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Book SynopsisRock Mechanics: Achievements and Ambitions contains the papers accepted for the 2nd ISRM International Young Scholars' Symposium on Rock Mechanics, which was sponsored by the ISRM and held on 1416 October 2011 in Beijing, China, immediately preceding the 12th ISRM Congress on Rock Mechanics.Highlighting the work of young teachers, researchers and practitioners, the present work provides an important stimulus for the next generation of rock engineers, because in the future there will be more emphasis on the use of the Earth's resources and their sustainability, and more accountability of engineers' decisions. In this context, it is entirely appropriate that the Symposium venue for the young scholars was in China because of the rock mechanics related work that is anticipated in the future. For example, in the Chinese Academy of Sciences report, Energy Science and Technology in China: A Roadmap to 2050, it is predicted that China's total energy demand will reacTable of Contents- Field investigation and observation- Rock constitutive relations and property testing- Numerical and physical modeling for rock engineering- Information technology, artificial intelligence and other advanced techniques- Underground and surface excavation and reinforcement techniques- Dynamic rock mechanics and blasting- Predication and prevention of geo-environmental hazard- Case studies of typical rock engineering

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Book SynopsisResidual soils are found in many parts of the world and are used extensively as construction materials for roads, embankments and dams, and to support the foundations of buildings, bridges and load-bearing pavements. The characteristics and engineering properties of residual soils can differ significantly from those of the more familiar transported soils. The fact that residual soils occur often in areas with tropical and sub-tropical climates and (extensively) in semi-arid climates, adds another dimension to their engineering performance, that of unsaturation.Although there are many books that deal with the mechanics of soils, these are based mainly on the characteristics and behaviour of saturated transported soils. The first edition of this book was the first book to be written specifically about the mechanics of residual soils. The book was prepared by a panel of authors drawn from the Technical Committee on Tropical and Residual Soils of the International Society for SoiTable of Contents1. Origin and formation of residual soils 2. Microstructure, mineralogy and classification of residual soils 3. Describing the engineering properties of residual soils as observed in situ 4. The mechanics of compaction and compacted residual soil 5. Steady and unsteady flow of water and air through soils – permeability of saturated and unsaturated soils 6. Compressibility, settlement and heave of residual soils 7. Shear strength behaviour and the measurement of shear strength in residual soils 8. Case histories involving volume change and shear strength of residual soils

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Book SynopsisHydraulic engineering of dams and their appurtenant structures counts among the essential tasks to successfully design safe water-retaining reservoirs for hydroelectric power generation, flood retention, and irrigation and water supply demands. In view of climate change, especially dams and reservoirs, among other water infrastructure, will and have to play an even more important role than in the past as part of necessary mitigation and adaptation measures to satisfy vital needs in water supply, renewable energy and food worldwide as expressed in the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. This book deals with the major hydraulic aspects of dam engineering considering recent developments in research and construction, namely overflow, conveyance and dissipations structures of spillways, river diversion facilities during construction, bottom and low-level outlets as well as intake structures. Furthermore, the book covers reservoir sedimentation, impulse waves and dTrade ReviewThis book is a significant extension of Dam Hydraulics by Daniel L. Vischer and Willi H. Hager with three experts replacing their retired teacher, tutor and colleague Professor Vischer, to whom this work is dedicated. Many new topics and extensive chapters on hydraulic engineering are included to reflect the new developments and findings from the last two decades. […]These 11 chapters are all self-contained, with their own notation and extensive bibliographies for further reading next to the cited publications. Each chapter starts with beautiful and impressive photographs in colour and all illustrations in the book are well presented and uniformly formatted. The volume also includes extensive subject and author indices, so it is convenient to be used as a reference book, both to refresh old knowledge and to obtain new information. […] This well-written and comprehensive book is one of the few currently available on the market on dam hydraulics and engineering. It meets the needs of both academics and practising hydraulic engineers, with many useful case studies, design guidance and summaries of research findings. […]In summary, this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on the hydraulic engineering of dams currently on the market. It is highly recommended to postgraduate students, researchers, academics and practising hydraulic engineers working on the design of the appurtenant structures of dams, as well as in related fields such as open channel flows and hydraulic structures. This book promises to be an inspiration for many current and future researchers and practitioners in hydraulics and hydraulic engineering.Valentin Heller, Book review. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Water Management, https://doi.org/10.1680/jwama.21.00054[…] This book is the outcome of the wealth of experience and expertise of its authors, all of whom are eminent engineers, having been involved in hydraulics and hydraulic engineering of dams, encompassing design, research and experimentation at various stages.The book is designed to cover all of the appurtenant structures of the dam such as spillways, inlet and outlet structures, conveyance and control structures and energy dissipation structures. Other allied issues such as air entrainment, cavitation and vibration, problems of intake like vortex formation and floating debris, gates and scour and deposition have been suitably connected to the main issues. Other topics such as diversion during construction, reservoir sedimentation and dam breaks and impulse waves have also been discussed.[…]This 1000+ page volume is indeed a valuable addition to the current literature on dams and allied topics. It endeavours to achieve a state of completeness in terms of contents of the subject, aiming to bring in the latest and the most recent developments. Another feature is the exhaustive list of references and topic wise bibliography, which will prove to be helpful to all concerned, students, designers and practising engineers alike. Colour photographs of various dam structures in operation add beauty of the publication. […] No doubt, the book will continue for long to be an essential guide for all concerned with hydraulic engineering of dams.R.M. Khatsuria, Book Review. ISH-NEWS (ISSN 0971-5002), The Indian Society for Hydraulics, Vol. 30 No. 1, July 2021, pp. 11-12.This book is a significant extension of Dam Hydraulics by Daniel L. Vischer and Willi H. Hager with three experts replacing their retired teacher, tutor and colleague Professor Vischer, to whom this work is dedicated. Many new topics and extensive chapters on hydraulic engineering are included to reflect the new developments and findings from the last two decades. […] These 11 chapters are all self-contained, with their own notation and extensive bibliographies for further reading next to the cited publications. Each chapter starts with beautiful and impressive photographs in colour and all illustrations in the book are well presented and uniformly formatted. The volume also includes extensive subject and author indices, so it is convenient to be used as a reference book, both to refresh old knowledge and to obtain new information. […] This well-written and comprehensive book is one of the few currently available on the market on dam hydraulics and engineering. It meets the needs of both academics and practising hydraulic engineers, with many useful case studies, design guidance and summaries of research findings. […]In summary, this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on the hydraulic engineering of dams currently on the market. It is highly recommended to postgraduate students, researchers, academics and practising hydraulic engineers working on the design of the appurtenant structures of dams, as well as in related fields such as open channel flows and hydraulic structures. This book promises to be an inspiration for many current and future researchers and practitioners in hydraulics and hydraulic engineering.Valentin Heller, Book review. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Water Management, https://doi.org/10.1680/jwama.21.00054[…] This book is the outcome of the wealth of experience and expertise of its authors, all of whom are eminent engineers, having been involved in hydraulics and hydraulic engineering of dams, encompassing design, research and experimentation at various stages.The book is designed to cover all of the appurtenant structures of the dam such as spillways, inlet and outlet structures, conveyance and control structures and energy dissipation structures. Other allied issues such as air entrainment, cavitation and vibration, problems of intake like vortex formation and floating debris, gates and scour and deposition have been suitably connected to the main issues. Other topics such as diversion during construction, reservoir sedimentation and dam breaks and impulse waves have also been discussed.[…]This 1000+ page volume is indeed a valuable addition to the current literature on dams and allied topics. It endeavours to achieve a state of completeness in terms of contents of the subject, aiming to bring in the latest and the most recent developments. Another feature is the exhaustive list of references and topic wise bibliography, which will prove to be helpful to all concerned, students, designers and practising engineers alike. Colour photographs of various dam structures in operation add beauty of the publication. […] No doubt, the book will continue for long to be an essential guide for all concerned with hydraulic engineering of dams.R.M. Khatsuria, Book Review. ISH-NEWS (ISSN 0971-5002), The Indian Society for Hydraulics, Vol. 30 No. 1, July 2021, pp. 11-12.Table of Contents1. Introduction. 2. Frontal crest overflow. 3. Spatial crest overflow. 4. Spillway chute. 5. Dissipation structures. 6. Ski jump and plunge pool. 7. River diversion structures. 8. Intakes and outlets. 9. Reservoir sedimentation. 10. Impulse waves in reservoirs. 11. Dam breach.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPlenary Presentations. Section 1: Geology and Hydrogeology of Arsenic 1.1 Geogenic and Anthropogenic Sources of Arsenic: Significance and Characterisation. 1.2 Hydrogeolocial / Sedimentological Control on Arsenic Distribution / Heterogeneity. 1.3 Mobility and Transport of Arsenic (Geochemical Modelling, Environmental Fate and Risk Assessment) Section 2: Medical and Health Issues of Arsenic 2.1 Chronic Arsenic Effects and Epidemiological Studies. 2.2 Recent Advances in Arsenic Toxicology/Biochemistry and Food Web Transfer Section 3: Remediation and Policy 3.1 Arsenic in Soils, Plants and Food Chain: Bioavailability, Bioaccessibility, Uptake and Toxicity. 3.2 Remediation and Water Treatment. 3.3 Risk Assessment and Management of Environmental Arsenic Section 4: Analytical Methods for Arsenic 4.1 Analysis: Recent Advances and ChallengersSection S1: Special Topic 1: Risk Assessment of Arsenic from Mining. Section S2: Special Topic 2: Geomicrobiology of Arsenic. Section S3: Special Topic 3: Geothermal Arsenic. Section S4: Special Topic 4: Rice Arsenic and Health Perspective. Section S5: Special Topic 5: Sustainable Mitigation of Arsenic: From Field Trials to Policy Implications. Section S6: Special Topic 6: Biochemical Processes of High Arsenic Groundwater in Inland Basins

