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Note: Meditation: why bother? -- What meditation isn't -- What meditationis -- Attitude -- The practice -- What to do with your body -- What to do with your mind -- Structuring your meditation -- Set-up exercises -- Dealing with problems -- Dealing with distractions 1 -- Dealing with distractions II -- Mindfulness (Sati) -- Mindfulness versus concentration -- Meditation in everyday life -- What's in it for you.

Note: Preface ; Acknowledgements ; List of contributors ; Part I. Diagnostics and Prediction of High-Impact Weather: 1. Global prediction of high-impact weather: diagnosis and performance Mark Rodwell and Alan Thorpe ; 2. Severe weather diagnosis from the perspective of generalized slantwise vorticity development Guoxiong Wu, Yongjun Zheng and Yimin Liu ; 3. Probabilistic extreme event attribution Pardeep Pall, Michael Wehner and Dáithí Stone ; 4. Observed and projected changes in temperature and precipitation extremes Xuebin Zhang and Francis Zwiers ; Part II. High-Impact Weather in Mid-Latitudes: 5. Rossby wave breaking: climatology, interaction with low-frequency climate variability, and links to extreme weather events Olivia Martius and Gwendal Rivière ; 6. The influence of jet stream regime on extreme weather events Nili Harnik, Chaim Garfinkel and Orli Lachmy ; 7. Forecasting high-impact weather using ensemble prediction systems Richard Swinbank, Petra Friederichs and Sabrina Wahl ; 8. Storm tracks, blocking and climate change: a review Tim Woollings ; 9. The North Atlantic and Arctic Oscillations: climate variability, extremes and stratosphere troposphere interaction Adam A. Scaife ; Part III. Tropical Cyclones: 10. Opportunities and challenges in dynamical and predictability studies of tropical cyclone events Russell L. Elsberry and Hsiao-Chung Tsai ; 11. Predictability of severe weather and tropical cyclones at the mesoscales Fuqing Zhang, Christopher Melhauser, Dandan Tao, Y. Qiang Sun, Erin B. Munsell, Yonghui Weng and Jason A. Sippel ; 12. Dynamics, predictability, and high-impact weather associated with the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones Patrick Harr and Heather M. Archambault ; 13. Secondary eyewall formation in tropical cyclones Chun-Chieh Wu, Yi-Hsuan Huang and Zhe-Min Tan ; 14. Seasonal forecasting of floods and tropical cyclones Tom Beer and Oscar Alves ; Part IV. Heat-Waves and Cold-Air Outbreaks: 15. European heat waves: the effect of soil moisture, vegetation and land use Fabio D'Andrea, Philippe Drobinski and Marc Stéfanon ; 16. Western North American extreme heat, associated large scale synoptic-dynamics, and performance by a climate model Richard Grotjahn ; 17. Decadel to interdecadel variations of Northern China heatwave frequency: impact of the Tibetan Plateau snow cover Zhiwei Wu and Jianping Li ; 18. Global warming targets and heatwave risk Robin Clark ; 19. Cold-air outbreaks over East Asia associated with blocking highs: mechanisms and their interaction with the polar stratosphere Hisashi Nakamura, Kazuaki Nishii, Lin Wang, Yvan J. Orsolini and Koutarou Takaya ; Part V. Ocean Connections: 20. Response of the Atlantic Ocean circulation to North Atlantic freshwater perturbations Henk A. Dijkstra ; 21. Key role of Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation in twentieth-century drought and wet periods over the US Great Plains and the Sahel Sumant Nigam and Alfredo Ruiz-Barradas ; 22. Floods and droughts along the Guinea Coast in connection with the South Atlantic Dipole Hyacinth C. Nnamchi and Jianping Li ; 23. The effect of global dynamical factors on the interannual variability of land-based rainfall Peter G. Baines and Benjamin J. Henley ; 24. MJO and extreme weather and climate events Chidong Zhang ; Part VI. Asian Monsoons: 25. Extreme weather and seasonal events during the Indian summer monsoon and prospects of improvement in their prediction skill under India's monsoon mission D. R. Sikka ; 26. Interannual variability and predictability of summer climate over the Northwest Pacific and East Asia Shang-Ping Xie and Yu Kosaka ; 27. Impacts of Annular Modes on extreme climate events over the East Asian monsoon region Jianping Li ; Index.

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Note: Exploring the politics of inclusive development : towards a new conceptual approach / Sam Hickey, Kunal Sen, and Badru BukenyaThe political determinants of economic growth : an analytical review / Kunal Sen -- The politics of what works for the poor in public expenditure and taxation / Paul Mosley -- Governing natural resources for inclusive development / Anthony Bebbington -- The politics of what works in service delivery / Claire Mcloughlin -- Political factors in the growth of social assistance / Armando Barrientos and Sony Pellissery -- The politics and process of rule of law systems in developmental states / Deval Desai and Michael Woolcock -- The gendered politics of securing inclusive development / Sohela Nazneen and Simeen Mahmud -- Ethnicity, state capacity, and development : reconsidering causal connections / Prerna Singh and Matthias vom Hau -- The politics of aid revisited : a review of evidence on state capacity and elite commitment / Arjan de Haan and Ward Warmerdam -- China in Africa : impacts and prospects for accountable development / Giles Mohan..

Note: Table of Contents: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. - KEY FINDINGS. - 1 INTRODUCTION. - 1.1 Background. - 1.2 The Circumpolar Arctic Coast. - 1.3 Rationale. - 1.4 Objectives and Organization of the Report. - 2 STATE OF THE ARCTIC COAST 2010 – A Thematic Assessment2.1. Physical State of the Circum-Arctic Coast. - 2.2. Ecological State of the Circum-Arctic Coast. - 2.3 Social, Economic and Institutional State of the Circum-Arctic Coast. - 3 INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT AND RESPONSE TO ARCTIC COASTAL CHANGE. - 3.1 Integrated Approaches to Coastal Change in the Arctic. - 3.2 Monitoring, Detecting and Modelling Coastal Change. - 3.3 Vulnerability, Adaptation, Adaptive Capacity and Resilience. - 3.4 Governance and Adaptation. - 4 SYNTHESIS AND FUTURE DIRECTION. - 4.1 Introduction. - 4.2 ICARP-II Science Plans. - 4.3 Knowledge Gaps and Research Priorities . - 4.4 Building a Road Map to Integrated Coastal Systems Research in the Arctic. - 4.5 Summary Discussion. - 5 REFERENCES. - List of Contributors. - Acknowledgements.

