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Description / Table of Contents: Geomaterials derived from the Earth's crust and used in construction after appropriate processing are among the earliest raw materials exploited, processed and used by humans. Their numerous functional properties include accessibility, workability and serviceability, and these are explored within this volume. In modern society, sustainable use of raw materials, specifically those exploited in large volumes such as geomaterials for construction, raises questions of reducing extraction of primary resources and thus minimizing impacts on natural systems, and also employment of materials and technologies to lower emissions of deleterious substances into the atmosphere. This will be possible only if we fully understand the properties, processing and mode of use of traditional geomaterials. Although most of the papers within this volume were written by geologists, the contributions will also be of interest to those working in cultural heritage, monument conservation, civil engineering and architecture.

Description / Table of Contents: The rivers of East Asia are some of the largest and most important to human society and the global economy. They drain a variety of terrains from the Tibetan plateau, the hill country of southern China and the steep mountains of Taiwan. The sediment they carry potentially records the long-term evolution of continental environments within the marine stratigraphic record. Sediments reaching the ocean have to traverse the wide continental shelves where they may be reworked and transported by longshore currents, typhoon storm waves, as well as large ocean currents such as the Kuroshio. Deciphering any marine record requires us to understand the dynamics of sediment transport on the continental shelves, and this region acts as a global type example of such processes. Studies in this volume span a wide range of subdisciplines in the marine sciences and provide new insights into how sediment is distributed offshore after leaving the river mouths.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I Reminiscences: Rolf Hagedorn and Relativistic Heavy Ion Research.-- Part II The Hagedorn Temperature --- Part III Melting Hadrons, Boiling Quarks Heavy Ion Path to Quark-Gluon Plasma --- Acronyms

Description / Table of Contents: Palaeomagnetism is a technique used to understand complex deformation patterns in fold-and-thrust belts; it can be used to characterize the distribution, magnitude and timing of vertical axis rotations, an elusive variable using other methods. A combination of palaeomagnetic and structural geology analyses has helped to unravel the geometry and kinematics of fold-and-thrust belts around the world and of different geological ages for more than 50 years. This volume comprises three sections: the first shows thorough overviews of western Mediterranean arcs and the western Carpathians; the second depicts several examples from the Andes, the Alps, Anatolia, Pyrenees, Iberian Ranges and the Atlas; and the third shows the latest research on the use of palaeomagnetism to understand fold-and-thrust belts in 3D and 4D in a more quantitative way and it also includes some methodological proposals to avoid common errors. In the papers of the first two sections, the combination of palaeomagnetic analyses with structural data, AMS or magnetostratigraphic analyses demonstrate the usefulness of palaeomagnetism in deciphering complex deformation patterns in fold-and-thrust belts.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction and bibliography / Mike Smith, Zerina Johanson, Paul M. Barrett and M. Richter / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 1-29, 25 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.19 --- Smith Woodward's life and work: historical background --- ‘A Splendid Position’: The life, achievements and contradictions of Sir Arthur Smith Woodward 1864–1944 / Karolyn Shindler and Mike Smith / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 31-62, 20 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.10 --- The Natural History Museum Fossil Fish Collection: Smith Woodward’s role in the development and use of this priceless resource / Mike Smith / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 63-85, 27 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.17 --- Arthur Smith Woodward's fossil fish type specimens / Emma Louise Bernard and Mike Smith / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 87-88, 21 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.14 --- Lady Smith Woodward's tablecloth / Angela C. Milner / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 89-111, 22 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.5 --- Lady Smith Woodward's memories: introduction / Mike Smith and Karolyn Shindler / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 113-114, 20 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.11 --- Smith Woodward's scientific legacy --- Smith Woodward's ideas on fish classification / Peter L. Forey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 115-127, 19 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.1 --- Sclerorhynchus atavus and the convergent evolution of rostrum-bearing chondrichthyans / Charlie Underwood, Moya Meredith Smith and Zerina Johanson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 129-136, 14 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.7 --- Cochliodonts and chimaeroids: Arthur Smith Woodward and the holocephalians / Christopher J. Duffin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 137-154, 14 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.9 --- Development of understanding of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic chondrichthyan fossil record / Charlie Underwood, David Ward and Guillaume Guinot / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 155-164, 14 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.4 --- The English Chalk and London Clay: two remarkable British bony fish Lagerstätten / Matt Friedman, Hermione T. Beckett, Roger A. Close and Zerina Johanson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 165-200, 23 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.18 --- The contribution of Sir Arthur Smith Woodward to the palaeoichthyology of Brazil – Smith Woodward's types from Brazil / Paulo M. Brito and Martha Richter / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 201-217, 14 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.12 --- Mr Mawson's fossils / John G. Maisey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 219-233, 15 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.2 --- Leedsichthys problematicus: Arthur Smith Woodward's ‘most embarrassing enigma' / J. J. Liston / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 235-259, 15 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.8 --- The Woodward factor: Arthur Smith Woodward's legacy to geology in Australia and Antarctica / Susan Turner and John Long / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 261-288, 28 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.15 --- Smith Woodward's contributions on fossil tetrapods / Angela C. Milner and Paul M. Barrett / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 289-309, 27 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.13 --- Arthur Smith Woodward, Florentino Ameghino and the first Jurassic ‘Sea Crocodile’ from South America / Lorna Steel and Eric Buffetaut / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 311-319, 20 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.6 --- Arthur Smith Woodward and his involvement in the study of human evolution / Christopher Dean, Isabelle De Groote and Chris Stringer / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 321-335, 20 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.3 --- The one that got away from Smith Woodward: cranial anatomy of Micrornatus (Acanthomorpha: Scombridae) revealed using computed microtomography / Hermione T. Beckett and Matt Friedman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, 337-353, 5 November 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP430.16

Description / Table of Contents: Nahezu unbekannt sind der Öffentlichkeit die Lebensweisen jener ArbeiterInnen, die das „schwarze und blaue Gold“ für den Export nach Europa fördern. Sie sind fahrende und fliegende Menschen, die zyklisch für Wochen oder Monate in den Fördergebieten leben und arbeiten, um wieder für eine Weile zu ihren Familien heimzukehren. Das Buch führt kurzweilig von der Wolgaregion in das subarktische Sibirien. Die Autorin begleitet fernpendelnde Menschen über Tausende von Kilometern. Sie erzählt vom Leben in der sogenannten „Russischen Erdgashauptstadt“ Novy Urengoy, das sich zwischen Erinnerungen an die Sowjetunion und staatsnahen sowie neoliberalen Wirtschaftspraktiken abspielt. Diese faszinierende Ethnographie gibt einen kritischen Einblick in die russische Petroleumindustrie.

Description / Table of Contents: This special issue contains selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling (ECM13), held Nov 4-6, 2013. The conference brings modelers from academic institutions, government and private industry together to present and discuss the latest developments in the field of marine environmental modeling. Begun in 1989 by Dr. Malcolm Spaulding, the conference is held every other year in a retreat-like setting with a maximum of about 125 people to encourage interaction and help strengthen ties between modeling communities. A wide range of modeling issues are encouraged, including advances in physical understanding, numerical algorithm development, model applications, and better tools. A wide range of modeling topics are encouraged as well, including storm surge, eutrophication, larval transport, search and rescue, oil spills, fisheries issues, coastal erosion and contaminated sediment transport. Many conferences also have special themes. The special theme of ECM13 was modeling related to Hurricane Sandy which in late October 2012 devastated the Caribbean and the US East Coast, including record flooding in New York City. The 22 papers presented here cover a broad spectrum of topics, including simulations of cohesive sediment, inundation, effluent mixing, shoaling waves, and water quality and with modeling applications from Alaska to New Zealand.

Description / Table of Contents: The copper-cobalt outcrops of Upper Katanga and north-western Zambia host a particular flora which comprises an estimated 750 species of which more than 400 are treated in this copper-cobalt field guide. The aim of this book, resulting from several years of intensive field work and study, is to bring together the basic knowledges permitting an easy approach to the identification of a great number of the species to be encountered. More than 400 species are illustrated with color photographs and/or drawings together with comments concerning synonyms, habit, description, ecology and distribution. Plant species are listed and colour-coded according to classification: Cyanoprocaryota, lichenized Fungi, Anthocerophyta, Marchantiophyta and Bryophyta (red edge), Lycophyta and Monilophyta (green edge), Magnoliopsida (blue edge) and Liliopsida (yellow edge). An index allows easy location either according to genus and species. An account of the research on copper-cobalt ecosystems carried out during the last ten years in southeastern D.R. Congo is also presented. The editors have spent more than twenty years in the area concerned and have collected more than 8,500 voucher specimens, including eleven species new to science (holotypes).

Description / Table of Contents: All living organisms are composed of major, minor, and trace elements, given by nature and supplied by geology. Medical geology is a rapidly growing discipline dealing with the influence of natural geological and environmental risk factors on the distribution of health problems in humans and animals. As a multi-disciplinary scientific field, medical geology has the potential of helping medical and public health communities all over the world in the pursuit of solutions to a wide range of environmental and naturally induced health issues. The natural environment can impact health in a variety of ways. The composition of rocks and minerals are imprinted on the air that we breathe, the water that we drink, and the food that we eat. For many people this transference of minerals and the trace elements they contain is beneficial as it is the primary source of nutrients (such as calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, and about a dozen other elements) that are essential for a healthy life. However, sometimes the local geology can cause significant health problems because there is an insufficient amount of an essential element or an excess of a potentially toxic element (such as arsenic, mercury, lead, fluorine, etc.), or a harmful substance such as methane gas, dust-sized particles of asbestos, quartz or pyrite, or certain naturally occurring organic compounds. Current and future medical geology concerns include: dangerous levels of arsenic in drinking water in dozens of countries including the USA; mercury emissions from coal combustion and its bioaccumulation in the environment; the impacts of mercury and lead mobilizations in regions were artisanal gold mining is conducted; the residual health impacts of geologic processes such as volcanic emissions, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and geogenic dust; exposure to fibrous minerals such as asbestos and erionite; and the health impacts of global climate change. Billions of people, most in developing countries, are afflicted by these and other environmental health issues that can be avoided, prevented, mitigated or minimized through research and educational outreach. This Special Issue of Geosciences discusses recent advances in medical geology, providing examples from research conducted all over the world. Among the topics to be discussed are: - Health effects from trace elements, metals and metalloids - Regional and global impacts of natural dust (including the study of nanoparticles) - Chemical and environmental pathology of diseases associated with natural environment - Novel analytical approaches to the study of natural geochemical and environmental agents - Research on beneficial health aspects of natural geological materials - Risk management, risk communication and risk mitigation on medical geology - Remote sensing and GIS applications on medical geology - Epidemiology and public health studies on medical geology - Climate change and medical geology - Clinical and toxicological research on biomarkers of exposure - Veterinary medical geology - Biosurveillance and biomonitoring studies on medical geology

Description / Table of Contents: The book 'Applied Studies of Coastal and Marine Environments' is a collection of a number of high-quality and comprehensive work on coastal and marine environment. This book has an Introductory Chapter, followed by 15 chapters. Chapters 2 and 3 are devoted to coastal geological sedimentation and its impacts on marine environment. Consequently, Chapter 4 investigates neo-tectonic movement in the Pearl River Delta. Different aspects of the coastal pollution and its impacts are addressed in Chapter 5 through Chapter 13. Furthermore, coastal management is also discussed in Chapter 14, and monitoring the coastal environment using remote sensing and GIS techniques is reported in Chapter 15. Finally, Chapter 16 addresses the human history of maritime exploitation and adaptation process to coastal and marine environments. It is important to investigate the history of maritime exploitation and adaptation to environment coastal zone to learn how to explore the oceans.

Description / Table of Contents: In high-temperature geochemistry and cosmochemistry, highly siderophile and strongly chalophile elements can be defined as strongly preferring metal or sulfide, respectively, relative to silicate or oxide phases. The highly siderophile elements (HSE) comprise Re, Os, Ir, Ru, Pt, Rh, Pd, and Au and are defined by their extreme partitioning (〉104) into the metallic phase, but will also strongly partition into sulfide phases, in the absence of metal. The HSE are highly refractory, as indicated by their high melting and condensation temperatures and were therefore concentrated in early accreted nebular materials. Within the HSE are the platinum-group elements (PGE), which include the six elements lying in the d-block of the periodic table (groups 8, 9, and 10, periods 5 and 6), i.e., Os, Ir, Ru, Pt, Rh and Pd. These six elements tend to exist in the metallic state, or bond with chalcogens (S, Se, Te) or pnictogens (P, As, Sb, Bi). Rhenium and Au do not necessarily behave as coherently as the PGE, due to their differing electronegativity and oxidation states. For these reasons, a clear definition between the discussion of the PGE and the HSE (PGE, Re and Au) exists in the literature, especially in economic geology, industrial, or bio-medical studies. The strongly chalcophile elements can be considered to include S, Se, and Te. These three elements are distinguished from other chalcophile elements, such as Cd or Pb, because, like the HSE, they are all in very low abundances in the bulk silicate Earth. By contrast with the HSE, S, Se, and Te all have far lower melting and condensation temperatures, classifying them as highly volatile elements. Moreover, these elements are not equally distributed within chondrite meteorite groups. Since their initial distribution in the Solar nebula, planetary formation and differentiation process have led to large fractionations of the HSE and strongly chalcophile elements, producing a range of absolute and relative inter-element fractionations. The chemical properties of the HSE, that set them apart from any other elements in the periodic table, have made them geochemical tracers par excellence. As tracers of key processes, the HSE have found application in virtually all areas of the physical Earth sciences. These elements have been used to inform on the nucleosynthetic sources and formation of the Solar System, planetary differentiation, late accretion addition of elements to planets, core-formation and possible core-mantle interaction, crust-mantle partitioning, volcanic processes and outgassing, formation of magmatic, hydrothermal and epithermal ore deposits, ocean circulation, climate-related events, weathering, and biogeochemical cycling. More recently, studies of strongly chalcophile elements are finding a similar range of applications. Their utility lies in the fact that these elements will behave as siderophile or strongly chalcophile elements under reducing conditions, but will also behave as lithophile or atmophile elements under oxidizing conditions, as experienced at the present day Earth’s surface. A key aspect of the HSE is that three long-lived, geologically useful decay systems exist with the HSE as parent (107Pd–107Ag), or parent–daughter isotopes (187Re–187Os and 190Pt–186Os). This volume is dedicated to some of the processes that can be investigated at high-temperatures in planets using the HSE and strongly chalcophile elements. While this volume is not dedicated to the practical applications of the HSE and strongly chalcophile elements, it would be remiss not to briefly discuss the importance of these elements in society. All of these elements have found important societal use, from the application of Au as a valued commodity in early societies, through to the present-day; the importance of S and Se in biological processes; the discovery and implementation of Pt, Pd, and subsequently other PGE to catalytic oxidation, and the importance of the anti-cancer drug cisplatin (cis-[Pt(NH3)2Cl2]) to anti-tumour treatments. The use of the PGE, most especially Pt, Pd and Rh, in the automotive industry to generate harmless gases has caused some potential collateral effects; the possible environmental impact and human health-risks from available PGE in the environment. An entire volume can (and should!) equally be written on the utility of the HSE and strongly chalcophile elements during low-temperature geochemistry. In this volume, a number of key areas are reviewed in the use of the HSE and strongly chalcophile elements to investigate fundamental processes in high-temperature geochemistry and cosmochemistry. It is divided into five parts. The first part of the volume concerns measurements and experiments. Chapter 1, by Brenan et al. (2016), provides an comprehensive overview of experimental constraints applied to understanding HSE partitioning under a range of conditions, including: liquid metal–solid metal; metal– silicate; silicate–melt; monosulfide solid solution (MSS)–sulfide melt; sulfide melt–silicate melt; silicate melt–aqueous fluid–vapor. Chapter 2, by Meisel and Horan (2016) provides a summary of analytical methods, issues specifically associated with measurement of the HSE, and a review of important reference materials. The second part of the volume concerns the cosmochemical importance of the HSE and strongly chalcophile elements. In their assessment of nucleosynthetic isotopic variations of siderophile and chalcophile elements in Solar System materials, Yokoyama and Walker (2016, Chapter 3) discuss some of the fundamentals of stellar nucleosynthesis, the evidence for nucleosynthetic anomalies in pre-Solar grains, bulk meteorites and individual components of chondrites, ultimately providing a synthesis on the different information afforded by nucleosynthetic anomalies of Ru, Mo, Os, and other siderophile and chalcophile elements. Chapter 4 concerns the HSE in terrestrial bodies, including the Earth, Moon, Mars and asteroidal bodies for which we have materials as meteorites. Day et al. (2016) provide a summary of HSE abundance and 187Os/188Os variations in the range of materials available and a synthesis of initial Solar System composition, evidence for late accretion, and estimates of current planetary mantle composition. The third part of the volume concerns our understanding of the Earth’s mantle from direct study of mantle materials. In Chapter 5, Aulbach et al. (2016) discuss the importance and challenges associated with understanding HSE in the cratonic mantle, providing new HSE alloy solubility modelling for melt extraction at pressures, temperatures, fO2 and fS2 pertaining to conditions of cratonic mantle lithosphere formation. Luguet and Reisberg (2016) provide similar constraints on non-cratonic mantle in Chapter 6, emphasizing the importance of combined geochemical and petrological approaches to fully understand the histories of mantle peridotites. The information derived from studies of Alpine peridotites, obducted ophiolites and oceanic abyssal peridotites are reviewed in Chapter 7 by Becker and Dale (2016). The fourth part of the volume focusses on important minerals present in the mantle and crust. Chapter 8 provides a broad overview of mantle chalcophiles. In this chapter, Lorand et al. (2016) emphasise that chalcophile and siderophile elements are important tracers that can be strongly affected by host minerals as a function of sulfur-saturation, redox conditions, pressure, temperature, fugacity of sulfur, and silicate melt compositions. Along a similar theme in Chapter 9, O’Driscoll and Gonzalez-Jimenez (2016) provide an overview of platinum-group minerals (PGM), pointing out that, where present PGM dominate the HSE budget of silicate rocks. Finally in this section, Harvey et al. (2016) examine the importance of Re–Os–Pb isotope dating methods of sulfides for improving our understanding of mantle processes (Chapter 10). The fifth and final part of the volume considers the important of the HSE for studying volcanic and magmatic processes. In Chapter 11, Gannoun et al. (2016) provide a synthesis of the most abundant forms of volcanism currently operating on Earth, including mid-ocean ridge basalts, volcanism unassociated with plate boundaries, and subduction zone magmatism. The volume is completed in Chapter 12 by Barnes and Ripley (2016), by an appraisal of the obvious importance of magmatic HSE ore formation in Earth’s crust.

