Environmental science, engineering and technology Books
Taylor & Francis Ltd Predictive Safety Analytics
Book SynopsisNearly all our safety data collection and reporting systems are backwardlooking: incident reports; dashboards; compliance monitoring systems; and so on. This book shows how we can use safety data in a forward-looking, predictive sense.Predictive Safety Analytics: Reducing Risk through Modeling and Machine Learning contains real use cases where organizations have reduced incidents by employing predictive analytics to foresee and mitigate future risks. It discusses how Predictive Safety Analytics is an opportunity to break through the plateau problem where safety rate improvements have stagnated in many organizations. The book presents how the use of data, coupled with advanced analytical techniques, including machine learning, has become a proven and successful innovation. Emphasis is placed on how the book can meet you where you are by illuminating a path to get there, starting with simple data the organization likely already has. Highlights of the book are the real Table of Contents1. Safety in Numbers: A Data-Driven Approach. 2. Analytics Defined. 3. The Safety Data Repository. 4. Use Cases. 5. Where to Go from Here.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Computer Arithmetic in Practice
Book SynopsisComputer Arithmetic in Practice: Exercises and Programming is a simple, brief introductory volume for undergraduate and graduate students at university courses interested in understanding the foundation of computers. It is focused on numeric data formats and capabilities of computers to perform basic arithmetic operations. It discusses mainly such topics as: Basic concepts of computer architecture Assembly language programming skills Data formats used to express integer and real numbers Algorithms of basic arithmetic operations Short overview of nonlinear functions evaluation Discussion on limited number representation and computer arithmetic Exercises and programming tasks This book provides an accessible overview of common data formats used to write numbers in programming languages and how the computer performs four basic arithmetic operations from the point of view of the processor instruction set. ThTable of ContentsChapter 1: Basic concepts of computer architecture. Chapter 2: Numbers in fixed-point format. Chapter 3: Basic arithmetic on fixed-point numbers. Chapter 4: Numbers in floating-point format. Chapter 5: Basic arithmetic operations on floating-point numbers. Chapter 6: Limited quality of arithmetic operations. Appendices. Index. References.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Oceanography and Marine Biology
Book SynopsisOceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review remains one of the most cited sources in marine science. The increasing interest in work in oceanography and marine biology and its relevance to global environmental issues, especially global climate change and its impacts, creates a demand for authoritative refereed reviews summarising and synthesising the results of both historical and recent research. For more than 50 years, OMBAR has been an essential reference for researchers, students and workers in all fields of marine science. An international Editorial Board ensures global relevance and expert peer review, with editors from Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland, Singapore, and the UK. The series of volumes can be found in the libraries of institutes and universities worldwide.Five of the seven peer-reviewed contributions in Volume 61 are available to read Open Access via this webpage and on OAPEN. Supplementary material is provided online on the Support Materials tabTable of Contents1. One hundred years of daily sea surface temperature from the Hopkins marine station in Pacific Grove, Califonia: a review of the history, acquisition and significance of the record (OPEN ACCESS). 2. Surviving the Anthropocene: the resilience of marine organisms to climate change (OPEN ACCESS). 3. The biology and life cycle of enigmatic crustacean y-larvae: a review. 4. Review of the Central and South Atlantic shelf and deep-sea benthos: science, policy and management (OPEN ACCESS). 5. The North-east Atlantic Margin: a review of the geology, geography, oceanography, and vulnerable megabenthic ecosystems of the continental slope of Ireland and the United Kingdom (OPEN ACCESS). 6. Advancing and integrating Biomonitoring 2.0 with new molecular tools for marine biodiversity and ecosystem assessments (OPEN ACCESS). 7. If you can’t beat them, join them: enemy shells as refugia from grazing & competition pressure.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Impact of Climate Change on Livestock Health and
Book SynopsisThis volume of 30 chapters contributed by reputed authors covers: Diversification of livestock and crops. Integration of livestock systems with forestry and crop production. Drought and heat wave tolerant varieties. Strategies for reduction of Green House Gases emission from ruminants. Application of GIS and remote sensing technologies. Breeds with inherent genetic capabilities to adapt to climate change. This book also takes into account the climate change adaptation, mitigation practices, and policy frameworks for promotion of sustainable livestock and poultry production.This book is co-published with NIPA. Taylor and Francis does not sell or distribute its print and electronic editions in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Biology of Aquatic and Wetland Plants
Book SynopsisAquatic plants play a critically important role in maintaining ecosystem health. They are natural biological filters in freshwater and estuarine wetlands; they contribute to the reproductive success of many organisms, some of which are harvested for food; they assist in flood control; and they are prominent elements in the aesthetics and recreational use of freshwater and estuarine habitats. Despite this globally recognized importance, wetlands have faced and continue to face threats from the encroachment of human activities. The Biology of Aquatic and Wetland Plants is a thorough and up-to-date textbook devoted to these plants and their interactions with the environment. The focus is on botanical diversity from the perspective of evolutionary relationships, emphasizing the role of evolution in shaping adaptations to the aquatic environment. By incorporating recent findings on the phylogeny of green plants, with special emphasis on the angiosperms, the text is broadly useful Table of ContentsChapter 1. Overview1.1 Importance of Aquatic and Wetland Plants1.2 What This Book is About1.2.1 Wetland Habitats Defined1.2.2 Aquatic and Wetland Plants Defined1.3 Growth Forms and Zonation of Aquatic and Wetland Plants1.3.1 Overview of Plant Anatomy1.3.2 Emergent Plants1.3.3 Floating-leafed Plants1.3.4 Submersed Plants1.3.5 Free-Floating Plants1.3.6 A Few Exceptions to the Above Classification1.3.7 ZonationChapter 2. Evolutionary Relationships Among Aquatic and Wetland Plants2.1 Why evolutionary history is important2.1.1 The Disorderliness of Taxonomic Organization 2.1.2 Reconstructing Evolutionary Trees2.2 The Green Plants as a Starting Point2.2.1 Charophytes2.2.2 Early Diverging Embryophytes – the Bryophyta2.2.3 Non-Angiosperm Tracheophytes2.3 Evolution and Diversification of the Angiosperms2.3.1 Nymphaeales2.3.2 Monocots2.3.3 Magnoliidae2.3.4 Ceratophyllales2.3.5 Eudicots2.4 Truly Aquatic Plants2.5 Taxonomic Diversity of Mangrove SpeciesChapter 3. Wetland Ecosystems and Plant Diversity 3.1 Major Wetland Types3.2 Global Tour of Wetlands and Plant Diversity3.2.1 The Pantanal, Brazil3.2.2 The Iberá Wetlands, Argentina3.2.3 Congo River Swamps, Republic of the Congo & Democratic Republic of the Congo3.2.4 Okavango Delta, Botswana3.2.5 Kakadu Wetlands, Australia3.2.6 Whangamarino Wetland, New Zealand3.2.7 The Sundarbans, India & Bangladesh3.2.8 Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Wetlands, China3.2.9 Kolkheti Lowlands, Georgia3.2.10 Doñana National Park, Spain3.2.11 Boreal Peatlands, Canada3.2.12 The Everglades, Florida, United States3.2.13 Bottomland Forests, Mississippi, United States3.3 Global Patterns of Wetland Plant Diversity3.4 Global Threats to Wetland IntegrityChapter 4. Hydrology4.1 Overview of Wetland Hydrology4.2 Quantifying Hydrology with a Hydrologic Budget4.2.1 Precipitation and Interception4.2.2 Overland Flows4.2.3 Soil Water Flow and Groundwater Flow4.2.4 Evapotranspiration4.2.5 Change in Storage4.2.6 Hydroperiod Integrates the Hydrology Across TimeChapter 5. Critical Features of the Aquatic Environment5.1 Key Features of Water as a Medium for Plant Life5.1.1 Temperature and density relations of water5.1.2 Water as a Solvent5.2 Patterns of Light Availability5.2.1 Influence of Water on Light5.2.2 Influence of Dissolved and Suspended Materials on Light5.3 Carbon Dioxide Availability in the Water5.4 Oxygen Availability in the Water and Sediments5.4.1 Patterns of Oxygen in the Water and Sediments5.4.2 Redox Chemistry5.4.3 Anaerobic Microbial MetabolismChapter 6. Adaptations for Life in the Aquatic Environment6.1 Critical Limitations for Life in the Water6.2 Anaerobic/Hypoxic Physiology6.2.1 "Energy Crisis" Metabolism6.2.2 Ethylene Production and Signaling6.3 Aerenchyma6.4 Aeration Systems6.4.1 Aeration via Positive Pressure6.4.2 Aeration via Negative Pressure6.5 Radial Oxygen Loss6.6 Root Adaptations6.7 Rapid Shoot Elongation6.8 Heterophylly6.8.1 Factors Influencing Heterophylly6.8.2 Benefits of Heterophylly6.9 Modifications to Photosynthetic Metabolism6.9.1 C4 Photosynthesis6.9.2 CAM or AAM Photosynthesis6.9.3 Use of Bicarbonate6.9.4 Switching Among Photosynthetic Pathways and Intermediate PhenotypesChapter 7. Plant Nutrition and Sediment Biogeochemistry7.1 Plant Nutrition7.2 Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen as Essential Nutrients7.3 Methanogenesis and the Carbon Cycle7.4 Soil Macronutrients7.4.1 Nitrogen7.4.2 Phosphorus7.4.3 Other Soil Macronutrients7.5 Soil Micronutrients7.5.1 Influence of Redox Chemistry on Iron and Manganese7.5.2 Other Soil Micronutrients7.6 Plant Adaptations for Nutrient Access7.6.1 Nitrogen Fixing Symbionts7.6.2 Mycorrhizae7.6.3 Carnivorous PlantsChapter 8. Reproduction8.1 Plant Reproduction in the Context of Life History8.2 Sexual Reproduction in Plants8.2.1 Points of Potential Modification8.2.2 Pollination within Closed Flowers – Cleistogamy8.2.3 Pollination of Open Flowers8.2.3.1 Self-Pollination within Open Flowers - Autogamy8.2.3.2 Self-Pollination between Open Flowers - Geitonogamy8.2.3.3 Pollination by Animals8.2.3.4 Pollination by Wind8.2.3.5 Pollination by Water8.2.3.6 Pollination above the Water Surface8.2.3.7 Pollination on the Water Surface8.2.3.8 Pollination below the Water Surface8.2.4 Compatibility, Inbreeding, and Inbreeding Avoidance8.2.5 Fruit and Seed Development & Dispersal8.2.6 Dormancy and Germination8.2.7 Regeneration Niche8.3 Clonal Propagation in Aquatic and Wetland Plants8.3.1 Multiple Functionality of Asexual Propagules8.3.2 Types of Asexual Propagules8.3.2.1 Modified Buds8.3.2.2 Shoot Fragments8.3.2.3 Modified Shoots8.3.2.4 Modified Shoot Bases8.3.2.5 Modified Roots8.4 Balancing Sexual vs. Asexual ReproductionChapter 9. Population Biology & Evolutionary Ecology9.1 Population Biology in the Context of Evolution9.2 Population Biology 9.2.1 Density-Independent Population Growth9.2.2 Density-Dependent Population Growth9.2.3 Age- or Stage-Based Approaches9.3 Metapopulations: Populations of Populations9.4 Metapopulations, Local Adaptation, and Speciation9.4.1 Mechanisms of Divergence9.4.2 Examples from Aquatic and Wetland Ecosystems9.5 Evolutionary ecology9.5.1 Conservation Genetics9.5.2 HybridizationChapter 10. Species Interactions10.1 Interactions in the Context of Life History10.2 Competition (- -)10.2.1 A Formal Construct for Studying Competition 10.2.2 Quantifying Competition 10.3 Amensalism (- 0)10.4 Allelopathy in Aquatic and Wetland Plants10.4.1 Interplay between Allelopathy and Competition10.4.2 Quantifying Allelopathy in Wetlands10.5 Commensalism (+ 0)10.6 Exploitative Interactions (- +) 10.6.1 Herbivory10.6.2 Parasites and Pathogens of Aquatic and Wetland PlantsChapter 11. Plants in the Context of Wetland Ecosystems11.1 Putting it all Together11.2 Succession11.3 Disturbance11.4 Mitigation of Eutrophication by Wetland Plants11.5 Climate Change and Wetland Carbon Storage
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Concrete Materials and Technology
Book SynopsisThe design and implementation of high-quality concrete demands an underlying knowledge of concrete fundamentals as well as its constituent materials, and in various formulations. Starting with the basics, Concrete Materials and Technology: A Practical Guide examines the production and chemistry of cement, as well as the different types and their applications. Quality control processes and numerous methods for testing are presented and explained in detail. This book presents the fundamentals of concrete technology and serves as a useful guide for civil engineering students, project managers, concrete quality control managers and technicians.Features: Explains the basics of different components and applications for different types of concrete Presents numerous methods for testing of concrete Table of Contents1. Introduction to Concrete Technology. 2. Portland Cement. 3. Mineral Additives (Supplementary Cementitious Materials). 4. Aggregates. 5. Chemical Admixtures. 6. Water for Concrete. 7. Testing of Concrete. 8. Durability of Concrete Structures. 9. Concrete Mix Design. 10. Production, Transportation, and Implementation of Concrete. 11. Usage of Fibers in Concrete. 12. Hot and Cold Weather Concreting. 13. Concrete for Special Purposes.