Note: Table of Contents - Čast' 7.: Oil and gas basins distribution in cryolithozone / L. S. Garagulya, G. I. Gordeeva, V. N. Zaitsev. - Exogenous geological processes on the main gas pipeline "Zapolamoe-New-Urengoy" / A. A. Gubarkov. - Feftures of engineering geological conditions of building of an elevated site of the oil pipeline "the Vankorsky deposit - "Purpe" / A. A. Goubarkov, S. N. Okunev, M. S. Maramigina, K. V. Zalesskiy. - Influence of anthropogenous activity on development of cryogenic processes and dynamics of the seasonal thawed layer on the gas pipeline "Nadym-Punga" / E. V. Elanzev, M. V. Andreeva, A. A. Gubarkov. - Experience using of the aerospace infrared thermal data for characteristics of the permafrost / S. G. Komienko. - Large-scale engineering-geocriological mapping of natural-technical systems of Jamburg OGCF / I. L. Kuznecova, E. A. Eremeeva, A. A. Erasov, M. V. Kasymskaya, T. V. Nikitina, A. I. Konichshev, M. A. Moiseeva. - Definition of enginering-geocryological parameters in complex ground conditions by statical probing (on example New Urengojsky gaz-chemical complex) / A. S. Kurbatov. - Taxonomic system of geotechnical monitoring gasfield and gas-transport objects / V. V. Lashin, A. V. Kryukov. - The technogeoekological analysis of gas-transport systems at the gas deposit Medvezhje / V. P. Marahtanov, M. A. Velikotskij, V. P. Chigir, S. A. Egurtsov, S. N. Menshikov, V. N. Polozov. - Field study of influence of oil pollution on the seasonal ground freezing oil deposit Samotlor / E. S. Miklyaeva, V. A. Soldatov. - Restriction to nature management in the southern cryolithozone of the Bolsheztmclskaya tundra / G. G. Osadchaya. - About long-term permafrost temperatures dynamics under the influence of climate changing at the north of West Siberia / A. B. Osokin. - The building technology for oil and gas fields of Yamal Peninsula / A. B. Osokin, E. Yu. Galaktionov, G. K. Smolov, A. P. Popov. - The influence of non-isothermal effects on gas production and determination of the area of possible hydrate formation in the bottom-hole zone of the gas-bearing reservoirs / I. I. Rozhin, E. A. Bondarev, K. K. Argunova. - Short-term forecasting of terrain evolution for Bovanenkovo gas condensate field territory (Yamal Peninsula) / V. I. Solomatin, M. A. Konjahin. - Destruction and recovery of permafrost along the gas pipeline Zapadno-Ozernoe gas field - Anadyr city in 2000 - 2008 / O. D. Tregubov, V. Yu. Razzhivin. , Table of Contents - Čast' 8.: The control of temperature conditions of permafrost ground and building foundations during the development of hydrocarbons in new regions / I. B. Baholdin, N. I. Sydnyaev, Y. S. Melnikova. - Thermal stabilization of permafrost soils at bases of structures with floors on the ground / R. M. Bayasan, A. R. Bayasan, G. P. Pustovoit, A. N. Tseeva. - Forecast of changing of bearing capacity and frost heaving of trapped foundation in west sektor of cryolithozone of Russia to 2050 / V. I. Grebenets, D. G. Shmelev. - Methodology of complex load tests of pile foundations in permafrost / I. E. Guryanov. - An analysis of land suitability for urban construction in permafrost regions / I. E. Guryanov. - Analysis of the effect of heat torch open on permafrost conditions of the site UPSV-South / G. M. Dolgih, S. N. Okunev, G. V. Anikin, V. N. Zaharova, M. S. Maramygina. - Natural researches deep heat pipe in experimental-industrial range / G. M. Dolgikh, S. N. Okunev, D. S. Pazderin, V. N. Feklistov. - Geocryological problems associated with railroads and highways on permafrost / V. G. Kondratiev. - Study stabilizations railway embankment on permafrost soil under thawing / S. A. Kudryavtsev, A. G. Polevichenko, A. V. Kazharskiy, Yu. B. Berestyanyy. - About anthropogenic influence on the stability of the buildigs and installations of the town construction in the north polar region / E. S. Maksimenko. - Permafrost conditions along proposed railway route in the northern Baffin Island and associated design considerations / V. E. Roujanski, K. W. Jones. - Experience of creation of the centralized system of gathering, processing and data storage of geotechnical monitoring / A. V. Ryazanov, V. D. Kaurkin, D. V. Manchukov, K. V. Zalessky. - The reliability of north infrastructure under changing climate conditions / L. N. Hrustalev, S. Yu. Parmuzin, L. V. Emelyanova. - Prognosis temperature conditions of soil beneath the foundations of football arena / A. N. Ceeva, Yu. A. Khokholov, M. V. Kaymonov, A. S. Kurilko. , Table of Contents - Čast' 9.: About the liability of geocryological factor account in the estimating of land condition within the confines of problem solution of Russian ecological safety / R. B. Bigeeva. - Reconversion of ecosystems under the influence of geocryological processes / L. S. Garagulja, G. I. Gordeeva, E. N. Ospennikov, V. Z. Hilimonjuk. - Hydrological and geo-ecological research in the Pechora river's delta / E. A. Dombrovskaya, N. G. Ukraintseva. - Estimation of possible influence of building of hydroelectric power station on the river Timpton (Southern Yakutia) on geological conditions and processes / A. A. Ermolov. - Cryoecological monitoring investigations of agricultural landscapes in central Yakutia / P. V. Efremov, I. S. Ugarov, A. N. Fedorov. - Theoretical and applied aspects of expert geoecological risk economic development within the new educational program / L. I. Zotova. - Permafrost - ecological mapping of cryolithozone of Russia / N. A. Koroleva, N. V. Tumel. - Impact of fire on vegetation and permafrost of northern taiga palsa pcatland in West Siberia / N. G. Moskalenko. - Long-term monitoring of cryogenic processes in the Russian North-West during global warming / N. G. Oberman. - The impact of man-made barrages on the surface and subpermafrost drainage in Yakutsk / N. A. Pavlova, S. I. Serikov. - Estimation of change of the condition of cryogenic landscapes of the northeast of Bolshezemelskaya tundra as a result of technogenic influence / E. S. Popova, J. V. Vlasova, N. V. Tumel. - Assessment of the dynamics of environmental permafrost conditions geocriological under varying conditions of heat-exchange on the earth surface / V. Z. Khilimonyuk, M. V. Filatova. , Table of Contents - Čast' 10.: The innovation technique and technology using for thermal stabilization of saline soils at Bovanenkovo oil and gas field on Yamal Peninsula / R. M. Bayasan, T. V. Bayasan, S. I. Golubin, A. V. Lyalin, G. P. Pustovoit. - Experience of planning, editing and exploitation of systems temperature stabilizing of ground base objects Vankor field / G. M. Dolgikh, S. N. Okunev, S. A. Stoyanov, K. V. Zalesskiy. - Method for carring permafrost area capacity assessment of ground and conditions of the building of development / A. V. lospa, A. A. Popova. - Statistic on accidents and safety of natural - technical systems on permafrost / Ja. A. Kronik. - Safety and standartization problems for designing and construction on permafrost / Ja. A. Kronik, M. A. Minkin. - Multipurpose mapping as informational support engineering survey, design and monitoring / F. Rivkin, I. Kuznetsova, N. lvanova, A. Popova, I. Parmuzin. - Engineering and geocryological monitoring of Obskaya-Bovanenkovo railway (Yamal Peninsula) / V. P. Chemyadyev, I. I. Shamanova, A. V. Maksimov, S. N. Titkov. , Table of Contents - Čast' 11.: Comparative analysis of radiative-heat parameters in Antarctic and Mars polar regions / O. N. Abramenko, I. A. Komarov, V. S. lsaev. - Cryophilic communities of lakes located in the Baikal rift zone / N. A. Bondarenko, O. I. Belykh, I. V. Tomberg, S. I. Genkal, I. V. Tikhonova, N. F. Logacheva, V. N. Alexandrov, O. A. Timoshkin. - Biogeochemistry of frozen soils of the Central Yakutia / A. V. Brouchkov, V. P. Melnikov, G. I. Griva, V. E. Repin, E. V. Brenner, M. Tanaka, M. V. Shchelchkova. - Exogenic cryogenic processes on Mars / V. S. lsaev, I. A. Komarov, O. N. Abramenko. - Underground ice as environment of microorganism / A. N. Kurchatova, V. V. Rogov. - Plant species indicating the depth of active layer on the Bely Island / O. V. Khitun, K. A. Ennokhina, M. O. Leibman, A. V. Khomutov. , Table of Contents - Čast' 12.: Actual problems of geocryology (permafrost science) / A. V. Brouchkov. - International Permafrost Field Courses TEPO-Yamburg (2007 - 2009) in the network International Polar Year / V. Grebenets, A. Boitsov, A. Kurchatova, D. Kaverin, E. M. Pfeiffer, N. Rueggen, A. Zschocke, N. Shiklomanov, D. Streletskiy, A. Klene. - Teaching academic discipline "geocryology" for students of building specialities / A. L. Nevzorov, V. V. Koptyaev. - Permafrost and periglacial geomorphology of Western Taymyr. The field courses on permafrost for graduate and phd student / I. D. Streletskaya, A. A. Vasiliev, G. A. Cherkashev, V. N. Konishchev. , In kyrill. Schr.

