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Taylor & Francis Inc The Future X Network
Book SynopsisWe are at the dawn of an era in networking that has the potential to define a new phase of human existence. This era will be shaped by the digitization and connection of everything and everyone with the goal of automating much of life, effectively creating time by maximizing the efficiency of everything we do and augmenting our intelligence with knowledge that expedites and optimizes decision-making and everyday routines and processes.The Future X Network: A Bell Labs Perspective outlines how Bell Labs sees this future unfolding and the key technological breakthroughs needed at both the architectural and systems levels. Each chapter of the book is dedicated to a major area of change and the network and systems innovation required to realize the technological revolution that will be the essential product of this new digital future.Table of ContentsThe Future X Network. The Future of the Enterprise. The Future of Security. The Future of Wide Area Networks. The Future of Cloud. The Future of Wireless Access. The Future of Broadband Access. The Future of the Enterprise LAN. The Future of Communications. The Future of Information. The Future of the Internet of Things. The Future of the Home. The Future of Network Operations. The Future of Network Energy.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Invitation to Linear Algebra
Book SynopsisInvitation to Linear Algebra is an informative, clearly written, flexible textbook for instructors and students. Based on over 30 years of experience as a mathematics professor, the author invites students to develop a more informed understanding of complex algebraic concepts using innovative, easy-to-follow methods. The book is organized into lessons rather than chapters. This limits the size of the mathematical morsels that students must digest, making it easier for instructors to budget class time. Each definition is carefully explained with detailed proofs of key theorems, including motivation for each step. This makes the book more flexible, allowing instructors to choose material that reflects their and their students' interests. A larger than normal amount of exercises illustrate how linear and nonlinear algebra apply in the students' areas of study. Features The book's unique lesson format enabTable of ContentsMatrices and Linear Systems. Introduction to Matrices. Matrix Multiplication. Additional Topics in Matrix Algebra. Introduction to Linear Systems. The Inverse of a Matrix. Determinants. Introduction to Determinants. Properties of Determinants. Applications of Determinants. A First Look at Vector Spaces. Introduction to Vector Spaces. Subspaces of Vector Spaces. Linear Dependence and Independence. Basis and Dimension. The Rank of a Matrix. Linear Systems Revisited. More About Vector Spaces. Sums and Direct Sums of Subspaces. Quotient Spaces. Change of Basis. Euclidean Spaces. Orthonormal Bases. Linear Transformations. Introduction to Linear Transformations. Isomorphisms of Vector Spaces. The Kernel and Range of a Linear Transformation. Matrices of Linear Transformations. Similar Matrices. Matrix Diagonalization. Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors. Diagonalization of Square Matrices. Diagonalization of Symmetric Matrices. Complex Vector Spaces. Complex Vector Spaces. Unitary and Hermitian Matrices. Advanced Topics. Powers of Matrices. Functions of a Square Matrix. Matrix Power Series. Minimal Polynomials. Direct Sum Decompositions. Jordan Canonical Form. Applications. Systems of First Order Differential Equations. Stability Analysis of First Order Systems. Coupled Oscillations. Appendix. Solutions and Hints to Selected Exercises.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Building a Lean Service Enterprise
Book SynopsisThis book provides an assorted set of reflections/lessons from the trenches of Lean service and brings to fore leadership challenges, new tools, and the known-unknowns (insights that very few know but many in journey of Lean transformation need to know). Lean has the ability to address a wide range of problems faced by service companies, such as: complexity reduction, sales force productivity enhancement, operations risk control, cost leadership, combining scale with flexibility, service excellence and improving employee morale and involvement. Many of the principles discussed in the book are based on the author''s first-hand experience in Lean implementation.Table of ContentsHow engaged is your CEO and Top ManagementSpend first 90 days to understand the needs of the company. Should you or should you not board the ship? Before embarking on a lean effort, pause to understand the type of problem that you are trying to solve? Just knowing tools does not make you a Lean Change Leader. Know the building blocks. "Influence" – Least discussed yet the most important quality of a seasoned Lean Change Leader. Engagement – Where to begin? To who does the Lean Change Leader report into? Trigger signs of upcoming change by embedding new "ways of working" for the leadership team. Do you know what constitutes a great Lean team? A person keen to be popular should not get involved in Lean efforts. It makes sense to define lean differently. How aligned is the top management on organisational outcomes? Do you know the building blocks of a holistic lean transformation? Don’t forget of 15Cs of Lean Transformation. Let’s not think lean to be a cost-cutting endeavour. Lean is not bigger than business outcomes – Adopt a quiver approach. Let a roadmap guide your deployment. Power the lean journey with art of observation. Lean need not necessary need to be called as Lean. Service guarantee can be a good aspiration to have in a lean transformation journey. Lean cannot just be the agenda of top management. Encourage team members to report problems. Resources can get squandered if employees do not know what service stands for. Manufacturing and Service Processes are not the same. Just not metrics but right metrics is what makes a difference. Processes should positively impact the key stakeholder. Explain why we do what we do30. Don’t get lost in tools, don’t forget those who could derail your lean journey. Employee Attrition could be a major cause of enterprise-inefficiency. Creating a sense-of-urgency is a pre-requisite for successful lean deployment. Never underestimate the power of middle-management. Continually ascertain the heath of lean adoption. Drive process ownership to get juice out of your process improvement effort. Follow a holistic approach to Visual Management System. Institutionalize the process of reflection. Institutionalise a LIP-SIP engine for improvements. Inventory in a services context can be quite context. Administer the Opportunity Questionnaire to judge applicability of Lean. Make Customers Service Themselves.Do not forget waste in functional crevices. White spaces can be potential opportunities for Lean application. Leverage multi-skilling to distribute and optimize capacity. The role of Lean team should change over time. See how your process of cross-selling can be made efficient and effective. Shun verbosity and long presentations – Adopt A3 Thinking. Install a common problem-solving approach. We need much more than a service recovery process. Too many MIS reports are no reports of value. The DEB-LOREX™ Model for Lean Transformation. Make a deep assessment of lean enterprise using the DEB-LOREX Index. Use Sales Partners to Build Relationships. Use Visual Management to manage Lean performance improvement.
£39.99
Taylor & Francis Inc Bioresorbable Scaffolds
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the coronary bioresorbable scaffold, a new interventional treatment for coronary artery disease, differentiated from a permanent metallic stent. The book provides an overview of the technology including non-clinical studies and clinical evidences in order to help clinicians understand the appropriate application of the technology and the optimal techniques of implantation. It covers the basics of bioresorbable scaffolds; bench test results; preclinical studies; clinical evidences; and tips and tricks of implantation.Table of ContentsTable of ContentsSection 1: Introduction1.1- Early development of bioresorbable scaffoldPatrick W. SerruysSection 2: Principles of bioresorption, vascular application2.1- Degradable, biodegradable and bioresorbable polymers for time-limited therapyMichel Vert2.2- Lactic acid-based polymers in depthMichel Vert and Antoine Lafont2.3- Scaffold processingJack Scanlon2.4- Basics of biodegradation of magnesiumMichael Haude, Daniel Lootz, Hubertus Degen and Matthias Epple2.5- Basics of biodegradation of iron scaffoldDeyuan Zhang and Runlin GaoSection 3: From bench test to preclinical assessment3.1- Unlocking scaffold mechanical propertiesJack Scanlon, Yoshinobu Onuma, Patrick W. Serruys and Joseph Deitzel3.2- Bench testing for polymeric bioresorbable scaffoldsJohn A. Ormiston, Bruce Webber, Janarthanan Sathananthan, Pau Medran-Gracia, Susann Beier and Mark WI Webster3.3- Bench test for magnesium scaffoldDaniel Lootz, Wolfram Schmidt, Peter Behrens, Klaus-Peter Schmitz, Michael Haude and Ron Waksman3.4- Simulation of flow and shear stressNicolas Foin, Ryo Torii, Renick Darren Lee, Alessio Mattesini, Carlo Di Mario, Philip Wong, Erhan Tenekecioglu, Tom Crake, Christos Bourantas and Patrick W. Serruys3.5- Preclinical assessment of bioresorbable scaffolds and regulatory implicationTobias Koppara, Eric Wittchow, Renu Virmani and Michael JonerSection 4: Lesson learned from preclinical assessment4.1- PLA scaffoldKazuyuki Yahagi, Sho Torii, Erica Pacheco, Frank D. Kolodgie, Aloke V. Finn and Renu Virmani4.2- IronRunlin Gao, Deyuan Zhang, Hong Qiu, Chao Wu, Ying Xia and Gui ZhangSection 5: Imaging to evaluate the bioresorbable scaffold: A corelab perspective, methodology of measurement and assessment5.1- Quantative coronary angiography of bioresorbable vascular scaffold: a corelab perspectiveYohei Sotomi, Patrick W. Serruys and Yoshinobu Onuma5.2- Assessment of bioresorbable scaffolds by IVUS: echogenicity, virtual histology and palpographyCarlos M. Campos, Patrick W. Serruys and Hector M. Garcia-Garcia5.3- Optical coherence tomography analysis vascular scaffold in comparison with metallic stents: a corelab perspectiveYohei Sotomi, Pannipa Suwannasom, Jouke Dijkstra, Carlos Collet, Shimpei Nakatani, Patrick W. Serruys, Yoshinobu Onuma5.4- Non-invasive coronary tomography analysis after bioresorbable scaffold implantationCarlos Collet, Koen Nieman, Patrick W. Serruys and Yoshinobu Onuma5.5- Angiography is sufficientJ Ribamar Costa, Jr. and Alexandre Abizaid5.6- Intravascular ultrasound is a must in bioresorbable scaffold implantationHiroyoshi Kawamoto, Neil Ruparelia and Antonio Colombo5.7- OCT is the way to goJiang Ming Fam, Nienke Simone van Ditzhuijzen, Jors van Sjide, Bu Chan Zhang, Antonios Karanasos, Robert-Jan van Geuns and Evelyn Regar5.8- Imaging to evaluate the bioresorbable scaffold. Clinician’s perspective: I need both (IVUS and OCT)Josep Gomez-Lara and Antoni Serra5.9- Multislice computed tomography as a modality of follow-upAntonio L. Bartorelli, Daniele Andreini, Simona Espejo and Manuel PanSection 6: Clinical evidence of randomised and non-randomised trials: personal perspective6.1- What are appropriate clinical endpoints? From device failure assessment to angina evaluationMaik J. Grundeken, Yoshinobu Onuma and Patrick W. Serruys6.2- Angina reduction after BRS implantation: correlation with changes in coronary haemodynamicsNick E.J. West, Adam J. Brown and Stephen P. Hoole6.3- Comparison of everolimus eluting bioresorbable scaffolds with everolimus eluting metallic stents for treatment of coronary artery stenosis: Three-year follow-up of the Absorb II randomized trialCarlos Collet et al.6.4- The ABSORB China trialRunlin Gao6.5- ABSORB JapanTakeshi Kimura6.6- What have we learned from meta-analysis of 1 year outcomes with the Absorb bioresorbable scaffold in patients with coronary heart diseaseYohei Sotomi, Carlos Collet, Takeshi Kimura, Runlin Gao, Dean J. Kereiakes, Gregg W. Stone, Stephen G. Ellis, Yoshinobu Onuma and Patrick W. Serruys6.7- Summary of investigator-driven registries on absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffoldsAnna Franzone, Raffaele Piccolo and Stephen Windecker6.8- Investigator-driven randomised trialsDaniele Giacoppo, Roisin Colleran and Adnan Kastrati6.9- The DESolve scaffoldStefan Verheye, Nagarajan Ramesh, Lynn Morrison and Sara Toyloy6.10- Results of clinical trials with BIOTRONIK magnesium scaffoldsMichael Haude, Daniel Lootz, Raimund Erbel, Jacques Koolen and Ron Waksman6.11- The REVA medical program: from ReZolve® to Fantom®Alexandre Abizaid and J. Ribamar Costa Jr.6.12- The Amaranth’s bioresorbable vascular scaffold technologyAlaide Chieffo, Juan F. Granada and Antonio Colombo6.13- The mirage microfiber sirolimus eluting coronary scaffoldTeguh Santoso, Liew Houng Bang, Ricardo Costa, Daniel Chamié, Solomon Su, Alexandre Abizaid, Yoshinobu Onuma and Patrick W. Serruys6.14- The Igaki-Tamai stent: the legacy of the work of Hideo TamaiSoji Nishio, Kunihiko