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Book SynopsisThe International Association of Protective Structures (IAPS) was launched on 1 October 2010 in Manchester, UK during the first International Conference of Protective Structures. The primary purpose of IAPS is to bring researchers and engineers working in the area of protective structures together, and to promote research and development work for better life and structure protection against shock and impact loads. More information can be found at http://www.protectivestructures.org/contact.html. Advances in Protective Structures Research is the first publication in a series of planned publications by IAPS. It contains 13 chapters prepared by active and prominent researchers around the world in the area of protective structures. It covers the dynamic material model and material properties, structural response analysis, structural reliability analysis, impact loads and ground shock. The contents of the book reflect well the current research achievements and praTable of ContentsForeword Qihu Qian Preface Norbert Gebbeken Chapter 1 Modeling of concrete materials under extreme loads J.E. Crawford, Y. Wu, J.M. Magallanes & S. Lan Chapter 2 Three-dimensional numerical modelling of concrete-like materials subjected to dynamic loadings Q. Fang & J.H. Zhang Chapter 3 Performance and suitability of ultra-high-performance concrete under a broad range of dynamic loadings K. Thoma, A. Stolz & O. Millon Chapter 4 Numerical quantification of factors influencing high-speed impact tests of concrete material H. Hao, Y. Hao & Z.X. Li Chapter 5 Masonry under dynamic actions-experimental investigations, material modeling and numerical simulations N. Gebbeken, T. Linse & T. Araujo Chapter 6 Experimental versus analytical response of structures to blast loads A.G. Razaqpur, M. Campidelli & S. Foo Chapter 7 Buildings protection against accidental explosions in petrochemical facilities B.M. Luccioni & R.D. Ambrosini Chapter 8 Integration of uncertainty modelling, structural reliability and decision theory to provide optimal blast protection to infrastructure M.G. Stewart Chapter 9 Collapse mechanism of seawall protective structure by huge tsunami N. Ishikawa, T. Arikawa, M. Beppu & H. Tatesawa Chapter 10 Impact effects on concrete Q.M. Li Chapter 11 First draft of performance-based design code for Japanese protective structures Y. Sonoda & H. Tamai Chapter 12 Recent studies on buried explosions in dry soils in proximity to buried structures D.Z. Yankelevsky, Y.S. Karinski & V.R. Feldgun Chapter 13 Craters produced by explosions on, above and under the ground R.D. Ambrosini & B.M. Luccioni Author index

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Book SynopsisIn hard rock terrain, shallow water wells generally have a poor to moderate yield. Sinking wells deeply to tap yielding fracture zones often backfires, because the borehole may miss the saturated fracture zones at depths. A wrong approach to groundwater exploration in hard rock has therefore often led to unnecessary recurring expenditures and waste of time, something that could have been avoided by a systematic and proper geophysical approach. The combination of various geophysical techniques with environmental conditions is essential to constrain the interpretation and reduce uncertainties in this respect. This book presents the approach to groundwater exploration in hard rocks, various geophysical techniques and combinations to be used, interpretation of data with case studies and drilling results and the preparation of different utility maps. Trade ReviewGeophysics is about physics of the earth, its physical property variations and their response to induced perturbation giving a comprehensive insight into sub-surface hydrogeological conditions. I have rarely come across such a masterly treatment of the subject, so comprehensive, and penned in such a lucid language and student friendly style as in the book under review. The author P.C. Chandra, an eminent hydro-geophysicist, formerly Regional Director of Central Ground Water Board, has spent a major part of his career in the hard rock terrains of peninsular states and eastern India, namely the basement complex and Deccan traps. He has distilled his knowledge and experience gained in his more than three decades of field surveys in the pages of this book and enriched it with his priceless case studies. There are very few professionals in the country like Chandra who after superannuation from government service return to the academia prompted by sheer love of science and an urge to transmit the acquired knowledge to the young scientists, and ignite their inquisitive minds. Almost all aspects of hard rock hydro-geophysics from the perspectives of this subcontinent have been succinctly dealt with in the book. The author has also not forgotten to add a brief section on future scope of research in this field. Neat illustrations, valuable data tables, reference lists with each chapter for future study and error free quality printing mark the book as a ‘must read’ Manual for all, – graduate and post-graduate students, research scholars, teachers, and practicing groundwater geologists and geophysicists alike. I have no doubt that it will be a treasured keep in the Reference Libraries of Universities and Institutes teaching and practicing hydrogeology and geophysics. Truly the book is a masterpiece, a stellar contribution of P.C. Chandra to geoscience education. It is a tribute to his four decade long dedicated pursuit of geophysics.Subhajyoti Das, Geological Society of India vol. 88 (August 2016)"This work is one of several recently published textbooks on the important topic of geophysics for groundwater studies. As the title states, this particular text focuses almost exclusively on hard rock aquifers, which include the weathered zone, and mostly excludes soft rock terrains typified by carbonates and sulfates. Surface geophysical methods emphasized in this textbook include individual chapters that address the magnetic, resistivity, self-potential, mise-a-la-masse, and electromagnetic techniques. Borehole geophysical methods are relegated to one chapter that covers typical methods, such as spontaneous potential, gamma, caliper, and neutron techniques. An important aspect of the textbook is the discussion on planning geophysical investigations; the reviewer believes this should have further emphasized the importance of geological studies prior to initiating a geophysical investigation (to better target the geophysical investigation and the integration of a geophysical survey) because application of a single technique is rarely adequate. The limited use of mathematics, the basic discussion of geophysical methods, and the very brief case history discussions make for a reasonably good introductory text on the importance of geophysical investigations for groundwater investigations in hard rock terrains.Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals"M. S. Field, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in 'Choice', January 2017 issueGeophysics is about physics of the earth, its physical property variations and their response to induced perturbation giving a comprehensive insight into sub-surface hydrogeological conditions. I have rarely come across such a masterly treatment of the subject, so comprehensive, and penned in such a lucid language and student friendly style as in the book under review. The author P.C. Chandra, an eminent hydro-geophysicist, formerly Regional Director of Central Ground Water Board, has spent a major part of his career in the hard rock terrains of peninsular states and eastern India, namely the basement complex and Deccan traps. He has distilled his knowledge and experience gained in his more than three decades of field surveys in the pages of this book and enriched it with his priceless case studies. There are very few professionals in the country like Chandra who after superannuation from government service return to the academia prompted by sheer love of science and an urge to transmit the acquired knowledge to the young scientists, and ignite their inquisitive minds. Almost all aspects of hard rock hydro-geophysics from the perspectives of this subcontinent have been succinctly dealt with in the book. The author has also not forgotten to add a brief section on future scope of research in this field. Neat illustrations, valuable data tables, reference lists with each chapter for future study and error free quality printing mark the book as a ‘must read’ Manual for all, – graduate and post-graduate students, research scholars, teachers, and practicing groundwater geologists and geophysicists alike. I have no doubt that it will be a treasured keep in the Reference Libraries of Universities and Institutes teaching and practicing hydrogeology and geophysics. Truly the book is a masterpiece, a stellar contribution of P.C. Chandra to geoscience education. It is a tribute to his four decade long dedicated pursuit of geophysics. Subhajyoti Das, Geological Society of India vol. 88 (August 2016) "This work is one of several recently published textbooks on the important topic of geophysics for groundwater studies. As the title states, this particular text focuses almost exclusively on hard rock aquifers, which include the weathered zone, and mostly excludes soft rock terrains typified by carbonates and sulfates. Surface geophysical methods emphasized in this textbook include individual chapters that address the magnetic, resistivity, self-potential, mise-a-la-masse, and electromagnetic techniques. Borehole geophysical methods are relegated to one chapter that covers typical methods, such as spontaneous potential, gamma, caliper, and neutron techniques. An important aspect of the textbook is the discussion on planning geophysical investigations; the reviewer believes this should have further emphasized the importance of geological studies prior to initiating a geophysical investigation (to better target the geophysical investigation and the integration of a geophysical survey) because application of a single technique is rarely adequate. The limited use of mathematics, the basic discussion of geophysical methods, and the very brief case history discussions make for a reasonably good introductory text on the importance of geophysical investigations for groundwater investigations in hard rock terrains.Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals"M. S. Field, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in 'Choice', January 2017 issueTable of Contents1 Groundwater issues in hard rock & geophysics; 2 Introduction to the hydrogeology of hard rock; 3 Introduction to geophysical investigations in hard rock; 4 Planning of geophysical surveys; 5 The magnetic method; 6 The electrical resistivity method; 7 The self potential method; 8 The mise-a-la-masse method; 9 The frequency domain electromagnetic method; 10 The very low frequency electromagnetic method; 11 The time domain electromagnetic method; 12 The borehole geophysical logging methods; 13 Integrated geophysical survey; 14 Geophysical methods in management of aquifer recharge & groundwater contamination study

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book ever published on the problems of true triaxial testing of rocks addressing all aspects of true triaxial testing of rocks, including: (i) true triaxial testing techniques and procedures; (ii) test results: strength, deformability, failure mode, permeability, acoustic emission, and elastic wave velocity; (iii) constitutive laws and failure criteria; and (iv) applications to geoengineering and geosciences.Recent developments in the field of true triaxial testing of rocks are presented, as well as a thorough review of the most important achievements in the whole history of true triaxial testing of rocks.Almost all researchers from around the world engaged in the true triaxial testing of rocks over the last three decades have contributed to this work. The authors originate from different branches of geoengineering and geosciences, including civil engineering, engineering geology, geotechnical engineering, mining engineering, petroleum engineering, seTable of ContentsTrue Triaxial Testing Techniques and Procedures. Test Results: Strength, Deformability, Failure Mode, Permeability, Acoustic Emission, Elastic Wave Velocity, … . Failure Mechanism and Failure Criteria. Applications to Geoengineering and Geosciences. Miscellaneous.

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Book SynopsisClimate change is one of the inescapable themes of current times. Climate change confronts society in issues as diverse as domestic and international political debate and negotiation, discussion in the media and public opinion, land management choices and decisions, and concerns about environmental, social and economic priorities now and for the future. Climate change also spans spatial, temporal and organisational scales, and has strong links with nature-society relationships, environmental dynamics, and vulnerability. Understanding the full range of possible consequences of climate change is essential for informed decision making and debate. This book provides a collection of chapters that span environmental, social and economic aspects of climate change. Together the chapters provide a diverse and contrasting series that highlights the need to analyze, review and debate climate change and its possible impacts and consequences from multiple perspectives. The book alsTable of ContentsPart 1: Introduction 1. Geographical Perspectives on Climate Change Part 2: Articles 2. Beyond Adapting to Climate Change: Embedding Adaptation in Responses to Multiple Threats and Stresses 3. Changes in Annual Land-Surface Precipitation Over the Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Century 4. The Changing Geography of the U.S. Water Budget: Twentieth-Century Patterns and Twenty-First-Century Projections 5. The Columbian Encounter and the Little Ice Age: Abrupt Land Use Change, Fire, and Greenhouse Forcing 6. Climate Change and Mountain Topographic Evolution in the Central Karakoram, Pakistan 7. Climate Change and Tropical Andean Glacier Recession: Evaluating Hydrologic Changes and Livelihood Vulnerability in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru 8. Climate–Streamflow Linkages in the North-Central Rocky Mountains: Implications for a Changing Climate 9. Adapting to Climate Change in Andean Ecosystems: Landscapes, Capitals, and Perceptions Shaping Rural Livelihood Strategies and Linking Knowledge Systems 10. Making Sense of Twenty-First-Century Climate Change in the Altiplano: Observed Trends and CMIP3 Projections 11. Parameterization of Urban Characteristics for Global Climate Modeling 12. Climatic Shifts in the Availability of Contested Waters: A Long-Term Perspective from the Headwaters of the North Platte River 13. Climate Change, Drought, and Jamaican Agriculture: Local Knowledge and the Climate Record 14. Modeling Path Dependence in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change 15. Joint Effects of Marine Intrusion and Climate Change on the Mexican Avifauna 16. Adapting Across Boundaries: Climate Change, Social Learning, and Resilience in the U.S.–Mexico Border Region 17. Climate, Carbon, and Territory: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Seattle, Washington 18. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Flood-Induced Travel Disruptions: A Case Study of Portland, Oregon, USA 19. Constructing Carbon Market Spacetime: Climate Change and the Onset of Neo-Modernity 20. Climate Change and the Global Financial Crisis: A Case of Double Exposure 21. Integrity of the Emerging Global Markets in Greenhouse Gases 22. Climate Change, Capitalism, and the Challenge of Transdisciplinarity 23. Contested Sovereignty in a Changing Arctic 24. Kiavallakkikput Agviq (Into the Whaling Cycle): Cetaceousness and Climate Change Among the Iñupiat of Arctic Alaska 25. Benchmarking the War Against Global Warming 26. Regional Initiatives: Scaling the Climate Response and Responding to Conceptions of Scale

