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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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One of a series giving practical advice on methods of reducing radon levels in existing dwellings. It will help surveyors, builders and householders who are trying to reduce indoor radon levels. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

Truly original
A very good book, especially because it has a lot of imagination.If you want to try something familiar enough to be digestible, but different enough to truly keep you guessing, try this.

The Radon File is written in a "police procedural" style--you know, the kind where the detective talks like:"I'm Joe Friday.On Monday my partner Fred and I cruised over to Floyd's bungalow to grill him about the Jenkins case.He wouldn't talk until I accidentally spilled coffee on his shoes.He yelled, 'That was no accident!''Oh, no?" I asked.'Well what about this, does this look like an accident?'And I stroked his ugly mug a few times with the butt of my .38.Then he sang like a parakeet..."

But it's set in a semi-dark future, where a hybrid communist global government is in charge, but dissent is openly tolerated, and personal creativity is encouraged, even mandated.The decrepit economy is reminiscent of Soviet-era Eastern Europe.Amid this mess, low-grade supernatural events have started to sprout like mushrooms all over the landscape, and alien influences may be involved.

There are 5 or 6 books with the same central character, a woman named Ty Merrick, who has a trauma-induced form of lycanthropy.It's not stereotypical at all; she doesn't turn fully into a wolf, and doesn't eat people.Like the main detective's lycanthropic disorder, the dystopian setting of the book is treated completely differently than anything I've read before.Among the other titles are "Manjinn Moon" and "Opalite Moon".I have ordered all of them.

Everything and everyone in the story is broken, but I was not left depressed.It's all strangely rather encouraging in regard to the ability of average humans to overcome the craptastic plans of their governments.

Skip it.
I was completely unimpressed by this book.The characters are undeveloped and do not gain any depth in the course of the novel.The plot is confused, and ineffective.Many of the events did not follow logically,and there was little basis for much of the plot.

Fantastic Combination of Science Fiction and Mystery
I usually do not like dystopian novels.Current headlines are bad enough without looking into a future where the US has become enmeshed in an economic and ecological nightmare.I do, however. like mystery novels. I've always been fond of the theory that mysteries are popular in times ofstress because they demonstate the triumph of order over chaos when theculprit is identified and the rule of law restored.Which may explain whyI like these novels so much.

Detective Ty Merrick due to an encounterwith a defective heater, has become a modern lycanthrope.She has what shedescribes as "stretches" where she changes mentally andphysically.This is not covered by her medical plan.

Her partner,LaRue, collects Soviet Communism and drives an antique East German Trabrantwith a spring necked plastic statue of Lenin that with each bump bobs itshead and squeaks "comrade, comrade."He also believes ferventlyin the effectiveness of magic spells to help control the externalworld.

Together, They struggle to maintain order in a world of constantshortages, where all officials are corrupt and most of the populationmanages to bridge the gap between what is provided by the state and whatthey need to survive by scavaging.

Which leadsback to the theory aboutmysteries.By continuing to do their job in the midst of intolerableconditions, Ty and LaRue show that order can triumph over chaos, that thereis some hope of resolution of the larger problems, and (in their loyalty toone another) that there is some interest other than self interest.

Thebooks could best be considered police procedurals set in hell.Theyshould, by the way, should be read sequentially to appreciate the evolvingnature of Ty's lycanthropy.

Fantastic Combination of Science Fiction and Mystery
I usually do not like dystopian novels.Current headlines are bad enough without looking into a future where the US has become enmeshed in an economic and ecological nightmare.I do like mystery novels though.I'vealways been fond of the theory that mysteries are popular in times ofstress because they demonstate the triumph of order over chaos when theculprit is identified and the rule of law takes over.Which may explainwhy I like these novels.

Detective Ty Merrick due to an encounter witha defective heater's fumes, has become a modern lycanthrope.She has whatshe describes as "stretches" where she changes mentally andphysically.Her partner LaRue collects Soviet Communism and drives anantique East German Trabrant with a spring necked plastic statue of Leninthat with each bump bobs its head and squeaks "comrade, comrade." They struggle to maintain order in a world where there are constantshortages, all officials are corrupt and most of the populations manages tobridge the gap between what is provided by the state and what they need tosurvive by scavaging while they rely on supersition and magic to try togain some control of their environment.

Which leadsback to the theoryabout mysteries.By continuing to do their job in the midst of intolerableconditions, Ty and LaRue show some order does exist, there is some hopewhen they suceed in solving a crime that order can be restored at least tosome small part of the world.

the books, by the way, should be readsequentially to appreciate the evolving nature of Ty's lycanthropy. ... Read more

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In recent years, the perception of indoor radon as a relatively minor health issue has been radically altered: observations in Sweden, Canada, and the U.S. have revealed the high incidence of elevated radon levels in ordinary houses and the extreme hazard of inhaling radon decay products. These findings have lead to a wide range of activities and intensive research aimed at limiting human exposure to radon. This is one of the few books to provide a comprehensive, insightful analysis of the radon problem. Papers reflecting the most current research critically review all major aspects of this issue, each providing sufficient detail to be accessible to those who are technically trained but lack prior direct experience. Coverage includes the generation and migration of radon in source material, the physical and chemical behavior of radon, current evidence on the health effects and risk of exposure, and the strategic and tactical aspects of controlling exposures. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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Studies of underground miners have provided a wealth of data about the risk of lung cancer from exposure to radon's progeny elements, but the application of the miner data to the home environment is not straightforward. In "Comparative Dosimetry of Radon in Mines and Homes", an expert committee uses a new dosimetric model to extrapolate to the home environment the risk relationships found in the miner studies. Important new scaling factors are developed for applying risk estimates based on miner data to men, women, and children in domestic environments. The book includes discussions of radon dosimetry and the uncertainties concerning other risk factors such as age and smoking habits. The book also contains a thorough technical discussion of the characteristics of radioactive aerosols in domestic environments, the dose of inhaled radon progeny to different age groups, identification of respiratory tract cells at the greatest risk of carcinogenesis, and a complete description of the new lung dose model being developed by the International Commission on Radiological Protection as modified by this committee. ... Read more

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To calculate the absorbed dose in the human lung due to inhaled radon progeny, ICRP focussed on the layers containing the target cells, i.e., the basal and secretory cells. Such an approach did not consider details of the sensitive cells in the layers. The present work uses the microdosimetric approach and determines the absorbed alpha-particle energy in non-spherical nuclei of target cells (basal and secretory cells). The absorbed energy for alpha particles emitted by radon progeny in the human respiratory tract was calculated in basal- and secretory-cell nuclei, assuming conical and ellipsoidal forms for these cells. Distributions of specific energy for different combinations of alpha-particle sources, energies and targets are calculated and shown. The dose conversion coefficient for radon progeny is reduced for about 2mSv/WLM when conical and ellipsoidal cell nuclei are considered instead of the layers. While changes in the geometry of secretory-cell nuclei do not have significant effects on their absorbed dose, changes from spherical to conical basal-cell nuclei have significantly reduced their absorbed dose from ~4 to ~3mGy/WLM. This is expected because basal cells are situated close to the end of the range of 6MeV alpha particles. This also underlines the significance of better and more precise information on targets in the T-B tree. A further change in the dose conversion coefficient can be achieved if a different weighting scheme is adopted for the doses for the cells. The results demonstrate the necessity for better information on the target cells for more accurate dosimetry for radon progeny. ... Read more