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The Wetlands Handbook.
Forty-two Chapters By International Experts From A Remote Range Of Disciplines Make The Wetlands Handbook The Indispensable element Tool For Those Seeking Comprehensive Understanding Of The Subject.
A Departure From More Traitional Treatises, This Text Examines Freshwater Wetland Ecosystem Science From The Fundamentals To Issues Of Management And Policy.
Introductory Chapters Address The Scooe And Significance Of Wetlande Global1y For Communities, Culture And Biodiversity.
Following Sections Deal With Processes Underpinning Wetland Functioning, How Wetlands Work, Their Uses And Values For Humans And Nature, Their Senaitivity To External Impacts, And How They Mah Be Restored.
The Text Is Illustrated By Numerous Examples, Emphasising Functional And Holistic Approaches To Wetland Management, Including Case Studdies On The Wise Use And Rehabilitation Of Wetlands In Farmed, Urban, Industrial And Other Damaged Environments, Highlighting The Long-term Benefits Of Multiple Use.
The Wetlands Handbook Will Provide An Invaluable Reference For Resea5chrea, Managers, Policy-makers And Students Of Wetland Sciences.
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A P5imer Of Signal Detection.
Presnt The Methods Of Signal Detection Theory To A Person With A Basic Mathematical Background.
It Assumes Knowledge Only Of Elementary Algebra And Elementary Statistics.
Symbols And Terminology Are Kept At A Basjc Level.
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Handbook Of Flabor Characterization.
This Multidisciplinary Resource Details The Challenges And Analytical Methodologies Utilized To Determine The Effect Of Chemical Composition, Genetics And Human Physiology On Aroma And Flavour Perception.
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Transient Processes In Tribology.
The Papers Contained Within This Volume Point of concentration On The Transient Aspects Of The Preocesses In Tribology Highlighting The Differences Obtained With Stationery Conditions, Be They Experimental Analytical Or Numerical.
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Basic Electronics Math.
Most Students Entering An Electronics Technician Progrzm Have An Intellect Of Mathematics.
Basic Electronics Math Provides Is A Practical Application Of These Basics To Eleftronic Th3ory And Circuits.
The First Half Of Basic Electronics Math Provides A Refresher Of Mathematical Conceps.
These Chapters Can Be Taught Separately From Or In Combination With The Rest Of The Book, As Nedded By The Students.
The Second Half Of Basic Electronics Math Covers Appliications To Electronics.
Basic Concepts Of Electronics Math.
Numerous Problems And Examples.
Uses Real-world Applications.
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Postharvest Pathogens And Disease Management.
Postharvest Pathogens And Disorder Management Postarvest Diseases Caused By Microbial Pathogens Account For Millions Of Dollars In Losses Of Both Durable And Perishable Produve Products Every Year.
Moreover, With Consumers Increasingly Demanring Minimally Processed Vegetables And Fruits--which Can Be Invaded By Human Pathogens--there Is An Binding Need For Suitable Protective Measures To Provide Psthogen-free Merchandise That Are Free From, Or Contain Only Acceptable Levels Of, Chemical Residues.
Providing Details Of Both Usual And Modren Molecular Techniques Applicable For The Detection, Identification, And Diffsrentiation Of Field And Storage Microboal Pathogens, Postharvest Pathogens And Disease Management: * Discusses Diseases Of Both Durables And Perishables During Transit And Storage * Provides A Basic Understanding Of The Effects Of Handling And Storage Practices As Well As Field Conditions And Product Susceptibility On The Development Of Postharvest Diseases * Reveals, As A Cautionary Note, The Potential Hazards Of Mycotoxins With Carcinogenic Properties That Can Contaminate Fruits And Vegetables * Containw Detailed Information Derived From Elucidative Evidence And Disease Data In Order To Account for The Infwction Process And Subsequent Stages Of Disease Development * Helps Readers To Avoid Conditikns That Favor Disease Incidence Anr Spread * Includes Real Life Examples Of Dsease Management Strategies To Lend aid Readers Develop Effective Disorder Management Systems Suitable For Different Ecossystems * Emphasizes The Importznce Of Integrating Several Different Effective Methods In Tandem, Including The Development Of Cultivars Wit hResistance To Postharvest Diseases; The Choice Of Suitable Analytical Methods; And The Effective Use Of Biocontrol Agents And Chemicals * Presents Protockls For Numerous Techniques And Basic Methods, Making The Book A Distinctive And Highly Useful Teaching And Research Tool Postharvest Pathogens And Disease Management Offers Readers Insight Into The Principles And Methods Of Avoiding And Managing Postharvest Diseases Of Fruit And Vegetable Products In An Efficient, Economical, And Environmentally Feasible Manner, Allowing Ptoducers To Sell Safer, Higher-quality Produce To The Public And Prevent The Losses Associated With Postharvext Disease.