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Book SynopsisBased on proceedings of the International Conference on Integral Methods in Science and Engineering, this collection of papers addresses the solution of mathematical problems by integral methods in conjunction with approximation schemes from various physical domains. Topics and applications include: wavelet expansions, reaction-diffusion systems, variational methods , fracture theory, boundary value problems at resonance, micromechanics, fluid mechanics, combustion problems, nonlinear problems, elasticity theory, and plates and shells.Table of ContentsMathematical Modeling of N-Body Quantum Scattering Processes Microhydrodynamics of Sharp Corners and Edges Acoustic Scattering by Irregular Obstacles On Generalized Inverse Steklov Problems A Hybrid Root Finder Volterra Type Integral Geometry Problems Inversionof the X-Ray Transform and the Radon Transform with Incomplete Data Reconstructing a Function by means of Integrals over a Family of Conical Surfaces On the use of Wavelet Expansions and the Conjugate Gradient Method for Solving First Kind Integral Equations Optimal Algorithms for the Calculation of Singular Integrals An Order One Approximate Method of Solution of Differential and Integral Equations A Multigrid Method for Solving Reaction-Diffusion Systems Time-Dependent Bending of Plates with Transverse Shear Deformation Polarization Gradient in Piezoelectric Micropolar Elasticity Thermoelastic Stress Separation via Poisson Equation Solution by means of the Boundary Element Method On Neutral Functional Differential Equations with Causal Operations A Semi-Analytic Method for the Study of Acoustic Pulse Propagation in Inhomogeneous Elastic 1-D Media Efficient Finite Elements for the Numerical Approximation of Cylindrical Shells Error Estimates for Computing Fixed Densities of Markov Integral Operators A Modified Monte Carlo Approach to the Approximation of Invariant Measures Acceleration Waves in von Karman Plate Theory Dynamics and Resonance of a Nonlinear Mechanical Oscillator Subjected to Parametric and External Excitation On the Vibration of Helical Springs A Two-Dimensional Numerical Model of Chemotaxis Asymptotic Analysis of Fracture Theory for Layered Composites in Compression (The Plane Problem) Existence and Regularity of Weak Solutions to the Displacement Boundary Value Problem of Nonlinear Elastostatics On Convergence and Uniqueness of Microscale Heat Transfer Equation On Numerical Approximations of a Frictionless Contact Problem for Elastic-Viscoplastic Materials A Panel Clustering Method for 3-D Elastostatics using Spherical Harmonics Extensions of Constrained Least-Squares for Obtaining Regularized Solutions to First-Kind Integral Equations Existence and Nonexistence Results for some Boundary Value Problems at Resonance Analytic Investigation of Thick Anisotropic Plates with Undulating Surfaces On Stoke's Nonlinear Integral Wave Equation - continued.

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Book SynopsisThe First Pan-China Conference on Differential Equations was held in Kunming, China in June of 1997. Researchers from around the world attended-including representatives from the US, Canada, and the Netherlands-but the majority of the speakers hailed from China and Hong Kong. This volume contains the plenary lectures and invited talks presented at that conference, and provides an excellent view of the research on differential equations being carried out in China.Most of the subjects addressed arose from actual applications and cover ordinary and partial differential equations. Topics include:Table of ContentsPART I: ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONSAdvances in the Asymptotic and Numerical Solution of Linear Ordinary Differential Equations, F.W.J. OlverSome Unsolved Problems in Asymptotics, R. WongPeriodic Solutions and Heteroclinic Cycles in the Convection Model of a Rotating Fluid Layer, J. Li and X.H. ZhaoThe Equivalence of Exponential Stability for Impulsive Time-Delay Differential Systems, Z.-H. Guan, Y.-C. Zhou, and X.-P. HeConditions for Identity of Bifurcations in Cubic Hamiltonian Systems with Symmetry or Nonsymmetry Perturbations, Z. Liu, H. Cao, and J. LiPART II: PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONSLong Time Behavior for the Generalized Ginzburg-Landau Equations, B. GuoThe Inverse Scattering Transform for a Variable-Coefficient KdV Equations (with Applications to Shallow Water Waves), H.-H. DaiThe Semigroup Theory and Abstract Linear Equations, G. YangA Unified Approach Towards Nonlinear Parabolic Equations with Strong Reaction in Rn, Y.-W. QiGlobal Existence of Smooth Solution to Boltzmann-Poisson System in Semiconductor Physics, G. Cui and Y. WangAnalytical Methods for a Selection of Elliptic Singular Perturbation Problems, N.M. TemmeExponential Attractors of the Strongly Damped Nonlinear Wave Equations, Z. Dai and B. GuoGeneralized Isovorticity Principle for Ideal Magnetohydrodynamics, V.A. Vladimirov and K.I. IlinScroll Waves in Excitable Media and the Motion of Organization Center, Q. Lu and S. LiuTransport Equations for a General Class of Evolution Equations, M.Z. Guo and X.P. Wanga-Times Integrated Cosine Function, G. YangIdentifying Parameters in Elliptic Systems by Finite Element Methods with Multi-Level Initializing, Y.F. Seid and J. Zou TechniquesMonotone Difference Schemes for Two Dimensional Nonhomogeneous Conservation Laws, T. Tang and Z.-H. Teng

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Book Synopsis“If you care about climate change, John Doerr’s new book, Speed & Scale, offers concrete steps that we can all take to make a difference.” - Barack ObamaWith clear-eyed realism and an engineer’s precision, Doerr lays out the practical actions, global ambitions, and economic investments we need to avert climate catastrophe. Guided by real-world solutions, Speed & Scale features unprecedented, firsthand accounts from climate leaders such as Laurene Powell Jobs, Christiana Figueres, Al Gore, Mary Barra, John Kerry, and dozens of other intrepid policymakers, innovators, and scientists. In Speed & Scale, Doerr presents a compelling 10-step plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050–the global goal we need to reach to ensure a livable Earth for generations to come. From electrifying our energy grid to fixing our global food supply chain to capturing carbon from

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding how to make the best of human skills and knowledge is essential in the design of technology and jobs, particularly where these involve decision-making and uncertainty. Recent developments have been made in naturalistic decision-making, distributed cognition and situational awareness, particularly with respect to aviation, transport and strategic planning, the nuclear industry and other high-risk industries.Despite the integration of computer-based support systems in production scheduling in recent years, the reality is that most enterprises consist of reactive re-scheduling, involving a high degree of human involvement. It is often with the insight, knowledge and skills of people that scheduling skills can function with any degree of success.Human Performance in Planning and Scheduling covers many industries, including clothing, steel, machine tools, paper/board, and the automobile industry. Using international case studies from various manufacturing industriesTable of ContentsPART ONE: THE RE-EMERGENCE OF THE DOMAIN 1. Introduction and Context 2. From Anecdotes to Theory Part Two: Field Studies of Planners, Schedulers and Industrial Practice 3. The Scheduler-Supervisor Relationship: Linking Schedule Generation and Schedule Execution 4. Investigating the Planning and Scheduling System of a Company: A Case Study of a Clothing Manufacturer 5. Accounting for the Human in Scheduling Systems: A Sociotechnical View 6. Capturing and Understanding the Job of a Scheduler in Manufacturing: A Detailed Case Study 7. Human Factors in the Planning and Scheduling of Flexible Manufacturing Systems 8. A Case Study of Scheduling Practice at a Machine Tool Manufacturer Part Three: 9. Design of a Knowledge Based Scheduling System for a Paper/Board Manufacturer 10. Design and Implementation of an Effective Decision Support System: A Case Study in the Steel Industry 11. A Field Test of a Prototype Scheduling System in a Machine Tool Manufacturer 12. Architecture and Interface Aspects of Scheduling Decision Support 13. Designing and Using an Integrated Production Planning System Based on Task Division Between Human and Computer Part Four: Context and Environment for Planning and Scheduling 14. Assessing the Effectiveness of Information for Manufacturing Control 15. Handling Increased Complexity and Product Variety in Automotive Manufacture 16. A Systematic and Sociotechnical Approach for the Design of a Planning and Scheduling System: Towards Controllable Manufacturing Cells 17. A Systems Approach to Human Scheduling 18. The Meaning of Time: A View of Human Planning and Scheduling 19. Ten Years On - A Reflective View of Research on Human Factors in Planning and Scheduling PART FIVE: DEFINING THE FUTURE RESEARCH DOMAIN 20. A Research Agenda 21 Conclusions Context 2. From Anecdotes to Theory Part Two: Field Studies of Planners, Schedulers and Industrial Practice 3. The Scheduler-Supervisor Relationship: Linking Schedule Generation and Schedule Execution 4. Investigating the Planning and Scheduling System of a Company: A Case Study of a Clothing Manufacturer 5. Accounting for the Human in Scheduling Systems: A Sociotechnical View 6. Capturing and Understanding the Job of a Scheduler in Manufacturing: A Detailed Case Study 7. Human Factors in the Planning and Scheduling of Flexible Manufacturing Systems 8. A Case Study of Scheduling Practice at a Machine Tool Manufacturer Part Three: 9. Design of a Knowledge Based Scheduling System for a Paper Board Manufacturer 10. Design and Implementation of an Effective Decision Support System: A Case Study in the Steel Industry 11. A Field Test of a Prototype Scheduling System in a Machine Tool Manufacturer 12. Architecture and Interface Aspects of Scheduling Decision Support 13. Designing and Using an Integrated Production Planning System Based on Task Division Between Human and Computer Part Four: Context and Environment for Planning and Scheduling 14. Assessing the Effectiveness of Information for Manufacturing Control 15. Handling Increased Complexity and Product Variety in Automotive Manufacture 16.A Systematic and Sociotechnical Approach for the Design of a Planning and Scheduling System: Towards Controllable Manufacturing Cells 17. A Systems Approach to Human Scheduling 18. The Meaning of Time: A View of Human Planning and Scheduling 19. Ten Years On - A Reflective View of Research on Human Factors in Planning and Scheduling Part Five: Defining the Future Research Domain 20. A Research Agenda 21 Conclusions