Kosuga, Eisho Kyo, Takafumi Tsuji, Masaharu Okada, Shinsaku Takeda, Yasutaka Inuzuka, Tatsuhiko Hata, Yuzo Takeuchi, Junya Seki and Shigeru IkeguchiSection 7: Clinical evidence in specific patient subsets: personal perspective7.1- Left main interventions with BRSBert Everaert, Piera Capranzano, Corrado Tamburino, Ashok Seth and Robert-Jan van Geuns7.2- Bioresorbable scaffolds in bifurcationsFilippo Fingini, Hiroyoshi Kawamoto and Azeem Latib7.3- BVS in chronic total occlusions: clinical evidence, tips and tricksAntonio Serra7.4- Bioresorbable scaffolds in diffuse diseaseNeil Ruparelia, Hiroyoshi Kawamoto and Antonio Colombo7.5- Bioresorbable scaffolds in mulitvessel coronary diseaseR.P. Kraak, Maik J. Grundeken and J.J Wykrzykowska7.6- Bioresorbable coronary scaffolds in non-St elevation acute coronary syndromesCharis Mamilou and Tommaso Gori7.7- Bioresorbable vascular scaffold in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: clinical evidence, tips and tricksGiuseppe Giacchi and Manel Sabaté7.8- Bioresorbable scaffolds for treating coronary artery disease in patients with diabetes mellitusAyyaz Sultan, Takeshi Muramatsu and Javaid Iqbal7.9- BRS in calcified lesionsAshok Seth7.10- BRS textbook: invasive sealing of vulnerable, high-risk lesionsChristos Bourantas, Ryo Torri, Nicolas Foin, Ajay Suri, Erhan Tenekecioglu, Vikas Thondapu, Tom Crake, Peter Barlis and Patrick W. SerruysSection 8: Complications (incidence, diagnosis, potential mechanisms and treatment)8.1- Acute and subacute scaffold thrombosisDavide Capodanno8.2- Late and very late scaffold thrombosisAntonios Karanasos, Bu-Chun Zhang, Jors van der Sijde, Jiang-Ming Fam, Robert-Jan van Geuns and Evelyn Regar8.3- Treatment of bioresorbable scaffold failureCordula M. Felix, Bert Everaert, Nigel Jepson, Corrado Tamburino and Robert-Jan van Geuns8.4- Recoil and bioresorbable scaffoldsJohn A. Ormiston, Bruce Webber, Janarthanan Sathananthan and Mark WI Webster8.5- Scaffold disruption and late discontinuitiesYoshinobu Onuma, Patrick W. Serruys8.6- The incidence, potential mechanism of side-branch occlusion after implantation of bioresorbable scaffold(s): insights from ABSORB IIYuki Ishibashi, Takeshi Muramatsu, Yohei Sotomi, Yoshinobu Onuma and Patrick W. SerruysSection 9: Tips and tricks to implant BRS9.1- Tips and tricks for implanting BRS: sizing, pre- and post-dilatationAkihito Tanaka, Richard J. Jabbour and Antonio Colombo9.2- Approach to bifurcation lesionsAshok SethSection 10: Emerging technologies (pre-CE mark, pre-FA, pre-PMDA and pre-CFDA)10.1- Overview of the fieldYoshinobu Onuma10.2- MeRes100™- a sirolimus eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold systemAshok Seth, Babu Ezhumalai, Sanjeev Bhatt and Pratik Vasani10.3- XINSORB bioresorbable vascular scaffoldJunbo Ge and Li Shen10.4- NeoVas™ bioresorbable coronary scaffold systemHan Yangling10.5- ArterioSorb™ bioresorbable scaffold by Arterius LtdRasha Al-Lamee10.6- LifetechDeyuan Zhang, Wenjiao Lin, Haiping Oi10.7- Abbott: new generation absorb scaffoldLaura E. Leigh Perkins, Byron J. Lambert and Richard J. Rapoza
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Rowman & Littlefield Poisoning the Pacific: The US Military's Secret
Book SynopsisFor decades, the US military has been contaminating the Pacific region with toxic substances. Thousands of service members, their families, and local residents have been exposed—but the US has hidden the damage and refused to help victims. This book reveals the enormous extent of contamination and the lengths the Pentagon will go to conceal it.
£17.09
Rowman & Littlefield Sustainability and Sustainable Development: An
Book SynopsisThe challenge in teaching an introductory course on sustainability is there are many ways to teach it, and many issues to cover. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals offer a cohesive and interconnected set of topics to help address this problem – indeed the SDGs are now the guiding framework for planning and implementing sustainability through 2030. They are the focus of international development efforts, and the lingua franca of sustainability as a field of study, the international consensus on “what is sustainability?” As such, the UN SDGs present an ideal framework for an introductory level textbook because taken together, they integrate the “Three Es”—environment, economic development, and equity—that are the core definition of sustainability. This book introduces students to sustainability structured around the 17 UN SDGs. Through a global perspective, with attention given equally to how sustainability challenges the highest income countries of the Global North, as well as to the moderate- and low-income countries of the Global South, Benton-Short synthesizes basic environmental science, policy, and interdisciplinary perspectives while investigating key challenges to developing a more sustainable future through the SDG framework. Readers will easily tackle this complex set of topics through an accessible writing style, comprehensive scholarship, and diverse perspectives. Guided by a lush art program, complete with numerous maps, figures, and photos to enliven the presentation, students will develop a greater understanding of the important trends in sustainability in the twenty-first century. The broad arguments highlighted through numerous case studies and boxes prepare global citizens to grapple with the environmental, social, economic, and political challenges that face our collective future. Features of this exciting, brand-new text include: Chapter opening learning objectives to guide students’ course goals Helpful study aids such as key terms—bolded in the text and compiled both at the end of each chapter and in a comprehensive glossary End-of-chapter questions for discussion and activities to promote active learning A stunning art program, with detailed maps, figures, tables, and photos, to engage students as visual learners Critical Perspectives and Expert Voice boxes to present the diverse perspectives in sustainability Interconnections boxes to help students tie together ideas across the issues Key Terms and Concepts and Understanding the Issue boxes to go in-depth on important topics Making Progress and Solutions boxes that show students hopeful trends toward seemingly intractable problems SDGs and the Law boxes that provide a legal and governance context. Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction: Sustainability and Sustainable DevelopmentChapter 1: PovertyChapter 2: Hunger and Food InsecurityChapter 3: Health Chapter 4: EducationChapter 5: Gender EqualityChapter 6: Water and SanitationChapter 7: EnergyChapter 8: Decent WorkChapter 9: Infrastructure, Industry and InnovationChapter 10: Reduce Inequalities Chapter 11: Sustainable CitiesChapter 12: Production and Consumption Chapter 13: Climate Change Chapter 14: The Ocean Chapter 15: Terrestrial Ecosystems and BiodiversityChapter 16: Peace, Justice and Human RightsChapter 17: Collaborative Governance and PartnershipsChapter 18: Reflections on Sustainability and Sustainable Development GlossaryIndexAbout the Author
£51.30
Taylor & Francis Inc War and Tropical Forests: Conservation in Areas
Book SynopsisExplore the conservation implications of recent armed conflicts in the tropical forest regions of Asia, Africa, and Latin America! From the lowland rainforests of the Colombian Amazon to the rugged habitat of Rwanda's mountain gorillas, civil, ethnic, and international wars have had severe impacts on tropical forests and the communities they sustain. The reemergence of war and the persistence of its impacts have led many conservationists to reassess their efforts and adapt their strategies to a new set of responsibilities and urgent challenges. War and Tropical Forests: Conservation in Areas of Armed Conflict explores these challenges and the lessons learned by conservationists working in conflict zones around the world. It combines case studies and comparative analyses by leading experts in ecological research, environmental policy, and conservation field programs to provide insight into the environmental dimensions of recent social, political, and humanitarian crises. War and Tropical Forests reviews lessons learned from conflict zones around the world and explores: the potential of conservation to reduce the frequency, duration, and impact of war preparation of conservation programs and local communities for crises strategies for maintaining conservation capacity during times of conflict the underlying political and economic factors that fuel war legal mechanisms for addressing wartime damage to tropical forests building partnerships amidst civil strife and political upheaval This essential book also examines: the Indonesian military's role in illegal logging and deforestation violent conflict and gorilla poaching in the Democratic Republic of Congo armed movements and forest conservation in Nicaragua's largest protected area and much more! War and Tropical Forests also addresses the role of militaries in the inequitable control and illicit use of forest resources, the environmental impact of refugees, the growing social and environmental costs of efforts to eradicate drug crops, and the impact of conflict on protected area management in the habitat of Africa's endangered great apes. War and Tropical Forests is an essential resource for conservation practitioners and policymakers, as well as anyone involved with human rights, conflict resolution, rural development, international law, or foreign relations.Table of ContentsPreface /@Steven V. Price -- Acknowledgements -- Biodiversity, War, and Tropical Forests /@Jeffrey A. McNeely -- Contras and Comandantes: Armed Movements and Forest Conservation in Nicaragua’s Bosawas Biosphere Reserve /@David Kaimowitz Angelica Faune -- Forests in the Time of Violence: Conservation Implications of the Colombian War /@Maria D. Alvarez -- Lessons Learned from On-the-Ground Conservation in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo /@Andrew J. Plumptre -- Building Partnerships in the Face of Political and Armed Crisis /@Annette Lanjouw -- Bushmeat Poaching and the Conservation Crisis in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo /@Juichi Yamagiwa -- The Chainsaw and the Gun: The Role of the Military in Deforesting Indonesia Charles Victor Barber /@Kirk Talbott -- Legal Mechanisms for Addressing Wartime Damage to Tropical Forests /@Jay E. Austin Carl E. Bruch -- List of Acronyms -- Appendix -- Index.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services: A Case
Book SynopsisPractical ideas provided by a case study of the Panama Canal Watershed Exciting opportunities await the use of market mechanisms for protecting forest ecosystems. However, questions remain on how to best apply these mechanisms. Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services: A Case Study of the Panama Canal Watershed provides an integrated, interdisciplinary methodological approach for evaluating market opportunities for watershed services, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity protection. Using the Panama Canal Watershed as a case study example, this probing resource addresses the main questions often asked about the various practical aspects of the emerging markets for ecosystem services, including quantifying value, payment structure, and equitable distribution of benefits. Environmental issues are often at odds with economic and business concerns. Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services examines practical strategies to integrate diverse aspects into coherent strategies that benefit all. A scientific overview of the science and current knowledge provides a solid foundation to build policy and positive direction using the Panama Canal Watershed as an example. This unique resource sheds useful light on the challenges and provides insightful recommendations for areas struggling with ecosystem issues and the application of market mechanisms. This text is extensively referenced and includes several tables to clearly illustrate data. Topics in Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services include: an overview of carbon sequestration in natural forests, exotic plantations, native plantations, and agroforestry systems policy tools to help reduce barriers to selling carbon credits alternatives for increasing demand for land-use-based carbon sequestration actions to encourage land managers to protect water quantity and quality receiving full value of watershed protection approaches to bioprospecti Table of Contents Foreword (Mirei Herrera) INTRODUCTION Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services: Setting the Context (Shimon Anisfeld) SECTION 1: CARBON CARBON SUPPLY Carbon in Terrestrial Systems: A Review of the Science with Specific Reference to Central American Ecotypes and Locations (Jesse Muir Grossman) Improving the Supply of Carbon Sequestration Services in Panama (Michael Lichtenfeld) CARBON DEMAND An Assessment of Existing Demand for Carbon Sequestration Services (Sandra Lauterbach) Policy Alternatives to Increase the Demand for Forest-Based Carbon Sequestration (Alexander Hovani and Mike Fotos) SECTION 2: WATER WATER SUPPLY Existing Supply of Watershed Services in the Panama Canal Watershed (Krista Anderson) Policy Alternatives for Improving Markets for Water Quality and Quantity in the Panama Canal Watershed (Michelle Lichtenfels) WATER DEMAND Assessment of Existing Demand of Watershed Services in the Panama Canal Watershed (Mike Fotos, Fuphan Chou, and Quint Newcomer) Policy Alternatives to Improve Demand for Water-Related Ecosystem Services in the Panama Canal Watershed (Mike Fotos, Quint Newcomer, and Radha Kuppalli) SECTION 3: BIODIVERSITY Can Bioprospecting Save Itself? At the Vanguard of Bioprospecting’s Second Wave (Patrick Burtis) Sustainable Tourism: Sustaining Biodiversity? (Catherine Schloegel) The Dynamics of Conservation Financing: A Window into the Panamanian Market for Biodiversity Existence Value (Steven Wallander) Markets for Biodiversity: Certified Forest Products in Panama (Yuko Miyata) SECTION 4: INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS Existing Markets for Ecosystem Services in the Panama Canal Watershed (Steven Wallander, Sandra Lauterbach, Krista Anderson, Fuphan Chou, Jesse Muir Grossman, and Catherine Schloegel)