Note: Introduction to performance tuningProfiling MATLAB® performance -- Standard performance-tuning techniques -- MATLAB®-specific techniques -- Implicit parallelization (vectorization and indexing) -- Explicit parallelization using MathWorks toolboxes -- Explicit parallelization by other means -- Using compiled code -- Memory-related techniques -- Graphics and GUI -- I/O techniques..

Note: In kyrill. Schr.

Note: 1. The basic idea -- 2. Seafloor spreading and magnetic anomalies -- 3. Fracture zones and transform faults -- 4. Subduction of oceanic lithosphere -- 5. Rigid plates of lithosphere -- 6. Tectonics of continents -- 7. From whence to whither?

Note: Science after the end of science? An introduction to the "epochal break thesis" / Alfred Nordmann, Hans Radder, Gregor Schiemann -- The age of technoscience / Alfred Nordmann -- We are not witnesses to a new scientific revolution / Gregor Schiemann -- "Knowledge is power," or how to capture the relationship between science and technoscience / Martin Carrier -- Climbing the hill: seeing (and not seeing) epochal breaks from multiple vantage points / Cyrus C. M. Mody -- Breaking up with the epochal break: the case of engineering sciences / Mieke Boon, Tarja Knuuttila -- Science and its recent history: from an epochal break to novel, nonlocal patterns / Hans Radder -- Knowledge-making in transition: on the changing contexts of science and technology / Andrew Jamison -- Alliances between styles: a new model for the interaction between science and technology / Chunglin Kwa -- Experimenting with the concept of experiment: probing the epochal break / Astrid Schwarz, Wolfgang Krohn -- Intensification, not transformation: digital media's effects on scientific practice / Valerie Hanson -- Technologies of viewing: aspects of imaging in natural sciences / Angela Krewani -- Technoscience as popular culture: on pleasure, consumer technologies, and the economy of attention / Jutta Weber -- The good old days: medical research then and now / James Robert Brown -- Toward a new culture of prediction: computational modeling in the era of desktop computing / Ann Johnson, Johannes Lenhard -- Epilogue: the sticking points of the epochal break thesis / Hans Radder..

Note: 1. Geomaterials and crustal geomechanics -- 2. Elements of rheology -- 3. Forces and stresses -- 4. Elements of kinematics -- 5. Elements of linear elasticity -- 6. From continuum mechanics to fluid mechanics -- 7. Elements of linear fracture mechanics -- 8. Laboratory investigations on geomaterials under compression -- 9. Homogenized geomaterials -- 10. Fractures and faults -- 11. Elements of seismology -- 12. Elements of solid-fluid interactions -- 13. Methods for stress fields evaluation from in situ observations -- 14. Elements of stress fields and crustal rheology -- References -- Appendix A. Elements of tensors in rectangular coordinates -- Index..

