Environmental science, engineering and technology

This book covers material ranging from classical hydrodynamic instability to contemporary research areas, including bluff body flow instability and mixed convection flows.

The Soviet Union (1989) examines the state of the Soviet Union at the end of the 1980s.

This important publication provides, for the first time, a comprehensive review of knowledge of reproductive seasonality in teleosts.

'The global oil industry is an exceptionally complex one, and its importance to governments, business and society as a whole is immense.

Today's electricity industry - large power stations feeding a nationwide grid - will soon be a thing of the past.

This new edition of Pharmacoresistance in Epilepsy addresses all issues relating to drug-resistance in epilepsy, including studies in patients as well in experimental models and presents the basis for an understanding of recent developments in the pathogenesis and treatment of this condition.

Remote health monitoring using wearable sensors is an important research area involving several key steps: physiological parameter sensing and data acquisition, data analysis, data security, data transmission to caregivers, and clinical intervention, all of which play a significant role to form a closed loop system.

Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Soil and Water Management discusses the latest approaches for monitoring soil and water degradation in coastal regions under current climate conditions as well as potential further changes in the future.

This book provides a clear explanation of how to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to solve the challenges in solar photovoltaic technology.

In the recent decades, the emerging new molecular measurement techniques and their subsequent availability in chemical database has allowed easier retrieval of the associated data by the chemical analyst.

This book synthesizes ecofeminist theory, American studies, and postcolonial theory to interrogate what New Americanist William V.

This book contains seven chapters on agro-industrial wastes.

This book captures the latest results and techniques for cooperative localization and navigation drawn from a broad array of disciplines.

Can trade liberalization and environmental protection be pursued together, or do the two objectives inevitably conflict?

Shelving Guide; Environmental ScienceThis is a groundbreaking and innovative book now in its fourth edition.

Elements of Power Systems prepares students for engineering degrees, diplomas, Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers (AMIE) examinations, or corresponding examinations in electrical power systems.

Approximately 77 percent of the freshwater used in the United States comes from surface-water sources and is subject to natural organic matter contamination according to the United States Geological Survey.

This book contains detailed knowledge about testing principles of fibre, yarn, and fabric characteristics, the tensile characteristics of materials and testing of fibrous-composites and technical textiles.

This fascinating reference offers a unique take on recycling and trash, tracing the role of waste in public health, climate change, and sustainability around the world.

This book is written in a simple, straightforward manner without complicated mathematical derivatives.

Over the past two decades, the organization and provision of air traffic control (ATC) services has been dramatically transformed.

The focus of this interdisciplinary volume is on four areas of nanoparticle research: characterization, manipulation, and potential effects on humanity and the environment.

Over the last few decades, unprecedented global population growth has led to increased demand for food and shelter.

Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science contains the selected papers resulting from the 2022 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Management Science (ICUEMS 2022).

Incidents such as nuclear weapon tests, accidents in nuclear power plants, transport accidents and accidental or authorised discharges from nuclear facilities have introduced anthropogenic radionuclides into the environment.

Small Hydroelectric Engineering Practice is a comprehensive reference book covering all aspects of identifying, building, and operating hydroelectric schemes between 500 kW and 50 MW.

Advanced high strength steels (AHSSs) for auto-making are primarily produced by rolling, plus heat treatment technologies if necessary.

This book studies the low-carbon transformation path of the automotive industry.

Protein-mediated charge transport is of relevant importance in the design of protein-based electronics and in attaining an adequate level of understanding of protein functioning.

The major challenge for companies is to create a business that will last.

Environmental decisions present themselves every day in forms large and small.

Water is intricately linked with food security, energy security, and sustainable development.

"e;Wetland Restoration: Shanghai Dalian Lake Project"e; introduces the whole Shanghai DaLian wetland restoration project, including the background investigation of the wetland, the overall planning of wetland restoration, its detailed design, engineering construction and engineering effects.

Applied Statistics for Environmental Science with R presents the theory and application of statistical techniques in environmental science and aids researchers in choosing the appropriate statistical technique for analyzing their data.

Charging for the use of transport infrastructure has very different traditions in the various modes, reflecting the different nature of their infrastructure (nodal vs.

Pollution of waterbodies and the environment by petroleum industry is of particular concern in Nigeria.

Presenting research papers contributed by experts in dynamics and control, Advances in Dynamics and Control examines new ideas, reviews the latest results, and investigates emerging directions in the rapidly-growing field of aviation and aerospace.

This collection reclaims public intellectuals and scholars important to the foundational work in American Studies that contributed to emerging conceptions of an "e;ecological citizenship"e; advocating something other than nationalism or an "e;exclusionary ethics of place.

Public water systems deliver high-quality water to the public.

This second edition of the well-received volume addresses a diverse selection of topics in green chemistry, highlighting the potential and scope of green chemistry for clean and sustainable development.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

The change in climatic conditions has resulted in a series of events from the melting of polar ice to the rising of sea levels.

The 10th Urban Environment Symposium (10UES) was held on 9-11 June 2010 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Modern thermodynamics is a unique but still not a logically self-consistent field of knowledge.

This book focuses on both production and extraction aspects of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) for their commercialization purpose.

An argument that environmental challenges will only resonate with citizens of affluent postindustrial countries if sustainability concerns emerge from everyday practices.

The Value Stream Mapping Facilitator Guide provides the structure to help guide the facilitator through the Value Stream Mapping process.

New and Future Developments in Catalysis is a package of seven books that compile the latest ideas concerning alternate and renewable energy sources and the role that catalysis plays in converting new renewable feedstock into biofuels and biochemicals.

First published in 1975.

Forestry is the interdisciplinary profession embracing the science, art, and craft of creating, managing, using, and conserving forests and associated resources in a sustainable manner to meet desired goals, needs, and values for human benefit.