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As power systems increasingly operate under stressed conditions, computer simulation will play a large role in control and security assessment. Commercial packages routinely fail or give erroneous r……続きを見る

Environmental Disputes helps citizen groups, businesses, and governments understand how Environmental Dispute Settlement--a set of procedures for settling disputes over environmental policies withou……続きを見る

Conventional management approaches cannot meet the challenges faced by ocean and coastal ecosystems today. Consequently, national and international bodies have called for a shift toward more compreh……続きを見る

A tiny and easily overlooked itemーa single hairーunexpectedly discovered in one of the great treasures of a vast museum collection leads the author on a quest to solve one of the most long-standing……続きを見る

This book considers the problem of providing maximum access to transport services, and to roads for the rural population of the world's developing countries when limited funds are available. Access ……続きを見る

Today, we perceive Gothic cathedrals as light-filled forms representing the sacred. The colored light projected from brightly-colored stained glass windows onto the walls and floors of these buildin……続きを見る

Recent advances in neuroscience – the study of the mechanisms within the brain that underlie our behaviours and what happens when these go wrong – have been profound. However, benignly intended neur……続きを見る

The years immediately following the French Revolution of 1789 saw an extraordinary transformation of the French army. From a distrusted instrument of the feudal power of the king and nobility, it be……続きを見る

This collection features four peer-reviewed reviews on the nutritional benefits of milk. The first chapter highlights the important role of milk and dairy products in human diets due to the amount o……続きを見る

Nature wants to heal, and we can help. When Earth's ecosystems fall out of harmony, the damage can spiral out of control. But what if we could help nature to regain its balance? As a leading ecologi……続きを見る

Uncover your unique position in the cosmos with Astrology: Your Place Among the Stars. In this profound guide, Evangeline Adams explores how the Sun, Moon, and planets influence our lives as they mo……続きを見る

Discover your cosmic identity with Astrology: Your Place in the Sun, Evangeline Adams’ timeless guide to the Sun’s powerful influence over the planets, the signs of the Zodiac, and your unique place……続きを見る

Embark on a celestial journey with this timeless collection of Evangeline Adams’ three classic works: Astrology: Your Place in the Sun, Astrology: Your Place Among the Stars, and Astrology for Every……続きを見る

The pharmaceutical applications of powder technology have long been recognized. Yet while many books focus on aspects of powder formation and behavior, there are few texts that explore the power of ……続きを見る

Top-Bar Beekeeping is an offering designed to encourage beekeepers around the world to keep bees naturally by providing beekeeping basics, hive management and the utilization of top-bar hives. In re……続きを見る

Isaiah Berlin is well known as a defender of liberal democracy in the Cold War. In this path-breaking study, George Crowder argues that Berlin’s ideas have application beyond their original context ……続きを見る

Modern-day units of measure, including the foot and the meter, are shown to be inherently encoded in the Great Pyramid, Khufu, of Giza. Khufu is also shown to encode the dimensions of the Earth and ……続きを見る

cryoEM, a new volume in the Methods in Enzymology series, continues the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field. This volume covers research methods and ……続きを見る

Computational Methods for Electric Power Systems introduces computational methods that form the basis of many analytical studies in power systems. The book provides the background for a number of wi……続きを見る

Since it was first published three decades ago, Excursions Into Mathematics has been one of the most popular mathematical books written for a general audience. Taking the reader for short "excursion……続きを見る

Navigating Our Way reflects the broader insights and diverse voices revolutionizing marine conservation. This volume brings together an array of scholars, practitioners, and experts from multiple fi……続きを見る

If something can fail, it can often fail in one of several ways and sometimes in more than one way at a time. There is always some cause of failure, and almost always, more than one possible cause. ……続きを見る

"Provides detailed, comprehensive descriptions of electrostatic processes as well as their applications in areas such as rheology, atomization and spraying, industrial dust particle precipitation an……続きを見る

This book defines regional climate leadership in East Asia and the Pacific as a novel addition to the climate leadership theory. It develops criteria for measuring such leadership on a country basis……続きを見る

Multivariate Survival Analysis and Competing Risks introduces univariate survival analysis and extends it to the multivariate case. It covers competing risks and counting processes and provides many……続きを見る

A Futurist's Guide to Emergency Management provides interdisciplinary analysis on how particular sets of conditions may occur in the future by evaluating global trends, possible scenarios, emerging ……続きを見る

As a relatively young field, emergency management has already undergone considerable evolution and change. And now that Web 2.0 technologies and social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter have ……続きを見る

Case Studies in Mathematical Modelling for Medical Devices: How Pulse Oximeters and Doppler Ultrasound Fetal Heart Rate Monitors Work focuses on two medical devices: pulse oximeters and Doppler ultr……続きを見る

Winner--Best Biography/Memoir of 2002, Midwest Book Awards (St. Paul, MN) Lumberjack is a firsthand account of the lumbering era during the white pine boom years of the late 1800s - early 1900s in t……続きを見る

Highlights the increasing role of soils as an important and dynamic part of the global carbon cycle and their potential role in counteracting increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations Explores key ……続きを見る