Technology, Engineering & Agriculture Books
Nova Science Publishers Inc Clean & Renewable Energy Standards: Options &
Book SynopsisDuring his 25 January 2011 State of the Union speech, President Obama proposed a Clean Energy Standard (CES) policy framework that would result in 80% of U.S. electricity generation coming from "clean energy" sources by 2035. "Clean energy," as described by President Obama, would include renewables, nuclear power and partial credits for clean coal and efficient natural gas. This book examines the design elements of previous CES proposals, summarizes the Administration''s CES policy framework, provides state-level baseline CES compliance analysis, and presents several policy options that Congress might consider as part of a CES debate.
£49.59
Nova Science Publishers Inc Tribology & Surface Engineering: Volume 1
Book SynopsisTribology includes the research and application of principles of friction, wear, and lubrication. Frictional interactions in small scale are becoming increasingly important for the development of new products in mechanics, chemistry, electronics, life sciences, sensors, and by extension for all modern technology. In addition, surface engineering is a truly interdisciplinary topic in materials science that deals with the surface of solid matter. This book provides discussion and the exchange of information on all aspects of tribology and surface engineering in regards to modern industry.
£185.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Federal Incentives for Renewable Energy
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£107.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Manufacturing Technology Research: Volume 2
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£999.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Deserts: Fauna, Flora & Environment
Book SynopsisThis book presents current research from across the globe in the study of the fauna, flora and environmental characteristics of desert life. Topics discussed include the conservation status and diversity of fishes, amphibians, reptiles, and bird populations in the Thar Desert of India; desert pupfish in Death Valley; floral diversity, threats and conservation in the Nara Desert of Pakistan; mollusc fauna and its ecology in the Indian desert and sustainable beef cattle production in the desert environment of Mendoza, Argentina.
£146.24
Chicago Review Press Boom!: The Chemistry and History of Explosives
Book SynopsisBlack powder, the world’s first chemical explosive, was originally developed in the seventh century, during China’s Tang dynasty. It was a crude mixture at first, but over time chemists discovered the optimum proportion of sulfur, charcoal, and nitrates, as well as the best way to mix them so that the particles of each component were tiny and homogenous, resulting in a complete and powerful reaction. Author and chemistry buff Simon Quellen Field takes readers on a decades-long journey through the history of things that go boom, from the early days of black powder to today’s modern plastic explosives. Not just the who, when, and why, but also the how. How did Chinese alchemists come to create black powder? What accidents led to the discovery of high explosives? How do explosives actually work on a molecular scale? And though most people have a vague understanding that dynamite is more powerful than gunpowder, what does it mean to be more powerful? Boom! The Chemistry and History of Explosives goes back to the original papers and patents written by the chemists who invented them, to shed light on their development, to explore the consequences of their use for good and ill, and to give the reader a basic understanding of the chemistry that makes them possible.
£15.15
Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Environmental Research: Volume 21
Book SynopsisThis series covers leading-edge research focusing on the environment, including current research data on plant canopy conservation; environmental responsibility through ethnoecology education; human activity, landscape transition and the evolving biotope association; incentive programs to promote clean power technologies for regional economic/environmental sustainable development; morphometric studies and possible relations to evolution and environmental adaptations and a study of the urbanisation process around water-bodies which has caused damage to environmental balance.
£146.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Advanced Modeling & Computer Technologies for
Book SynopsisThe results discussed in this book are interesting and useful for a wide range of specialists and scientists working in the field of applied mathematics, and in the modelling and monitoring of pollution of natural waters, ecology, hydrology, power engineering and building of different structures of water objects. Their importance and practical value are submitted in the friendly form for comprehension and are ready for direct application for the solution of practical tasks. Advantages of the elaborated methods and algorithms are shown not only through theoretical judgements and calculations, but also through the demonstration of results of particular calculus and modelling.
£999.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Environmental Considerations in Agriculture
Book SynopsisSome members of Congress have expressed concern about recent environmental regulations and administrative initiatives. Criticism from lawmakers and industry leaders is primarily focused on environmental regulations promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Some claim that EPA is overreaching its regulatory authority in several environmental arenas. The agriculture community has been vocal with its concerns, contending that EPA appears to be focusing its regulatory efforts on agriculture. Environmentalists, on the other hand, are encouraged by some of EPAs regulatory efforts, claiming that some agriculture operations do pose a public health and environmental risk and should be regulated. This book examines select environmental regulations that could affect agriculture.
