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

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

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

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: The interplay between Geology and Biology has shaped the Earth from the early Precambrian, 4 billion years ago. Moving beyond the borders of the classical core disciplines, Geobiology strives to identify cause-and-effect chains and synergisms between the geo- and the biospheres that have been driving evolution of life in modern and ancient environments. Combining modern methods, geobiological information can be extracted not only from visible remains of organisms, but also from organic molecules, rock fabrics, minerals, isotopes and other tracers. Exploring these processes and their signatures also creates enormous applied potentials with respect to issues of environment protection, public health, energy and resource management. The Encyclopedia of Geobiology is designed as a key reference for students, researchers, teachers, and the informed public to provide basic, but comprehensible knowledge on this rapidly expanding discipline at the interface between modern geo- and biosciences.

Description / Table of Contents: Acetogens.-Acid Rock Drainage.- Acidophiles.-Acritarchs.- Aerobic Metabolism.-Algae (Eukaryotic) .-Alkalinity.-Amber.-Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane with Sulfate.-Anaerobic Transformation Processes, Microbiology.-Anammox.-Animal Biocalcification, Evolution.-Animal Skeletons, Advent.-Archaea.-Arsenic.-Asteroid and Comet Impacts.-Astrobiology.-Bacteria.-Bacterioplankton.-Banded Iron Formations.-Basalt (Glass, Endoliths) .-Beggiatoa.-Biodeterioration (of Stone).-Bioerosion.-Biofilms.-Biofilms and Fossilization.- Biogeochemical Cycless.- Biological Control on Diagenesis: Influence of Bacteria and Relevance to Ocean Acidification.-Biological Volcanic Rock Weathering.-Biomarkers (Molecular Fossils). -Biomarkers (Organic, Compound-Specific Isotopes).- Biomining (Mineral Bioleaching, Mineral Biooxidation).-Bioprotection.- Biosignatures in Rocks.- Biosilicification.- Black Shales.- Breakup of Rodinia.- Calcareous Algae.- Calcification.-Calcified Cyanobacteria.-Calcite Precipitation, Microbially Induced.-Calcium Biogeochemistry.-Cap Carbonates.-Carbon (Organic, Cycling) .-Carbon (Organic, Degradation) .-Carbon Cycle.-Carbon Isotopes.-Carbonate Environments.-Carbonates.-Cathodoluminescence Microscopy.-Chemolithotrophy.-Cherts.-Chondrites.-Chroococcidiopsis.-Clay Authigenesis, Bacterial.-Coccolithophores.-Cold Seeps.-Comets.-Commensalism.-Community.-Copper.-Cosmic Molecular Clouds.-Critical Intervals in Earth History.-Cryobiosphere.-Cyanobacteria.-Deep Biosphere of Salt Deposits.-Deep Biosphere of Sediments.-Deep Biosphere of the Oceanic Deep Sea.-Deep Fluids.-Degradation (of Organic Matter) .-Denitrification.-Desert Varnish.-Detachment.-Diatoms.-Dinoflagellates.-Divalent Earth Alkaline Cations in Seawater.-Diversity.-Dolomite, Microbial.-Early Earth.-Early Precambrian Eukaryotes.-Ecological Niche.-Ediacaran Biota.-Endoliths.-Endosymbiosis.-Evaporites.-Exoenzymes.-Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) .-Extreme Environments.-Fe(II)-Oxidizing Prokaryotes.-Fe(III)-Reducing Prokaryotes.-Fermentation.-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) .-Foraminifera.-Frutexites.-Fungi and Lichens.-Gallionella.-Geobacter.-Geochronology.-Geomycology.-Geyserite.-Glass.-Glaucophytes.-Gold.-Gondwanaland, Formation.-Great Oxygenation Event (GOE) .-Green Algae.-Guild.-Habitat.-Halobacteria Halophiles.-Haptophytes.-Heavy Metals.-Histology.-Hot Springs and Geysers.-Hydrogen.-Hydrothermal Environments, Fossil.-Hydrothermal Environments, Marine.-Hydrothermal Environments, Terrestrial.-Hypersaline Environments.-Ichnology.-Immunolocalization.-Iron Isotopes.-Iron Sulfide Formation.-Isotope Fractionation (Metal) .-Isotopes (Methods) .-Isotopes and Geobiology.-Isotopes, Radiogenic.-Karst Ecosystems.-Lateral Gene Transfer.-Leptothrix.-Magnetotactic Bacteria.-Manganese (Sedimentary Carbonates and Sulfides) .-Mass Extinctions, Phanerozoic.-Mat-Related Sedimentary Structures.-Metagenomics.-Metalloenzymes.-Metallogenium.-Metals, Acquisition by Marine Bacteria.-Meteoritics.-Methane Oxidation (Aerobic) .-Methane, Origin.-Methanogens.-Microbial Biomineralization.-Microbial Communities, Structure, and Function.-Microbial Degradation.-Microbial Ecology of Submarine Caves.-Microbial Mats.-Microbial Silicification Bacteria (or Passive) .-Microbial Surface Reactivity.-Microbialites, Modern.-Microbialites, Stromatolites, and Thrombolites.-Microbial-Metal Binding.-Microbiocorrosion.-Microsensors for Sediments, Microbial Mats, and Biofilms.-Molar-tooth Structure.-Moonmilk.-Mud Mounds.-Mutualism.-Mycorrhizae.-Nan(n)obacteria.-Nanocrystals, Microbially Induced.-Nickel, Biology.-Nitrification.-Nitrogen.-Nitrogen Fixation.-Ores, Microbial Precipitation and Oxidation.-Organic Carbon.-Organomineralization.-Origin of Life.-Origins of the Metazoa.-Parasitism.-Pedogenic Carbonates.-Permafrost Microbiology.-Phosphorus, Phosphorites.-Photosynthesis.-Piezophilic Bacteria.-Pore Waters.-Protozoa (Heterotroph, Eukaryotic) .-Pyrite Oxidation.-Radioactivity (Natural) .-Radiolaria.-Raman Microscopy (Confocal) .-Reduction Spheroids.-Reefs.-Remineralization (of Organic Matter) .-Rhodophyta.-RNA-World.-Saline Lakes.-Salinity History of the Earths Ocean.-Scanning Probe Microscopy (Includes Atomic Force Microscopy) .-Sediment Diagenesis Biologically Controlled.-Selenium.-Shales.-Shewanella.-Siderite.-Siderophores.-Silica Biomineralization, Sponges.-Silicoflagellates.-Sinter.-Skeleton.-Small Shelly Fossils.-Snowball Earth.-Soda Lakes.-Soda Ocean Hypothesis.-Soils.-Species (Microbial) .-Speleothems.-Sponges (Porifera) and Sponge Microbes.-Stromatactis.-Stromatolites.-Subsurface Filamentous Fabrics.-Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria.-Sulfide Mineral Oxidation.-Sulfur Cycle.-Sulfur Isotopes.-Symbiosis.-Syntrophy.-Terrestrial Deep Biosphere.-Thioester World.-Thiomargarita.-Thiotrophic Bacteria.-Thrombolites.-Tidal Flats.-TOF-SIMS.-Trace Fossils: Neoproterozoic.-Tufa, Freshwater.-Waulsortian Mud Mounds.-Whale and Wood Falls.-Zinc.