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Taylor & Francis Inc Cavitation And The Centrifugal Pump: A Guide For
Book SynopsisThis practical reference describes the occurrence of cavitation in a centrifugal pump, and how unacceptable cavitation can be avoided. It explains cavitation problems such as hydraulic performance loss, hydrodynamically or thermodynamically induced surging, and cavitation erosion. General guidelines for acceptable operation conditions, such as, net positive suction head (NPSH) margins and minimum flowrates, are presented along with evidence and logic for these proposed guidelines.Table of Contents1.Cavitation an Unacceptable Phenomenon 2.Independent Variables and Terminology 3.Centrifugal Pump Performance Characteristics 4.Net Positive Suction Head and the Pump Operational Range 5.Cavity Dynamics-A Simplified Approach 6.Hydraulic Performance Loss-Duty Shortfall and Vapour Locking 7.Cavitation Surging-Hydrodynamically Induced 8.Cavitation Surging-Thermodynamically Induced 9.Cavitation Erosion 10.Centrifugal Pump Low-Flow Protection 11.Cavitation for Centrifugal Pumps 12.New Centrifugal Pump Specifications-Pump Selection and Cavitation 13.New Centrifugal Pump Offers-Technical Assessments and Cavitation 14.Centrifugal Pumps in Service-Resolving Cavitation Problems 15.Centrifugal Pumps and Cavitation-A View of the Past 16.Centrifugal Pumps and Cavitation-A View on the Future Appendix A.The First Centrifugal Pump-As Described by Denis Papin in 1705 Index
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Taylor & Francis Inc Microprobe Characterization of Optoelectronic
Book SynopsisEach chapter in this book is written by a group of leading experts in one particular type of microprobe technique. They emphasize the ability of that technique to provide information about small structures (i.e. quantum dots, quantum lines), microscopic defects, strain, layer composition, and its usefulness as diagnostic technique for device degradation. Different types of probes are considered (electrons, photons and tips) and different microscopies (optical, electron microscopy and tunneling). It is an ideal reference for post-graduate and experienced researchers, as well as for crystal growers and optoelectronic device makers.Table of Contents1. Photoluminescence Imaging2. MicroRaman Spectroscopy of Semiconductors: Principles and Applications3. Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy of Semiconductor Nanostructures4. Cross-sectional Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Heterostructures5. Application of Transmission Electron Microscopy to Study Interfaces in Optoelectronic Materials6. Electron Beam Induced Luminescence Studies of Low-dimensional Semiconductor Structures7. X-ray Topography8. Selective Etching and Complementary Microprobe Techniques (SFM, EBIC)
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Taylor & Francis Inc III-Nitride Semiconductors: Optical Properties
Book SynopsisThe first part of a comprehensive overview of fundamental optical properties of III-nitride semiconductors. All optoelectronic applications based on III-nitrides are due to their unique optical properties and characterizations of III-nitrides. Much information, which is critical to the design and improvement of optoelectronic devices based on III-nitrides has been obtained in the last several years. This is the first of a two part Volume in the series Optoelectronic Properties of Semiconductors and Superlattices.Trade Review""This essential book...is the first to present a systematic, comprehensive overview of the optical properties of III-nitride semiconductors...""The style of writing is engagin, which makes the book easily accessible to anyone involved in the development of optoelectronic devices, optical spectroscopy or new materials research."-Mircea Dragoman, National Research Institute in Microtechnology, Bucharest, Romania.."Book ReviewsOptics & Photonics News, June 2004Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter One: Time-resolved Photoluminescence Studies of III-NitridesChapter Two: Time-resolved Raman Studies of Wide bandgap Wurtzite GaNChapter Three: Optical Properties of InGaN Based III-Nitride HeterostructuresChapter Four: Optical Properties of Homeopitaxial GaNChapter Five: Physics and Optical Properties of GaN/InGaN Quantum WellsChapter Six: Characterization of GaN and Related Alloys by Raman ScatteringChapter Seven: Raman Studies of Wurtzite GaN and Related CompoundsChapter Eight: Light Emission from Rare Earth Doped GaN
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Taylor & Francis Inc III-Nitride Semiconductors: Optical Properties
Book SynopsisThis second part presents a comprehensive overview of fundamental optical properties of the III Nitride Semiconductor. All optoelectronic applications based on III-nitrides are due to their unique optical properties and characterizations of III-nitrides. Much information, which is critical to the design and improvement of optoelectronic devices based on III-nitrides has been obtained in the last several years. This is the second of a two part Volume in the seriesOptoelectronic Properties of Semiconductors and Superlattices.Table of ContentsChapter One: Optical Spectroscopy of Highly Excited Group III-Nitrides Chapter Two: Optical Constraints of III-Nitrides-Experiments Chapter Three: Optical Functions of III-Nitrides-Calculations Chapter Four: Interband Optical Transitions in Piezo-Strained InGaN Qunatum Wells Chapter Five: Electric Fields in Polarized InGaN/GaN Heterostructures Chapter Six: Inter-link Between Structural and Optical Properties of GaN and GaN/AIGaN Heterostructures Chapter Seven: LO Phonon Assisted Excition Luminescence Processes in Heteroepitaxial GaN Films Chapter Eight: Cubic Phase GaN and AIGaN: Expitaxial Growth and Optical Properties
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Taylor & Francis Inc Combustion Technology for a Clean Environment:
Book SynopsisThe more than 90 refereed papers in this volume continue a series of biannual benchmarks for technologies that maximize energy conversion while minimizing undesirable emissions. Covering the entire range of industrial and transport combustion as well as strategies for energy research and development, these state-of-the-art will be indispensable to mechanical and chemical engineers in academia and industry and technical personnel in military, energy and environmental government agencies.Table of ContentsSection 1. Strategies: Now and in the Future Section 2. Gas Combustion Section 3. Oil Combustion Section 4. Coal Combustion Section 5. Wood Combustion Section 6. Combustion of Alternative Fuels Section 7. Co-Combustion and Co-Gasification Section 8. Catalytic Combustion Section 9. NO, SO, Soot Fundamentals Section 10. Advanced Diagnostics Section 11. Burners Section 12. Fluidised Bed Combustion Section 13. Incineration Section 14. Engines Section 15. Advanced Cycles Section 16. Gas Clean Up Section 17. Control Strategy Section 18. Clean Combustion in Process Industries
£736.25
Taylor & Francis Inc III-Nitride Semiconductors: Growth
Book SynopsisThis volume is focused on the growth techniques for III-Nitrides featuring chapters written by leading experts in the field. This unique volume provides a comprehensive review and introduction to growth issues, substrates and characterization of GaN and related compounds for newcomers to the field and stimulus for further advances for experienced researchers. The technical chapters in this volume are focused on various aspects of growth modes, growth techniques such as molecular beam epitaxy, metalorganic chemical vapor deposition, metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy, epitaxial lateral overgrowth, hydride vapor phase epitaxial growth, as well as substrate issues and characterization results.Table of ContentsChapter One: Reduction of Dislocation Density in GaN Films Formed by Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth Chapter Two: Lateral and Pendo-Epitaxial Growth and Characterization of Thin Films of GaN and AIGaN Alloys on SIC(0001) and Si(111) Substrates Chapter Three: Spatially Resolved Optical Characterization of GaN Structures Produced by Selective Area Epitaxy and Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth Chapter Four: Selective Area Growth of Gallium Nitride on ?-AI2O3 and Silicon Substrates Using Oxidized Aluminum Arsenide Chapter Five: Homo and Hetero-Epitaxial MOVPE Growth of GaN Chapter Six: Hydride Vapour Phase Epitaxial Growth of Thick GaN Layers Chapter Seven: Growth Modes and Strain Relaxation Mechanisms of Nitrides in Molecular Beam Epitaxy: From 2D to 3D Growth Mode Chapter Eight: Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Group-III Nitrides Chapter Nine: "Growth and Characterization of MBE-grown Cubic GaN, InxGa1-xN and AIyGa1-yN" Chapter Ten: Growth of III_V Nitrides by Pulsed Laser Deposition Chapter Eleven: Influence of the Growth Mode on the physical Properties of GaN Grown by MetalOrganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy Chapter Twelve: Epitaxial Growth and Characterization of GaN-based Nitrides and Related Devices on Silicon Substrates Chapter 13: Metalorganic Vapor Phase Change Epitaxy Grown Hexagonal GaN and AIGaN for UV-Visible-Blind Photodetector Device Applications Chapter 14: Epitaxial Growth of Wurtzite GaN and Ternary Compounds
£308.75
Taylor & Francis Inc Creating Lean Corporations: Reengineering from
Book SynopsisCreating Lean Corporations utilizes a bottom-up approach in which the employees who perform tasks are empowered to create and manage their own portions of the business process. Each task is defined using a task model that indicates the input-output relationships between tasks. This approach is essential for creating and improving business processes that are large and complex. This lean approach was successfully applied at a major automotive manufacturing company and was awarded the Charles F. Boss Kettering Award for technological innovation in 2000. This book is for business process managers (especially lean leaders) who seek to reengineer their business processes using lean principles.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Getting an Overview of Lean Corporations Chapter 1: Understanding the Lean Philosophy Part II: Understanding the Nuts and Bolts of Lean Corporations Chapter 2: Representing Corporations with a Business Process Model Chapter 3: Creating and Using Hierarchies Chapter 4: Decoupling Systems and Processes Chapter 5: Requirement Roll-Down Using the Design Six Sigma Approach Part III: Making Your Business Processes Lean Chapter 6: Discovering Your Business Processes Chapter 7: Reengineering Your Business Processes Chapter 8: Implementing New Business Processes Chapter 9: The Lean Corporation Part IV: Looking at Examples of Lean Business Processes Chapter 10: An Example of Discovering Your Business Processes Chapter 11: An Example of Reengineering Your Business Processes Chapter 12: An Example of Implementing New Business Processes
£39.99
Taylor & Francis Inc Ecotoxicology of Organic Contaminants
Book SynopsisThis book presents an integrated approach to understanding environmental contamination problems through the use of techniques from environmental chemistry, toxicology, ecology, and ecotoxicology. Basing much of his information on his 21 years of experience in the field, the author proposes innovative strategies for studying the environmental fate of contaminants, evaluating the effects, and producing scientific criteria for environmental safety. The book is clearly written, with all terms defined and equations explained with examples of their application. Weak points in the present knowledge are pointed out and discussed. An extensive list of references is provided for individuals who wish to delve deeper into the subject.Table of Contents(Section Headings): Approaches to the Assessment of the Environmental Fate of Chemical Contaminants. Environmental Toxicology. Hazard Evaluation and Risk Assessment. Future Research Needs.