£101.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Nanowires: Properties, Synthesis & Applications
Book SynopsisNanowires are nanostructures that have a thickness or diameter constrained to tens of nanometers or less and an unconstrained length. In addition, many different types of nanowires exist, including metallic, semiconducting and insulating. This book presents current research in the study of the properties, synthesis and application of nanowires. Topics discussed include semiconductor nanowires and heterostructure based gas sensors; transport properties of nanostructured materials; nanowire array electrodes in biosensor applications and analogies between metallic nanowires and carbon nanotubes
£146.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Encyclopedia of Engineering Research: 2 Volume
Book SynopsisThis book presents current research in the field of engineering. Topics discussed include characterization of advanced structural materials by acoustic emission indices; applications of polymeric treatments in improving building construction materials durability; types of sustainable building design and evaluation tools; raman spectroscopy; mechanical study of metallic targets impacted by metallic rods; advanced systems for automatically detecting faults occurring in bearings; fault detection and diagnosis with statistical and soft computing methods and advances in the numberical modelling of fatigue crack closure using finite elements .
£278.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Magnets: Types, Uses & Safety
Book SynopsisThis book presents current research in the study of the types, uses and safety of magnets from across the globe. Topics discussed include magnetic spectrometry in nuclear physics; chiroptical interpretation of magnetic dipole transitions; the study of the effects of magnetic fields on cell cultures; critical sound propagation in magnets and nuclear magnetic resonance as a probe of spin dynamics in single molecule magnets.
£106.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc New Trends in Marine Freshwater Toxins: Food
Book SynopsisMarine and freshwater biotoxins are a well-known problem in food safety, mainly for filter-feeding mollusks and for freshwater aquaculture. This is a challenging matter since, in recent years, toxic algal blooms seems to grow in frequency and duration, leading to longer closure of harvesting areas, disruption in trade, mortality in farmed fish and a growing concern in producers, consumers and health authorities. Unfortunately, in recent years toxins from far latitudes are emerging, leading to new human health problems. Research and exhaustive knowledge of a problem makes it easier to draw a scenario where the best management strategies are gathered. This book combines all if the information related to food-borne illness associated with marine or freshwater biotoxins, the anthropogenic and environmental factors that cause the appearance of toxic episodes and all available analytical procedures for phycotoxins detection.
£146.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Polymer Relaxation
Book SynopsisStress relaxation describes how polymers relieve stress under constant strain. Because they are viscoelastic, polymers behave in a nonlinear, non-Hookean fashion. This book presents current research in the study of polymer relaxation, including the secondary relaxations in amorphous polymers; nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation approaches; electrochemical relaxation studies of polythiophenes and dielectric relaxation of onion-like carbon based polymer composites.
£106.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Modular Electricity Storage: Benefits & Costs
Book SynopsisAn expanding array of state-of-the-art and emerging technologies are opening new opportunities to improve and/or to reduce the costs to generate, deliver and use electricity. One of these technologies is modular electricity storage (MES). In this book, the specific utility application addressed is the use of MES to reduce the cost of electricity delivery by reducing the cost of electricity transmission and distribution (T&D) equipment. Specifically, MES would be used to defer expensive improvements or capacity additions to T&D equipment by providing modular capacity additions as needed.
£192.74
Nova Science Publishers Inc Lightning in a Bottle: Electrical Energy Storage
Book SynopsisThis book describes a high-level, technology-neutral framework for assessing potential benefits from and economic market potential for energy storage used for electric-utility-related applications. The overarching theme addressed is the concept of combining applications/benefits into attractive value propositions that include use of energy storage, possibly including distributed and/or modular systems. Other topics addressed include high-level estimates of application-specific lifecycle benefits and maximum market potential. Combined, these criteria indicate the economic potential for a given energy storage applications and benefits.
£999.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Energy Research: Volume 9
Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive review of energy research studies from authors across the globe, including recent research in the development of green energy saving mechanisms; seasonal thermal energy storage of underground heat; free carbon technologies in developing nations; energy efficiency in buildings; standby losses in power demand in electricity distribution systems with high penetration of small electronic devices; solar water heating; energy consumption and economic growth in Pakistan and biodiesel production from Langmuir-Blodgett lipase engineering.