£105.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Advanced Calculus
Book SynopsisAdvanced Calculus: Theory and Practice, Second Edition offers a text for a one- or two-semester course on advanced calculus or analysis. The text improves students' problem-solving and proof-writing skills, familiarizes them with the historical development of calculus concepts, and helps them understand the connections among different topics. The book explains how various topics in calculus may seem unrelated but have common roots. Emphasizing historical perspectives, the text gives students a glimpse into the development of calculus and its ideas from the age of Newton and Leibniz to the twentieth century. Nearly 300 examples lead to important theorems.Features of the Second Edition: Improved Organization. Chapters are reorganized to address common preferences. Enhanced Coverage of Axiomatic Systems. Table of ContentsReal Numbers; Sequences and Their Limits; Continuity; The Derivative; The Indefinite Integral; The Definite Integral; Infinite Series; Sequences and Series of Functions; Fourier Series; Functions of Several Variables; Derivatives; Implicit Functions and Optimization; Integrals Depending on a Parameter; Integration in Rn, Fundamental Theorems; Solutions and Answers to Selected Problems; Bibliography; Subject Index; Author Index
£43.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Principles of Analysis
Book SynopsisPrinciples of Analysis: Measure, Integration, Functional Analysis, and Applications prepares readers for advanced courses in analysis, probability, harmonic analysis, and applied mathematics at the doctoral level. The book also helps them prepare for qualifying exams in real analysis. It is designed so that the reader or instructor may select topics suitable to their needs. The author presents the text in a clear and straightforward manner for the readers' benefit. At the same time, the text is a thorough and rigorous examination of the essentials of measure, integration and functional analysis.The book includes a wide variety of detailed topics and serves as a valuable reference and as an efficient and streamlined examination of advanced real analysis. The text is divided into four distinct sections: Part I develops the general theory of Lebesgue integration; Part II is organized as a course in functional analysis; Part IITrade Review"The author's aim for the book under review is to provide a rigorous and detailed treatment of the essentials of measure and integration, as well as other topics in functional analysis at the graduate level. Although he assumes readers to have an undergraduate background, such as real analysis (including some experience in dealing with limits, continuity, di erentiation, Riemann integration, and uniform convergence, including elementary set theory), a standard course of complex analysis (function theory, Cauchy's integral equation), and a knowledge of basic linear algebra, this book could also be very useful for a reader with a weaker mathematical background. This is possible since the excellently constructed introduction in Chapter 0 is a very good base for systematizing and developing the mathematical background for a broad group of readers. The book is divided into four parts.In Part I, which consists of Chapters 1{7, the author develops a detailed course concerning the general theory of Lebesgue integration as well as Fourier analysis on Rd (Chapter 6) and measures on locally compact spaces (Chapter 7). A short course on the general theory of Lebesgue integration could be based on Chapters 1{5 only but the full variant looks more attractive. It must be noted that the author's exposition is on a very high level as well as very clear and easily understandable.Part II is presented as a course in functional analysis. The author considers Chapters 8{12 to be the core of such a course. Chapter 13 could be an optional choice, but can be also included in the course. Chapter 14 plays an important role concerning Part I and Part II. This chapter includes not only deeper theorems in functional analysis but also several well-chosen applications. Note that some of them are related to the measure and integration developed in Part I and the others with the applications in the remainder of the book.Part III (Chapters 15{17) is a key part in the book since it includes many topics and applications that depend on, and indeed are meant to illustrate, the power of topics developed in the first two parts. It must be noted that these chapters are almost independent. Their goal is to provide a relatively quick overview of the subjects treated therein. The detailed exposition that this approach allows means that the reader can follow the development with relative ease. In addition to allowing the reader to consult the themes considered, some specialized sources are listed in the bibliography.Part IV consists of two appendices with proofs of the change of variables theorem and a theorem on separate and joint continuity. A reader may choose to safely omit the proofs without disturbing the flow of the text, as the author notes. An advantage for the readers is that the book contains a lot of exercises (nearly 700). It is very convenient that hints and/or a framework of intermediate steps are given for the more di□cult exercises. Many of these are extensions of material in the text or are of special independent interest. Additionally, the exercises related in a critical way to material elsewhere in the text are marked with either an upward arrow, referring to earlier results, or a downward arrow, referring to later material. Instructors may obtain complete solutions to theexercises from the publisher.In conclusion, I strongly recommend the book because it will be helpful for every level of reader. I only regret that it was not written when I was a student."- Andrey I. Zahariev - Mathematical Reviews Clippings February 2019Table of ContentsMeasurable Sets. Measurable Functions. Integration. Further Topics in Measure Theory. Banach Spaces. Hilbert Spaces. Locally Convex Spaces. Banach Algebras. Harmonic Analysis on Locally Compact Groups. Probability Theory. Operator Theory. Appendices.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Invitation to Linear Algebra
Book SynopsisInvitation to Linear Algebra is an informative, clearly written, flexible textbook for instructors and students. Based on over 30 years of experience as a mathematics professor, the author invites students to develop a more informed understanding of complex algebraic concepts using innovative, easy-to-follow methods. The book is organized into lessons rather than chapters. This limits the size of the mathematical morsels that students must digest, making it easier for instructors to budget class time. Each definition is carefully explained with detailed proofs of key theorems, including motivation for each step. This makes the book more flexible, allowing instructors to choose material that reflects their and their students' interests. A larger than normal amount of exercises illustrate how linear and nonlinear algebra apply in the students' areas of study. Features<Table of ContentsMatrices and Linear Systems. Introduction to Matrices. Matrix Multiplication. Additional Topics in Matrix Algebra. Introduction to Linear Systems. The Inverse of a Matrix. Determinants. Introduction to Determinants. Properties of Determinants. Applications of Determinants. A First Look at Vector Spaces. Introduction to Vector Spaces. Subspaces of Vector Spaces. Linear Dependence and Independence. Basis and Dimension. The Rank of a Matrix. Linear Systems Revisited. More About Vector Spaces. Sums and Direct Sums of Subspaces. Quotient Spaces. Change of Basis. Euclidean Spaces. Orthonormal Bases. Linear Transformations. Introduction to Linear Transformations. Isomorphisms of Vector Spaces. The Kernel and Range of a Linear Transformation. Matrices of Linear Transformations. Similar Matrices. Matrix Diagonalization. Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors. Diagonalization of Square Matrices. Diagonalization of Symmetric Matrices. Complex Vector Spaces. Complex Vector Spaces. Unitary and Hermitian Matrices. Advanced Topics. Powers of Matrices. Functions of a Square Matrix. Matrix Power Series. Minimal Polynomials. Direct Sum Decompositions. Jordan Canonical Form. Applications. Systems of First Order Differential Equations. Stability Analysis of First Order Systems. Coupled Oscillations. Appendix. Solutions and Hints to Selected Exercises.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Essentials of Sustainability for Business
Book SynopsisEssentials of Sustainability for Business teaches the core principles of sustainability in a concise format for those new to issues at the intersection of sustainability and business. The book plots a path through the contradictions and confusions in the debates about sustainability, to get to the heart of why it matters, how to respond, and where it leads.The book is structured around three parts in order to assess the context, the goals, and the applications of sustainable business. The first part provides the foundation for understanding the core issues in sustainable business including, the history of sustainability, the sustainable development goals, corporate social responsibility, responding to climate change and delivering resilient sustainability. The second part offers a framework for sustainability analysis, which cuts through the complexity of multiple overlapping issues providing application to real life practice of policy makers and businesses. The final Table of ContentsTable of contentsPreface1. Introduction2. History of Sustainability3. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)4. Corporate responsibility5. Responding to Climate Change6. Preventing Biodiversity Loss7. Resources8. Pollution9. Delivering resilient sustainability10. The Practitioner11. Perspectives12. Timescale13. Lenses14. Vision Building15. Key Success Factors16. Sustainable Business Models17. The Sustainability Imperative18. Agreements, Treaties and Regulations19. Trade20. Resilient economics21. Employment22. Manufacturing23. Agriculture24. Energy25. City Design26. ConclusionsAppendix 1 Exercise Feedback
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Taylor & Francis Ltd LeadingGreen
Book SynopsisLeadingGreen: LEED Green Associate Exam v4 Study Guide brings together a concise introduction to the core concepts behind the LEED green building rating system with efficient, effective test preparation for the LEED Green Associate Exam. The guide provides an essential foundation in principles of sustainable design and construction for students and professionals in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction, real estate development, urban planning, and environmental policy. If you are interested in passing the LEED Green Associate Exam, this is the right place to start. The background, objectives, and evolution of green building standards as well as what actually goes into a LEED building are covered in a clear and straightforward manner. Tailored to precise exam expectations, the guide breaks down the key LEED categories one credit at a time. Drawing upon the author's extensive experience as a LEED educator for universities and professionTable of Contents1. Green Buildings and Sustainability. 2. The Governing Bodies of LEED – USGBC + GBCI. 3. Integrative Process (1 Point). 4. Location and Transportation (LT). 5. Sustainable Sites (SS). 6. Water Efficiency. 7. Energy and Atmosphere. 8. Materials and Resources. 9. Indoor Environmental Quality. 10. Innovation in Design. 11. Regional Priority. Appendix I. Additional Information. Appendix II. LEED Green Associate Exam Tips. Appendix III. Glossary.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Emerging Sustainable and Renewable Composites
Book SynopsisThis edited volume presents a comprehensive discussion of emerging sustainable and renewable composites from tropical fibres and provides an in-depth analysis of their prospective applications as replacements for conventional petroleum-based packaging and the challenges regarding this.Readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of the development and characterization of sustainable and renewable composites from fibres such as sugar palm, kenaf, sisal, curau, and coir. They will also learn about new potential materials from such fibres and their potential use in various nanoelectronics applications. Each chapter provides recent insight from some of the field's most prominent industry and academic professionals. Chapter contributors present valuable case studies and describe related environmental issues, environmental advantages, and challenges. Topics include biodegradability, tensile and other physical properties, and applications. Consequently, readers can apply t
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Advanced Green Technology for Environmental
Book SynopsisThis book elucidates the growing application of greener technology with a circular economic approach and examines the connection among environment, economy, and ecology for an emerging and supportable human society. It focuses on numerous features of environmental sustainability and, more responsibly, labels the technologies and methods essential to overcome growing environmental challenges, including biotechnological methods, cutting-edge research, applications, and procedures. Features: Proposes the latest advances in waste treatment, pollution reduction, and circular economy development based on green technology. Considers the relationship between green technological progress and various forms of circular economy. Describes resource recycling and recovery. Covers advanced technology in bioremediation. Includes reports and case studies highlighting the how-to on waste-to-energy generation. This book is aimed a
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Reflections on Slope Stability Engineering
Book SynopsisSlope stability engineering is both an art and a science practised by many civil and geotechnical engineers involved in work on landslides, earth dams, breakwaters, coastal defence, earthworks slopes for roads, canals, railways, pipelines, housing developments, and other related developments.This book contains the detailed reflections of its author, who has practised and researched in the field for over a half-century. It is written in an informal style that makes it an interesting and thought-provoking practitioner guide to landslides and slope problems and their investigation, analysis, and remediation, considering both natural and man-made slopes and earthworks, and without the need for the usual equations and illustrations.Reflections on Slope Stability Engineering is targeted primarily at practitioners working in the investigations of slope instability and the design and construction of treatments of the problem, especially those early in their careers, butTable of Contents1. Landslide recognition, description, classification and mapping. 2. Ground investigations. 3. Things that cause landslides to occur or move, from geology to human stupidity. 4. The development of ideas in slope stability analysis. 5. Modern methods and back analysis. 6. Water, mainly inside the ground. 7. Surface water in motion: scour, transport and deposition. 8. Dealing with the landslide problem without stabilization. 9. Remedying landslides. 10. Epilogue.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Air Show Performers
