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At the coast all is not what it seems.  Decades of beachfront development have seen a variety of efforts to stabilize the shoreline to protect ill-placed beachfront property, both from shoreline erosion and from storm damage. Both of these problems become increasingly critical in a time of rising sea level.  Many natural beaches are backed by sea walls, while others have been transformed by whole series of groynes, offshore breakwaters and a plethora of other schemes. Many recreational beaches are actually artificial replicas of the real thing, emplaced to protect badly placed infrastructure and maintained only through ongoing costly beach nourishment.  However, all of these attempts to stabilize the shoreline are far from benign. Degradation and even complete loss of the all important recreational beach sometimes results from seawall emplacement. Increasingly, the choice of shoreline stabilization approach will depend upon plans for future response to rising seas which in many cases may involve retreat from the shoreline rather than holding the line.  This book explores, through a series of case studies from around the globe, the pitfalls of shoreline stabilization and provides a ready reference for those with an interest in shoreline management.  It is particularly timely in a time of global change.

Shoreline. --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Hydraulic Engineering --- Marine Science --- Shore protection --- Shorelines --- Soil stabilization --- Stabilization of soils --- Lake shorelines --- Lakes --- Reservoirs --- Shore-lines --- Beach erosion --- Coast protection --- Coast protective works --- Prevention --- Earth sciences. --- Oceanography. --- Geobiology. --- Coasts. --- Physical geography. --- Earth Sciences. --- Coastal Sciences. --- Biogeosciences. --- Physical Geography. --- Earth Sciences, general. --- Physical geography --- Seashore --- Bodies of water --- Coastal zone management --- Coastal engineering --- Hydraulic engineering --- Reclamation of land --- Soil mechanics --- Stability --- Reinforced soils --- Slopes (Soil mechanics) --- Soil compaction --- Soil consolidation --- Subsurface drainage --- Geography. --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Geography --- Oceanography, Physical --- Oceanology --- Physical oceanography --- Thalassography --- Marine sciences --- Ocean --- Geosciences --- Environmental sciences --- Physical sciences --- Biology --- Biosphere --- Coastal landforms --- Coastal zones --- Coastlines --- Landforms

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The past decade has witnessed significant progress in the diagnosis and treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer. Radiation therapy, used with curative intent, has undergone important technological advances, and combined chemotherapy and radiation has also become an established option. As a result, outcomes among patients with localized disease have improved markedly, with higher overall survival, better locoregional disease control, less treatment-induced toxicity, and better quality of life. However, most of the developments that have taken place are complex, and often not fully understood by physicians in general oncology practice without specialization in the treatment of head and neck cancer. Against this background, Nasopharyngeal Cancer - Multidisciplinary Management aims to provide a comprehensive account of the current state of knowledge of nasopharyngeal cancer and its multidisciplinary management. The first ten chapters contain essential information on subjects such as epidemiology, pathogenesis, molecular biology, pathology, and the use of imaging in diagnosis and staging. Subsequent chapters examine in depth the various treatment options and explain combinations in a range of settings. Detailed attention is given to the roles of concurrent, adjuvant, and neoadjuvant chemotherapy and advanced radiotherapy techniques. Further chapters then explore surgical options, follow-up, treatment of metastatic disease, treatment-related and complications and nasopharyngeal cancer in children. This is an important book that meets an urgent need and will prove essential reading for the oncology community worldwide.

Nasopharynx --Cancer. --- Nasopharynx --- Diagnosis --- Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms --- Nasopharyngeal Diseases --- Pharyngeal Neoplasms --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Pharyngeal Diseases --- Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms --- Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases --- Stomatognathic Diseases --- Head and Neck Neoplasms --- Diseases --- Neoplasms by Site --- Neoplasms --- Radiology, MRI, Ultrasonography & Medical Physics --- Oncology --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Cancer --- Head --- Tumors. --- Cancer. --- Medicine. --- Radiology. --- Radiotherapy. --- Oncology. --- Otorhinolaryngology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Imaging / Radiology.