£146.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Unique Properties of Polymers & Composites:
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£152.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Enterococcus & Safety
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£229.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Neurobiology of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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£86.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Materials Science Research: Volume 11
Book SynopsisMaterials science encompasses four classes of materials, the study of each of which may be considered a separate field: metals, ceramics, polymers and composites. This volume gathers important research from around the globe in this dynamic field including research on the effective thermal conductivity of fluid-saturated sandstones; the structural evolution and mechanical properties of nanocrystalline FeAl intermetallics; silicon based drug delivery systems; diradical based organic molecular magnetic materials; the mechanochemical effect of hematite; transparent conducting oxides for thin film solar cells and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) used in microfluidic devices.
£185.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Recent Advances in Microbiology: Volume I
Book SynopsisMicrobiology as a science has expanded by leaps and bounds in the past few decades due to advancements in sophisticated instrumentation and recombinant DNA technology which added new dimension and revealed the understanding of the subject at a molecular level. This has resulted in the emergence of several applications of this domain. This book have been complied with the help of leading Microbiologists from India and other countries with an objective of providing current developments in the field of Microbiology. This book will be useful for under and postgraduate students, academicians, researchers and laboratory personnel from disciplines like Microbiology, Biochemistry, Veterinary Science, Medicine, Pharmacy, Agriculture, Food Science, Environmental Science, Industrial Microbiology and other allied Biological Sciences.
£229.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles & Energy Use
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£185.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances on Processing for Multiple Carrier
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£285.74
Nova Science Publishers Inc Wine: Types, Production & Health
Book SynopsisThis book presents topical research from across the globe in the study of the types, production and health issues relating to wine. Topics discussed in this compilation include the microbiological, chemical and health aspects of wines from tropical plants; the effect of winemaking techniques on bioactive compounds in white and red wine; micro-oxygenation of red wine; effects of wine consumption on the cardiovascular system; the use of inactive dry yeast preparations to improve fermentation and the organoleptic characteristics of wine; analytical methods for the detection of Ochratoxin A in wines; wine and neurodegenerative diseases; Madeira wine composition; controlling the alcohol content in wine; wine quality through the use of oak barrels and non-saccharomyces yeasts in wine.
£278.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Raw Milk: Production, Consumption & Health
Book SynopsisIn this book, the authors gather topical research in the study of the production, consumption and health effects of raw milk. Topics discussed in this compilation include the recent facts on spoilage organisms and enzymes of microbial origin and their importance through the dairy chain; the identification of lipolytic and/or proteolytic psychotrophic Pseudomonas species in raw milk; raw sheep milk consumption and health effects in the province of Karak, Jordan and camel milk as a therapeutic alternative to treat diabetes.
£106.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Heavy Metal Sediments
Book SynopsisMetals are naturally present in our environment and trace amounts of metals are essential micronutrients for the growth of many marine organisms. However, excessive amounts of heavy metal can be toxic to marine life. In this book, the authors gather topical research from around the globe in the study of heavy metal sediments. Topics discussed in this compilation include the distribution of heavy metals and total petroleum hydrocarbons in soils near a petrochemical complex in China; heavy metals in coastal sea sediments of the eastern Adriatic Sea; environmental assessments of metal concentrations in select rivers, estuaries and coastal sediments; iron contamination in the Bizerte Lagoon of Tunisia and the correlation between millennial mining activities and heavy metal pollution in Spanish estuaries.
£106.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Consumer Food Costs: Measuring the Food Dollar
Book SynopsisThis book examines the increases in marketing costs of U.S.-produced food commodities which have outpaced increases in the payments farmers have received for these commodities over the past 40 years. Economic theory provides several market structures that could explain this trend. A persistent increase in the U.S. food marketing bill over an extended period suggests that something more fundamental may also be behind the trend for food marketing costs to rise faster than farmers'' proceeds, such as changes in both the structure of the food marketing system and in the socio-economic characteristics of food consumers.
£101.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc U.S. & EU Agriculture: Comparisons & Linkages
Book SynopsisThe European Union (EU) is one of the United States'' chief agricultural trading partners but also a major competitor in world markets. Both the United States and the EU provide significant government support for their agricultural sectors. In 2009, the EU and the U.S. together accounted for 60% of all government support to agriculture among the major developed economies. In the U.S., federal farm policy has traditionally focused on price and/or income support programs concentrated on row crops including grains, oilseeds and cotton, as well as sugar and dairy. In contrast, the EU provides more extensive support to a broader range of farm and food products, in addition to traditional row crops, sugar, and dairy. EU support also is extended to fresh and processed fruits and vegetables, and livestock products. This book examines the comparisons and linkages of U.S. and EU agricultural policy.
