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Environmental Nanotechnology Volume 3 (Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World)

Springer, 2019

This third volume on environmental nanotechnology includes chapters dealing with topics such nanoremediation, waste water purification, nanosensors, nanomedicine, and nanofiltration. It also highlights the safety aspects and risk assessment and management related to several toxins, as well as nanotechnology related solutions for...

5 Steps to a 5 AP Environmental Science, 2010-2011 Edition

McGraw-Hill, 2009

A Perfect Plan for the Perfect Score

We want you to succeed on your AP* exam. That's why we've created this 5-step plan to help you study more effectively, use your preparation time wisely, and get your best score. This easy-to-follow guide offers you a complete review of your AP course, strategies to give you the edge on test...

Biophotonics: Optical Science and Engineering for the 21st Century

Springer, 2006

It is now well established that all living systems emit a weak but permanent photon flux in the visible and ultraviolet range. This biophoton emission is correlated with many, if not all, biological and physiological functions. There are indications of a hitherto-overlooked information channel within the living system. Biophotons may trigger...

Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology of Mercury

John Wiley & Sons, 2012

The book that looks at mercury's impact on the planet today

Recent research by the EPA has concluded that one in six women of childbearing age have unsafe levels of mercury in their bodies, which puts 630,000 newborn babies each year at risk of neurological impairment. Mercury poses severe risks to the health of animals and...

Global Challenges in Energy and Environment: Select Proceedings of ICEE 2018 (Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering)

Springer, 2019

This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Energy and Environment - Global Challenges (ICEE 2018). The book focuses on applications of green technologies in chemical and biochemical engineering, wastewater treatment, energy and environmental sustainability. It covers current environmental issues such as...

Protocols and Architectures for Wireless Sensor Networks

John Wiley & Sons, 2005

Wireless sensor networks will revolutionise applications such as environmental monitoring, home automation, and logistics.

Protocols and Architectures for Wireless Sensor Networks provides a thorough description of the most important issues and questions that have to be addressed in a wireless sensor network....

Promoting Sustainable Electricity in Europe: Challenging the Path Dependence of Dominant Energy Systems

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008

This is a timely and comparative assessment of initiatives to promote renewable electricity sources (RES) in eight European countries. Carried out by the ProSus research programme at the University of Oslo in cooperation with leading research institutions in each country, the study focuses on the promotional schemes used to foster RES in Austria,...

Power Plant Engineering

New Age Publications, 2006

There have been significant developments and advances in the field of power plant engineering, computer applications on energy audit and management, environmental audit and management, human development and environment. The authors have been encouraged to write this pioneer book for the benefit of students of engineering and researchers due...

Indoor Environmental Quality and Health Risk toward Healthier Environment for All (Current Topics in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)

Springer, 2019

This volume discusses the effects of indoor air environment and pollution in modern buildings on human health. Highlighting epidemiological studies and the determining factors, it offers proposals for improving indoor air quality (IAQ) in different environments. Focusing not only on homes and offices, but also vehicles and aircrafts,...

Quality of Telephone-Based Spoken Dialogue Systems

Springer, 2004

An increasing number of telephone services are offered in a fully automatic way with the help of speech technology. The underlying systems, called spoken dialogue systems (SDSs), possess speech recognition, speech understanding, dialogue management, and speech generation capabilities, and enable a more-or-less natural spoken interaction with the...

Digital Futures: Living in a dot.com World

Earthscan, 2001

Beyond the hype about dot-coms, WAP phones and dot-com entrepreneurs, what impacts will e-commerce have on society? How will it affect jobs and local communities? What will it mean for energy use, transport and the future shape of our cities? How can we ensure that everyone enjoys the benefits of the new digital technologies?

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Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies

For Dummies, 2007

When it comes to addressing most of the challenges we face as a society, it is often said that change begins at home. This is an exciting prospect—that we can make a difference around the world by changing the way we live our daily lives—and nowhere is it truer than in our efforts to improve the health of our planet,...

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