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  • 1
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    Online Resource
    Spatial Modeling and Assessment of Environmental Contaminants : Risk Assessment and Remediation (2021)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Biotic communities. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Environmental management. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Pollution. ; Ecosystems. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Soil and Sediment Contaminants, Risk Assessment and Remediation -- Chapter 1. Introduction to Part I: Soil and Sediment Contaminants, Risk Assessment and Remediation -- Chapter 2. Combating Arsenic Pollution in Soil Environment via Alternate Agricultural Land Use -- Chapter 3. Temporal and Seasonal Variation in Leachate Pollution Index (LPI) in Sanitary Landfill Sites- A Case study of Baidyabati landfill, West Bengal, India -- Chapter 4.Quantification of Landfill Gas Emission and Energy Recovery Potential: A Comparative Assessment of LandGEM and MTM Model for Kolkata -- Chapter 5. Assessment of natural enrichment of heavy minerals along coastal placers of India: Role of lake and river mouth embayment and its implications -- Chapter 6. Assessment the Impact of Plastic Contaminated Fertilizers on Agricultural Soil Health: A Case Study in Memari II C.D.Block, Purba Bardhaman,West Bengal, India -- Chapter 7. Determining the Role of Leaf Relative Water Content and Soil Cation Exchange Capacity in Phytoextraction Process – Using Regression Modelling -- Chapter 8. Phytoremediation of Arsenic using Allium sativum as Model System -- Chapter 9. Spatio-temporal analysis of open waste dumping sites using Google Earth: A case study of Kharagpur City, India -- Part II. Water Contaminants, Risk Assessment and Remediation -- Chapter 10. Introduction to Part II: Water Contaminants, Risk Assessment and Remediation -- Chapter 11. Groundwater Arsenic Contamination Zone based on geospatial modeling, risk and remediation -- Chapter 12. Geospatial assessment of surface water pollution and industrial activities in Ibadan, Nigeria -- Chapter 13. Aquaculture-based water quality assessment and risk remediationalong the Rasulpur River belt, West Bengal -- Chapter 14. Heavy Metal Contamination in Groundwater and Impact on Plant and Human -- Chapter 15. Emerging Threats of Microplastic contaminant in freshwater environment -- Chapter 16. Exploring Particle Size Transport Variability of Suspended Sediments in two Alpine Catchments over the Lesser Himalayan Region, India -- Chapter 17. Salinity and corrosion potential of groundwater in Mewat district of Haryana, India -- Chapter 18. Threats to quality in the coasts of the Black Sea: heavy metal pollution of seawater, sediment, macro-algae and sea-grass -- Chapter 19. Geospatial assessment of groundwater quality for drinking through Water Quality Index and Human Health Risk Index in an upland area of Chotanagpur Plateau of West Bengal, India -- Chapter 20. Existence of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in the conventional water treatment process -- Chapter 21. Arsenic-rich surface and groundwater around eastern parts of Rupnagar district, Punjab, India -- Part III. Environmental Contaminants, Impacts and Sustainable Management -- Chapter 22. Introduction to Part III: Environmental Contaminants, Risk Assessment and Remediation -- Chapter 23. Dynamics of ultra-fine particles in indoor and outdoor environments: a modelling approach to study the evolution of particle characteristics -- Chapter 24. Environmental impacts of coal-mining and coal-fired power-plant activities in a developing country with global context -- Chapter 25. Overview of Indoor air pollution: A human health perspective -- Chapter 26. Mineralogy and Morphological characterization of Technogenic Magnetic Particles (TMP) from industrial dust: Insights into environmental implications -- Chapter 27. Pesticides: Recent Updates on Types Toxicity and Bioremediation Strategies -- Chapter 28. Commonly available plant neem (Azadirachtaindica A. Juss) ameliorates dimethoate induced toxicity in climbing perch Anabas testudineus -- Chapter 29. Estimating Particulate Matter concentrations from MODIS AOD considering meteorological parameters using Random Forest Algorithm -- Chapter 30 Bio-monitoring and bioremediation of a trans-boundary river in India: Functional roles of benthic mollusks and fungi -- Chapter 31 Assessing the Maximum Aerobic Biodegradation Potential of Leaf Litter, an Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste, Under Optimum Nutrient Conditions -- Chapter 32. Rising trend of air pollution and its decadal consequences on meteorology and thermal comfort over Gangetic West Bengal, India.
