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Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: High-resolution Paleoclimatology - R. Bradley What is high-resolution paleoclimatology? What are its major achievements? What opportunities and challenges does it now face? What should dendroclimatology's role be in this? Chapter 2: Dendroclimatology in high-resolution Paleoclimatology - M. K. Hughes, H. F. Diaz and Th. W. Swetnam An overview of the development of dendroclimatology and an introduction to the questions posed in this book. Scientific bases of dendroclimatology Chapter 3: How well understood are the processes that create tree-ring records? - G. Vaganov Starting at the most basic level of the environmental control of tree-ring formation, do we have the necessary biological and ecophysiological understanding of this to support inferences about climate variability from tree rings? What are the weak points of this understanding and how might they be strengthened? Chapter 4: The state of the art of quantitative methods in dendroclimatology - E. Cook How sound are the quantitative techniques commonly used in dendroclimatology, in chronology building, identification and reconstruction of climate variables and the checking of these reconstructions? Are they appropriate to the material being analyzed and to the climatological problems being addressed? How might they be improved? Chapter 5: Detecting low-frequency change using tree rings - K. Briffa What limits the ability of tree-ring records to faithfully record climate variability at low frequencies (multi-centennial to millennial)? How might those limitations be overcome, if at all? What are the advantages and limitations of older and more novel approaches? What are the implications of these limitations? Reconstruction of climate patterns and values relative to today's climate Chapter 6: Dendroclimatology at regional and continental scales - R. Villalba What have been the major contributions of dendroclimatology to climatology so far? In what regions and for which climate problems is exciting progress now being made? What next? Chapter 7: Dendroclimatology at hemispheric and global scales - M. K. Hughes and M. Mann What are the achievements of dendroclimatology as applied at hemispheric and global scales climate patterns, circulation indices and large-scale means? What are the limitations of this approach? How might they be overcome? How might dendroclimatology contribute to the study of central pressing problems such as "How big is climate sensitivity? How has the last century, and especially recent decades, compared with earlier centuries? How faithful a representation of variability in recent centuries does the 20th century instrumental record give? Particular attention will be given to: a) identifying the most robust findings; and b) the most serious limitations. Chapter 8: Dendroclimatology, dendrohydrology and water resources management - C. Woodhouse and D. Meko How may dendroclimatology contribute to the study of water resources? How may it be used to inform modern public and decision-maker expectations of climate variability? Chapter 9: Dendroclimatology and the ecosystem impacts of climate - Th. W. SwetnamHow has dendroclimatology contributed to disturbance ecology? What is the significance of the recent changes in tree-growth-climate relationships observed in some regions, not only for dendroclimatology, but also for the understanding of the impacts of climate variability and change on ecosystems? Chapter 10: Dendroclimatology and the understanding of the interactions between climate variability and ancient human societies - D. Stahle and J. DeanHow has dendroclimatology contributed to understanding of the relationships between climate variability and societies in ancient times? Chapter 11: Tree rings and climate- sharpening the focus - M. K. Hughes, H. F. Diaz and Th. W. Swetnam What has been learned, using tree rings, about natural climate variability and its environmental and social impacts? What are the most significant strengths and weaknesses of dendroclimatology and the needs of, and opportunities for, future work.

Description / Table of Contents: This volume presents an overview of the current state of dendroclimatology, its contributions over the last 30 years, and its future potential. The material included is useful not only to those who generate tree-ring records of past climate-dendroclimatologists, but also to users of their results - climatologists, hydrologists, ecologists and archeologists.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1 Introduction ; 2 The Japanese Asset Price Bubble: A Heterogeneous Approach ; 3 Time of Troubles: The Yen and Japan's Economy, 1985-2008 ; 4 The Japan-US Exchange Rate, Productivity, and the Competitiveness of Japanese Industries ; 5 International Financial Integration and Japanese EconomicPerformance ; 6 Consumption, Land Prices, and the Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Japan ; 7 The Japanese Employment System after the Bubble Burst: New Evidence ; 8 Labor Immobility in Japan: Its Causes and Consequences ; 9 The Changing Role of Main Banks in Aiding Distressed Firms in Japan ; 10 Corporate Restructuring in Japan during the Lost Decade ; 11 An Exploration of the Japanese Slowdown during the 1990s

