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Control of Noise and Structural Vibration: A MATLAB®-Based Approach

Springer, 2013

Control of Noise and Structural Vibration presents a MATLAB®-based approach to solving the problems of undesirable noise generation and transmission by structures and of undesirable vibration within structures in response to environmental or operational forces. The fundamentals of acoustics, vibration and coupling between vibrating...

Proceedings of the Tiangong-2 Remote Sensing Application Conference: Technology, Method and Application (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering)

Springer, 2018

This book gathers a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the Tiangong-2 Data Utilization Conference, which was held in Beijing, China, in December 2018. As the first space laboratory in China, Tiangong-2 carries 3 new types of remote sensing payloads – the Wide-band Imaging Spectrometer (WIS), Three-dimensional Imaging...

Refurbishment and Upgrading of Buildings: .

Taylor & Francis, 2009

...I can recommend the book as good reading for students of surveying and architecture, for developers and for those involve with refurbishment of historic buildings..
–Dr. Jagjit Singh, Director, Environmental Building Solutions Ltd, Journal of Architectural Conservation No. 3, November 2001

...the...

Latin America in Times of Global Environmental Change (The Latin American Studies Book Series)

Springer, 2019

This volume discusses the challenges of Latin America in global environmental geopolitics. Written by leading experts, this book brings together Latin American research on global environmental change. They cover a range of topics such as climate change, water, forest and biodiversity conservation connected with science policies, public...

Power Trip: The Story of Energy

Basic Books, 2019

A global tour of energy--the builder of human civilization and also its greatest threat.

Energy is humanity's single most important resource. In fact, as energy expert Michael E. Webber argues in Power Trip, the story of how societies rise can be told largely as the story of how they manage energy...

Handbook of Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment

CRC Press, 2004

Environmental managers, engineers, and scientists who have had experience with industrial and hazardous waste management problems have noted the need for a handbook that is comprehensive in its scope, directly applicable to daily waste management problems of specific industries, and widely acceptable by practicing environmental...

Infertility in the Modern World: Present and Future Prospects (Biosocial Society Symposium Series)

Cambridge University Press, 2001

As we enter the twenty-first century, a number of medical, environmental, and social changes have profoundly affected human reproduction. This book discusses some of the more dramatic changes in an accessible manner, illustrating the ways in which human biology and culture can affect fertility. It provides a unique interdisciplinary...

Physiological Ecology of Forest Production, Volume 4: Principles, Processes and Models (Terrestrial Ecology)

Academic Press, 2010

Process-based models open the way to useful predictions of the future growth rate of forests and provide a means of assessing the probable effects of variations in climate and management on forest productivity. As such they have the potential to overcome the limitations of conventional forest growth and yield models, which are based on...

Urological Cancers

Springer, 2005

Urological cancer constitutes approximately 30% of all cancer occurring in the Third and Second Worlds. In the main, these diseases are caused by environmental factors, such as diet and smoking, and it is hoped that action to regulate the influence of these environmental pathogens will lead to a decreased incidence over the next two...

Engineering Societies in the Agents World IV: 4th International Workshop, ESAW 2003, London, UK, October 29-31, 2003, Revised Selected and Invited Papers

Springer, 2004

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Engineering Societies in the Agents World, ESAW 2004, held in London, UK in October 2004. The 23 revised full papers presented were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and improvement for inclusion in the book; also included are 2...

Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

This book highlights new and emerging uses of stable isotope analysis in a variety of ecological disciplines. While the use of natural abundance isotopes in ecological research is now relatively standard, new techniques and ways of interpreting patterns are developing rapidly. The second edition of this book provides a thorough, up-to-date...

Handbook of Parenting: Volume 5: Practical Issues in Parenting, Second Edition

Psychology Press, 2002

Completely revised and expanded from four to five volumes, this new edition of the Handbook of Parenting appears at a time that is momentous in the history of parenting. Parenting and the family are today in a greater state of flux, question, and redefinition than perhaps ever before. We are witnessing the emergence of striking...

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