£49.59
Nova Science Publishers Inc Improving Energy Efficiency & Greenhouse Gas
Book SynopsisThe U.S. pulp and paper industry consumes over $7 billion worth of purchased fuels and electricity per year. Energy efficiency improvement is an important way to reduce these costs and to increase predictable earnings, especially in times of high energy price volatility. There are a variety of opportunities available at individual plants in the U.S. pulp and paper industry to reduce energy consumption in a cost-effective manner. This book discusses energy efficiency practices and energy-efficient technologies that can be implemented at the component, process, facility and organisational levels. An overview of the trends, structure and energy consumption characteristics of the U.S. pulp and paper industry, along with descriptions of the major process technologies used within the industry are discussed.
£189.74
Nova Science Publishers Inc Better Air: Benefits & Costs of the Clean Air Act
Book SynopsisThe authorities and responsibilities of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) derive primarily from a dozen major environmental statutes. This book provides a concise summary of one of those statutes, the Clean Air Act. It provides a brief history of federal involvement in air quality regulation and of the provisions added by legislation in 1970, 1977 and 1990. It also explains major authorities contained in the Act as well as key terms and references for more detailed information on the Act and its implementation.
£189.74
Nova Science Publishers Inc Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Available &
Book SynopsisThis book examines control techniques and measures to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from specific industrial sectors such as coal-fired electric generating units; the petroleum industry and the iron and steel industry.
£139.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Environmental Research: Volume 22
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Municipal Solid Waste in the U.S.: Facts, Trends
Book SynopsisThis book examines the facts and trends in municipal solid waste generation, recycling and disposal in the United States. Our trash, or municipal solid waste (MSW), is made up of the things we commonly use and then throw away. The EPA has collected and reported data on the generation and disposal of waste in the United States for more than thirty years. This information is used to measure the success of waste reduction and recycling programs across the country. In 2008, Americans generated about 250 million tons of trash and recycled and composted 83 million tons of this material, equivalent to a 33.2 percent recycling rate.
£189.74
Nova Science Publishers Inc Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals with
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£278.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Spices: Types, Uses & Health Benefits
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£146.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Electrodeposition: Properties, Processes &
Book SynopsisThe present book has been contributed by prominent experts in the field of electrochemical science and technology. It identifies gaps in current knowledge and barriers to applications, and recommends research areas that need to be addressed to enable the rapid development of technologies. Some of the key areas covered in this book are electrochemical synthesis of non-stoichiometric hydroxyapatite-nanodiamond composite coating; electrodeposited biomimetic hydroxyapatite functionalized by lactoferrin for its potential use as bone-implantable biomaterials; development of new types of layered manganese oxides intercalated with cationic polymers applicable for the manufacturing of pseudocapacitor electrodes, electrochromic materials, catalysts, and biosensors and preparation of CuInSe2 thin films and its potential application in photovoltaic devices.
£152.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Denitrification: Processes, Regulation &
Book SynopsisDenitrification is a process occurring in natural environments, such as soil, marine and fresh waters, where the role of the nitrogen cycle is relevant. Denitrificiation is defined as an anoxic biological process, which involves the reduction of nitrate or nitrite to molecular nitrogen. In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the processes, regulation and ecological significance of denitrification. Topics discussed include the biological removal of nitrogen compounds from wastewaters; biofilm reactors in denitrification processes; design ecological treatment systems for nitrogen removal through nitritation and anammox; microbial water denitrification stimulated by electric fields and denitrification in plant-beneficial bacteria.
£185.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Quantum-Chemical Calculations of Molecular
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Quantum-Chemical Calculations of Molecular
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Graphene
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Microelectronics & Photonics
Book SynopsisThe tremendous growth and development in modern information and communication technology have been made possible due to the rapid advances in the fields of microelectronics and photonics. The area of microelectronics deals with the study and development of semiconductor-based electronic components and circuits of very small size starting from the micrometer to nanometer scale. This book examines and presents recent developments in the semiconductor devices for future generation microelectronics and photonics technologies. It includes some advanced CMOS device structures for future generation nanoscale IC technology, microdevices for pressure sensors, source and detectors for photonic applications and lithography process for nanoscale fabrication.