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Book SynopsisInternational Environmental Governance reviews the contentious approaches to addressing global and transboundary environmental threats. The volume collects together the most influential and important literature on the major political approaches to dealing with these problems, their histories, major debates, and research frontiers. It is accompanied by a substantial introduction which reviews the evolution of the academic contribution to environmental governance, focusing on a wide array of international environmental problems.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I History of Environmental Governance: Methods to expedite environmental protection: international ecostandards, Paolo Contini and Peter H. Sand; One year after Stockholm: an ecological approach to management, Maurice F. Strong. Part II Nature of Environmental Governance Problem: The tragedy of the commons, Garrett Harden; The struggle to govern the commons: tragedy of the commons, Thomas Dietz, Elinor Ostrom and Paul C. Stern; The environmental information needs of the decision-maker, Martin W. Holdgate. Part III Realism and Power Politics: The management of international affairs, Kenneth N. Waltz. Part IV Institutional Bargaining: The politics of international regime formation: managing natural resources and the environment, Oran R. Young; Institutions for the earth: promoting international environmental protection, Marc A. Levy, Peter M. Haas and Robert O. Keohane; The interest-based explanation of international environmental policy, Detlef Sprintz and Tapani Vaahtoranta; Constructing effective environmental regimes, George W. Downs. Part V Scientific Governance, Learning to learn, Peter M. Haas and Ernst B. Haas; The role of science in environmental regimes: the case of LRTAP, Rolf Lidskog and Göran Sundqvist; Conclusions:patterns of regime effectiveness, Arild Underdal. Part VI Private Governance: Private environmental governance and international relations: exploring the links, Robert Falkner; Bargains old and new: multinational corporations in global governance, David L. Levy and Aseem Prakash; Talking with the donkey: cooperative approaches to environmental protection, Kathryn Harrison; Legitimacy and the privatization of environmental governance: how non-state market-driven (NSMD) governance systems gain rule-making authority, Benjamin Cashore; Green by choice? Cross-national variations in firms' responses to EMS-based environmental regimes, Kelly Kollman and Aseem Prakash; The privatization of global environmental governance:

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Book SynopsisIncrease the effectiveness of prevention programs by altering community and social settings! Understanding Ecological Programming: Merging Theory, Research, and Practice contains vital information to help you become a better community-based program designer using ecological programming. Focused on the basic concept of the ecological programming model—that people’s behaviors cannot be separated from their settings—this book provides examples that clarify how ecological applications in programs increase their effectiveness. With tables, figures, assessment tools, and studies of programs currently using ecological or similar approaches, this book will show you how to change the individual’s environment to prevent further ruinous behavior. This book will help you find the answers to such questions as: what is an ecological social program? what are the components of ecological programming? what do real programs tTable of Contents Introduction: Understanding Ecological Programming: Merging Theory, Research, and Practice (Susan Scherffius Jakes and Craig C. Brookins) Understanding Ecological Programming: Evaluating Program Structure Through a Comprehensive Assessment Tool (Susan Scherffius Jakes) The Adolescent Diversion Project: 25 Years of Research on an Ecological Model of Intervention (Emilie Phillips Smith, Angela M. Wolf, Dan M. Cantillon, Oseela Thomas, and William S. Davidson) A Multidimensional Ecological Examination of a Youth Development Program for Military Dependent Youth (Daniel F. Perkins and Lynne M. Borden) Cultivating Capacity: Outcomes of a Statewide Support System for Prevention Coalitions (Roger E. Mitchell, Brenda Stone-Wiggins, John F. Stevenson, and Paul Florin) Index Reference Notes Included

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Book SynopsisThe field of applied cognitive psychology represents a new emphasis within cognitive psychology. Although interesting applied research has been published over the last several decades, and more frequently in the last dozen years, this is the first comprehensive book written about the progress in this new applied area. This text presents the theory and methodology of cognitive psychology that may be applied to problems of the real world and describes the current range of cognitive applications to real-world situations.In addition, Applied Cognitive Psychology:*identifies the rudimentary principles of basic theory (e.g., perception, comprehension, learning, retention, remembering, reasoning, problem solving, and communication) that lend themselves to application;*examines a range of cognitive products and services;*begins with an explanation of the differences between basic and applied science, especially in cognitive psychology across discipline areas;*is Table of ContentsContents: Preface. Part I: Fundamentals. Introduction to Applied Cognitive Psychology. Similarities and Differences Between Basic and Applied Cognitive Psychology. Methodology of Cognitive Research. Approaches and Methods of Applied Research. Phases of Application and the Basic-Applied Cycle: The Yin and Yang of Science. Basic Cognitive Psychology: Framework for Application. Part II: Application. Attention, Perception, and Imagery. Comprehension and Learning. Retention and Remembering. Reasoning, Problem Solving, and Decision Making. Part III: Noncognitive Factors Affecting Cognition and Application. Social Interaction and Communication. The Physical Environment. Physiological and Emotional States. Responding. Cognitive Assessment. Occupational Experience. Careers of Applied Cognitive Psychologists. The Future of Applied Cognitive Psychology. Epilogue: The Aim of Practical Psychology.

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Book SynopsisOrganised as a dialogue between nature and design, this book explores design ideas, opportunities, visions and practices through relating and uncovering experience of the natural world.Presented as an edited collection of 25 wide-ranging short chapters, the book explores the possibility of new relations between design and nature, beyond human mastery and understandings of nature as resource and by calling into question the longstanding role for design as agent of capitalism. The book puts forward ways in which design can form partnerships with living species and examines designers' capacities for direct experience, awe, integrated relationships and new ways of knowing. It covers: New design ethics of care Indigenous perspectives Prototyping with nature Methods for new design and nature relations A history of design and nature Animist beliefs De-centering human-centered design Understanding nature has power and agencyTable of ContentsIntro SECTION I: Lying: Lying down to receive A Shift of Attention "Towards…. Something More Liveable" A Moth Journey. An Unexpected Rapport: Mushrooms, a Designer + Everyone Else Sitting in Trees Co-creating with a Tick SECTION II: Sitting: Sitting to open dialogue Hybrids. Others/Selfies Poem: ‘Zoology’ Narrating the Impression. Thick Description Through Visualisations – Towards New Representations of Nature Learning from Harakeke — Towards a Network for Textile Design in Aotearoa New Zealand Becoming-with Vegetal: Sympoietic Design Practice with Plant Partners To Name is to Value Design and Nature: A History Part one: Foundation Part two: Ecological Design as Mastery Part three: Bio this...and Bio that Part four: Moving Forward SECTION III: Standing: Standing to achieve a view Short-comings and Vulner-abilities Living Landfill Design and Nature as Seen through Fur: Systems of Manipulation and Care Bully Goes Fishing Dirty design (or A bloody mess) - In celebration of life affirming design SECTION IV: Walking: Walking to move Earthbond Prototyping, a Method for Designers to Deepen Connections to Nature Design Students in Sustainable Systems Design on the Wing: Collaborative Work with Nature We Become Gardeners After All. A Nourishing Dialogue with the Material Environment The Poetics of Cultural Landscapes through Ecological Wisdom Antarctica SE3: a Conversation on Designing with Care Folding In Conclusion

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Book SynopsisAddressing a topic of major importance to the maintenance of world food supplies, this reference identifies knowledge gaps, defines priorities, and formulates recommendations for the improvement of the rice-wheat farming system. The book reveals new systems of rice intensification and management and illustrates the application of no-till and conservation farming to the rice-wheat system. With contributions from 65 international experts, and case studies from India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, Sustainable Agriculture and the International Rice-Wheat System focuses on seeding equipment and residue management, weed control, water and nutrient efficiency, and integrated pest management.Trade Review"…Dr. Lal and his colleagues are to be warmly congratulated on bringing together the wide range of information in this volume. It [will be] invaluable to many agricultural advisors, as well as…scientists concerned with the optimization of no-till systems .Dennis J. Greenland, Ph.D., Tropical Agriculture Consultant, Reading, and Former Director, Scientific Services, CAB International, Wallingford, EnglandTable of ContentsForeword, Preface, I. Food Security and Natural Resources, II. Challenges and Opportunities of No-Till Farming, III. Applications of No-Till Farming in the Rice-Wheat System, IV. Adaptation of No-Till Farming, V. Social and Economic Issues, VI. Networking and International Cooperation, VII. Conclusions, Index

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Book SynopsisA text for a graduate or upper-level undergraduate course, and a reference for practicing cost, pollution, and environmental engineers. Explains methods for dealing with issues of hazardous waste such as cost growth, static and dynamic baseline development, contingency estimating, risk and uncertainTable of Contents"Hazardous Waste Cost Control Management, Richard A. Selg Environmental Regulations Impacts and Agency Negotiations, William A. Zbitnoff Innovative Claims and Disputes Avoidance, Gui Ponce de Leon, Timothy C. McManus, and Gerald P. Klanac Assessment and Remedial Cost/Schedule Baseline Development, Gary E. Thompson and Marc A. Zocher Estimating the Remediation of Hazardous Waste Sites, Ronald G. Stillman Cost Drivers for Hazardous Waste Projects, Donald J. Cass Contingency Estimating for Environmental Projects, R. F. Shangraw, Jr. Decisions in the Marketplace, Kenneth R. Cressman and Bruce A. Martin Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations Appendix B: Glossary Appendix C: Regulatory Agency References "

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Book SynopsisConsiders cost and optimization problems from the manufacturer's and the buyer's points of view. The work discusses a variety of warranty policies and the mathematical models for the analysis of related engineering and management issues. All standard consumer product warranties are covered.Table of ContentsAn Overview Warranty Policy and Modeling Issues Stochastic Processes for Warranty Modeling Analysis of the Basic Free-Replacement Warranty Analysis of the Basic Pro-Rata Warranty Complex One-Dimensional Warranties Reliability Improvement Warranties Two-Dimensional Warranty Policies Warranty Servicing Warranty and Engineering The Simulation Approach to Warranty Analysis Statistical Estimation of Warranty Costs Case Studies A Comprehensive Framework for the Study of Warranty Symbols and Notations Appendix A: Basic Results from Probability Theory Appendix B: Proofs of Results in Chapter 3 Appendix C: Calculation of Renewal Functions Index for Policies