£999.99
Taylor & Francis Inc Computer Simulated Plant Design for Waste
Book SynopsisEnvironmental science combined with computer technology. One click on a mouse and information flows into your PC from up to 10,000 miles away. When you receive this information you can ferret through the data and use it in any number of computer programs. The result: solutions to plant design problems that affect the health and well being of people around the globe. What does that mean to you, the environmental professional, scientist, or engineer? Computer Simulated Plant Design for Waste Minimization/Pollution Prevention builds on the concepts introduced in Stan Bumble's Computer Generated Physical Properties, the first volume of the Computer Modeling for Environmental Management series. Bumble discusses using computer simulation programs to solve problems in plant design before they occur. He covers design issues for stationary and non-stationary sources of pollution, global warming, troposcopic ozone, and stratospheric ozone. With Computer Simulated Plant Design for Waste Minimization/Pollution Prevention you will understand how to use computer technology to design plants that generate little or no pollution. Even better, you can use the information generated by computer simulation for technical data in proposals, presentations and as the basis for making policy decisions.Table of ContentsPollution Prevention and Waste Minimization. Mathematical Methods. Computer Programs for Pollution Prevention and/or Waste Minimization. Computer Programs for the Best Raw Materials and Products of Clean Processes. Pathways to Prevention. Conclusions.
£110.00
Taylor & Francis Inc Aquatic Effects of Acidic Deposition
Book SynopsisThe completion of the initial phase of the U.S. National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP) in 1990 marked the end of the largest environmental research and assessment effort to that time. The resulting series of 27 State of Science and Technology (SOS/T) Reports and the NAPAP Integrated Assessment represent a decade of work by hundreds of scientists, engineers, and economists. Since then, many new, significant, more refined studies on acid deposition have been completed and published, considerably broadening knowledge in this area.Aquatic Effects of Acidic Deposition summarizes and synthesizes these major advancements, particularly those topics that are directly relevant to policy making. It offers complete coverage of recent findings that have substantiated, deepened, modified, or in some cases, revolutionized scientific understanding in environmental research.This resource addresses the quantification of effects and recent developments in predictive modeling capabilities. It covers virtually all aspects of nitrogen effects research, the importance of natural sources of acidity, the influence of land use and landscape change on drainage water chemistry, and the role of short-term episodic events. This comprehensive update thoroughly illustrates the progression and refinement in the field. Aquatic Effects of Acidic Deposition helps you make educated decisions based on the most recent, reliable data for air pollution sensitivities, effects, remediation, and future research.Table of Contents1 Introduction -- 1.1 1990 NAPAP Reports and Integrated Assessment -- 1.2 Scope -- 1.3 Goals and Objectives -- 1.4 Outline of State of Science Update -- 2 Background and Approach -- 2.1 Overview -- 2.1.1 Atmospheric Inputs -- 2.1.2 Sensitivity to Acidification -- 2.2 Chemical Response Variables of Concern -- 2.2.1 Sulfur -- 2.2.2 Nitrogen -- 2.2.3 Acid Neutralizing Capacity -- 2.2.4 pH -- 2.2.5 Base Cations -- 2.2.6 Aluminum -- 2.2.7 Biological Effects -- 2.3 Monitoring -- 2.4 Historical Water Quality Assessment Techniques -- 2.4.1 Historical Measurements -- 2.4.2 Paleolimnological Reconstructions -- 2.4.3 Empirical Relationships and Ion Ratios -- 2.5 Models -- 2.5.1 Empirical Models -- 2.5.2 Dynamic Models -- 3 Chronic Acidification -- 3.1 Characteristics of Sensitive Systems -- 3.2 Causes of Acidification -- 3.2.1 Sulfur -- 3.2.2 Organic Acidity -- 3.2.3 Nitrogen -- 3.2.4 Base Cation Depletion -- 3.2.5 Land Use -- 3.2.6 Climate -- 3.2.7 Fire -- 3.2.8 Hydrology -- 3.3 Effects of Acidification -- 3.3.1 Aluminum -- 3.3.2 Effects on Aquatic Biota -- 3.3.3 Effects on Amphibians -- 4 Extent and Magnitude of Surface Water Acidification -- 4.1 Northeast -- 4.1.1 Monitoring Studies -- 4.1.2 Paleolimnological Studies -- 4.1.3 Experimental Manipulation -- 4.1.4 Model Simulations -- 4.2 Appalachian Mountains -- 4.2.1 Monitoring Studies -- 4.2.2 Model Simulations -- 4.3 Florida -- 4.3.1 Monitoring Studies -- 4.3.2 Paleolimnological Studies -- 4.3.3 Model Simulations -- 4.4 Upper Midwest -- 4.4.1 Monitoring Studies -- 4.4.2 Paleolimnological Studies -- 4.4.3 Experimental Manipulation -- 4.4.4 Model Simulations -- 4.5 West -- 4.5.1 Monitoring Studies -- 4.5.2 Paleolimnological Studies -- 4.5.3 Model Simulations -- 5 Chemical Dose-Response Relationships and Critical Loads -- 5.1 Quantification of Chemical Dose-Response Relationships -- 5.1.1 Measured Changes in Acid-Base Chemistry -- 5.1.2 Space-for-Time Substitution -- 5.1.3 Paleolimnological Inferences of Dose-Response -- 5.1.4 Model Estimates of Dose-Response -- 5.2 Critical Loads -- 5.2.1 Background -- 5.2.2 Progress in Europe -- 5.2.3 Progress in the U.S. and Canada -- 5.2.4 Establishment of Standards for Sulfur and Nitrogen -- 6 Episodic Acidification -- 6.1 Background and Characteristics of Sensitive Systems -- 6.2 Causes -- 6.2.1 Natural Processes -- 6.2.2 Anthropogenic Effects -- 6.3 Extent and Magnitude -- 6.4 Biological Impacts -- 7 Nitrogen Dynamics -- 7.1 Nitrogen Cycle -- 7.2 Environmental Effects -- 7.3 Nitrogen in Surface Waters -- 8 Experimental Manipulation Studies -- 8.1 Whole-System Nitrogen and /or Sulfur Enrichment Experimental Manipulations -- 8.1.1 Gardsjon, Sweden -- 8.1.2 Sogndal, Norway -- 8.1.3 Lake Skjervatjern, Norway -- 8.1.4 Aber, Wales -- 8.1.5 Klosterhede, Denmark -- 8.1.6 Bear Brook, ME -- 8.2 Whole-System Nitrogen Exclusion (Roof) Studies -- 8.2.1 Gardsjon, Sweden -- 8.2.2 Ysselsteyn and Speuld, Netherlands -- 8.2.3 Klosterhede, Denmark -- 8.2.4 Soiling, Germany -- 8.2.5 Risdalsheia, Norway -- 8.3 Climatic Interactions -- 8.4 Results and Implications -- 9 Predictive Capabilities -- 9.1 Model of Acidification of Groundwater in Catchments (MAGIC) -- 9.1.1 Background and General Structure as Used -- for the NAPAP 1990 Integrated Assessment -- 9.1.2 Recent Modifications to the MAGIC Model -- 9.1.2.1 Regional Aggregation and Background Sulfate -- 9.1.2.2 Organic Acids -- 9.1.2.3 Aluminum -- 9.1.2.4 Nitrogen -- 9.1.3 Cumulative Impacts of Changes to the MAGIC Model -- 9.1.4 MAGIC Model Testing and Confirmation Studies -- 9.1.4.1 Lake Skjervatjern (HUMEX) -- 9.1.4.2 Risdalsheia (RAIN) -- 9.1.4.3 Bear Brook (WMP) -- 9.1.5 Evaluation of MAGIC Projections -- 9.2 Nitrogen Models -- 10 Case Study: Adirondack Park, NY -- 10.1 Background and Available Data -- 10.1.1 ELS-I -- 10.1.2 ALSC -- 10.1.3 ELS-II -- 10.1.4 DDRP -- 10.1.5 PIRLA -- 10.1.6 ALTM -- 10.1.7 ERP -- 10.2 Watershed History -- 10.3 Lake-Water Chemistry -- 10.4 Organic Acidity -- 10.5 Role of Nitrogen in Acidification Processes -- 10.6 Role of Landscape and Disturbance -- in Acidification Processes -- 10.7 Overall Assessment -- 11 Case Study: Class I Areas in the Mountainous West -- 11.1 Background -- 11.2 Sierra Nevada -- 11.2.1 Atmospheric Deposition -- 11.2.2 Surface Water Chemistry -- 11.2.3 Seasonality and Episodic Processes -- 11.2.4 Weathering and Cation Exchange -- 11.3 Rocky Mountains -- 11.3.1 Glacier National Park -- 11.3.2 Yellowstone National Park -- 11.3.3 Grand Teton National Park -- 11.3.4 Rocky Mountain National Park -- 12 Conclusions and Future Research Needs -- Definitions -- References -- Index.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Stabilization and Solidification of Hazardous,
Book SynopsisThe development of stabilization and solidification techniques in the field of waste treatment reflects the efforts to better protect human health and the environment with modern advances in materials and technology. Stabilization and Solidification of Hazardous, Radioactive, and Mixed Wastes provides comprehensive information including case studies, selection criteria, and regulatory considerations on waste characterization, contaminant transport and leachability, testing methods for stabilized waste forms, and the interactions between contaminants and stabilizing components. The book describes various systems based on cement technology that are used for stabilization and solidification of wastes. It demonstrates how to design a stabilized waste form, including the use of statistical techniques for generating response surface models for large, complicated applications. It provides guidelines for the selection of bonding materials, such as hydraulic cements, polymers, and hydroceramics, and discusses several additives and sorbents used to enhance immobilization, binder properties, and contaminant stabilization. The book portrays the transport mechanisms of contaminants in treated wastes and how to predict the transport of contaminants with various mathematical models. Following a discussion of waste types, principles, and properties of cemented waste forms, such as microstructure and durability, it outlines the test methods used to evaluate them.Fusing research, technology, and general practice principles taken from the firsthand experience of scientists, engineers, regulators, and teachers, Stabilization and Solidification of Hazardous, Radioactive, and Mixed Wastes can be used in advanced environmental engineering courses and as a reference for stabilization and solidification engineers, technology vendors and buyers, laboratory technicians, scientists, environmentalists, policymakers, and managers in treatment storage and disposal facilities.Table of ContentsGeneral Guideline for Waste Forms. Waste Characteristics. Principles of Stabilization/Solidification. Properties of Waste Forms. Test Methods. Case Studies. Regulatory Considerations.