Description / Table of Contents: Providing an up-to-date synthesis of all knowledge relevant to the climate change issue, this book ranges from the basic science documenting the need for policy action to the technologies, economic instruments and political strategies that can be employed in response to climate change. Ethical and cultural issues constraining the societal response to climate change are also discussed. This book provides a handbook for those who want to understand and contribute to meeting this challenge. It covers a very wide range of disciplines core biophysical sciences involved with climate change (geosciences, atmospheric sciences, ocean sciences, ecology/biology) as well as economics, political science, health sciences, institutions and governance, sociology, ethics and philosophy, and engineering. As such it will be invaluable for a wide range of researchers and professionals wanting a cutting-edge synthesis of climate change issues, and for advanced student courses on climate change. - Contents: Part I. Climatic Trends: 1. Identifying, monitoring and predicting change in the climate system 2. The oceans and the climate system 3. Sea level rise and ice sheet dynamics 4. Carbon cycle trends and vulnerabilities Part II. Defining 'Dangerous Climate Change': 5. The impact of climate change on human societies 6. Impacts of climate change on the biotic fabric of the planet 7. Tipping elements: jokers in the pack 8. Linking science and action: targets, timetables and emission budgets Part III. Equity Issues: 9. The equity challenge and climate policy: responsibilities, vulnerabilities and inequality in the response to climate change 10. A long-term perspective on climate change: values and ethics Part IV. Mitigation and Adaptation Approaches: 11. Low-carbon energy technologies as mitigation approaches 12. Economic approaches and instruments 13. Geopolitics and governance 14. Adapting to the unavoidable Part V. Meeting the Challenge: 15. Integrating adaptation, mitigation and sustainable development 16. Mobilising the population 17. The human-Earth relationship: past, present and future

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Hard truths on global warming: a roadmap to reading this book ; Part I. Setting the Scene: 1. Introduction and overview ; 2. Why global warming is such a difficult problem to solve ; Part II. The Three Dimensions to Climate Policy Strategy: 3. Regulating emissions part 1: the enthusiastic countries ; 4. Regulating emissions part 2: engaging reluctant developing countries ; 5. Promoting technological innovation ; 6. Preparing for a changing climate: adaptation, geoengineering and triage ; Part III. Putting It All Together: 7. Explaining diplomatic gridlock: what went wrong? ; 8. A new strategy ; 9. Climate change and world order: implications for the UN, government, industry and nature

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. The emergence of captive centers: why captive centers, and why now? ; I The fundamental of captive centers ; 2. Captive center and other sourceing models ; 3. Country attractiveness for sourcing ; 4. Trends in captive centers of fortune global firms ; II Captive centers in practice ; 5. From basics to hybrid: the case of GlobalSoftware ; 6. From basics to shared: the case of ITConsulting ; 7. Divesting the captive center: the case of GlobalAirline ; 8. Divesting the captive center: the case of AmeriBank ; 9. Divesting the captive center: the case of ConsumerGoods ; 10. Migrating the captive center: the case of InfoTech ; 11. The way forward: captive center capabilities and strategies