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Book SynopsisOn-Site Occupational Health and Rehabilitation: A Model for the Manufacturing and Service Industries describes how to establish an on-site occupational health program, from a sample of a request for proposal response, cost-savings reports, and clinical protocols, evaluations, and treatments to corporate awareness of workers' compensation, lost work-time situations, and applications for cost-effective solutions.Contains procedures and guidelines developed by the author for prestigious firms such as Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co., Bank One Corp., The Detroit Newspapers, J&L Specialty Steel Inc., Henry Ford Health System, and PepsiCo, Inc.!Exploring diagnostic mix, clinic size, on-site industrial rehabilitation program benefits, prevention medicine, and wellness and fitness strategies, On-Site Occupational Health and Rehabilitation: A Model for the Manufacturing and Service Industriesillustrates how individual corporate environments can adapt to form a patieTable of ContentsThe Mission and Vision of the On-Site TeamThe Benefits of the On-Site Occupational Health and Rehabilitation Model to the Whole Organization: Management, Employee/Patient, and UnionDisability Costs to Private and Public ProgramsHealth Care Reform: Quality, Price, Service, and OutcomeHow the Occupational Health and Rehabilitation Pie Is DividedAmericans with Disabilities Act: Compliance, Worksite Ergonomics, On-Site Job Analysis, and Preplacement Coordination-How They InterrelateSkeletal and Soft-Tissue Injuries and Cumulative Trauma TreatmentThe Prescription for a Healthy Workforce: The Synergistic Whole, or How It All Comes Together

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Book SynopsisIn the competitive business arena companies must continually strive to create new and better products faster, more efficiently, and more cost effectively than their competitors to gain and keep the competitive advantage. Computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided engineering (CAE), and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) are now the industry standard. These seven volumes give the reader a comprehensive treatment of the techniques and applications of CAD, CAE, and CAM.Table of ContentsLong-Range Planning of Chemical Manufacturing Systems. Feature-Based Design in Integrated Manufacturing. Flexible Factory Layouts: Issues in Design, Modeling, and Analysis. Structural Control of Large-Scale Flexibility Automated Manufacturing Systems. The Design of Human-Centered Manufacturing Systems. Model-Based Flexible PCBA Rework Cell Design. Model of Conceptual Design Phase and its Applications in the Design of Mechanical Drive Units. Computer Assembly Planners in Manufacturing Systems and their Applications in Aircraft Frame Assemblies. Petri Net Modeling in Flexible Manufacturing Systems with Shared Resources.

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Book SynopsisIn the competitive business arena companies must continually strive to create new and better products faster, more efficiently, and more cost effectively than their competitors to gain and keep the competitive advantage. Computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided engineering (CAE), and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) are now the industry standard. These seven volumes give the reader a comprehensive treatment of the techniques and applications of CAD, CAE, and CAM.Table of ContentsKnowledge-Based System in the Design, Implementation, and Validation of Resource Scheduling on the Shop Floor of Manufacturing Systems. Neural Network Systems Techniques in the Intelligent Control of Chemical Manufacturing Plants. Rule-Based Expert System for Designing Flexible Manufacturing Systems. Tool Condition Monitoring in Manufacturing System Machine Tools Using Neural Networks. Intelligent Real-Time Expert System Environment in Process Control. Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Control Methods for Milling Operations in Manufacturing Systems. Instrumental Robots Design with Applications to Manufacturing. Object-Oriented Techniques and Automated Methods for Robotic Assembly in Manufacturing Systems. CAD-Based Techniques in Task Planning and Programming of Robots in Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Physical Model Techniques for Design of Robotic Manipulators in Manufacturing Systems.

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Book SynopsisThe remarkable work of a brilliant botanist and linguist, this unparalleled critically acclaimed lexicon offers an indispensable guide for all those involved with plants and gardens whether they are growing, studying, or writing about them. Detailing approximately 800 generic names and thousands of species of grasses, including cereals and forages, this 3-volume set lists all relevant properties related to the main and secondary uses of the grasses, as well as detailed descriptions and geographical distribution. Entries include genus, synonyms, and etymology, as well as vernacular and rejected names, and orthographic variants. It provides a huge amount of obscure sources of nearly impossible to find information.Trade Review“… now we have easier and better access to grass data than ever before in human history. That is a marked step forward. Congratulazioni Professor Quattrocchi!” —Daniel F. Austin, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Tucson, Book Review Editor, Economic Botany, Vol. 60, No. 4, Winter 2006 “The work is set up as a real dictionary, presenting more than 800 grass genera with thousands of species in alphabetical order. This system is very easy to follow. … will be essential to any library linked to botany, ecology, ethnobotany, general plant science, agriculture or horticulture. It is a great resource for systematic botanists, and has value for whoever else might be interested in grasses. …” —Rainer W. Bussmann, Vice-President and Scientific Director, Nature and Culture International, Texas, in Plant Science Bulletin, No. 53(1), Spring 2007 “…a remarkable work and continuation of Quattrocchi’s excellent botanical writing…an unparalleled achievement. …This 3-volume set is a monumental work indeed, and will be essential to any library linked to botany, ecology, ethnobotany, general plant science, agriculture or horticulture. It is a great resource for systematic botanists, and has value for whoever else might be interested in grasses.” —Rainer W. Bussmann, Vice-President and Scientific Director, Nature and Culture International in the Plant Science Bulletin 53(1) 2007 “I think very highly of this work, which is better even than Umberto’s World Dictionary of Plant Names book. The breadth of his research is very impressive and gives us a remarkable compendium of facts about grasses. It represents an achievement unparalleled, to my knowledge, by any other botanist, compiler, taxonomist or encyclopaedist.” “…Umberto says that his opus is not complete in itself, and indeed this sort of work can be never-ending. But I believe that each entry is as complete as it can possibly be, and it is hard to imagine that this magisterial work could ever be improved upon...The scheme is alphabetical, and easy to follow. Each genus and species has a detailed morphological description, a note of its geographical distribution, and a list of synonyms and vernacular names in many languages. Habitats, economic uses, historical and biographical allusions, botanical exploration and linguistics are all detailed. Most important are the bibliographies, which accompany each entry. These are comprehensive, up-to-date and multi-lingual. They represent years of painstaking research, and will be of incalculable use to students and researchers in the future.” —Charles Quest-Ritson “…any work of this kind cannot be comprehensive, in particular when considering plant diversity on a global scale and the multitude of languages spoken today, all of them possessing names for plants. Therefore, an in-depth study of a single plant family is most welcome... For good reasons, Quattrocchi has chosen the grasses, a very large plant group, worldwide in distribution and of prime importance for the world economy, including such major crops as wheat, rice, maize, sugar, and barley, to mention just a few important ones. And he is most suited to do this job: he is well-read, multilingual, possessing a general level of culture equaled by few, and therefore able to go back into etymology and history, often right to the original mention of a particular grass name in the scientific literature long before Linnaeus. Quattrocchi has had to deal with tens of thousands of grass names and a considerable number of languages, several of them used only outside Europe for an obvious reason. This plant group dominates many extensive areas of the globe: the prairies in temperate North America, the forests of bamboo in Southeast Asia, the dry savannahs in subtropical Africa, as well as the spinifex grassland of central Australia or, in Europe, the wetlands in the Danube delta densely covered by reeds. In short, this new dictionary helps us to understand the complex background of grass names and forms an invaluable addition to our knowledge of this plant family.” — from the foreword by H.-Walter Lack Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universität Berlin"…we have easier and better access to grass data than ever before in human history. That is a marked step forward. Congrtulazioni Professor Quattrocchi!"—Daniel F. Austin, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona in Economic Botany 60 (2008)Table of ContentsAlphabetical listing of entries

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Book SynopsisCompletely revised and updated, Fluid Sterilization by Filtration, Third Edition discusses the use of gas and fluid filtration systems in sterilization technology. Packed with information useful to both the novice and the expert, it includes line-drawing illustrations, filtration setups, and plots of math functions illustrating fluid flows through filter media built from a random packing of solids. The book provides in-depth discussions of general filtration, specific membranes used in filtration, integrity testing, earlier filtration steps, and cross-flow filtration. It also includes a useful, updated appendix of worldwide contacts and many sources for equipment, supplies, and information.Table of ContentsCompletely revised and updated, Fluid Sterilization by Filtration, Third Edition discusses the use of gas and fluid filtration systems in sterilization technology. Packed with information useful to both the novice and the expert, it includes line-drawing illustrations, filtration setups, and plots of math functions illustrating fluid flows through filter media built from a random packing of solids. The book provides in-depth discussions of general filtration, specific membranes used in filtration, integrity testing, earlier filtration steps, and cross-flow filtration. It also includes a useful, updated appendix of worldwide contacts and many sources for equipment, supplies, and information.

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Book SynopsisMathematics does not exist in isolation but is linked inextricably to the physical world. At the 2003 International Congress of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, leading mathematicians from around the globe gathered for a symposium on the Mathematics of Real World Problems, which focused on furthering the establishment and dissemination of those links.Presented in four parts, Mathematical Models and Methods for Real World Systems comprises chapters by those invited to this symposium. The first part examines mathematics for technology, exploring future challenges of mathematical technology, offering a wide-ranging definition of industrial mathematics, and explaining the mathematics of type-II superconductors. After lucid discussions on theoretical and applied aspects of wavelets, the book presents classical and fractal methods for physical problems, including a fractal approach to porous media textures and using MATLAB to model chaos in the motion of a satellite. The final section surveys recent trends in variational methods, focusing on areas such as elliptic inverse problems, sweeping processes, and the BBKY hierarchy of quantum kinetic equations.By virtue of its abstraction, mathematics allows the transfer of ideas between fields of applications. Mathematical Models and Methods for Real World Systems clearly demonstrates this and promotes the kind of cross-thinking that nurtures creativity and leads to further innovation.Table of ContentsMATHEMATICS FOR TECHNOLOGY: Mathematics as a Technology-Challenges for the Next Ten Years. Industrial Mathematics-What Is It? Mathematical Models and Algorithms for Type-II Superconductors. WAVELET METHODS FOR REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS: Wavelet Frames and Multiresolution Analysis. Comparison of a Wavelet-Galerkin Procedure with a Crank-Nicolson-Galerkin Procedure for the Diffusion Equation Subject to the Specification of Mass. Trends in Wavelet Applications. Wavelet Methods for Indian Rainfall Data. Wavelet Analysis of Tropospheric and Lower Stratospheric Gravity Waves. Advanced Data Processes of Some Meteorological Parameters. Wavelet Methods for Seismic Data Analysis and Processing. CLASSICAL AND FRACTAL METHODS FOR PHYSICAL PROBLEMS: Gradient Catastrophe in Heat Propagation with Second Sound. Acoustic Waves in a Perturbed Layered Ocean. Non-Linear Planar Oscillation of a Satellite Leading to Chaos under the Influence of Third-Body Torque. Chaos Using MATLAB in the Motion of a Satellite under the Influence of Magnetic Torque. A New Analysis Approach to Porous Media Texture- Mathematical Tools for Signal Analysis in a Context of Increasing Complexity. TRENDS IN VARIATIONAL METHODS: A Convex Objective Functional for Elliptic Inverse Problems. The Solutions of BBGKY Hierarchy of Quantum Kinetic Equations for Dense Systems. Convergence and the Optimal Choice of the Relation Parameter for a Class of Iterative Methods. On a Special Class of Sweeping Process.