£256.50
Taylor & Francis Inc Subsurface Contamination Monitoring Using Laser
Book SynopsisWhile innovative technologies in remediation need to be developed, so do innovative ways of site assessment. This monograph describes the development, testing, and performance of a new laser-induced fluorescence soil probe. A screening tool for site characterization, this probe has the potential to provide an economical, rapid assessment of contaminated sites.Cone Penetrometer testing equipment advances the probe into the subsurface. The probe identifies hydrocarbon classes using a multi-channel excitation-emission matrix. This technique facilitates the collection of significant amounts of subsurface information - surpassing conventional data collection methods - that can be used to rapidly identify areas of concern beneath a site. The technology has significant application for the following:Rapid environmental site assessment Monitoring remediation programs Monitoring manufacturing processes and industrial waste water operationsSubsurface Contamination Monitoring Using Laser Fluorescence provides comprehensive reference material for researchers and engineers as well as engineering consultants interested in subsurface monitoring techniques or further development of this technology. It describes innovative technology that focuses on finding cost effective solutions for site assessment and remediation.Trade Review"...easily the best and most up-to-date book this reviewer has read on the subject... Given the reasonable price for this book, the quality and quantity of information contained, and its timeliness, it is highly recommended."-ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction. LIF-EEM Engineering Design. Summary of Technology Demonstration. Data Interpretation and Evaluation. Outlook. Applicability of the LIF-EEM Technology. Comparison with Other LIF Systems.REFERENCESAPPENDICESNTI/Sales Copy
£130.00
Taylor & Francis Inc Environmental Technology Resources Handbook
Book SynopsisThis handbook guides the user to hundreds of technologies, practices, partnership opportunities, and funding resources. Presented in non-technical language, it covers hundreds of publicly available resources for pollution prevention, control, remediation, and assessment.Environmental Technology Resources Handbook will help you: REDUCE-time, effort, and money to search for innovative technologies LOCATE-federal dollars to support development of innovative technologies ANTICIPATE-environmental compliance problems by early adoption of technology UNDERSTAND-the process of forming partnerships to develop or market your "green" products or solutions PARTICIPATE-in verifying technologies under development.The Handbook is a highly cost-effective tool for environmental policymakers, corporate EHS personnel, engineers, consultants, governmental program managers, technology vendors, international development assistance professionals, and academics teaching environmental courses.Environmental Technology Resources Handbook indexes information by key words, 12 technology and environmental media areas, 15 types of resources offered, and major industry and government sectors. Contacts, including URLs, e-mail addresses, and phone and fax numbers allow you to access more detailed information.Trade Review"Finding the right environmental technology has often involved a blind crawl around the Internet, with chance rather than planning determining the outcome. Thanks to Dan Gottlieb, those days are over. This book provides a broad and comprehensive survey of resources, from government agencies to Internet sites, that should help every environmental professional, regardless of where they are working, do their job better and more efficiently." -Brad Allenby, VP, AT&T Environment, Health & Safety "The work's strongest element is its gather many important, carefully studied Internet resources in one useful source. Recommended." J.C. Stachacz, Dickinson College, for CHOICE, April 2003"…Environmental Technology Resources contains a wide range of exciting, profitable, and cost-effective ideas for environment and resource management. The author's main aim is to save people time in finding useful environmental management resources and ideas. All people who use this book should achieve this aim." -Dr. Janis Jansz, in Australian National Safety Council JournalTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Forces Driving Environmental Technology. How to Find TFES Resources. Mapping the Environmental Technology Jungle. Interagency Programs. Federal Agencies. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Other Federal Agencies. International. Regional, State and Local. NGOs, Nonprofits, and Professional Societies.
£228.00
Taylor & Francis Inc Biomarkers of Environmentally Associated Disease:
Book SynopsisThe end of the 20th century brought with it a revolution in molecular biology that culminated in advances such as the completion of the human genome. This has brought optimism to the fields of toxicology and environmental health, and the anticipation that molecular biomarkers might soon come of age and have a major impact on human and environmental health. Biomarker research is an area of current interest to scientists in a number of fields that are concerned with environmental exposure to pollutants and environmentally associated disease.Biomarkers of Environmentally Associated Disease: Technologies, Concepts, and Perspectives provides comprehensive coverage of the current status and future prospects of a field that will play a key role in emerging areas of public health and medicine. It focuses on the risk to human and environmental health of exposure to persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals, airborne toxics, environmental estrogens, and other environmental pollutants. This material will aid researchers in understanding, treating, and preventing environmentally induced disease.Validated molecular biomarkers have long been recognized as invaluable tools for identifying and preventing human disease. As biomarkers begin to be applied more widely, it is also important to assure that they are implemented ethically, with attention to the social and legal issues associated with their use. Biomarkers of Environmentally Associated Disease is an outstanding resource providing state-of-the-art information for the fields that encompass molecular biomarkers.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Overview. Genomics-Based Biomarkers/Genetic Toxicology Biomarkers. Biomarkers Of Metal Metabolism. Organ & Systems Biomarkers. Biomarkers And Chemical Toxicants. Nanotechniques & Biomarkers.
£228.00
Taylor & Francis Inc Regional Scale Ecological Risk Assessment: Using
Book SynopsisAs debates over how relative risk can be used to shape landscape-scale environmental management intensify, Regional-Scale Risk Assessment demonstrates the capabilities of RRM using nine case studies in the Pacific Northwest, Pennsylvania, Brazil, and Tasmania. The authors use a process of ranking and filters to interrelate different kinds of risks and illustrates how these relative risks are defined, mapped, and analyzed to determine remediation and management priorities. This book provides detailed descriptions for each step of RRM-from the determination of assessment goals to documentation, evaluation, and communication with decision-makers-that can benefit practitioners in environmental risk assessment and related fields worldwide.Table of ContentsAs debates over how relative risk can be used to shape landscape-scale environmental management intensify, Regional-Scale Risk Assessment demonstrates the capabilities of RRM using nine case studies in the Pacific Northwest, Pennsylvania, Brazil, and Tasmania. The authors use a process of ranking and filters to interrelate different kinds of risks and illustrates how these relative risks are defined, mapped, and analyzed to determine remediation and management priorities. This book provides detailed descriptions for each step of RRM-from the determination of assessment goals to documentation, evaluation, and communication with decision-makers-that can benefit practitioners in environmental risk assessment and related fields worldwide.
£194.75
Taylor & Francis Inc Bioremediation of Recalcitrant Compounds
Book SynopsisThis authoritative text addresses the latest in bioremediation technologies for three difficult-to-treat contaminant groups: chlorinated solvents, PCBs, and PAHs - one of the most complex and expensive areas of applied remediation engineering.Bioremediation of Recalcitrant Compounds assesses innovative R&D projects developed for each contaminant group by a specially funded consortium of experts. Considering factors such as availability, toxicity, and treatability, world-class experts chronicle the development of field-ready biotechnologies, reflecting on the science and engineering challenges encountered as the research team progressed from bench-scale testing to the field. This book features the experimental work involved in enzymatic reactions for the biodegradation of co-solvent extraction of chlorinated solvents, bioaugmentation enhanced PAH degradation, and genetically engineered microorganisms (GEMs) for enhanced PCB degradation. Comparisons to traditional methods of remediation also provide new insight on how to optimize biotreatment.Concluding with future directions of research and development in this area, Bioremediation of Recalcitrant Compounds is a must-have for professionals seeking cutting-edge, innovative biotreatment technologies for these hazardous organic compounds.Trade Review"…contributes newly available information and actual experimental work on the biotreatment of recalcitrant contaminants in the environment…authors are world class authorities in their respective fields." - C.H. Ward, Rice University "This book will appeal to a broad range of users as each chapter begins with an explanation of the basics before going into greater technical detail for the more applied users, and would be suitable for the undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional level."-Microbiology Today, May 2006Table of ContentsIntroduction to Recalcitrant Compounds. Availability, Toxicity and Treatability of Recalcitrant Compounds. Current Treatment Technology of Recalcitrant Compounds. The Flask to Field Initiative. Explosives Biodegradation. Chlorinated Solvent Contaminated Soils and Groundwaters. Enhancing PCB Bioremediation. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Future Needs for Research and Development.
£194.75
Taylor & Francis Inc Cyanide in Water and Soil: Chemistry, Risk, and
Book SynopsisThe presence of cyanide is a significant issue in industrial and municipal wastewater treatment and management, in remediation of former manufactured gas plant sites and aluminum production waste disposal sites, in treatment and management of residuals from hydrometallurgical gold mining, and in other industrial operations in which cyanide-bearing wastes were produced. The complexity of the chemistry and toxicology of cyanide and the risk it poses in different environmental contexts make its management and remediation extremely challenging. Cyanide in Water and Soil is the first book to present the state-of-the-art in managing cyanide across a wide range of industrial and environmental contexts.The book brings together current knowledge and information about cyanide release to and behavior in the environment, and explores how to control or remediate these releases. No other broad-based examination of this topic exists. Exploring the anthropogenic and natural sources of cyanide in the environment, the authors address the full range of issues pertaining to cyanide fate, transport, treatment, and toxicity in water and soil as well as approaches currently used in risk assessment and management. They have developed a careful balance of depth and scope of coverage, providing current references that help readers learn more about topics of particular interest. An array of technologies is available for the treatment of cyanide in surface water and groundwater, wastewaters, and contaminated soils and sludges. These technologies span the gamut of biological, chemical, electrolytic, physical, and thermal treatment processing. Presenting examples of applications of the technologies employed most commonly in municipal and industrial settings, the book is a useful reference tool for engineers, scientists, practitioners, and researchers in academia, industrial organizations, government, and engineering and science consulting firms.Trade Review“Thirty-five different authors have contributed 27 chapters … coverage is comprehensive. Cyanide, its problems and solutions and thereto, is well discussed (and very well referenced, with approximately 60 references per chapter … It is well written, and to say the least, extremely comprehensive in the discussion of cyanide problems and solutions.” — Gary F. Bennett, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Toledo, Ohio, in Journal of Hazardous Materials, May 2006Table of ContentsIntroduction. Physical and Chemical Forms of Cyanide. Natural Sources of Cyanide. Manufacture and the Use of Cyanide. Physical-Chemical Properties and Reactivity of Cyanide in Water and Soil. Biological Transformation of Cyanide in Water and Soil. Analysis of Cyanide in Water. Analysis of Cyanide in Solids and Semi-Solids. Fate and Transport of Anthropogenic Cyanide in Surface Water. Fate and Transport of Anthropogenic Cyanide in Soil and Groundwater. Anthropogenic Cyanide in the Marine Environment. Cyanide Cycle in Nature. Human Toxicology of Cyanide. Aquatic Toxicity of Cyanide. Toxicity of Cyanide to Aquatic-Dependent Wildlife. Human Health Risk Assessment of Cyanide Compounds in Water and Soil. Ecological Risk Assessment of Cyanide in Water and Soil. Regulation of Cyanide in Water and Soil. Cyanide Treatment Technology: Overview. Ambient Temperature Oxidation Technologies for Treatment of Cyanide. Separation Technologies for Treatment of Cyanide. Thermal and High Temperature Oxidation Technologies for Treatment of Cyanide. Microbiological Technologies for Treatment of Cyanide. Cyanide Phytoremediation. Management of Cyanide in Municipal Wastewaters. Management of Cyanide in Industrial Process Wastewaters. Cyanide Management in Groundwater and Soil.