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Game theory and literature: an overview ; 2. The bible: sacrifice and unrequited love ; 3. Theology: is it rational to believe in god? ; 4. Philosophy: paradoxes of fair division ; 5. Political philosophy: how democracy resolves conflict in difficult games ; 6. Law: supreme court challenges and jury selection ; 7. Plays: modeling frustration and anger ; 8. History: magnanimity after wars ; 9. Incomplete information in literature and history ; 10. Catch-22s in literature and history ; 11. Summary and conclusions

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface ; Part I - Introduction ; 1: Origins ; 2: Carbon and oxygen ; 3: Russion dolls ; 4: The revolutions ; Part II - Theory ; 5: The anthropic Earth ; 6: The critical steps ; 7: Playing Gaia ; Part III - The oygen revolution ; 8: Photosynthesis ; 9: The trial of the oxygen poisoners ; 10: The great oxidation ; Part IV - The complexity revolution ; 11: Life gets an upgrade ; 12: When did eukaryotes evolve? ; 13: The not-so-boring billion ; 14: The Neoproterozoic ; Part V - Interlude ; 15: Animals and oxygen ; 16: The grand recycling coalition ; 17: Rolls of the dice ; Part VI - A new revolution? ; 18: Climate wobbles ; 19: The origins of us ; 20: Review ; 21: Where next?

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

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction ; 2. Analytical framework ; 3. National, regional and state level discourses ; 4. Case study territory Serra da Capivara ; 5. Social inclusion of the Brazilian Biodiesel Program

Description / Table of Contents: Usually geomorphology, structural geology and engineering geology provide descriptions of slope instability in quite distinctive ways. This new research is based on combined approaches to providing an integrated view of the operative slope processes. 'Slope Tectonics' is the term adopted here to refer to those deformations that are induced or fully controlled by the slope morphology, and that generate features which can be compared to those created by tectonic activity. Such deformation can be induced by the stress field in a slope which is mainly controlled by gravity, topography and the geological setting created by the geodynamic context.The content of this book includes slope-deformation characterization using morphology and evolution, mechanical behaviour of the material, modes of failure and collapse, influence of lithology and structural features, and the role played by controlling factors. The contributions cover broad aspects of slope tectonics that attempt to underline a multidisciplinary approach, which should create a better framework for studies of slope instability.

Description / Table of Contents: Die Tarifrunde 2010 im öffentlichen Dienst bringt für die rund 2 Millionen Beschäftigten des Bundes und der Kommunen zahlreiche Neuerungen mit sich. Die Neuauflage des Basiskommentars berücksichtigt alle Änderungen im Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst (TVöD) und in den Überleitungstarifverträgen.Die Schwerpunkte der Tarifrunde 2010: * Stufenweise Anhebung der Gehälter * Erhöhung des Leistungsentgelts * Flexible Arbeitszeitregelungen für ältere Beschäftigte * Befristete Übernahmegarantie für Auszubildende nach erfolgreicher Abschlussprüfung Im Mittelpunkt stehen Erläuterungen zum Allgemeinen Teil des Tarifvertrages und der Überleitungstarifverträge. Vorschriften des Besonderen Teils sind nur berücksichtigte, soweit sie für die öffentliche Verwaltung von Bedeutung sind.

Description / Table of Contents: A fresh and comprehensive treatise of the distribution of the world's hydrocarbon reserves. The Atlas highlights the geographical, sedimentary and geological features of the basins, using a combination of maps and stratigraphic diagrams to depict the history, prospectivity and commercial production capacity of the reserves on a continental and country-by-country basis. The Atlas is an essential reference source for petroleum geologists and reservoir engineers working in hydrocarbon exploration and production. It is also a valuable and original teaching aid for university graduate and postgraduate courses. The Atlas provides a welcome addition to the global database of the world's energy resources and is therefore an indispensable source of information for the formulation of future strategies to exploit oil and gas reserves. Written by one of China's foremost petroleum geologists, the Atlas provides a rare analysis of the industry from the perspective of the country whose demand for oil and gas is set to become the largest in the next few decades.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: I Gedächtnis und Selbstbeobachtung: Die mediale Verewigung des 19. Jahrhunderts ; II Zeit: Wann war das 19. Jahrhundert? ; III Raum: Wo liegt das 19. Jahrhundert? ; IV Sesshafte und Mobile ; V Lebensstandards: Risiken und Sicherheiten materieller Existenz ; VI Städte: Europäische Muster und weltweiter Eigensinn ; VII Frontiers: Unterwerfung des Raumes und Angriff auf nomadisches Leben ; VIII Imperien und Nationalstaaten: Die Beharrungskraft der Reiche ; IX Mächtesysteme, Kriege, Internationalismen: Zwischen zwei Weltkriegen ; X Revolutionen: Von Philadelphia über Nanjing nach St. Petersburg ; XI Staat: «Minimal government», Herrscherpomp und «Hörigkeit der Zukunft» ; XII Energie und Industrie: Wer entfesselte wann und wo Prometheus? ; XIII Arbeit: Die physischen Grundlagen der Kultur ; XIV Netze: Reichweite, Dichte, Löcher ; XV Hierarchien: Vertikalen im sozialen Raum ; XVI Wissen: Vermehrung, Verdichtung, Verteilung ; XVII «Zivilisierung» und Ausgrenzung ; XVIII Religion ; Anhang