Description / Table of Contents: Rapid trend of industry and high technological progress are the main sources of the accumulation of hazardous wastes. Recently, nuclear applications have been rapidly developed, and several nuclear power plants have been started to work throughout the world. The potential impact of released hazardous contaminants into the environment has received growing attention due to its serious problems to the biological systems. The book Management of Hazardous Wastes contains eight chapters covering two main topics of hazardous waste management and microbial bioremediation. This book will be useful to many scientists, researchers, and students in the scope of development in waste management program including sources of hazardous waste, government policies on waste generation, and treatment with particular emphasis on bioremediation technology.

Description / Table of Contents: Foreword --- Preface --- Cooperators --- Part 1 Active Faults --- Part 2 Seismic Source Modeling and Seismic Motion --- Part 3 Probabilistic Risk Assessment with External Hazards --- Part 4 Nuclear Risk Governance in Society

Description / Table of Contents: The book is a collection of studies dedicated to different perspectives of three dimensions or pillars of the sustainability of supply chain and supply chain management - economic, environmental, and social - and other aspects related to performance evaluation, optimization, and modelling of and for sustainable supply chain management, and thus presents another valuable contribution to sustainable development and sustainable way of life.

Description / Table of Contents: The book presents a collection of MATLAB-based chapters of various engineering background. Instead of giving exhausting amount of technical details, authors were rather advised to explain relations of their problems to actual MATLAB concepts. So, whenever possible, download links to functioning MATLAB codes were added and a potential reader can do own testing. Authors are typically scientists with interests in modeling in MATLAB. Chapters include image and signal processing, mechanics and dynamics, models and data identification in biology, fuzzy logic, discrete event systems and data acquisition systems.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- Part 1: Asia is a key for sustainable low carbon society --- 1. GHG reduction potential in Asia --- 2. Transition to a low carbon future in China towards 2°C Global target --- 3. India’s GHG Emission Reduction and Sustainable Development --- 4. 80% reduction scenario in Japan --- 5. Potential of low carbon development in Vietnam, from practices to legal framework --- Part 2: Brigding the gap between modeling and real policy development --- 6. Designing a National Policy Framework for NAMAs -Lesson learnt from Thailand- --- 7. ‘Science-to-Action’ of the Sustainable Low Carbon City-region --- Part 3:Best parctices and recommendations in each sector to make it happen --- 8. Low Carbon Transport in India - Assessment of Best Practice Case Studies - --- 9. Potential of Reducing GHG Emission from REDD+ Activities in Indonesia --- 10. Fostering capacity development for ASIA leapfrog --- 11. Capacity development on GHG inventories in Asia -WGIA Workshop on Greenhouse gas Inventory in Asia- --- 12. Japan’s Comprehensive and Continual Support Package for the Creation of Scientific Climate Policies in Asia

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- Part I: Concepts and Methods --- Methods --- Institutional Framework of Taking Action Against Land Degradation --- Part II: Global --- Global Extent Of Land Degradation --- Ground-Truthing of Land Degradation Mapping --- The Global Cost of Land Degradation --- Global Drivers of Land Degradation --- ELD in Global Rangelands --- Part III: Regional --- ELD in Sub-Saharan Africa --- ELD in Central Asia --- Part IV: Country Case Studies: Cost, Drivers and Action Against of Land Degradation --- Argentina --- Bhutan --- China --- Ethiopia --- India --- Kenya --- Niger --- Russia --- Senegal --- Tanzania and Malawi.-Uzbekistan --- Part V: Lessons Learnt and Implications --- What Can We Learn from the Cost of Inaction Against Land Degradation? --- What Can We Learn from the Success Stories of Addressing or Preventing Land Degradation? --- What are the Low-hanging Fruits for Addressing Land Degradation?.-What the World Needs to do to Build Momentum of Addressing Land Degradation?

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to the Assessment --- Past and Current Climate Change --- Past and Current Changes in the North Sea (and interface regions) --- Climate Change Projections --- Impacts of Current and Future Climate Change in Ecosystems --- Climate Impacts on Socio-economy

Description / Table of Contents: Part I Wind Turbine Blades --- Part II Enabling Technologies for Drivetrain and Gearbox Analysis --- Part III Tower and Support Structure --- Part IV Reliability and Preventive Maintenance of Offshore Wind Turbines --- Part V CFD Analysis of a Complete Offshore Wind Turbine --- Part VI Offshore Wind Farm Design --- Part VII Offshore Wind Decommissioning

Description / Table of Contents: Climate change affects global and regional water cycling, as well as surficial and subsurface water availability. These changes have increased the vulnerabilities of ecosystems and of human society. Understanding how climate change has affected water resource variability in the past and how climate change is leading to rapid changes in contemporary systems is of critical importance for sustainable development in different parts of the world. This Special Issue focuses on “Water Resource Variability and Climate Change” and aims to present a collection of articles addressing various aspects of water resource variability as well as how such variabilities are affected by changing climates. Topics include the reconstruction of historic moisture fluctuations, based on various proxies (such as tree rings, sediment cores, and landform features), the empirical monitoring of water variability based on field survey and remote sensing techniques, and the projection of future water cycling using numerical model simulations. Articles are about recent discoveries related to water resource variability in paleoenvironmental reconstruction, hydrology, and geomorphology, as well as articles concerning new emerging technologies and their applications in monitoring water resource variability.

Description / Table of Contents: Although there is considerable historical literature describing the social and economic impact of drought on the prairies in the 1930s, little has been written about the challenges presented by drought in more contemporary times. The drought of 2001-02 was, for example, the most recent large-area, intense, and prolonged drought in Canada and one of Canada's most costly natural disasters in a century. Vulnerability and Adaptation to Drought describes the impacts of droughts and the adaptations made in prairie agriculture over recent decades. These adaptations have enhanced the capacity of rural communities to withstand drought. However, despite the high levels of technical adaptation that have occurred, and the existing human capital and vibrant social and information networks, agricultural producers in the prairie region remain vulnerable to severe droughts that last more than a couple of years. Research findings and projections suggest that droughts could become more frequent, more severe, and of longer duration in the region over the course of the 21st century. This book provides insights into the conditions generating these challenges and the measures required to reduce vulnerability of prairie communities to them. Developing greater understanding of the social forces and conditions that have contributed to enhanced resilience, as well as those which detract from successful adaptation, is a principal theme of the book. To that end, the book examines drought through an interdisciplinary lens encompassing climate science and the social sciences. Two of the chapters are based on the drought experiences of other countries in order to provide a comparative assessment. CHAPTERS: PART 1: FRAMING THE BOOK PART 2: PAST AND FUTURE DROUGHT: LESSONS FROM CLIMATE SCIENCE PART 3: DEALING WITH PRAIRIE DROUGHTS: CRISES AND ADAPTIVE RESPONSES PART 4: GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS FOR PRAIRIE: DROUGHT AND WATER MANAGEMENT PART 5: STRATEGIC PLANNING AND DROUGHT PART 6: LEARNING FROM OTHER EXPERIENCES PART 7: CONCLUDING REMARKS

Description / Table of Contents: Coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) have been conventionally used in industry for 3D-dimensional and form-error measurements of macro parts for many years. Ever since the first CMM, developed by Ferranti Co. in late 1950s, they have been regarded as versatile measuring equipment, yet many CMMs on the market still have inherent systematic errors due to the violation of the Abbe Principle in the design aspect. Current CMMs are suitable only for part tolerance above 10 μm. With the rapid advent of ultraprecision technology, multi-axis machining, and micro/nanotechnology in the past twenty years, new types of ultraprecision and micro/nao-CMMs are urgently needed in all aspects of society.

Description / Table of Contents: This edited book, Soil Contamination - Current Consequences and Further Solutions, is intended to provide an overview on the different environmental consequences of our anthropogenic activities, which has introduced a large number of xenobiotics that the soil cannot, or can only slower, decompose or degrade. We hope that this book will continue to meet the expectations and needs of all interested in diverse fields with expertise in soil science, health, toxicology, and other disciplines who contribute and share their findings to take this area forward for future investigations.

Description / Table of Contents: This monograph provides the history of the birth and growth of the ARM Program. While ARM-funded scientists and others using ARM data have published many hundreds of papers in scientific journals, only three previously published papers provide any broad overview of the Program. Gerry Stokes and Steve Schwartz discussed the original conception and birth of the Program in an early paper that appeared shortly after the Southern Great Plains (SGP) site started collecting data, Tom Ackerman and Gerry Stokes provided a high-level overview of some of the main accomplishments of Program in its first decade, and Jim Mather and Jimmy Voyles described more recent activities that have greatly broadened the scope of the Program near the end of its second decade. However, these three papers only provide snapshots and are unable to delve into myriad of accomplishments, challenges, and decision points that the Program has faced and overcome along the way. This monograph aims to provide those details. To tell the story of ARM, a collection of ARM scientists and infrastructure members were solicited to provide their thoughts on various components of the Program. The first four chapters provide a high-level view of the origin, birth, and maturation of the ARM Program. Chapters 5 through 12 cover different components of the ARM infrastructure, including how the sites were selected, an overview of each of the sites including how the ARM Mobile Facility came to be, the history of airborne observations in the Program, a synopsis of the ARM data system and its evolution, and the Program’s data quality program. Chapters 13 through 30 capture the progress ARM has made on various scientific topics.

Description / Table of Contents: What are smart cities? What are their purposes? What are the impacts resulting from their implementations? With these questions in mind, this book is compiled with the primary concern of answering readers with different profiles; from those interested in acquiring basic knowledge about the various topics surrounding the subject related to smart cities, to those who are more motivated by knowing the technical elements and the technological apparatus involving this theme. This book audience is multidisciplinary, as it will be confirmed by the various chapters addressed here. It explores different knowledge areas, such as electric power systems, signal processing, telecommunications, electronics, systems optimization, computational intelligence, real-time systems, renewable energy systems, and information systems.

Description / Table of Contents: The present topical volume presents a collection of contributions from a workshop that took place in Madrid in February 2014. Earthquake Early Warning System (EEWS) are a rather recent development in seismology that allows issue warnings to a site with a short lead-time about the impending arrival of the largest strong ground motion from an earthquake, after the first wave arrivals have been detected nearer to the source by adequate sensors. The Ibero-Mahgrebian region, containing Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, is subject to the occurrence of large earthquakes that may be followed by large tsunamis, as was the case of the Lisbon earthquake of 1755.

Description / Table of Contents: Geothermal energy means the natural heat energy from the Earth. The geothermal resources of the Earth are huge and unlike other conventional and renewable energy sources, geothermal energy has unique features; namely, it is available, stable at all times throughout the year, independent of weather conditions, and has an inherent storage capability. Geothermal energy is also considered to be an environmentally friendly clean energy source that could significantly contribute to the reduction of GHG emissions. The utilization of geothermal energy is usually divided into the part used for electricity generation and the part used for heating applications. Due to its important utilization and future prospects, various interesting topics of research related to geothermal energy are covered in this book. This book is the result of contributions from several researchers and experts worldwide. It is hoped that the book will become a useful source of information and basis for extended research for researchers, academics, policy makers, and practitioners in the area of geothermal energy.

Description / Table of Contents: Sustainability should be a key component of every process, safeguarding resources and reserves for future generations. This book shows how a responsible use of resources is possible, offering valid technological alternatives to fight climate change. We offer current technologies and valid methods for a wide range of activities: teaching, investigation, work, business and even daily life. We encourage all our readers to join us and become part of the solution to climate change, rather than the problem. After reading this book, we are certain that you will find justified reasons to start your own personal and social awareness campaign in favour of these effective technologies against climate change.

Description / Table of Contents: Reliable access to water, managing the spatial and temporal variability of water availability, ensuring the quality of freshwater and responding to climatological changes in the hydrological cycle are prerequisites for the development of countries in Africa. Water being an essential input for biomass growth and for renewable energy production (e.g. biofuels and hydropower schemes) plays an integral part in ensuring food and energy security for any nation. Water, as a source of safe drinking water, is furthermore the basis for ensuring the health of citizens and plays an important role in urban sanitation. The concept of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) is seen as an opportunity to help manage water variability and the wide spread water scarcity in Africa. One key component missing from IWRM in Africa is the limited knowledge of the available extent and quality of water resources at basin level. Earth Observation (EO) technology can help fill this information gap by assessing and monitoring water resources at adequate temporal and spatial scales. The goal of this Special Issue is to understand and demonstrate the contribution which satellite observations, consistent over space and time, can bring to improve water resource management in Africa. Possible EO products and applications range from catchment characterization, water quality monitoring, soil moisture assessment, water extent and level monitoring, irrigation services, urban and agricultural water demand modeling, evapotranspiration estimation, ground water management, to hydrological modeling and flood mapping/forecasting. Some of these EO applications have already been developed by African scientists within the 10 year lifetime of the TIGER initiative: Looking after Water in Africa (http://www.tiger.esa.int), whose contributions are intended to be the starting point of this Special Issue and is only one example of the wide range of activities in the field. Contributions from the entire African and international scientific community dealing with the challenges of water resource management in Africa are the target of the special issue. In the years to come, an ever increasing number of international EO missions, such as the Landsat, ALOS, CBERS and RESOURCESAT mission suites, the family of Sentinel missions and the SMAP mission, will provide an unprecedented capacity to observe and monitor the different components of the water cycle. This Special Issue aims also at reviewing the latest developments in terms of new missions as well as related EO products and techniques that will be available in the near future to face some of the major challenges for IWRM in Africa.