Note: SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION TO THE USE OF REMOTE SENSING FOR WETLAND MAPPING: Wetlands: An Overview / Ralph W. Tiner --- Classification of Wetland Types for Mapping and Large-Scale Inventories / Ralph W. Tiner --- Introduction to Wetland Mapping and Its Challenges / Ralph W. Tiner --- Early Applications of Remote Sensing for Mapping Wetlands / Ralph W. Tiner --- Advances in Remotely Sensed Data and Techniques for Wetland Mapping and Monitoring / Megan W. Lang, Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Ralph W. Tiner, and Victor V. Klemas --- SECTION 2 - SUMMARIES OF REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR APPLICATION FOR MAPPING WETLANDS: Mapping and Monitoring Surface Water and Wetlands with Synthetic Aperture Radar / Brian Brisco --- Wetland InSAR: A Review of the Technique and Applications / Shimon Wdowinski and Sang-Hoon Hong --- Radar and Optical Image Fusion and Mapping of Wetland Resources / Elijah Ramsey III and Amina Rangoonwala --- Theory and Applications of Object-Based Image Analysis and Emerging Methods in Wetland Mapping / Joseph F. Knight, Jennifer M. Corcoran, Lian P. Rampi, and Keith C. Pelletier --- Unmanned Aerial Systems and Structure from Motion Revolutionize Wetlands Mapping / Marguerite Madden, Thomas Jordan, Sergio Bernardes, David L. Cotten, Nancy O’Hare, and Alessandro Pasqua --- SECTION 3 - APPLICATIONS OF REMOTE SENSING FOR MAPPING SPECIFIC WETLAND HABITATS: Remote Sensing of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation and Coral Reefs / Sam Purkis and Chris Roelfsema --- Remote Sensing of Mangroves / Victor V. Klemas --- Tidal Marsh Classification Approaches and Future Marsh Migration Mapping Methods for Long Island Sound, Connecticut and New York / Mark Hoover and Adam Walton Whelchel --- Using Moderate-Resolution Satellite Sensors for Monitoring the Biophysical Parameters and Phenology of Tidal Marshes / Deepak R. Mishra and Shuvankar Ghosh --- Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Mapping / Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Zachary M. Laubach, Anthony J. Landon, Elizabeth C. Banda, Michael J. Battaglia, Sarah L. Endres, Mary Ellen Miller, Robb D. Macleod, and Colin N. Brooks --- Mapping Wetlands and Surface Water in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America / Jennifer Rover and David M. Mushet --- Mapping the State and Dynamics of Boreal Wetlands Using Synthetic Aperture Radar / Daniel Clewley, Jane Whitcomb, Mahta Moghaddam, and Kyle McDonald --- Fusion of Multispectral Imagery and LiDAR Digital Terrain Derivatives for Ecosystem Mapping and Morphological Characterization of a Northern Peatland Complex / Antonio Difebo, Murray Richardson, and Jonathan Price --- Airborne LiDAR-Based Wetland and Permafrost-Feature Mapping on an Arctic Coastal Plain, North Slope, Alaska / Jeffrey G. Paine, John R. Andrews, Kutalmis Saylam, and Thomas A. Tremblay --- Hybrid Mapping of Pantropical Wetlands from Optical Satellite Images, Hydrology, and Geomorphology / Thomas Gumbricht --- Capturing the Dynamics of Amazonian Wetlands Using Synthetic Aperture Radar: Lessons Learned and Future Directions / Thiago Sanna Freire Silva, John Melack, Annia Susin Streher, Jefferson Ferreira-Ferreira, and Luiz Felipe de Almeida Furtado --- Mapping China’s Wetlands and Recent Changes with Remotely Sensed Data / Zhenguo Niu --- Mapping Invasive Wetland Plants / Carol A. Johnston --- Multisatellite Remote Sensing of Global Wetland Extent and Dynamics / Catherine Prigent and Fabrice Papa --- SECTION 4 - PROMISING DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES: Promising Developments and Future Challenges for Remote Sensing of Wetlands / Megan W. Lang, Sam Purkis, Victor V. Klemas, and Ralph W. Tiner

Note: Introduction / Guri Bang -- To be or not to be : a low-carbon economy : a decade of climate politics in Brazil / Solveig Aamodt -- China : every day is a winding road / Iselin Stensdal -- EU climate and energy policy : demanded or supplied? / Jon Birger Skjærseth -- Climate politics, emission scenarios and negotiation stances in India / Sunil Tankha and Trude Rauken -- Japan's climate policy : post-Fukushima and beyond / Masahiko Iguchi -- Russia's climate policy / Anna Korppoo -- The United States : Obama's push for climate policy change / Guri Bang -- Comparative analysis and conclusions / Guri Bang..