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Book SynopsisMetal Ions in Biological Systems is devoted to increasing our understanding of the relationship between the chemistry of metals and life processes. The volumes reflect the interdisciplinary nature of bioinorganic chemistry and coordinate the efforts of researchers in the fields of biochemistry, inorganic chemistry, coordination chemistry, environmental chemistry, biophysics, pharmacy, and medicine. Volume 43 focuses on the vibrant research area concerning the cycling of elements, metals, and non-metals in biology and geology; in 10 chapters this book offers an authoritative and timely account on this fascinating subject.Table of ContentsThe Biogeochemical Cycles of Elements and the Evolution of Life. Biogeochemistry of Dihydrogen. Dioxygen over Geological Time. The Nitrogen Cycle: Its Biology. The Biological Cycle of Sulfur. Biological Cycling of Phosphorus. Iron, Phytoplankton Growth, and the Carbon Cycle, The Biogeochemistry and Fate of Mercury in the Environment. The Biogeochemistry of Cadmium. Biogeochemistry and Cycling of Lead

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Book SynopsisFor the new millenium, Wai-Kai Chen introduced a monumental reference for the design, analysis, and prediction of VLSI circuits: The VLSI Handbook. Still a valuable tool for dealing with the most dynamic field in engineering, this second edition includes 13 sections comprising nearly 100 chapters focused on the key concepts, models, and equations.Written by a stellar international panel of expert contributors, this handbook is a reliable, comprehensive resource for real answers to practical problems. It emphasizes fundamental theory underlying professional applications and also reflects key areas of industrial and research focus.WHAT'S IN THE SECOND EDITION?Sections onâ Low-power electronics and design VLSI signal processing Chapters onâ CMOS fabrication Content-addressable memory Compound semiconductor RF circuits HighTrade Review"It is easily the most complete source of information on VLSI available." – Books-On-Line, March 2007 Table of ContentsVLSI Technology. Devices and Their Models. Low Power Electronics and Design. Amplifiers. Logic Circuits. Memory, Registers and System Timing. Analog Circuits. Microprocessor and ASIC. Testing of Digital Systems. Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Technology. Design Automation. VLSI Signal Processing. Design Languages.

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Book SynopsisThis publication is rare among those texts on pesticides in that it covers herbicides exclusively. It presents, in one source, information that is typically scattered. This important publication enables the reader to recommend herbicide use more reliably and efficiently. It also highlights environmental issues relevant to herbicide use in agriculture. The book outlines potential areas of further research. This title is of particular value to weed scientists, environmental chemists and engineers, soil scientists, and those responsible for recommending and/or regulating use of herbicides in agriculture.Focuses On: Increasing efficiency of herbicides in agriculture Decreasing environmental contamination with herbicides Dissipation and transformations in water and sediment Nature, transport, and fate of airborne residues Absorption and transport in plants TransformationsTable of ContentsDissipation and Transformations in Water and Sediment. Nature, Transport, and Fate of Airborne Residues. Absorption and Transport in Plants. Biotransformations of Herbicides in Higher Plants. Bioaccumulation and Food Chain Accumulation. Photochemical Transformations. Bound Residues. Predictability and Environmental Chemistry. 81 illustrations,

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Book SynopsisRecognized for their superior strength, corrosion/oxidation resistance, and biocompatibility, titanium alloys are particularly intriguing to engineers, scientists, and metallurgists in aerospace, biomedical, and other industrial applications. Titanium Alloys: An Atlas of Structures and Fracture Features uses award-winning micrographs and fractographs to illustrate how alloy microstructures are affected by various thermomechanical treatments present in real world operating conditions.This book is the first of its kind to compile microstructural and fracture features for titanium alloys and titanium aluminides as well as capture its fractographic features together with the conditions that produced failure. The author discusses the physical metallurgy of titanium alloys as a standard for observing microstructures and their failures. Then she combines the skillful use of scanning electron microscopy in fracture analysis and an eye for detail to deliver a visual presentatioTrade Review“This would be a useful addition to the shelves of many libraries. It covers pure titanium, the common titanium alloys and titanium aluminides. The text is based around fractography and gives much advice on failure analysis of titanium alloys in practical situations.” —Brian Ralph, Emeritus Professor, School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK, in Materials CharacterizationTable of ContentsIntroduction to Fractography. Physical Metallurgy of Titanium Alloys. Chemical Compositions. Alpha Alloys. Near-Alpha Alloys. Alpha + Beta Alloys. Beta Alloys. Titanium Aluminides. Case Study: Failure Investigation Report of IMI 550 High-Pressure Compressor (HPC-I) Aero Engine Blade. References. Related Titles. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis fascinating work is divided into two main sections. Part I reviews the basic principles of water movement in channels and the mass balance approach common to most models. It also covers the practical usefulness, model peer review, and guidance on model selection and calibration. Part II discusses flow simulation and prediction of time of travel, dye tracing and mixing, heat balance and temperature modeling, and reaeration and volatilization. This interesting, easy-to-read volume includes comprehensive reviews for the use of fluorescent water tracing dyes, longitudinal dispersion, evaporation and wind speed functions, prediction of saturation concentrations of dissolved oxygen, and reaeration coefficients. This book furnishes the reader with appendices which provide a synopsis of available computer models and gives a comprehensive listing of methods used to measure flow rates in rivers, tributaries, and pipes and channels introducing wastewaters into streams. This volume is a valuTable of ContentsPreface. . INTRODUCTION to RIVER and STREAM WATER QUALITY MODELING. Basic Principles and Limitations for Modeling. Definition and Terminology. Study Domain, Model Domain, and Computational Network. Conservation of Momentum Equation and Flow in Channels. Mass Balance. Models in General Use. Model Selection and Testing. REFERENCES. TABLES. FIGURES. RIVER TRANSPORT and SURFACE EXCHANGE PROCESSES. Mass Balance and Movement of Water. Conservative Transport and Mixing of Dissolved Substances. Heat Balance and Temperature Modeling. Gas Transfer. REFERENCES. TABLES. FIGURES. APPENDICES. Synopsis of Several Water Quality Models Available for Use. Methods of Measuring and Evaluating Measurements of River Flows, Inflows and Tributary Flows.

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Book SynopsisIt is essential for a corporation to not only survive but thrive in today's global outsourcing environment. The Insider's Guide to Outsourcing Risks and Rewards is a comprehensive and accessible resource that assists an organization in deciding whether it will benefit from pursuing-or not pursuing-such an endeavor. The author, an 18-year veteran of the IT industry, is an experienced consultant, software developer, manager, and entrepreneur. Providing an authoritative and unbiased view, he helps the reader navigate through a number of offshore outsourcing issues related to software management and international business. He examines the potential benefits derived from offshore outsourcing, as well as the possible pitfalls and how to avoid them as they apply to an organization's particular situation.Offering a unique combination of technical and political insight, The Insider's Guide to Outsourcing Risks and Rewards is the one resource to have when trying to figure out Table of ContentsIntroduction. Drivers. Costs. Countries. Partners. Stakeholders. Business Architectures. Selecting Suitable Projects. Contracts. Espionage.

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Book SynopsisEcology of Estuaries represents the most definitive and comprehensive source of reference information available on the human impact on estuarine ecosystems. The volume discusses both acute and insidious pollution problems plaguing these coastal ecotones. It also provides a detailed examination of the deleterious and pervasive effects of human activities on biotic communities and sensitive habitat areas in estuaries. Specific areas covered include organic loading, oil pollution, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons, heavy metals, dredging and dredged-spoil disposal, radionuclides, as well as other contaminants and processes. The diverse components of these anthropogenic influences are assembled in an organized framework and presented in a clear and concise style that facilitates their understanding.Table of ContentsTypes of Pollutants. Waste Disposal Strategies. Biological Effects of Waste Disposal. Organic Loading: Eutrophication Problems. Oil Pollution: Sources of Oil Pollution. Composition of Oil. Fate of Polluting Oil. Effects of Polluting Oil on Organisms. Case Studies. Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Distribution. PAHs in Estuarine Systems. Environmental Cycle of PAHCompounds. Chlorinated Hydrocarbons: Organochlorine Pesticides. DDT. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs). Case Studies. Heavy Metals: Sources of Heavy Metals. Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals. Heavy Metals in Estuarine Systems. Radioactivity: Radioactivity and Radiation. Radioactivity and Estuarine Organisms. Radioactive Waste Disposal. Dredging And Dredged-Spoil Disposal: Dredging Devices. Environmental Effects of Dredging and Dredged-Spoil Disposal. Case Studies. Regulation Of Dredged-Material Disposal. Effects Of Electric Generating Stations: Historical Development. Effects Of Power Plant Operation. Case Studies

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Book SynopsisExtensively using experimental and numerical illustrations, Combustion Phenomena: Selected Mechanisms of Flame Formation, Propagation, and Extinction provides a comprehensive survey of the fundamental processes of flame formation, propagation, and extinction. Taking you through the stages of combustion, leading experts visually display, mathematically explain, and clearly theorize on important physical topics of combustion. After a historical introduction to the field, they discuss combustion chemistry, flammability limits, and spark ignition. They also study counterflow twin-flame configuration, flame in a vortex core, the propagation characteristics of edge flames, instabilities, and tulip flames. In addition, the book describes flame extinction in narrow channels, global quenching of premixed flames by turbulence, counterflow premixed flame extinction limits, the interaction of flames with fluids in rotating vessels, and turbulent flames. The final chapterTable of ContentsChallenges in Combustion. Measurements to Unravel Combustion Chemistry. Flammability Limits, Ignition of a Flammable Mixture, and Limit Flame Extinction. Influence of Boundary Conditions on Flame Propagation. Instability Phenomena during Flame Propagation. Different Methods of Flame Quenching. Turbulent Flames. Other Interesting Cases of Combustion and Flame Formation. Index.

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Book SynopsisBecause of developments in powerful computer technology, computational techniques, advances in a wide spectrum of diverse technologies, and other advances coupled with cross disciplinary pursuits between technology and its greatly significant applied implications in human body processes, the field of biomechanics is evolving as a broadly significant area. The four volumes of Biomechanical Systems, Techniques, and Applications explore the many areas of significant advances, including dynamics of musculo-skeletal systems; mechanics of hard and soft tissues, muscles, bone remodeling, hard and soft tissue interfaces, blood flow, air flow, flow-prosthesis interfaces, and impact; cardiovascular and respiratory biomechanics; and dynamics of many machine interactions.Trade Review"Overall, this volume achieves the goal of providing excellent review articles for their topics…For those getting started in the area or exploring new topic areas, a reference series such as this provides a good place to begin."-IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, November/December 2001Table of ContentsComputer Techniques and Computational Methods in Biomechanics. Cardiovascular Techniques. Musculoskeletal Models and Techniques. Biofluid Methods in Vascular and Pulmonary Systems.