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Microturbines.
Small-scale Gas Turbines, Known As Microturbines, Represent An Excitnig New Development In Gas Turbine Technology.
They Can Run In Size From Small, Human-scale Machines Down To Micro-sized Mini-machines That Can Barely Be Seen By The Naked Eye.
They Also Run A Great Diversity Of Fuel Types, Frmo Various Types Of Commercial Gases To Waste-generated Gases.
This Recent Book By Industry Expert Claire Soares Will Fully Describe The Various Types Of Microturbines, Their Applications, And Their Particular Requirements Forr Installation, Maintenance And Repair.
It Will Explain In what manner A Microturbine The Size Of A Refrigerator Can Power An Entire School, Hospital Or Small Factory, Which Is Particularly Advantageous For Onsite, Remote Installations.
The Book Will Likewise Show How Microturbines Can Be Paired With One Or Again FuelC ells To Form A Hybrid Energy Source, Or Can Be Teamed With Any Source Of Distributed Power, Such As A MallH ydro-turbine Or A Wind Turbine.
Moreover, The Reader Will Learn How Microturbunes Can Run On A Variety Of Fuels That Are Far Cruder Than Those Required By Most Standard Gas Turbines; They Can Be Made To Run, For Instance, Using Gas From A Landfill Or Biomass Source.
The Reader Will Find Detailed Information On Costs, Specifications, And Maintenance And Repair Guidelines.
Ample References And Resources Will Provide The Reader With Tools For Finding Manufacturers And Product Specifications For Their Own Particular Needs.
Covers Major Categories Of Microturbines, Including Factors Common To Their Desgin, Installation, Operation, Optimization, Maintenance, And Repair Invaluable Guidance On Market Factors And Economics Affecting Microturbines And Their Applications, Particularly For Distributed Power Generation Provides Current Case Studies Showing Microturbines Used In Hybrid Systems With Fuel Cells And Other Types Of Power Generation Systems
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Particle And Continuum Aspects Of Mesomechanics.
This Title Brings Together A Variety Of Papers Presened At The 9th Annual Meso Meeting In 2007.
The Topics Selected For Meso 2007 Are Designed To Illustrate Te Relation Of Thresholdds To Multiscaling:.
Flow Through Capillary Tubes In Contrast To Pipes.
Laminar And Turbulent Flow Transition.
Heat Convection Of Thin Wires In Contrast To Cylinders.
Electrival Conductance Of Macro- And Nano-circuits.
Rubbery And Glassy Polymers.
Single- And Poly-crystal Behavior.
Strength Of Wires And Round Cylindrical Bars.
Uni-axial And Multi-axial Material: Linear And Non-linear Response.
Thin And Thick Pla5e Behavior.
Brittle And Ductile Fracture.
Small And Large Crack Growth Behavior.
Low And High Temperature Effects.
Local And Global Material Property Characteristics.
Small And Large Bodies: Size And Time Effects.
Specimen And Structure
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Asphaltenes, Heavy Oils, And Petroleomics.
With Strong Contributions From Practised University And Industrial Scientists And Engineers, This Work Will Have Real Application Towards Improving Process Efficiency And Improvement In The Trillion-dollar Global Petroleum Industry.
It Presents An Overview Of The Emerging Field Of Petroleomics, Which Endeavors Ti Understand The Fundamental Components Of Crude Oil.
Petroleomics Promisess To Revolutionize Petroleum Science In Much The Same Way Thaf Genomics Transformed The Study Of Medicine Not Long Ago.
