“…This reprintshows recent advances in dam safety related to overtopping and the prevention, detection, and risk assessment of geostructural risks. Related to overtopping, the issues treated are: the throughflow and failure process of rockfill dams; the protection of embankment dams against overtopping by means of a rockfill toe or wedge-shaped blocks; and the protection of concrete dams with highly convergent chutes. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Public Summary""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Baseline Information on Indoor Radon and Radon in Water in the United States""; ""3 Transfer of Radon from Water to Indoor Air""; ""4 Dosimetry of Ingested Radon and its Associated Risk""; ""5 Dosimetry of Inhaled Radon and its Associated Risk""; ""6 Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Radon-Induced Carcinogenesis""; ""7 Defining Key Variabilities and Uncertainties""; ""8 Mitigation""; ""9 Multimedia Approach to Risk Reduction""; ""10 Research Recommendations""; ""References""…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction : protecting human rights defenders at risk / Alice M. Nah -- Dilemmas in the ethics of tanpa pamrih (aelflessness) : risk and human rights activism in Indonesia / Budi Hernawan and Alice M. …”