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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...

Maritime Security: International Law and Policy Perspectives from Australia and New Zealand

Routledge, 2009

Maritime security is of vital importance to Australia and New Zealand as both countries depend on maritime transport for their economic survival. Since the events of September 11^th 2001, significant questions have been raised as to whether Australia and New Zealand are adequately prepared for the consequences of a major disruption to...

Advanced Batteries: Materials Science Aspects

Springer, 2008

Energy is important to all of us, for a variety of reasons, but primarily because it can be useful. It can be found in a number of different forms. One readily recognizes the concepts of potential energy and kinetic energy, as well as the chemical energy in fuels, thermal energy as heat, the kinetic energy in wind and moving water, and magnetic and...

Intelligent Positioning: GIS-GPS Unification

John Wiley & Sons, 2006

Satellite positioning and computerised spatial data have transformed the way in which many areas of research and commercial activity are conducted. The combination of GIS and GPS is used for a broad spectrum of experiments.

This book provides technical overview of GIS, GPS and their integration, before focusing on a selection of R&D...

Wireless Security and Cryptography: Specifications and Implementations

CRC Press, 2007

As the use of wireless devices becomes widespread, so does the need for strong and secure transport protocols. Even with this intensified need for securing systems, using cryptography does not seem to be a viable solution due to difficulties in implementation. The security layers of many wireless protocols use outdated encryption algorithms, which...

Wireless Mesh Networking

McGraw-Hill, 2008

A Complete Roadmap to Wireless Mesh Network Design Principles and Practices Using WiFi, WiMAX, and ZigBEE!

Wireless Mesh Networking provides everything needed to create in-demand wireless mesh networks that provide wireless broadband access over wide areas. This resource presents a complete roadmap to the design and...

VoIP Handbook: Applications, Technologies, Reliability, and Security

CRC Press, 2008

The number of worldwide VoIP customers is well over 38 million and thanks to popularity of inexpensive, high quality services such as skype is projected to increase to nearly 250 million within the next three years. The future of voice transport has officially arrived.

The VoIP Handbook: Applications, Technologies, Reliability, and...

Introduction to Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory of Matter (Physics Textbook)

John Wiley & Sons, 2005

An updated and expanded translation of the highly popular Russian textbook, Introduction to Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory of Matter examines equilibrium and kinetic properties of matter – gas, liquid, and solid – using the general principles of thermodynamics and kinetic theory. Readable and accessible throughout, this book provides...

Welding Metallurgy

John Wiley & Sons, 2002

The premier reference for welding metallurgy, completely revised and expanded

Since its initial publication in 1987, Welding Metallurgy has been the standard text for the instruction of welding in technical schools and as a reference for professional welders. Updating the existing material and adding a substantial amount of new...

What is What in the Nanoworld: A Handbook on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

John Wiley & Sons, 2008

More than 1,400 entries, from a few sentences to a page in length. The second, completely revised and enlarged edition of this introductory reference handbook summarizes the terms and definitions, most important phenomena, and regulations occurring in the physics, chemistry, technology, and application of nanostructures. A representative collection...

Next-Generation FTTH Passive Optical Networks: Research towards unlimited bandwidth access

Springer, 2008

Fibre-to-the-Home networks constitute a fundamental telecom segment with the required potential to match the huge capacity of transport networks with the new user communication demands. Huge investments in access network infrastructure are expected for the next decade, with many initiatives already launched around the globe recently, driven by the...

Understanding Atmospheric Dispersion of Accidental Releases

John Wiley & Sons, 1995

As introduction to the subject of this document, dispersion from accidental releases encompasses many different aspects. It includes the methods of classical air pollution modeling used in estimating the dispersion of dilute air pollutants, but also encompasses the more complex physics of dense-vapor and high-momentum releases, boiling and...

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