    Abstract: This book demonstrates the measurement, monitoring and mapping of environmental contaminants in soil & sediment, surface & groundwater and atmosphere. This book explores state-of-art techniques based on methodological and modeling in modern geospatial techniques specifically focusing on the recent trends in data mining techniques and robust modeling. It also presents modifications of and improvements to existing control technologies for remediation of environmental contaminants. In addition, it includes three separate sections on contaminants, risk assessment and remediation of different existing and emerging pollutants. It covers major topics such as: Radioactive Wastes, Solid and Hazardous Wastes, Heavy Metal Contaminants, Arsenic Contaminants, Microplastic Pollution, Microbiology of Soil and Sediments, Soil Salinity and Sodicity, Aquatic Ecotoxicity Assessment, Fluoride Contamination, Hydrochemistry, Geochemistry, Indoor Pollution and Human Health aspects. The content of this book will be of interest to researchers, professionals, and policymakers whose work involves environmental contaminants and related solutions.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XX, 720 p. 225 illus., 185 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030634223
    Series Statement: Environmental Challenges and Solutions,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63422-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63422-3
    DDC: 577
    Language: English
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  • 2
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    Online Resource
    Soil Health and Environmental Sustainability : Application of Geospatial Technology (2022)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Geography. ; Soil science. ; Agriculture. ; Ecology . ; Geography. ; Soil Science. ; Agriculture. ; Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Application of RS-GIS-R for soil-land resources assessment, monitoring, and modelling -- Assessment of soil health and monitoring -- Soil and sediments pollution -- Microbiology of Soil and Sediments -- Soil Salinity and Sodicity -- Soil erosion and contamination from agricultural activities -- Digital soil mapping and carbon stock modelling -- Soil degradation and Risk assessment -- Agricultural Soil Pollution -- Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination -- Environmental Pollution of Soil and Anthropogenic Impact -- Soil pollution by industrial effluents and solid wastes -- Environmental impact and risk assessment -- Open source satellite data and GIS for soil resources mapping and monitoring -- Bioremediation in soil resources management and land use planning.
    Abstract: This book demonstrates the measurement, monitoring, mapping and modelling of soil pollution and land resources. This book explores state-of-the-art techniques based on open sources software & R statistical programming and modelling in modern geo-computation techniques specifically focusing on the recent trends in data mining/machine learning techniques and robust modelling in soil resources. Soil and agricultural systems are an integral part of the global environment and human well‐being, providing multiple goods and services essential for people worldwide and crucial for sustainable development. Soil contamination is an environmental hazard and has become a big issue related to environmental health. The challenge of the twenty-first century is to reduce the contaminant load and bring it to below permissible level. The contamination is not only a problem affecting local environments at the place of occurrence but also spreading to other regions because of easy transportation of pollutants. This leads to direct and indirect contamination of land and aquatic systems, surface water and groundwater, inducing significant risks for natural ecosystems. In this context, the spatial modelling, prediction, efficient use, risk assessment, protection and management of soil resources in the agriculture system are the key to achieving sustainable development goals and ensuring the promotion of an economically, socially and environmental sustainability future. The aim of this book on soil contaminants and environmental health: application of geospatial technology is to identify the soil and sediment quality, sources of contaminants and risk assessment and focuses on the decision-making and planning point of view through GIS data management techniques. This book covers major topics such as spatial modelling in soil and sediments pollution and remediation; radioactive wastes, microbiology of soil and sediments, soil salinity and sodicity, pollution from landfill sites, soil erosion and contamination from agricultural activities, heavy metal pollution and health risk; environmental impact and risk assessment, sustainable land use, landscape management and governance, soil degradation and risk assessment, agricultural soil pollution, pollution due to urban activities, soil pollution by industrial effluents and solid wastes, pollution control and mitigation in extreme environments. The content of this book is of interest to researchers, professionals and policy-makers whose work is in soil science and agriculture practices. The book equips with the knowledge and skills to tackle a wide range of issues manifested in geographic data, including those with scientific, societal and environmental implications.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXIV, 729 p. 208 illus., 188 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031092701