Note: Zugl.: Hamburg, Univ., FB Geowiss., Diss., 2011 , INHALT: Inhalt. - Zusammenfassung. - Abstract. - Abkürzungen. - Abbildungen. - Tabellen. - 1 Einleitung und Zielsetzung. - 2 Grundlagen. - 2.1 Die Bedeutung des Stickstoffkreislaufs. - 2.2 Die Nitrifikation - Ein Schlüsselprozess im Stickstoffkreislauf. - 2.2.1 Verbreitung Ammoniak oxidierender Bakterien. - 2.2.2 Verbreitung Ammoniak oxidierender Archaeen. - 2.2.3 Physiologie Ammoniak oxidierender Mikroorganismen. - 2.2.4 Bedeutung Ammoniak oxidierender Mikroorganismen. - 2.3 Psychrophile and psychrotolerante Bakterien. - 2.4 Grundlagen der methodischen Ansätze. - 2.4.1 Bodenklassifikation nach der US Soil Taxonomy. - 2.4.2 Charakterisierung der Ammoniak oxidierenden Mikroorganismen (AOM). - 2.4.3 Nachweis von nitrifizierenden Mikroorganismen. - 2.4.4 Denaturierende Gradienten Gelelektrophorese (DGGE). - 2.4.5 Fluoreszenz-in-situ-Hybridisierung (FISH) und Immunofluoreszenz (IF). - 2.4.6 Reverse Transkriptase RCR. - 3. Beschreibung der Untersuchungsgebiete. - 3.1. Untersuchungsgebiet im kalten Klimat – die Insel Samoylov im Lena-Delta. - 3.2. Untersuchungsgebiet im gemäßigten Klimat – Hahnheide bei Hamburg. - 4 Material und Methoden. - 4.1 Probenahme und bodenkundliche Standortaufnahme. - 4.2 Herkunft der verwendeten Anreicherungskulturen. - 4.3 Bodenchemische und -physikalische Laboruntersuchungen. - 4.4 Quantifizierung von gelösten Stickstoffverbindungen in Böden. - 4.4.1 Ammoniumbestimmungen. - 4.4.2 Nitrit- und Nitratbestimmung. - 4.4.3 Bestimmung der gelösten organischen Stickstoffverbindungen (DON). - 4.5 Nährmedien. - 4.6 Nachweis von mikrobiellen N-Umsetzungen in Böden. - 4.6.1 Bestimmung der potentiellen Nitrifikation. - 4.6.2 Bestimmung der potentiellen Mineralisationsaktivitäten. - 4.6.3 Bestimmungen der Temperaturoptima der Nitrifikation. - 4.6.4 Quantifizierung von nitrifizierenden Mikroorganismen mittels MPN. - 4.7 Kulturführungen von Anreicherungen und Reinkulturen. - 4.7.1. Anreicherung von Ammoniak oxidierenden Mikroorganismen (AOM). - 4.7.2. Kulturführung von Reinkulturen. - 4.7.3 Reinheitstest der Anreicherungs- und Reinkulturen. - 4.8 Mikroskopische Verfahren. - 4.9. Molekularbiologische Methoden. - 4.9.1 DNA Extraktion. - 4.9.2 Polymerasenkettenreaktion (PCR). - 4.9.3 Denaturierende Gradienten Gelelektrophorese (DGGE). - 4.9.4 RNA Isolation und Reverse Transkriptase (RT) PCR Anwendungen. - 4.9.5 Klonierung. - 4.9.6 Sequenzanalysen und Stammbäume. - 4.10 Statistische Verfahren. - 5. Ergebnisse. - 5.1. Bodenkundliche Charakterisierung der untersuchten Permafrostböden. - 5.1.1 Böden der Flussterrasse. - 5.1.2 Böden der jüngeren Überflutungsebene. - 5.1.3 Beschreibung des untersuchten Permafrostaufschlusses am Kliff. - 5.2 Bodenkundliche Charakterisierung der Vergleichsböden im gemäßigten Klimat. - 5.3 Gelöste anorganische Stickstoffverbindungen (DIN). - 5.3.1 DIN in den kalten Klimaten. - 5.3.2 DIN-Gehalte in den Böden der gemäßigten Klimaten. - 5.4. Mineralisation. - 5.4.1 Bestimmung der Mineralisationsraten. - 5.4.2 Mineralisation im Mikrokosmos Ansatz. - 5.5 Potentielle Nitrifikation. - 5.5.1 Gesamte potentielle Nitrifikation in den Böden der kalten Klimaten. - 5.5.2 Archaeale potentielle Nitrifikation in den Böden der kalten Klimate. - 5.5.3 Temperaturabhängige potentielle Ammoniakoxidation. - 5.5.4 Potentielle Nitrifikationsaktivität im gemäßigten Klimat. - 5.6 Quantifizierungen von Nitrifikanten. - 5.7. Molekularbiologische Befunde. - 5.7.1. Diversität des bakteriellen und archaealen 16S-rRNA-Gens. - 5.7.2 Nachweis AOB und AOA mittels der Ammoniakmonooxygenase (AMO) 5.8 DGGE Analysen der Anreichungskulturen. - 5.8.1 Anreicherungen bei 4 °C. - 5.8.2 Anreicherungen bei 10 °C. - 5.8.3 Anreicherungen bei 28 °C. - 5.9 Taxonomie der untersuchten Ammoniak oxidierenden Mikroorganismen (AOM). - 5.9.1 Taxonomie der AOB. - 5.9.2 Taxonomie der AOA. - 5.10 Charakterisierungen der Anreicherungskulturen. - 5.10.1 Morphologische Eigenschaften der Anreicherungskulturen. - 5.10.2 Lichtmikroskopische Untersuchungen der Anreicherungskulturen. - 5.10.3 Temperaturanpassung als physiologische Eigenschaft der AOM. - 5.11 Zusammenfassender Überblick der Ergebnisse. - 6. Diskussion. - 6.1 Permafrostböden und die Prozesse des Stickstoffkreislaufes. - 6.1.1 Stickstoffumsätze aufgrund kleinräumige Variabilität der Böden Samoylovs. - 6.1.2 Verteilung der gelösten anorganischen Stickstoffverbindungen (DIN). - 6.1.3 N-Limitierung in den Permafrostböden. - 6.1.4 Die Prozesse im Küstenaufschluss am Samoylov-Kliff. - 6.2 Die mikrobielle Diversität in den Permafrostböden. - 6.2.1 Diversität in Permafrostböden. - 6.2.3 Unterscheidung AOB und AOA. - 6.2.4 Wer ist wann aktiv? Die Bewertung der RT PCR Ergebnisse. - 6.3 Temperaturanpassung. - 6.4 Möglicher Einfluss des Klimawandels auf die Stickstoffumsetzung. - 7. Schlussbetrachtung und Ausblick. - Literatur. - Veröffentlichungen. - Dank.