Description / Table of Contents: Table des matières. - Sommaire. - Introduction generale. - Premiere partie : La geomorphologie paraglaciaire : approche epistemologique. - Introduction de la premiere partie. - Chapitre 1 Le concept de paraglaciaire, evolution semantique. - Introduction du chapitre 1. - 1 Le "paraglaciaire" : naissance d'un concept. - 1.1. Les articles de June M. Ryder de 1971. - 1.2. La conceptualisation du "paraglaciaire" par M. Church et J. M. Ryder en 1972. - 1.2.1. Les processus paraglaciaires. - 1.2.2. La sequence paraglaciaire. - 2. Le "paraglaciaire" avant Ia naissance du concept. - 2.1. Les "Messieurs Jourdain" du paraglaciaire. - 2.2. Les premieres utilisations du terme "paraglaciaire" avant J. M. Ryder (1971). - 2.2.1. Les tentatives de substirution du terme "periglaciaire" par celui de "paraglaciaire". - 2.2.2. L'utilisation du terme "paraglaciaire" sans definition du concept. - Conclusion du premier chapitre. - Chapitre 2 Le "geosysteme paraglaciaire" : concept integrateur?. - Introduction du deuxieme chapitre. - 1. La determination de Ia duree de Ia sequence paraglaciaire. - 1.1. Le modele de calibration du destockage sedimentaire paraglaciaire selon Ballamyne. - 1.2. Le modele sedimentaire paraglaciaire selon Church et Slaymaker. - 1.3. Les perturbations externes au modele de destockage paraglaciaire. - 2. Definition du concept de "geosysteme paraglaciaire". - 2.1. Le concept de "geosysreme". - 2.2. Le concept de "geosysteme paraglaciaire". - 3. Les sous-systemes face aux sequences paraglaciaires. - 3.1. Le sous-systeme gravitaire au cours d'une sequence paraglaciaire. - 3.2. Le sous-systeme fluvial au cours d'une sequence paraglaciaire. - 3.3. Le sous-systeme lacustre au cours d'une sequence paraglaciaire. - 3.4. Le sous-systeme eolien au cours d'une sequence paraglaciaire. - 3.5. Le sous-systeme littoral au cours d'une sequence paraglaciaire. - 3.6. Le sous-systeme marin au cours d'une sequence paraglaciaire. - 3. 7. Le sous-systeme socio-spatial face aux aleas paraglaciaires. - Conclusion du deuxieme chapitre. - Conclusion de la premiere partie. - Deuxieme partie : La geomorphologie paraglaciaire : approche spatio-temporelle. - Introduction de la deuxieme partie. - Chapitre 3 Les changements climatiques a l'origine des crises paraglaciaires. - Introduction du troisieme chapitre. - 1. L'origine des changements climatiques. - 1.1. L'origine tectonique. - 1.2. L'origine astronomique. - 1.3. Les gaz a effet de serre. - 2. Les echelles spatio-temporelles des changements climatiques. - 2.1. Les changements climatiques majeurs dans le passe. - 2.1.1. Les glaciations anterieures au Pleistocene. - 2.1.2. Les archives climatiques pleistocenes des forages glaciaires. - 2.2. La variabilite du clirnat. - 2.2.1. Les interstades de Dansgaard-Oeschger (DO). - 2.2.2. Les evenements de Heinrich. - 2.2.3. L'oscillation Nord Atlantique (NAO). - 2.2.4. L'oscillation arctique (AO). - 2.3. Les changements actuels et futurs du climat. - 2.3.1. Le rechauffement du bassin arctique. - 2.3.2. L'albedo : cle de comprehension du systeme climatique arctique. - 2.3.3. Les boucles de retroaction du systeme climatique arctique. - 2.3.4. Les nuances regionales et locales au sein du monde polaire. - 2.3.5. Changements climatiques et couvertures vegetales. - Conclusion du troisieme chapitre. - Chapitre 4 Les crises geomorphologiques paraglaciaires. - Introduction du quatrieme chapitre. - 1. Definition d'une crise geomorphologique paraglaciaire. - 1.1. La notion de seuil et son application au paraglaciaire. - 1.2. Le concept "d'equilibre dynarnique" applique au paraglaciaire. - 1.3. Le conccpt de "sensibilite". - 1.4. Application du modele de destockage sedimentaire paraglaciaire de Ballantyne. - 2. Les echelles temporelles des crises geomorphologiques paraglaciaires. - 2.1. Crises paraglaciaires instantanees. - 2.1.1. Les jökulhlaups sur les piemonts islandais. - 2.1.2. Les enseignements de la marge de glacier Baron au Spitsberg. - 2.2. Crises paraglaciaires d'echelle decennale. - 2.2.1. Les enseignements du sous-systeme gravitaire du Colletthogda (Spitsberg). - 2.2.2. Les enseignements du sous-systeme fluvial : l'evolution des sandurs islandais en contexte paraglaciaire. - 2.2.3. Les enseignements du sous-systeme littoral : Ia progradation des littoraux meubles au Spitsberg. - 2.3. Crises paraglaciaires d'echelle centennale : les enseignements des metamorphoses fluviales alpines. - 2.4. Crises paraglaciaires d'echelle millennale. - 2.4.1. Decohesion postglaciaire des parois. - 2.4.2. L'encaissement du reseau hydrographique. - 2.4.3. Le "volcanisme paraglaciaire". - Conclusion du quatrieme chapitre. - Conclusion de Ia deuxieme partie : Les limites spatio-temporelles du paraglaciaire. - Les limites du paraglaciaire actif. - Les limites du paleo-paraglaciaire. - Les limites du paraglaciaire potentiel. - Troisieme partie : La geomorphologie paraglaciaire : pour une relecture des formes des milieux froids. - Introduction de Ia troisieme partie. - Chapitre 5 Les formes paraglaciaires sricto sensu. - Introduction du cinquieme chapitre. - 1 Les formes paraglaciaires sur les versants. - 1.1. Les formes associees a Ia decohesion des parois. - 1.2. Les formes liees a l'ajustement paraglaciaire des depots de pente. - 2 Les formes paraglaciaires sur les surfaces. - 3 Les formes littorales paraglaciaires. - 4 Les formes liees aux accumulations offshore paraglaciaires. - 5 Le nano-paraglaciaire : approche microscopique. - Conclusion du cinquieme chapitre. - Chapitre 6 Le röle de Ia sequence paraglaciaire dans l'elaboration des formes glaciaires et periglaciaires. - Introduction du sixieme chapitre. - 1. Les formes majeures d'evidement : glaciaires ou paraglaciaires?. - 1.1. Les cirques. - 1.2. Les vallees en auge. - 1.3. Les fjords. - 2. Les formes d'echelle moyenne d'accumulation sur les surfaces : glaciaires ou paraglaciaires?. - 2.1. Les hummocky moraines moraines et les kettles. - 2.2. Les drumlins. - 2.3. Les eskers. - 2.4. Les kames. - 3. Les formes d'echelle moyenne d'accumulation au pied des versants : periglaciaires ou paraglaciaires?. - 3.1. Les glaciers rocheux : glaciaires, periglaciaires ou paraglaciaires?. - 3.2. Les tabliers et les cones d'eboulis : periglaciaires ou paraglaciaires?. - 4. Le concept de "paraperiglaciaire". - 4.1. Les premieres utilisations du terme de "paraperiglaciaire". - 4.2. Les processus et les formes paraperiglaciaires. - 4.3. Les limites spatio-temporelles du paraperiglaciaire. - Conclusion du sixieme chapitre. - Conclusion de la troisieme partie. - Conclusion generale. - 1 Le concept de paraglaciaire peut-il tout expliquer?. - 2 L'apport du concept de paraglaciaire a la comprehension des formes des milieux froids. - 3 Les crises paraglaciaires. - 4 - Les pistes de recherche a explorer. - Bibliographie. - Table des illusttations. - Table des matieres.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1 Modern processors ; 2 Basic optimization techniques for serial code ; 3 Data access optimization ; 4 Parallel computers ; 5 Basics of parallelization ; 6 Shared-memory parallel programming with OpenMP ; 7 Efficient OpenMP programming ; 8 Locality optimizations on ccNUMA architectures ; 9 Distributed-memory parallel programming with MPI ; 10 Efficient MPI programming ; 11 Hybrid parallelization with MPI and OpenMP ; A Topology and affinity in multicore environments ; B Solutions to the problems

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction and Overview. 2. System Modeling and Stability Problems. 3. Lyapunov Stability and Stability Regions of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems. 4. Quasi-Stability Regions: Analysis and Characterization. 5. Energy Function Theory and Direct Methods. 6. Constructing Analytical Energy Functions for Transient Stability Models. 7. Construction of Numerical Energy Functions for Lossy Transient Stability Models. 8. Direct Methods for Stability Analysis: An Introduction. 9. Foundation of the Closest UEP Method. 10. Foundations of the Potential Energy Boundary Surface Method. 11. Controlling UEP Method: Theory. 12. Controlling UEP Method: Computations. 13. Foundations of Controlling UEP Methods for Network-Preserving Transient Stability Models. 14. Network-Reduction BCU Method and Its Theoretical Foundation. 15. Numerical Network-Reduction BCU Method. 16. Network-Preserving BCU Method and Its Theoretical Foundation. 17. Numerical Network-Preserving BCU Method. 18. Numerical Studies of BCU Methods from Stability Boundary Perspectives. 19. Study of the Transversality Conditions of the BCU Method. 20. The BCU-Exit Point Method. 21. Group Properties of Contingencies in Power Systems. 22. Group-Based BCU-Exit Method. 23. Group-Based BCU-CUEP Methods. 24. Group-Based BCU Method. 25. Perspectives and Future Directions. Appendix