Description / Table of Contents: Frederiks, E.; Stenner, K.; Hobman, E. The Socio-Demographic and Psychological Predictors of Residential Energy Consumption: A Comprehensive Review. Energies 2015, 8(1), 573-609; doi:10.3390/en8010573 --- Sun, W.; He, Y.; Chang, H. Forecasting Fossil Fuel Energy Consumption for Power Generation Using QHSA-Based LSSVM Model. Energies 2015, 8(2), 939-959; doi:10.3390/en8020939 --- Gutierrez-Escolar, A.; Castillo-Martinez, A.; Gomez-Pulido, J.; Gutierrez-Martinez, J.; Stapic, Z.; Medina-Merodio, J. A Study to Improve the Quality of Street Lighting in Spain. Energies 2015, 8(2), 976-994; doi:10.3390/en8020976 --- Chew, K.; Klemeš, J.; Alwi, S.; Manan, Z.; Reverberi, A. Total Site Heat Integration Considering Pressure Drops. Energies 2015, 8(2), 1114-1137; doi:10.3390/en8021114 --- Kim, S.; Shin, K.; Choi, B.; Jo, J.; Cho, S.; Cho, Y. A Study on the Variation of Heating and Cooling Load According to the Use of Horizontal Shading and Venetian Blinds in Office Buildings in Korea. Energies 2015, 8(2), 1487-1504; doi:10.3390/en8021487 --- Sheng, P.; Yang, J.; Shackman, J. Energy’s Shadow Price and Energy Efficiency in China: A Non-Parametric Input Distance Function Analysis. Energies 2015, 8(3), 1975-1989; doi:10.3390/en8031975 --- Benavides, C.; Gonzales, L.; Diaz, M.; Fuentes, R.; García, G.; Palma-Behnke, R.; Ravizza, C. The Impact of a Carbon Tax on the Chilean Electricity Generation Sector. Energies 2015, 8(4), 2674-2700; doi:10.3390/en8042674 --- Li, W.; Li, H.; Sun, S. China’s Low-Carbon Scenario Analysis of CO2 Mitigation Measures towards 2050 Using a Hybrid AIM/CGE Model. Energies 2015, 8(5), 3529-3555; doi:10.3390/en8053529 --- Nasirov, S.; Silva, C.; Agostini, C. Investors’ Perspectives on Barriers to the Deployment of Renewable Energy Sources in Chile. Energies 2015, 8(5), 3794-3814; doi:10.3390/en8053794 --- Deng, X.; Yu, Y.; Liu, Y. Temporal and Spatial Variations in Provincial CO2 Emissions in China from 2005 to 2015 and Assessment of a Reduction Plan. Energies 2015, 8(5), 4549-4571; doi:10.3390/en8054549 --- Klimscheffskij, M.; Van Craenenbroeck, T.; Lehtovaara, M.; Lescot, D.; Tschernutter, A.; Raimundo, C.; Seebach, D.; Timpe, C. Residual Mix Calculation at the Heart of Reliable Electricity Disclosure in Europe—A Case Study on the Effect of the RE-DISS Project. Energies 2015, 8(6), 4667-4696; doi:10.3390/en8064667 --- Ferrara, R. The Smart City and the Green Economy in Europe: A Critical Approach. Energies 2015, 8(6), 4724-4734; doi:10.3390/en8064724 --- Stenner, K.; Nwokora, Z. Current and Future Friends of the Earth: Assessing Cross-National Theories of Environmental Attitudes. Energies 2015, 8(6), 4899-4919; doi:10.3390/en8064899 --- Atlason, R.; Oddsson, G.; Unnthorsson, R. Theorizing for Maintenance Management Improvements: Using Case Studies from the Icelandic Geothermal Sector. Energies 2015, 8(6), 4943-4962; doi:10.3390/en8064943 --- Ellenbeck, S.; Beneking, A.; Ceglarz, A.; Schmidt, P.; Battaglini, A. Security of Supply in European Electricity Markets—Determinants of Investment Decisions and the European Energy Union. Energies 2015, 8(6), 5198-5216; doi:10.3390/en8065198 --- Hasager, C.; Vincent, P.; Badger, J.; Badger, M.; Di Bella, A.; Peña, A.; Husson, R.; Volker, P. Using Satellite SAR to Characterize the Wind Flow around Offshore Wind Farms. Energies 2015, 8(6), 5413-5439; doi:10.3390/en8065413 --- Puigjaner, L.; Pérez-Fortes, M.; Laínez-Aguirre, J. Towards a Carbon-Neutral Energy Sector: Opportunities and Challenges of Coordinated Bioenergy Supply Chains-A PSE Approach. Energies 2015, 8(6), 5613-5660; doi:10.3390/en8065613 --- Thollander, P.; Palm, J. Industrial Energy Management Decision Making for Improved Energy Efficiency—Strategic System Perspectives and Situated Action in Combination. Energies 2015, 8(6), 5694-5703; doi:10.3390/en8065694 --- Jänicke, M. Horizontal and Vertical Reinforcement in Global Climate Governance. Energies 2015, 8(6), 5782-5799; doi:10.3390/en8065782 --- Benavides, C.; Gonzales, L.; Diaz, M.; Fuentes, R.; García, G.; Palma-Behnke, R.; Ravizza, C. Correction: The Impact of a Carbon Tax on the Chilean Electricity Generation Sector. Energies 2015, 8(6), 6247-6248; doi:10.3390/en8066247 --- Wang, W.; Ouyang, W.; Hao, F. A Supply-Chain Analysis Framework for Assessing Densified Biomass Solid Fuel Utilization Policies in China. Energies 2015, 8(7), 7122-7139; doi:10.3390/en8077122 --- Punys, P.; Dumbrauskas, A.; Kasiulis, E.; Vyčienė, G.; Šilinis, L. Flow Regime Changes: From Impounding a Temperate Lowland River to Small Hydropower Operations. Energies 2015, 8(7), 7478-7501; doi:10.3390/en8077478 --- Reid, G.; Wynn, G. The Future of Solar Power in the United Kingdom. Energies 2015, 8(8), 7818-7832; doi:10.3390/en8087818 --- Scott, C.; Sugg, Z. Global Energy Development and Climate-Induced Water Scarcity—Physical Limits, Sectoral Constraints, and Policy Imperatives. Energies 2015, 8(8), 8211-8225; doi:10.3390/en8088211 --- Lilliestam, J.; Patt, A. Barriers, Risks and Policies for Renewables in the Gulf States. Energies 2015, 8(8), 8263-8285; doi:10.3390/en8088263 --- Van Ackere, S.; Van Eetvelde, G.; Schillebeeckx, D.; Papa, E.; Van Wyngene, K.; Vandevelde, L. Wind Resource Mapping Using Landscape Roughness and Spatial Interpolation Methods. Energies 2015, 8(8), 8682-8703; doi:10.3390/en8088682 --- Komendantova, N.; Vocciante, M.; Battaglini, A. Can the BestGrid Process Improve Stakeholder Involvement in Electricity Transmission Projects?. Energies 2015, 8(9), 9407-9433; doi:10.3390/en8099407 --- Kiyar, D.; Wittneben, B. Carbon as Investment Risk—The Influence of Fossil Fuel Divestment on Decision Making at Germany’s Main Power Providers. Energies 2015, 8(9), 9620-9639; doi:10.3390/en8099620 --- Bernardes, L.; Carneiro, J.; Madureira, P.; Brandão, F.; Roque, C. Determination of Priority Study Areas for Coupling CO2 Storage and CH4 Gas Hydrates Recovery in the Portuguese Offshore Area. Energies 2015, 8(9), 10276-10292; doi:10.3390/en80910276 --- Dovì, V.; Battaglini, A. Energy Policy and Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Approach to a Global Problem. Energies 2015, 8(12), 13473-13480; doi:10.3390/en81212379

Description / Table of Contents: ‌Cities drive economic growth but can also drive sustainable change. As the share of the world’s population living in cities rises, ambitious action in urban areas can be instrumental in achieving long‑term sustainability of the global energy system – including the carbon emission reductions required to meet the climate goals reached at COP21 in Paris. Support from national governments is a strategic prerequisite for leveraging the potential for sustainable energy technology and policy in cities that too often lies untapped. With global energy demand set to become even greater over the coming decades, Energy Technology Perspectives 2016 (ETP 2016) looks at the technology and policy opportunities available for accelerating the transition to sustainable urban energy systems. Such potential could be the key to successfully driving an energy transition that many still think impossible, provided that local and national actions can be aligned to meet the sustainability objectives at both levels. Indeed, policies still have a long way to go in this regard: ETP 2016 presents the annual IEA Tracking Clean Energy Progress report, which finds once again that despite some notable progress, the rate of needed improvements is far slower than required to meet energy sector sustainability goals. By setting out sustainable energy transition pathways that incorporate detailed and transparent quantitative analysis alongside well-rounded commentary, ETP 2016 and its series of related publications have become required reading not only for experts in the energy field, policy makers and heads of governments, but also for business leaders and investors.

Description / Table of Contents: Pazifikstaaten wie die Fidschi-Inseln sind wie kaum eine andere Region der Welt gekennzeichnet von gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen und dem globalen Umweltwandel. Auf Basis eines partizipativen Forschungsdesigns, durchgeführt in ausgewählten Küstendörfern, untersucht dieser Band die Auswirkungen der Globalisierung und des Klimawandels auf die Lebensqualität ihrer Bewohner. Dabei wird aufgezeigt, dass die Dorfbewohner keine passiven Opfer externer Prozesse sind, sondern aktiv ihr Leben gestalten. Mittels neo-traditioneller Bewegungen gelingt es den Bewohnern weitestgehend, ein festes Wertefundament als Grundlage ihrer kulturellen Identität zu bewahren. Eine intakte Gemeinschaft steht dabei im Zentrum spiritueller, ökonomischer und sozialer Werte. Im Zuge der gesellschaftlichen Transformation agieren die Gemeinschaften nicht mehr ortsgebunden, sondern bilden mithilfe moderner Transport- und Kommunikationstechnologien globalisierte Netzwerke – ohne dabei die Bezüge zu ihrer kulturellen Herkunft zu verlieren. Auswärts lebende Familienangehörige tragen so Wissen und materiellen Wohlstand in die Dorfgemeinschaften und erweitern die Handlungspotentiale und Lebensstandards der Küstendorfbewohner. Im Zuge der Wissensvermittlung erfolgt jedoch insbesondere die Darstellung des Klimawandels und seiner Gefahren verkürzt und nicht auf lokale Werte zurechtgeschnitten, sodass es auch zu Wahrnehmungsverzerrungen und Fehlanpassungen kommt. Im Kontext von Entwicklungszusammenarbeit rät diese Untersuchung daher zu kultureller Sensibilität und einer kritischen Reflektion ethnozentrischer Weltanschauungen, um die Lebensqualität in fidschianischen Dorfgemeinschaften nicht zu gefährden. In diesem Band werden ethnographische Ideale für eine kultur- und sozialgeographische Forschung im globalen Süden aufbereitet. Konzeptionell ist die Untersuchung in die kritische geographische Verwundbarkeits- und Transformationsforschung eingerahmt. In einem kulturräumlichen Überblick wird zunächst aus historisch-politischer Perspektive die Bedeutung postkolonialer Belastungen auf gegenwärtige Transformationsprozesse aufgezeigt. Das Herzstück bildet anschließend die ausführliche Analyse gesellschaftlicher Transformationsprozesse auf die Lebensqualität in drei Küstendörfern der Fidschi-Inseln. | As other Pacific Islands Countries, Fiji is shaped by processes of social transformations and global environmental change. This study utilises ethnographic ideals for enhancing cultural and social geographic research in the global south. A participatory in-depth analysis of rural life in three Fijian coastal villages is at the core of this study. This is framed by a historic-political overview of the burden of Fiji's colonial past. Fijian coastal villagers are not passive victims of global social transformation and climate change. Through neo-traditional movements they actively form processes of social and cultural change. Rural Fijian norms, values and cultural identity crystallize in robust communities. Via modern forms of communication and transportation Fijians established globalised networks securing individuals' quality of life. Family members living far from their home villages remain in contact with their relatives. This way they keep their Fijian Identities as source of wellbeing and as well support the villagers' material wealth and knowledge to enhance capabilities. Merely regarding hazardous climate change impacts the passed on knowledge is spread abridged and poorly fitting into local value systems. Therefore, misperceptions and maladaptations are prevalent. In consequence this study pleads for development agencies to act culturally sensitive and to critically reflect ethnocentric worldviews in order not to harm Fijian values and wellbeing.

Description / Table of Contents: Exploration of subsurface Antarctica: uncovering past changes and modern processes / Martin J. Siegert, Stewart S. R. Jamieson and Duanne White / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 1-6, 25 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.15 --- A 60-year international history of Antarctic subglacial lake exploration / Martin J. Siegert / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 7-21, 25 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.5 --- Exploring the Recovery Lakes region and interior Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, with airborne gravity, magnetic and radar measurements / Rene Forsberg, Arne V. Olesen, Fausto Ferraccioli, Tom A. Jordan, Kenichi Matsuoka, Andres Zakrajsek, Marta Ghidella and Jamin S. Greenbaum / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 23-34, 20 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.17 --- Ice-flow reorganization within the East Antarctic Ice Sheet deep interior / L. H. Beem, M. G. P. Cavitte, D. D. Blankenship, S. P. Carter, D. A. Young, G. R. Muldoon, C. S. Jackson and M. J. Siegert / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 35-47, 11 August 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.14 --- Was South Georgia covered by an ice cap during the Last Glacial Maximum? / Duanne A. White, Ole Bennike, Martin Melles, Sonja Berg and Steven A. Binnie / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 49-59, 13 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.4 --- The Gebra–Magia Complex: mass-transport processes reworking trough-mouth fans in the Central Bransfield Basin (Antarctica) / D. Casas, M. García, F. Bohoyo, A. Maldonado and G. Ercilla / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 61-75, 16 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.10 --- Bathymetry of Schirmacher lakes as a tool for geomorphological evolution studies / Ashit Kumar Swain / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 77-93, 11 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.13 --- Heavy mineral assemblage of marine sediments as an indicator of provenance and east antarctic ice sheet fluctuations / Mayuri Pandey, Naresh C. Pant, Paromita Biswas, Prakash K. Shrivastava, Sonalika Joshi and Neety Nagi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 95-111, 22 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.2 --- Position and variability of complex structures in the central East Antarctic Ice Sheet / Thilo Wrona, Michael J. Wolovick, Fausto Ferraccioli, Hugh Corr, Tom Jordan and Martin J. Siegert / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 113-129, 15 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.12 --- Summit of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet underlain by thick ice-crystal fabric layers linked to glacial–interglacial environmental change / Bangbing Wang, Bo Sun, Carlos Martin, Fausto Ferraccioli, Daniel Steinhage, Xiangbin Cui and Martin J. Siegert / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 131-143, 26 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.1 --- Drilling project at Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, East Antarctica: recent progress and plans for the future / Pavel Talalay, Youhong Sun, Yue Zhao, Yuansheng Li, Pinlu Cao, Alexey Markov, Huiwen Xu, Rusheng Wang, Nan Zhang, Xiaopeng Fan, Yang Yang, Mikhail Sysoev, Yongwen Liu and Yunchen Liu / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 145-159, 24 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.9 --- A deep subglacial embayment adjacent to the grounding line of Institute Ice Stream, West Antarctica / Hafeez Jeofry, Neil Ross, Hugh F. J. Corr, Jilu Li, Prasad Gogineni and Martin J. Siegert / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 161-173, 13 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.11 --- Ocean forced variability of Totten Glacier mass loss / Jason Roberts, Benjamin K. Galton-Fenzi, Fernando S. Paolo, Claire Donnelly, David E. Gwyther, Laurie Padman, Duncan Young, Roland Warner, Jamin Greenbaum, Helen A. Fricker, Antony J. Payne, Stephen Cornford, Anne Le Brocq, Tas van Ommen, Don Blankenship and Martin J. Siegert / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 175-186, 23 August 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.6 --- Chemical characteristics of the ice cores obtained after the first unsealing of subglacial Lake Vostok / Irina Alekhina, Alexey Ekaykin, Alexey Moskvin and Vladimir Lipenkov / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 187-196, 24 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.3 --- Antarctic subglacial groundwater: a concept paper on its measurement and potential influence on ice flow / Martin J. Siegert, Bernd Kulessa, Marion Bougamont, Poul Christoffersen, Kerry Key, Kristoffer R. Andersen, Adam D. Booth and Andrew M. Smith / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 197-213, 25 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.8 --- Modern to Glacial age subglacial meltwater drainage at Law Dome, coastal East Antarctica from topography, sediments and jökulhlaup observations / Ian D. Goodwin, Jason L. Roberts, David M. Etheridge, John Hellstrom, Andrew D. Moy, Marta Ribo and Andrew M. Smith / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 215-230, 12 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.16 --- A new volcanic province: an inventory of subglacial volcanoes in West Antarctica / Maximillian van Wyk de Vries, Robert G. Bingham and Andrew S. Hein / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 461, 231-248, 29 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.7

Description / Table of Contents: Deep Crustal Seismic Reflection Profiling: Australia 1978–2015 presents the full suite of reflection profiles penetrating the whole crust carried in Australia by Geoscience Australia and various partners. The set of reflection data comprises over 16,000 km of coverage across the whole continent, and provides an insight into the variations in crustal architecture in the varied geological domains. Each reflection profile is presented at approximately true scale with up to 220 km of profile per page and overlap between pages. Each reflection section is accompanied by a geological strip map showing the configuration of the line superimposed on 1:1M geology. The compilation includes a suite of large-scale reflection transects groups of 1,000 km or more that link across major geological provinces, and an extensive bibliography of reports and relevant publications.

Description / Table of Contents: I The Cellular Automaton Interpretation as a general doctrine: Motivation for this work --- Deterministic models in quantum notation --- Interpreting quantum mechanics --- Deterministic quantum mechanics --- Concise description of the CA Interpretation --- Quantum gravity --- Information loss --- More problems --- Alleys to be further investigated and open questions --- Conclusions --- II Calculation Techniques: Introduction to part II --- More on cogwheels --- The continuum limit of cogwheels, harmonic rotators and oscillators --- Locality --- Fermions --- PQ theory --- Models in two space-time dimensions without interactions --- Symmetries --- The discretised Hamiltonian formalism in PQ theory --- Quantum Field Theory --- The cellular automaton --- The problem of quantum locality --- Conclusions of part II --- Some remarks on gravity in 2+1 dimensions --- A summary of our views on Conformal Gravity --- Abbreviations.

Description / Table of Contents: 1.Introduction --- 2. What Political Economy adds to Transformation Research --- 3. Why the Mainstream Economic Paradigm Cannot Inform Sustainability Transformations --- 4. Mapping an Emerging New Economic Paradigm in Practice --- 5. How to Work a Great Mindshift for Sustainability Transformations

Description / Table of Contents: Atmospheric particulate matter (PM) is known to have far-ranging impacts, from human health to climate forcing. The characterization of emission sources and the quantification of specific source impacts to PM concentrations significantly enhance our understanding of and our ability to eventually predict the fate and transport of atmospheric PM and its associated impacts on humans and the environment. The source apportionment of PM has been realized through combinations of chemical analysis (of elemental tracers, particle size, isotopic composition, and organic composition via unique tracers and molecular fingerprints) and numerical modeling (e.g., diagnostic source ratios, chemical mass balance modeling, positive matrix factorization, and Monte Carlo simulations). Recent advances in source apportionment applications have contributed unique combinations of chemical and numerical techniques for determining the contributions of specific sources, including diesel exhaust and biomass burning. These advances also identify and help characterize the contributions of previously uncharacterized sources. Numerical modeling has also enabled estimations of contributions of emission sources to atmospherically processed PM in urban and rural regions.

