New journals from Taylor & Francis.Taylor & Francis (Philadelphia, PA), a unit of Informa Group, has begun the publication of four new journals, including "International Journal of Pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. Obesity," "Geomechanics & Geoengineering," "Environmental Bioindicators" and "Disability & Rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. ." The "International Journal of Pediatric Obesity" is a quarterly journal devoted to research into obesity during childhood and adolescence. Content includes information on: epidemiology and population-based studies; clinical management of overweight and obese children; recognition and treatment of co-morbidities linked to obesity; measurement and diagnostic issues; life cycle factors; and, common preventative measures. An annual subscription costs $320 for institutions and $138 for individuals. Also produced quarterly, "Geomechanics and Geoengineering" deals with application of mechanics to earth materials Earth materials is a general term that includes rocks and materials that are not by definition rocks but are commonly regarded as rocks. Examples of the latter are coal and volcanic glass, which are not composed of minerals. such as material behavior, design and construction, as well as engineering principles related to geo-materials, including foundation engineering, tunneling, rock engineering, engineering geology engineering geology or geological engineering Scientific discipline concerned with the application of geologic knowledge to engineering problems such as reservoir design and location, determination of slope stability for construction purposes, and and geo-environmental engineering. An annual subscription costs $295 for institutions and $99 for individuals. The objective of "Environmental Bioindicators" is to provide information on environmental health and protection, environmental management, restoration needs and and the scientific bases and uses of bioindicators and biomarkers of environmental stress. Published quarterly, an annual subscription costs $395 for institutions and $250 for individuals. "Disability and Rehabilitation" will be published 24 times a year with a separate volume, "Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Hardware and software that help people who are physically impaired. Often called "accessibility options" when referring to enhancements for using the computer, the entire field of assistive technology is quite vast and even includes ramp and doorway construction in buildings to support " to be published four times a year. The former title covers a wide range of topics on disability and rehabilitation, including clinical medicine, gerontology gerontology: see geriatrics. , social policy issues, vocational and educational training and pain. "Assistive Technology" is devoted to covering technological developments and issues related to the rehabilitative re·ha·bil·i·tate tr.v. re·ha·bil·i·tat·ed, re·ha·bil·i·tat·ing, re·ha·bil·i·tates 1. To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education. 2. process. An annual subscription costs $248. |
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