£228.00
Taylor & Francis Inc Diamond and Diamond-Like Film Applications
Book SynopsisThis text covers nucleation and growth; modeling and phase equilibria; properties characterisation; diamond-like carbon; and wide bandgap nitrides and carbides of Diamond and Diamond-Film applications as presented as the proceedings of the third international symposium on Diamond Films in St.Petersburg, Russia June 16-19, 1996
£325.00
Taylor & Francis Inc Adaptive Structures, Eighth Japan/US Conference
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1998. A collection of papers presented at the Proceedings of the Eighth Japan-U.S. Conference On Composite Materials, SEPTEMBER 24 to 25 , 1998. The conference is organized by Wayne State University and American Society for Composites in cooperation with U.S. Organizing Committee and the Japanese Organizing Committee. Since the Seventh Meeting in Kyoto in 1995, this meeting brings together accomplished composite researchers between the two countries to share latest developments and advances in the field. The scope of the current conference ranges over all aspects of composite materials with some emphasis on infrastructure applications of composites. Key areas in composites are covered by 110 papers with 35 presentations from Japan.Table of ContentsDedication-Professor Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Preface, PLENARY SESSION, Overview of Professor Hayashi's Contributions to Composites R & D in Japan, Overview of Professor Hayashi's Academic Achievements on Composites, Application of Composite Materials for the Repair of Concrete Structures in Japan, Fragile Foundations: The Nation's Infrastructure, PROCESSING I, Filament Winding of a CFRP Payload Attach Fitting, Advanced Composites Fabricated from Dry Powder Prepreg, Repair Methods for Composite Structures, Finite Element Modeling of Composite Processes, Draping and Filling of Long Axisymmetric Molds in RTM Process, PROCESSING II, Significance of Heat Dispersion in the Resin Transfer Molding Process, Heat Transfer Analysis of the Thermoplastic Filament Winding Process, Real Structure Determination for Permeability Prediction, Processing Envelopes for Supplemental Internal Resistive Heating during Thermosetting Composites Cure, On the Use of Darcy Permeability in Sheared Fabrics, DESIGN & ANALYSIS I, Large Deformation Nonlinear Response of Soft Composite Structures via Laminate Analogy, Local and Global Properties in 3D Braided Structural Shapes, Effect of Transverse Ply Cracks on the Effective Thermal Expansion Coefficients of Bidirectional Laminates, DESIGN & ANALYSIS II, The Response of General Unsymmetric Laminates to Simple Applied Forces, Axisymmetric Crack Problem in a Functionally Graded Semi-Infinite Medium, A Physically Based Micromechanical Theory and Diagrams of Macroscopic Stress-Corrosion Cracking in GFRP Laminates, Finite Element Analysis of Composite Sandwich Structures by Selective Layerwise Higher-Order Models, Localized Buckling (Crippling) of Pultruded Composite Structural Members, DAMAGE MECHANICS I, Numerical Aspects of a Micromechanical Model of a Cohesive Zone, A Strain Based Approach to Stiffness Loss in Cross-Ply Polymeric Composites under Fatigue Loading, Stiffness and Damage Identification of Laminated Plates Using Static Deflection
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Taylor & Francis Inc Advances in Plastics: Automotive Polyurethanes,
Book SynopsisThe technology for the recovery, reprocessing and reuse of automotive polyurethanes in Europe is highly developed and serves as a successful example for other areas. This new book by a leading authority on this technology details the materials and methods, as well as the problems, involved in this work. Going beyond recovery, the authors examine the processes and applications involved in putting recovered material to economic use in marketable products. The text is supplemented with more than 60 tables providing useful data on polyurethane recycling processes and chemistry. More than 60 photographs, micrographs, diagrams and flowcharts illustrate materials, processes and products. In addition to a detailed presentation of this technology, the book provides a review of European regulation and programs dealing with automotive plastics recycling, as well as the voluntary activities of industry organizations and individual companies. The information in this new book will be useful to personnel involved in the research, development and recycling of plastics and other polymeric materials for automotive applications. The details of reprocessing chemistry will be especially useful to polymer chemists working with polyurethanes. TablesMuch of the technical data in this book is presented in 64 tables. Here is a small sample of this material: o Plastic Components in Used Cars… o Reaction conditions for glycolysis of the Bayflex 110-80 System o Parameters of the Continuous Pebra-Magna Glycolysis Process o Physical Properties of RIM Polyurethanes Obtained by Using Glycolysis Polyols (20% Filler) o Comparison of the Mechanical Properties Baydur® STR from Virgin Polyol and from 70% RRIM Recycled Polyol o Flame Retardant Behavior of Adhesive-Pressed Boards Based on EA Foam Illustrations More than 60 photographs, micrographs, flowcharts and diagrams illustrated processes and materials, including finished products made of recycled polyurethanes. Here is a small sampling of these figures. o Glycolysis cause/effect diagram o Direct RRIM-PU recycling via glycolysis o Automotive RIM parts for glycolysis o Flowchart of a discontinuous glycolysis process o Side panels produced by the RRIM process using Bayflex® recycled polyol o Reprocessing and processing of contaminated polyurethanes o Flowchart of the three-stream RIM process o Flowchart for the production of adhesive-pressed articles o "Grass stone" made from granulated RIM with adhesive pressingTable of ContentsFramework, General Outlines and Conditions in the European Automotive Industry. Cooperative European Automotive Industry Projects - National Projects. European Projects, European Car Makers' Positions and Actions. Applications: PU Recyclates in the European Automotive Industry o Polyurethanes. Application of Rebonded Foam in the European Automotive Industry. Applications of Glycolysis in the European Automotive Industry. Recycling of PU Paints: Recovery of PU Paints Today, Recycling of Two-Pack PU-Paints. Compression Molding of RIM and RRIM Polyurethanes for Reuse in the Automotive Industry. Powder/Regrind Technology. Adhesive Pressing of Polyurethanes, PU Composites and Commingled Polyurethanes: Adhesive Pressing of Commingled Polyurethanes, One-Stage Feed Frame Method, Adhesive Pressing of Sheets, Properties, Adhesive Pressing Project with Used Headliners and Headliner Production Scrap, Adhesive Pressing of Other Polyurethanes. Cast-Pressing of PU and PU Composite Materials. Injection Molding of PU Integral Skin Foam.
£142.50
Taylor & Francis Inc SPE/ANTEC 1999 Proceedings
Book SynopsisVolume 2 of the conference proceedings of the SPE/Antac on 'Plastics Bridging the Millennia- subtopic of 'Materials', held on the 2-6 May 1999 in New York City, USA.Table of ContentsVolume II Materials. Electrical and Electronic Division, Engineering Properties and Structure Division, Thermoplastics Materials and Foams Division, Polymer Analysis Joint with Engineering Properties and Structure, Composites Division, Alloys and Blends Division.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Processing of High-Temperature Superconductors at
Book SynopsisThe discovery of high-temperature superconductivity [1986] by Bendnorz and Müller in the La-BA-Cu-O system resulted in very extensive research work about the discovery and synthesis of other high-temperature superconductors, such as Y-BA-Cu-O and Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O. These new superconducting materials, possessing superconductivity above liquid nitrogen boiling point, are used in many engineering applications, from electronic sensors to rotating electrical generators and from nanometer-scale thin films to kilometer-long wires and coils. Therefore, design and net-shape manufacturing of superconducting components, starting from the initial synthesized powders, is now of utmost industrial importance.This book is primarily focused on the bulk-fabrication techniques of high-temperature ceramic superconducting components, especially on the combination of dynamic powder-consolidation and subsequent deformation processing. The properties of these ceramics, which are difficult-to-form materials by applying conventional techniques, are combined for the net-shape manufacturing of such components for the construction of HTS devices. However, very important topics such as superconducting structures, chemical synthesis, film fabrication and characterization techniques are also reviewed to provide a complete, comprehensive view of superconductors engineering.Table of ContentsForeword, Bernard Raveau, CRISMAT Laboratory, France. Preface. Introduction. Fundamentals of Superconductors. Synthesis of Ceramic Superconductors. Impact Loading of Solid Porous Media. Fabrication of Bulk HTS. Fabrication of HTS Films. Characterization of HTS Powders and Components. Industrial Applications. Future Perspectives of High-Tc Superconductivity.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Wet-Weather Flow in the Urban Watershed:
Book SynopsisAccording to the National Resources Defense Council, stormwater runoff rivals or exceeds discharges from factories and sewage plants as a source of pollution throughout the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency identifies urban stormwaters as the second largest source of water quality damage in estuaries and a significant contributor to the damage to lakes, rivers, and bays. The full impacts of marginal pollution, particularly that caused by uncontrolled overflows, must be recognized now and planning needs to be initiated to improve sewerage sytem efficiencies in order to bring wastewater flows under control. Time is of the essence for municipal programs because corrective action is a time consuming process. Current research and development is elucidating the most efficient and least costly methods needed to restore and maintain water resources.Based on seminars presented by international experts for the U.S. EPA, Wet-Weather Flow in the Urban Watershed: Technology and Management covers a broad spectrum of urban wet-weather flow management and pollution abatement topics. The topics covered will assist municipal engineers, consultants, and academic researchers with design, cost, and water quality issues. About the Editors:Richard Field has over 39 years of experience working in the environmental engineering field and is a registered professional engineer in the states of New York and New Jersey. Mr. Field has been in charge of the EPA's National Storm and Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Technology Research and Development program located at the National Risk Management Research Laboratory's Edison, New Jersey location since 1970. He has over 300 peer-reviewed publications to his credit. Mr. Field has received numerous outstanding achievement awards and citations for on-the-job performance and technological contribution including two EPA Bronze Medals, the ASCE State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award, two New York Water Pollution Control Association Awards for excellence in technicological advancement, and three U.S. EPA Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards.Daniel Sullivan has over 32 years experience working in the field of environmental engineering and is a registered professional engineer in the sates of New York and New Jersey. He has served as Chief of the Urban Watershed Management Branch which conducts the U.S. EPA national wet-weather flow (WWF) and watershed management research program. Mr. Sullivan began his EPA career in 1972 and has authored, co-authored, presented and/or published a combination of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications on the topics of hazardous waste control and WWF. He has received two EPA Bronze Medals for his work in the EPA's WWF research program and environmental technology verification program.Trade Review"…it provides a worthwhile insight into the state-of-the-art in control of rain-water runoff in the USA EPA."Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung Vol. 50, No. 1, Feb. 2006Table of ContentsManagement of Wet-Weather Flow in the Urban Watershed. The Physical and Chemical Nature of Urban Stormwater Runoff Pollutants. National Stormwater Runoff Pollution Database. SLAMM, the Source Loading and Management Model. Emerging Stormwater Controls for Critical Source Areas. Treatment of Stormwater Runoff from Urban Areas. Management of Sewer Sediments. Management of Wet-Weather Flow Solids. Beneficial Use of Urban Stormwater. Low Impact Development: An Ecologically Sensitive Alternative. Low Impact Development: Hydrologic Analysis. Geomorphic Considerations in Stream Protection. Geomorphic Considerations in Stream Restoration.
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Guilford Publications Natural Causes: Essays in Ecological Marxism
Book SynopsisEconomic growth since the Industrial Revolution has been achieved at great cost both to the natural environment and to the autonomy of communities. What can a Marxist perspective contribute to understanding this disturbing legacy, and mitigating its impact on future generations? Renowned social theorist James O'Connor shows how the policies and imperatives of business and government influence--and are influenced by--environmental and social change. Probing the relationship between economy, nature, and society, O'Connor argues that environmental and social crises pose a growing threat to capitalism itself. These illuminating essays and case studies demonstrate the power of ecological Marxist analysis for understanding our diverse environmental and social history, for grounding economic behavior in the real world, and for formulating and evaluating new political strategies. Trade ReviewJames O'Connor's work is distinctive in that it constitutes the first fully developed, concrete analysis of how the undermining of the environment is actually undermining the conditions of production of the global capitalist society in which we live, threatening the very process of capital accumulation that lies at the heart of the modern world economy.... Brilliantly argued, O'Connor's work constitutes the indispensable starting point for a consideration of the interrelationship of socioeconomic and environmental crises in our time, and will be of immense interest to readers coming from a wide variety of perspectives. Readers of this volume will discover a rich body of work delving into a wide range of environmental problems, from environmental justice, to the Gulf War, to 'What is Ecological Socialism?'. This is a treasure-trove of environmental thought by one of the great social theorists of our day. --John Bellamy Foster, Co-Editor, Organization & Environment; author of The Vulnerable Planet: A Short Economic History of the EnvironmentThe neo-liberal pundits who dance on Marx's grave will hate this book. Whether exposing the hidden logic of the Gulf War or deciphering the relations of production in a new-growth forest, Natural Causes is an intellectual tour de force. James O'Connor, once again, demonstrates that he is America's most original social theorist. --Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz and Ecology of FearThe good news is that the environmental and socialist movements are beginning to create a dialogue, which can immeasurably strengthen both. James O'Connor has been one of the country's leading intellectual figures in that dialogue, and his new book shows, in a compelling, sophisticated way, how both movements must come together. --Donald Worster, Hall Distinguished Professor of American History, University of Kansas - Provocative....The book should help dispel suspicions that the post-1989 green turn of many socialists was opportunistic. Recommended for graduate students and faculty. --Choice, 12/21/1997ƒƒ College-level students of Marxist theory will welcome a coverage which links business and political policies with issues of environmental and social change. Complex and revealing, backed with many source material facts. --The Midwest Book Review, 12/21/1997Table of ContentsIntroductionI. History and NatureIntroduction to Part I 1. Culture, Nature, and the Materialist Conception of History 2. What Is Environmental History? Why Environmental History? 3. Three Ways to Look at the Ecological History and Cultural Landscapes of Monterey Bay 4. The Nature of Construction and the Construction of Nature at Fall Creek, Felton, California, 1860 1990: A Script 5. The Sales of Two Cities: Chicago and Los AngelesII. Capitalism and NatureIntroduction to Part II 6. Some Observations on Ecological Crisis 7. The Conditions of Production and the Production of Conditions 8. The Second Contradiction of Capitalism, with an Addendum on the Two Contradictions of Capitalism 9. On Capitalist Accumulation and Economic and Ecological Crisis10. Uneven and Combined Development and Ecological Crisis11. Technology and Ecology12. Murder on the Orient Express: The Political Economy of the Gulf War13. British Rule in Shetland14. Is Sustainable Capitalism Possible?III. Socialism and NatureIntroduction to Part III15. Socialism and Ecology16. A Red Green Politics in the United States?17. Flatland Politics18. Think Globally, Act Locally? Toward an International Red-Green Movement19. Ecology Movements and the State20. The New Global Economy and One Alternative21. What Is Ecological Socialism?