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Book SynopsisBecause of developments in powerful computer technology, computational techniques, advances in a wide spectrum of diverse technologies, and other advances coupled with cross disciplinary pursuits between technology and its greatly significant applied implications in human body processes, the field of biomechanics is evolving as a broadly significant area. This Third Volume presents the advances in widely diverse areas with significant implications for human betterment that occur continuously at a high rate. These include dynamics of musculo-skeletal systems; mechanics of hard and soft tissues; mechanics of muscle; mechanics of bone remodeling; mechanics of implant-tissue interfaces; cardiovascular and respiratory biomechanics; mechanics of blood flow, air flow, flow-prosthesis interfaces; mechanics of impact; dynamics of man machine interaction; and numerous other areas. The great breadth and depth of the field of biomechanics on the international scene requires at least four volumTable of ContentsThree-Dimensional Dynamic Anatomical Modeling of the Human Knee Joint. Adaptive Bone Remodeling Concepts. Dynamic Modeling of Human Joints with a Special Application to the Human Knee. Scanning Acoustic Microscopy in Bone Remodeling Studies. Strain Measurements of Skeletal Muscle. Quantifying Muscle-Tendon Structure and Function. Measurement of Tension in Small Ligaments

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Book SynopsisToday's facility manager is faced with a cross-section of job responsibilities and functions. Facility Management Reference Library CD, Second Edition is a comprehensive 11-volume reference library covering, from a facility manager's perspective, everything from water systems, facility assessment, air quality, lighting, boilers, and pumps to asset protection and terrorism. With more than 3,800 pages of text and graphics, this CD is an economical training, research, and reference resource. This powerful information tool allows you to print, create custom documents, and easily find the information that you need.Table of ContentsBioterrorism: A guide for facility managers. Cyber terrorism: A guide for facility managers. Facility manager's guide to security: Protecting your assets. Handbook of facility assessment. Water quality & systems: A guide for facility managers, second edition. Disaster & recovery planning: A guide for facility managers, third edition. Facility manager's handbook. Indoor air quality: A guide for facility managers, second edition. Lighting upgrades: A guide for facility managers, second edition. Boiler operator's handbook. Pump user's handbook: Life extension.

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Book SynopsisThis volume traces the evolution of the concept of Public Health and reveals the importance of political will and public spending in this field of civil engineering. Design, construction, operation and maintenance of water-supply and main drainage works are discussed. The period covered extends from Roman engineering through to the early 20th century, with examples from Europe, America and Japan.Trade Review'The aim of Ashgate's twelve volume series is to bring together collections of important papers on particular topics from scholarly journals, conference proceedings and other hard-to-access sources. This is a wholly laudable objective. Some of the papers in the volume under review [The Civil Engineering of Canals and Railways before 1850] cannot be found even in abundantly-resourced academic libraries. The series opens up, directly or indirectly, debates over the nature of historical evidence which arise from the profoundly different approaches to the past of historians of technology, whose works are principally represented in these volumes, industrial archaeologists and social and economic historians.' Industrial Archaeology Review, Vol. XXI, No. 1Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Urban Water-Supply: Attitudes to Roman engineering and the question of the inverted siphon, Norman A. F. Smith; Our debt to Roman engineering: the water supply of Lincoln to the present day, M. J. T. Lewis; Sir Hugh Myddelton and the New River, G. C. Berry; George Sorocold of Derby: a pioneer of water supply, F. Williamson; The old water-supply of Seville, George Higgin; Portsmouth’s water supply, 1800-1860, Mary Hallett; The impounding reservoirs of the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company,1845-1905, R. W. Rennison; The old Croton Aqueduct, George H. Rappole; Bringing water to the Crescent City: Benjamin Latrobe and the New Orleans waterworks system, Gary A. Donaldson; Urban sanitation in preindustrial Japan, Susan B. Hanley; Sanitary Reform: The development of Victorian infrastructures: the example of Portsmouth, Robert A. Otter; Edwin Chadwick and the engineers, 1842-1854: systems and antisystems in the pipe-and-brick sewers war, Christopher Hamlin; The separate vs. combined sewer problem: a case study in urban technology and design choice, Joel A. Tarr; Sir Joseph William Bazalgette (1819-1891): engineer to the Metropolitan Board of Works, Denis Smith; Eugène Belgrand (1810-1878): civil engineer, geologist, and pioneer hydrologist, George Atkinson; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth discussion of various aspects of metal ecotoxicology. State-of-the-art information and techniques in areas ranging from metal behavior in surface waters to bioaccumulation kinetics and toxicokinetics to community effects are presented in a hierarchical arrangement. Specific topics discussed include metals in abiotic components of ecosystems, autecology (effects of metals relative to the individual or a single species), and metals in marine and freshwater systems in the context of synecology (species associated and interacting as a unit). This is an important book that will be useful to researchers, risk assessment consultants, regulatory personnel, and teachers and students.Table of Contents1. The Influence of Water Chemistry on Trace Metal Bioavailability and Toxicity to Aquatic Organisms 2. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Metal Pollution Controls in a Smelter by Using Metallothionein and Other Biochemical Responses in Fish 3. Toxic Metal Uptake and Essential Metal Regulation in Terrestrial Invertebrates: A Review 4. Allometry of Metal Bioaccumulation and Toxicity 5. Metal Effects on Fish Behavior—Advances in Determining the Ecological Significance of Responses 6. The Developmental Toxicity of Metals and Metalloids in Fish 7. Stochastic Models of Bioaccumulation 8. Analyzing Toxicity Data Using Statistical Models for Time-to-Death: An Introduction 9. Trace Metals in Freshwater Sediments: A Review of the Literature and an Assessment of Research Needs 10. Effects of Trace Metals on Aquatic Benthos 11. Genetic Factors and Tolerance Acquisition in Populations Exposed to Metals and Metalloids 12. Impact of Low Concentrations of Tributyltin (TBT) on Marine Organisms: A Review 13. Community Responses of Stream Organisms to Heavy Metals: A Review of Observational and Experimental Approaches

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Book SynopsisClean Production Strategies is a cross-disciplinary book that presents a comprehensive examination of a new ethic emphasizing the appropriate design of products, processes, and economic activities to reduce the generation of waste into the environment. The book explores concepts and principles, technological issues, economic implications, the development of policy, and broad social questions associated with implementing clean production strategies. Written by a team of international experts in the field, Clean Production Strategies covers a wide range of topics, including principles of thermodynamics, quantitative assessments of material flows, the development of practical clean technologies, and the re-evaluation of our relationship with the environment. The book will be useful to government policy-makers, industrial decision-makers, plant managers, industrial engineers, economists, environmentalists, international regulatory agency personnel, and others interested in the topiTable of ContentsThe Scientific and Economic Context: The Biophysical Economy (T. Jackson, R. Costanza, M. Overcash, and W. Rees). Environmental Quality Objectives (M. Chadwick and J. Nilsson). The Precautionary Principle (V. Dethlefsen, T. Jackson, and P. Taylor). Uncertainty and Environmental Learning (B. Wynne). Costs of the Toxic Legacy (K. Davis and G. Hyfantis). Hazardous Futures (T. Jackson). The Preventive Strategy: Towards Prevention (J. Hirschhorn, T. Jackson, and L. Baas). Principles of Clean Production (T. Jackson). Industrial Metabolism (R.U. Ayres). Profiting from Pollution Prevention (M. Dorfman, A. White, M. Becker, and T. Jackson). Product Lifecycle Assessment (N. de Oude). Material Concerns (K. Geiser). Risk Reduction and Chemicals Control (B. Wahlström and B. Lundqvist). Optimal Utilization and Durability (W.R. Stahel and T. Jackson). Developing a Policy Framework: Policy Options for Clean Production (H. Yakowitz and R. Hanmer). Economic Policy and Environmental Assurance (C. Perrings, R. Costanza, T. Jackson, and W. Rees). Liability for the Environment (P. Simmons and J. Cowell). Epilogue: Values, Quality, and Sustainable Development (E. Manzini).

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Book SynopsisThis peer-reviewed 3-volume set comprises the contributions to the 11th International Conference on Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields (2022). In 3 volumes it unveils state-of-the-art information and research on the latest policies, traffic loading measurements, in-situ measurements and condition surveys, functional testing, deflection measurement evaluation, structural performance prediction for pavements and tracks, new construction and rehabilitation design systems, frost affected areas, drainage and environmental effects, reinforcement, traditional and recycled materials, full scale testing and on case histories of road, railways and airfields. This edited work is intended for a global audience of road, railway and airfield engineers, researchers and consultants, as well as building and maintenance companies looking to further upgrade their practices in the field.

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Book SynopsisThe book presents the innovative aspects of smart industries and intelligent technologies involving Robotics and Automation. It discusses the challenges in the design of autonomous robots and provides an understanding of how different systems communicate with each other, allowing cooperation with other human systems and operators in real time.Robotics and Automation in Industry 4.0: Smart Industries and Intelligent Technologies offers research articles, flow charts, algorithms, and examples based on daily life in automation and robotics related to the building of Industry 4.0. It presents disruptive technology applications related to Smart Industries and talks about how robotics is an important Industry 4.0 technology that offers a wide range of capabilities and has improved automation systems by doing repetitive tasks with more accuracy and at a lower cost. The book discusses how frontline healthcare staff can evaluate, monitor, and treat patients from a safe distanTable of Contents1. Integration of Nature Inspired Mechanisms to Machine Learning in Real Time Sensors, Controller and Actuators for Industrial Automation 2. Implication of Cloud Computing, IoT and Wearable Robotics for Smart Healthcare and Agriculture Solution3. Role of Human Robot Interaction in Building Automated Mixed Palletization based on Industrial Applications 4. Emerging Soft Computing and Machine Learning Techniques Applicable in Industrial and Automated Applications 5. PSO based Nature Inspired Mechanisms for Robots during Smart Decision Making for Industry 4.06. Application of AI based Learning in Automated Applications and Soft Computing Mechanism Applicable in Industries7. Investigating Scope and Applications for Internet of Robotics in Industrial Automation8. Role of Artificial Intelligence in Making Wearable Robotics Smarter9. Role of machine learning approaches in optimization of AI based industry 4.0 healthcare management systems10. Leveraging Financial Data to Optimize Automation: An Industry 4.0 approach11. Assessing Cybersecurity Risks in the Age of Robotics and Automation: Frameworks and Strategies for Risk Management12. The Role of Education in Addressing the Workforce Challenges of Automation: A Global Perspective13. The Intersection of Human Resource Management and Automation: Opportunities and Challenges for HR Professionals14. Data-Driven Insights for Agricultural Management: Leveraging Industry 4.0 Technologies for Improved Crop Yields and Resource Optimization15. Data Analytics and ML for Optimized Performance in Industry 4.0 16. Business Intelligence in Action: Way of Successful Implementation of Automated Systems17. A Review of Dielectric Resonator Antennas (DRA) based RFID technology for Industry 4.0 18. Leveraging Blockchain for Improved Supply Chain Management and Traceability in Industry 4.019. Securing Automated Systems with BT: Opportunities and Challenges 20. Transforming Healthcare with Industry 4.0: The Impact of Social Media on Mental Health21. Multiband Antenna Design For Internet Of Things (Iot) Applications22. A counter propagation based neuro solution model for categorization and fee fixation of engineering institutions23. Industry 4.0 in the nutraceutical industry and public health nutrition