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Einleitung ; Teil I - Handlungstheorie: Der Rational-Choice-Ansatz - Anomalien, Erweiterungen, Alternativen ; 1. Die Theorie der Frame-Selektion als Überwindung der Theorie der rationalen Wahl ; 2. Praxistheorie - die rationale Wahl? ; 3. Altruismus, Egoismus, Reziprozität ; 4. Rationalität und Emotion ; Teil II - Ordnungstheorie: Die Pluralität von Modellen sozialer Ordnung und das Koordinationsproblem ; 5. Kollektives Wissen und epistemisches Vertrauen: der Ansatz der Sozialen Erkenntnistheorie ; 6. Signaling und die Theorie sozialer Normen ; 7. Koordination und Ordnungsbildung in der Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie ; 8. Funktionale Differenzierung der Gesellschaft: Soziale Ordnung ohne Koordinationseinrichtungen? ; 9. Koordination durch Übersetzung ; Teil III - Kulturtheorie: Kritik und Verteidigung des subjektivistischen Kulturbegriffs ; 10. Die Emergenz von Kultur ; 11. Kultur als soziale Tatsache? ; 12. Kultur als Kompromiss ; 13. Brauchen wir den Systembegriff? Zur (un-)Vereinbarkeit von Akteurs- und Systemtheorie ; 14. Objektivitätsansprüche Kritischer Theorie heute ; Teil IV - Methodologie, Methoden, Ontologie: Übergreifende Problemperspektiven

Description / Table of Contents: Now in its 4th edition, this book remains the ultimate reference for all questions regarding solvents and solvent effects in organic chemistry. Retaining its proven concept, there is no other book which covers the subject in so much depth, the handbook is completely updated and contains 15% more content, including new chapters on "Solvents and Green chemistry", "Classification of Solvents by their Environmental Impact", and "Ionic Liquids".An essential part of every organic chemist's library.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part One: Dam Engineering ; 1. Elements of Dam Engineering ; 2. Embankment Dam Engineering ; 3. Concrete Dam Engineering ; 4. Dam Outlet Works ; 5. Energy Dissipation ; 6. Gates and Valves ; 7. Dam Safety ; Part Two: Other Hydraulic Structures ; 8. River Engineering ; 9. Diversion Works ; 10. Cross-Drainage and Drop Structures ; 11. Inland Waterways ; 12. Hydroelectric Power Development ; 13. Pumping Stations ; 14. Waves and Offshore Engineering ; 15. Coastal Engineering ; 16. Models in Hydraulic Engineering

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: The eradication of infectious diseases : understanding the lessons and advancing experience -- Lessons from the late stages of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative -- Measles and rubella eradication in the Americas : seasoned strategies for sustained success -- Onchocerciasis : from control to possible eradication -- Political and social determinants of disease eradication -- The role of research -- Group report : assessing the feasibility of an eradication initiative -- The ethical case for eradication -- Economic evaluation of the benefits and costs of disease elimination and eradication initiatives -- Group report : developing an eradication investment case -- Guidelines for preparing an eradication investment case -- Governance models for eradication initiatives -- Managing neglected tropical disease partnerships -- Group report: elements of good governance in disease eradication initiatives -- Integration of eradication initiatives and health systems -- How can elimination and eradication initiatives best contribute to health system strengthening? -- The impacts of measles elimination activities on immunization services and health systems in six countries -- Disease eradication as a springboard for broader public health communication -- Group report : designing elimination or eradication initiatives that interface -- Effectively with health systems

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1 Motivation and Organization of the Book ; 2 A Tale of Five Challenges ; 3 Technologies for Mitigating Climate Change ; 4 Technologies for Geo-Engineering and Adaptation ; 5 Barriers to Effective Climate and Energy Policies ; 6 Overcoming Barriers to Effective Climate and Energy Policies ; 7 The Case for Polycentric Implementation ; 8 Case Studies ; 9 Conclusions

Description / Table of Contents: Executive Summary and Recommendations. - Technical and Normative Foundations. - Annex and Apparatus

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I Introduction ; Chapter 1: Background and Overview ; Chapter 2: Casting Models in Canonical Form ; Chapter 3: DSGE Models: Three Examples ; Part II Model Solution Techniques ; Chapter 4: Linear Solution Techniques ; Chapter 5: Nonlinear Solution Techniques ; Part III Data Preparation and Representation ; Chapter 6: Removing Trends and Isolating Cycles ; Chapter 7: Summarizing Time Series Behavior When All Variables Are Observable ; Chapter 8: State-Space Representations ; Part IV Monte Carlo Methods ; Chapter 9: Monte Carlo Integration: The Basics ; Chapter 10: Likelihood Evaluation and Filtering in State-Space Representations Using Sequential Monte Carlo Methods ; Part V Empirical Methods ; Chapter 11: Calibration ; Chapter 12: Matching Moments ; Chapter 13: Maximum Likelihood ; Chapter 14: Bayesian Methods

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: art I - Introduction:Policy Design and the Modern State 1. Understanding Contemporary Policy Mixes Part II - Systematically Studying Policy Design 2. Key Definitions and Concepts in the Study of Policy Design 3. Policy Design as Policy Formulation 4. Policy Design and Implementation Tool Choices Part III - The Elements of Policy Design 5. Organizational Implementation Tools 6. Authoritative Implementation tools 7. Financial Implementation Tools 8. Information-Based Implementation Tools Part IV - Policy Designs and Governance Modes Re-Visited 9. Contemporary Policy Designs 10. Conclusion: Towards a New Generation of Policy Design Studies

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I Sustainability Economics ; 1 Sustainability Economics, Resource Efficiency, and the Green New Deal ; 2 Global Economic Sustainability Indicator: Analysis and Policy Options for the Copenhagen Process ; 3 System Innovation for Environmental Sustainability: Concepts, Policies and Political Economy ; 4 The Resources of Economies and the Productivity of Materials: Relevance, Measurement, Empirical Trends, Innovation, Resource Policies ; 5 The Economics of Current Metal Markets ; Part II International Analysis ; 6 Competences for Green Development and Leapfrogging: The Case of Newly Industrializing Countries ; 7 The US Proposed Carbon Tariffs, WTO Scrutiny and China's Responses ; 8 Plan C: China's Development Under the Scarcity of Natural Capital ; 9 The Dutch Energy Transition Approach ; 10 Material and Energy Consumption in Lithuania: Towards Sustainability ; Part III Rebound Effects in Economies ; 11 Price and Income Induced Rebound Effects of Improved Energy Efficiency in Swedish Households: With Comments on Materials Efficiency ; 12 Analyzing Rebound Effects ; 13 How to Reduce the Rebound Effect? ; Part IV Modelling the Use of Resources in Economies: Different Approaches ; 14 Multi-agent Modeling of Economic Innovation Dynamics and Its Implications for Analyzing Emission Impacts ; 15 How to Increase Global Resource Productivity? Findings from Modelling in the PetrE Project ; Part V Outlook on Sustainable Resource Management ; 16 Identification of Technologies, Products and Strategies with High Resource Efficiency Potential: Results of a Cooperative Selection Process ; 17 Optimizing Resource Efficiency and Carbon Intensityin the Wood Processing Sector in Austria ; 18 Sustainable Resource Management in the Production Chain of Precious and Special Metals . ; 19 Eco-Innovation for Enabling Resource Efficiency and Green Growth: Development of an Analytical Framework and Preliminary Analysis of Industry and Policy Practices