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1 Introduction to Energy Economics ; Part I Energy Demand Analysis and Forecasting ; 2 Energy Data and Energy Balance ; 3 Understanding and Analysing Energy Demand ; 4 Energy Demand Analysis at a Disaggregated Level ; 5 Energy Demand Forecasting ; 6 Energy Demand Management ; Part II Economics of Energy Supply ; 7 Economic Analysis of Energy Investments ; 8 Economics of Fossil Fuel Supply ; 9 Economics of Non-Renewable Resource Supply ; 10 Economics of Electricity Supply ; 11 The Economics of Renewable Energy Supply ; Part III Energy Markets ; 12 Energy Markets and Principles of Energy Pricing ; 13 Energy Pricing and Taxation ; 14 International Oil Market ; 15 Markets for Natural Gas ; 16 Developments in the Coal Market ; 17 Integrated Analysis of Energy Systems ; Part IV Issues Facing the Energy Sector ; 18 Overview of Global Energy Challenges ; 19 Impact of High Energy Prices ; 20 Energy Security Issues ; 21 Investment Issues in the Energy Sector ; 22 Energy Access ; Part V Economics of Energy-Environment Interactions ; 23 The Economics of Environment Protection ; 24 Pollution Control from Stationary Sources ; 25 Pollution Control from Mobile Sources ; 26 The Economics of Climate Change ; 27 The Clean Development Mechanism ; Part VI Regulation and Governance of the Energy Sector ; 28 Regulation of Energy Industries ; 29 Reform of the Energy Industry ;

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. On diversity and complexity ; 2. Measuring diversity ; 3. The creation and evolution of diversity ; 4. Constraints on diversity ; 5. Variation in complex systems ; 6. Diversity's inescapable benefits I: averaging ; 7. Diversity's inescapable benefits II: Diminishing returns to types ; 8. Diversity's impact in complex systems ; 9. Parting thoughts

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

Description / Table of Contents: Content: Stress; Displacement and strain; Relation between stress and strain; Loading of brittle rock to failure; Stress concentration; Theories of brittle failure of rocks; Extension fractures and shear fractures; Displacements and driving stresses of fractures; Toughness and fracture mechanics; Field analysis of extension fractures; Field analysis of faults; Evolution of extension fractures; Evolution of faults; Fluid transport in rocks - the basics; Fluid transport in faults; Fluid transport in hydrofractures

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Basic Concepts. 1.1 Systems and Experiments. 1.2 The Model Concept. 1.3 Simulation. 1.4 Building Models. 1.5 Analyzing Models. 1.6 Kinds of Mathematical Models. 1.7 Using Modeling and Simulation in Product Design. 1.8 Examples of System Models. 1.9 Summary. 1.10 Literature. 2. A Quick Tour of Modelica. 2.1 Getting Started with Modelica. 2.2 Object-Oriented Mathematical Modeling. 2.3 Classes and Instances. 2.4 Inheritance. 2.5 Generic Classes. 2.6 Equations. 2.7 Acausal Physical Modeling. 2.8 The Modelica Software Component Model. 2.9 Partial Classes. 2.10 Component Library Design and Use. 2.11 Example: Electrical Component Library. 2.12 The Simple Circuit Model. 2.13 Arrays. 2.14 Algorithmic Constructs. 2.15 Discrete Event and Hybrid Modeling. 2.16 Packages. 2.17 Annotations. 2.18 Naming Conventions. 2.19 Modelica Standard Libraries. 2.20 Implementation and Execution of Modelica. 2.21 History. 2.22 Summary. 2.23 Literature. 2.24 Exercises. 3. Classes and Inheritance. 3.1 Contract Between Class Designer and User. 3.2 A Class Example. 3.3 Variables. 3.4 Behavior as Equations. 3.5 Access Control. 3.6 Simulating the Moon Landing Example. 3.7 Inheritance. 3.8 Summary. 3.9 Literature. 4. System Modeling Methodology. 4.1 Building System Models. 4.2 Modeling a Tank System. 4.3 Top-Down Modeling if a DC-Motor from Predefined Components. 4.4 Designing Interfaces-Connector Classes. 4.5 Summary. 4.6 Literature. 5. The Modelica Standard Library. 5.1 Summary. 5.2 Literature. Appendix A. Glossary. Appendix B. OpenModelica and OMNotebook Commands. Appendix C. Textual Modeling with OMNotesbook and DrModelica. Appendix D. Graphical Modeling Exercises.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. OHS, EPG, and APEX Listener Compared ; 2. Oracle APEX 4.0 Charts Inside Out ; 3. Tabular Forms ; 4. Team Development ; 5. Globalization ; 6. Debugging ; 7. Dynamic Actions ; 8. Security ; 9. Lifecycle Management ; 10. Working with APEX Collections ; 11. Plug-Ins ; 12. Architecture ; 13. Advanced Interactive Reporting

