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Accessibility Claims for ePub (HTML) version
WAYS OF READING
The appearance of the text and page layout can be modified according to the capabilities of the reading system (font family and font size, spaces between paragraphs, sentences, words, and letters, as well as color of background and text
This e-publication is accessible to the full extent that the file format and types of content allow, on a specific reading device, by default, without necessarily including any additions such as textual descriptions of images or enhanced navigation.
All content can be read as read aloud speech or dynamic braille.
CONFORMANCE
For detailed accessibility information, see Elsevier’s website at https://www.elsevier.com/about/accessibility.
For queries regarding accessibility information, contact [email protected].
The publication was certified on December 9, 2024.
NAVIGATION
Table of contents to all chapters of the text via links.
Page list to go to pages from the print source version.
RICH CONTENT
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HAZARDS
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PRODUCT CONTENT
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LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
Elsevier is committed to making our e-books accessible and complying with the European Accessibility Act and other applicable laws. However, given the vast library of Elsevier titles, dating back over many years, there are some instances, as for this e-book, in which the burden to make an e-book fully accessible presents unique challenges. In such cases, efforts to include full features could, among other items, fundamentally transform the nature of the e-book to no longer serve its primary purpose or result in a disproportionate burden for the publisher. As a result this eBook may have limited accessibility. If you would like to find out more about our approach to making our e-books accessible, please visit https://www.elsevier.com/en-gb/about/accessibility.
Please refer to our disproportionate burden or fundamental modification statements.
ADDITIONAL ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION
Page breaks included from the original print source.
E-publication includes basic navigation (usually less detailed than TOC-based navigation).
All (or substantially all) textual matter is arranged in a single logical reading order (including text that is visually presented as separate from the main text flow, e.g., in boxouts, captions, tables, footnotes, endnotes, citations, etc.). Non-textual content is also linked from within this logical reading order. (Purely decorative non-text content can be ignored).
The language of the text has been specified (e.g., via the HTML or XML lang attribute) to optimise text-to-speech (and other alternative renderings), both at the whole document level and, where appropriate, for individual words, phrases or passages in a different language.
Accessibility Claims for PDF version
WAYS OF READING
This e-publication is accessible to the full extent that the file format and types of content allow, on a specific reading device, by default, without necessarily including any additions such as textual descriptions of images or enhanced navigation.
No information about nonvisual reading is available.
CONFORMANCE
For detailed accessibility information, see Elsevier’s website at https://www.elsevier.com/about/accessibility.
For queries regarding accessibility information, contact [email protected].
The publication was certified on December 9, 2024.
NAVIGATION
Table of contents to all chapters of the text via links.
Page list to go to pages from the print source version.
RICH CONTENT
No information is available.
HAZARDS
No information is available.
PRODUCT CONTENT
No information is available.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
Elsevier is committed to making our e-books accessible and complying with the European Accessibility Act and other applicable laws. However, given the vast library of Elsevier titles, dating back over many years, there are some instances, as for this e-book, in which the burden to make an e-book fully accessible presents unique challenges. In such cases, efforts to include full features could, among other items, fundamentally transform the nature of the e-book to no longer serve its primary purpose or result in a disproportionate burden for the publisher. As a result this eBook may have limited accessibility. If you would like to find out more about our approach to making our e-books accessible, please visit https://www.elsevier.com/en-gb/about/accessibility.
Please refer to our disproportionate burden or fundamental modification statements.
ADDITIONAL ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION
Page breaks included from the original print source.
All (or substantially all) textual matter is arranged in a single logical reading order (including text that is visually presented as separate from the main text flow, e.g., in boxouts, captions, tables, footnotes, endnotes, citations, etc.). Non-textual content is also linked from within this logical reading order. (Purely decorative non-text content can be ignored).
The language of the text has been specified (e.g., via the HTML or XML lang attribute) to optimise text-to-speech (and other alternative renderings), both at the whole document level and, where appropriate, for individual words, phrases or passages in a different language.