    Series Statement: Environmental Science and Engineering,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09270-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-09270-1
    DDC: 910
    Language: English
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  • 3
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    Online Resource
    Treatment and Disposal of Solid and Hazardous Wastes (2022)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environment. ; Pollution. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Biodegradation of Floral Waste under Aerobic Conditions with Different Microbial Inocula and Aeration Methods -- 2. The Treatment of Landfill Leachate and Other Wastewaters Using Constructed Wetlands -- 3. Occurrence of Natural Radioactivity, its Elevated Levels in Ground Water and Implications -- 4. Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) Production and Utilisation Potential from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in India -- 5. Impact of Sandstone Quarrying on the Health of Quarry Workers and Local Residents: A Case Study of Keru, Jodhpur, India -- 6. Incorporation of Life Cycle Thinking in Development of Integrated Solid Waste Management Systems -- 7. Reuse and Recycle: A Green Chemistry Approach -- 8. An Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) Plan Using Google Earth and Linear Programming: A Case Study of Kharagpur City, West Bengal -- 9. Optimization of F/M Ratio during Anaerobic Codigestion of Yard Waste with Food Waste: Biogas Production and System Stability -- 10. An Overview of the Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules in India -- 11. Environmental Implications of High Radiation in Beach Placers -- 12. Wastes to Wealth for Bioenergy Generation -- Index.
    Abstract: Interest in solid and hazardous waste management is relatively recent, i.e., in the last three decades, and is driven by regulations in most countries. It began with industrial hazardous waste followed by municipal solid waste, and subsequently by many other categories of waste. This book presents numerous examples and case studies of innovative tools, treatment methods and applications in this growing area of research and development. It describes in detail laboratory methods of measuring the biodegradation of specific organic fractions, like floral waste, and also discusses the treatment of yard and food waste by anaerobic digestion and landfill leachate using constructed wetlands. Case studies are provided that show how remote sensing (RS) and GIS were used to develop an integrated solid waste management plan for a city and to evaluate the environmental impacts of stone quarrying activities. The book also features chapters discussing the implications of natural radioactivity in beach placers and their impact on groundwater and other parts of the environment, as well as the twelve principles of green chemistry and their application in the reuse and recycling of solid waste. Moreover, it includes examples of waste to energy, like refuse derived fuel and biofuel generation and an evaluation of their potential, and covers topics such as life cycle assessment as a tool for developing integrated solid waste management systems and an overview of municipal solid waste management rules, illustrating the importance of technological inputs in the development of regulatory frameworks. Written by leading practitioners and scholars in the field, the book enables readers to understand and apply these principles and practices in their endeavours.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: IX, 236 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030296438
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29643-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29643-8
    DDC: 363.728
    Language: English
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    Monograph available for loan
    Economic models, estimation and socioeconomic systems : Essays in Honor of Karl A. Fox (1991)
    Amsterdam [u.a.] : North-Holland
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    Call number: PIK B 020-92-0674
    In: Contributions to economic analysis
    Type of Medium: Monograph available for loan
    Pages: 645 p.
    ISBN: 0444881026
    Series Statement: Contributions to economic analysis 186
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    New Growth Theory : An Applied Perspective (1998)
    Cheltenham ; Northampton : Edward Elgar
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    Call number: PIK B 160-99-0019
    Type of Medium: Monograph available for loan
    Pages: 233 p.
