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American Institute of Physics Magnetic Fields In The Universe From Laboratory And Stars To Primordial Structures 2005 Edition by Elisabete M. De Gouveia Dal Pino German Lugones Alexander Lazarian
All papers were peer-reviewed. This volume summarizes the views of many world-renowned experts on a broad spectrum of topics involving magnetic fields from the scale of laboratory plasma experiments to astrophysics and cosmology. It includes updated reviews and new results on hot topics on the interdisciplinary boundary between plasma physics and astrophysics so that it can be a rather useful reference not only for senior researchers but also for graduate students involved with the investigation of plasma astrophysics and cosmic magnetic fields.Highlights of the works included in this volume are: the recent progress on the measurements of magnetic fields in our Galaxy and other galaxies and in star formation regions; the construction of new numerical tools for multidimensional simulations of MHD flows with several astrophysical applications; recent advances on the comprehension of the effects of magnetic fields in stellar and solar activity star formation and evolution compact objects accretion physics production and propagation of jets and winds origin and propagation of cosmic rays and production of gamma ray bursts; laboratory and astrophysical plasmas connections; the interplay between turbulence and magnetic fields in the interstellar medium and space plasmas; the implications of magnetic reconnection on particle acceleration star formation and solar flares; and the recent advances in dynamo theories for the origin of stellar galactic and primordial magnetic fields. A new powerful numerical tool for multidimensional numerical simulations of magnetohydrodynamical flows is described in two papers in these proceedings. Table of contents : Preliminary Contents Preface - Wolfgang Ahrens Iris Pigeot.Foreword - John M. Last.Introduction - Wolfgang Ahrens Klaus Krickeberg Iris Pigeot.1. Concepts and Methodological Approaches in Epidemiology 1.1. Basic Concepts - Kenneth J. Rothman Sander Greenland1.2. Risk Measures - Jacques Benichou Mari Palta1.3. Descriptive Studies - Donald M. Parkin Freddie Bray1.4. Use of Routine Data and Disease Registries - Mans Rosen Timo Hakulinen 1.5. Cohort Studies - Anthony B. Miller David C. Goff Jr. Karin Bammann Pascal Wild1.6. Case Control Studies - Norman E. Breslow1.7. Modern Study Designs - Philip H. Kass Ellen B. Gold1.8. Intervention Trials - Silvia Franceschi Martyn Plummer1.9. Confounding and Interaction - Neal Pearce Sander Greenland1.10. Epidemiological Field Work in Population-Based Studies - Arlene Fink1.11. Exposure Assessment - Sylvaine Cordier Patricia Stewart1.12. Design and Planning of Epidemiological Studies - Pascal Wild1.13. Quality Control and Good Epidemiological Practice - Preetha Rajaraman Jonathan M. Samet 2. Statistical Methods in Epidemiology 2.1. Sample Size Determination in Epidemiologic Studies- Janet D. Elashoff Stanley Lemeshow2.2. General Principles of Data Analysis - Heiko Becher2.3. Regression Mehtods for Epidemiologic Analysis - Sander Greenland2.4. Survival Analysis - Peter Sasieni2.5. Measurement Error - Jeffrey S. Buzas Leonard A. Stefanski Tor D. Tosteson2.6. Missing Data - Geert Molenberghs Caroline Beunckens Ivy Jansen Herbert Thijs Geert Verbeke Michael G. Kenward2.7. Meta Analysis - Maria Blettner Peter Schlattmann 2.8. Geographical Epidemiology - John F. Bithell3. Applications in Epidemiology 3.1. Social Epidemiology - Tarani Chandola Michael Marmot3.2. Occupational Epidemiology - Franco Merletti Dario Mirabelli Lorenzo Richiardi 3.3. Environmental Epidemiology - Lothar Kreienbrock3.4. Nutritional Epidemiology - Dorothy Mackerras Barrie M. Margetts3.5. Reproductive Epidemiology - JAA rn Olsen Olga Basso3.6. Molecular Epidemiology - Paolo Vineis Guiseppe Matullo Marianne Berwick3.7. Genetic Epidemiology - Heike Bickeboller3.8. Clinical Epidemiology - Holger J. Schunemann Gordon H. Guyatt 3.9. Pharmacoepidemiology - Edeltraut Garbe Samy Suissa 3.10. Screening - Anthony B. Miller3.11. Prevention and Health Promotion - John W. Farquhar Stephen P. Fortmann4. Research Areas in Epidemiology 4.1. Infectious Diseases - Susanne Straif-Bourgois Raoult Ratard 4.2. Cardiovascular Diseases - Darwin R. Labarthe4.3. Cancer Epidemiology - Paolo Boffetta4.4. Musculoskeletal Disorders - Hilkka Riihimaki4.5. Health Systems Research - Thomas Schafer Christian Gericke Reinhard Busse4.6. Epidemiology in Developing Countries Part A: Klaus Krickeberg Part B: Anita Kar Asit Kumar Chakraborty4.7. Ethical Aspects of Epidemiological Research - Hubert G. Leufkens Johannes J.M. van Delden