Note: Contents: Part I: Introduction to Grounded Theory of Anselm Strauss ; Chapter 1: Inspiration and Background ; Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations ; Chapter 3: Practical Considerations for Getting Started ; Chapter 4: Prelude to Analysis ; Chapter 5: Strategies for Qualitative Data Analysis ; Chapter 6: Memos and Diagrams ; Chapter 7: Theoretical Sampling ; Chapter 8: Context ; Chapter 9: Process ; Chapter 10: Techniques for Achieving Theoretical Integration ; Chapter 11: The Use of Computer Programs in Qualitative Data Analysis ; Part II: Research Demonstration Project ; Chapter 12 Open Coding: Identifying Concepts ; Chapter 13: Developing Concepts in Terms of Their Properties and Dimensions ; Chapter 14: Analyzing Data for Context ; Chapter 15: Bringing Process Into the Analysis ; Chapter 16: Integrating Categories ; Part III: Finishing the Research Project ; Chapter 17: Writing Theses, Monographs, and Dissertations, and Giving Talks About Your Research ; Chapter 18: Criteria for Evaluation ; Chapter 19: Student Questions and Answers

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Note: Table of Contents - Čast' 1.: Research by the pulsing method of a NRM of the metastable water formed at dissociation freonhydrate-12 in the field of negative temperatures / V. A. Vlasov, A. G. Zavodovsky, M. S. Madygulov, A. N. Nesterov, A. M. Reshetnikov. - Kinetics crystallization subcooling of the water contacting to surface gas hydrate / V. A. Vlasov, A. G. Zavodovsky, M. S. Madygulov, A. N. Nesterov, A. M. Reshetnikov. - Transformation of cryogenic structure of frozen clay soils at plain stamp test / S. S. Volokhov. - About influence of contact zone structure of frozen soils with materials on adfreezing strength / S. S. Volokhov, N. V. Solovyeva. - Possibilities of calculating the effective diffusion coefficient of water vapour in snow due to field observations data / R. I. Gavriliev. - Features of water's crystallization in dispersed rocks / V. N. Golubev, G. A. Rzhanitsyn. - Mass exchange in the system of atmosphere-snow cover-ground / V. N. Golubev, D. M. Frolov. - Physical and mechanical aspects of phase transition processes in frozen and freezing ground / J. B. Gorelik. - The experimental stadies of cryogenic preassure into water-saturated saline soils / S. E. Grechishchev, A. V. Brousehkov, Ark. V. Pavlov, O. V. Grechisheheva. - Phase composition of frozen saline ground with petroleum pollution / E. S. Grechishcheva, R. G. Motenko. - About plastic deformation of frozen rocks / M. M. Iudin. - Studies of Soil Moisture Transfer and ice extraction in clay loam Patterns Under External Pressure / O. A. Kazansky. - Isotopic content of interfacial water and ice frozen ground / V. N. Konischev, V. V. Rogov, V. N. Golubev, S. A. Sokratov. - On longevity and structured physical system organizations (on example of frozen soils and ice) / A. A. Konovalov. - On toughness and deforming the frozen ground / A. A. Konovalov. - The study of deformation characteristics of thawing soils / P. I. Kotov. - Thermal properties of volcanic ashes (Kamchatka) / E. P. Kuznetsova, R. G. Motenko. - About temperature extension coeffision of frozen soils / V. P. Merzlyakov. - Classification indicators of frost-susceptible soils / A. L. Nevzorov. - Separation of the pore solution compounds during mass transfer in disperse ice / V. Ye. Ostroumov, N. V. Ostroumova. - Achievements and problems of frozen soils mechanics / L. T. Roman. - Classification of frozen soils / L. T. Roman, V. I. Aksenov, A. V. Iospa. - Modification of frozen soils and ice by adding polyvinyl alcohol in order to facilitate construction / E. V. Safronov, V. V. Vialdin, V. G. Cheverev, V. E. Gagarin, D. V. Hvostikov. - Method of mass crystallization calculation for multiphased rheological mediums / N. I. Sidnyaev, D. A. Krylov. - The deflected mode of the freezing soils layer taking into account the creep and compliance of the boundary conditions / Z. G. Ter-Martirosyan, P. A. Gorbachev. - Study of deformation characteristics of thawing soils of Vankor oilfield / M. N. Tsarapov. - Influence of outer loading on frost heaving of freezing soils, according to theoretical and experimental researches / V. G. Cheverev, M. A. Minkin, E. V. Safronov, V. E. Gagarin, R. S. Bumaev. , Table of Contents - Čast' 2.: Investigation of glaciers and fumarolic activity of Mt Elbrus / V. A. Alekseev, N. G. Alekseeva, M. G. Daniyalov, P. A. Morozov, C. M. Pershin, P. V. Hlebopashev. - The study of impact craters near the Tunguska meteorite epicenter / V. A. Alekseev, V. V. Kopeykin, N. G. Alekseeva, V. V. Krivulin, L. G. Pelehan', V. A. Rukavishnikov, V. A. Chechin. - Engineering geophysical investigations to substantiate the investments for Nizhne-Timptonsk HPP construction / O. K. Voronkov, N. N. Sigatcheva, O. A. Semenov, Yu. Yu. Punin. - Essentials of technique for seismic hazard zoning of extended linear structures in cryolithic zone / V. I. Dzhurik, S. P. Serebrennikov, L. A. Usynin, E. V. Bryzhak. - Temperature dependence of seasonal changes of electrical resistance of frozen ground / V. N. Efremov. - Role and place geophysical methods at studying criolitozone / Y. D. Zykov, A. V. Koshurnikov, N. V. Paramonov, A. A. Pogorelov, R. D. Ostrovsky, A. Y. Gunar. - EM sounding technology's capability in long-term engineering-geological studies in transition zones (case study: transition of a pipeline Bovanenkovo-Ukhta through Baidaratskaya Bay) / Y. D. Zykov, Y. V. Kuleshov, S. V. Kulakov, A. V. Koshurnikov, E. I. Gorshkov, A. A. Pogorelov, E. M. Sizykh. - Experience using of aerospace infrared thermal data for characteristics of the permafrost / S. G. Kornienko. - Wave characteristics of permafrost in Western Yakutia / L. G. Neradovsky. - Geological-geophysical analysis of seismic events in the cryolithic zone of Mongolia / S. P. Serebrennikov, Ts. Batsaikhan, V. I. Dzhurik, A. Yu. Eskin, A. F. Drennov. - Seismic geocryological study of shallow waters in permafrost / A. G. Skvortsov, M. R. Sadurtdinov, A. M. Tsarev. - Features of seismic methods in engineering geocryological studies / A. G. Skvortsov, A. M. Tsarev, M. R. Sadurtdinov. - Descriptiveness of geophysical methods in the assessment of oil pollution / A. D. Skobelev, Y. D. Zykov, A. V. Koshurnikov, A. A. Pogorelov, P. D. Ostrovsky, A. Y. Gunnar. - Radiolocation of the upper frozen ground in Anadyr city: structure, interpretation, forecast / O. D. Tregubov. - Estimating of rock state and properties in long-tem physical weathering by an ultrasonic method / L. F. Ushakova, O. K. Voronkov. - The efficiency of geophysical methods in studies of cryolithic zone in the process of placer accumulation by dredge acquisition / I. M. Khasanov, N. L. Alevskaya, A. V. Koshumikov. - Impact assessment of cryolithic zone in geophysical explorations of gold minefields on a prospecting step, that arc disposed in background medium, consisted of finest sedimentary rock / I. M. Khasanov, V. M. Sharaphytdinov, A. V. Koshurnikov. - Engineering-geocryological research in offshore area of Kruzenshternsky field in Kara sea / V. A. Kholodilov, M. L. Tsemkalo, M. F. Savitskiy, N. V. Paramonov, A. V. Koshumikov, A. A. Pogorelov. - Using electrical resistivity tomography to investigate near-shore permafrost dynamics / P. Overduin, M. Grigoriev, T. Haberlau, S. Wetterich, S. Westermann, K. Yoshikawa. , Table of Contents - Čast' 3.: Cryogenic and seismogenic deormations in the Late Cenozoic deposits of Tunkinskaya depression in Baikal rift zone / S. V. Alexeev, L. P. Alexeeva, A. C. Gladkov, O. V. Lunina, A. M. Kononov, A. V. Andreev. - Coastal Permafrost evolution of Western Yamal in context of climate change / A. A. Vasiliev, I. D. Streletskaya, R. S. Shirokov, G. E. Oblogov. - Classification of massive ice /Yu. K. Vasil'chuk. - δ18O variation of Late Holocene ice-wedge of Aventdalen, Svalbard / Yu. K. Vasil'chuk, N. A. Budantseva, A. M. Zemskova. - Pollen spectra of massive ice of Yerkutayakha River valley, Southern Yamal Peninsula / A. C. Vasil'chuk, Yu. K. Vasi l'chuk, N. A. Budantscva. - Complex assessment of crioecolological and bioresource state of northern geosystems / L. I. Zotova, S. J. Dedjusova. - Study of Quaternary sediments and ground ice with detailed grane-size composition analysis at Yenisey North / M. S. Pavlov, I. D. Streletskaya, A. G. Matyukhin, G. E. Oblogov, A. V. Surkov. - On rock weathering in Cryolithozone / D. M. Shesternev. - Fossil organic matter in permafrost deposits of northern East Siberia - contents and characteristics / L. Schirrmeister, S. Wetterich, G. Grosse, J. Strauss, C. Siegert, P. P. Overduin, H.-W. Hubberten. , Table of Contents - Čast' 4.: The influence of reservoir parameters on hydrate formation in gas wells in permafrost / E. A. Bondarev, K. K. Argunova, I. I. Rozhin. - Research features of deposits wells with abnormal low field temperature / Z. A. Vasil'eva, D. S. Djafarov. - Technogenic indicators of natural gas hydrates presence in deposits of the western part of the Siberian Platform and Yenisei-Khatanga Depression / Z. A. Vasil'eva, D. S. Dzhafarov. - The commercially viable unconventional gas sources (gas hydrates, coalbed methane and shale gas) - experience of development and prospects in Russia / E. V. Perlova. - Gas hydrate of Yamal region (Yamal Peninsular, Kara Sea's shelf) - occurance, types, resources, technogenic challenges / E. V. Perlova, S. A. Leonov, E. S. Miklyaeva, S. D. Perlov. - Variation of thermal conductivity in gas-saturated sediments during hydrate accumulation and freezing / E. M. Chuvilin, B. A. Buhanov. - Sources of natural gas in cryolithozone of Yamal Pemnsula / V. S. Yakushev. , In kyrill. Schr.