Book SynopsisAir shows are high-risk activities that must be conducted with careful thought towards the general public, spectators, and flying and nonflying participants to ensure that the activity is as safe as reasonably possible. The impromptu, ad hoc, unrehearsed or unplanned must never be attempted. This book offers a holistic overview of the state of safety, including safety cultural variables, safety risk parameters, and human performance factors, in the international air show community. This book aims to close the knowledge gap on safety management in air shows. It imparts to the aviation sector and other high-risk and high-performance industries the experience and knowledge that airshow performers have gained regarding risk assessment, psychological aspects, and mindfulness techniques used for safe and effective performances. The book highlights how resilient safety culture can change the air show community''s mentality to deliver safer and more spectacular air show events and prTrade Review"The analysis of the obvious professionalism airshow performers need to have, especially in the context of safety, is extended by the author to risk management and psychological factors. This addition, based on his extensive experience as a display pilot, a display director, and a coach, will inspire the airshow world."- Gilbert Buekenberghs Honorary Chairman of the European Airshow Council, ICAS Sword of Excellence Recipient, Airshow Organizer 1975-2023"Airshow World is governed by 2 key words Quality and Safety…I don’t know which to name first because one does not work without the other…I was privileged to meet Manolis when he strongly involved himself in helping me organize a display of my Jet Team in Athens….since that day, his dedication to promoting Quality and Safety of Airshows has been superb !!! Especially through his research and involvement in EAC…For sure, this book will become a reference and a source of inspiration for future generations of Display Pilots."- Jacques Bothelin, French Aerobatic Jet Team Leader, Honorary Board Member European Airshow Council Table of Contents1. The Evolution of Air Show Performers 2. Risk Management 3. Air Show Culture 4. Psychological Factors 5. Mindfulness 6. Epic Survivals 7. The Evolution of Air Shows: From Thrilling Spectacle to Safe and Sustainable Exhibition 8. Concluding Remarks
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Airport Baggage Handling Systems
Book SynopsisThe competition between airports demands higher-quality services to satisfy passengers. A Baggage Handling System (BHS) serves functions such as baggage sorting, screening, and storage. A successful BHS means bags move between areas as travellers do. Handlers load/unload bags and transfer them between the airport''s areas. Automation can save money and bring safety and operational benefits. Warehouses as well as the automotive industry are more advanced technologically in comparison to the airport and especially the baggage handling business. The concept of the Baggage Factory (BF) is an approach (based on Industry 4.0) that simplifies the processes from the moment passengers drop off their bags at check-in till the destination (chutes, carousels, and so forth).Airport Baggage Handling Systems: Using the Baggage Factory Approach to Support AI Optimisation, Decisions, and Design Processes introduces the features of the BF concept and presents how BHS designers can use ATable of ContentsPart I – Introduction. 1. Introduction. 2. Airports – Baggage Handling Factory. 3. Ergonomics. 4. Baggage Handling System Design. Part II - From Intra-Logistics to Airport BHS. 5. Baggage Storage Systems. 6. Individual Carrier Systems. 7. The Automatic Packing Cell. 8. The Batch Build Concept. 9. The Resource Planning. 10. The Service Vehicle Management. 11. The BHS Disaster Management. Part III – Tools. 12. The Lean Principles. 13. Decision-Aid Techniques. 14. Optimisation and Artificial Intelligence. 15. Systems Simulation. 16. The Big data. Part IV – Challenges. 17. The Epilogue.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Learning from the Past Present and Future to
Book SynopsisThe content of this book is centered around three seemingly diverse themes. The first theme is why it's so important for companies to learn from the past, the present, and the future. The author covers some of the key learnings from the distant and current past, and how these learnings changed the course for many companies. He discusses new learnings that have been developed in our current state and will continue to be brought forward. He provides a look into the future, just to make sure companies understand that they should always be looking for better ways to function. The second theme is centered around problem-solving, problem prevention, and decision-making. That is, how to successfully define problems that already exist in your current reality, how to prevent problems from occurring in the future, and how to make much more effective decisions. Problems have plagued many companies for many years and knowing how to follow a structured approach to solve them should prove Table of ContentsChapter 1 Learning from the Past, Present, and Future Chapter 2 The Key to Solving Problems Chapter 3 The DNA of a Good Problem Solver Chapter 4 Problem Prevention Chapter 5 Effective Decision Making Chapter 6 Needs Assessment Chapter 7 A Message for Leadership Chapter 8 Resolving Conflicts Chapter 9 The Goal Tree – A New Way to Make and Use It Chapter 10 Paths of Variation Chapter 11 Systems Thinking Chapter 12 Theory of Constraints Systems Thinking Tools Chapter 13 The Interference Diagram Chapter 14 TOC Distribution and Replenishment Solution Chapter 15 Plant Types, Control Point Theory, and Volts Concepts Chapter 16 Drum Buffer Rope Chapter 17 The Theory of Constraints Roadmap Chapter 18 The Ultimate Improvement Cycle Roadmap Chapter 19 Performance Metrics Chapter 20 Critical Chain Project Management Chapter 21 Summary of the Key Learnings
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Book SynopsisThis book presents state-of-the-art research works for a better understanding of the advantages and limitations of AI techniques in the field of healthcare. It will further discuss artificial intelligence applications in depression, hypertension and diabetes management. The text also presents an artificial intelligence chatbot for depression, diabetes, and hypertension self-help.This book: Provides a structured overview of recent developments of artificial intelligence applications in the healthcare sector. Presents an in-depth understanding of how artificial intelligence techniques can be applied to diabetes management. Showcases supervised learning techniques based on datasets for depression management. Discusses artificial intelligence chatbot for diabetes, depression, and hypertension self-care. Highlights the importance of artificial intelligence in managing and predicting diabetes, hypertension, and depression. Th
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Ecological Law in Practice
Book SynopsisThis book presents a series of ecological law case studies, designed to illustrate in concrete, real-world ways how ecological law would transform law in a range of diverse contexts.Ecological law is an emerging, and currently mostly theoretical, discipline grounded in the need to shift away from anthropocentric legal systems, which aim to promote economic growth using strong protections of private property regimes and state sovereignty, to ecological approaches, which emphasize ecocentrism, the primacy of ecological limits, and intragenerational, intergenerational, and interspecies fairness and justice. The ecological law case studies presented in this book apply the theoretical principles and concepts of ecological law to diverse real-world situations or activities in several countries and contexts. Taking up a range of examples from Brazil, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Nigeria, the United States, and internationally, the book demonstrates the concrete relevance of ecological law to contemporary sustainability challenges, as it reveals pathways for overcoming real-world challenges in the implementation and public acceptance of ecological law.This book will appeal to researchers, scholars, and policy makers working in the area of environmental law and governance, as well as others with relevant interests in sociolegal studies, human geography, political science, and environmental studies.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Digital Transformation in Your Manufacturing
Book SynopsisAre you a manufacturing leader and unsure of which technology can help grow your business? Have you heard about 3D printing, Industry 4.0, robots, or artificial intelligence but don't know how they can be used in manufacturing?This book gives a clear and practical guide to manufacturing technologies, providing examples of how they're used, as well as the tools and techniques you'll need to get started. Each technology is covered in a brief and simple way allowing you to understand it quickly and decide if it's worth investigating for your business.In addition to this book, the online resources will provide you with templates and examples to help you get started. At every stage there are suggestions for the key terms you will need to find more information appropriate to your industry.This isn't just about technology, it's a roadmap for your digital transformation. Start with guidance on setting your company's vision and direction, to getting the people in your bu
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Gender Environment and Sustainable Development
Book SynopsisThis book studies environment and sustainable development from the perspective of gender. It focuses on three major themes, including sustainability of development practices, policy perspectives on environmental management and climate change and its gendered impact. It includes contributions from academicians working across disciplines and practitioners working at the grassroots levels. The book addresses issues facing India amid a growing global environmental crisis and suggests policy measures for environmental protection and to improve the quality of life of its inhabitants.Lucid and topical, the volume will be an indispensable resource for students, researchers of gender, environment and sustainable development, sociology and public policy. It will also be a great resource for advocacy groups, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and policymakers working in the area.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Macro Scenario and Environmental Discourses with Gender Lens 1. Vulnerability, Gender and Environmental Stress: Value Contestations in Sustainable Development Discourse 2. Need to Steer Development Patterns through Women’s Knowledge Systems 3. Women, Environment and their Role in Environmental Movements in India 4. Feminist Pathways to Sustainable Development Part II: Profile of Different Regions with regards to Environmental & Developmental Challenges and Response 5. Interrogating Relocation of Forest Dependent Communities from a Gender Lens: Perceptions from the Kali Tiger Reserve in Karnataka 6. Managing Water, Sacrificing Lives: The Lives of Women in Water Scarcity Areas (A Case of Life in the Rural Bundelkhand Region in India) 7. Reparation or Negotiation: Rural Women's Struggle for Selfhood & Livelihood in West Bengal 8. Gender Responsive Infrastructure 9. Contribution of Field Action Projects (FAPs) to Sustainable Development 10. Floods in Assam: Exploring the Gender Quotient 11. Access to Water, Women’s Work and the Sustainable Development Goals in East Delhi: An Ecofeminist Approach Part III: Strategies for Environmental Safety and Sustainable Development 12. Clean Energy Technology and Gender and Empowerment in Rural Odisha 13. “Right Livelihood”- Where Sustainable Environment Matters: A Case of Sustainable Entrepreneurship by Rural Women from India 14. Climate Change and the Female Sex: An Intangible Connection 15. From Marginal Land Holdings to New Farm Laws: Vulnerability, Visibility and Sustainability of Women Farmers in India 16. Role of Women in Sustainable Environmental Practices: With Special Reference to Dindigul District 17. Pushed Further to Margins: Women Amid Climate Change
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Remapping Energopolitics
Book SynopsisEmerging concerns and contexts of geological thinking seek to bring out how energopolitical interventions into the geokinetic unfolding of the Earth assume new dimensions and directions, owing to the complex and evolving intersections between folds and fluxes of energy in the context of oceans. Written in negotiation with the notion of energopolitics articulated by Dominic Boyer, Remapping Energopolitics calls for ruling out any epistemic attempt to structure the rhizomatic movements of energy through the transformations of oceans. Aiming to delve deeper into the complex junctures among energy, ocean and earth(ing), epistemic ends of Blue Humanities are reworked with the help of geophilosophical reading of some Sri Lankan minor writings and in doing so, Remapping Energopolitics makes a series of attempts to reconceptualize energy thinking in line with the differential and deterritorial grammatology of Deleuzo-Guattarian micropolitics, thereb
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sustainable Logistics Systems Using AIbased
Book SynopsisThis book introduces and analyses recent trends and studies of sustainable logistics systems using AI-based meta-heuristics approaches, including AI-based meta-heuristics applied to supply chain network models, integrated multi-criteria decision-making approaches for green supply chain management, uncertain supply chain models etc. It emphasizes both theory and practice, providing methodological and theoretical basis as well as case references for sustainable logistics systems using AI based meta-heuristics.Most of multi-national enterprises today face the challenge of sustainable development for their logistics systems trying to meet or exceed customer expectations. Sustainable development attracts both researchers and industrial practitioners who are focused on the design and implementation of logistics system. AI-based meta-heuristics approaches has emerged as a capable method for quickly providing optimal or near-optimal solutions for the problems that exact optimization Table of ContentsIntroduction - Sustainable Logistics Systems using AI-based Meta-Heuristics Approaches 1. Applying GA-VNS approach to supply chain network model with facility and route disruptions 2. Edge boundary variable neighborhood strategy adaptive search for a vegetable crop land allocation problem 3. Multi-criteria decision-making methods for the evaluating of a real green supply chain in companies with fast-moving consumer goods 4. Multi-objective grouping genetic algorithm for the joint order batching, batch assignment, and sequencing problem 5. Green supply chain management framework for supplier selection: an integrated multi-criteria decision-making approach 6. A dynamic multi-objective green supply chain network design for perishable products in uncertain environments, the coffee industry case study 7. Robust and resilient supply chain network design considering risks in food industry: flavour industry in Iran 8. Modeling resilient supplier selection criteria in desalination supply chain based on fuzzy DEMATEL and ISM 9. Designing a data-driven leagile sustainable closed-loop supply chain network 10. Designing an integrated decision support system to link supply chain processes performance with time to market 11. Application of expected value and chance constraint on uncertain supply chain model with cost, risk and visibility for COVID-19 pandemic 12. Optimal storage and shipment management of perishable agri-products with a hybrid priority policy: a case study