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction ; Part I. Expected Utility: 1. The general model of decision under uncertainty no-arbitrage (expected utility with known utilities and unknown probabilities) ; 2. Expected utility with known probabilities - "risk" - and unknown utilities ; 3. Applications of expected utility for risk ; 4. Expected utility with unknown probabilities and unknown utilities ; Part II. Nonexpected Utility for Risk: 5. Heuristic arguments for probabilistic sensitivity and rank dependence ; 6. Probabilistic sensitivity and rank dependence analyzed ; 7. Applications and extensions of rank dependence ; 8. Where prospect theory deviates from rank-dependent utility and expected utility: reference dependence versus asset integration ; 9. Prospect theory for decision under risk ; Part III. Nonexpected Utility for Uncertainty: 10. Extending rank-dependent utility from risk to uncertainty ; 11. Ambiguity: where uncertainty extends beyond risk ; 12. Prospect theory for uncertainty ; 13. Conclusion ; Appendices

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1 A GIS-based framework for modeling and global design of Earth systems ; 2 Geoinformatics for climate change research ; 3 Reactions of mountain glaciers to climate change - a remote sensing approach ; 4 Geoinformatics and the mapping of Lands vulnerable to sea level rise ; 5 Geospatial tools to assess forest ecosystems under climate change trajectories ; 6 Geoinformatics for comprehensive impact assessment and analysis of climate change for integrated water resources management ; 7 Climate - Population - Energy: Prognoses for 2050 ; 8 Geoprocessing for soft mapping of sparse and inaccurate evapotranspiration data ; 9 Impact of climate variability on human health ; 10 Geo-information-based approach for monitoring climate-induced land degradation in Nigeria ; 11 Assessing Land surface temperature over Bangladesh using MODIS satellite images - an indicator of climate change ; 12 High resolution climate change scenarios for Morocco for the 21st century ; 13 GIScience tools for climate change related natural hazards and modeling ; 14 Spatial data infrastructure convergence: Building SDI bridges to address climate change ; 15 Geoinformatics for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction ; 16 Geoinformatics and communication technologies for climate change hazards: Musing beyond the technical issues

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I. Problem and Theory: 1. The politics of when ; 2. Theorizing intertemporal policy choice ; Part II. Programmatic Origins: Intertemporal Choice in Pension Design: 3. Investing in the state: the origins of German pensions, 1889 ; 4. The politics of mistrust: the origins of British pensions, 1925 ; 5. Investments as political constraint: the origins of US pensions, 1935 ; 6. Investing for the short term: the origins of Canadian pensions, 1965 ; Part III. Programmatic Change: Intertemporal Choice in Pension Reform: 7. Investment as last resort: reforming US pensions, 1977 and 1983 ; 8. Shifting the long-run burden: reforming British pensions, 1986 ; 9. Committing to investment: reforming Canadian pensions, 1998 ; 10. Constrained by uncertainty: reforming German pensions, 1989 and 2001 ; Part IV. Conclusion: 11. Understanding the politics of the long term.

Description / Table of Contents: The Proceedings contain contributions to the Ninth International Symposium on Permafrost Engineering (3-7 September 2011, Mirny, Russia) from Russia, China, Poland, Denmark, USA, Iran, Sweden, Germany and Canada. The papers focus mostly on the physics and mechanics of frozen ground, frost action, and theoretical and experimental studies of the thermal and mechanical interaction between engineering structures and frozen ground. The Proceedings also contain papers on the thermal, geophysical, hydrogeological and geoecological aspects of cold regions development in a changing climate. The Proceedings will be of interest to researchers, engineers and designers involved in construction and operation of engineering structures in permafrost and seasonal frost regions.

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction ; 1. Climate Change: Implications for Agriculture ; 2. Agriculture: Changing the Climate? ; 3. Three Questions on Carbon Economics ; 4. Flexible Instruments, Fungible Carbon ; 5. Carbon, Money and Agriculture ; 6. From Theory to Practice: The Atlantic Forest Biome ; 7. The Septical Farmer ; 8. The Farmer's View ; 9. The Heretic's View ; 10. The Keys to Soil Carbon

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Society matters ; 2. Building scientific models of distant futures ; 3. The new catastrophism ; 4. High carbon lives ; 5. Around the world in 80 hours ; 6. Politics ; 7. Governing catastrophes ; 8. Innovating low carbon lives ; 9. Alternative future societies ; 10. A manifesto for bringing society into climate change