Description / Table of Contents: Subseismic-scale reservoir deformation: introduction / M. Ashton, S. J. Dee and O. P. Wennberg / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 459, 1-8, 21 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP459.11 --- Characterization of deformation in porous sandstones --- A review of deformation bands in reservoir sandstones: geometries, mechanisms and distribution / Haakon Fossen, Roger Soliva, Gregory Ballas, Barbara Trzaskos, Carolina Cavalcante and Richard A. Schultz / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 459, 9-33, 27 April 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP459.4 --- Deformation in a North Sea Jurassic trap analysed using a triaxial plane strain experiment / Erling Rykkelid and Elin Skurtveit / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 459, 35-57, 21 April 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP459.1 --- Structural and petrophysical effects of overthrusting on highly porous sandstones: the Aztec Sandstone in the Buffington window, SE Nevada, USA / Luisa F. Zuluaga, Haakon Fossen, Gregory Ballas and Atle Rotevatn / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 459, 59-77, 27 April 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP459.8 --- Novel characterization techniques --- Fault core process and clay content derived from XRF analysis: Salina Creek Fault, Utah / Alton A. Brown, Russell K. Davies and Anne Covault Treverton / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 459, 79-100, 9 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP459.5 --- A brief introduction to the use of X-ray computed tomography (CT) for analysis of natural deformation structures in reservoir rocks / Ole Petter Wennberg and Lars Rennan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 459, 101-120, 12 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP459.10 --- Quantifying and characterizing deformation in carbonates --- Predicting transmissibilities of carbonate-hosted fault zones / E. A. H. Michie, G. Yielding and Q. J. Fisher / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 459, 121-137, 25 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP459.9 --- Fracture analysis of outcrop analogues to support modelling of the subseismic domain in carbonate reservoirs, south-central Pyrenees / Jon Gutmanis, Lluís Ardèvol i Oró, Davinia Díez-Canseco, Lynda Chebbihi, Abdullah Awdal and Alexander Cook / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 459, 139-156, 12 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP459.2 --- Activation of stylolites as conduits for overpressured fluid flow in dolomitized platform carbonates / J. D. Martín-Martín, E. Gomez-Rivas, D. Gómez-Gras, A. Travé, R. Ameneiro, D. Koehn and P. D. Bons / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 459, 157-176, 3 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP459.3 --- Modelling small-scale features --- Simulation of subseismic joint and fault networks using a heuristic mechanical model / Paul Gillespie, Giulio Casini, Hayley Iben and James F. O'Brien / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 459, 177-190, 21 April 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP459.6 --- Well-data-based discrete fracture and matrix modelling and flow-based upscaling of multilayer carbonate reservoir horizons / Caroline Milliotte, Sima Jonoud, Ole Petter Wennberg, Stephan K. Matthäi, Alexandra Jurkiw and Lukas Mosser / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 459, 191-210, 3 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP459.7

Description / Table of Contents: Circum-Arctic lithosphere evolution / V. Pease and B. Coakley / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 1-6, 31 August 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.19 --- Greenland–Canada --- Integrated crustal–geological cross-section of Ellesmere Island / R. Stephenson, K. Piepjohn, C. Schiffer, W. Von Gosen, G. N. Oakey and G. Anudu / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 7-17, 23 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.12 --- Regional crustal architecture of Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada / Christian Schiffer and Randell Stephenson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 19-32, 12 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.8 --- Structural transect through Ellesmere Island (Canadian Arctic): superimposed Palaeozoic Ellesmerian and Cenozoic Eurekan deformation / Karsten Piepjohn and Werner von Gosen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 33-56, 24 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.5 --- Alaska and Chukotka --- Circum-Arctic Lithosphere Evolution (CALE) Transect C: displacement of the Arctic Alaska–Chukotka microplate towards the Pacific during opening of the Amerasia Basin of the Arctic / Elizabeth L. Miller, Kristian E. Meisling, Vyacheslav V. Akinin, Kelley Brumley, Bernard J. Coakley, Eric S. Gottlieb, Carl W. Hoiland, Timothy M. O'Brien, Anna Soboleva and Jaime Toro / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 57-120, 21 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.9 --- Detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology and Hf isotope geochemistry of metasedimentary strata in the southern Brooks Range: constraints on Neoproterozoic–Cretaceous evolution of Arctic Alaska / Carl W. Hoiland, Elizabeth L. Miller, Victoria Pease and Jeremy K. Hourigan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 121-158, 22 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.16 --- U–Pb zircon geochronology of Cretaceous arc magmatism in eastern Chukotka, NE Russia, with implications for Pacific plate subduction and the opening of the Amerasia Basin / Victoria Pease, Elizabeth Miller, Sandra J. Wyld, Sergey Sokolov, Viacheslav Akinin and James E. Wright / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 159-182, 21 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.14 --- Neoproterozoic basement history of Wrangel Island and Arctic Chukotka: integrated insights from zircon U–Pb, O and Hf isotopic studies / Eric S. Gottlieb, Victoria Pease, Elizabeth L. Miller and Vyacheslav V. Akinin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 183-206, 3 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.11 --- Deformational history and thermochronology of Wrangel Island, East Siberian Shelf and coastal Chukotka, Arctic Russia / Elizabeth L. Miller, V. V. Akinin, T. A. Dumitru, E. S. Gottlieb, M. Grove, K. Meisling and G. Seward / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 207-238, 3 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.7 --- Laptev Sea region --- Mesozoic structural evolution of the New Siberian Islands / Karsten Piepjohn, Henning Lorenz, Dieter Franke, Christian Brandes, Werner von Gosen, Christoph Gaedicke, Loic Labrousse, Nikolay N. Sobolev, Piotr Solobev, Guillaume Suan, Sabine Mrugalla, Franco Talarico and Tatiana Tolmacheva / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 239-262, 11 August 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.1 --- Tectonics of the Laptev Shelf, Siberian Arctic / Sergey S. Drachev and Sergey I. Shkarubo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 263-283, 13 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.15 --- Barents/Kara shelf region --- Tectonic implications of the lithospheric structure across the Barents and Kara shelves / Jan Inge Faleide, Victoria Pease, Mike Curtis, Peter Klitzke, Alexander Minakov, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, Sergei Kostyuchenko and Andrei Zayonchek / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 285-314, 23 August 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.18 --- Timing of exhumation and deformation across the Taimyr fold–thrust belt: insights from apatite fission track dating and balanced cross-sections / Xiaojing Zhang, Victoria Pease, Andrew Carter, Sergey Kostuychenko, Arsen Suleymanov and Robert Scott / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 315-333, 15 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.3 --- Reconstructing Palaeozoic and Mesozoic tectonic evolution of Novaya Zemlya: combing geochronology and thermochronology / Xiaojing Zhang, Victoria Pease, Andrew Carter and Robert Scott / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 335-353, 26 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.13 --- Early Mesozoic sinistral transpression along the Pai-Khoi–Novaya Zemlya fold–thrust belt, Russia / Michael L. Curtis, Berta Lopez-Mir, Robert A. Scott and James P. Howard / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 355-370, 14 August 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.2 --- Dyke emplacement and crustal structure within a continental large igneous province, northern Barents Sea / Alexander Minakov, Viktoriya Yarushina, Jan Inge Faleide, Nataliya Krupnova, Tamara Sakoulina, Nikolay Dergunov and Vladimir Glebovsky / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 371-395, 24 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.4 --- Samples from the Lomonosov Ridge place new constraints on the geological evolution of the Arctic Ocean / C. Knudsen, J. R. Hopper, P. R. Bierman, M. Bjerager, T. Funck, P. F. Green, J. R. Ineson, P. Japsen, C. Marcussen, S. C. Sherlock and T. B. Thomsen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 397-418, 18 August 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.17 --- Circum-Arctic themes --- Seismic tomography of the Arctic region: inferences for the thermal structure and evolution of the lithosphere / Sergei Lebedev, Andrew J. Schaeffer, Javier Fullea and Victoria Pease / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 419-440, 6 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.10 --- High Arctic geopotential stress field and implications for geodynamic evolution / Christian Schiffer, Christian Tegner, Andrew J. Schaeffer, Victoria Pease and Søren B. Nielsen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 460, 441-465, 13 April 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP460.6

Description / Table of Contents: Klima der Region und Einfluss auf Ökosysteme --- Einleitung und Zusammenfassung / Hans von Storch, Insa Meinke, Martin Claußen / Pages 1-11 --- Klima der Region – Zustand, bisherige Entwicklung und mögliche Änderungen bis 2100 / Insa Meinke, Diana Rechid, Birger Tinz, Moritz Maneke, Christiana Lefebvre, Elke Isokeit / Pages 15-36 --- Stadtklima in Hamburg / K. Heinke Schlünzen, Wolfgang Riecke, Benjamin Bechtel, Marita Boettcher, Saskia Buchholz, David Grawe et al. / Pages 37-53 --- Deutsche Bucht mit Tideelbe und Lübecker Bucht / Birgit Klein, Rita Seiffert, Ulf Gräwe, Holger Klein, Peter Loewe, Jens Möller et al. / Pages 55-87 --- Aquatische Ökosysteme: Nordsee, Wattenmeer, Elbeästuar und Ostsee / Justus van Beusekom, Ralf Thiel, Ivo Bobsien, Maarten Boersma, Christian Buschbaum, Andreas Dänhardt et al. / Pages 89-107 --- Terrestrische und semiterrestrische Ökosysteme / Udo Schickhoff, Annette Eschenbach / Pages 109-145 --- Auswirkungen des Klimawandels in der Region --- Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Fischerei / Michael Köhl, Christian Möllmann, Jörg Fromm, Gerd Kraus, Volker Mues / Pages 149-172 --- Gesundheit / Jobst Augustin, Rolf Horstmann, Timo Homeier-Bachmann, Kai Jensen, Jörg Knieling, Anne Caroline Krefis et al. / Pages 173-192 --- Infrastrukturen (Energie- und Wasserversorgung) / Markus Groth, Julia Rose / Pages 193-208 --- Migration / Michael Brzoska, Jürgen Oßenbrügge, Christiane Fröhlich, Jürgen Scheffran / Pages 209-224 --- Hafen Hamburg, Schifffahrt und Verkehr / Birgit Weiher / Pages 225-240 --- Regionaler Klimawandel und Gesellschaft --- Klimawandel in den Medien / Michael Brüggemann, Irene Neverla, Imke Hoppe, Stefanie Walter / Pages 243-254 --- Wahrnehmung des Klimawandels in der Metropolregion Hamburg / Beate M. W. Ratter / Pages 255-264 --- Lokale Klima-Governance im Mehrebenensystem: formale und informelle Regelungsformen / Anita Engels, Martin Wickel, Jörg Knieling, Nancy Kretschmann, Kerstin Walz / Pages 265-282 --- Technischer Klimaschutz / Detlef Schulz, Thomas Weiß / Pages 283-291 --- Klimawandel, Nachhaltigkeit und Transformationsgestaltung / Harald Heinrichs / Pages 293-302

Description / Table of Contents: Mesozoic resource potential in the Southern Permian Basin area: the geological key to exploiting remaining hydrocarbons whilst unlocking geothermal potential / Ben Kilhams, Peter A. Kukla, Stan Mazur, Tom McKie, Harmen F. Mijnlieff, Kees van Ojik and Eveline Rosendaal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 1-18, 3 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.26 --- Tectonic framework --- Timing and spatial patterns of Cretaceous and Cenozoic inversion in the Southern Permian Basin / Jonas Kley / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 19-31, 9 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.12 --- The only way is up – on Mesozoic uplifts and basin inversion events in SE Poland / Piotr Krzywiec, Aleksandra Stachowska and Agata Stypa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 33-57, 20 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.14 --- The Wiek Fault System east of Rügen Island: origin, tectonic phases and its relationship to the Trans-European Suture Zone / Elisabeth Seidel, Martin Meschede and Karsten Obst / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 59-82, 24 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.10 --- Fault system evolution in the Baltic Sea area west of Rügen, NE Germany / André Deutschmann, Martin Meschede and Karsten Obst / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 83-98, 9 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.24 --- New insights into salt tectonics in the northern Dutch offshore: a framework for hydrocarbon exploration / Matthijs van Winden, Jan de Jager, Bastiaan Jaarsma and Renaud Bouroullec / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 99-117, 29 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.9 --- Deriving relationships between diapir spacing and salt-layer thickness in the Southern North Sea / Karina Hernandez, Neil C. Mitchell and Mads Huuse / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 119-137, 26 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.16 --- Triassic resources --- An introduction to the Triassic: current insights into the regional setting and energy resource potential of NW Europe / Mark Geluk, Tom McKie and Ben Kilhams / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 139-147, 26 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.1 --- Lower Triassic reservoir development in the northern Dutch offshore / M. Kortekaas, U. Böker, C. van der Kooij and B. Jaarsma / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 149-168, 13 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.19 --- The ‘Buntsandstein’ gas play of the Horn Graben (German and Danish offshore): dry well analysis and remaining hydrocarbon potential / Ben Kilhams, Snezana Stevanovic and Carlo Nicolai / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 169-192, 11 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.5 --- Geothermal resources of the North German Basin: exploration strategy, development examples and remaining opportunities in Mesozoic hydrothermal reservoirs / Matthias Franz, Gregor Barth, Jens Zimmermann, Ingmar Budach, Kerstin Nowak and Markus Wolfgramm / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 193-222, 13 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.11 --- Towards a better understanding of the highly overpressured Lower Triassic Bunter reservoir rocks in the Terschelling Basin / Stefan Peeters, Annemiek Asschert and Hanneke Verweij / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 223-236, 22 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.13 --- Enhanced gas recovery of an ageing field utilizing N2 displacement: De Wijk Field, The Netherlands / Rajasmita Goswami, Fritz C. Seeberger and Geert Bosman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 237-251, 16 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.2 --- Data mining in the Dutch Oil and Gas Portal: a case study on the reservoir properties of the Volpriehausen Sandstone interval / B. M. M. van Kempen, H. F. Mijnlieff and J. van der Molen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 253-267, 15 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.15 --- Jurassic resources --- Tectonostratigraphy of a rift basin affected by salt tectonics: synrift Middle Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous Dutch Central Graben, Terschelling Basin and neighbouring platforms, Dutch offshore / R. Bouroullec, R. M. C. H. Verreussel, C. R. Geel, G. de Bruin, M. H. A. A. Zijp, D. Kőrösi, D. K. Munsterman, N. M. M. Janssen and S. J. Kerstholt-Boegehold / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 269-303, 15 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.22 --- Stepwise basin evolution of the Middle Jurassic–Early Cretaceous rift phase in the Central Graben area of Denmark, Germany and The Netherlands / R. M. C. H. Verreussel, R. Bouroullec, D. K. Munsterman, K. Dybkjær, C. R. Geel, A. J. P. Houben, P. N. Johannessen and S. J. Kerstholt-Boegehold / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 305-340, 15 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.23 --- Palaeogeographical evolution of the Lower Jurassic: high-resolution biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy in the Central European Basin / Gregor Barth, Grzegorz Pieńkowski, Jens Zimmermann, Matthias Franz and Gesa Kuhlmann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 341-369, 4 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.8 --- The impact of Quaternary glaciation on temperature and pore pressure in Jurassic troughs in the Southern Permian Basin, northern Germany / Victoria F. Sachse and Ralf Littke / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 371-398, 16 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.7 --- The Posidonia Shale of northern Germany: unconventional oil and gas potential from high-resolution 3D numerical basin modelling of the cross-junction between the eastern Lower Saxony Basin, Pompeckj Block and Gifhorn Trough / Alexander T. Stock and Ralf Littke / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 399-421, 5 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.21 --- Cretaceous resources --- Reservoir architecture model of the Nieuwerkerk Formation (Early Cretaceous, West Netherlands Basin): diachronous development of sand-prone fluvial deposits / A. G. Vondrak, M. E. Donselaar and D. K. Munsterman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 423-434, 15 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.18 --- Tectonic control on the Early Cretaceous Bentheim Sandstone sediments in the Schoonebeek oil field, The Netherlands / Geert-Jan Vis, Willem D. Smoor, Kees W. Rutten, Jan de Jager and Harmen F. Mijnlieff / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 435-455, 15 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.25 --- The impact of heterogeneity on waterflood developments in clastic inner shelf reservoirs: an example from the Holland Greensand Member, Rotterdam Field, The Netherlands / Richard J. Porter, Alberto Muñoz Rojas and Malte Schlüter / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 457-477, 16 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.20 --- Lower Cretaceous reservoir development in the North Sea Central Graben, and potential analogue settings in the Southern Permian Basin and South Viking Graben / Frank Zwaan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 479-504, 4 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.3 --- Erosional valleys at a major Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous unconformity offshore Germany and The Netherlands: potential reservoirs or deteriorated seals? / Marco Wolf, Annelieke Vis and Annemiek Asschert / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 505-517, 25 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.4 --- Giant pockmark formation from Cretaceous hydrocarbon expulsion in the western Lower Saxony Basin, The Netherlands / Frank Strozyk, Lars Reuning, Stefan Back and Peter Kukla / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 519-536, 11 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.6 --- F17-Chalk: new insights in the tectonic history of the Dutch Central Graben / Henk van Lochem / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 537-558, 19 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.17