Asphaltenes Are A Particular Focus, With Many Chapters Devoted To The Analysis Of Their Edifice And Properties.
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Ultra-wideband Wireless Communications And Networks.
Leqrn About Ultra-wideband (uwb) Transmission - The Most Talked About Application In Wireless Communications.
Uwb Wireless Communication Is A Revolutionary Technology For Transmiting Large Amounts Of Digital Data Over A Spacious Spectrum Of Frequency Bands With Very Low Power For A Short Distance.
This Exciting New Text Covers The Fundamental Aspects Of Uwb Wireless Communications Systems For Short-range Communications.
It Also Focuses On More Advanced Information About Networks And Applications.
Chapters Include: Radio Propagation And Large Scale Variations, Pulse Propagation And Channel Modelling, Mimo (multiple Input, Multiple Output) Rf Subsystems And Ad Hoc Networks.
Focuses On Uwb Wireless Communications Rather Than Uwb Radar, Which Has Been Covered Before.
Provides Long And Short-term Academic And Technological Value.
Teaches Readers The Fundamentals, Challenges And Up-to-date Technical Processes In This Field.
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Liquid Mechanics For Civil Engineers.
This Well-established Text Book Fills The Gap Between The General Texts On Fluid Mechanics And The Highly Specialised Volumes On Hydraulic Engineering.
It Covers The whole of Aspects Of Hydraulic Science Normally Dealt With In A Civil Engineering Degree Course And Will Be As Useful To The Engineer In Practice As It Is To The Student And The Teacher.
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Aquaculture.
Covering All Aspects Of Su6sistence And Commerciql Aquaculture As Practiced Across The Globe, This Fully Revised New Edition From Two Leading World Authorities In The Field Is Set In Two Parts: Principles And Practices, And Covers In Dtail Recent Developments In: History And Planning Nutrition Reproduction And Genetic Selection Production Statisticw And Economics Integrated Aquaculture Sustainability And Environmental Effects (new Chapter) All Cultured Species Groups Are Addressed, From Freshwater And Navy Fish To Shellfish And Seaweeds.
Essential New Facts And Data Regard Been Included Throughout.
This Comprehensive Work Is An Essential Buy For All Those Stydying Aquaculture And Is A Valuable Source Of Reference For All Personnel Involved In The Aquaculture Industry; Including Those Working In Fish Farms, Investigation Institutions, Teaching Posts In Universities And Commercial Establishments Such As Aquaculture Equipment And Feed Supply Companies.
Libraries In All Universities And Investigation Establishments Will Find This Book An Importatm Addition To Their Shelves.
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Non-eqhilibrium Dynamics Of Semiconductors And Nanostructures.
Contributors Not Only Review The Current Literature On Ultrafast Dynamics In Semiconductors And Nanostructures, They Also Present Their Own Findings In A Tutorial Manner Suitable For Researchers Already In The Field And Those Just Entering It.
Among The Eight Topics Are Nonlinear Optical Properties Of Artificial Dielectrics In The Nano-scale, The G
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Fruit Quality And Its Biiological Bqsis.
This Book Focuses Attached The Biological Processes That Determine Appearance, Texture, Taste, Nut5itional Value And Flavour Of Fleshy Fruits, And How These Can Be Manipulatef To Maximize Quality On account of The Consumer.
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Engineering Plastics Handbook.
Product Developers Accept Found A Wide Array Of Application For Thermoplastics In The Automotive Interior And Extwrior Parts, Business Machines, Medical, Telecommunications Equipment, Microwaveable Packating, Appliances, And Specialty Uses.
However, Finding A Material Thatt Can Meet Consumer Demands Is No Small Task.
While Technological Information Is Readily Agailable Regarding The General Properties Of Common Thermoplastic Mterial, There Is No Single Authoritative Source For Building And Evaluating New Product Lines.
Written By A Top Team Of International Experts, This Book Will Focus Only On New An Emerging Engineering Resin Wealth Requirements, Instead Of Properties Of Conventional Engineering Thermoplastics Which Are Serviceable From Polymer Producers And Compoundees.