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Elements of Rock Mechanics Fundamentals. Basics Notions. Geomechanical Characterisation of Rocks in the Laboratory. Modelling Rock Behaviour. Determination of in situ stresses. Geomechanical Modelling Elements. 2. Geomechanics, drilling and Production. Drilling Performance. Borehole Stability during Drilling. Sand Production. Well Stimulation by Hydraulic Fracturing. Induced Thermal Fracturing. 3. Geomechanics and Reservoir. Modelling the Geomechanical and Reservoir coupling. Environmental Aspects. Geomechanical Monitoring of Reservoirs.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction ; Part 1: The Effects of Taxation ; 1 Distortions and Welfare Losses ; 2 Tax Incidence ; Part 2: Optimal Taxation ; 3 Indirect Taxation ; 4 Direct Taxation ; 5 Mixed Taxation ; 6 Risk and Time ; 7 Corrective Taxes ; 8 Criticisms of Optimal Taxation ; Part 3: Some Current Debates ; 9 Low-Income Support ; 10 Taxation and Global Warming ; Part 4: AppendixesSupport ; The Consumption Tax ; Environmental Taxation ; App. A: Some Basic Microeconomics ; App. B: Optimal Control

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction. ; 1 Telling Stories with Data. ; 2 Handling Data. ; 3 Choosing Tools to Visualize Data. ; 4 Visualizing Patterns over Time. ; 5 Visualizing Proportions. ; 6 Visualizing Relationships. ; 7 Spotting Differences. ; 8 Visualizing Spatial Relationships. ; 9 Designing with a Purpose.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. A Simple Market Model ; 2. Risk-Free Assets ; 3. Portfolio Management ; 4. Forward and Futures Contracts ; 5. Options: General Properties ; 6. Binomial Model ; 7. General Discrete Time Models ; 8. Continuous Time ; 9. Interest Rates ; 10. Appendix ; 11. Solutions

Description / Table of Contents: Cet ouvrage présente les avancées récentes dans la connaissance de la mobilité des surfaces terrestres : nouvelles méthodes, reconstitution des paléoenvironnements, fonctionnement et modélisation des dynamiques. Les dynamiques actuelles qui façonnent la surface terrestre sont dépendantes des climats et du changement global qui est en train de les modifier. Il ne doit pas pour autant faire négliger l’importance considérable des paléodynamiques. Les modèles de fonctionnement actuels sont souvent pris en défaut s’ils ne prennent pas suffisamment en considération ce temps long.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1 Introduction ; 2 SOC and Complex Networks ; 3 Foundation of SOC in Power Systems ; 4 Power Grid Growth and Evolution ; 5 Complex Small-World Power Grids ; 6 Decomposition and Coordination of Static Power Grids ; 7 Vulnerability Assessment of Static Power Grids ; 8 Simplification, Equivalence, and Synchronization Controlof Dynamic Power Grids ; 9 Blackout Model Based on DC Power Flow ; 10 Blackout Model Based on AC Power Flow ; 11 Blackout Model Considering Reactive Power/Voltage Characteristics ; 12 Blackout Model Based on the OTS ; 13 Applications to Generation Expansion Planning and Power Network Planning ; 14 Applications in Electric Power Emergency Management Platform

Description / Table of Contents: "Physical Properties of Rocks - a Workbook" is a symbiosis of a brief description of physical fundamentals of rock properties (based on typical experimental results and relevant theories and models) with a guide for practical use of different theoretical concepts. For this purpose a companion web site contains a selection of model based equations in excel worksheets for practical application and training by the user to work with his own data or to "play" in order to demonstrate the effects of various input information and to demonstrate the effects of various input information in petrophysical work. In two special chapters the problem of relationships between petrophysical parameters based on various model concepts is presented as a foundation for combined interpretation. This part also contains the author's 'structured model'. The workbook is a result of the more than 40 years experience of the author in teaching at universities and industrial courses. It presents all practical relevant properties of rock in one volume. It offers experimental and theoretical fundamentals in a systematic framework. It gives special focus on relationships between properties. - Contents: 1. Rocks - their classification and composition Overview, Introduction Igneous (magmatic) rocks Metamorphic rocks Sedimentary rocks 2. Pore space properties Overview, Introduction Porosity Specific internal surface Fluids in the pore space - the term "saturation" Permeability Wettability Fluid distribution - capillary pressure in a reservoir 3. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) petrophysical properties Physical origin, the principle of a NMR-measurement Description of the relaxation process (longitudinal and transverse relaxation) NMR Relaxation mechanisms of fluids in pores and fluid-surface effects Bulk relaxation and surface relaxation Diffusion-induced relaxation Description of relaxation as a multi-exponential decay - data inversion Applications Porosity and pore volume partitioning Pore size, capillary pressure and permeability estimate Fluid (hydrocarbon) typing 4 Density Definition and units Density of rock constituents Density of rocks 5 .Nuclear/Radioactive Properties Fundamentals Natural radioactivity Origin of natural gamma radiation Potassium, Uranium, and Thorium in minerals Potassium, uranium, and thorium content of rocks Spectral and integral measurements - the API unit Applications Radioactive heat generation Gamma Interactions Fundamentals Gamma-Gamma-PE measurement for mineral identification Gamma-Gamma-Density measurement and porosity estimate Neutron interactions Fundamentals Porosity from neutron measurements 6. Elastic Properties Fundamentals Results of experimental investigations, empirical equations Rock constituents Velocity of igneous and metamorphic rocks Velocity of sedimentary rocks Relationships between Vp and Vs - the Castagna equation AVO (Amplitude Versus Offset) - basic principles and link to physical properties Anisotropy Theories Overview Bounds for elastic moduli: Voigt, Reuss and Hashin-Shtrikman bounds Sphere pack models nclusion models A simpified model for fractured rocks Gassman and Biot model - modelling of fluid effects The problem of multiphase pore fluids Inelastic properties - attenuation of elastic waves Overview, definition and units Absorption of elastic waves in rocks - overview Absorption of seismic waves in igneous rocks Absorption of seismic waves in sedimentary rocks Absorption mechanisms . 7 . Electrical properties Fundamentals Electrical properties of rock components Minerals - solid components Pore fluids Specific electrical resistivity of Rocks Overview The specific electrical resistivity of porous clean rocks - Archies equations Partial water saturation Archie - rocks: Theories and models Sheet models Inclusion models Capillary models Shaly sands Introduction - The Shaly Sand Problem Laminated Shaly Sands - the Poupon Equation Dispersed Shaly Sand - the Waxman-Smits Equation Dual Water Model Simandoux Equation (1963) Indonesia Equation Comparison of some shaly sand equations Dielectric properties of rocks Conduction and Polarization - the complex nature of the two processes Experimental results - the real component of permittivity Theories and models Spectral Induced Polarization Basic mechanisms Traditional parameters of IP measurements IP in ore containing rocks IP in porous rocks 8. Thermal Properties Thermal properties of minerals and pore contents Thermal properties of rocks - experimental data Overview Thermal properties of magmatic and metamorphic rocks Sedimentary rocks Some notes about thermal expansion Theories and models Sheet models - series and parallel model Sheet models - modifications and comparable mixing rules Inclusion models 9. Magnetic properties Basics and units Magnetic properties of rock constituents Magnetic properties of rocks Overview - Rock Magnetization Susceptibility range for rock types - induced magnetization Correlations between susceptibility and content of magnetic substances Natural remanent magnetization (NRM) 10. Geomechanical properties Overview, Introduction Classification parameters Fundamental geomechanical properties and processes Correlation between static and dynamic moduli Correlation between geophysical properties and strength properties 11. Relationships between petrophysical properties - fundamentals of combined interpretation Introduction and motivation Empirical equations Relationships based on sheet models Fundamentals of combined interpretation volume based models Determination of volumetric rock composition (mineral fractions, porosity) of porous rocks - 12. Model with internal structure and bonding properties The concept of a "structured model" Porosity Electrical properties - resistivity Elastic wave velocities General equation Discussion of the "porosity-factor" Discussion of the "contact elasticity-factor" Change of structure and bonding Strength properties - a relationship between velocity and strength