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: High-Performance Computing: Dos and Don’ts by Guillaume Houzeaux, Ricard Borrell, Yvan Fournier, Marta Garcia- Gasulla, Jens Henrik Göbbert, Elie Hachem, Vishal Mehta, Youssef Mesri, Herbert Owen and Mariano Vázquez --- Chapter 2: Multilevel Variable-Block Schur-Complement-Based Preconditioning for the Implicit Solution of the Reynolds- Averaged Navier-Stokes Equations Using Unstructured Grids by Bruno Carpentieri and Aldo Bonfiglioli --- Chapter 3: Free-Surface Flow Simulations with Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method using High-Performance Computing by Corrado Altomare, Giacomo Viccione, Bonaventura Tagliafierro, Vittorio Bovolin, José Manuel Domínguez and Alejandro Jacobo Cabrera Crespo --- Chapter 4: Highly Deforming Computational Meshes for CFD Analysis of Twin-Screw Positive Displacement Machines by Sham Rane, Ahmed Kovačević, Nikola Stošić and Ian Smith --- Chapter 5: Optimization Design by Coupling Computational Fluid Dynamics and Genetic Algorithm by Jong-Taek Oh and Nguyen Ba Chien --- Chapter 6: Applications of CFD for Process Safety by Luis G. Zárate, Sebastián Uribe and Mario E. Cordero --- Chapter 7: Adaptation to Climate Change at Local Scale: A CFD Study in Porto Urban Area by Vera Rodrigues, Sandra Rafael, Sandra Sorte, Sílvia Coelho, Hélder Relvas, Bruno Vicente, Joana Leitão, Myriam Lopes, Ana Isabel Miranda and Carlos Borrego --- Chapter 8: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Applied to a Glass Vaporization Chamber for Introduction of Micro- or Nano-Size Samples into Lab-Based ICPs and to a CFD-Derived (and Rapidly Prototyped Via 3D Printing) Smaller-Size Chamber for Portable Microplasmas by Hamid R. Badiei, Gordon Stubley, Ryan Fitzgerald, Melanie Saddler and Vassili Karanassios --- Chapter 9: Analysis of Biomass Waste Cofiring into Existing Coal-Fired Power Plant Using Computational Fluid Dynamics by Arif Darmawan, Dwika Budianto, Koji Tokimatsu and Muhammad Aziz --- Chapter 10: CFD Modelling of Coupled Multiphysics-Multiscale Engineering Cases by Mario E. Cordero, Sebastián Uribe, Luis G. Zárate, Reyna Natividad Rangel, Alejandro Regalado-Méndez and Ever Peralta Reyes --- Chapter 11: CFD Analysis of Turbulence Models to Achieve the Digester Mixing Process by Jorge Flores-Velazquez, Abraham Jesus Arzeta-Rios, Waldo Ojeda Bustamante and Teodoro Espinosa-Solares --- Chapter 12: CFD for the Design and Optimization of Slurry Bubble Column Reactors by Omar M. Basha and Badie I. Morsi --- Chapter 13: Two Different Formulations for Solving the Navier-Stokes Equations with Moderate and High Reynolds Numbers by Blanca Bermúdez, Alejandro Rangel-Huerta, Wuiyevaldo Fermín Guerrero-Sánchez and José David Alanís --- Chapter 14: Vibration Characteristics of Fluid-Filled Functionally Graded Cylindrical Material with Ring Supports by Muzamal Hussain, Aamir Shahzad, Muhammad Nawaz Naeem and Maogang He --- Chapter 15: CFD Simulations of Crude Oil Fouling on Heat Transfer Surfaces by Ramasamy Marappa Gounder and Sampath Emani --- Chapter 16: Surrogate Model Applied for Analysis of Uncertain Parameters in Turbulent Mixing Flows by Boštjan Končar, Andrej Prošek and Matjaž Leskovar

Description / Table of Contents: Recent advances in karst research: from theory to fieldwork and applications / Mario Parise, Franci Gabrovsek, Georg Kaufmann and Natasa Ravbar / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 1-24, 3 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.26 --- Karst geology, geomorphology, and speleogenesis --- Orogeny and the collapse of the Devonian Prairie Evaporite karst in Western Canada: impact on the overlying Cretaceous Athabasca Oil Sands / Paul L. Broughton / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 25-78, 8 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.7 --- Tafoni and honeycomb structures as indicators of ascending fluid flow and hypogene karstification / Alexander Klimchouk / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 79-105, 28 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.11 --- Relations between surface and underground karst forms inferred from terrestrial laser scanning / Aleksandar S. Petrović, Jelena Ćalić, Aleksandra Spalević and Marko Pantić / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 107-120, 31 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.23 --- A genetic classification of caves and its application in eastern Austria / P. Oberender and L. Plan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 121-136, 29 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.21 --- Surface landforms and speleological investigation for a better understanding of karst hydrogeological processes: a history of research in southeastern Italy / M. Parise and L. Benedetto / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 137-153, 25 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.25 --- The Puerto Princesa Underground River (Palawan, Philippines): some peculiar features of a tropical, high-energy coastal karst system / Giovanni Badino, Antonio De Vivo, Paolo Forti and Leonardo Piccini / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 155-170, 24 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.22 --- Role of karst denudation on the accurate assessment of glacio-eustasy and tectonic uplift on carbonate coasts / John E. Mylroie and Joan R. Mylroie / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 171-185, 6 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.2 --- Arid hypogene karst in a multi-aquifer system: hydrogeology and speleogenesis of Ashalim Cave, Negev Desert, Israel / Amos Frumkin and Boaz Langford / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 187-200, 6 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.3 --- Pliocene–Pleistocene palaeoclimate reconstruction from Ashalim Cave speleothems, Negev Desert, Israel / Anton Vaks, Miryam Bar-Matthews, Avner Ayalon, Alan Matthews and Amos Frumkin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 201-216, 15 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.10 --- Karst hydrogeology --- Global distribution and use of water from karst aquifers / Zoran Stevanović / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 217-236, 4 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.17 --- Characterization and hydraulic behaviour of the complex karst of the Kaibab Plateau and Grand Canyon National Park, USA / Casey J. R. Jones, Abraham E. Springer, Benjamin W. Tobin, Sarah J. Zappitello and Natalie A. Jones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 237-260, 6 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.5 --- Vulnerability assessment and its validation: the Gömör-Torna Karst, Hungary and Slovakia / Veronika Iván and Judit Mádl-Szőnyi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 261-273, 29 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.15 --- Hydrochemical and isotopic characterization of carbonate aquifers under natural flow conditions, Sierra Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain / Damián Sánchez, Juan Antonio Barberá, Matías Mudarra, Bartolomé Andreo and José Francisco Martín / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 275-293, 28 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.16 --- Climatological trends and anticipated karst spring quantity and quality: case study of the Slovene Istria / Nataša Ravbar, Gregor Kovačič, Metka Petrič, Janja Kogovšek, Clarissa Brun and Alenka Koželj / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 295-305, 6 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.19 --- Preliminary analysis of the decrease in water level of Vrana Lake on the small carbonate island of Cres (Dinaric karst, Croatia) / Ognjen Bonacci / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 307-317, 6 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.6 --- Karst modelling --- Numerical groundwater modelling in karst / Neven Kresic and Sorab Panday / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 319-330, 14 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.12 --- Experiences in calibrating and evaluating lumped karst hydrological models / Andreas Hartmann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 331-340, 6 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.18 --- Geophysical observations and structural models of two shallow caves in gypsum/anhydrite-bearing rocks in Germany / Georg Kaufmann and Douchko Romanov / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 341-357, 6 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.13 --- Models of temperature, entropy production and convective airflow in caves / Giovanni Badino / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 359-379, 31 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.24 --- Karst hazards and management --- Evaluating the susceptibility to anthropogenic sinkholes in Apulian calcarenites, southern Italy / A. Fiore, N. L. Fazio, P. Lollino, M. Luisi, M. N. Miccoli, R. Pagliarulo, M. Perrotti, L. Pisano, L. Spalluto, C. Vennari, G. Vessia and M. Parise / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 381-396, 4 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.20 --- Groundwater flood hazards and mechanisms in lowland karst terrains / Owen Naughton, Ted McCormack, Laurence Gill and Paul Johnston / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 397-410, 11 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.9 --- Škocjan Caves, Slovenia: an integrative approach to the management of a World Heritage Site / Vanja Debevec, Borut Peric, Samo Šturm, Tomaž Zorman and Peter Jovanovič / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 411-429, 18 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.14 --- Karst-specific composite model for informed resource management decisions on the Biosfera de la Reserva Selva el Ocote, Chiapas, Mexico / Johanna L. Kovarik and Philip E. van Beynen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 431-442, 6 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.1 --- A review and statistical assessment of the criteria for determining cave significance / Augusto S. Auler, Tatiana A. R. Souza, Daniela C. Sé and Gustavo A. Soares / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 443-459, 28 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.8 --- What will be the future of the giant gypsum crystals of Naica mine? / Paolo Forti / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 461-475, 6 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.4

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction.-  Experimental Materials and Equipment --- The Mechanism and Predicting Theory-Based Rockburst Evolution --- Three-dimensional Reconstruction Model and Numerical Simulation of Rock Fissures.- The Patterns of Dynamic Evolution of Cracks in Rock Failure.- Experiment Investigation of AE Precursor Information for Rockburst --- Experimental Investigations on Multi-means and Synergistic Prediction for Rockburst --- Predicting Model of Rockburst Based on Nondeterministic Theory --- Field Case

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction --- Chapter 2: A Short History of the Evolution of the Climate Smart Agriculture Approach and its Links to Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture Debates --- Chapter 3:Economics of Climate-Smart Agriculture --- Chapter 4:  Innovation in Response to Climate Change --- Chapter 5:  Use of Satellite Information on Wetness and Temperature for Decision of Crop Yield Prediction, River Discharge and Planning --- Chapter 6:  Early Warning Techniques for Local Climate Resilience: Smallholder Rice in Lao PDE --- Chapter 7 :  Farmers' Perceptions of and Adaptations to Climate Change in Southeast Asia:  The Case Study from Thailand and Vietnam --- Chapter 8:  U.S. Maize Yield Growth and Countervailing Climate Change Impacts --- Chapter 9:  Understanding Tradeoffs in the Context of Farm-Scale Impacts:  An Application of Decision-Support Tools for Assessing Climate Smart Argiculture --- Chapter 10:  Can Insurance Help Manage Climate Risk and Food Insecurity?: Evidence from the Pastoral Regions of East Africa --- Chapter 11:  Can Cash Transfer Programs Promote Household Resilience?: Cross-Country Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa --- Chapter 12:  Input Subsidy Programs and Climate Smart Agriculture --- Chapter 13:  Robust Decision Making for a Climate-Resilient Development of the Agricultural Sector in Nigeria --- Chapter 14:  Using AgMIP Regional Integrated Assessment Methods to Evaluate Vulnerability, Resilience and Adaptive Capacity for Climate Smart Agricultural Systems --- Chapter 15:  Climate Smart Food Supply Chains in Developing Countries in an Era of Rapid Dual Change in Agrifood Systems and the Climate --- Chapter 16:  The Adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture: The Role of Information and Insurance under Climate Change --- Chapter 17:  A Qualitative Evaluation of CSA Options in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Developing Countries --- Chapter 18: Identifying Strategies to Enhance the Resilience of Smallholder Farming Systems: Evidence of Zambia --- Chapter 19:  Climate Risk Management Through Sustainable Land and Water Management in Sub-Saharan Africa --- Chapter 20:  Improving the Resilience of Central Asian Agriculture to Weather Viability and Climate Change --- Chapter 21:  Managing Environmental Risk in the Presence of Climate Change: The Role of Adaption in the Mile Basin of Ethiopia --- Chapter 22: Diversification as Part of a CSA Strategy: The Cases of Zambia and Malawi --- Chapter 23:  Economic Analysis of Improved Smallholder Paddy and Maize Production in Northern Vietnam and Implications for Climate-Smart Agriculture --- Chapter 24:  Synthesis:  Devising Effective Strategies and Policies for CSA --- Chapter 25:  Conclusions and Policy Implications

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Petroleum Source Rocks Characterization and Hydrocarbon Generation by Nabil Mohammed Al-Areeq --- Chapter 2: Petroleum Extraction Engineering by Tatjana Paulauskiene --- Chapter 3: Optimal Planning for Deepwater Oilfield Development Under Uncertainties of Crude Oil Price and Reservoir by Zhang Haoran, Liang Yongtu, Ma Jing, Di Pengwei, Yan Xiaohan and Huang Zhongliang --- Chapter 4: Drilling Fluids for Deepwater Fields: An Overview by Luis Alberto Alcázar-Vara and Ignacio Ramón Cortés-Monroy --- Chapter 5: Evaluation of Different Correlation Performance for the Calculation of the Critical Properties and Acentric Factor of Petroleum Heavy Fractions by Dacid B. Lacerda, Rafael B. Scardini, André P. C. M. Vinhal, Adolfo P. Pires and Viatcheslav I. Priimenko --- Chapter 6: Characterization of Crude Oils and the Precipitated Asphaltenes Fraction using UV Spectroscopy, Dynamic Light Scattering and Microscopy by Ernestina Elizabeth Banda Cruz, Nohra Violeta Gallardo Rivas, Ulises Páramo García, Ana Maria Mendoza Martinez and José Aarón Melo Banda --- Chapter 7: Density Anomalies in Crude Oil Blends Reflect Multiple Equilibrium States of Asphaltene Colloidal Aggregates by Igor N. Evdokimov, Aleksey A. Fesan and Aleksandr P. Losev --- Chapter 8: A Realistic Look at Nanostructured Material as an Innovative Approach for Enhanced Oil Recovery Process Upgrading by Lezorgia Nekabari Nwidee, Ahmed Barifcani, Maxim Lebedev, Mohammad Sarmadivaleh and Stefan Iglauer --- Chapter 9: Lessons Learned from Our Recent Research in Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (C-EOR) Methods by Bing Wei, Peng Wei, Shuai Zhao and Wanfen Pu --- Chapter 10: Numerical Study of Low Salinity Water Flooding in Naturally Fractured Oil Reservoirs by Reda Abdel Azim, Sara Faiz, Shaik Rahman, Ahmed Elbagir and Nour Al Obaidi --- Chapter 11: Experimental Study of the Effect of Composite Solvent and Asphaltenes Contents on Efficiency of Heavy Oil Recovery Processes at Injection of Light Hydrocarbons by Dmitry N. Borisov, Dmitry V. Milordov, Svetlana G. Yakubova and Makhmut R. Yakubov --- Chapter 12: Total Acid Number Reduction of Naphthenic Acids Using Supercritical Fluid and Ionic Liquids by Pradip Chandra Mandal and Mitsuru Sasaki --- Chapter 13: Conducting Polymers Films Deposited on Carbon Steel and Their Interaction with Crude Oil by Oscar E. Vázquez-Noriega, Javier Guzmán, Nohra V. Gallardo-Rivas, Reinaldo David Martínez Orozco, Ana M. Mendoza-Martínez, María Yolanda Chávez Cinco, Luciano Aguilera Vázquez and Ulises Páramo-García --- Chapter 14: Desulfurization of Dibenzothiophene by Pseudomonas fluorescens (UCP 1514) Leading to the Production of Biphenyl by Thayse A.L. Silva, Manfred Schwartz, Patrícia M. Souza, Ian Garrard, Galba M. Campos-Takaki and Elias B. Tambourgi --- Chapter 15: Reduction in the Sulfur Content of Fossil Fuels by Cunninghamella elegans (UCP 0596) to Dibenzothiophene Compound by Patrícia Mendes de Souza, Thayse Alves de Lima e Silva, Marcos Antonio Barbosa Lima, Luciana de Oliveira Franco, Manfred Schwartz, Paulo Henrique da Silva, Lúcia Roberta Barbosa, Aline Elesbão do Nascimento, Kaoru Okada and Galba Maria de Campos- Takaki --- Chapter 16: Microbial Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon– Contaminated Marine Environments by Mouna Mahjoubi, Simone Cappello, Yasmine Souissi, Atef Jaouani and Ameur Cherif --- Chapter 17: Petroleum Degradation: Promising Biotechnological Tools for Bioremediation by Maddela Naga Raju and Laura Scalvenzi --- Chapter 18: Organic Contaminants in Refinery Wastewater: Characterization and Novel Approaches for Biotreatment by Taghreed Al-Khalid and Muftah H. El-Naas --- Chapter 19: Analytical Methods for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and their Global Trend of Distribution in Water and Sediment: A Review by Abiodun Olagoke Adeniji, Omobola Oluranti Okoh and Anthony Ifeanyi Okoh

Description / Table of Contents: 05 Editorial: The Atmosphere over Mountainous Regions / Miguel A. C. Teixeira, Daniel J. Kirshbaum, Haraldur Ólafsson, Peter F. Sheridan and Ivana Stiperski --- 07 Possible observation of horizontal roll vortices over the Adriatic Sea during bora / Danijel Belušić, Željko Večenaj and Margaret A. LeMone --- 14 Lee Waves on the Boundary-Layer Inversion and Their Dependence on Free-Atmospheric Stability / Johannes Sachsperger, Stefano Serafin and Vanda Grubišic’ --- 25 Non-linear Topographic Effects in Two-Layer Flows / Peter G. Baines and Edward R. Johnson --- 35 The Quasi-Steady State of the Valley Wind System / Juerg Schmidli and Richard Rotunno --- 46 Convective Boundary Layer Heights Over Mountainous Terrain—A Review of Concepts / Stephan F. J. De Wekker and Meinolf Kossmann --- 68 On the Vertical Exchange of Heat, Mass, and Momentum Over Complex, Mountainous Terrain / Mathias W. Rotach, Alexander Gohm, Moritz N. Lang, Daniel Leukauf, Ivana Stiperski and Johannes S. Wagner --- 82 Identification and Climatology of Alpine Pumping from a Regional Climate Simulation / Maximilian Graf, Meinolf Kossmann, Kristina Trusilova and Gudrun Mühlbacher --- 93 The Atmospheric Boundary Layer during Wintertime Persistent Inversions in the Grenoble Valleys / Yann Largeron and Chantal Staquet --- 112 Energetics of Slope Flows: Linear and Weakly Nonlinear Solutions of the Extended Prandtl Model / Ivan Güttler , Ivana Marinović, Željko Večenaj and Branko Grisogono --- 125 When Can a High-Resolution Simulation Over Complex Terrain be Called LES? / Joan Cuxart --- 131 Influence of the Details of Topography on Weather Forecast – Evaluation of HARMONIE Experiments in the Sochi Olympics Domain over the Caucasian Mountains / Laura Rontu, Clemens Wastl and Sami Niemelä --- 147 Effects of Landfall Location and Approach Angle of an Idealized Tropical Cyclone over a Long Mountain Range / Liping Liu, Yuh-Lang Lin and Shu-Hua Chen

