Title The effect of exposure to the atomic bombs on pregnancy termination in Hiroshima and Nagasaki / by J.V. Neel and W.J. Schull in collaboration with R.C. Anderson [and others]

Published Washington : National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, 1956

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 241 pages) : illustrations, maps Series National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council. Publication ; no. 461 Publication (National Research Council (U.S.)) ; no. 461. Contents Computational and Theoretical Techniques for Materials Science -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction and Summary -- Chapter 2 Challenges in Materials Research for the Remainder of the Century -- NEW MATERIALS -- Background -- Present Status and Critical Issues -- Future Theoretical Developments and Computing Forecast -- SEMICONDUCTORS -- OPTICAL PROPERTIES -- Background -- Present Status and Critical Issues -- Linear Optics -- Nonlinear Optics -- Future Theoretical Developments and Computing Forecast -- SURFACES AND INTERFACES Critical IssuesForecast and Impact of High-Performance Computing -- GROWTH OF ARTIFICIALLY ENGINEERED FILMS -- Determination of Phenomenological Potentials -- Modeling Growth of Submonolayer Structures -- Systems Composed of Many Layers -- Steps -- Strained Layer Superlattices -- Surfactants -- High-Speed Deposition -- NANOENGINEERING OF THE DYNAMICAL BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS -- CHEMICAL DYNAMICS: SURFACE CHEMISTRY, CORROSION, EXPLOSIONS -- Background -- Important Problems -- Computational Methodology -- Applications -- Computing Forecast MOLECULAR HYDRODYNAMICS OF DETONATIONBackground -- Challenges for the Future -- STRENGTH OF MATERIALS, DEFECTS, HIGH-TEMPERATURE MATERIALS -- Background -- Computational Issues and Forecast -- COMPOSITES, POLYMERS, CERAMICS -- Background -- Present Status and Critical Issues -- Future Theoretical Developments and Computing Forecast -- ALLOY PHASE DIAGRAMS -- MAGNETIC MATERIALS -- Itinerant Transition-Metal Magnets -- Thermodynamics of Magnetic Order -- Spin-Orbit Effects -- Localized f Electrons -- Highly Correlated Systems Future Prospects and OpportunitiesSTRONGLY INTERACTING SYSTEMS -- Background -- Critical Issues -- Computational Forecast -- Chapter 3 Computational Perspectives for the Remainder of the Decade -- ALGORITHMIC ISSUES -- ALGORITHMS AND FORMULATIONS APPROPRIATE TO PARALLEL COMPUTING -- CURRENT TRENDS IN THE MASSIVELY PARALLEL PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT -- Chapter 4 Implications and Opportunities for NRL -- CODE PARALLELIZATION -- INTERACTION WITH EXPERIMENTALISTS -- INCORPORATION OF CHEMISTRY INTO MATERIALS CALCULATIONS ADVANCES IN THE TREATMENT OF ELECTRON CORRELATIONSBRIDGING THE ATOMIC AND MESOSCOPIC SCALES -- STRENGTH OF MATERIALS -- PREDICTING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES -- ALLOY PHASE DIAGRAMS -- DETERMINATION OF PHENOMENOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS FROM ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS -- Epilogue Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-236) Notes Print version record Subject Atomic bomb -- Physiological effect. Pregnancy -- Complications. Radiation injuries. Abortion, Spontaneous -- epidemiology Radioactive Fallout -- adverse effects Maternal Exposure -- adverse effects Radiation Injuries World War II MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics. Radiation injuries Atomic bomb -- Physiological effect Pregnancy -- Complications Gravidez. SUBJECT Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- Statistics, Medical Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- Statistics, Medical Japan Subject Japan -- Hiroshima-shi Japan -- Nagasaki-shi Genre/Form Medical statistics Form Electronic book Author Schull, William J. Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission LC no. 56060060 ISBN 0309571308 9780309571302

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