Description / Table of Contents: In this fictional tour de force Jay Griffiths, acclaimed author of Wild, creates a portrait of the artist Frida Kahlo that is also a celebration of the spirit of poetry and the art of rebellion. Spellbinding and luminous, A Love Letter from a Stray Moon is a unique work about passion, grief and transcendence

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Chapter 1. Computer Arithmetic ; Chapter 2. Interval Arithmetic ; Chapter 3. Interval Analysis ; Chapter 4. Automatic Differentiation ; Chapter 5. Interval Analysis in Action ; Chapter 6. Ordinary Differential Equations ; Appendix A. Mathematical Foundations ; Appendix B. Program Codes

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1 Is anybody out there? ; 2 Life: freak side-show or cosmic imperative ; 3 A shadow biosphere ; 4 How much intelligence is out there? ; 5 New SETI: widening the search ; 6 Evidence for a galactic diaspora ; 7 Alien magic ; 8 Post-biological intelligence ; 9 First contact ; 10 Who speaks for earth?

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Maximizing chances of publication -- Essential steps before writing a paper -- Drafting papers -- Complex studies -- Linguistic points -- Covering letters and referees' objections -- Other kinds of written scientific communication -- Summary

Description / Table of Contents: Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques, Third Edition, offers a thorough grounding in machine learning concepts as well as practical advice on applying machine learning tools and techniques in real-world data mining situations. This highly anticipated third edition of the most acclaimed work on data mining and machine learning will teach you everything you need to know about preparing inputs, interpreting outputs, evaluating results, and the algorithmic methods at the heart of successful data mining. Thorough updates reflect the technical changes and modernizations that have taken place in the field since the last edition, including new material on Data Transformations, Ensemble Learning, Massive Data Sets, Multi-instance Learning, plus a new version of the popular Weka machine learning software developed by the authors. Witten, Frank, and Hall include both tried-and-true techniques of today as well as methods at the leading edge of contemporary research. The book is targeted at information systems practitioners, programmers, consultants, developers, information technology managers, specification writers, data analysts, data modelers, database R&D professionals, data warehouse engineers, data mining professionals. The book will also be useful for professors and students of upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level data mining and machine learning courses who want to incorporate data mining as part of their data management knowledge base and expertise.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: PART I: Background to Beauty ; Chapter I: The Economics of Beauty ; Chapter II: In the Eye of the Beholder ; Part II: Beauty on the Job: What and Why ; Chapter III: Beauty and the Worker ; Chapter IV Beauty in Specific Occupations ; Chapter V: Beauty and the Employer ; Chapter VI: Lookism or Productive Beauty, and Why? ; Part III: Beauty in Love, Loans, and Law ; Chapter VII: Beauty in Markets for Friends, Family, and Funds ; Chapter VIII: Legal Protection for the Ugly ; Part IV: The Future of Looks ; Chapter IX Prospects for the Looks-Challenged

Description / Table of Contents: The inner magnetosphere plasma is a very unique composition of different plasma particles and waves. It covers a huge energy plasma range with spatial and time variations of many orders of magnitude. In such a situation, the kinetic approach is the key element, and the starting point of the theoretical description of this plasma phenomena which requires a dedicated book to this particular area of research. Focusing on the kinetic description of the inner magnetospheric plasma, this volume illustrates how to determine the best approach to any upper atmospheric or space physics problem. Readers will find a full theoretical description of the inner magnetospheric plasma.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I. The Internalization of Externalities as Central Theme of Environmental Policy: 1. Foundations ; 2. Implications of making the concept of internalization programmatic in environment policy ; Part II. Strategies for Internalizing Externalities: 3. Negotiations ; 4. Environmental liability law ; 5. Pigovian tax ; Part III. Standard-Oriented Instruments of Environmental Policy: 6. Introduction ; 7. Types of environmental policy instruments ; 8. Assessment of environmental policy instruments ; Part IV. Extensions of the Basic Environmental-Economics Model: 9. Environmental policy with pollutant interactions ; 10. Environmental policy with imperfect competition ; 11. Internalization negotiations with asymmetrical information ; 12. The 'double dividend' of the green tax ; 13. The induction of advances in environmental technology through environment policy ; Part V. International Environmental Problems: 14. Introduction ; 15. International environmental agreements ; 16. Instruments of international environmental policy - the example of the EU's emissions trading ; 17. Epilogue: the vision of a federal US emission trading system ; Part VI. Natural Resources and Sustainable Development: 18. Resource exhaustion - the end of mankind? ; 19. Renewable resources ; 20. Sustainable development ; Epilogue: three types of externality and the increasing difficulty of internalizing them.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. The role of a climate policy mix; 3. Implementing a carbon price, the example of cap and trade; 4. Shifting investment to low-carbon choices; 5. Co-operation among developed countries - a role for carbon markets?; 6. A world of different carbon prices; 7. International support for low-carbon growth in developing countries; 8. Conclusion

