Holistic Health and Healing

Spatial Analysis, GIS and Remote Sensing: Applications in the Health Sciences

CRC Press, 2000

This new book explores the rapidly expanding applications of spatial analysis, GIS and remote sensing in the health sciences, and medical geography. For the practitioner or researcher this book is full of useful techniques if your work applies to environmental and public health, biostatistics, epidemiology, health services, medical geography,...

The Rough Guide to New Zealand

Rough Guides, 2010

The Rough Guide to New Zealand is the definitive guide to the world's adventure capital. Detailed accounts of every attraction, along with crystal-clear maps and plans, will show you the very best New Zealand has to offer — from white-sand beaches and vast kauri trees in the north to the hairline fiords and penguin colonies...

Breaking Ocean Waves: Geometry, Structure and Remote Sensing

Springer, 2007

This book represents the most comprehensive description of the physical findings of an investigation into the spatio-temporal characteristics of the gravity of breaking waves and the foam activity in open sea by methods and instruments of optical and microwave remote sensing.

The study of physical and electrodynamics'...

Mixed Reality and Human-Robot Interaction (Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering)

Springer, 2011

MR technologies play an increasing role in different aspects of human-robot interactions. The visual combination of digital contents with real working spaces creates a simulated environment that is set out to enhance these aspects. This book presents and discusses fundamental scientific issues, technical implementations, lab testing, and...

Security Issues in Mobile NFC Devices (T-Labs Series in Telecommunication Services)

Springer, 2015

This work provides an assessment of the current state of near field communication (NFC) security, it reports on new attack scenarios, and offers concepts and solutions to overcome any unresolved issues. The work describes application-specific security aspects of NFC based on exemplary use-case scenarios and uses these to focus on the...

The Geography of Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Africa

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This book takes a comprehensive look at several cases of climate change adaptation responses across various sectors and geographical areas in urban Africa and places them within a solid theoretical context. Each chapter is a state-of-the-art overview of a significant topic on climate change adaptation in urban Africa and is...