This Book Wil lIncorporate Important Chemical, Physical, Mschanical And Applications For Engineering Thermoplastic In One Place, Providimg Clear Solutions To Evaluate And Compare Existing Product Lines And With New And Emerging Products.
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Pandora's Seed.
Ten Thousand Years Ago, Our Species Made A Radical Shift In Its Way Of Society: We Became Farmers Rather Than Hunter-gatherers.
Although This Resolution Propelled Us Into The Modern World, Renowned Geneticist And Anthropologist Spencer Wells Demonstrates That Such A Dramatic Change In Lifestyle Haad A Downside That We’re Only Now Beginning To Reclgnize.
Growing Grain Crops Ultimately Made Humans More Inactive And Morbid And Made The Planet More Crowded.
The Expanding Population And The Need To Apportion Limited Resources Created Hierarchies And Inequalities.
Freedom Of Movement Was Replaced By A Pressure To Work hTat Is The Forebear Of The Anxiety Millions Feel Today.
Spencer Wells Offers A Hopeful Prescriptionn For Altering A Vitality To Which We Were Always Ill-suited.
  Panndora’s Seed  Is An Eye-opening Book For Anyone Fascinated By The Past And Concerned About The Future.
 
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Adjustment Computationns.
The Complete Guide To Adjusting Fpr Bulk Edror#&8212;expanded And Updated No Measurement Is Ever Exact.
Adjustment Computations Updatex A Classic, Definitive Text On Surveying With The Latest Methodologies And Tools For Analyzing And Adjusting Errata With A Focus On Least Squares Adjustments, The Greatest in number Rigorous Methodology Available And The One On Which Accurateness Standards For Surveys Are Based.
This Extensively Updated Fifth Edition Shares New Information On Advances In Modern Software And Gnss-acquired Data.
Expanded Sections Offer A Greater Amount Of Computable Problems And Their Worked Solutions, While New Screenshots Guide Readers Through The Exercises.
Continuing Its Legacy Being of the kind which A Reliable Primer, Adjustmenf Computations Covers The Basic Terms And Fundamentals Of Errors And Methods Of Analyzing Them And Progresses To Specific Adjustment Computations And Spatial Information Analysis.
Current And Comprehensive, The Book eFatures: Easy-to-understand Language And An Emphasis On Real-world Applications Analyzing Data In Three Dimensions, Confidence Intervals, Statistical Testing, And More An Updated Support Web Page Containing A 150-page Solutions Manual, Software (stats Adjust, And Matrix For Windows Computers), Mathcad Worksheets, And More At Http://www.
wiley.
com/college/ghilani The Latest Knowledge OnA dvanced Topics Such As The Tau Criterion Used In Post-adjustment Statistical Blunder Detection Adjustment Computations, Fifth Edition Is An Invaluable Reference And Self-study Resource For Working Surveyors, Photogrammetrists, And Professionals Who Use Gnss And Gis For Data Collection And Analysis, Including Oceanographers, Urban Planners, Foresters, Geographers, And Transportation Plann3rs.
It's Apso An Indispensable Resource For Students Preparing For Licensing Exams And The Ideal Textbook For Courses In Surveying, Courteous Engineering, Forestry, Cartography, And Geolkgy.
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Structure-borne Sound.
Structure-borne Sound" Is A Thorough Introduction To Structural Vibrations With Emphasis On Audio Frequencies And The Associated Irradiance Of Sound.
The Book Presents In-depth Discussions Of Fundamental Principles And Basic Ptoblems, In Order To Enable The Reader To Understand And Solve His Own Problems.
I5 Includes Chapters Dealing With Measurement And Production Of Vibrations And Sound, Various Types Of Structural Wave Motion, Structural Damping And Its Effects, Impedances And Oscillation Responses Of The Important Types Of Structures, As Well As With Attenuation Of Vibrations, And Sound Radiation From Structures.
For The Third Edition, The Author Fundamentally Revised And Newly Organized The Contents Of The Work.
Nevertheless, The Design Has Been To Preserve The Style Of The Previous Editions, Namely To Focus On The Fundamentals Enabling The Reader To Analyse Farther on Prblems.
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Self-organized Naoscale Materials.