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I. General Equilibrium Theory: Getting Acquainted: 1. Concept and history of general equilibrium theory-- 2. An elementary general equilibrium model - the Robinson Crusoe economy-- 3. The Edgeworth box-- 4. Integrating production and multiple consumption decisions: a 2 x 2 x 2 model-- 5. Existence of general equilibrium in an economy with an excess demand function-- Part II. Mathematics: 6. Logic and set theory-- 7. RN: real N-dimensional Euclidean space-- 8. Convex sets, separation theorems, and non-convex sets in RN-- 9. The Brouwer fixed point theorem-- Part III. An Economy with Bounded Production Technology, Supply and Demand Functions: 10. Markets, prices, commodities, and mathematical economic theory-- 11. Production with bounded firm technology-- 12. Households-- 13. A market economy-- 14. General equilibrium of the market economy with an excess demand function-- Part IV. An Economy with Unbounded Production Technology, Supply and Demand Functions: 15. Theory of production: the unbounded technology case-- 16. Households: the unbounded technology case-- 17. A market economy: the unbounded technology case-- 18. General equilibrium of the market economy: the unbounded technology case-- Part V. Welfare Economics and the Scope of Markets: 19. Pareto efficiency and competitive equilibrium-- 20. Time and uncertainty: futures markets-- Part VI. Bargaining and Equilibrium: The Core: 21. The core of a market economy-- 22. Convergence of the core of a large economy-- Part VII. An Economy with Supply and Demand Correspondences: 23. Mathematics: analysis of point to set mappings-- 24. General equilibrium of the market economy with an excess demand correspondence-- 25. U-shaped cost curves and concentrated preferences-- Part VIII. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: 26. Next steps-- 27. Summary and conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction to Infrastructure and Demography (InfraDem).- PART I.- 1. The Setting: Demographic Trends and Economic Development in Germany and Two Selected Regions.- 2. Macroeconomic Conditions for Infrastructure Adaptation to Demographic Change.- 3. Demographically Induced Changes in the Structure of Final Demand and Infrastructure Use.- PART II.- 4. Demographic Effects on Passenger Transport Demand.- 5. The Demand for Air Transport and Consequences for the Airports of Hamburg and Rostock.- 6. Impacts on the National Energy System.- 7. The Potential for District Heating Based on Renewable Energy - A Spatial Analysis.- PART III.- 8. Mobility of the Elderly - Facts and Projections.- 9. On the Energy Demand of Households.- PART IV.- 10. Evaluation of Findings on Sustainability Strategies.- 11. Policy Implications: The Regional Perspective and Beyond

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I - Social Preferences ; 1. Nature and nurture effects on children's outcomes: What have we learned from studies of twins and adoptees ; 1. Social norms and preferences ; 3. Preferences for status: evidence and economic implications ; 4. Preferences for redistribution ; 5. Theories of statistical discrimination and affirmative action: a survey ; 6. Social construction of preferences ; 7. The evolutionary foundations of preferences ; 8. Social norms ; 9. The economics of cultural transmission and socialization ; 10. Civic capital as the missing link ; 11. Does culture matter? ; Part II - Social Actions ; 12. An overview of social networks and economic applications ; 13. Local interactions ; 14. Diffusion, strategic interaction, and social structure ; 15. Learning in networks ; 16. Formation of networks and coalitions ; 17. Matching, allocation, and exchange of discrete resources

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part III - Peer and Neighborhood Effects ; 18. Identification of social interactions ; 19. Econometric models for the analysis of assignment problems in the presence of complementarity and social spillovers ; 20. Peer effects in education: a survey of the theory and evidence ; 21. The importance of segregation, discrimination, peer dynamics, and identity in explaining trends in the racial achievement gap ; 22. Labor markets and referrals ; 23. Labor and credit networks in developing economies ; 24. Risk sharing between households ; 25. Neighborhood effects and housing

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Klimaveränderungen erleben - Phänologische Beobachtungen in Brandenburgs Wäldern ; Auf Klimaveränderungen reagieren - Handlungsrahmen für den Waldumbau unter sich ändernden Klimabedingungen in Brandenburg für den Zeitraum von 2010 bis 2030 ; Effizienz im Waldschutz - Rationalisierung der Falterflugüberwachung der Nonne ; Energie aus dem Stock - Zur Bewirtschaftung der Robinie im Schnellumtrieb ; Den Waldboden schonen - Vorsorgender Bodenschutz beim Einsatz von Holzerntetechnik ; Kleinprivatwald im Fokus - Testbetriebsnetz Forst Brandenburg: Stand und Ausblick ; Waldbau ökologisch - Die Bewirtschaftung der Traubeneiche auf Basis ökologischer Wuchsmodelle ; David gegen Goliath - Wie winzige natürliche Gegenspieler von Forstschadinsekten wirkenund Entscheidungen über Insektizideinsätze beeinflussen ; Schlussbetrachtung ; Wertung der Ergebnisse des LFE und Ausblick zu künftigen Aufgaben im Landesbetrieb Forst Brandenburg ; 140 Jahre forstliches Versuchswesen in Eberswalde - Rückblicke und Perspektiven ; Ausgewählte Posterdarstellungen

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction ; 2. From Stagnation to Growth ; 3. The Malthusian Theory ; 4. Theories of the Demographic Transition ; 5. Unified Growth Theory ; 6. Unified Growth Theory and Comparative Development ; 7. Human Evolution and the Process of Development ; 8. Concluding Remark

Description / Table of Contents: Seit Jahren gibt die vorliegende Broschüre einen möglichst vollständigen Überblick über das Angebot an Auslandsstipendien für Deutsche. [...] Die Broschüre umfasst sowohl die klassischen Stipendien für Studierende und Graduierte als auch weitere Förderungsmöglichkeiten für Wissenschaftler und Wissenschaftlerinnen, Hochschullehrer und Hochschullehrerinnen.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Getting wise about water ; 2. Beneath the surface ; 3. Well-fed, well-watered and well-paid ; 4. Big and beautiful ; 5. Keeping their heads above the water ; 6. Watertight ; The virtual-water gallery

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Vorwort: Wie Kastanien, die vom Himmel fallen ; Einführung: Gemeingüter sind nicht, sie werden gemacht ; Gemeingüter fordern uns heraus ; Gemeingüter pflegen - lokal und global ; Wenn's funktionieren soll: Gestaltungsprinzipien für Gemeingüter

Description / Table of Contents: One of the central challenges of the 21st century is to ensure a sustainable energy supply for the world's people and its economy. That's why scientists are searching for solutions that will provide sufficient amounts of energy - reliably, affordably and without endangering the natural environment on which our lives are based. The Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres is carrying out world-class research into diverse aspects in its Research Field Energy. A broad spectrum of energy sources such as the sun, nuclear fusion, fossil fuels, geothermal energy, water, wind, nuclear fission and biomass are being investigated but this is not all. Technologies for energy storage, energy distribution and efficient energy use also play a key role.