Description / Table of Contents: Mechanisms of SAR Imaging of Shallow Water Topography of the Subei Bank / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(11), 1203; doi:10.3390/rs9111203 --- Detection of Bivalve Beds on Exposed Intertidal Flats Using Polarimetric SAR Indicators / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(10), 1047; doi:10.3390/rs9101047 --- Exploring the Potential of Active Learning for Automatic Identification of Marine Oil Spills Using 10-Year (2004–2013) RADARSAT Data / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(10), 1041; doi:10.3390/rs9101041 --- Assimilation of Typhoon Wind Field Retrieved from Scatterometer and SAR Based on the Huber Norm Quality Control / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(10), 987; doi:10.3390/rs9100987 --- Performance Analysis of Ocean Surface Topography Altimetry by Ku-Band Near-Nadir Interferometric SAR / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(9), 933; doi:10.3390/rs9090933 --- Satellite Survey of Internal Waves in the Black and Caspian Seas / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(9), 892; doi:10.3390/rs9090892 --- Contextual Region-Based Convolutional Neural Network with Multilayer Fusion for SAR Ship Detection / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(8), 860; doi:10.3390/rs9080860 --- Refocusing of Moving Targets in SAR Images via Parametric Sparse Representation / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(8), 795; doi:10.3390/rs9080795 --- Modulation Model of High Frequency Band Radar Backscatter by the Internal Wave Based on the Third-Order Statistics / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(5), 501; doi:10.3390/rs9050501 --- Ku-Band Sea Surface Radar Backscatter at Low Incidence Angles under Extreme Wind Conditions / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(5), 474; doi:10.3390/rs9050474 --- Doppler Spectrum-Based NRCS Estimation Method for Low-Scattering Areas in Ocean SAR Images / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(3), 219; doi:10.3390/rs9030219 --- An Improved Shape Contexts Based Ship Classification in SAR Images / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(2), 145; doi:10.3390/rs9020145 --- GF-3 SAR Ocean Wind Retrieval: The First View and Preliminary Assessment / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(7), 694; doi:10.3390/rs9070694

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Coupling Watersheds, Estuaries and Regional Oceanography through Numerical Modelling in the Western Iberia: Thermohaline Flux Variability at the Ocean-Estuary Interface by Francisco J. Campuzano, Manuela Juliano, João Sobrinho, Hilda de Pablo, David Brito, Rodrigo Fernandes and Ramiro Neves --- Chapter 2: Weather, Hydrological and Oceanographic Conditions of the Northern Coast of the Río de la Plata Estuary during ENSO 2009–2010 by Ernesto Brugnoli, José Verocai, Pablo Muniz and Felipe García- Rodríguez --- Chapter 3: Pesticides in Worldwide Aquatic Systems: Part I by Catarina Cruzeiro, Eduardo Rocha and Maria João Rocha --- Chapter 4: Pesticides in Worldwide Aquatic Systems: Part II by Catarina Cruzeiro, Eduardo Rocha and Maria João Rocha --- Chapter 5: The Ecology and Food Web Dynamics of South African Intermittently Open Estuaries by Pierre William Froneman --- Chapter 6: The Relationship of Sediment and Intersitial Water Properties with Mangrove Health in a Subtropical Coastal Lagoon of Mexico by Carlos Augusto Zenteno-Palma, Aramis Olivos-Ortiz, María del Carmen Álvarez, Sonia Isabel Quijano-Scheggia and Gloria Alicia Jiménez-Ramón

Description / Table of Contents: Biopolymers, as natural polysaccharides, are considered benign polymers for what concerns the environment. This is not a new invention, but at best a renaissance: the first type of polymers used by human kind were animal hides, cellulose, silk, wool. Among benefits of natural occurring biopolymers there are potential biocompatibility, renewable resources, low processing costs, tailoring of structure by genetic manipulation, and, as said, environmentally compatibility. Limits are, sometimes, premature degradation and high production costs due to the very high purity required for medical uses. Polysaccharides are not drugs by themselves, but their use in pharmaceutical field, for example as drug carriers or antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory or anticoagulant agents, is increasingly promising. Marine polysaccharides include chitin, chitosan, alginate, agar and carrageenans. Chitosan is a cationic carbohydrate biopolymer derived from chitin, the second most abundant polysaccharides present in nature after cellulose. The main sources of chitin are the shell wastes of shrimps, lobsters and crabs. For its characteristics, chitosan founds particular application as non viral vector in gene delivery. Films from chitosan are very tough and long lasting. Alginates derive from seaweed extraction (pheophyceae), and are mainly used in drug delivery and as hydrogels for immobilizing cells and enzymes, due to the mild conditions of cross-linking through bivalent cations (Ca2+). Agar (or agar-agar) and carrageenans are linear polysaccharides from red seaweeds. They are highly reactive chemically and are peculiar for thermoreversible gel formation. Exopolysaccharides (EPS), substantial components of the extracellular matrix of many cells of marine origin, also have to be mentioned for their potential interest in pharmaceuticals, and new EPS producing bacteria, particularly from extreme marine environments, are being isolated. The possibility of chemical modification, blending and addition of biodegradable additives allows to tailor the final properties of polysaccharides and opens the doors to wider applications, particularly in pharmaceutical area. This issue is intended to explore any new potentiality of marine polysaccharides, as those above mentioned, deriving from chemical or chemical-physical modifications, and the scaling-up of their pharmaceutical applications.

Description / Table of Contents: Semantics --- Non-angelic Concurrent Game Semantics --- A Trace Semantics for System F Parametric Polymorphism --- Categorical Combinatorics for Non Deterministic Strategies on Simple Games --- A Syntactic View of Computational Adequacy --- Linearity --- A New Linear Logic for Deadlock-Free Session-Typed Processes --- A Double Category Theoretic Analysis of Graded Linear Exponential Comonads --- Depending on Session-Typed Processes --- FabULous Interoperability for ML and a Linear Language --- Concurrency --- Automata for True Concurrency Properties --- A Theory of Encodings and Expressiveness --- A Framework for Parameterized Monitorability --- Logics for Bisimulation and Divergence --- Lambda-Calculi and Types --- Call-by-need, Neededness and All That --- Fitch-Style Modal Lambda Calculi --- Realizability Interpretation and Normalization of Typed Call-by-Need --- Quotient Inductive-Inductive Types --- Category Theory and Quantum Control --- Guarded Traced Categories --- Proper Semirings and Proper Convex Functors --- From Symmetric Pattern-Matching to Quantum Control --- Quantitative Models --- The Complexity of Graph-Based Reductions for Reachability in Markov Decision Processes --- A Hierarchy of Scheduler Classes for Stochastic Automata --- Symbolically Quantifying Response Time in Stochastic Models using Moments and Semirings --- Comparator Automata in Quantitative Verification --- Logics and Equational Theories --- Modular Tableaux Calculi for Separation Theories --- Differential Calculus with Imprecise Input and its Logical Framework --- The Effects of Adding Reachability Predicates in Propositional Separation Logic --- The Equational Theory of the Natural Join and of Inner Union is Decidable --- Graphs and Automata --- Minimization of Graph Weighted Models over Circular Strings --- Games on Graphs with a Public Signal Monitoring --- WQO Dichotomy for 3-Graphs --- Verifying Higher-Order Functions with Tree Automata

Description / Table of Contents: Forecasting is a vital tool for local health and air quality managers to make informed short-term decisions on remedial and mitigation measures to reduce exposure risks for their residents. Forecasting tools enable them to issue air quality advisories to curb pollution by limiting vehicular traffic by encouraging car-pooling and offering free public transportation. Air quality monitoring from the perspective of air managers serves a dual purpose of evaluating the skill of their forecasting tools and deriving long-term trends of major air pollutants that impact their constituents. Epidemiologists also use long term monitored data to understand air pollution related diseases and mortality rates to support public health policy decisions. This Special Issue reinforces the importance of these tools by leveraging their collective strengths. Public health is under a constant threat by air pollution across the world in various degrees and manifestations. In some countries with rapid economic growth the abrupt increased occurrences of poor air quality over cities and their downwind regions are attracting worldwide attention. The adverse health effects suffered by the public are reflected in billions of dollars in lost productivity, hospital admissions due to contraction and exacerbation of respiratory, asthmatic and cardiovascular diseases, and increases in mortality rates. This is especially true in rapidly developing countries. On the other hand, many cities in developed countries are seeing changes in their atmospheric chemical regimes from nitrogen oxide (NOx) saturated regimes towards NOx limiting regimes. Furthermore, ozone and ozone precursors transported from areas upwind become important source of “background ozone” as local generation of ozone plays a lesser role due to reduced NOx emissions in the developed countries. It is now clear that air pollution is a global problem and that air quality monitoring, forecasting and mitigation should be a local effort conducted in concert with global partners.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introductory Chapter: Marine Ecology—Biotic and Abiotic Interactions / by Muhammet Turkoglu, Umur Onal and Ali Ismen --- 2. Geo-Biological Coupling of Authigenic Carbonate Formation and Autotrophic Faunal Colonization at Deep-Sea Methane Seeps I: Geo-Biological Settings / by Takeshi Naganuma --- 3. Geo-Biological Coupling of Authigenic Carbonate Formation and Autotrophic Faunal Colonization at Deep-Sea Methane Seeps II. Geo-Biological Landscapes / by Takeshi Naganuma --- 4. Plankton Ecology and Productivity in Jamaican Waters with New and Unique Applications / by Mona K. Webber, Dale F. Webber and Gale Persad Ford --- 5. Ecology of Planktonic Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) / by Stig Skreslet --- 6. Encounters in the Zooplankton: Implications for Pelagic Ecosystem Dynamics / by Laura Sanvicente-Añorve and Miguel Alatorre-Mendieta --- 7. Marine Fisheries in Nigeria: A Review / by Olalekan Jacob Olaoye and Wahab Gbenga Ojebiyi --- 8. Marine Stock Enhancement in India: Current Status and Future Prospects / by Mohammad Serajuddin, Farah Bano, Madhu Awasthi, Pragya Gupta and Graish Kumar --- 9. The Natural Ecology and Stock Enhancement of the Edible Jellyfish (Rhopilema esculentum Kishinouye, 1891) in the Liaodong Bay, Bohai Sea, China / by Jing Dong, Bin Wang, Yan Duan, Aiyong Wang, Yulong Li, Ming Sun, Yu Chai, Xiuze Liu, Xuguang Yu, Dong Guo and Xiaolin Wang --- 10. Overview on Mediterranean Shark’s Fisheries: Impact on the Biodiversity / by Mohamed Nejmeddine Bradai, Bechir Saidi and Samira Enajjar --- 11. An Update on Reproduction in Ghost Shrimps (Decapoda: Axiidea) and Mud Lobsters (Decapoda: Gebiidea) / by Patricio Hernáez --- 12. The Role of Microalgae in Renewable Energy Production: Challenges and Opportunities / by Abd Ellatif Mohamed Hussian

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introductory Chapter: Introduction to Sea Level Rise and Coastal Infrastructure / by Yuanzhi Zhang, Kapo Wong, Yijun Hou and Xiaomei Yang --- 2. Constructing Local Sea Level Rise Scenarios for Assessing Possible Impacts and Adaptation Needs: Insights from Coasts of India / by Dhanya Praveen, Andimuthu Ramachandran and Kandasami Palanivelu --- 3. Analysis of Dynamic Effects on the Brazilian Vertical Datum / by Luciana M. Da Silva, Sílvio R.C. De Freitas and Regiane Dalazoana --- 4. Alterations within the Coastal Urban Environments: Case of the Coastal Squares of Istanbul Megacity / by Hatice Ayatac, Fatma Aycim Turer Baskaya, Eren Kurkcuoglu, Ozge Celik and Sinem Becerik --- 5. Coastal Wetland Vegetation in Response to Global Warming and Climate Change / by Chao Zhou, Kapo Wong and Jianhua Zhao --- 6. Impact of Enteromorpha Blooms on Aquaculture Research Off Qianliyan Island, Yellow Sea, China / by Guo Jie, Zhang Tianlong, Ji Diansheng, Mu Yankai, Yu Hongyang, Hou Chawei and Ji Ling --- 7. Geohazards in the Fjords of Northern Patagonia, Chile / by María-Victoria Soto, Pablo Sarricolea, Sergio A. Sepúlveda, Misael Cabello, Ignacio Ibarra, Constanza Molina and Michael Maerker --- 8. Coastal Disasters and Remote Sensing Monitoring Methods / by Yan Yu, Shengbo Chen, Tianqi Lu and Siyu Tian --- 9. Revealing Landscape Planning Strategies for Disaster-Prone Coastal Urban Environments: The Case of Istanbul Megacity / by Fatma Aycim Turer Baskaya --- 10. Coastal Geomorphology and Its Impacts / by Tianqi Lu, Shengbo Chen and Yan Yu --- 11. Beach Users’ Perceptions Toward Beach Quality and Crowding: A Case of Cenang Beach, Langkawi Island, Malaysia / by Hamed Mehranian and Azizan Marzuki --- 12. Remote Sensing Retrieval Study of the Surface Kinetic Parameters in the Yangtze Estuary and Its Adjacent Waters / by Shengbo Chen and Lihua Wang --- 13. Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Sea Surface Temperature in the East China Sea Using TERRA/MODIS Products Data / by Shaoqi Gong and Kapo Wong

Description / Table of Contents: Studienrahmen: Begriffsbestimmung, Rahmenwerk und Studiendesign --- Status quo „Prozessmanagement/Digitalisierung/Kundennutzen“: Ergebnisse der quantitativen Studie --- Die Fallstudien: Erfolgsmuster aus der Praxis --- Fazit und Ausblick

Description / Table of Contents: 1: Introduction --- 2: Prior Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Cognition --- 3: Motivation and Entrepreneurial Cognition --- 4: Attention and Entrepreneurial Cognition --- 5: Entrepreneurial Identity --- 6: Emotion and Entrepreneurial Cognition --- 7: Conclusion

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Why sustainable business model innovation? --- Chapter 2: The seven steps of the RESTART framework --- Chapter 3: RESTART: what, why, how and so what? --- Chapter 4: Roadmap to a RESTART --- Chapter 5: Redesign rather than standstill --- Chapter 6: Experimentation rather than turnaround --- Chapter 7: Service-logic rather than product-logic --- Chapter 8: The circular rather than the linear economy --- Chapter 9: Alliances rather than solo-runs --- Chapter 10: Results rather than indulgences --- Chapter 11: Three-dimensionality rather than one-dimensionality --- Chapter 12: RESTART before it is too late --- Chapter 13: A recap of the RESTART framework --- Chapter 14: A process model for sustainable business model innovation --- Chapter 15: Avenues for future research --- Chapter 16: Case study: A RESTART for Scanship --- Chapter 17: Case study: A circular business model for Orkla and BIR?

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Descriptors for Machine Learning of Materials Data --- 2. Potential Energy Surface Mapping of Charge Carriers in Ionic Conductors Based on a Gaussian Process Model --- 3. Machine learning predictions of factors affecting the activity of heterogeneous metal catalysts --- 4. Machine Learning-based Experimental Design in Materials Science --- 5. Persistent homology and materials informatics --- 6. Polyhedron and Polychoron codes for describing Atomic Arrangements --- 7. Topological Data Analysis for the Characterization of Atomic Scale Morphology from Atom Probe Tomography Images --- 8. Atomic-scale nanostructures by advanced electron microscopy and informatics --- 9. High spatial resolution hyperspectral imaging with machine-learning techniques --- 10. Fabrication, Characterization, and Modulation of Functional Nanolayers --- 11. Grain Boundary Engineering of Alumina Ceramics --- 12. Structural relaxation of oxide compounds from the high-pressure phase.-13.Synthesis and structures of novel solid-state electrolytes

Description / Table of Contents: Full Research Papers --- Experience Reports --- Empirical Studies Papers --- Doctoral Symposium Papers

Description / Table of Contents: Charakteristika digitaler Transformation --- Technologietrends in der digitalen Transformation --- Auswirkungen der digitalen Transformation auf den Wettbewerb --- Erfolgswirkung und Herausforderung digitaler Geschäftsmodellentwicklung --- Digitale Transformation aus der Sicht von IT-Entscheidern --- Digitale Transformation in ausgewählten Ländern im Vergleich

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Introduction --- Chapter 1. Market segmentation --- Chapter 2. Market segmentation analysis --- Part II. Ten steps of market segmentation analysis --- Chapter 3. STEP 1: Deciding (not) to segment --- Chapter 4. STEP 2: Specifying the ideal target segment --- Chapter 5. STEP 3: Collecting data --- Chapter 6. STEP 4: Exploring data --- Chapter 7. STEP 5: Extracting segments --- Chapter 8. STEP 6: Profiling segments --- Chapter 9. STEP 7: Describing segments --- Chapter 10. STEP 8: Selecting (the) target segment(s) --- Chapter 11. STEP 9: Customising the marketing mix --- Chapter 12. STEP 10: Evaluation and monitoring.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to Drones & Technology Applied to the Creative Industry. AiRT Project: An Overview of the Main Results and Actions --- The Economic Impact of the Creative Industry in the European Union --- Creative Industries’ Needs: A Latent Demand --- Financing Tech-Transfer and Innovation: An Application to the Creative Industries --- Successful Cases of the Use of Innovative Tools & Technology in the Creative Industries Field --- Storyboarding as a Means of Requirements Elicitation and User Interface Design: An Application to the Drones’ Industry --- Usability and Experience of the Creative Industries through Heuristic Evaluation of Flight Software for Mapping and Photogrammetry with Drones --- How a Cutting-Edge Technology Can Benefit the Creative Industries: The Positioning System at Work --- Indoor Drones for the Creative Industries: Distinctive Features/Opportunities in Safety Navigation --- The Relationship of the Industry with the Public Administration: Best Practices on Co-regulation for Training --- Innovative Strategies for the European SMEs. AiRT Project Main Remarks

Description / Table of Contents: 1 Addressing the Complexity of HPC in the Cloud: Emergence, Self-Organisation, Self-Management and the Separation of Concerns --- 2 Cloud Architectures and Management Approaches --- 3 Self-organising, Self-Managing Frameworks and Strategies --- 4 Application Blueprints and Service Description --- Simulating Heterogeneous Clouds at Scale --- Concluding Remarks

