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This book discusses how emerging groundwater risks under current and potential climate change conductions reduce available groundwater resources for domestic use, and agriculture and energy producti……続きを見る

Sometimes things are not what they seem to be. We can experience something and attribute it to a long held belief. Without questioning it, we may not begin to fully understand the processes in play.……続きを見る

Il y a bien des motifs divers pour aimer, pour admirer cette invention brillante de la photographie, qui sera l’honneur de ce siècle et la gloire de notre patrie. Mais parmi les titres si nombreux q……続きを見る

La guerre de 1870 avait surpris la France dans un regrettable état d’infériorité militaire. Tandis qu’en dehors de nos frontières tout se transformait, et que l’art de la guerre profitait largement ……続きを見る

Les contes ridicules qui sont débités par les écrivains français sur l’origine de la poudre à canon, sont un triste témoignage des préjugés qui remplissent encore l’histoire des sciences, et de l’ét……続きを見る

Like many industrialized regions, the Philadelphia metro area contains pockets of environmental degradation: neighborhoods littered with abandoned waste sites, polluting factories, and smoke-belchin……続きを見る

La fabrication de l’alcool est aujourd’hui l’objet d’une de nos industries les plus importantes. On prépare ce produit, comme chacun sait, en soumettant à la distillation le vin ou d’autres liquides……続きを見る

Les éthers sont des liqueurs qu’on obtient en distillant certains acides avec de l’alcool. On en distingue cinq espèces ; l’éther sulfurique, l’éther nitrique, l’éther muriatique, l’éther acétique e……続きを見る

Les macromolécules sont des entités chimiques constituées par un très grand nombre d'atomes assemblés entre eux par des liaisons covalentes. Alors que les molécules simples sont formées de quelques ……続きを見る

This book will help future scientists to become more intelligent users of computing technology in their practice of science. The content is suitable for introductory courses on the foundations of co……続きを見る

Crisis Management of Chronic Pollution: Contaminated Soil and Human Health deals with a long term pollution problem, generated by the former use of organochlorine pesticides. Through a case study of……続きを見る

Praise for the Previous Editions "The author brings in management wisdom from the world outside laboratory animal medicine and veterinary medicine. As a result, there is a rich mixture of the experi……続きを見る

While modern computational methods can provide us with the wave function of a molecule in numerical form, most computer programs lack the sophisticated tools needed to extract chemical concepts from……続きを見る

This book details chiroptical spectroscopic methods: electronic circular dichroism (ECD), optical rotatory dispersion (ORD), vibrational circular dichroism (VCD), and vibrational Raman optical activ……続きを見る

The field of asymmetric catalysis is currently one of the hottest areas in chemistry. This unique book focuses on the mechanism of enantioselectivity in asymmetric catalysis, rather than asymmetric ……続きを見る

Physical Chemistry: Concepts and Theory provides a comprehensive overview of physical and theoretical chemistry while focusing on the basic principles that unite the sub-disciplines of the field. Wi……続きを見る

This book presents the latest results related to photocatalytic inactivation/killing of microorganisms, which is a promising alternative disinfection method that produces less or even no disinfectio……続きを見る

Ever-increasing interest in oceanography and marine biology and their relevance to global environmental issues create a demand for authoritative reviews summarizing the results of recent research. O……続きを見る

This book presents the multifaceted aspects of rare earth elements (REEs), focusing on both their potential benefits and adverse health effects. The adverse impacts of REEs on human and environmenta……続きを見る

Mercury poisoning is a medical disorder induced by exposure to mercury or its compounds. The consumption of fish is by far the most important source of ingestion-linked mercury exposure in humans an……続きを見る

This book is a result of the authors' more than 40 years of study on the behavior, populations, and heavy metals in the colonial waterbirds nesting in Barnegat Bay and the nearby estuaries and bays ……続きを見る

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the tot……続きを見る

Toxins and Other Harmful Compounds in Foods provides information on the contents, distribution, chemical properties, and biological activity of toxins and other harmful compounds in foods that are n……続きを見る

The purpose of this book is to explain chemistry as simply as possible to any kind of person who has little or no basis in this scientific discipline. Certain notions will not be addressed because t……続きを見る

Solar Energy Desalination Technology explains how to obtain clean water from sea water using solar energy. Special methods and types used in solar desalination are introduced, providing new thoughts……続きを見る

Pesticides are now accepted as an integral part of modern agricultural production. This book provides analysis of the steps taken by national and international bodies working towards a cohesive glob……続きを見る

A variety of air pollutants are emitted into the atmosphere from human-caused and natural emissions sources throughout the United States and elsewhere. These contaminants impact sensitive natural re……続きを見る

Initially marketed as a life-saving advancement, flame retardants are now mired in controversy. Some argue that data show the chemicals are unsafe while others continue to support their use. The tac……続きを見る

This two-volume work is a testament to the increasing interest in the role of microbes in sustainable agriculture and food security. Advances in microbial technologies are explored in chapters deali……続きを見る

This book describes the vast variety of xenobiotics, such as pesticides, antibiotics, antibiotic resistance genes, agrochemicals and other pollutants, their interactions with the soil environment, a……続きを見る