Description / Table of Contents: Der zentralasiatische Raum liegt im Schnittpunkt strategischer Interessen von Russland, China und USA. Die Zentralasiaten selbst sind von "Figuren" zu "Spielern" geworden. An die Stelle des "Great Game" des 19. Jh. traten Auseinandersetzungen wie der Wettstreit um den Zugang zu Energie (Öl & Gas), der Kampf ums Wasser (Trinkwasser, Bewässerungsfeldbau, Hydroenergie) aber auch die "Geopolitik" des Organisierten Verbrechens (Drogen). Versinkt die Region "Zentralasien und Afghanistan" (AFZA) in Korruption, verrottenden Infrastrukturen, Gewalt und defizienter Staatlichkeit oder mobilisiert sie Kräfte in Richtung Reform, Herrschaft des Rechts und regionaler Ordnung ("Governance")? Was kommt in der Region vom Hindukusch bis zum Kaspischen Meer nach Abzug der Koalitionstruppen aus Afghanistan? "Geopolitik und Governance" konzentriert sich auf die - für Europa wichtige - "Energie-Governance"(Energiesicherheit) und die "Wasser-Governance"(Wassernutzungsrecht) mit dem Ziel, das Ringen um den Zugang zu Energie völkerrechtlich zu befrieden und Interessengegensätze zwischen den "Öl- und Gasmächten "Kasachstan, Turkmenistan und Usbekistan und den "Wassermächten" Kirgistan, Tadschikistan (und Afghanistan) auszugleichen. Fruchtbar gemacht wird ein Governance-Modell, das "Multiebenen"-, "Multiakteur"- und "Multiinstrumental" -Analysen umfasst - mit Bezug zur "vernetzten Sicherheit" Wie Kohle und Stahl im Nachkriegseuropa, bilden "Wasser & Energie" im AFA-Raum ein Substrat regionalen Friedens unter der Herrschaft des Rechts. - Lesen sollten das Buch Vertreter der international tätigen Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft; Politiker, Diplomaten und Entwicklungsexperten; in "Netzindustrien" aktive Anwälte, Ingenieure und Finanzfachleute sowie an Staatslehre, Sicherheitspolitik und Völkerrecht Interessierte.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Einleitung ; 1. Der Klimawandel - Fakten und Bewertungen ; 2. Der »State of the Art« der Klimaethik ; 3. Gerechtigkeit auf dem Prüfstand ; 4. Eine utilitaristische Position zum Klimaproblem ; 5. Politische Maßnahmen ; Schluss

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction ; Rural-urban migrations in Mega-Cities and "Mega-Slums" ; Networks, migration and development ; Migration of highly qualified persons and the globalization of education systems

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I. Introduction: Movement: 1. Empirical motivation for studying movement ; 2. Statistical physics of biological motion ; 3. Random walks and Lévy flights ; 4. Wandering albatrosses ; Part II. Experimental Findings: 5. Early studies ; 6. Evidence of anomalous diffusion ; 7. Human dispersal ; 8. How strong is the evidence? ; Part III. Theory of Foraging: 9. Optimizing encounter rates ; 10. Lévy flight foraging ; 11. Other search models ; Part IV. Finale: A Broader Context: 12. Superdiffusive random searches ; 13. Adaptational versus emergent superdiffusion ; 14. Perspectives and open problems ; Appendices

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1.1 Climate Change, Population Growth and Crop Production: An Overview ; 1.2 Modelling Regional Effects of Climate Change on Wheat Crop Production in Victoria, Australia ; 2. Agroecology: Implications for Plant Response to Climate Change ; 3.1 Impacts of Climate Change on Crop Production in Latin America ; 3.2 Changing Climate in North America: Implications for Crops ; 3.3 Regional Impacts of Climate Change: Africa ; 3.4 Regional Impacts: Europe ; 3.5 Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union ; 3.6 Climate Change Impact in Agriculture: Vulnerability and Adaptation Concerns of Semi Arid Tropics in Asia ; 3.7 Climate Change Impacts in Japan and Southeast Asia: Implications for Crop Adaptation ; 3.8 Regional Impacts: Australia ; 4. Synthesis of Regional Impacts and Global Agricultural Adjustments ; 5.1 Impacts of High-Temperature Stress and Potential Opportunities for Breeding ; 5.2 Whole Plant Response to Drought under Climate Change ; 6. Plant Responses to Increased Carbon Dioxide ; 7. Genetics Options for Improving the Productivity of Wheat in Water-Limited and Temperature Stressed Environments ; 8. Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: Pea ; 9. Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: Chickpea ; 10. Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: Vicia faba ; 11. Adaptation of the Potato Crop to Changing Climates ; 12. Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: RICE ; 13. Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: MAIZE ; 14. Sorghum Genetic Enhancement for Climate Change Adaptation ; 15. Breeding Cowpea for Future Climates ; 16. Genetic Improvement of Common beans and the Challenges of Climate Change ; 17. Improving Soybean Cultivars for Adaptation to Climate Change and Climate Variability ; 18. Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: Vegetables ; 19. Adaptation of Cassava to Changing Climates ; 20. Changing Climates: Effects on Growing Conditions for Banana and Plantain (Musa spp.) and Possible Responses ; 21. Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: Sugarcane ; 22. Breeding Oilseed Brassica for Climate Change ; 23. The Genetic Envelope of Wine Grapevines: Potential for Adaptation to Future Climate Challenges ; 24. The Potential of Climate Change Adjustment in crops: A Synthesis ; 25. Crop Germplasm Diversity - the Role of Gene Bank Collections in Facilitating Adaptation to Climate Change ; 26. Underutilized species and Climate Change - Current Status and Outlook ; 27. Wild Relative and Transgenic Innovation for Enhancing Crop Adaptation to Warmer and Drier Climate ; 28. Energy Crops to Combat Climate Change ; 29. Research from the Past to the Future

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Einleitung ; Die Früchte der Neugier: Innovationskultur und Wissenschaftsförderung aus europäischer und amerikanischer Perspektive ; 1. Tradition und Modernisierung: Zur Geschichte des Wissenschaftsmäzenatentums ; Stiftung und Wissenschaft: Historische Argumente für eine Wahlverwandtschaft ; Private Wissenschaftsforderung im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert ; Frauen, Philanthropie und Wissenschaft ; 2. Prinzipien und Legitimität zivilgesellschaftlicher Wissenschaftsförderung ; Warum spenden wir? Zur Soziologie mäzenatischen Handelns ; Die Legitimität philanthropischer Stiftungen aus amerikanischer Sicht ; Zu einer neuen Philanthropie des 21. Jahrhunderts: Perspektiven für Förderstiftungen ; 3. Praxis von Fördermodellen und Befunde zu Stiftungsprofessuren ; Staatliche Ansätze zur zivilgesellschaftlichen Hochschulfinanzierung: Das Beispiel der »Matching Funds« ; Fremdkörper oder Innovatoren im System? Zur Entwicklung der Stiftungsprofessuren in Deutschland ; Stiftungsprofessuren im regionalen Kontext ; Abschlussdiskussion: Geschenkt? Chancen und Grenzen zivilgesellschaftlicher Wissenschaftsförderung ; Ziviles Engagement für die Wissenschaft: Ergebnisse und Ausblick