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: I Rahmenbedingungen und Märkte ; Naturwissenschaftliche Grundlagen des Klimawandels ; Perspektiven der internationalen Klimapolitik ; Politik zur Förderung der Erneuerbaren Energien in Deutschland ; Die Rolle von Förder- und Entwicklungsbanken beim Ausbau Erneuerbarer Energien ; Entwicklung und Potenziale der Märkte für Erneuerbare Energien ; Gesamtwirtschaftliche Auswirkungen des Ausbaus Erneuerbarer Energien ; Transformation der europäischen Energiewirtschaft bis 2050 unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Aussichten für Deutschland ; Perspektiven für deutsche Erneuerbare-Energien- Unternehmen ; Strategien von EVU im Bereich Erneuerbare Energien ; Finanzierung Erneuerbarer Energien durch Emissionszertifikate ; Besteuerung von Erneuerbare-Energien-Projekten in Deutschland ; II Technologische Grundlagen Erneuerbarer Energien ; Grundlagen der Windenergietechnik ; Technologische Grundlagen der Solarenergie ; Energiegewinnung aus Biomasse ; Technologische Grundlagen der Wasserkraft ; Geothermische Stromerzeugung ; Netzinfrastruktur für Erneuerbare Energien ; Zertifizierung ; III Projektierung von Erneuerbare-Energien- Vorhaben ; Projektierung von Windenergieanlagen ; Projektierung von Photovoltaik-Kraftwerken ; Projektierung von Bioenergievorhaben ; Projektierung von Wasserkraftvorhaben ; Projektierung von Vorhaben der Geothermie ; Die Projektverträge eines Erneuerbare-Energien- Kraftwerksvorhabens ; Vertragliche Streitlösungsmechanismen: Projektbegleitendes Konfliktmanagement im EE-Sektor ; Versicherungen ; IV Finanzierung Erneuerbarer Energien ; Erneuerbare Energien als strategisches Geschäftsfeld von Banken ; Finanzierungsinstrumente im Bereich Erneuerbare Energien: ein Überblick ; Einführung in die Projektfinanzierung von Erneuerbare- Energien-Projekten ; Finanzierung von Windprojekten: Risikomanagement und Finanzierungsstrukturierung ; Finanzierung von Offshore-Windparks ; Finanzierungsstrukturierung und Risikomanagement von Solarprojekten ; Finanzierung von Bioenergieprojekten: Risikomanagement und Finanzierungsstrukturierung ; Finanzierung von Wasserkraftprojekten ; Finanzierung von Geothermieprojekten: Risikomanagement und Finanzierungsstrukturierung ; Darlehensverträge bei der Finanzierung von Erneuerbare-Energien-Projekten ; Kreditsicherheiten bei der Projektfinanzierung auf dem Gebiet der Erneuerbaren Energien ; V Kapitalmarktlösungen für EE-Projekte und EE-Unternehmen ; Geschlossene Solarfonds: Konzeption, Markt, rechtliche und steuerliche Rahmenbedingungen ; Eigenkapitalfinanzierung von EE-Projekten über geschlossene Fonds - Prospektpflicht, Prospektprüfung, aufsichtsrechtliche Anforderungen ; Offene Erneuerbare-Energien-Fonds: Konzeption, Strukturierung und Besonderheiten bei institutionellen Investoren ; M&A, Private Equity und Venture Capital im Bereich Erneuerbarer Energien ; Projektfinanzierungsanleihen ; Aktien- und Anleiheemissionen von Erneuerbare- Energien-Unternehmen ; Prospektpflicht bei Wertpapieremissionen ; VI Attraktive Auslandsmärkte für Erneuerbare Energien ; Im Ausland wachsen: Exportchancen für deutsche Unternehmen der Erneuerbare-Energien-Branche ; Identifikation interessanter Auslandsmärkte ; Besonderheiten der Projektierung in ausgewählten Auslandsmärkten ; Rahmenbedingungen für Windparks in den USA ; Finanzierung von Wind- und Solarenergie in MENAStaaten im Rahmen der Desertec-Strategie ; Carbon Investments: Investitionen im Bereich der Erneuerbaren Energien mit einer CO2-Komponente ; Hürden und Treiber für Investitionen in Erneuerbare Energien in Subsahara-Afrika ; Einsatz öffentlicher Instrumente bei der Finanzierung von Erneuerbare-Energien-Projekten in Schwellen und Entwicklungsländern

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction to Plugins ; Plug-in Fundamentals ; Item Plug-ins ; Dynamic Action Plug-ins ; Region Plugiins ; Process Plugiins ; Best Practices & Community ; Debugging & Tools

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Earth Systems - The Crust - Tectonic Settings - The Mantle - The core - The Atmosphere and Oceans - Living Systems - Crustal and Mantle Evolution - The Supercontinent Cycle and Mantle-Plume Events - Comparative Planetary Evolution