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Book SynopsisDriving innovation can reduce costs for companies, institutions, military programs, and successful businesses. Quality is key to successful innovation. Delivery of complex products must have high quality to reduce customer problems and defects. This book explains how to integrate Quality Assurance processes to produce compliant product management and gap analysis. It shows how Quality Assurance provides a common operating framework in which best practices, improvements, and cost avoidance activities can be shared.Effective Processes for Quality Assurance emphasizes improving process execution and reducing operational costs. It also focuses on how Quality Assurance personnel must support companies, institutions, military programs, and successful businesses by encouraging a cooperative, proactive approach and ensure compliance through management and team member participation. Lean and Agile can provide a competitive advantage, and this practicaTable of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsSummaryAuthorChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Quality Assurance MethodsChapter 3 Measure Benefits of Quality Assurance Process ImprovementChapter 4 Quality Assurance Performance and ImprovementChapter 5 Answer Questions from Management and Employees Chapter 6 Manage Risk ManagementChapter 7 Quality Assurance Improvement with MetricsChapter 8 Quality Assurance FrameworkChapter 9 Quality Assurance Process ImprovementChapter 10 Effective Processes for Quality Assurance Chapter 11 Quantitative Process Performance and CommitmentsChapter 12 Understanding the Quality Assurance DirectionChapter 13 Military Aerospace and DefenseChapter 14 Quality Assurance PlansChapter 15 Quality Assurance for Customers and Suppliers Chapter 16 Supporting Software Configuration ManagementAppendix AIndex

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Book SynopsisToday, new and unexpected challenges arise for Europe's large array of existing dams, and fresh perspectives on the development of new projects for supporting Europe's energy transition have emerged. In this context, the 12th ICOLD European Club Symposium has been held in September 2023, in Interlaken, Switzerland. The overarching Symposium themewas on the Role of dams and reservoirs in a successful energy transition. The articles collected in this report book (consisting of a 250-page abstract book and a 1010-page full paper USB) cover the various themes developed during the symposium:- Dams and reservoirs for hydropower- Dams and reservoirs for climate change adaptation- Impact mitigation of dams and reservoirs- How to deal with ageing damsIn conjunction with the Symposium, the 75th anniversary of the Swiss Committee on Dams offered an excellent opportunity to not only draw from the retrospective of Switzerland's extensive history of dam dTable of Contents1. Foreword 2. Organization and Scientific Committees 3. European working groups 4. Switzerland and Hydropower: developments and perspectives 5. Introduction to the Symposium proceedings 6. Dams and reservoirs for hydropower in Europe 7. Dams, levees and reservoirs for climate change adaptation in Europe 8. Impact mitigation of dams and reservoirs in Europe 9. How to deal with ageing dams and levees in Europe? 10. Index of authors

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBecause of the simple and straightforward language used by the author throughout the text, reading this book is very pleasant. The book’s content covers a wide range of disciplines including the initial studies for implementation of the dam, design, construction and operation of hydraulic schemes.The most important issues of design and construction of dams and associated structures are analysed and described in depth, giving the reader a complete overview on the subject. The presentation of the themes is done in a didactic way, and the book can be used as a manual for engineering of dams. […] All chapters are profusely documented with drawings, charts, and photos of recent examples of achievement. Figures and photographs are of high quality. […] In short, the updated edition is an indispensable tool for both advanced students and practising engineers of design and operation of dams and appurtenant hydraulic structures.Paulo Erbisti, Engineering Consultant, BrazilThe first edition of the Dams and Appurtenant Hydraulic Structures treatise […] was in my opinion one of the best ever books written on dams, providing a complete and comprehensive picture of dams and the appurtenant hydraulic structures which are essential for their safety. I am pleasantly surprised that after only 10 years the author brings to the dam community an even better book, the second revised and enriched edition.The prime added value of this new edition is the extension of the embankment dam part, focusing on new achievements in concepts and on updated methods of analysis. Special attention is given to the advanced methods of static and dynamic analysis of embankment dams. All valuable papers in the field are reviewed and pertinent syntheses are included in the book. The second major contribution of the new edition is the chapters concerning the new types of concrete dams - roller-compacted concrete gravity dams, hardfill dams and roller-compacted concrete arch dams.I strongly recommend the book to professionals. It is also an excellent textbook for (graduate) students in civil, hydraulic and environmental engineering.Prof. Dan Stematiu, Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania The reader will find that the book provides a wealth of examples of all kinds of existing dam projects worldwide. By providing a complete and comprehensive picture of dams the author´s work ensures that this book will be a frequently consulted reference for those having frontline experience as dam construction engineers, planners, superintendents, designers and graduate students to increase their knowledge and expertise in this field.Fidencio Mendez, Consulting Engineer, Guadalajara, MexicoThe enhanced 2nd edition of the reference book by L. Tancev on Dams and Appurtenant Hydraulic Structures has recently been published. This is not only an important reference book for dam engineers but all engineers, students and interested people, who want to understand the technical aspects of dams. The author has discussed the various aspects of dam engineering and the possible solutions based on a large number of case studies rather than focusing on pure analysis aspects. It is obvious that before any analysis can be done, the problem and the possible solutions must be understood first and it has to be demonstrated that the solutions are feasible, which is shown by the examples given. […] The author has also shown that many solutions for dams are possible depending on the topography and geology as well as on the flood and seismic hazards at the site. Therefore all dams are prototypes and none is like the other. The emphasis of the book is clearly on dams. However, appurtenant hydraulic structures such as spillways, surface and high head gates, bottom outlets, run-of-river power plants, locks, and pump storage plants are also discussed. This book provides an overview on both the state-of-practice and state-of-the-art in dam engineering and is written in a way that it can easily be understood by non-experts as well. The book is very useful and is highly recommended.Dr. Martin Wieland, Chairman Committee on Seismic Aspects of Dam Design (International Commission on Large Dams), c/o Poyry Switzerland Ltd., Zurich/SwitzerlandTable of Contents1. Dams and appurtenant hydraulic structures – General 2. Embankment dams 3. Concrete dams 4. Hydromechanical equipment and appurtenant hydraulic structures 5. Hydraulic schemes.

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Book SynopsisGeotechnical Engineering of Dams, 2nd edition provides a comprehensive text on the geotechnical and geological aspects of the investigations for and the design and construction of new dams and the review and assessment of existing dams. The main emphasis of this work is on embankment dams, but much of the text, particularly those parts related to geology, can be used for concrete gravity and arch dams.All phases of investigation, design and construction are covered. Detailed descriptions are given from the initial site assessment and site investigation program through to the preliminary and detailed design phases and, ultimately, the construction phase. The assessment of existing dams, including the analysis of risks posed by those dams, is also discussed. This wholly revised and significantly expanded 2nd edition includes a lengthy new appendix on the assessment of the likelihood of failure of dams by internal erosion and piping.This valuable source on dam enTrade ReviewEleven years after the publication of the first edition of the excellent book Geotechnical Engineering of Dams, the geotechnical and dam engineering community can enjoy reading and analyzing the second edition, completely revised, updated, enlarged and enriched. [...] All chapters are almost equally important and interesting for any dam and geotechnical engineer, but I especially like chapters 8 and 9, dealing with internal erosion, piping and filters at embankment dams and in foundation. Apparently, a great experience and original research knowledge of part of the authors of the book is embedded in these thoroughly executed chapters. I cannot also avoid mentioning chapter 12 – Design of embankment dams to withstand earthquakes – in which an up-to-date review and analysis of this sensitive aspect of embankment dam design is given, still under intensive development.Dam builders have always been aware of the fact that dams are firmly bonded to the foundation. But, with this extraordinary book, the bond seems even stronger! I am sure this book will be an unavoidable professional reference and guide in the libraries of all dam and geotechnical engineers. Also, I strongly recommend the book to advanced university students as a textbook, as well as a source of ideas for further research works.Ljubomir Tanchev, Professor on dams and hydraulic structures, University of Skopje, MacedoniaThis book fills a lacuna in the available comprehensive literature on Geotechnical Engineering of Dams. […] It covers dimensions not seen in normally available and commonly prescribed textbooks. An intuitive sense of amalgamating both theory and practice is the distinguished and remarkable feature of the book. […]A very important and useful aspect of the book is that it covers common errors in the five major aspects of safe dams and provides insight in these aspects by dealing with practical problems and case studies.The book very well covers all important geotechnical aspects of dam engineering for civil engineering students at undergraduate as well as at post graduate level and for practitioners. […] Academicians & practicing engineers will be able to sharpen their knowledge with the help of input provided by the book. The book is useful to civil engineers […] working in the area of geotechnical dam engineering and ground improvement.Prof. Gautam N. Gandhi, President, Indian Geotechnical Society, New Delhi, Formerly Principal, IDS, Nirma University, IndiaThe book is an excellent contribution in the area of dam engineering. Dam Engineering has become an important area in providing efficient infrastructure for water supply, power generation as well as resources generation and conservation. The revision of the previous edition is timely and up to date. [...] In summary, the treatise is comprehensive, up-to-date and needs to be studied by scientists and engineers, organizations, professional bodies, policy makers and builders connected with dam engineering.Prof. G.L. Sivakumar Babu, Chairman, International Technical Committee on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering ISSMGE / Governor, Region 10, American Society of Civil Engineers, USA / Editor-in Chief, Indian Geotechnical Journal, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, IndiaTable of Contents1 Introduction; 2 Key Geological Issues; 3 Geotechnical Questions Associated With Various Geological Environments; 4 Planning, Conducting and Reporting of Geotechnical Investigations; 5 Site Investigation Techniques; 6 Shear Strength, Compressibility and Permeability of Embankment Materials and Soil Foundations; 7 Clay Mineralogy, Soil Properties, and Dispersive Soils; 8 Internal Erosion and Piping of Embankment Dams and in Dam Foundations; 9 Design, Specification and Construction of Filters; 10 Embankment Dams, Their Zoning and Design for Control of Seepage and Internal Erosion and Piping; 11 Analysis of Stability and Deformations; 12 Design of Embankment Dams to Withstand Earthquakes; 13 Embankment Dam Details; 14 Specification and Quality Control of Earthfill and Rockfill; 15 Concrete Face Rockfill Dams; 16 Concrete Gravity Dams and Their Foundations; 17 Foundation Preparation and Cleanup for Embankment and Concrete Dams; 18 Foundation Grouting; 19 Mine and Industrial Tailings Dams; 20 Monitoring and Surveillance of Embankment Dams; Appendix A: Methods for Estimating the Probability of Failure by Internal Erosion and Piping

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