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Taylor & Francis Our Traumatized Planet
Book SynopsisOur Traumatized Planet explores the state of the environment and some of the major issues faced today and asks what we can learn and apply from contemporary traditional peoples, ancient societies, and our own successes and failures.Providing straightforward information on some of the serious environmental issues we face so that non-scientists can understand them, this book explores what is at stake so that we can choose to make a difference. Combining the latest data from environmental, anthropological, and archaeological science allows for fresh perspectives and an empirical approach to describing these problems that eliminates hopeful denial, speculation, wishful thinking, and downright lies. Using archaeological data, the authors provide examples of success and failures in the past that could be used to make decisions about the future. They also highlight examples of how traditional peoples, past and present, have dealt with these same issues. Seeing the current cri
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Taylor & Francis Tourism and Sustainability
Book SynopsisBy January 2015 the worldâs richest 80 people had as much wealth as the poorest 50 per cent of the worldâs population. It is a global unevenness through which the barriers to in-migration of Third World migrants to wealthy First World nations go ever higher, while the barriers to travel in the reverse direction are all but extinct. So how exactly does tourism contribute to narrowing this glaring inequality between the rich and poor? Are ever-expanding tourism markets a smoke-free, socioculturally sensitive form of human industrialisation? Is alternative tourism really a credible lever for reducing global inequality and eliminating poverty? Tourism and Sustainability critically explores the most significant universal geopolitical norms of the last half century â development, globalisation and sustainability â and through the lens of new forms of tourism demonstrates how we can better get to grips with the rapidly changing new global order. The fourth edition has been exTrade ReviewComments on the fourth edition:"This book meets the continuing need for a clear-eyed, critical look at the global tourism industry and its sometimes uncomfortable relationship with ongoing problems of uneven development and inequality, especially in the less developed world. Mowforth and Munt write incisively of complex matters, yet their work has a real humanity at its core. This new edition will be a key resource for another generation of students and researchers."Dr Mark Hampton, Reader in Tourism Management, University of KentCommonly associated with lightness and frivolity, with sand beaches and holidays, the authors fully succeed in their goal of repositioning tourism as a serious and important discipline within political science and development. In this fourth edition Mowforth and Munt masterfully accomplish what seemed impossible: they deepen further the enquiry, updating throughout with new events and case studies, and adding three new chapters bridging the links between tourism and poverty, human security, migration, terrorism and urbanisation. Never before has an analysis been so far-reaching, so present-to-day, so perceptive. An essential volume for students and academics across a wide range of disciplines and for all those interested in understanding our contemporary world through the powerful lens that tourism offers.Professor Andréa Sousa Dantas, Department of Tourism, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil In short, this fourth edition updates the states of matter and analysis of the debates raised in the past, and introduces new issues that increasingly abundant academic literature has generated in recent years. It does so by staying away from the conformist or slightly reformist visions, as already mentioned, they are dominant. Thanks to all this, it remains a necessary reference text, essential to understand the development of the tourism phenomenon (especially in countries of the global South) and to meet the academic analysis done about it.Jordi Gascón, Universitat de Barcelona & Foro de Turismo ResponsableReviews on previous editions of Tourism and Sustainability:‘This book should be compulsory reading for all those engaged in tourism research.’ – Erlet Cater, In Focus, Tourism Concern ‘…one of the most significant books produced on tourism in the past few years.’– Geoffrey Wall, Annals of Tourism Research ‘A valuable and overdue contribution to a multi-disciplinary area. This book meets the challenge to say something clear and interesting in a quicksand of ambiguities.’ – Professor John Lea, University of Sydney ‘Informative, stimulating, and provocative, the book deserves to be read by a wide audience … It is absolutely essential reading for all those serious scholars of tourism studies wishing to appreciate "the bigger picture".’– Brian Wheeller, Annals of Tourism Research ‘…the book is quite simply one of the most important theoretical contributions to the growing subdiscipline of tourism geography and is likely to be a mainstay for many years to come.’– Keith Debbage, Annals of the Association of American Geographers ‘…a far-reaching, timely and quite penetrating critique of some of the forms of tourism that have emerged as a direct response to the clarion call for sustainable tourism development’– Michael Parnwell, Journal of Development StudiesTable of Contents1. Introduction Part 1 2. Globalisation, Sustainability, Development 3. Power and Tourism 4. Tourism and Sustainability Part 2 The Actors 5. A New Class of Tourist: trendies on the trail 6. Socio-Environmental Organisations: where shall we save next? 7. The Industry: lies, damned lies and sustainability 8. 'Hosts' and Destinations: for what we are about to receive..9. Governance, Governments and Tourism: selling the Third World Part 3 New Issues 10. Climate Change, Carbon Accounting and New Tourism 11. New Tourism and the Poor 12. New Tourism in Cities: guess who's coming to town? 13. Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Ecodesign for Buildings and Neighbourhoods
Book SynopsisA growing number of urban inhabitants are aware of pressing environmental concerns. This book aims to provide information about relevant environmental quality criteria in urban construction settings, before methods are proposed for assessing these criteria. These will be extremely helpful to eco-building designs, commencing from the very early stages of a project (site selection, program, architectural designs) to the detailed design, construction and management of buildings. The book covers eco-technologies in the field of energy and water conservation, renewable energy, waste management and environmentally-friendly materials, but does not lose sight of comfort and health aspects.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Environmental Quality of Buildings. Environmental Impacts. Environmental Indicators. Methodologies and Professional Tools. Building "Eco-Techniques". Applications and constructions.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Numerical Simulation in Hydraulic Fracturing
Book SynopsisThe expansion of unconventional petroleum resources in the recent decade and the rapid development of computational technology have provided the opportunity to develop and apply 3D numerical modeling technology to simulate the hydraulic fracturing of shale and tight sand formations. This book presents 3D numerical modeling technologies for hydraulic fracturing developed in recent years, and introduces solutions to various 3D geomechanical problems related to hydraulic fracturing. In the solution processes of the case studies included in the book, fully coupled multi-physics modeling has been adopted, along with innovative computational techniques, such as submodeling. In practice, hydraulic fracturing is an essential project component in shale gas/oil development and tight sand oil, and provides an essential measure in the process of drilling cuttings reinjection (CRI). It is also an essential measure for widened mud weight window (MWW) when drilling through naturally fractured Table of Contents1. Introduction to Continuum Damage Mechanics: theory and numerical scheme.2. 3-D optimized design of multistage fracturing of horizontal wells based on Continuum Damage Mechanics.3. Numerical simulation on Interaction between parallel wells in Zipper-Frac.4. Integrated 3-dimensional numerical simulation on Cutting Reinjection: hydraulic fracturing, fault reactivation, seismicity.5. Wellbore trajectory optimization for drilling in naturally fractured shale formation: criteria and numerical scheme.6. Numerical solution of widened mud weight window for drilling through naturally fractured reservoirs.7. Natural fracture: measurements and mathematical representation.8. Numerical simulation of hydraulic fracturing on formation with natural fractural.9. Stress orientation analysis related to pressure depletion and production enhancement measures.10. Utility software for data processing platform: FE to FEM, and FEM to wellbore trajectory
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Earned Benefit Program Management Aligning
Book SynopsisNo one can disagree that benefits are good things. Whether you are responsible for projects, programs, or portfolios, you are increasingly expected to thinkand actin an appropriate benefits-driven way. However: Do you understand that what may be appropriate for a project may be inapplicable for a program? Can you avoid the trap of wishful thinking based on overinflated expectations and underestimated costs? Can you manage your program or portfolio from inception to final delivery in a consistent, benefits-focused way based on a single, coherent model? This book describes how Earned Benefit Program Management techniques provide an innovative, all-inclusive model and set of tools developed specifically to answer these questions. This model consolidates the key concepts of project, program, and portfolio management and ensures that all program and portfolio management steps are carried out based on a single, signed-off model in a consistent, verTable of Contents1. Defining the Domains. 2. Understanding the Problem. 3. A Life Cycle for Program Management, Benefits Management,. and Business Analysis. 4. Building an Integrated Business Model. 5. Calculating the Model. 6. Disbenefits and Essential Links. 7. Applying the BRM Approach to the QERTS Example. 8. A Generalized Approach to Scheduling and Cash Flow. 9. Total Risk and Issue Management. 10 Resource Capacity Planning. 11. Procurement. 12. Implementation Tracking—Earned Benefit. 13. Business Key Performance Indicators. 14. Stakeholder Analysis. 15. Communication—Why, How, and What. inale. Benefit Mapping the Book. Appendix. Carrying Out the Calculations. Acronyms. Glossary. Bibliography.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Production Economics
Book SynopsisThis book serves a unique purpose within the world of engineering. It covers the economics of modern manufacturing and focuses on examining the techniques and methods from a cost perspective. It can be used by both students and professionals alike. The book is useful to students in industrial engineering and mechanical engineering programs as a primary textbook for engineering economy, production costing, and related courses. It can also be used by MBA students specializing in production management and finance.Specific topics of coverage include the computation of direct and indirect cost for manufacturing operations, including a variety of overhead operations in such an environment. Costing of manufacturing methods such as casting, forging, turning, milling, and welding is addressed along with inventory analysis. The book also includes fundamental concepts such as cash flow analysis, present and future worth analysis, and rate of return analysis. Related topicsTable of ContentsInterest Factors, Equivalence, Present Worth, Annualized Equivalent Worth, and Future worth Analysis. Cost Estimation. Materials Costing. Process Costing. Overhead Expenses. Estimation of Capital Cost and Operating Cost. Costing of Material Handling Operations. Inventory Analysis and Costing. Administrative and Facilities Costs. Establishing the Selling Price. Comparison of Alternatives. Breakeven and Benefit Cost Analysis. Depreciation. Replacement Analysis. The Make v/s Buy Decision. Vendor Selection and Vendor Cost Verification. Influence of Assembly Automation and Market Factors on Production Economics. Appendix.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Ecological Processes Handbook
Book SynopsisEcology is a cross-disciplinary field involving many different aspects of science. Written with this in mind, this book introduces ecological processes, ranging from physical processes, to chemical processes and biological processes. It contains all the necessary information on an ecological process: a clear, detailed but not too lengthy definition; some practical examples, the main mathematical models which have been used to describe the process, and the key interconnections with other ecological processes that must be known in order to apply what has been learned from the book. Trade Review"... presents an overview of the multi-faceted reality of ecosystems. However, far from being a simple collection of particular aspects of the environment, the book presents a comprehensive vision of ecosystems based on thermodynamics, viewed as a unifying principle which every evolutionary system must obey."––Stefano Marsili Libelli, Department of Information Engineering, University of Florence, Italy"… the authors take the reader on a comprehensive journey through the key processes that help one understand ecology—particularly for the application of environmental management. … The authors bring many years of expertise and experience to this topic, which is evident in the broad, synthetic treatment of the material. This Handbook would be a valuable resource …" —Brian D. Fath, Towson UniversityTable of ContentsPART I – INTRODUCTION. The ecosystem as an object for research. Conservation principles. Energy dissipation. A perspective from information and systems theory. Ecological Processes: An Overview. PART II – PHYSICAL PROCESSES. Space and time. Mass transport. Energetic factors. PART III – CHEMICAL PROCESSES. Chemical reactions. Chemical lysis. Phase partition. PART IV – BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES. Biogeochemical cycles. Photosynthesis. Growth. Primary production. Production of upper trophic levels. Microbial processes. Ecotoxicological Processes. Biological Interactions. PART V – LANDSCAPE PROCESSES. Aquatic ecosystems. Terrestrial Ecosystems. Landscapes and Urban Ecosystems. The Atmosphere. REFERENCES. THE AUTHORS.