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Taylor & Francis Inc Quality Improvement: A Systems Perspective
Book SynopsisQuality improvement: it's an attractive concept on paper. So why do the vast majority of quality improvement efforts fail?William Roth knows from experience: as a Ph.D in systems theory, an ex-corporate manager, a professor-and the designer (with the AQP) of a national program to deliver training for quality credentials in the systems approach. His belief: enduring quality improvement is an "all or nothing" situation-requiring a systemic approach, with all the key components and integrations in place and fully integrated right from the start. Quality Improvement: A Systems Perspective explains the sometimes surprising historic roots of the quality improvement movement, and outlines the systems theory on which successful models must be built. Readers then gain access to the hands-on, nuts-and-bolts, how-to-get-it-done details of the five critical phases. Three case studies (two in industry, one in health care) support this traditional but currently shunned model.Along with his unique unified view of quality improvement, Roth explains why it is shunned, and why alternative approaches usually do not produce the desired results. Key obstacles to success are directly identified-top-level management, local union leaders, management education. The ultimate culprit, though, is culture-to which Roth suggests how to move organizations in the right direction, from a systems perspective.With one of the most comprehensive overviews of quality management essentials in one volume, Quality Improvement: A Systems Perspective balances theory and modeling with the details of real-life implementation and success.Table of ContentsFeeling Our WayThe Systems ApproachFive Phases Plus Two: Part OneMore on TeambuildingFive Phases Plus Two: Part TwoMore Than One Way to Skin the Organization Improvement Cat?Birth of the Systems Model at International PaperMaintaining the MomentumSuccess Then SetbackBack to Finish UpA Very Different SituationCulture As the Culprit: An Idealized Ending Versus RealityTop Level Management as the KeyEducation as the Cornerstone to Quality ImprovementOne More Time, The Systems Approach: The Good Shepherd Effort
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Taylor & Francis Inc Handbook of Semiconductor Interconnection
Book SynopsisFirst introduced about a decade ago, the first edition of the Handbook of Semiconductor Interconnection Technology became widely popular for its thorough, integrated treatment of interconnect technologies and its forward-looking perspective. The field has grown tremendously in the interim and many of the "likely directions" outlined in the first edition are now standard in modern facilities. Reflecting those advances, this edition delves into the practical aspects of interconnections for manufacturing. It examines the interconnect and fabrication technologies now available, with an examination of future prospects for the field.What's in this Edition:Detailed discussion of electrochemical equipment for plating copper Information on tools used for evaporation, chemical vapor deposition, and plasma processes Emphasis on measurement of mechanical and thermal properties of insulators Methods for characterizing porous dielectric thin films Greater focus on integration issues and properties of titanium, cobalt, and nickel silicides Process schemes based on the increased need for borderless contact gates and source/drain Expanded discussion on choices for low-dielectric insulators Concentration on electroplated copper, especially morphology of plated films and their properties Developments in thin film liners and barriers Expanded material on copper reliability Table of ContentsMethods/Principles of Deposition and Etching; Geraldine Cogin Schwartz. Characterization; Geraldine Cogin Schwartz. Semiconductor Contact Technology; David R. Campbell, revised by Catherine Ivers. Interlevel Dielectrics; Geraldine Cogin Schwartz and K.V. Sriksrishnan. Metallization; Geraldine Cogin CSchwartz and K.V. Srikrishnan. Chip Integration; Geraldine Cogin Schwartz and K.V. Srikrishnan. Reliability; James R. Lloyd and Kenneth P. Rodbell. Index.
£190.00
Ann Arbor Press Chlorine and Chlorine Compounds in the Paper
Book SynopsisThis handbook provides essential information on toxicology, risk assessment, analysis, monitoring, human and ecological effects, treatment alternatives, ecosystem health, compliance, and much more.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Mathematical Aspects of Boundary Element Methods
Book SynopsisBoundary element methods relate to a wide range of engineering applications, including fluid flow, fracture analysis, geomechanics, elasticity, and heat transfer. Thus, new results in the field hold great importance not only to researchers in mathematics, but to applied mathematicians, physicists, and engineers.A two-day minisymposium Mathematical Aspects of Boundary Element Methods at the IABEM conference in May 1998 brought together top rate researchers from around the world, including Vladimir Maz’ya, to whom the conference was dedicated. Focusing on the mathematical and numerical analysis of boundary integral operators, this volume presents 25 papers contributed to the symposium. Mathematical Aspects of Boundary Element Methods provides up-to-date research results from the point of view of both mathematics and engineering. The authors detail new results, such as on nonsmooth boundaries, and new methods, including domain decomposition and parallelization, preconditioned iterative techniques, multipole expansions, higher order boundary elements, and approximate approximations. Together they illustrate the connections between the modeling of applied problems, the derivation and analysis of corresponding boundary integral equations, and their efficient numerical solutions.Table of ContentsPreface Coupling Integral Equation Method and Finite Volume Elements for the Resolution of the Leontovich Boundary Value Problem for the Time-Harmonic Maxwell Equations in Three Dimensional Herterogeneous Media Smoothness Properties of Solutions to Variational Inequalities Describing Propagation of Mode-1 Cracks Edge Singularities and Kutta Condition for 3D Unsteady Flows in Aerodynamics Approximation Using Diagonal-Plus-Skeleton Matrices Variational Integral Formulation in the Problem of Elastic Scattering by a Buried Obstacle Sensitivity Analysis for Elastic Fields in Non Smooth Domains A Formulation for Crack Shape Sensitivity Analysis Based on Galeerking BIE, Domain Differentiation, and Adjoint Variable Periodic and Stochastic BEM for Large Structures Embedded in an Elastic Half-Space Self-Regularized Hypersingular BEM for Laplace’s Equation An Adaptive Boundary Element Method for Contact Problems Fast Summation Methods and Integral Equations Hybrid Galerkin Boundary Elements on Degenerate Meshes The Poincaré-Steklov Operator within Countably Normed Spaces Boundary Layer Approximate Approximations for the Cubature of Potentials A Simplified Approach to the Semi-Discrete Galerking Method for the Single-Layer Equation for a Plate Construction of Basis Functions for High Order Approximate Approximations Lp-Theory of Direct Boundary Integral Equations on a Contour with Peak Essential Norms of the Integral Operator Correspondng to the Neumann Problem for the Laplace Equations Polynomial Collocation Methods for 1D Intergral Equations with Nonsmooth Solutions Singularities in Discretized BIE’s for Laplace’s Equation; Trailin-Edge Conditions in Aerodynamics Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems Extraction, Higher Order Boundary Element Methods, and Adaptivity Asymptotic Solution of Boundary Integral Equations Sobolev Multipliers in the Theory of Integral Convolution Operators Stable Boundary Element Approximations of Steklov-Poincaré Operators NTI/Sales Copy
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Taylor & Francis Inc Trends in Applications of Mathematics to
Book SynopsisThe International Society for the Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics has a long-standing and respected tradition of hosting symposia that provide a forum for disseminating new developments and methods. Trends in Applications of Mathematics to Mechanics represents the proceedings of the eleventh such symposium, held at the University of Nice in May 1998.Comprising invited lectures and refereed papers, this volume includes recent results that open perspectives on fields in mechanics and their methodological counterparts in mathematics. It also surveys important advances in the areas where mathematics and mechanics interact. The applications addressed include:Table of ContentsELASTICITY-PLASTICITY Asymptotic Behavior of the Eigenvalues of a Plate Problem, A. Campbell and S. Nazarov On the Torsion of Soft Cylindrical Shells, A. DiCarlo and P. Nardinocchi On the Uniqueness of the Null-Traction Boundary Value Problem in Nonlinear Elastoplastics, R Knops Free Boundary Problems arising from Spectral and Path-Following Analysis in the Mechanics of Elastic-Plastic Solids, A. Léger and A. El Loulani GRANULAR, POROUS, AND HOMOGENIZED MEDIA On a Stationary Axisymmetic Filtration Problem Under Large Deformations of the Skeleton, B. Albers and K. Wilmanski Macroscopic Modeling of Cosserat Media, G. de Felice and N. Rizzi On the Stucture and Shape of Sandpiles, H.J. Herrmann CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS AND FUNDAMENTAL MECHANICS G-Defining Equations: Applications to Nonlinear Differential Equations, O. Kaptsov Liu Technique for Exploiting the Dissipation Inequatlity in Case of Constratined State Space Variables, W. Muschik, H. Herrmann, G. Rückner, and C. Papenfuss On the Internal Constraints and the Derivation of a Linear Plate Theory, P. Podio-Guidugli Hamiltonian Versus Lagrangian Forms, C. Trimarco THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETIC THEORY Convergence towards the Thermodynamical Equilibrium, L. Desvillettes Hyperbolic Heat Conduction, W. Dreyer and M. Kunik Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and the Dynamics of Particles, J. Verhás Towards Extended Thermodynamics of Porous and Granular Materials, K. Wilmanski PHASE TRANSITION Global Existence and Continuous Dependence of Phase Transitions in Hyperbolic Conservation Laws, R. Colombo and A. Corli Approximation of Quasistatic Processes with Friction by Incremental Problems in the Theory of Phase Transitions, F. Theil WATER WAVES Models for Long-Wave Instability Due to a Resonance between Two Waves, R. Grimshaw Hamiltonian Spatial Dynamics Methods for Two- and Three-Dimensional Steady Waves, M. Groves On the Symmetry Th
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Taylor & Francis Inc Canonical Problems in Scattering and Potential
Book SynopsisAlthough the analysis of scattering for closed bodies of simple geometric shape is well developed, structures with edges, cavities, or inclusions have seemed, until now, intractable to analytical methods. This two-volume set describes a breakthrough in analytical techniques for accurately determining diffraction from classes of canonical scatterers with comprising edges and other complex cavity features. It is an authoritative account of mathematical developments over the last two decades that provides benchmarks against which solutions obtained by numerical methods can be verified.The first volume, Canonical Structures in Potential Theory, develops the mathematics, solving mixed boundary potential problems for structures with cavities and edges. The second volume, Acoustic and Electromagnetic Diffraction by Canonical Structures, examines the diffraction of acoustic and electromagnetic waves from several classes of open structures with edges or cavities. Together these volumes present an authoritative and unified treatment of potential theory and diffraction-the first complete description quantifying the scattering mechanisms in complex structures.Table of ContentsMathematical Aspects of Potential Theory. Dual or Triple Series and Integral Equations. Electrostatic Potential Theory for Open Spherical Shells and Cavities. Open Spheroidal Conducting Shells and Cavities. Charged Toroidal Shells and Cavities. Potential Theory for Conical Structures with Edges. Two-Dimensional Potential Theory. Rigorous Solution Methods for more Complicated Structures.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Scalable and Secure Internet Services and
Book SynopsisScalable and Secure Internet Services and Architecture provides an in-depth analysis of many key scaling technologies. Topics include: server clusters and load balancing; QoS-aware resource management; server capacity planning; Web caching and prefetching; P2P overlay network; mobile code and security; and mobility support for adaptive grid computing. The author discusses each topic by first defining a problem, then reviewing current representative approaches for solving it. He then describes in detail the underlying principles of the technologies and the application of these principles, along with balanced coverage of concepts and engineering trade-offs. The book demonstrates the effectiveness of the technologies via rigorous mathematical modeling and analysis, simulation, and practical implementations. It blends technologies in a unified framework for scalable and secure Internet services, delivering a systematic treatment based upon the author's cutting-edge research experience. This volume describes in breadth and depth advanced scaling technologies that support media streaming, e-commerce, grid computing, personalized content delivery, distributed file sharing, network management, and other Internet applications.Table of ContentsInternet services. Network load balancing. Load balancing on streaming server clusters. Quality of service - Aware resource management on Internet servers. Service differentiation on streaming servers. Service differentiation on e-commerce servers. Feedback control for proportional slowdown differentiation. Decay function model for server capacity planning. Scalable constant-degree peer-to-peer overlay networks. Semantic prefetching of Web contents. Mobile code security. Naplet: A mobile agent approach. Itinerary safety reasoning and assurance. Security measures for server protection. Connection migration in mobile agents. Mobility support for adaptive grid computing. Service migration in reconfigurable distributed virtual machines. Mobility decision for reconfigurable distributed virtual machines.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Design and Analysis of Accelerated Tests for