Description / Table of Contents: The study investigates the quartz grain breakup behavior under cryogenic conditions. It has been introduced by some scientists thus its applicability as a proxy for paleoclimate reconstruction is still in debate. Eight samples from permafrost and non-permafrost regions were tested for quartz grain fragmentation under laboratory conditions by applying 〉100 freeze/thaw cycles. The in-situ weathering condition have been simulated on the basis of Konishcev's (1982) pioneering work thereby using scanning-electron microscopy (SEM) for identifying grain shape and surface features. The optical microscopy (OM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used for identifying internal quartz impurities, and Laser particle sizing (LS) for grain size measurement to substantiate the results. Quartz grain fragmentation into silt sized particles after the cryogenic experiment is associated with frequently observed micro cracks and mineral impurities related to common seen inclusions. These micro cracks and impurities may act as weakening zones of the mineral grains when thermal stress, ice growth in fissures and water volume changes. These are effective forces of freeze-thaw weathering dynamics. The enrichment of quartz in the smaller grain size fraction after the cryogenic experiment suggests that the sensitivity of quartz grain breakup under cryogenic condition can be used as a proxy for cold-climate weathering. This is wide spread which occurs in Alpine as well as in polar areas, since this behavior contrasts the common quartz resistance to weathering in lower latitudes. It may allow for identifying permafrost episodes in the geologic past when studying paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental archives. Its validity is discussed in connection with the El'gygytgyn Crater Lake site in Arctic Siberia, where the Late Cenozoic sediment archives have become available only recently.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1 A closer look at the world's leading climate body ; 2 Showered with praise ; 3 The top scientists & best experts? ; 4 Twenty-something graduate students ; 5 The right gender or the right country ; 6 Activists ; 7 Climate modelers ; 8 Clear as mud ; 9 The immense edifice that wasn't ; 10 The shield and the sword ; 11 The peer review fairy tale ; 12 Facts and fiction ; 13 Screw the rules ; 14 The Stern Review scandal ; 15 Cutoff dates, what cutoff dates? ; 16 This is called cheating ; 17 Cross-examination ; 18 Endangered: Independent minds ; 19 The international political stage ; 20 The cart before the horse ; 21 What's a nice scientist like you doing in a place like this? ; 22 Science has (not) spoken ; 23 Science is not a tyrant ; 24 A solution in search of a problem ; 25 Pachauri's cause ; 26 Following the leader ; 27 Moral midgets ; 28 Spinning straw into gold ; 29 The cut-and-paste job ; 30 Steering society ; 31 Extinction fiction ; 32 The Hockey Stick ; 33 Peer review IPCC-style ; 34 A damning assessment ; 35 If the jury has been rigged ; 36 Disband the IPCC

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Einleitung ; Chancen für die Fachkräfte von morgen ; Gehen uns die Arbeitskräfte aus? ; Mit Innovationen den demografischen Wandel bewältigen ; Der demografische Wandel als Chance für die Arbeitswelt ; Kennen wir die Arbeit der Zukunft? ; Ethische Aspekte der (neuen) Arbeitswelt ; Religionspolitische und theologische Variationen zur Frage "Who cares?" ; Die Fachkräfte-Mangel ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Zeiten des Gewissheitsschwundes

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Eine beispiellose, doch riskante Entwicklung ; 2. Vier Megaphone ; 3. Die vergessene Risikobewertung ; 4. Drei unsichtbare Erklärungsfaktoren ; 5. Schwierige, jedoch notwendige Maßnahmen ; 6. Globale Rechtsordnung - früher oder später ; 7. Schlusswort

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

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

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

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part 1 ; 1 Introduction ; 2 Why is variability a challenge? ; 3 Greater flexibility is the right response ; 4 Key distinguishing features of power systems ; 5 The Flexibility Assessment Method ; 6 Identifying the flexible resource ; 7 How much of the flexible resource is available? ; 8 What are the needs for flexibility? ; 9 Identifying the Present VRE Penetration Potential ; 10 What is the cost of balancing variable renewable energy? ; 11 Conclusions, recommendations to policy makers and next steps ; Part 2 ; 12 Case study methodology ; 13 Great Britain and Ireland area (British Isles) ; 14 Spain and Portugal area (Iberian Peninsula) ; 15 Mexico ; 16 Nordic ; 17 Denmark ; 18 Japan ; 19 US West 2017 ; 20 Canada Maritime: the NBSO area ; Annexes

Description / Table of Contents: Content: Vorwort von Ranga Yogeshwar 7Vorwort von Klaus Töpfer 11 1.GAU!Wie Katastrophen uns verändern 13 2. Wir sind gefangenWarum Alternativlosigkeit so gefährlich ist 39 3. Ja bitte! Nein danke!Auf der Suche nach Orientierung 65 4. Nach dem AusstiegKann die Energiewende gelingen? 91 5. Konsum! Konsum! Konsum!Wo bleibt das Glück in den Bilanzen? 115 6. Andere WeltenWas wir von Indien und Kenia lernen können 145 7. KonkretEs lässt sich vieles ändern 175 8. Zusammen freiEin Schritt in die Zukunft 207Danksagung 231Personenregister 233Bibliografische Informationen

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

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1 Forstwirtschaftliche und gesellschaftliche Rahmenbedingungen ; 2 Der Beitrag der Forstwissenschaft zur Mechanisierung ; 3 Entwicklung und Produktion der Forsttechnik ; 4 Mechanisierung in den forstlichen Produktionsbereichen ; 4.1 Saatgutgewinnung ; 4.2 Forstpflanzenanzucht ; 4.3 Walderneuerung ; 4.4 Holzernte und Holztransport ; 4.5 Forstliche Nebenproduktion ;

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Executive Summary ; 1 Introduction ; 2 Market Development for RE Technologies ; 3 Policies for Deploying Renewables ; 4 Economic Support Policies for Electricity: Impact and Cost-Effectiveness Indicators ; 5 Going Global ; 6 Conclusions and Recommendations

