International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies: 44th session : the role of science in the third millenium : "E. Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy, 19-24 August 2011

In: The science and culture series. Nuclear strategy and peace technology

Abstract

Overcoming chaotic behavior of climate models / S. Fred Singer and Christopher W. Monckton -- CECs in water: challenges and future solutions / Deborah L. Swackhamer -- Fate of contaminants of concern in conventional and advanced water treatment and managed aquifer recharge systems / Jörg E. Drewes -- Agricultural sources of contaminants of emerging concern and adverse health effects on freshwater fish / Donald Tillitt and Herbert T. Buxton -- Epidemiology of chemicals of emerging concern / Joe M. Braun -- Energy efficiency in power generation, industry and buildings: a survey paper / Hisham Khatib -- Energy efficiency and sustainability / Michael Jefferson -- The energy efficiency potential of global transport to 2050 / David L. Greene -- The role of science in the third millennium / Dr. Ignazio La Russa -- Cyber repression: going worse. What can be done? / Henning Wegener -- The role of science and technology as empowerment of person and state / Jody R. Westby -- A secure internet to promote world-class science in developing countries / William Barletta -- Deployment and impact of ICTs in developing countries / Hamadoun Touré -- The chemical time bomb concept revisited in the context of climate change and other recent developments / William M. Stigliani -- Agriculture in a more populous, higher atmospheric [carbon dioxide] world - inviting 10 billion to the banquet in 2050: some ways and means / Lowell Wood and Philip Eckhoff -- Evidence-based medicine and knowledge translation type 2 research / R. Brian Haynes -- AIDS and infectious diseases (AID) PMP 2011 report / Franco M. Buonaguro -- Mother and child health PMP: 2010-2011 activities / Nathalie Charpak, Juan G. Ruiz and Socorro De Leon-Mendoza -- Report of the Climate Permanent Monitoring Panel / Christopher Essex -- Pollution Permanent Monitoring Panel - 2011 annual report / Lorne G. Everett -- Report of the Permanent Monitoring Panel on energy, 2011 / Carmine Difiglio, William Fulkerson and Bruce Stram -- Permanent Monitoring Panel - Mitigation of Terrorist Acts / Sally Leivesley -- Information Security PMP report / Henning Wegener and Jody R. Westby.