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Taylor & Francis Inhabitable Infrastructures
Inhabitable Infrastructures: Science fiction or urban future?, the follow up to Food City and Smartcities and Eco-Warriors, from one of the worldâs leading urban design and architectural thinkers, explores the potential of climate change-related multi-use infrastructures that address the fundamental human requirements to protect, to provide and to participate. The stimulus for the infrastructures derives from postulated scenarios and processes gleaned from science fiction and futurology as well as the current body of scientific knowledge regarding changing environmental impacts on cities. Science fiction is interdisciplinary by nature, aggregates the past and present, and evaluates both lay opinions and professional strategies in an attempt to develop foresight and to map possible futures. The research culminates in the creation of innovative multi-use infrastructures and integrated self-sustaining support systems that meet the challenges posed through climate c
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Evaluating Organization Development
Book SynopsisEvaluating organization development (OD) and change is critical for any executive team, project manager, or consultant who wants to see the change effort sustain and successfully evolve. Evaluation can be the key to enacting real change that makes sense to the team, your customers, and your stakeholders while seeing your strategic plan make crucial differences. The process of evaluation is often missing from change initiatives, and many previous books have glossed over the topic, but Evaluating Organization Development: How to Ensure and Sustain the Successful Transformation makes planning, implementing, and then assessing your change efforts simple. With handy how-to lessons, pull-out tools that are ready to use, and case studies that guide the implementation of each step, your team will be able to show the impact and justify the resources for each project. In addition, your team benefits from this step-by-step guide because they too will now understand Table of ContentsChapter 1: Why Evaluate Organizational Change Efforts? Chapter 2: How Is Organizational Change Evaluation Different from Training Evaluation? Chapter 3: Aligning Evaluation to Organizational Strategy. Chapter 4: Planning the Evaluation of Change Management and OD Interventions. Chapter 5: Identifying and Examining Key Stakeholders/Decision-Makers. Chapter 6: Determining Evaluators and Evaluation Criteria. Chapter 7: Scanning Inside and Outside the Organization for Information. Chapter 8: Determining, Collecting and Analyzing Evaluation Data Collection Methods. Chapter 9: Reporting the Results of the Evaluation to Stakeholders/Decision-Makers. Chapter 10: Future Trends in Organizational Change Evaluation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd An Introduction to the Mathematics of Planning
Book SynopsisThis book introduces readers to the many variables and constraints involved in planning and scheduling complex systems, such as airline flights and university courses. Students will become acquainted with the necessity for scheduling activities under conditions of limited resources in industrial and service environments, and become familiar with methods of problem solving.Written by an expert author with decades of teaching and industry experience, the book provides a comprehensive explanation of the mathematical foundations to solving complex requirements, helping students to understand underlying models, to navigate software applications more easily, and to apply sophisticated solutions to project management. This is emphasized by real-world examples, which follow the components of the manufacturing process from inventory to production to delivery. Undergraduate and graduate students of industrial engineering, systems engineering, and operations managemTrade Review"Most textbooks on operations management focus more on the management of operations and case studies than on the actual specifics of algorithms. These specifics, though, are useful to students who focus more on the details of implementing such systems. An Introduction to the Mathematics of Planning and Scheduling fills this void in the marketplace by providing a detailed and thorough presentation of the mathematical models and algorithms involved in the planning and scheduling process. It is well suited for instruction to students."Maged M. Dessouky, University of Southern California, Viterbi, USA"Graduate students of production, scheduling, and planning will thank any instructor who relies on this text. The material is well-organized and appropriate for upper division undergraduates or master’s students. Concepts are presented with examples, and proofs are presented primarily in the form of pseudo code that enables students to implement new tools on their own. Combined with knowledge of data structures, this tool kit is quite powerful. Even students for whom programming is a foreign language will quickly grasp the algorithms presented and understand why and how they work."Jim Moore, University of Southern California, Viterbi, USA "This book is an important compilation of a variety of approaches to solving scheduling problems, supporting a variety of applications. It is the answer to the basic question: is complete enumeration the only way to develop an optimal schedule? Overall, I recommend this book to those wanting to frame a mathematical basis for everyday scheduling, sequencing, and inventory management problems."Mark Werwath, Northwestern University, USATable of ContentsList of FiguresPreface Introduction A brief history Inventory Production Planning Manufacturing Requirements Planning Scheduling Problems Generation of Schedules Algorithms for One-Machine Problems Algorithms for Two-Machine Problems and Extensions to Multiple Machines Implicit Enumerations Optimization Heuristic Approaches Parallel Machines and Worst Case Bounds Relaxation of Assumptions Dynamic and Stochastic problems Appendix A: Costing of Products and ServicesAppendix B: Project SchedulingAppendix C: Hard Problems and NP-CompletenessAppendix D: ProblemsBibliographyReferencesIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Guidelines for Mine Waste Dump and Stockpile
Book SynopsisGuidelines for Mine Waste Dump and Stockpile Design is a comprehensive, practical guide to the investigation, design, operation and monitoring of mine waste dumps, dragline spoils and major stockpiles associated with large open pit mines. These facilities are some of the largest man-made structures on Earth, and while most have performed very well, there are cases where instabilities have occurred with severe consequences, including loss of life and extensive environmental and economic damage.Developed and written by industry experts with extensive knowledge and experience, this book is an initiative of the Large Open Pit (LOP) Project. It comprises 16 chapters that follow the life cycle of a mine waste dump, dragline spoil or stockpile from site selection to closure and reclamation. It describes the investigation and design process, introduces a comprehensive stability rating and hazard classification system, provides guidance on acceptability criteria, and sets out the key Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Basic Design Considerations3. Waste Dump and Stockpile Stability Rating and Hazard Classification System4. Site Characterisation5. Material Characterisation6. Surface Water and Groundwater Characterisation 7. Diversions and Rock Drains8. Stability Analysis 9. Runout Analysis 10. Risk Assessment11. Operation 12. Instrumentation and Monitoring13. Dragline Spoils14. Management of Acid Rock Drainage15. Emerging Technologies16. Closure and Reclamation17. Appendices18. References
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Handbook of Global Urban Health
Book SynopsisThrough interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives, and with an emphasis on exploring patterns as well as distinct and unique conditions across the globe, this collection examines advanced and cutting-edge theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the health of urban populations. Despite the growing interest in global urban health, there are limited resources available that provide an extensive and advanced exploration into the health of urban populations in a transnational context. This volume offers a high-quality and comprehensive examination of global urban health issues by leading urban health scholars from around the world. The book brings together a multi-disciplinary perspective on urban health, with chapter contributions emphasizing disciplines in the social sciences, construction sciences and medical sciences. The co-editors of the collection come from a number of different disciplinary backgrounds that have been at the forefront of urban hTrade Review"This handbook will make a significant contribution to the public health literature; it stitches together the writings of leading researchers from multiple disciplines that make up the interdisciplinary field of global urban health in a very readable and easy to follow manner."Ayaz Hyder, review in Journal of Urban AffairsTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsI) Urban Health: an introduction and overview 1) Introduction (Editors)2) Urban health: A history Susan Craddock (Professor and Interim Director, Center for Bioethics / Institute for Global Studies / Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, University of Minnesota) and Tim Brown (Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London)3) Sin in the city: An urban history of medicine and modern morality in TurkeyEmine Ö. Evered (Department of History, Michigan State University) and Kyle Evered (Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University) 4) Healthcare and the city: A North American perspectiveMark Rosenberg (Department of Geography, Queen’s University)5) Delivering urban health through urban planning and designLaurence Carmichael (Architecture and the Built Environment, University of the West of England)2) HEALTHCARE POLICY AND URBAN HEALTH SERVICES6) Cities, immigration, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActMichael K. Gusmano (School of Public Health, Rutgers University)7) Voluntary sector and urban health systemsAndrew Power (Department of Geography, University of Southampton) and Mark Skinner (Professor of Geography, Trent University)8) Urban policies and health in Latin America and the CaribbeanS. Claire Slesinski (Drexel Urban Health Collaborative), Adriana C. Lein (Drexel Urban Health Collaborative), Ana V. Diez Roux (Drexel Urban Health Collaborative), and Waleska T. Caiaffa (Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte City, Brazil)9) Access to healthcare for the urban poor in Nairobi, Kenya: Harnessing the role of the private sector in informal settlements and a human rights-based approach to health policy Pauline Bakibinga (African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya) and Elizabeth Bakibinga-Gaswaga (Law Development at the Commonwealth Secretariat Headquarters, London)10) Medical travel/tourism and the cityMeghann Ormond (Cultural Geography, Wageningen University, Netherlands) and Heidi Kaspar (Careum Research, Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland)11) Health system and immigrants: A focus on urban FranceAnne-Cécile Hoyez (CNRS Research Officer, UMR ESO, Université Rennes 2, France), Clélia Gasquet-Blanchard (Geography, the French School of Public Health, EHESP) and Céline Bergeon (Geography, University of Poitiers, France)3) MENTAL hEALTH AND WELLBEING: AN URBAN CONTEXT12) Urban mental healthJames Lowe (Geography, University of Southampton)13) Children’s resilience and mental health in the urban context Maureen Mooney (School of Psychology, Massey University)14) Welfare facilities and happiness of the elderly in urban KoreaDanya Kim (Research Fellow Korean Culture & Tourism Institute) and Jangik Jin (Department of Real Estate, Graduate School of Tourism, Kyung Hee University)15) Public space and pedestrian stress perception: Insights from Darmstadt, GermanyMartin Knöll (Department of Architecture, Technical University of Darmstadt), Marianne Halblaub Miranda (Department of Architecture, Technical University of Darmstadt), Thomas Cleff (Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics, Pforzheim University), and Annette Rudolph-Cleff (Department of Architecture, Technical University of Darmstadt)16) Cities and indigenous communitites: The health and wellbeing of urban Māori in Aotearoa, New Zealand John Ryks (Director, Aria Research), Naomi Simmonds and Jesse Whitehead (University of Waikato)17) Landscape restructuring in the shrinking city and implications for mental healthJared Olsen, Lora Daskalska, Kelly Hoorman, Kirsten Beyer (Public and Community Health, Medical College of Wisconsin)4) vulnerable URBAN populations 18) Challenges to public health in the favelas of metropolitan Rio de Janeiro, BrazilAlon Unger (School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco), Lee W. Riley (Division of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, University of California, Berkeley), Robert E. Snyder (Division of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, University of California, Berkeley), and Claudete Araújo Cardoso (Infectious Diseases, Universidade Federal Fluminense)19) Taking action to improve Indigenous health in the cities of Québec and elsewhere in Canada: the example of the Minowé Clinic at the Val-d'Or Native Friendship CentreCarole Lévesque (Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Université du Québec), Édith Cloutier (Val-d’Or Native Friendship Centre), Ioana Radu (Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Université du Québec), Dominique Parent-Manseau (Val-d’Or Native Friendship Centre), Stéphane Laroche (Val-d’Or