Description / Table of Contents: Multimodal Control System of Active Lower Limb Exoskeleton with Feedback --- Investigation and Development of Methods for Improving Robustness of Automatic Speech Recognition Algorithms in Complex Acoustic Environments --- Smart Endoscope—Firmware Complex for Real-Time Analysis and Recognition of Endoscopic Videos --- The Development of Constructive-Technological Decisions on Creation of a Family of Microelectronic Elements on the «Silicon on Insulator» (SOI) Structures to Provide the Ability to Create Sensors of External Influences of a Various Functional Purpose --- Thermopile IR Sensor Arrays --- Development Signal Processing Integrated Circuit for Position Sensors with High Resolution --- Brain-Controlled Biometric Signals Employed to Operate External Technical Devices --- Improving Talent Management with Automated Competence Assessment: Research Summary

Description / Table of Contents: Smart algorithms --- Data classification and processing --- Stochastic modelling --- Performance evaluation --- Queuing systems --- Wireless networks and security --- Image processing and computer vision

Description / Table of Contents: Model-Based Software Development --- A Formal Framework for Incremental Model Slicing --- Multiple Model Synchronization with Multiary Delta Lenses --- Controlling the Attack Surface of Object-Oriented Refactorings --- Efficient Analysis of Attack Trees: a Model-Driven Approach --- Distributed Program and System Analysis --- ROLA: A New Distributed Transaction Protocol and Its Formal Analysis --- A Process Network Model for Reactive Streaming Software with Deterministic Task Parallelism --- Distributed Graph Queries for Runtime Monitoring of Cyber-Physical Systems --- EventHandler-based Analysis Framework for Web Apps using Dynamically Collected States --- Software Design and Verification --- Hierarchical Specification and Verification of Architectural Design Patterns --- Supporting Verification-Driven Incremental Distributed Design of Components --- Summarizing Software API Usage Examples using Clustering Techniques --- Fast Computation of Arbitrary Control Dependencies --- Specification and Program Testing --- Iterative Generation of Diverse Models for Testing Specifications of SL Tools --- Optimising Spectrum Based Fault Localisation for Single Fault Programs using Specifications --- TCM: Test Case Mutation to Improve Crash Detection in Android --- CRETE: A Versatile Binary-Level Concolic Testing Framework --- Family-Based Software Development --- Abstract Family-based Model Checking using Modal Featured Transition Systems: Preservation of CTL* --- FPH: Efficient Non-Commutativity Analysis of Feature-Based Systems --- Taming Multi-Variability of Software Product Line Transformations

Description / Table of Contents: Semantics --- Non-angelic Concurrent Game Semantics --- A Trace Semantics for System F Parametric Polymorphism --- Categorical Combinatorics for Non Deterministic Strategies on Simple Games --- A Syntactic View of Computational Adequacy --- Linearity --- A New Linear Logic for Deadlock-Free Session-Typed Processes --- A Double Category Theoretic Analysis of Graded Linear Exponential Comonads --- Depending on Session-Typed Processes --- FabULous Interoperability for ML and a Linear Language --- Concurrency --- Automata for True Concurrency Properties --- A Theory of Encodings and Expressiveness --- A Framework for Parameterized Monitorability --- Logics for Bisimulation and Divergence --- Lambda-Calculi and Types --- Call-by-need, Neededness and All That --- Fitch-Style Modal Lambda Calculi --- Realizability Interpretation and Normalization of Typed Call-by-Need --- Quotient Inductive-Inductive Types --- Category Theory and Quantum Control --- Guarded Traced Categories --- Proper Semirings and Proper Convex Functors --- From Symmetric Pattern-Matching to Quantum Control --- Quantitative Models --- The Complexity of Graph-Based Reductions for Reachability in Markov Decision Processes --- A Hierarchy of Scheduler Classes for Stochastic Automata --- Symbolically Quantifying Response Time in Stochastic Models using Moments and Semirings --- Comparator Automata in Quantitative Verification --- Logics and Equational Theories --- Modular Tableaux Calculi for Separation Theories --- Differential Calculus with Imprecise Input and its Logical Framework --- The Effects of Adding Reachability Predicates in Propositional Separation Logic --- The Equational Theory of the Natural Join and of Inner Union is Decidable --- Graphs and Automata --- Minimization of Graph Weighted Models over Circular Strings --- Games on Graphs with a Public Signal Monitoring --- WQO Dichotomy for 3-Graphs --- Verifying Higher-Order Functions with Tree Automata

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- Part 1- Haptics in Musical Interaction: Psychophysics and User Experience --- A Brief Overview of the Somatosensory System --- Once More with Feeling: The Dynamics of Performer-Instrument Interaction --- Perception of Vibrotactile Cues in Musical Performance --- The Role of Haptic Cues in Musical Instrument Quality Perception --- A Functional Analysis of Haptic Feedback in Digital Musical Instrument Interactions --- Auditory-Tactile Experience of Music --- Part II - Haptic Musical Interfaces: Design and Applications --- The MSCI Platform: A Framework for the Design and Simulation of Multisensory Virtual Musical Instruments --- Implementation and Characterization of Vibrotactile Interfaces --- Touchscreens and Musical Interaction --- Design of Vibrotactile Feedback --- Haptic Force-Feedback Instruments for the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana --- Haptics for the Development of Fundamental Rhythm Skills Including Multi-Limb Coordination

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- The history of the patient record and the paper record --- User needs: clinicians, clinical researchers and hospital management --- Characteristics of patient records and clinical corpora --- Medical classifications and terminologies --- Evaluation metrics and evaluation --- Basic building blocks for clinical text processing --- Computational methods for text analysis and text classification --- Ethics and privacy of patient records for clinical text mining research --- Applications of clinical text mining --- Networks and shared tasks in clinical text mining --- Conclusions and outlook --- References --- Index

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- System Theory --- Image Processing --- Endoscopy --- Microscopy --- Magnetic Resonance Imaging --- X-ray Imaging --- Computed Tomography --- X-ray Phase Contrast: Research on a Future Imaging Modality --- Emission Tomography --- Ultrasound --- Optical Coherence Tomography --- Acronyms.

Description / Table of Contents: Modelle --- Modellierungssprachen --- Vorgehensweise von der Modellbildung zur Digitalisierung --- Vorbereitung der Prozessimplementierung --- Umsetzung --- Praxisbeispiel

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- The Jordan Valley --- Projections And Objectives --- Meeting The Strategic Planning Objectives --- The Year 2050 --- Final Conclusions And Recommendations --- Colophon.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I The Urban Heat Island – Evidence, Measures and Tools --- Forecasting Models for Urban Warming in Climate Change --- Assessment Indication and Gold Standard --- Methodologies for UHI Analysis --- Decision Support Systems for Urban Planning --- Part II Pilot Actions in European Cities --- Counteracting Urban Heat Islands: Solutions for European Cities.

Description / Table of Contents: From the Contents: Overview concepts, approaches and challenges of integrated groundwater management --- Disentangling the complexity of a groundwater dependent socio-ecological system --- The scale of the groundwater issue internationally --- Groundwater law --- Groundwater regulation and integrated water planning

Description / Table of Contents: Cities in Time and Space --- Working --- Housing --- Conclusion Remarks: Urbanization --- the Future

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- Part I Potted Review of Economic Theory: The Complex Evolving System --- 1. A Potted Review --- Part II Early Days: From Personal Awareness to Group Commitment --- 2. A personal story of awareness and perception --- 2.1 My first awareness breakthrough --- 2.2 Layers of awareness --- 2.3 My second burst of awareness --- 2.4 Defining a new society for myself --- 2.5 Key human values --- 2.6 Inside = outside --- 2.7 To be and to do --- 2.7 Welfare or wellbeing? --- 2.8 Business transformation --- 2.9 Leadership versus management --- 2.10 STIR Foundation - City of Tomorrow --- 2.11 Sustainocracy --- 2.12 City of Tomorrow --- 2.13 The Amsterdam internet congress --- 2.14 Key elements that define “sustainocratic” AiREAS --- 2.15 AiREAS --- 2.16 Commitment first --- 2.17 Territorial focus --- 2.18 Local AiREAS Eindhoven --- 2.19 First things first --- 2.20 Making visible the invisible --- 2.21 From idea to project --- 2.22 Conclusion about the coming about of AiREAS --- 2.23 Link with ethics and economies --- Part III “The Invisible made Visible”: science and technology --- An introduction by Marco van Lochem --- 3.1 The ILM --- 3.2. Variables measured --- 3.3.3. Instrumentation --- 3.3.1 The Airbox --- 3.3.2 PM (PM10, PM2.5, PM1) sensor --- 3.3.3 UFP sensor --- 3.3.4 Ozone sensor --- 3.3.5 NO2 sensor --- 3.3.6 Temperature sensor and relative humidity sensor --- 3.3.7 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) --- 3.3.8 Experiences and recommendations --- 4 Data quality --- 4.1 Regular calibration and preventative maintenance --- 4.2 Experiences and recommendations --- 5 Locations and spatial sampling --- 5.1 Experiences and recommendations --- 6 Data management --- 6.1 The Airbox --- 6.2 Axians (1) --- 6.3 ECN --- 6.4 Axians (2) --- 6.5 Experiences and recommendations --- 7 Results --- 7.1 Initial tests of sensors --- 7.2 Evaluation of sensor precision --- 8 Scientific projects based on the ILM --- Part IV Experiences after 5 years of AiREAS and 1 year of ILM --- 9. The way things work at AiREAS --- 9.1 The workflow in AiREAS --- 9.2 Financial routine in AiREAS --- 9.3 Confidence based interaction --- 9.4 October 2013 general AiREAS participants meeting --- 9.5 Interpreting the ILM data --- 9.6 The transition --- 9.7 Communication --- 9.8 Benchmarking and referencing our practical ideologies --- 9.9 The royalty system --- 9.10 Some of the transformative issues --- 9.11 Conclusion. Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface --- The first few steps --- Basic constructions --- Computing integrals --- Solving ordinary differential equations --- Solving partial differential equations --- Solving nonlinear algebraic equations --- Getting access to Python --- References --- Index

Description / Table of Contents: Preface --- 1 Dimensions and Units --- 2 Ordinary Differential Equations Models --- 3 Basic Partial Differential Equations Models --- Advanced Partial Differential Equations Models --- References --- Index

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction.-  Experimental Materials and Equipment --- The Mechanism and Predicting Theory-Based Rockburst Evolution --- Three-dimensional Reconstruction Model and Numerical Simulation of Rock Fissures.- The Patterns of Dynamic Evolution of Cracks in Rock Failure.- Experiment Investigation of AE Precursor Information for Rockburst --- Experimental Investigations on Multi-means and Synergistic Prediction for Rockburst --- Predicting Model of Rockburst Based on Nondeterministic Theory --- Field Case

Description / Table of Contents: Microplastics are contaminants of emerging concern in freshwater environments: an overview --- Aquatic ecotoxicity of microplastics and nanoplastics - lessons learned from engineered nanomaterials --- Analysis, Occurrence, and Degradation of Microplastics in the Aqueous Environment --- Sources and fate of microplastics in urban areas: a focus on Paris Megacity --- Microplastic pollution in inland waters focusing on Asia --- Microplastics in inland African waters: presence, sources and fate --- Modelling the fate and transport of plastic debris in fresh waters. Review and guidance --- Interactions of microplastics with freshwater biota --- Microplastic-associated Biofilms: A Comparison of Freshwater and Marine Environments --- Risk perception of plastic pollution: Importance of stakeholder involvement and citizen science --- Understanding the Risks of Microplastics. A Social-Ecological Risk Perspective --- Freshwater microplastics: challenges for regulation and management --- Microplastic: What are the solutions?

Description / Table of Contents: Preface --- Chapter 1 The Message in “Vision 2050” --- Chapter 2 Progress on Vision 2050 since 1995 --- Chapter 3 Technologies to Support a Low-Carbon Society (Using Energy) --- Chapter 4 Technology to Support Low-Carbon Society (Utilize Energy) --- Chapter 5 Low-Carbon Society in 2050 --- Chapter 6 Platinum Industry and a New Society --- Interview

Description / Table of Contents: Does Sea Surface Temperature Contribute to Determining Range Limits and Expansion of Mangroves in Eastern South America (Brazil)? / by Arimatéa C. Ximenes, Leandro Ponsoni, Catarina F. Lira, Nico Koedam and Farid Dahdouh-Guebas. Remote Sensing 2018, 10(11), 1787; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10111787 --- Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Variability of the Eastern Coastal Zone of the Gulf of California / by Carlos Manuel Robles-Tamayo, José Eduardo Valdez-Holguín, Ricardo García-Morales, Gudelia Figueroa-Preciado, Hugo Herrera-Cervantes, Juana López-Martínez and Luis Fernando Enríquez-Ocaña. Remote Sensing 2018, 10(9), 1434; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10091434 --- Quality Assessment of Sea Surface Temperature from ATSRs of the Climate Change Initiative (Phase 1) / by Christoforos Tsamalis and Roger Saunders. Remote Sensing 2018, 10(4), 497; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10040497 --- Confirmation of ENSO-Southern Ocean Teleconnections Using Satellite-Derived SST / by Brady S. Ferster, Bulusu Subrahmanyam and Alison M. Macdonald. Remote Sensing 2018, 10(2), 331; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10020331 --- Spatio-Temporal Interpolation of Cloudy SST Fields Using Conditional Analog Data Assimilation / by Ronan Fablet, Phi Huynh Viet, Redouane Lguensat, Pierre-Henri Horrein and Bertrand Chapron. Remote Sensing 2018, 10(2), 310; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10020310 --- Optimal Estimation of Sea Surface Temperature from AMSR-E / by Pia Nielsen-Englyst, Jacob L. Høyer, Leif Toudal Pedersen, Chelle L. Gentemann, Emy Alerskans, Tom Block and Craig Donlon. Remote Sensing 2018, 10(2), 229; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10020229 --- Exploring Machine Learning to Correct Satellite-Derived Sea Surface Temperatures / by Stéphane Saux Picart, Pierre Tandeo, Emmanuelle Autret and Blandine Gausset. Remote Sensing 2018, 10(2), 224; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10020224 --- The Accuracies of Himawari-8 and MTSAT-2 Sea-Surface Temperatures in the Tropical Western Pacific Ocean / by Angela L. Ditri, Peter J. Minnett, Yang Liu, Katherine Kilpatrick and Ajoy Kumar. Remote Sensing 2018, 10(2), 212; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10020212 --- Role of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Events on Temperature and Salinity Variability in the Agulhas Leakage Region / by Morgan L. Paris and Bulusu Subrahmanyam. Remote Sensing 2018, 10(1), 127; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10010127 --- Stability Assessment of the (A)ATSR Sea Surface Temperature Climate Dataset from the European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative / by David I. Berry, Gary K. Corlett, Owen Embury and Christopher J. Merchant. Remote Sensing 2018, 10(1), 126; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10010126 --- Bayesian Cloud Detection for 37 Years of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Global Area Coverage (GAC) Data / by Claire E. Bulgin, Jonathan P. D. Mittaz, Owen Embury, Steinar Eastwood and Christopher J. Merchant. Remote Sensing 2018, 10(1), 97; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10010097 --- The Role of Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 Channels within an Optimal Estimation Scheme for Sea Surface Temperature / by Kevin Pearson, Christopher Merchant, Owen Embury and Craig Donlon. Remote Sensing 2018, 10(1), 90; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10010090 --- Remote Sensing of Coral Bleaching Using Temperature and Light: Progress towards an Operational Algorithm / by William Skirving, Susana Enríquez, John D. Hedley, Sophie Dove, C. Mark Eakin, Robert A. B. Mason, Jacqueline L. De La Cour, Gang Liu, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Alan E. Strong, Peter J. Mumby and Roberto Iglesias-Prieto. Remote Sensing 2018, 10(1), 18; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10010018 --- Reconstruction of Daily Sea Surface Temperature Based on Radial Basis Function Networks / by Zhihong Liao, Qing Dong, Cunjin Xue, Jingwu Bi and Guangtong Wan. Remote Sensing 2017, 9(11), 1204; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9111204 --- Submesoscale Sea Surface Temperature Variability from UAV and Satellite Measurements / by Sandra L. Castro, William J. Emery, Gary A. Wick and William Tandy. Remote Sensing 2017, 9(11), 1089; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9111089 --- Environmental Variability and Oceanographic Dynamics of the Central and Southern Coastal Zone of Sonora in the Gulf of California / by Ricardo García-Morales, Juana López-Martínez, Jose Eduardo Valdez-Holguin, Hugo Herrera-Cervantes and Luis Daniel Espinosa-Chaurand. Remote Sensing 2017, 9(9), 925; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9090925 --- Determining the Pixel-to-Pixel Uncertainty in Satellite-Derived SST Fields / by Fan Wu, Peter Cornillon, Brahim Boussidi and Lei Guan. Remote Sensing 2017, 9(9), 877; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9090877 --- Evaluation of the Multi-Scale Ultra-High Resolution (MUR) Analysis of Lake Surface Temperature / by Erik Crosman, Jorge Vazquez-Cuervo and Toshio Michael Chin. Remote Sensing 2017, 9(7), 723; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9070723