Note: Front Cover; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; CHAPTER 1 - Introduction; CHAPTER 2 - Data Foundations; CHAPTER 3 - Human Perception and Information Processing; CHAPTER 4 - Visualization Foundations; CHAPTER 5 - Visualization Techniques for Spatial Data; CHAPTER 6 - Visualization Techniques for Geospatial Data; CHAPTER 7 - Visualization Techniques for Time-Oriented Data; CHAPTER 8 - Visualization Techniques for Multivariate Data; CHAPTER 9 - Visualization Techniques for Trees, Graphs, and Networks; CHAPTER 10 - Text and Document Visualization. , CHAPTER 11 - Interaction ConceptsCHAPTER 12 - Interaction Techniques; CHAPTER 13 - Designing Effective Visualizations; CHAPTER 14 - Comparing and Evaluating Visualization Techniques; CHAPTER 15 - Visualization Systems; CHAPTER 16 - Research Directions in Visualization; APPENDIX A - History of Computer Graphics and Visualization; APPENDIX B - Example Data Sets; APPENDIX C - Sample Programs; Bibliography; Back Cover.

Note: Contents: PART I GENERAL ANALYSIS 1. Conceptual Framework and Analytical Methods ; 2. Global Urban Sustainable Competitiveness Index ; 3. Global Urban Sustainable Competitiveness: A Comprehensive Analysis ; 4. Global Urban Sustainable Competitiveness: A Regional Analysis ; 5. Global Urban Sustainable Competitiveness and Urban GDP Per Capita ; 6. Global Urban Sustainable Competitiveness and Urban Population Size ; 7. Global Urban Sustainable Competitiveness: Characteristics of Functional Centers ; PART II SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS ; 8. The Specialized Differences: One Key Vector in Urban Competitiveness ; 9. Social and Technological Innovations in the Competitiveness of Cities ; 10. Green Cities: Examples of Governing for Green Growth from OECD Countries ; 11. Institutions and Urban Competitiveness – a Doing Business Perspective ; 12. The Challenge of World City Network Pattern Changes on the World City Network Analysis ; 13. Population Aging and Urban Competitiveness ; 14. Driving Factors of Urban Prosperity: An Empirical Analysis of Global Cities ; 15. Patterns of the Global Cities: Present and Future ; PART III INDEX REPORT ; 16. The State of Sustainable Competitiveness of 500 Cities