Native Friendship Centre), Natasha Blanchet-Cohen (Department of Applied Human Sciences, Concordia University)20) Refugees and health: A European urban contextGordana Rabrenovic (Director of Brudnick Center on Violence, Northeastern University), Danijela V. Spasic (Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies, University of Belgrade) and Tibrine da Fonseca (Department of Anthropology & Sociology, Northeastern University)21) Refugees and health in urban AfricaSheru Wanyua Muuo (African Population and Health Research Center, APHRC, Nairobi, Kenya)22) A statewide comparison of Florida urban cancer ratesMonghyeon Lee, Daniel Griffith and Yongwan Chun (School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas, Dallas)23) African cities and Ebola Zacchaeus Anywaine and Ggayi Abubaker Mustapher (Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute [MRC/UVRI] and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine [LSHTM] Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda)5) VIOLENCE AND INJURIES24) Injuries in the city: A global perspective Marie-Soleil Cloutier (INRS-Montreal) and Andrew Howard (Professor, Departments of Surgery and Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto)25) Alcohol availability and crime in post-disaster Christchurch, New Zealand: Implications for health in citiesGregory Breetzke (University of Pretoria, Department of Geography) and Amber L. Pearson (Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University)26) Urban gun violenceJack McDevitt (Associate Dean of Research, Director, Institute of Race and Justice, Northeastern University) and Janice Iwama (Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Boston) 27) European street gangs and urban violenceKeir Irwin-Rogers (Criminology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The Open University), Scott H. Decker (School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University), Amir Rostami (Department of Sociology, Stockholm University), Svetlana Stephenson (Sociology, London Metropolitan University) and Elke Van Hellemont (Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent)28) Neighborhood recovery and community wellbeing in cities following natural disasters: Findings from Christchurch, New ZealandVivienne Ivory, Chris Bowie, Clare Robertson (Opus International, New Zealand) and Amber L. Pearson (Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University)6) POLLUTANTS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND URBAN HEALTH29) Urban slums, drinking water and health: Trends and lessons from Sub-Saharan AfricaEllis Adjei Adams (Georgia State University, Global Studies Institute), Heather Price (Stirling University) and Justin Stoler (University of Miami, Department of Geography)30) Environmental exposure disparities and gentrified inequities: A Seattle, Washington context Jonah White (Michigan State University) and Troy Abel (Western Washington University) 31) Accessing air quality risk in an urban minority community: Williamsburg, BrooklynIvan Ramirez (Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Denver), Ana Baptista (Milano School of International Affairs, The New School), Jieun Lee (Department of Geography and GIS, University of Northern Colorado), Ana Traverso-Krejcarek (El Puente) and Andreah Santos (Eugene Lang College, The New School)32) Ambient air pollution, urbanization, and population health in Shanghai Wei Tu (Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University), Zhijing Lin (School of Public Health, Fudan University), Haidong Kan (School of Public Health, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University) and Weichun Ma (Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University) 7) PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ROLE OF the built environment33) Transport, urban regeneration and health: An issue across scale Angela Curl (Canterbury University) and Julie Clark (University of Liverpool)34) Rice, men, and other everyday anxieties: Navigating obesogenic urban food environments in Osaka, JapanCindi SturtzSreetharan (School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University) and Alexandra Brewis (School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University)35) The built environment, physical activity, and obesity: Exploring burdens on vulnerable U.S. populations Igor Vojnovic, Zeenat Kotval-K (Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University), Jieun Lee (Department of Geography and GIS, University of Northern Colorado), Jeanette Eckert (Office of Research Compliance, University of Toledo), Jiang Chang, Wei Liu, Xiaomeng Li and Arika Ligmann-Zielinska (Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University)36) Public health challenges with Sub-Saharan African informal settlements: A case study of Malaria in YaoundéRoland Ngom (University of Calgary, Department of Geography, and Geoimpacts Consulting)37) Health oriented city development in Germany: Urban planning and design approaches going beyond professional boundaries Angela Million (Department for City and Regional Planning, Technical University of Berlin, Chair for Urban Design and Urban Development) and Andrea Ruediger (School of Spatial Planning, Department of City Planning, TU Dortmund)38) Flint, Michigan’s food crisis: Retail abandonment, social and economic burdens, and local food-oriented solutionsRick Sadler (Michigan State University, Division of Public Health, College of Human Medicine)39) Urban housing and public health: A Los Angeles study Victoria Basolo and Edith Medina Huarita (Department of Policy, Planning and Design, University of California, Irvine)
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Do More with Less
Book SynopsisIn current, uncertain times, it is important for businesses, whether private, public or third sector, to prepare for unexpected impacts. This book offers a way forward that brings the individuals and their employers together to deliver a future that is ready to take advantage of opportunities, be ready for threats, do sustainability and save money at the same time. Do More with Less takes conventional improvement techniques and suggests new ways to deploy them to improve both Efficiency and Effectiveness of organisations. The proposed programme is cost-neutral since it can be paid out of the reduction of inefficiency and ineffectiveness: wasted time, effort, materials and budget. At a strategic level, this book introduces a key performance indicator linking resource use to corporate effectiveness, thereby bringing together sustainability, business success and waste reduction. The contents then cover the entire improvement process from initial audit through to Table of ContentsAcknowledgements, Introduction, Part 1 – Background to, Chapter 1 Uncertainty, Sustainability and Waste, Uncertainty, Everyday Sustainability, Bad Weather and Climate Change, Waste, Chapter 2 Energy Productivity, Using energy at work, Overall Effectiveness, Energy Productivity, Chapter 3 Technology, People and Process – the components of Everyday Sustainability, Technologies and Capabilities, Easy, Simple and Practical, People and their Behaviour, Managing Processes Examining the way we work, Technology, People and Processes, Chapter 4 Understanding what is happening at Work, Things we do every day, Value Adding and Value Enabling, The Current State, Technology – the questions to ask, Dealing with People, Chapter 5 Conducting an energy Use Audit, Identifying the assets at work, Asset Care, Water, Maintenance, Facilities Management, Early Warning Systems, Data: Measuring, Collecting and What else?, Chapter 6 The Analysis: Problems and Solutions , Management Frameworks for analysis, Looking for Trouble, End to End, Analysing the Problem, Common wastes, Waste from emails and internet searches, Workplace Improvements, Carrying out a 5S improvement action, 5S and Reuse, DMAIC analysis, The Most Likely Cause – the Cause Effect Analysis, The Root Cause Analysis, Chapter 7 The Hard Part: Implementing Solutions and Controlling the Gains, Improve, Easy, Simple, Practical, Defining and Assessing the Needs, What?/ How? When a solution is not a solution yet, Planning and Implementing an Improvement project, Tools and Techniques, Developing a simple project plan, Lean Project Management, Risks, Improvement – integrating technology, people and process, Change! Do things differently, Do different things, The Switching Costs, Controlling the Gains, The PDCA cycle, Chapter 8 The Boss’ Action Plan, Not the boss yet? Tools and techniques, Chapter 9 Selling it! Identifying benefits, Saving Energy with marketing tools and techniques, The Marketing Mix model, Active persuasion, Chapter 10 Keeping it going, The Supporting Acts, Equipment Upgrade, Support, Training, Innovation, The 3Rs: Respect, Recognition and Reward, Gain Share, Continuous Improvement – the role of the Change Agent, Supply chain and Customers, Internal and External marketing and communications, A Coherent and Consistent Strategy, Appendix 1 Overall Effectiveness and the Energy Productivity KPI framework, Appendix 2 Glossary of Tools and Techniques, Appendix 3 The House of Quality – an analysis framework for just about everything, Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Physical Limits to Economic Growth
Book SynopsisThe debate on the physical limits and constraints to the economic growth of globalized society is now widespread. This book explores the physical and economic aspects of the conflict between humans, with their thoughtless focus on growth through material production, and environmental constraints.In the context of the looming shortage of material resources and the latest science on climate change, Physical Limits to Economic Growth offers new insights which provide a broad and comprehensive picture of the conflict between humans and environmental constraints. The authors' approach goes beyond the boundaries of specialized disciplines to explore climate change, resource depletion, technical innovation and the interactions between these within the socio-economic-institutional systems we live in. This volume looks at opportunities for rethinking these systems if we moved away from fossil fuel dependence, while considering the status of current mainstream economic thinking Table of ContentsIntroduction, 1. The Limits to Material Resources Ugo Bardi, 2. Global Climate Change Stefano Caserini, 3. Limits for a growing complexity system Angelo Tartaglia, 4. Depletion vs. Innovation: The Fundamental Question of Sustainability Joseph A. Tainter, Deborah Strumsky, Temis G. Taylor, Michelle Arnold, José Lobo, 5. Strategies for an Economy Facing Energy Constraints Ian Schindler and Julia Schindler, 6. Limits to Material Growth and Economics: Ecological Conditions and Values and the Core Components of Economic Theories Roberto Burlando, Conclusions
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Maritime Mobilities
Book SynopsisThe central concerns of mobilities research exploring the broader context and human aspects of movement - are fundamental to an understanding of the maritime freight transport sector. Challenges to the environment, attempts at more sustainable practices, changes in the geoeconomic system, political power, labour, economic development and governance issues are all among the topics covered in this book. The aim of this volume is to address issues of maritime transport not only in the simple context of movement but within the mobilities paradigm. The goal is to examine negative system effects caused by blockages and inefficiencies, examine delays and wastage of resources, identify negative externalities, explore power relations and identify the winners and losers in the globalised trade system with a particular focus on the maritime network. Maritime Mobilities therefore aims to build a bridge between traditional maritime academic approaches and the mobilities parTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION1. Introduction: applying the mobilities paradigm to the maritime sectorJason Monios and Gordon WilmsmeierGEOGRAPHIC AND INSTITUTIONAL MOBILITIES2. Critical geographies of the ocean: mobilities, placefulness and maritime relationalismBasil Germond and Celine Germond-Duret3. Ports as capitalist spacesJason Monios and Gordon Wilmsmeier4. How people green the portKristianne Hendricks and Peter HallECONOMIC MOBILITIES5. Off shore: the sustainable city and its logistical costsBoris Vormann and Patrick DeDauw6. Costs and benefits of mobility: the case of Chinese seafarersLijun Tang and Gang Chen7. ‘Cruise to the Edge’. How 1970s prog-rock dinos found a safe haven on the cruise shipMarkus Hesse SUSTAINABLE MOBILITIES8. Ballast water and harmful aquatic organism mobilitiesMatej David and Stephan Gollasch 9. Mobilities of waste, value and materials in the shadow of the maritime transport system: a case study of the Pakistani ship breaking industryLars Bomhauer-Beins and Anke StrüverINDUCED AND UNPRODUCTIVE MOBILITIES10. Unproductive mobilities and maritime system capacity Jason Monios and Gordon Wilmsmeier11. Before the "hangover"Gordon Wilmsmeier, Marta Gonzalez-Aregall and Ricardo J. Sánchez12. The economic development effect of a transhipment port: the case of Gioia TauroMario Genco, Emanuela Sirtori and Silvia Vignetti13. The unproductive and induced mobility of empty container repositioning in peripheral regionsJason Monios and Yuhong Wang
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Participatory Networks and the Environment
