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Xenobiotics in the Urban Water Cycle: Mass Flows, Environmental Processes, Mitigation and Treatment Strategies (Environmental Pollution)

Springer, 2010

The presence of xenobiotics in the aquatic environment is seen as one of the biggest challenges for a sustainable water future. Thus, there is a need to understand, in an integrated manner, the sources, flow paths, fate and effects of xenobiotics in the urban water cycle.

This book is an authoritative and comprehensive reference source...

New Frontiers in Integrated Solid Earth Sciences (International Year of Planet Earth)

Springer, 2010

Man’s intensifying use of the Earth’s habitat has led to an urgent need for scientifically advanced ‘geo-prediction systems’ that accurately locate subsurface resources and forecast the timing and magnitude of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and land subsidence.

As advances in the earth sciences lead to...

Optimality and Risk - Modern Trends in Mathematical Finance: The Kabanov Festschrift

Springer, 2009

Problems of stochastic optimization and various mathematical aspects of risk are the main themes of this contributed volume. The readers learn about the recent results and techniques of optimal investment, risk measures and derivative pricing. There are also papers touching upon credit risk, martingale theory and limit theorems.

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Theory of Science and Technology Transfer and Applications (Systems Evaluation, Prediction and Decision-Making)

Auerbach Publications, 2009

Constructive Suggestions for Efficiently Implementing Technology Transfer

Theory of Science and Technology Transfer and Applications presents the mechanisms, features, effects, and modes of technology transfer. It addresses the measurement, cost, benefit, optimal allocation, and game theory of technology transfer,...

Rough Granular Computing in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (Studies in Computational Intelligence)

Springer, 2008

The book "Rough-Granular Computing in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining" written by Professor Jaroslaw Stepaniuk is dedicated to methods based on a combination of the following three closely related and rapidly growing areas: granular computing, rough sets, and knowledge discovery and data mining (KDD). In the book, the KDD...

Mastering Network Security

Sybex, 2002

The new edition of the highly-acclaimed and best-selling Mastering Network Security is here, and just in time! The past four significant Internet worm attacks alone have cost companies more than $10 billion in repairs and lost productivity. And as hackers continue to discover new ways to exploit vulnerable networks, the need for up-to-date security...

The Three Secrets of Wise Decision Making

Single Reef, 2002

As the world has become more complex and information more abundant, decisions have become more difficult; as the pace of change and the range of choice have increased, decisions have to be made more often. Yet, most of us still make decisions with no more knowledge about decision processes than our ancestors had in a simpler age, hundreds of years...

Technology and Safety of Marine Systems (Ocean Engineering Series)

Elsevier Limited, 2003

Traditionally society has regulated hazardous industries by detailed references to engineering codes, standards and hardware requirements. These days a risk-based approach is adopted. Risk analysis involves identifying hazards, categorizing the risks, and providing the necessary decision support to determine the necessary arrangements and...

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server TCP/IP Core Networking Guide (IT Professional)

Microsoft Press, 2002

Maximize enterprise networking and connectivity with tools and resources direct from Microsoft.

Set up and troubleshoot all facets of TCP/IP networking in Windows® 2000 with expertise from those who know the technology best—the Windows 2000 development team. This guide delivers essential architectural and...

The Moscow Puzzles: 359 Mathematical Recreations

Scribner, 1977

This book has been a classic in the former Soviet Union since it was first published in 1956, and it remains just as entertaining today. A master at making math fun for his high school students, Boris Kordemsky loaded this clever collection with a wide variety of math and logic related games and puzzles dealing with magic squares, tricky...

Computer and Information Security Handbook (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Security)

Morgan Kaufmann, 2009

This book presents information on how to analyze risks to your networks and the steps needed to select and deploy the appropriate countermeasures to reduce your exposure to physical and network threats. It also imparts the skills and knowledge needed to identify and counter some fundamental security risks and requirements, inlcuding Internet...

Introduction to Electronic Defense Systems, Second Edition (Artech House Radar Library)

SciTech Publishing, 2006

In my government position I am responsible for military research and technology for the Italian armed forces. During my coordination work with the Western European Armament Group: Panel I1 (Research and Technology), discussions have often been of a highly technical nature. It is certainly easier to make management decisions with an adequate...

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