chapter 11 **Risk Assessment in the Anaesthesia Process 205**

**Endurance Time and the Corresponding** 

Yuh-Chuan Shih and Yo-May Wang

**Pyrolysis Facility Designs for City of**

Philippe Côte and Fréderic Bretar

**Tools from Paper to Electronic 281**  Daniel Bergeron and Kristiina Hyrkäs

**Calibrating Risk Assessment Models 297**  Michael S. Williams, Eric D. Ebel, Jennifer A. Hoeting

**Konin, in Poland, Using SimLab® Toolpack 245** 

**Diagnosis and Monitoring of Dikes and Dams 263**  Yannick Fargier, Cyrille Fauchard, Patrice Mériaux, Paul Royet, Sergio Palma-Lopes, Daniel François,

**Section 3 Risk Assessment in System Design 243** 

Chapter 13 **Risk Analysis of the Waste to Energy** 

Boguslaw Bieda

Chapter 14 **Methodology Applied to the** 

Chapter 15 **Transforming Risk Assessment** 

and James L. Withee

Chapter 16 **A Bayesian Approach for**

**Section 2 Risk Assessment in Human Health 165**

Chapter 9 **Non-Invasive Matrices Use in Pollution** 

Chapter 12 **Effects of Wearing Gloves and Sex on** 

**Heavy Metal Pollutants in Roadside Soil-Plant** 

**Systems – A Case Study for Western Inner Mongolia 157**  Lu Zhanyuan, Zhi Yingbiao, Wang Zai-lan, Hua Yupeng,

Melinda Haydee Kovacs, Dumitru Ristoiu and Cezara Voica

Mikhail Karganov, Irina Alchinova and Nadezhda Khlebnikova

**Finger Skin Temperature During a Cold Immersion 229** 

Valérie Neyns, Ophélie Carreras, Laurie Planes and Jean-Marie Cellier

Preface

human health protection.

environment and human health.

This book compiles chapters written by researchers who focus on the development and application of risk assessment approaches in various subjects of hydrology, water

Risk assessment is a critical component in the evaluation and protection of natural or anthropogenic systems. Conventionally, risk assessment is involved with some essential steps such as the identification of problem, risk evaluation, and assessment review. Other novel approaches are also discussed in the book chapters. This book is compiled to communicate the latest information on risk assessment approaches and their effectiveness. Presented materials cover subjects from environmental quality to

It's the editor's expectation that the chapters enclosed in this book will provide helpful information for risk assessment in both academic and industrial fields, and encourage the development and implementation of relevant applications for the protection of

**Yuzhou Luo, Ph.D.**

USA

University of California (Davis)

Department of Land, Air and Water Resources

quality, human health, and industrial designing.