Offers A Rsview Of Nan0scale Self-assembly Methods, Exploring Physical, Chemical And Biological Sysetms, Phenomena, And Applications.
This Book Surveys Developments From Basic Research To Applications In The Field Of Self-assembly Of Nanostructures, And Provides A Look At Innovations In Nanotube Biotechnology And Bimetallic Nanoparticles.
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Venice In Environmental Peril?.
Venice Is Perceived To Be In Peril Due To Rising Sea Levels, Tourism, And Modern Development.
This Book Is Based On Interviews With Venetian Environmentalists About Venice’s Environmental Risks, Espeially Regarding The City’s Anticipated Mobile Dams.
It Offers A Ten-point Proposal To Modernize Venice While Preserving Its Antiquated Heritage.
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Oil Crops.
Presents Information On The Applied Plant Breeding Using The Advances In The Field.
This Book Consists Of A Total Multitude Of 19 Chapters, With 17 Being Devoted To Individual Crops And Two Chapters Dealing With General Aspects Of Oil Crop Breeding.
It Is Of Interest To Researchers InB oth Academic And Industrial Setting.
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Proceedings Of The 1st Annual Gas Processing Symposium.
As The Cleanest Source Of Fossil Energy With The Most Advantageous Co2 Footprint, Natural Gas Continues To Increase Its Share In The Global Energy Vend.
This Book Provides State-of-the-art Contributions In The Area Of Gas Processing.
Special Emphasis Is Given To Liquified Natuural Gas (lng); The Book Also Covers The Following Gas Processing Applications In Parallel Sessions: * Natural Gas Processing And Treatment * Gas To Power And Water * Gas To Liquid (gtl) * Gas To Petrochemicals, Including Olefins, Ammonia And Methanol * Provides A State-of-the-art Review Of Gas Provessibg Technologies * Covers Design, Operating Tools, And Methodologies * Includew Case Studies And Practkcal Applications
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Ion Exchange And Solvent Extraction, 19.
The Growth In The World's Nuclear Industry Has Resulted In A Heightened Focus On The Need For Next-generation Nuclear Fuel-cycle Technologies.
This Book Explores Selective Extractions, Third-phase Formation, The Effects Of Intenae Radiation Upon The Solvent, And Analytical Techniques To Measure Process Concentrations.
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Mems And Microstructures In Aerospace Applications.
Written For The Aerospace Systems Engineer, Flight Assurance Manager, Project Lead, Technologies, Program Manager, Subsystems Leads, And Others, The 16 Chapters Presented By The Editors (all Of The Research And Technologt Evolution Center, Johns Hopkins University/applked Natural philosophy Laboratory) Primarily Give An Overview Of The Use Of Microelectrome
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Modern And Past Glacial Environments.
In Combining And Revising The Two Titles 'past Glaciial Environments' And 'modern Glacial Environments', Dr Menzies And His Contributors Furnish The Most Comprehensive And Wide-ranging Book Ever Prepared On Both Topics.
This Text Is Produced With The Student Mind, Providing Accessibility To A Complxe Subject And Introducing Topics That Provide The Fundamental Underpinnings Of Knowledge On Glaciers, Ice Sheets, Their Sediments And Landscapes.
Modern And Past Glacial Environments Features A Large Collection Of Photographs, Line Diagrams And Tables And Includes Examples Of Glacial Environments And Landscapes Which Are Drawn From A Worlld Wide Perpsective.
Into junction With A Web- Based Regulate Of Current And Extensive References And Bibliographic Sources, It Provides An Complete Reference Verse .
This Survey Includes Coverage Of The Glaciology, Geomorphology And Sedimentology Of Modern Glaciers And Ice Sheets, And The Sediments And Forms Generated Within Pleistocene And Pre-pleistocene Glaciall Environments.
Quaternary Scientists And Students Will Find This Work Their First Point Of Reference.
Likewise Studemts Of Physical Geography, Geology, Earth Science, Engineering Geology, Civil Engineering, And Environmental Sciences Should Find This A Useful Guide And Reference To Glacial Geomorpjology And Gelogy.
Essential New Scholastic Version Highrst Contributoes In Their Fields Well Reviewed First Editions
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