Book SynopsisEarly approaches to accelerated testing were based on the assumption that there was a simple acceleration factor that would correspond to a linear scaling of time from the operating stress to the accelerating stress. This corresponds to the simplest physical model of the kinetics governing the underlying degradation, but this simple model does not always hold. We need to understand what more complex physical models may look like.Design & Analysis of Accelerated Tests for Mission Critical Reliability presents innovative theory and methods for recognizing and handling the more complicated, cases often encountered in practice. The theory integrates a physical understanding of underlying phenomena and the statistical modeling of observation "noise" to provide a single theoretical framework for accelerated testing. The treatment includes general approaches that can be used with various computational software packages and an explicit computing environment in S-PLUS. Source code written by the authors is included and available for download from http://www.crcpress.com/e_products/downloads.For practitioners, this book provides immediately useable tools. For researchers, it presents intriguing open questions. And for the academic community, numerous worked examples, end-of-chapter exercises, and a format that relegates technical and theoretical details to chapter appendices make this an outstanding supplementary textbook for senior and graduate-level students.Trade Review"I believe that this book could be a good specialized reference text … ." - Technometrics, May 2005, Vol. 47, No. 2 "[I]t is a useful and welcome start in an important area. The inclusion of a software system that aids specification and visualization of kinetic models is also welcome. One hopes that this book will spur further research in this area."-Short Book Reviews of the International Statistical Institute "For practitioners, this book provides immediately useable tools. For researchers, it presents intriguing open questions. For the academic community, numerous worked examples, end-of-chapter exercises, and a format that relegates technical and theoretical details to chapter appendices make this an outstanding supplementary textbook for senior and graduate-level students."-Zentralblatt MATH 1053Table of ContentsBackground. Demarcation Mapping: Initial Design of Accelerated Tests. Interface for Building Kinetic Models. Evanescent Process Mapping. Data Analysis for Failure Time Data. Data Analysis for Degradation Data.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Free and Moving Boundaries: Analysis, Simulation
Book SynopsisAddressing algebraic problems found in biomathematics and energy, Free and Moving Boundaries: Analysis, Simulation and Control discusses moving boundary and boundary control in systems described by partial differential equations (PDEs). With contributions from international experts, the book emphasizes numerical and theoretical control of moving boundaries in fluid structure couple systems, arteries, shape stabilization level methods, family of moving geometries, and boundary control.Using numerical analysis, the contributors examine the problems of optimal control theory applied to PDEs arising from continuum mechanics. The book presents several applications to electromagnetic devices, flow, control, computing, images analysis, topological changes, and free boundaries. It specifically focuses on the topics of boundary variation and control, dynamical control of geometry, optimization, free boundary problems, stabilization of structures, controlling fluid-structure devices, electromagnetism 3D, and inverse problems arising in areas such as biomathematics. Free and Moving Boundaries: Analysis, Simulation and Control explains why the boundary control of physical systems can be viewed as a moving boundary control, empowering the future research of select algebraic areas.Table of ContentsOptimal Tubes: Geodesic Metric, Euler Flow, Moving Domain. Numerical Simulation of Pattern Formation in a Rotating Suspension of Non-Brownian Settling Particles. On the Homogenization of Optimal Control Problems on Periodic Graphs. Lift and Sedimentation of Particles in the Flow of a Viscoelastic Liquid in a Channel. Modeling and Simulation of Liquid-Gas Free Surface Flows. Transonic Regular Reflection for the Unsteady Transonic Small Disturbance Equation Detail of the Subsonic Solution. Shape Optimization for 3D Electrical Impedance Tomography. Analysis of the Shape Gradient in Inverse Scattering. Array Antenna Optimization. The Stokes Basis for 3D Incompressible Flow Fields. Nonlinear Aeroelasticity: Continuum Theory-Flutter/Divergence Speed, Plate Wing Model. Differential Riccati Equations for the Bolza Problem Associated with Point Boundary Control of Singular Estimate Control Systems. Energy Decay Rates for the Semilinear Wave Equation with Nonlinear Localized Damping and Source Terms-An Intrinsic Approach. Electromagnetic 3D Reconstruction by Level-Set with Zero Capacity Connecting Sets. Shape and Geometric Methods in Image Processing. Topological Derivatives for Contact Problems. The Computing Zoom. An Optimization Approach for the Delamination of a Composite Material with Non-Penetration. Adaptive Refinement Techniques in Homogenization Design Method. Nonlinear Stability of the Flat-Surface State in Faraday Experiment. A Dynamical Programming Approach in Hilbert Spaces for a Family of Applied Delay Optimal Control Problems. A Posteriori Error Estimates of Recovery Type for Parameter Estimation Problem in Linear Elastic Problem. Tube Derivative of Non-Cylindrical Shape Functionals and Variational Formulations.A Stochastic Riccati Equation for a Hyperbolic-Like System with Point and/or Boundary Control.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Frontiers in Interpolation and Approximation
Book SynopsisDedicated to the well-respected research mathematician Ambikeshwar Sharma, Frontiers in Interpolation and Approximation explores approximation theory, interpolation theory, and classical analysis. Written by authoritative international mathematicians, this book presents many important results in classical analysis, wavelets, and interpolation theory. Some topics covered are Markov inequalities for multivariate polynomials, analogues of Chebyshev and Bernstein inequalities for multivariate polynomials, various measures of the smoothness of functions, and the equivalence of Hausdorff continuity and pointwise Hausdorff-Lipschitz continuity of a restricted center multifunction. The book also provides basic facts about interpolation, discussing classes of entire functions such as algebraic polynomials, trigonometric polynomials, and nonperiodic transcendental entire functions.Containing both original research and comprehensive surveys, this book provides researchers and graduate students with important results of interpolation and approximation.Table of ContentsMarkov-Type Inequalities for Homogeneous Polynomials on Nonsymmetric Star-Like Domains. Local Inequalities for Multivariate Polynomials and Plurisubharmonic Functions. The Norm of an Interpolation Operator on H8(D). Sharma and Interpolation. Freeness of Spline Modules from a Divided to a Subdivided Domain. Measures of Smoothness on the Sphere. Quadrature Formulae of Maximal Trigonometric Degree of Precision. Inequalities for Exponential Sums via Interpolation and Tur´an-Type Reverse Markov Inequalities. Asymptotic Optimality in Time-Frequency Localization of ScalingFunctions and Wavelets. Interpolation by Polynomials and Transcendental Entire Functions. Hyperinterpolation on the Sphere. Lagrange Interpolation at Lacunary Roots of Unity. A Fast Algorithm for Spherical Basis Approximation. Direct and Converse Polynomial Approximation Theorems on the Real Line with Weights having Zeros. Fourier Sums and Lagrange Interpolation on (0,+8) and(-8,+8). On Bounded Interpolatory and Quasi-Interpolatory Polynomial Operators. Hausdorff Strong Uniqueness in Simultaneous Approximation, Part II. Zeros of Polynomials Given as an Orthogonal Expansion. Uniqueness of Tchebycheff Spaces and their Ideal Relatives.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Energy Efficient Hardware-Software Co-Synthesis
Book SynopsisRapid energy estimation for energy efficient applications using field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) remains a challenging research topic. Energy dissipation and efficiency have prevented the widespread use of FPGA devices in embedded systems, where energy efficiency is a key performance metric. Helping overcome these challenges, Energy Efficient Hardware-Software Co-Synthesis Using Reconfigurable Hardware offers solutions for the development of energy efficient applications using FPGAs.The book integrates various high-level abstractions for describing hardware and software platforms into a single, consistent application development framework, enabling users to construct, simulate, and debug systems. Based on these high-level concepts, it proposes an energy performance modeling technique to capture the energy dissipation behavior of both the reconfigurable hardware platform and the target applications running on it. The authors also present a dynamic programming-based algorithm to optimize the energy performance of an application running on a reconfigurable hardware platform. They then discuss an instruction-level energy estimation technique and a domain-specific modeling technique to provide rapid and fairly accurate energy estimation for hardware-software co-designs using reconfigurable hardware. The text concludes with example designs and illustrative examples that show how the proposed co-synthesis techniques lead to a significant amount of energy reduction.This book explores the advantages of using reconfigurable hardware for application development and looks ahead to future research directions in the field. It outlines the range of aspects and steps that lead to an energy efficient hardware-software application synthesis using FPGAs.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Reconfigurable Hardware. A High-Level Hardware-Software Application Development Framework. Energy Performance Modeling and Energy Efficient Mapping for a Class of Applications. High-Level Rapid Energy Estimation and Design Space Exploration. Hardware-Software Co-Design for Energy Efficient Implementations of Operating Systems. Concluding Remarks and Future Directions. References.
£180.50
SDC Publications Engineering Graphics Text and Workbook (Series
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on strengthening 3D visualization skills through sketching exercises. It does not make reference to any particular computer-aided design software package.
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SDC Publications Technical Graphics
Book SynopsisTechnical Graphics is designed to meet the needs of modern technical graphics curricula and employs the current American National Standards Institute (ANSI) graphic standards. This textbook does not assume that you have had previous graphics experience. Technical Graphics begins with the development of basic skills students will need then the material proceeds logically to further expand their abilities. Illustrations and photographs are used every step of the way to illustrate the points being made by the written material. A table saw fixture is used throughout the book as a "common problem." The fixture is introduced in Chapter 3 as a sketch. The sketch is converted to a drawing in Chapter 4. The drawing is then refined and modified in subsequent chapters to illustrate the material being presented. This textbook meets the needs of today''s technical graphics programs by streamlining the traditional graphics topics while addressing the new technologies. Computer-aided design and drafting (CAD) methods are included where appropriate. Because there are many CAD software packages available, the CAD discussion is generic and instructors will need to provide specific information on the available hardware and software systems.
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SDC Publications Engineering Graphics Technical Sketching (Series
Book SynopsisEngineering Graphics Technical Sketching is a compact textbook that provides a thorough introduction to the graphic language. Freehand sketching exercises are formatted on special grids. This book uses logical and powerful analyzation techniques to develop visualization skills.
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SDC Publications Introduction to CATIA V5 Release 19
Book SynopsisAn Introduction to CATIA V5 Release 19 is a collection of tutorials meant to familiarize the reader with the mechanical design workbenches that are available in CATIA Release 19. The reader is not required to have any previous CATIA knowledge. The workbenches covered in this book are; Sketcher, Part Design, Wireframe and Surface Design, Assembly Design, and Drafting. Preceding each tutorial is a brief description of the workbench, toolbars, and commands to be used and focused on within the tutorial. This book is not meant to be strictly a reference book. It is meant to enable the reader to get right into CATIA and start drawing. You will learn by doing. The author directs the reader to CATIA''s Companion for in depth reference material and a more detailed description of the commands.
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SDC Publications CATIA V5 Workbook Release 19
Book SynopsisThis workbook is an introduction to the main Workbench functions CATIA V5 has to offer.
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