Description / Table of Contents: River and Lake Ice Processes—Impacts of Freshwater Ice on Aquatic Ecosystems in a Changing Globe / Water 2018, 10(11), 1586; https://doi.org/10.3390/w10111586 --- How Does Changing Ice-Out Affect Arctic versus Boreal Lakes? A Comparison Using Two Years with Ice-Out that Differed by More Than Three Weeks / Water 2018, 10(1), 78; https://doi.org/10.3390/w10010078 --- Historical Trends, Drivers, and Future Projections of Ice Phenology in Small North Temperate Lakes in the Laurentian Great Lakes Region / Water 2018, 10(1), 70; https://doi.org/10.3390/w10010070 --- An Assessment of Ice Effects on Indices for Hydrological Alteration in Flow Regimes / Water 2017, 9(12), 914; https://doi.org/10.3390/w9120914 --- Updated Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics for Simulating Bending and Compression Failure Progress of Ice / Water 2017, 9(11), 882; https://doi.org/10.3390/w9110882 --- The Winter Environmental Continuum of Two Watersheds / Water 2017, 9(5), 337; https://doi.org/10.3390/w9050337 --- RIVICE—A Non-Proprietary, Open-Source, One-Dimensional River-Ice Model / Water 2017, 9(5), 314; https://doi.org/10.3390/w9050314 --- Using Remote Sensing Data to Parameterize Ice Jam Modeling for a Northern Inland Delta / Water 2017, 9(5), 306; https://doi.org/10.3390/w9050306 --- Seasonal Variation in Sediment Oxygen Demand in a Northern Chained River-Lake System / Water 2017, 9(4), 254; https://doi.org/10.3390/w9040254 --- Impacts of Climate Change on the Water Quality of a Regulated Prairie River / Water 2017, 9(3), 199; https://doi.org/10.3390/w9030199 --- Modelling Dissolved Oxygen/Sediment Oxygen Demand under Ice in a Shallow Eutrophic Prairie Reservoir / Water 2017, 9(2), 131; https://doi.org/10.3390/w9020131 --- Jump to: Editorial, Research / Open AccessConcept Paper / Sustainable Ice-Jam Flood Management for Socio-Economic and Socio-Ecological Systems / Water 2018, 10(2), 135; https://doi.org/10.3390/w10020135

Description / Table of Contents: Does Sea Surface Temperature Contribute to Determining Range Limits and Expansion of Mangroves in Eastern South America (Brazil)? / by Arimatéa C. Ximenes, Leandro Ponsoni, Catarina F. Lira, Nico Koedam and Farid Dahdouh-Guebas / Remote Sens. 2018, 10(11), 1787; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10111787 --- Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Variability of the Eastern Coastal Zone of the Gulf of California / by Carlos Manuel Robles-Tamayo, José Eduardo Valdez-Holguín, Ricardo García-Morales, Gudelia Figueroa-Preciado, Hugo Herrera-Cervantes, Juana López-Martínez and Luis Fernando Enríquez-Ocaña / Remote Sens. 2018, 10(9), 1434; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10091434 --- Quality Assessment of Sea Surface Temperature from ATSRs of the Climate Change Initiative (Phase 1) / by Christoforos Tsamalis and Roger Saunders / Remote Sens. 2018, 10(4), 497; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10040497 --- Confirmation of ENSO-Southern Ocean Teleconnections Using Satellite-Derived SST / by Brady S. Ferster, Bulusu Subrahmanyam and Alison M. Macdonald / Remote Sens. 2018, 10(2), 331; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10020331 --- Spatio-Temporal Interpolation of Cloudy SST Fields Using Conditional Analog Data Assimilation / by Ronan Fablet, Phi Huynh Viet, Redouane Lguensat, Pierre-Henri Horrein and Bertrand Chapron / Remote Sens. 2018, 10(2), 310; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10020310 --- Optimal Estimation of Sea Surface Temperature from AMSR-E / by Pia Nielsen-Englyst, Jacob L. Høyer, Leif Toudal Pedersen, Chelle L. Gentemann, Emy Alerskans, Tom Block and Craig Donlon / Remote Sens. 2018, 10(2), 229; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10020229 --- Exploring Machine Learning to Correct Satellite-Derived Sea Surface Temperatures / by Stéphane Saux Picart, Pierre Tandeo, Emmanuelle Autret and Blandine Gausset / Remote Sens. 2018, 10(2), 224; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10020224 --- The Accuracies of Himawari-8 and MTSAT-2 Sea-Surface Temperatures in the Tropical Western Pacific Ocean / by Angela L. Ditri, Peter J. Minnett, Yang Liu, Katherine Kilpatrick and Ajoy Kumar / Remote Sens. 2018, 10(2), 212; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10020212 --- Role of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Events on Temperature and Salinity Variability in the Agulhas Leakage Region / by Morgan L. Paris and Bulusu Subrahmanyam / Remote Sens. 2018, 10(1), 127; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10010127 --- Stability Assessment of the (A)ATSR Sea Surface Temperature Climate Dataset from the European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative / by David I. Berry, Gary K. Corlett, Owen Embury and Christopher J. Merchant / Remote Sens. 2018, 10(1), 126; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10010126 --- Bayesian Cloud Detection for 37 Years of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Global Area Coverage (GAC) Data / by Claire E. Bulgin, Jonathan P. D. Mittaz, Owen Embury, Steinar Eastwood and Christopher J. Merchant / Remote Sens. 2018, 10(1), 97; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10010097 --- The Role of Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 Channels within an Optimal Estimation Scheme for Sea Surface Temperature / by Kevin Pearson, Christopher Merchant, Owen Embury and Craig Donlon / Remote Sens. 2018, 10(1), 90; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10010090 --- Remote Sensing of Coral Bleaching Using Temperature and Light: Progress towards an Operational Algorithm / by William Skirving, Susana Enríquez, John D. Hedley, Sophie Dove, C. Mark Eakin, Robert A. B. Mason, Jacqueline L. De La Cour, Gang Liu, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Alan E. Strong, Peter J. Mumby and Roberto Iglesias-Prieto / Remote Sens. 2018, 10(1), 18; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10010018 --- Reconstruction of Daily Sea Surface Temperature Based on Radial Basis Function Networks / by Zhihong Liao, Qing Dong, Cunjin Xue, Jingwu Bi and Guangtong Wan / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(11), 1204; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9111204 --- Submesoscale Sea Surface Temperature Variability from UAV and Satellite Measurements / by Sandra L. Castro, William J. Emery, Gary A. Wick and William Tandy / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(11), 1089; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9111089 --- Environmental Variability and Oceanographic Dynamics of the Central and Southern Coastal Zone of Sonora in the Gulf of California by Ricardo García-Morales, Juana López-Martínez, Jose Eduardo Valdez-Holguin, Hugo Herrera-Cervantes and Luis Daniel Espinosa-Chaurand Remote Sens. 2017, 9(9), 925; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9090925 --- Determining the Pixel-to-Pixel Uncertainty in Satellite-Derived SST Fields / by Fan Wu, Peter Cornillon, Brahim Boussidi and Lei Guan / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(9), 877; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9090877 --- Evaluation of the Multi-Scale Ultra-High Resolution (MUR) Analysis of Lake Surface Temperature / by Erik Crosman, Jorge Vazquez-Cuervo and Toshio Michael Chin / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(7), 723; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9070723

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction 2 --- Physical Setting 6 --- Topography 8 --- Geologic Setting: Glaciers & Karst 11 --- Air Temperature 14 --- Precipitation 18 --- Snow 22 --- Watersheds & Value Comparison Units (VCUs) 27 --- Biological Setting 32 --- Biogeographic Provinces 34 --- Wetlands 39 --- Estuaries 41 --- Land Cover & Forest Vegetation 44 --- Old-growth & Second-growth Forest 51 --- Core Areas of High Biological Value 57 --- Index of Cumulative Ecological Risk 60 --- Anadromous Fish 66 --- Anadromous Fish Habitat 68 --- King (Chinook) Salmon 73 --- Red (Sockeye) Salmon 76 --- Silver (Coho) Salmon 79 --- Pink (Humpy) Salmon 82 --- Chum (Dog) Salmon 85 --- Steelhead Trout 88 --- Dolly Varden 91 --- Coastal Cutthroat Trout 95 --- Eulachon 99 --- Birds 108 --- Bird Species Richness 110 --- Important Bird Areas (IBAs) 114 --- Marine Bird Colonies 117 --- Marbled Murrelet 120 --- Kittlitz’s Murrelet 123 --- Shorebirds 126 --- Prince of Wales Spruce Grouse 129 --- Queen Charlotte Goshawk 132 --- Bald Eagle 135 --- Mammals 142 --- Mammal Species Richness 144 --- Northern Flying Squirrel 147 --- Sitka Black-tailed Deer 150 --- Alexander Archipelago Wolf 155 --- Brown Bear 160 --- Black Bear 164 --- Human Uses 174 --- Land Ownership 176 --- Transportation and Energy Infrastructure 180 --- Community Subsistence Use 187 --- Timber 191 --- Metals Mining 195 --- Sport and Commercial Fishing 201 --- Land Use Designations 206 --- Conservation Area Design for Southeast Alaska 211 --- Tongass 77 Watersheds 214 --- Conservation Summary 222

Description / Table of Contents: Part I Wind Turbine Blades --- Part II Enabling Technologies for Drivetrain and Gearbox Analysis --- Part III Tower and Support Structure --- Part IV Reliability and Preventive Maintenance of Offshore Wind Turbines --- Part V CFD Analysis of a Complete Offshore Wind Turbine --- Part VI Offshore Wind Farm Design --- Part VII Offshore Wind Decommissioning

Description / Table of Contents: 1.Introduction --- 2.The challenge of energy access in Africa --- 3.Hydrocarbons --- 4.Renewable energy --- 5.Energy investments --- 6.Conclusions

Description / Table of Contents: Grid Connected Renewable Energy --- Decentralised Renewable and Household Energy Solutions --- Energy Socio-Economics (policy, economics, legal, regulatory and social issues) --- Power Generation --- Energy Research, Innovation, Education and Entrepreneurship --- Energy Resource Mapping and Planning

Description / Table of Contents: PART I – Sustainable Energy for All (SE4A) --- 1. Energy and Sustainable Development --- 2. Distributed Renewable Energies --- 3. Sustainable Product-Service System --- 4. Sustainable Product-Service System applied to Distributed Renewable Energies --- PART II – Design for Sustainable Energy for All --- 5. Design for Sustainability --- 6. Human-Centred Design and Universal Design --- 7. System Design for Sustainable Energy for All (SD4SEA) --- PART III – Method for System Design for Sustainable Energy --- 8. Method for SD4SEA

Description / Table of Contents: Foreword 1. Making Multiple Views Count – Why Energy Research Needs to Be Interdisciplinary; Gerd Schönwälder --- Foreword 2. Multidisciplinary Partnerships for Access to Energy; Lidia Borrell-Damián --- Foreword 3. Energy Policies Outside the Silos; Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker --- Chapter 1. Introduction: Mobilising the Energy-Related Social Sciences and Humanities; Chris Foulds, Rosie Robison --- Part I. Energy as a Social Issue --- Chapter 2. Plugging the Gap Between Energy Policy and the Lived Experience of Energy Poverty: Five Principles for a Multidisciplinary Approach; Lucie Middlemiss, Ross Gillard, Victoria Pellicer, Koen Straver --- Chapter 3. Shaping Blue Growth: Social Sciences at the Nexus Between Marine Renewables and Energy Policy; Sandy Kerr, Laura Watts, Ruth Brennan, Rhys Howell, Marcello Graziano, Anne Marie O’Hagan, Dan van der Horst, Stephanie Weir, Glen Wright, Brian Wynne --- Chapter 4. Looking for Perspectives! EU Energy Policy in Context; Anna Åberg, Johanna Höffken, Susanna Lidström --- Part II. Social Sciences and Humanities in Interdisciplinary Endeavours --- Chapter 5. Achieving Data Synergy: The Socio-Technical Process of Handling Data; Sarah Higginson, Marina Topouzi, Carlos Andrade-Cabrera, Ciara O’Dwyer, Sarah Darby, Donal Finn --- Chapter 6. Building Governance and Energy Efficiency: Mapping the Interdisciplinary Challenge; Frankie McCarthy, Susan Bright, Tina Fawcett --- Chapter 7. Crossing Borders: Social Sciences and Humanities Perspectives on European Energy Systems Integration; Antti Silvast, Ronan Bolton, Vincent Lagendijk, Kacper Szulecki --- Chapter 8. A Complementary Understanding of Residential Energy Demand, Consumption and Services; Ralitsa Hiteva, Matthew Ives, Margot Weijnen, Igor Nikolic --- Part III. Interplay with Energy Policymaking Environments --- Chapter 9. Imaginaries and Practices: Learning from ‘ENERGISE’ About the Integration of Social Sciences with the EU Energy Union; Audley Genus, Frances Fahy, Gary Goggins, Marfuga Iskandarova, Senja Laakso --- Chapter 10. Challenges Ahead: Understanding, Assessing, Anticipating and Governing Foreseeable Societal Tensions to Support Accelerated Low-Carbon Transitions in Europe; Bruno Turnheim, Joeri H. Wesseling, Bernhard Truffer, Harald Rohracher, Luis Carvalho, Claudia R. Binder --- Chapter 11. Towards a Political Ecology of EU Energy Policy; Gavin Bridge, Stefania Barca, Begüm Özkaynak, Ethemcan Turhan, Ryan Wyeth --- Afterword 1. Important Contributions Towards Renewal of a Stubborn Energy Research and Policy Agenda; Harold Wilhite --- Afterword 2. A New Energy Storyline; Inês Campos

Description / Table of Contents: Bereits zum zweiten Mal wird im Rahmen des KlimaCampus Hamburg der aktuelle Forschungsstand zum Klimawandel in der Hamburger Metropolregion und Norddeutschland systematisch dokumentiert. Erfahren Sie auf Basis der Fachliteratur, in welchem Maße Konsens hinsichtlich des Klimawandels in Norddeutschland besteht. Inwieweit sind Entwicklungen bereits messbar, welche Auswirkungen zeigen sich bereits heute und wie kann sich die Region vor negativen Folgen des Klimawandels schützen? Die über 70 Autoren haben die Forschungsergebnisse zu diesen Fragen systematisch zusammengetragen. Die Übereinstimmung bzw. Widersprüchlichkeit des derzeitigen Wissens wurde dabei herausgearbeitet, Erkenntnisgewinne gegenüber dem ersten Hamburger Klimabericht lokalisiert und weiterhin bestehender Forschungsbedarf aufgezeigt. Alle Beiträge wurden einem wissenschaftlichen Begutachtungsprozess unterzogen, der von einem Lenkungsausschuss überwacht wurde. Die Dokumentation belegt umfassend eine bereits stattfindende Erwärmung in der Metropolregion Hamburg und in Norddeutschland sowie einen Meeresspiegelanstieg an Nord- und Ostsee. Mit der Erwärmung zeichnen sich deutliche Änderungen im Ökosystem ab. Diese bereits eingetretenen Entwicklungen können sich künftig weiter verstärken. Erfahren Sie, welche Auswirkungen dies für Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft hat. Dieses Buch ist eine Open-Acess-Publikation unter einer CC BY-NC 4.0 Lizenz

Description / Table of Contents: Preface --- The first few steps --- Basic constructions --- Computing integrals --- Solving ordinary differential equations --- Solving partial differential equations --- Solving nonlinear algebraic equations --- References --- Index

Description / Table of Contents: 1 Preliminaries --- 2 Fundamentals: Solving the Poisson Equation --- 3 A Gallery of Finite Element Solvers --- 4 Subdomains and Boundary Conditions --- 5 Extensions: Improving the Poisson Solver --- References

Description / Table of Contents: Preface --- Algorithms and implementations --- Analysis --- Generalizations --- Models --- Scientific Software Engineering --- References --- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface --- Introduction --- Notation and conventions --- 1 Preliminaries on Lie groups --- 2 Quantization on compact Lie groups --- 3 Homogeneous Lie groups --- 4 Rockland operators and Sobolev spaces --- 5 Quantization on graded Lie groups --- 6 Pseudo-differential operators on the Heisenberg group --- A Miscellaneous --- B Group C* and von Neumann algebras --- Schrödinger representations and Weyl quantization --- Explicit symbolic calculus on the Heisenberg group --- List of quantizations --- Bibliography --- Index

Description / Table of Contents: Preface --- Background: Contents and Method --- One-dimensional calcium release --- Models of open and state blockers --- Two-dimensional calcium release --- Computing theoretical drugs in the two-dimensional case --- Generalized systems --- Calcium-induced calcium release --- Numerical release for CICR --- A prototypical model of an ion channel --- Inactivated ion channels --- A simple model of the sodium channel --- Mutations affecting the mean open time --- The burst mode --- Whole sale action potentials ---

Description / Table of Contents: Foreword --- Preface --- Part I: Valuation Adjustments --- Part II: Fixed Income Modeling --- Part III: Financial Engineering.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction; Thomas Piecha & Peter-Schroeder-Heister --- Chapter 2. On Brouwer-Heyting-Kolmogorov provability semantics; Sergei N. Artëmov --- Chapter 3. Two Ways of General Proof Theory; Kosta Došen --- Chapter 4. Generalised elimination rules; Roy Dyckhoff --- Chapter 5. On the proof theoretic foundations of set theory; Lars Hallnäs --- Chapter 6. The choice of semantics as a methodological question; Wilfrid Hodges --- Chapter 7. The mode of presentation; Reinhard Kahle --- Chapter 8. Remarks on relations between Gentzen and Heyting inspired PTS; Dag Prawitz --- Chapter 9. Unification of logics by reflection; Giovanni Sambin --- Chapter 10. BHK and Brouwer's Theory of the Creative Subject; Göran Sundholm --- Chapter 11. Compositional semantics for predicate logic: Eliminating bound variables from formulas and deductions; William W. Tait --- Chapter 12. Intuitionism, the Paradox of Knowability and Empirical Negation; Gabriele Usberti --- Chapter 13. Explicit composition and its application in normalization proofs; Jan von Plato --- Chapter 14. A two-sorted typed lambda-calculus; Heinrich Wansing --- Chapter 15. Kreisel's second clause and the Theory of Constructions; Walter Dean & Hidenori Kurokawa --- Chapter 16. On Paradoxes in Proof-Theoretic Semantics; Yoshihiro Maruyama