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Terrestrial Space Radiation and Its Biological Effects

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Introduction
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    Chapter 2 The Earths’s Trapped and Transient Space Radiation Environment
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    Chapter 3 Ambient Electron Density Distribution at about 500 km Altitude at the Earth’s Ionosphere
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    Chapter 4 The Space Radiation Environment at 840 km
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    Chapter 5 Solar Proton Event Forecasts
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    Chapter 6 Radiation Hazards in Low Earth Orbit, Polar Orbit, Geosynchronous Orbit, and Deep Space
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    Chapter 7 Analysis of the Radiative Risk During Hermes Missions
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    Chapter 8 Heavy Ion Effects on Cells: An Approach to Theoretical Understanding
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    Chapter 9 Cosmic Ray HZE Particle Effects in Biological Systems: Results of Experiments in Space
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    Chapter 10 Effects of Low and High LET Radiation on Neoplastic Transformation in Cells and the Importance of Single Track Effects in Space
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    Chapter 11 Effects of LET, Fluence and Particle Energy on Inactivation, Chromosomal Aberrations and DNA Strand Breaks
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    Chapter 12 Induction of Chromosome Aberrations in Chinese Hamster Cells After Heavy Ion Irradiation
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    Chapter 13 Heavy Ion Radiation Effects on Single Spores of Bacillus Subtilis
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    Chapter 14 Biological Action of Heavy Ion Irradiation on Individual Yeast Cells
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    Chapter 15 Delta-Electron Emission in Heavy Ion Collisions
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    Chapter 16 The Role of Repair Processes in Cellular and Genetical Response to Radiation
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    Chapter 17 Reactions of Genetic Systems to Heavy Ions: Acute and Late Effects
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    Chapter 18 Nature of Radiation Induced Mutations: Experimental Approaches on the Question of Intragenic Events
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    Chapter 19 Genetic and Developmental Responses of Radiation Sensitive Mutants of the Nematode, C. elegans , to Ultraviolet, High and Low LET Radiation
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    Chapter 20 Ionizing Radiation Induced Mutagenesis: Molecular Genetic Changes and Role of DNA Lesions and Repair
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    Chapter 21 Radiation Physics Related to Biology
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    Chapter 22 Biochemistry of Subcellular and Cellular Radiation Effects
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    Chapter 23 High Energy Proton Induced Mutations in Cultured Chinese Hamster Cells
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    Chapter 24 Cultures of Erythroleukemic Cells (K-562) on a Stratospheric Balloon Flight
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    Chapter 25 Transposition of Retrotransposons After Gamma and UV Irradiation
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    Chapter 26 Flow Cytometry Techniques for the Study of Irradiated Hematopoietic Stem Cells
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    Chapter 27 The Kinetics of UV-Induced Thymine Dimerization
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    Chapter 28 Effects of Ultrahigh Vacuum and UV Irradiation on Transforming DNA of Haemophilus Influenzae
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    Chapter 29 Effect of High-Vacuum, Deep Temperatures and VUV Irradiation on Bacterial Spores
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    Chapter 30 Selected Examples of Degenerative Late Effects Caused by Particulate Radiations in Normal Tissues
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    Chapter 31 Delayed Effects of Proton Irradiation in the Lens and Integument: A Primate Model
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    Chapter 32 Life Shortening and Causes of Death in Experimental Animals Following Whole-Body Exposure to Ionizing Radiation
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    Chapter 33 Acute Radiation Syndromes in Man
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    Chapter 34 Extrapolation of Animal Data to Man
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    Chapter 35 Radiation Induced Damage to the Regenerative Capacity of Surgically Traumatized Rat Femur After Single Doses of X — Rays
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    Chapter 36 Cardiopulmonary Effects Following Local Irradiation of the Heart in Adult Male Wistar/Neuherberg Rats
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    Chapter 37 Post-Irradiation Alterations In Cerebral Blood Flow
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    Chapter 38 Analysis of the Involvement of the Terrestrial Space Radiation in the Microgravity Effects on Drosophila Melanogaster Development and Aging
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    Chapter 39 Current Trends in Behavioral Radiobiology
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    Chapter 40 Effects of Iron Particles on Behavior and Brain Function: Initial Studies
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    Chapter 41 Correlative Motor Behavioral and Striatal Dopaminergic Alterations Induced by 56 Fe Radiation
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    Chapter 42 Variation of Galactic Cosmic Radiation by Solar Modulation, Geomagnetic Shielding and Shielding by Material
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    Chapter 43 Radiation Problems in Manned Spaceflight — European Efforts
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    Chapter 44 Space Radiation Exposures for Manned Polar Missions: A Parametric Study
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    Chapter 45 Protection of Polar Platforms from Penetrating Radiation
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    Chapter 46 Galactic Cosmic Radiation Doses to Astronauts Outside the Magnetosphere
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    Chapter 47 DNA and Radioprotection
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    Chapter 48 Excision Repair is Enhanced by WR-2721 Radioprotection
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    Chapter 49 Impact of Spaceflight Environment on Radiation Response
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    Chapter 50 Radiation Protection Guidelines for Space Missions
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    Chapter 51 Space Radiation Dosimetry on U.S. and Soviet Manned Missions
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    Chapter 52 Measurements of Cosmic Ray LET-Spectra for the D1 Mission Using Plastic Nuclear Track Detectors
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    Chapter 53 Cosmic Ray LET-Spectrum Measured in the Spacelab 2 Mission
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    Chapter 54 New Directions in Space Dosimetry
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    Chapter 55 Summary
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Title
Terrestrial Space Radiation and Its Biological Effects
Published by
Springer US, December 2012
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4613-1567-4
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978-1-4612-8859-6, 978-1-4613-1567-4
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McCormack, Percival D., Swenberg, Charles E., Bücker, Horst

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Student > Master 1 25%
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Physics and Astronomy 1 25%
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