Book SynopsisSeeking innovative answers to global sustainability challenges has become an urgent need with the onslaught of environmental and ecological degradation that surrounds us today. More than ever, there is a need to carve new ways for citizens and different industries and institutions to unite to cooperate, communicate and collaborate to address growing global sustainability concerns.This book examines one such global collaboration called The BGreen Project (BGreen): a transnational participatory action research project that spans the United States and Bangladesh with the aim of addressing environmental issues via academiccommunity engagement. By analysing and unpacking the architecture of BGreen, Hasan teases out the key factors that are required for the continued momentum of environmentally focused, academiccommunity partnership projects in order to present a workable model that could be applied elsewhere. This model is based around a unique conceptual framework developed by tTrade Review"Can education through participatory research be transformative? This highly engaging and accessible book wrestles with the question by documenting how those traditionally researched (youth in the US and Bangladesh) became participatory researchers, built an international NGO to address global environmental concerns, and became leaders and activists along the way." -- Leda Cooks, Professor & Graduate Program Director, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA"Fadia Hasan tackles ‘big’ problems in a ‘big’ way. This multi-faceted and subtle démasqué of the architecture of participation in the case of the BGreen Project is a must read for both environmental activists and academics." – Jan Servaes, Professor Emeritus"Fadia Hasan provides an innovative comparative assessment of emerging transnational networks for social change involving youth organizations, academia, State, and the corporate sector… As the Global North and its surrogates in the South continue to advance an environmental and economic order that is not sustainable, Hasan’s task as an engaged researcher is to empower marginalized voices so that they are acknowledged in policy circles… [She] interrogate[s] the viability of paternalistic, market driven Bangladeshi and U.S. educational systems by confronting long established hierarchies of knowledge and exclusionary political practices. I expect this text will contribute to this line of scholarship, and do so with a great deal of insight." -- Henry Geddes, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USATable of ContentsForeword List of figures Chapter Introduction Theory and method Transnational political economic realities and its impacts on social transformation The networked architecture of the BGreen Experience Multi-media amplification of the BGreen Project Youth reflections, growth and sustenance of BGreen Participatory Network Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Making of a Cultural Landscape
Book SynopsisFor centuries, the English Lake District has been renowned as an important cultural, sacred and literary landscape. It is therefore surprising that there has so far been no in-depth critical examination of the Lake District from a tourism and heritage perspective. Bringing together leading writers from a wide range of disciplines, this book explores the tourism history and heritage of the Lake District and its construction as a cultural landscape from the mid eighteenth century to the present day. It critically analyses the relationships between history, heritage, landscape, culture and policy that underlie the activities of the National Park, Cumbria Tourism and the proposals to recognise the Lake District as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It examines all aspects of the Lake District''s history and identity, brings the story up to date and looks at current issues in conservation, policy and tourism marketing. In doing so, it not only provides a unique and valuable analysis of this reTrade Review"The book is alert to ironies, conflicts, and complications within the development of tourism as a cultural practice, and between tourism and other claims of the landscape. Chapters acknowledge some of the social exclusions in the making of the Lake District as a tourist landscape." - The AAG Review of Books, Stephen Daniels, University of Nottingham, UK"...for any advocate of landscape history and devotee of the Lake District, it is a must read. The bulk of the book is the elegantly told story of the central role the Lake District has played in the evolution of the British preoccupation with and love of landscape." - Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE, Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and former Director-General of the National Trust "Overall, the essays in this volume are full of interest, both substantive and methodological." - Harriet Ritvo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology"... this book is interesting, informative, and a good read adding an additional dimension to our knowledge of the cultural processes underpinning the development of the Lake District as a tourism destination." - The Journal of Historical Geography "... this book is an excellent read for anyone interested in the Lake District, the history of tourism, cultural landscapes and national parks." - Landscape History "This book effectively explores the complex making of the destination with richly written essays providing perspectives from a variety of academic fields (including history, literature, and museum studies). The book successfully identifies and illustrates how the ’key themes in the Lake District’s history and identity’ (p. xv) have worked both individually and together to create the Lake District as a distinctly unique tourist destination." - Journal of Heritage Tourism "To be welcomed as full of variety and of historical perspectives with which most literary critics will be unfamiliar, but which allow the poetry and prose of the Lakes to be approached with an informed, as well as quizzical eye, while still demonstrating its significant cultural and geographical legacy." - European Romantic ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Foreword; Preface; Part I Lake District History and Identity: The Lake District landscape: cultural or natural?, Susan Denyer; Setting the scene, John K. Walton; The landscape encountered by the first tourists, Angus J.L. Winchester; Landscape and society: the industrial revolution and beyond, John K. Walton; American tourists in Wordsworthshire: from ’national property’ to ’national park’, Melanie Hall. Part II Lake District Tourism Themes: The imaginative visitor: Wordsworth and the Romantic construction of literary tourism in the Lake District, Keith Hanley; ’Inhabited by strangers’: tourism and the Lake District villa, Adam Menuge; The origins and development of mountaineering and rock-climbing tourism in the Lake District, c. 1800-1914, Jonathan Westway; Sport, tourism and place identity in the Lake District, 1800-1950, Mike Huggins and Keith Gregson. Part III Lake District Tourism Case Studies: Claife station and the picturesque in the Lakes, Sarah Rutherford; Furness Abbey: a century and a half in the tourists’ gaze, 1772-1923, Jason Wood; The post-industrial picturesque? Placing and promoting marginalised Millom, David Cooper; Select bibliography; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Building a World Heritage City
Book SynopsisThe conservation of old Sanaa is a major cultural heritage initiative that began in the 1980''s under the auspices of UNESCO; it continues today, led by local agencies and actors. In contrast to other parts of the world where conservation was introduced at a later date to remediate the effects of modernization, in Yemen the two processes have been more or less concurrent. This has resulted in a paradox: unlike many other countries in the Middle East that abandoned traditional construction practices long ago, in Yemen these practices have not died out. Builders and craftsmen still work in ''traditional'' construction, and see themselves as caretakers of the old city. At the same time, social forms that shaped the built fabric persist in both the old city and the new districts. Yemenis, in effect, are not separated from their heritage by an historical divide. What does it mean to conserve in a place where the ''historic past'' is, in some sense, still alive? How must international aTrade ReviewThis is the first thoroughgoing critical treatment of Sanaa’s modern preservation history, which skilfully makes sense of the overlapping layers of the city's more recent urban amendments. Lamprakos lucidly shows that the city’s preservation was (and still is) an unresolved process of negotiation between various bodies each with their own interests, concerns, and perspectives on the heritage industry. This subtle investigation, based on first-hand interviews and extensive fieldwork in Yemen, instructs on the past, while also shedding crucial light on preservation directives for the future.’ Nancy Um, Binghamton University, USA ’In this richly documented account of conservation in a living city, Michele Lamprakos portrays a vast array of voices and skills; we encounter local builders, architects, planners, bureaucrats, politicians, and various foreign nationals who have influenced Sanaa’s evolution to its present condition. Building a World Heritage City is a stunning and critically important achievement.’ Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University, USATable of ContentsContents: Prologue; The old city of Sanaa: an overview; The campaign to save old Sanaa; The old city as jewel, as stigma; Old and new professionals; The evolution of local practice; Lessons from Sanaa; Appendix: major projects implemented under the UNESCO campaign to save old Sanaa, 1984-1994; Bibliography; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sugarcane Bioenergy for Sustainable Development
Book SynopsisIn recent years, there has been a rapid expansion of the growing of crops for use in bioenergy production rather than for food. This has been particularly the case for sugarcane in Latin America and Africa. This book examines the further potential in the context of the food versus fuel debate, and as a strategy for sustainable development.Detailed case studies of two countries, Colombia and Mozambique, are presented. These address the key issues such as the balance between food security and energy security, rural and land development policies, and feasibility and production models for expanding bioenergy. The authors then assess these issues in the context of broader sustainable development strategies, including implications for economics, employment generation, and the environment. The book will be of great interest to researchers and professionals in energy and agricultural development.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Production of sugarcane bioenergy in Latin America and Africa PART I Bioenergy overview: the context 1. The future of fuel ethanol 2. Bioenergy in the world: present status and future 3. Is there really a food versus fuel dilemma? 4. Integrating pasture intensification and bioenergy crop expansion 5. The role of the sugarcane bioeconomy in supporting energy access and rural development 6. Is the sugarcane capital goods sector prepared to respond to large-scale bioenergy supply in developing countries? 7. Energy medium and long-term perspectives: are we moving towards an "all-electric model"? 8. Comparative assessment of non-ethanol biofuel production from sugarcane lignocelluloses in Africa, including synfuels, butanol and jet fuels 9. 2G 2.0 10. Medium- and long-term prospects for bioenergy trade Part II Why bioenergy? 11. Why promote sugarcane bioenergy production and use in Latin America, the Caribbean and Southern Africa? 12. The potential of bioenergy from sugarcane in Latin America, the Caribbean and Southern Africa 13. Reconciling food security, environmental preservation and biofuel production: lessons from Brazil 14. Energy security and energy Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa 15. Sustainable bioenergy production in Mozambique as a vector for economic development 16. Integrated analysis of bioenergy systems: the path from initial prospects to feasibility and acceptability Part III Availability of land and sugarcane potential production 17. Initial considerations to estimate sugarcane potential in Mozambique and Columbia 18. Sustainability aspects: restrictions and potential production 19. Case study: Potential of sugarcane production for Mozambique 20. Case study: potential of sugarcane production for Colombia 21. Final Comments Part IV Impacts and feasibility of sugarcane production 22. Sugarcane production model and sustainability indicators 23. Sugarcane and energy poverty alleviation 24. Why modern bioenergy and not traditional production and use can benefit developing countries? 25. Sugarcane bioenergy production systems: technical, socioeconomic and environmental assessment 26. Sustainability of scale in sugarcane bioenergy production 27. Vinasse, a new effluent from sugarcane ethanol production 28. Final Remarks on Production Model Alternatives Part V Assessing the LACAf Project findings 28. Final remarks on production model alternatives 29. Alcohol and LACAf project in Colombia 30. Sugarcane ethanol in Guatemala 31. Methodology of assessment and mitigation of risks facing bioenergy investments in sub-Saharan Africa 32. Can sugarcane bring about a bioenergy transformation in sub-Saharan Africa? 33. Sugar Cane Bioenergy, an asset for Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa? 34. Closing remarks
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Researching Early Childhood Education for