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I: Land and Water Status and Trends ; 1. Introduction: The Challenge of Land and Water ; 2. Status of Land and Water Resources ; 3. Trends in Land and Water Use ; Part II: Requirements and Options for Action, Constraints and Policy Implications - Sustainable Land and Water Management (SLWM) Definde ; 4. Creating a Policy and Institutional Environment Favourable to Sustainable Land and Water Management ; 5. Sustainable Land and Water Management (SLWM): Strategies and Approaches ; 6. Moving to Action ; 7. International Cooperation for Sustainable Land and Water Management ; 8. Conclusions and Main Policy Recommendations

Description / Table of Contents: Completions are the conduit between hydrocarbon reservoirs and surface facilities. They are a fundamental part of any hydrocarbon field development project. The have to be designed for safely maximising the hydrocarbon recovery from the well and may have to last for many years under ever changing conditions. The issues include: connection with the reservoir rock, avoiding sand production, selecting the correct interval, pumps and other forms of artificial lift, safety and integrity, equipment selection and installation and future well interventions; and course book based on course well completion design by TRACS International. The book is unique in its field: coverage of offshore, subsea, and landbased completions in all of the major hydrocarbon basins of the world. It comes in full colour features.

Description / Table of Contents: Renewables Information provides a comprehensive review of historical and current market trends in OECD countries, including 2010 preliminary data. An Introduction, notes, definitions and auxiliary information are provided in Part I. Part II of the publication provides an overview of the development of renewables and waste in the world over the 1990 to 2009 period. A greater focus is given to OECD countries with a review of electricity generation and capacity from renewable and waste energy sources. Part III of the publication provides a corresponding statistical overview of developments in the world and OECD renewable and waste market. Part IV provides, in tabular form, a more detailed and comprehensive picture of developments for renewable and waste energy sources for 34 OECD member countries, including 2010 preliminary data. It encompasses energy indicators, generating capacity, electricity and heat production from renewable and waste sources, as well as production and consumption of renewables and waste.Renewables Information is one of a series of annual IEA statistical publications on major energy sources; other reports are Coal Information, Electricity Information, Natural GasInformation and Oil Information.

Description / Table of Contents: Nicht erst seit Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts stehen Neue Technologien im Fokus der Öffentlichkeit. Von der Kernenergie über die Mikroelektronik bis hin zur Bio- und Nanotechnologie und dem Internet scheinen sie die Möglichkeitshorizonte moderner Gesellschaften zu definieren.Die Debatten um Neue Technologien erlauben deshalb Einblick in zentrale gesellschaftliche Interessenlagen, Konfliktlinien und Entwicklungsdynamiken. Anhand konkreter Beispiele beleuchtet dieser Band den meist in forschungs- und innovationspolitischen Kontexten verwendeten Begriff Neue Technologien in soziologischer und historischer Perspektive.

Description / Table of Contents: The book contains methodical overview of the main groups of biological indicators used in palaeoecology: pollen, diatoms, chironomids larvae, cladocera, ostracods, sponges, some other less widely used groups of invertebrates and a review on application of pedohumic method for palaeoecological reconstructions. Articles contain information on systematics, morphology, biology of the selected proxy groups and the modern approaches to palaeoclimatic reconstructions. Applicability of the biological indicators is illustrated by case studies from different regions: steppe Altay and Altay mountains, central and northern Yakutia, Northern Ural, west Siberia, lake Baikal, Tien Shan mountains, Middle Volga, etc. The book can be interesting for specialists in palaeoecology and students.

Description / Table of Contents: В книге представлены методические обзоры по основным группам биологических индикаторов, применяемым в палеоэкологии: пыльца, диатомовые водоросли, личинки хирономид, ракообразные, остракоды, губки - и кратко охарактеризованы прочие группы беспозвоночных животных. В книгу также вошел обзор по применению педогумусового метода для палеоэкологических реконструкций. Обсуждаются современные подходы к использованию биологических индикаторов в качестве показателей палеоклиматических изменений и проблемные стороны проведения экологических и температурных реконструкций. Представлены примеры палеореконструкций, выполненных с применением различных индикаторных групп из различных регионов: Степной и Горный Алтай, Центральная и Северная Якутия, Северный Урал, Западная Сибирь, Байкал, Тянь-Шань, Среднее Поволжье и пр. Книга рассчитана на специалистов в области палеоэкологии и на студентов.

Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Was ist Wissenschaft? Was heißt wissenschaftlich arbeiten? Was bringt ein wissenschaftliches Studium? -Ein Brief ; Literatur ermitteln, lesen und festhalten ; Literatur ermitteln ; Wissenschaftliche Literatur lesen und verstehen ; Elektronische Literaturverwaltungen. Kleiner Katalog von Merkmalen und Möglichkeiten ; Schreiben ; Lust statt Last: Wissenschaftliche Texte schreiben ; Schriftliche Arbeiten in Form bringen. Zitieren, belegen, Literaturverzeichnis anlegen ; Schreibblockaden überwinden ; Refererien und diskutieren ; Lust statt Last (2): Referat, Vortrag ; Referate unterstützen: Visualisieren, Medien einsetzen ; Diskussionen bestreiten und leiten