Note: Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction and State-of-the-Art ; EVIDENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, MIGRATION AND ADAPTATION ; Chapter 2 Environment, Political Economies and Livelihood Change ; Chapter 3 Riverbank Erosion and Migration In Bangladesh's Char Lands ; Chapter 4 No more famines? Food Security and Migration in Times of Climate Change ; Chapter 5 Climate Change, Hunger or Social Inequality - Which one drives Migration? ; Chapter 6 Translocal Livelihoods and Labor Migration Systems in Bangladesh ; Chapter 7 Cyclone-Induced Migration in Southwest Coastal Bangladesh ; Chapter 8 Displacement and Migration from Cyclone-affected Coastal Areas ; Chapter 9 Environmental Migration, Adaptation, and Gender Relations: A study in Dhaka ; Chapter 10 Coping with Flood Risks: Microcredit versus Micro-insurance ; POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, MIGRATION AND ADAPTATION ; Chapter 11 Climate-induced Migration and interdependent Vulnerabilities between Bangladesh and India ; Chapter 12 Local Experts' Perceptions of Climate Change and Migration in Bangladesh ; Chapter 13 Governing Environmentally-Related Migration: Mobility, Rights, and the Causality Problem ; Chapter 14 Civil Society Organizations and Climate Change Policy Formulation in Bangladesh ; Chapter 15 Exploring Legal and Policy Avenues for dealing with Climate-Induced Migration ; Chapter 16 Bangladesh's Role in International Negotiations on Climate Refugees ; Chapter 17 Reflections

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Note: Foreword; Preface; Contents; Authors' Biography; Chapter 1: Paths to the New Arctic; Chapter 2: Indigenous Peoples in the New Arctic; Chapter 3: Pioneering Nation: New Narratives About Greenland and Greenlanders Launched Through Arts and Branding; Chapter 4: Perpetual Adaption? Challanges for the Sami and Reindeer Husbandry in Sweden; Chapter 5: On Past, Present and Future Arctic Expeditions; Chapter 6: Arctopias: The Arctic as No Place and New Place in Fiction; Chapter 7: The Fleeting Glaciers of the Arctic; Chapter 8: Arctic Carbon Cycle: Patterns, Impacts and Possible Changes; Chapter 9: Arctic Vegetation Cover: Patterns, Processes and Expected Change; Chapter 10: Human Development in the New Arctic; Chapter 11: Issues in Arctic Tourism; ...

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Note: Contents: PART I INTRODUCTION ; 1. Political Ecology: Handbook Topics and Themes ; 2. Reflecting on Political Ecology ; PART II ISSUES AND APPROACHES ; 3. Doing Political Ecology Inside and Outside the Academy ; 4. Encountering Political Ecology: Epistemology and Emancipation ; 5. Connecting Political Ecology and French Geography: On Tropicality and Radical Thought ; 6. Roots, Rhizomes, Networks and Territories: Reimagining Pattern and Power in Political Ecologies ; 7. A Time for Gramsci ; 8. Integrating Science and Politics in Political Ecology ; 9. Postcoloniality and the North-South Binary Revisited: The Case of India’s Climate Politics ; 10. Depoliticized Environments and the Promises of the Anthropocene ; PART III GOVERNANCE AND POWER ; 11. Mining in Latin America: Coloniality and Degradation ; 12. Political Forests ; 13. Resources, Wars and Violence ; 14. Benefit Sharing in Environmental Governance: Beyond Hydropower in the Mekong River Basin ; 15. Gender, Group Behaviour and Community Forestry in South Asia ; 16. Political Ecologies of Religious Pilgrimage ; 17. Governing People in De-Populated Areas ; 18. Political Participation and Environmental Movements in China ; 19. Understanding Fukushima: Nuclear Impacts, Risk Perceptions and Organic Farming in Feminist Political Ecology Perspective ; 20. Mind the Gap: Global Truths, Local Complexities in Emergent Green Initiatives ; PART IV KNOWLEDGE AND DISCOURSE ; 21. Disaster, Degradation, Dystopia ; 22. Contesting Hunger Discourses ; 23. Green Governmentality ; 24. Whose Good Living? Post Neo-Liberalism, The Green State and Subverted Alternatives to Development in Ecuador ; 25. Assessing South Korea’s Green Growth Strategy ; 26. Naturetm Inc.: Nature as Neoliberal Capitalist Imaginary ; 27. The Cultural Politics of Waterscapes ; 28. Greening The Job: Trade Unions, Climate Change and the Political Ecology of Labour ; 29. Eco-Cities and the Promise of Socio-Environmental Justice ; PART V METHOD AND SCALE ; 30. Useful Outsiders: Building Environmental Policy Reform Dossiers ; 31. Neoliberalism, Scientism and Earth Systems Governance ; 32. From 'Participation' to 'Negotiation': Suppressing Dissent in Environmental Conflict Resolution in Brazil ; 33. The Political Ecology of Colonias on the US-Mexico Border: Ethnography for Hidden and Hard-to-reach Communities ; 34. Political Ecology of Scale ; 35. The Political Ecology of Weeds: A Scalar Approach to Landscape Transformations ; 36. Bordering and Scalar Thickening in Nature Conservation ; 37. The Best of Many Worlds: Methodological Pluralism in Political Ecology ; 38. Integrating Politics and Ecology through Mixed Methods ; PART VI CONNECTIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS ; 39. Globalising French Écologie Politique: A Political Necessity ; 40. Jahát Jatítotòdom: Toward an Indigenous Political Ecology ; 41. From Ecological Modernization to Socially Sustainable Economic Degrowth: Lessons from Ecological Economics ; 42. Urban Political Ecology ‘Beyond the West’: Engaging with South Asian Urban Studies ; 43. Towards a Lusophone Political Ecology: Assessing ‘Para Inglês Ver’ Environments ; 44. Political Ecology in and of China ; 45. Emotional Political Ecology ; 46. Thermodynamics Revisited: The Political Ecology of Energy Systems in Historical Perspective ; 47. Political Ecology of the Body: A Visceral Approach ; Index

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