crc press nov 2014 (19 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Urban informal settlements or slums are growing rapidly in cities in sub-Saharan Africa. Most often, a sewer system is not present and the commonly-used low-cost onsite wastewater handling practices, typically pit latrines, are frequently unplanned, uncontrolled and inefficient. Consequently, most households dispose of their untreated or partially treated wastewater on-site, generating high loads of nutrients to groundwater and streams draining these areas. However, the fate of nutrients in urban slums is generally unknown. In excess, these nutrients can cause eutrophication in downstream water bodies.This book provides an understanding of the hydro-geochemical processes affecting the generation, fate and transport of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) in a typical urban slum area in Kampala, Uganda. The approach used combined experimental and modeling techniques, using a large set of hydrochemical and geochemical data collected from shallow groundwater, drainage channels and precipitation. The results show that both nitrogen-containing acid precipitation and domestic wastewater from slum areas are important sources of nutrients in urban slum catchments. For nutrients leaching to groundwater, pit latrines retained over 80% of the nutrient mass input while the underlying alluvial sandy aquifer was also an effective sink of nutrients where nitrogen was removed by denitrification and anaerobic oxidation and phosphorus by adsorption to calcite. In surface water, nutrient attenuation processes are limited. This study argues that groundwater may not be important as regards to eutrophication implying that management interventions in slum areas should primarily focus on nutrients released into drainage channels. This research is of broad interest as urbanization is an ongoing trend and many developing countries lack proper sanitation systems.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book summarizes the portrayal of major neurologic syndromes and clinical signs in cinema. More than 100 blockbuster and classic films are reviewed including Rain Man, My Left Foot, Million Dollar Baby, Awakenings, Pi, and Memento, as well as documentaries. Each chapter includes text boxes with film dialogue chosen to draw in the reader and highlight key themes. Rating each film's accuracy, the book discusses nearly 50 neurology topics, explains them, and places them in a broader context. The book is accessible for all health care workers as well as the general public.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is an illustrative introduction to metamorphic rocks as seen in the field, designed for advanced high school to graduate-level earth science and geology students to jump-start their observational skills. In addition to photographs of rocks in the field, there are numerous line diagrams and examples of metamorphic features shown in thin section. The thin section photos are all at a scale and in a context that can be related to views seen in the field through a hand lens.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Tutorials and images provided by artists from all regions of the world.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book documents the best tools and tactics available for analyzing Android malware.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book provides a systematic, comprehensive framework for thinking about visualization in terms of principles and design choices.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book explores practices that can be helpful in the development of architectures of large-scale systems in which software is a major component. Examining the synergies that exist between software and systems engineering, it details an approach to architecture design that is driven from systemic quality attributes determined from both the business and technical goals of the system. This approach utilizes analytically derived patterns and tactics for quality attributes that inform the architect's design choices and help shape the architecture of a given system.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Designed for students in physics, engineering, and other disciplines taking a course on MATLAB® or Octave, this text presents the essential commands and structures that allow students to unlock the capabilities of MATLAB and Octave without having to understand too many technicalities. Given the similarities in syntax between both languages, the book shows students how to write code that can be used in both environments. The text assumes no prior programming knowledge, making it accessible to a wide range of students.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In an accessible way, this book covers basic schemes for image and video compression, including lossless techniques and wavelet- and vector quantization-based image compression and digital video compression. The MATLAB® programs enable readers to gain hands-on experience with the techniques. The authors provide quality metrics used to evaluate the performance of the compression algorithms. They also introduce the modern technique of compressed sensing, which retains the most important part of the signal while it is being sensed.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Opportunistic networking, by definition, allows devices to communicate whenever a window of opportunity is available. Many emerging technologies employ opportunistic exchanges of information. This book addresses this trend in communications engineering, taking into account three specific areas-vehicular, device-to-device (D2D), and cognitive radio-while describing the opportunistic communication methods of each. From smart homes to smart cities, smart agriculture to never-die-networks and beyond, the text explores the state of the art of opportunistic networking, providing the latest research, developments, and practices in one concise source.