    ISBN: 1858988756
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    Reconstructed pCO2 data from tree ring cellulose δ¹³C during 1902-2005 at 10 sites in the Tropics and Northern Subtropics
    PANGAEA
    In:  Supplement to: Bose, Trina; Chakraborty, Supriyo; Borgaonkar, Hemant; Sengupta, Saikat (2014): Estimation of past atmospheric carbon dioxide levels using tree-ring d13C. Current Science, 107(6), 971-982
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    Publication Date: 2023-05-12
    Description: This is the reconstructed pCO2 data from Tree ring cellulose d13C data with estimation errors for 10 sites (location given below) by a geochemical model as given in the publication by Trina Bose, Supriyo Chakraborty, Hemant Borgaonkar, Saikat Sengupta. This data was generated in Stable Isotope Laboratory, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune - 411008, India
    Keywords: BAGR; Bagrot Valley, Pakistan; Blanco West, California; BOIB; Boibar Valley, Pakistan; BWCA; Carbon dioxide, partial pressure; Carbon dioxide, partial pressure, model estimation error; CASW; Cavergno, Switzerland; DATE/TIME; Event label; Kanasar, Uttaranchal, India; KAUT; KOHP; Kothi, Himachal Pradesh, India; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; LOSW; Lötschental, Switzerland; Moreju River Valley, Russia; MRUS; PMPE; Puerto Maldonado, Peru; Reconstructed using tree ring cellulose d13C data; Vigera, Switzerland; VISW
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    Self-Organization in the Nervous System (2021)
    Frontiers Media SA
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Description: This special issue reviews state-of-the-art approaches to the biophysical roots of cognition. These approaches appeal to the notion that cognitive capacities serve to optimize responses to changing external conditions. Crucially, this optimisation rests on the ability to predict changes in the environment, thus allowing organisms to respond pre-emptively to changes before their onset. The biophysical mechanisms that underwrite these cognitive capacities remain largely unknown; although a number of hypotheses has been advanced in systems neuroscience, biophysics and other disciplines. These hypotheses converge on the intersection of thermodynamic and information-theoretic formulations of self-organization in the brain. The latter perspective emerged when Shannon’s theory of message transmission in communication systems was used to characterise message passing between neurons. In its subsequent incarnations, the information theory approach has been integrated into computational neuroscience and the Bayesian brain framework. The thermodynamic formulation rests on a view of the brain as an aggregation of stochastic microprocessors (neurons), with subsequent appeal to the constructs of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. In particular, the use of ensemble dynamics to elucidate the relationship between micro-scale parameters and those of the macro-scale aggregation (the brain). In general, the thermodynamic approach treats the brain as a dissipative system and seeks to represent the development and functioning of cognitive mechanisms as collective capacities that emerge in the course of self-organization. Its explicanda include energy efficiency; enabling progressively more complex cognitive operations such as long-term prediction and anticipatory planning. A cardinal example of the Bayesian brain approach is the free energy principle that explains self-organizing dynamics in the brain in terms of its predictive capabilities – and selective sampling of sensory inputs that optimise variational free energy as a proxy for Bayesian model evidence. An example of thermodynamically grounded proposals, in this issue, associates self-organization with phase transitions in neuronal state-spaces; resulting in the formation of bounded neuronal assemblies (neuronal packets). This special issue seeks a discourse between thermodynamic and informational formulations of the self-organising and self-evidencing brain. For example, could minimization of thermodynamic free energy during the formation of neuronal packets underlie minimization of variational free energy?