£185.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Nuclear Energy: Research, Development & New
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Progressive Press Tele Screen: An Empirical & Philosophical Study
Book SynopsisThe Telescreen is the pervasive media screen put in front of, and injected into, the eyes and ears of humans in the American electronic techno-culture. This begins from birth, and moulds consciousness throughout life: not a genuine human consciousness, but rather is a less-than-human, despiritualised semi-consciousness. People today continually flood their consciousnesses with images and impressions from television, videogames, church, radio, billboards, textbooks, magazines, newspapers, etc.- the "telescreen world" of Orwell''s 1984. The Telescreen is about how this pseudosphere destroys consciousness and society as humans give their attention, consciousness, and vital spirit to the telescreen. The result is a society of unholy sub-humans, who no longer act like they have souls: They cannot turn off the telescreen world even to have dinner and talk to each other or to their children. When they do talk it is mostly about impressions from the telescreen world. Their inner subjective consciousness is constructed and formed by the telescreen, leading to a world of despiritualisation and warmongering by hordes of conformist, petty, unhappy troll-like "yes-men". -- Jeff Grupp The telescreens of 1984 substituted fiction lives for the empty ones of a brainwashed population, as in Plato''s cave. Grupp drives it home that this is our world now. Some features of this dream-world of The Telescreen: Materialism and consumerism make people into robots, shallow stooges. Degrading self-images, down-dumbing education of drills, not thinking skills. War propaganda fed on pure fakery and repetition by the media, censored of truth and filled with non-news, gossip and cant. Brainwashing underpinned by fallacious reasoning. Example: Iran and Iraq slandered as murderously planning to unleash WMDs, while the US really has and uses them for genocide against target nations. Information warfare: The bias of "educational" TV shows like the "History Channel." Trusted figures hired to peddle suspect messages. Journalists who stray from the party line into real issues are fired. Exploiting the herd instinct to impose conformity. Psychological tyranny is more effective than brute force. An artificial consciousness is dinned into people by constant electronic stimuli. They depend on it -- and on pharmaceutical drugs too -- for a feeling of well-being: they are addicts. Appendix -- Infowars articles: the NWO is taking over the patriot and truth movements, seemingly attacking itself. We need Jeffersonian militias, not gun control. -- J-P Leonard
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Aquifers: Formation, Transport & Pollution
Book SynopsisAn aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, silt, or clay) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well. The authors of this book present important data on aquifers such as: hydrogeological studies of various dolomite aquifers in Slovenia; (GIS)groundwater modelling as an integrated tool for sustainable management of groundwater resources under changing environments; investigating different groundwater systems occurring in Brazil; an analysis of past catastrophic hydrogeological events (landslides and floods) and their affect on groundwater and aquifers and how to mitigate their damage.
£219.74
Nova Science Publishers Inc Agriculture & Environmental Security in Southern
Book SynopsisThis book attempts to undertake critical, social scientific scrutiny of contradictions between the evolving forms of agricultural production and ecosystem health within Ontario''s southern agricultural watersheds in the light of prevailing environmental management systems and policies. It''s purpose takes a critical look at the environmental and social implications of Ontario''s increasingly intensive and industrialised agriculture.
£86.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Nanotechnology: Volume 3
Book SynopsisNanotechnology is a multidisciplinary field and has achieved breakthroughs in bioengineering, molecular biology, diagnostics, and therapeutics. Nanotechnology is the study of the control of matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally nanotechnology deals with structures of the size 100 nanometers or smaller, and involves developing materials or devices within that size. Nanotechnology is very diverse, ranging from novel extensions of conventional device physics, to completely new approaches based upon molecular self-assembly, to developing new materials with dimensions on the nanoscale, even to speculation on whether we can directly control matter on the atomic scale. There has been much debate on the future of implications of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology has the potential to create many new materials and devices with wide-ranging applications, such as in medicine, electronics, and energy production. On the other hand, nanotechnology raises many of the same issues as with any introduction of new technology, including concerns about the toxicity and environmental impact of nanomaterials, and their potential effects on global economics, as well as speculation about various doomsday scenarios. These concerns have led to a debate among advocacy groups and governments on whether special regulation of nanotechnology is warranted. Advances in Nanotechnology, Volume 3 gathers the latest research from around the globe in this dynamic field.
£185.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Polymers as Natural Composites
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