Book SynopsisThis book captures the now burgeoning research field of early childhood education for sustainability (ECEfS) and comprises insights from an ever-widening and diverse pool of researchers, who are promoting, engaging, and explaining the latest ECEfS research in the light of local, national, and United Nations global policy directives. With the increasing urgency of global climate disruptions, resource depletions, and biodiversity losses alongside greater human dislocation, the international scope of research and theory in this book provides a comprehensive guide to the role of sustainability in early childhood education, at a time when it is needed more than ever.Elliott, Ärlemalm-Hagsér, and Davis have brought together a collection of studies that offer new insights and approaches to ECEfS which challenge dominant narratives surrounding early childhood education and sustainability, including topics such as: how diverse worldviews and cultures challenge perTable of ContentsCluster I Ethics and Values 1. Analysis of Historical and Contemporary Early Childhood Education Theories in the Anthropocene 2. From Autonomous Child to a Child Entangled within an Agentic World: Implications for Early Childhood Education for Sustainability 3. Unsettling Settlers’ Ideas of Land and Relearning Land with Indigenous Ways of Knowing in ECEfS 4. Alternative Worldviews on EDEfS: Reviewing and Re-examining Concepts around Human-nature Relationships, Images of Children, and Sustainability Cluster II Historical and Sociocultural Contexts 5. Synopsis: An Update on Countries Previously Represented in the First Volume (Australia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, plus China) 6. ESD Coalition of Preschool and Municipality: A German Perspective on Early Childhood Education for Sustainability 7. Research in Early Childhood Education for Sustainability: Policies and Perspectives from India 8. Early Childhood Environmental Education in the USA: Baby Steps Toward a Sustainable Worldview Cluster III Curriculum and Pedagogy 9. Early Childhood Teacher Education and Education for Sustainability: A Review of the Literature and Mapping of Courses 10. Physical Education and Natural Sciences in Norwegian Early Childhood Teacher Education: Mutually Supporting EfS? 11. Pedagogies for ECEfS in Bush Kinder Contexts: A Comparative Report on Two Australian Studies 12. Unruly Voices: Growing Climate Action Pedagogies with Trees and Children 13. A Project Narrative about Digital Tools, Children’s Participation and Sustainability in a Swedish Preschool 14. Stories of Disruption: Perspectives on the Use of Images to Prompt Children’s Action Taking for Sustainability 15. The Place of ECEfS in the Turkish Teacher Education System 16. Children’s Voices about Fish and Tadpoles in an Australian Pond Ecosystem: It’s All About Balancing and Belonging
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Practical Biomedical Signal Analysis Using MATLAB
Book SynopsisCovering the latest cutting-edge techniques in biomedical signal processing while presenting a coherent treatment of various signal processing methods and applications, this second edition of Practical Biomedical Signal Analysis Using MATLAB also offers practical guidance on which procedures are appropriate for a given task and different types of data.It begins by describing signal analysis techniquesincluding the newest and most advanced methods in the fieldin an easy and accessible way, illustrating them with Live Script demos. MATLAB routines are listed when available, and freely available software is discussed where appropriate. The book concludes by exploring the applications of the methods to a broad range of biomedical signals while highlighting common problems encountered in practice.These chapters have been updated throughout and include new sections on multiple channel analysis and connectivity measures, phase-amplitude analysis, functionTable of Contents1. A Short Introduction to Matlab. 2. Introductory Concepts. 3. Single Channel (Univariate) Signal. 4. Multiple Channels (Multivariate) Signals 5. Application to Biomedical Signals.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Guidelines for Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
Book SynopsisChallenged by stringent regulations, vigorous competition, and liability lawsuits, medical device manufactures must develop safe, reliable, and cost-effective products, and managing and reducing risk is a vital element of reaching that goal. A practical guide to achieving corporate consistency while dramatically cutting the time required for studies, Guidelines for Failure Modes and Effects Analysis for Medical Devices focuses on Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and its application throughout the life cycle of a medical device. It outlines the major U.S. and E.U. standards and regulations and provides a detailed yet easy-to-read overview of risk management and risk analysis methodologies, common FMEA pitfalls, and FMECA-Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis.Discover how the FMEA methodology can help your company achieve a more cost-effective manufacturing process by improving the quality and reliability of your products. This new FMEA manual from the experts Table of ContentsGlossary, CHAPTER 1 - Introduction, CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Standards Governing Medical Device Manufacturing, CHAPTER 3 - Risk Management of Medical Devices, CHAPTER 4 - Risk Analysis Methodologies, CHAPTER 5 - Overview of FMEA, CHAPTER 6 - FMEA Procedures, CHAPTER 7 - FMEA Team, CHAPTER 8 - Pitfalls with FMEA, CHAPTER 9 - Common Tools Used with FMEA, CHAPTER 10 - Product Life Cycle FMEA, CHAPTER 11 - Product/Design FMEA, CHAPTER 12 - Process FMEA, CHAPTER 13 - Application FMEA, CHAPTER 14 - Service FMEA, CHAPTER 15 - Post FMEA Study, CHAPTER 16 - Control Plans, CHAPTER 17 - Overview of Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), References
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Taylor & Francis Ltd AgentBased Modeling of Environmental Conflict and
Book SynopsisConflict is a major facet of many environmental challenges of our time. However, growing conflict complexity makes it more difficult to identify win-win strategies for sustainable conflict resolution. Innovative methods are needed to help predict, understand, and resolve conflicts in cooperative ways.Agent-Based Modeling of Environmental Conflict and Cooperation examines computer modeling techniques as an important set of tools for assessing environmental and resource-based conflicts and, ultimately, for finding pathways to conflict resolution and cooperation. This book has two major goals. First, it argues that complexity science can be a unifying framework for professions engaged in conflict studies and resolution, including anthropology, law, management, peace studies, urban planning, and geography. Second, this book presents an innovative framework for approaching conflicts as complex adaptive systems by using many forms of environmental analysis, including Table of ContentsPart I: Conflict and the Promise of Conflict Modeling 1. Environmental Conflicts in a Complex World 2. Why Model? How Can Modeling Help Resolve Conflict? 3. The History and Types of Conflict Modeling 4. Participatory Modeling and Conflict Resolution Part II: Modeling Environmental Conflict 5. System Dynamics and Conflict Modeling 6. Agent-Based Modeling and Environmental Conflict 7. Modeling Conflict and Cooperation as Agent Action and Interaction Part III: Applications of the VIABLE Model Framework 8. A Viability Approach to Understanding Fishery Conflict and Cooperation 9. An Adaptive Dynamic Model of Emissions Trading 10. Modeling Bioenergy and Land Use Conflict 11. The Future of Modeling Environmental Conflict and Cooperation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Natural Decadal Climate Variability
Book SynopsisNatural decadal climate variability (DCV) and its interactions with anthropogenic climate change (ACC) are vitally important to understand to predict the future of the Earth's climate. This book, after familiarizing readers with the importance of understanding and predicting DCV phenomena and its distinction from ACC phenomena, comprehensively explains the physics of DCV, integrating paleoclimate proxy and modern instrument-based data and simulations with climate models. Features of this book: Uniquely focuses on natural DCV, its physics, and its predictability Presents an integrated view of DCV phenomena based on approximately 700 peer-reviewed publications cited in the book Includes research on influences of decadal variability in solar emissions on the Earth's climate, with a historical perspective going back several centuries Describes progress in decadal climate predictability and prediction reseaTrade Review"Vikram Mehta has been actively involved in decadal climate variability (DCV) research for decades. This book is an eyewitness report about the fascinating science of DCV." Prof. Dr. Mojib Latif, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany "We are becoming used to the fact that the climate is changing due to human influences, but in our lifetimes most of us will be much more affected by decadal climate variability. This book provides a comprehensive review, covering DCV in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans as well as in tropical cyclones and extratropical winds. Highlighted throughout the book are potential links between DCV and solar variability, a fascinating topic that has engaged our minds for centuries. Written by an expert with more than 30 years’ experience, this book should be an invaluable resource for students and researchers interested in how our climate will evolve over the coming decades." Dr. Doug Smith, Met Office Hadley Centre, UK "Provides a comprehensive account of decadal time-scale variations in the global and regional climate, that are of societal relevance. There is a detailed discussion on solar influences on the Earth’s climate variability, along with supporting examples of natural DCV and their interactions with human-induced climate change. This book will be useful for policy makers also." Dr. Krishnan Raghavan, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India "This book is a tour de force by the author who has spent his career studying decadal climate variability. He brings new insights to the vast scope of this topic, providing clearly understandable descriptions of the various aspects. This compelling treatment of a highly relevant area of climate science will clarify these complex topics for readers who have varying familiarities with science. The book can be read as not only a general overview of decadal climate variability, but also as a primer on the scientific details of such variability and predictions. Additionally, it serves as a guide to the impacts that arise as a consequence of climate variability on the timescales of seasons to decades." Dr. Gerald Meehl, Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Colorado, USA Table of ContentsPrologue. Solar Influences and the Earth’s Climate Variability. Slowly Oscillates the Pacific. Tropical Atlantic Dipole: Mystery or Myth?. On the Waves of the Sindhu Mahasagar. What’s In a NAM(e)?. SAM, The Albatross. Natural Decadal Climate Variability and Anthropogenic Climate Change. Modulations of Tropical Cyclones. Looking Through a Cloudy Crystal Ball. Epilogue
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Taylor & Francis Ltd AmorphousNanocrystalline Alloys
Book SynopsisAmorphous-nanocrystalline alloys are a relatively new class of materials born from the rapid development of new technologies and different methods of producing amorphous and nanocrystalline powders and films, compacting, melt quenching, megaplastic deformation, implantation, laser, plasma, and other high-energy methods. This book considers methods of producing these materials (melt quenching, controlled crystallization, deformation effect, and pulse treatments (photon, laser and ultrasound), spraying thin films, and ion implantation). Theoretical and experimental studies describe plastic deformation mechanisms and physico-mechanical properties. Practical applications are also presented.Table of ContentsPreface. Amorphous metal materials. Methods for preparing. Features of the structure. Structural relaxation. Defects in amorphous alloys. .Mechanical properties. Methods of study of mechanical properties. Resistance. The plasticity and mechanisms of plastic deformation. Destruction. Phenomenon of temper brittleness. Magnetic properties. Ferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism of amorphous metals. Magnetoelastic phenomena in amorphous alloys. Nanocrystalline alloys.Classification of nanocrystalline alloys. Methods of preparing bulk nanocrystalline materials. Structure. Physical and mechanical properties. Theoretical strength and the theoretical hardness. Hall-Petch ratio and its anomaly. The structural mechanisms of plastic deformation. Disruption. Magnetic properties. Amorphous nanocrystalline alloys. Methods for the preparation of crystalline-amorphous materials. Melt quenching. Controlled curve of crystallization. Strain effect. Compacting of powders. Pulse formation processing. Preparation of thin films. Ionic implantation. The structure of alloys. Features of the transition of the amorphous state to a crystalline. state with the thermal effects. Special features of transformation of amorphous alloys to the crystalline state during deformation. Structure during compaction of powders. The structure under pulsed light annealing. Changes in the structure under the influence of the pulse laser light. The structure of amorphous-crystalline films. Mechanical properties. The mechanical properties of amorphous alloy in the early stages of crystallization. Mechanical properties in the later crystallization steps. Mechanical properties in melt quenching at a critical speed. Mechanical properties at deformation effects. Mechanical properties after pulse processing. Mechanical properties of amorphous-nanocrystalline film. Magnetic properties. The theory of magnetism in nanocrystals with strong grain interactions. The magnetic properties of the Fe-Si-Nb-Cu-B alloys ( «Finemet»). Magnetic properties of alloys after megaplastic deformation. Magnetic properties of Fe-M-B-Cu ( «Nanoperm") and (Fe, Co) -M-B-Cu ( «Termoperm") allopys. Magnetic properties of Fe-Nd-B alloys. Magnetic properties of the films.
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