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1 Welt im Wandel ; 2 Werte im Wandel: Eine globale Transformation der Werthaltungen hat bereits begonnen ; 3 Die Große Transformation: Ein heuristisches Konzept ; 4 Technische und wirtschaftliche Machbarkeit ; 5 Gestaltung der Transformation ; 6 Akteure der Transformation: Wie sich Innovationen (rascher) ausbreiten können ; 7 Handlungsempfehlungen ; 8 Die Wissenschaft im Transformationsprozess - Empfehlungen für Forschung und Bildung ; 9 Literatur ; 10 Glossar

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction ; 2. The Structure of Interaction ; 3. Fish Markets: An Example of the Emergence of Aggregate Coordination ; 4. Financial Markets: Bubbles, Herds and Crashes ; 5. Public Goods: A coordination problem ; 6. Segregation: Schelling's Model ; 7. Conclusion

Description / Table of Contents: Rivers provide the primary link between land and sea. Utilizing the world's largest database, this book presents a detailed analysis and synthesis of the processes affecting fluvial discharge of water, sediment and dissolved solids. The ways in which climatic variation, episodic events, and anthropogenic activities - past, present and future - affect the quantity and quality of river discharge are discussed in the final two chapters. The book contains 26 tables and more than 165 figures - many in full color - including global and regional maps. The book's extensive appendix presents the 1534-river database as a series of 44 tables that provide quantitative data regarding the discharge of water, sediment and dissolved solids. The complete database is also presented within a GIS-based package available online at www.cambridge.org/milliman. River Discharge to the Coastal Ocean provides an invaluable resource for researchers, professionals and graduate students in hydrology, oceanography, geology, geomorphology and environmental policy

Description / Table of Contents: Ein Tsunami in Indonesien, ein Hurrikan in New Orleans, Erdbeben in Haiti, China und Japan - Naturkatastrophen haben die Menschen in Schrecken versetzt. Nach Prognosen von Klimaforschern werden sie in Zukunft zunehmen. Weltweit arbeiten Wissenschaftler daran, ihre Risiken zu senken. Dabei spielen deutsche Forschung und Technologie eine Schlüsselrolle.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Iceland as a natural laboratory for earthquake prediction research; 3. The June 2003 earthquakes; 4. Emerging, new understanding on the release of earthquakes and the earthquake cycle; 5. Warnings ahead of earthquakes to governments and the public; 6. Application to other regions vulnerable to seismic hazards.

Description / Table of Contents: Dieses Buch vermittelt Softwareentwicklern und -architekten sowie Projektleitern das notwendige Praxiswissen für die Entwicklung verteilter komponentenorientierter Systeme mit Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0. Geschrieben wurde es von erfahrenen Praktikern, unter ihnen ein Mitglied der EJB 3.1 Expert Group. Anhand praxisnaher Beispiele werden die Architektur sowie die zugrunde liegenden Konzepte beschrieben und illustriert. Weitere Themen sind projektrelevante Themen wie Security und Testen sowie Hinweise für die Migration existierender EJB-Applikationen.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Grundlagen.- Modellierungssprachen.- UML und Dialekte.- SoaML.- BPMN.- Modellierungswerkzeuge.- MID Innovator.- AndroMDA.- Eclipse.- Generatoren.- oAW.- JAVA.- .NET.- Plattform.- SOPERA.- MDA & MDSD.- Methodik.- Modellierungs-Methodik M(3).- Das Beispiel - Übersicht über alle Phasen.- Initiation: Geschäftsprozessmodellierung mit BPMN.- Evaluation: Analyse und BPEL.- Architecture Projection: Komponenten für SOA und EJB.- SoaML: Servicemodellierung.- JEE: Komponenten, die Services implementieren.- Construction und Deployment: Generierung und Plattformen.- Automatisierung: M2M-Transformationen.- Dokumentation generieren.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Einleitung ; I. DIE GESELLSCHAFT UND IHR GARTEN: ZEITDIAGNOSTISCHE BEOBACHTUNGEN ; Urban Gardening. Grüne Signaturen neuer urbaner Zivilisation ; Eigensinnige Beheimatungen. Gemeinschaftsgärten als Orte des Widerstands gegen die neoliberale Ordnung ; Gärtner(n) ohne Grenzen: Eine neue Politik des »Sowohl-als-auch« urbaner Gärten? ; Perspektiven einer Postwachstumsökonomie: Fremdversorgung oder urbane Subsistenz? ; Koop Stadt? Was ist von der »kreativen Stadt« zukünftig zu erwarten? ; Das Paradies vor der Haustür: Die Ursprünge einer Sehnsucht aus der Perspektive soziokultureller Trendforschung ; Urbane Gärten und bäuerliche Landwirtschaft: Welche Städter braucht das Land? ; II. VERORTUNGEN: GÄRTEN UND URBANITÄT ; Agrarfluren und Stadtentwicklung ; Produktive Stadtlandschaft. Über ungewöhnliche Verbindungen von Stadt und Ernährung ; Gärten gehören zur Stadt! Zur städtebaulichen Relevanz der urbanen Landwirtschaft ; Urbane Landwirtschaft und Stadtteilentwicklung. Die Nachbarschaftsgärten in Leipzig ; Schrumpfende Städte - wachsende Freiräume? Die Vision vom »Urbanen Gartenreich«. Zur Erfindungneuer Urbanitäten in Zeiten sinkender Bevölkerung: der Fall Dessau ; Leberecht Migges Konzepte nachhaltiger urbaner Landwirtschaft ; Urbane Gärten als Orte spiritueller Erfahrung ; III. DIE LEBENDIGKEIT DES GARTENS: EIN LEBENSWISSENSCHAFTLICHES PLÄDOYER ; Der Garten als Lebenshaltung oder warum Natur in der Stadt wichtig ist ; IV. EINE ANDERE WELT PFLANZEN: GÄRTEN ALS RÄUME VON SUBSISTENZ UND POLITIK ; Ökonomie des Gebens. Wohlstand durch Subsistenz ; Guerilla Gardening und andere politische Gartenbewegungen. Eine globale Perspektive ; Urbane Landwirtschaft als postfossile Strategie. Agricultura Urbana in Kuba ; Peak Oil und die Krise der Böden - urbane Nutzgärten und ihr Beitrag zu einer postfossilen Gesellschaft ; Leben von Gärten. Warum urbane Gärten wichtig sind für Ernährungssouveränität, Eigenmacht und Sortenvielfalt ; Von Pflanzerkolonien zum nomadisierenden Junggemüse. Zur Geschichte des Community Gardening in Berlin ; Vorratskammer. Die Künstlerinneninitiative myvillages.org bewirtet ein Festival mit lokalen Lebensmitteln