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Metrology in Industry: The Key for Quality

John Wiley & Sons, 2006

Metrology is an integral part of the structure of today’s world: navigation and telecommunications require highly accurate time and frequency standards; human health and safety relies on authoritative measurements in diagnosis and treatment, as does food production and trade; global climate studies also depend on reliable and consistent...

Private Cloud Computing: Consolidation, Virtualization, and Service-Oriented Infrastructure

Morgan Kaufmann, 2011

Is “provisioning a web server in 5 minutes for $5” the most interesting thing about the cloud?

Those responsible for IT in their enterprise are quickly discovering that the cloud is a game-changing trend that offers a completely new methodology for service provision. The cloud not only lets you cut...

Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World (Series on Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics)

World Scientific Publishing, 2008

Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World presents the most comprehensive description in book form of what is currently known about Titan, the largest satellite of the planet Saturn and arguably the most intriguing and mysterious world in the Solar System. Because of its resemblance to our own planet, Titan is often described as a frozen primitive Earth...

Attaining High Performance Communications: A Vertical Approach

CRC Press, 2009

As technology pushes the Petascale barrier, and the next generation Exascale Computing requirements are being dened, it is clear that this type of computational capacity can be achieved only by accompanying advancement in communication technology. Next generation computing platforms will consist of hundreds of thousands of...

Global Warming: The Complete Briefing

Cambridge University Press, 2009

John Houghton's market-leading textbook is now in full color and includes the latest IPCC findings, making it the definitive guide to climate change. Written for students across a wide range of disciplines, its simple, logical flow of ideas gives an invaluable grounding in the science and impacts of climate change and highlights the need for action...

Energy Harvesting with Functional Materials and Microsystems (Devices, Circuits, and Systems)

CRC Press, 2013

For decades, people have searched for ways to harvest energy from natural sources. Lately, a desire to address the issue of global warming and climate change has popularized solar or photovoltaic technology, while piezoelectric technology is being developed to power handheld devices without batteries, and thermoelectric technology is being...

Plant Growth and Climate

John Wiley & Sons, 2006

Evidence grows daily of the changing climate and its impact on plants and animals. Plant function is inextricably linked to climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration. On the shortest and smallest scales, the climate affects the plant’s immediate environment and so directly influences physiological processes. At larger scales,...

Supervised and Unsupervised Ensemble Methods and their Applications (Studies in Computational Intelligence)

Springer, 2008

The rapidly growing amount of data, available from different technologies in the field of bio-sciences, high-energy physics, economy, climate analysis, and in several other scientific disciplines, requires a new generation of machine learning and statistical methods to deal with their complexity and heterogeneity. As data collections becomes...

Frommer's Portugal (Frommer's Complete)

Frommers, 2010

Centuries ago, Portugal was a pioneer of worldwide exploration. Until recently, however, it was never as successful in attracting visitors to its own shores. Outside of greater Lisbon, the Algarve, and the island of Madeira, Portugal remained unknown and undiscovered by the mainstream visitor for many decades.

Today’s...

Paleoclimatology, Third Edition: Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary

Academic Press, 2014

Paleoclimatology: Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary, Third Editionâwinner of a 2015 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from The Text and Academic Authors Associationâprovides a thorough overview of the methods of paleoclimatic reconstruction and of the historical changes in climate during the past three million...

Submarine Mass Movements and their Consequences: 7th International Symposium

Springer, 2015

This book is a comprehensive collection of state-of-the-art studies of seafloor slope instability and their societal implications. The volume captures the most recent and exciting scientific progress made in this research field.

As the world’s climate and energy needs change, the conditions under which slope instability...

Sustainable Solar Housing, Volume 2: Exemplary Buildings and Technologies

Earthscan, 2007

* * An auspicious and comprehensive two-volume treatment of current solar energy strategies and technologies employed in buildings

* * Offers the reader a solid platform for assessing environmental and economic concerns for housing projects, and offers guidance on implementing the most appropriate course of action
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