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Through numerous examples and end-of-chapter exercises, this book develops readers' analytical and computational skills in the theory and applications of transform methods. It covers advanced mathematical methods for many applications in science and engineering. The book presents a systematic development of the underlying theory as well as a modern approach to Fourier, Laplace, Hankel, Mellin, Radon, Gabor, wavelet, and Z transforms. This third edition includes revised chapters, several new sections, new examples of applications, new exercises with solutions, and many more new features.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book describes the fundamental aspects of nonlinear optics from basic principles to applications. Starting from the polarization induced by an electric field in a material, it relates the induced polarization to the propagating fields. It describes the properties of the induced polarization through a material response expressed both in the time and frequency domains leading to the nonlinear wave equation. The second part of the book focuses on applications of nonlinear interaction between light and matter, and considers nonlinearities in crystals and optical fibers.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book discusses the concepts behind modern cryptography and details how programmers can use cryptography to maintain the privacy of computer data. It describes dozens of cryptography algorithms, gives practical advice on how to implement them into cryptographic software, and shows how they can be used to solve security problems. Covering recent developments in practical cryptographic techniques, it teaches readers how to build security into their software and systems. This book not only demonstrates the algorithms but also demonstrates how to implement them using C++.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Simulation is a widely used mechanism for validating the theoretical model of networking or communication systems. Although the claims made based on simulations are considered to be reliable, how reliable they really are is best determined with real-world implementation trials. This book addresses various issues covering different mechanisms related to simulation technologies in networking and communications fields. Focusing on the practice of simulation testing instead of the theory, it reviews and evaluates popular simulation modeling tools and recommends the best tools for specific tests.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Early recognition of problems by owners, appropriate first aid, and timely referral by field veterinarians improves the survival chance of horses requiring emergency management and critical care. With a view towards improving patient outcome, this text is written by a team of enthusiastic equine specialists who explore a host of conditions that the equine veterinarian will encounter. For each disease or condition, the book includes an overview, key points, etiology/pathogenesis, clinical features, differential diagnosis, diagnosis, and management/treatment. It also provides step-by-step instructions on frequently performed procedures when managing the emergency/critical care patient. The text features a concise, bullet-point style to facilitate quick assimilation, along with color photos and useful charts and diagrams.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Written for graduate students, professors, and researchers in the areas of elasticity and shell theories, this text contains a comprehensive account of tensor calculus (in both holonomic and anholonomic coordinate systems).

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is an invaluable practical guide for the management of benign, premalignant, and malignant skin lesions. This new edition provides clinical pearls to expand the use of cryosurgery for new indications along with the review of cutting-edge cryosurgical equipment. It discusses patient consent, aftercare, side effects, and complications. The book reviews other low-temperature systems for therapeutic tissue destruction. With nearly 300 clinical color photographs, the book is an outstanding resource for dermatologists, family physicians, other primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and plastic surgeons.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This edited volume presents the latest scientific research and application practice findings in the engineering field of maintenance and safety of aging infrastructure. The selected invited contributions will provide an overview of the use of advanced computational and/or experimental techniques in damage and vulnerability assessment as well as maintenance and retrofitting of aging structures and infrastructures (buildings, bridges, lifelines, etc) for minimization of losses and life-cycle-cost.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This fourth volume in a new series offers information on advances in the tribological aspects of innovative areas in micro- and nanodevices including MEMS, NEMS, biosurfactants, biolubricants, and bioemulsions. Written by a global team of respected authors, it serves as a reference for scientists and engineers developing advanced materials and devices where nanoscale understanding of the tribiological properties is critical. The text offers up-to-date coverage of the state of the art, with an emphasis on green solutions. Cutting-edge topics include the superlubricity of fullerness, nanotribology of SAMs, and the effect of surface texturing on tribological phenomena, among many others.