    Keywords: RC321-571 ; Q1-390 ; consciousness ; understanding ; Markov blanket ; Hebbian assembly ; neuronal packet ; Bayesian brain ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAN Neurosciences
    Language: English
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    Macromolecular Structure Underlying Recognition in Innate Immunity (2021)
    Frontiers Media SA
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    Publication Date: 2023-12-21
    Description: Immune molecules have evolved to distinguish “self “molecules from “non-self”, “altered self” and “danger” molecules. Recognition is mediated via interactions between pattern recognition receptor molecules (PPRs) and their ligands, which include hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions between amino acid residues on the PPRs and uncharged or charged groups on amino acid residues, sugar rings or DNA/RNA molecules. Recognition in innate immunity range from cases (C1q, mannin-binding protein etc) where recognition is orchestrated by interaction between many ligands with one receptor molecule, and density of interaction is necessary for strong specific recognition, distinct from weak non-specific binding, and cases such as TLRs and NLRs where recognition involves complexation of single receptor and ligand, followed by oligomerisation of the receptor molecule. The majority of PPR molecules bind and recognise a wide variety of ligands, e.g TLR4 recognises LPS (gram negative bacteria), Lipotechoic acid (gram positive bacteria), heat shock protein hsp60, respiratory syncytial virus fusion protein etc, molecules that are structurally dissimilar to each other. This indicates considerable flexibility in their binding domains (amino acid residue variations) and modes (hydrophobic and charged, direct or mediated via an adaptor molecule). However, in many cases there is a dearth of structural and molecular data available, required to delineate the mechanism of ligand binding underlining recognition in pathogen receptors in innate immunity. Insights into requirements of conformation, charge, surface etc in the recognition and function of innate immunity receptors and their activation pathways, based on current data can suggest valuable avenues for future work.
    Keywords: R5-920 ; RC581-607 ; HIV-1 ; host-pathogen interactions ; zebrafish model system ; innate immunity ; protein-protein interaction ; complement ; malaria ; pattern recognition ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine
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    How Megaprojects Are Damaging Nigeria and How to Fix It (2022)
    Springer Nature | Palgrave Macmillan
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: Since 1960, two-thirds of very large governmental projects in Nigeria have not only failed, but been abandoned mid-course. This presents a bigger failure rate than mega projects elsewhere, and yet there is no available data or analysis to help us understand the reasons behind such failures. This book provides an authoritative examination into why very large projects in Nigeria have failed so badly, and provides practical recommendations on how the Nigerian government can improve its project performance. Drawing on data from 38 very large projects (19 completed and 19 abandoned) with a total budget of over $25B, this book presents detailed analysis of these projects and in-depth case studies 11 of the projects, and presents lessons for improvement. Through this, the authors have identified a small number of key success drivers, and argue that making moderate improvements on any of them would, on average, save hundreds of millions of dollars on one large project alone. This book is a game-changer in the management of government mega projects in Nigeria. With clear implications for other developing economies, this is a vital resource for project management practitioners, executives and civil servants. This is an open access book.
    Keywords: Developing countries ; emerging economies ; project governance ; corruption ; large programmes ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJK International business ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJM Management and management techniques::KJMP Project management
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    Voicing Code in STEM (2022)
    The MIT Press | The MIT Press
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    Publication Date: 2022-02-21
    Description: An exploration of coding that investigates the interplay between computational abstractions and the fundamentally interpretive nature of human experience. The importance of coding in K–12 classrooms has been taken up by both scholars and educators. Voicing Code in STEM offers a new way to think about coding in the classroom—one that goes beyond device-level engagement to consider the interplay between computational abstractions and the fundamentally interpretive nature of human experience. Building on Mikhail Bakhtin's notions of heterogeneity and heteroglossia, the authors explain how STEM coding can be understood as voicing computational utterances, rather than a technocentric framing of building computational artifacts. Empirical chapters illustrate this theoretical stance by investigating different framings of coding as voicing. Understanding the experiential nature of coding allows us to design better tools and curricula for students, and enables us to see computing as experience beyond the mastery of symbolic power. Arguing for a critical phenomenology of coding, the authors explain that the phenomenological dimension refocuses attention on the fundamentally complex nature of human experiences that are involved in coding and learning to code. The critical dimension involves learning to recognize voices that historically have received less attention.
    Keywords: STEM Education ; Science Education ; Computing Education ; Computational Thinking ; Technocentrism ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNV Educational equipment & technology, computer-aided learning (CAL) ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNU Teaching of a specific subject
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