Contamination of Groundwaters
International experts have contributed key chapters to this major work on groundwater contamination. Section 1: Methodology and Modeling deals with both organic and inorganic contaminants, including those from agricultural operations. Section 2: Case Studies presents contamination scenarios with both inorganic and organic chemicals including agriculturally-related constituents, such as the nitrates.This important new publication is a welcome addition to the literature and will enhance recent information on methodology, modeling and real-world situations. It is of interest to scientists and planners in local and national government; environmental chemists, geochemists, geologists, and health and safety officers; river authorities; hydrologists; and the mining and land reclamation industries.
International Environmental Standards Handbook
The International Environmental Standards Handbook provides the necessary historical background to understand the current status of international environmental standards. The practicality of the book is evident in the inclusion of material: copies of available treaties, laws and standards, as well as recommendations for businesses.This book is an important tool for companies that are increasingly impacted by the global market. Today's companies need to know what environmental controls are in effect in various countries and how they impact the ability to compete. Lack of knowledge about - and noncompliance with - international standards results in reduced sales and partnership opportunities as well as liability and possible legal action against the company. This valuable comprehensive desk reference, suitable for the novice and the professional, provides a background in the origin of international environmental concerns and controls; the way in which these concerns manifested themselves in treaties, laws, and standards; how countries differ in current expectation; and, most importantly, the evolving consensus of using a universal quality assurance standard for environmental management. International Environmental Standards Handbook gives a structured method to improve environmental performance. It contains many of the environmental tools and methodologies that environmental managers can use for short-term and long-term business decision making in a global environment.
Principles of Environmental Thermodynamics and Kinetics
Environmental engineering, is by its very nature, interdisciplinary and it is a challenge to develop courses that will provide students with a thorough broad-based curriculum that includes every aspect of the environmental engineering profession. Environmental engineers perform a variety of functions, most critical of which are process design for waste treatment or pollution prevention, fate and transport modeling, green engineering, and risk assessment. Chemical thermodynamics and chemical kinetics, the two main pillars of physical chemistry, are two of the many subjects that are crucial to environmental engineering. Based on the success of the successes of previous editions, Principles of Environmental Thermodynamics and Kinetics, Fourth Edition, provides an overarching view of the applications of chemical thermodynamics and kinetics in various aspects of the field of environmental science and engineering. Written by experts in the field, this new edition offers an improved logical progression of the text with principles and applications, includes new case studies with current relevant environmental events and their relationship to thermodynamics and kinetics, and adds examples and problems for the updated environmental events. It also includes a comprehensive analysis of green engineering with relation applications, updated appendices, and an increased number of thermodynamic and kinetic data for chemical species. While it is primarily intended for undergraduate students at the junior/senior level, the breadth and scope of this book make it a valuable resource for introductory graduate courses and a useful reference for environmental engineers.
OECD Principles on Water Governance
The science-policy interface is critical to the design and implementation of water policies. In theory, scientists provide policy makers with robust facts and data that can help guide decision making, and lessons from the political economy of reforms can push scientific boundaries further to trigger further research for wise solutions. While evidence-based policy is obviously desirable, in practice such a connection is not always straightforward. Another assumption behind the science-policy gap is the discrepancy between scientists and policy makers in terms of culture, process, timing, language and expected outcome. This book tries to reconcile this discrepancy through a multi-stakeholder approach to authoring its different articles. This joint initiative between the OECD - particularly its Water Governance Initiative - and the International Water Resources Association seeks to provide a canvas for grounding water policy in science, and vice versa. The objective of this book, devoted to the OECD Principles on Water Governance, is to use the OECD Principles as a common thread across the articles to draw lessons from theoretical work and practical experiences in water governance reforms; but also to only feature papers authored by groups of diverse stakeholders from different institutional backgrounds. This book was originally published as a special issue of Water International.
Sustainable Retrofitting of Commercial Buildings
Whilst sustainability is already an important driver in the new building sector, this book explores how those involved in refurbishment of commercial building are moving this agenda forward. It includes chapters by developers, surveyors, cost consultants, architects, building physicists and other players, on the role they each can play in enabling refurbishment to be commercially, environmentally and socially sustainable. Case studies from northern climates show real examples of different building types, ages and uses and will demonstrate what action has been taken to create more sustainable buildings.The chapters raise and discuss all the relevant issues that need to be considered in retrofitting decision making. Changing standards, planning, process management, financing, technical issues, site organisation, commissioning and subsequent building management are all considered. The book demonstrates that buildings can be made comfortable to occupy, easy to manage and low in energy demand and environmental impact.
Sustainable Retrofitting of Commercial BuildingsWarm Climates
Despite recent improvements in energy efficiency being made in new build, it is important that the existing commercial building sector also take action to meet emission reduction targets. The objectives and challenges of such action will reduce the risk of the sector becoming obsolete due to high energy use and poor environmental performance.This book presents a theory-based, practice-support methodology to deal with sustainable retrofitting opportunities for existing commercial buildings in warm climates using bioclimatic design as the basis. The book has four main parts, focusing on eco-design and renovation, bioclimatic retrofitting, technological and behavioural change and case studies of retrofitting exemplars. In the first part, the context of climate change effects on design and renovation at the city scale is discussed. The second part looks at bioclimatic retrofitting as a 'design guide' for existing buildings, highlighting the significance of architectural design and engineering systems for energy performance. The technological and behavioural contexts of the existing building sector - policies, modelling, monitoring and trend analysis in respect to energy and environmental performance - are covered in part three. The final part gives some case studies showing the effectiveness of strategies suggested for effective environmental performance. This book is a must-have guide for all involved in the design and engineering of retrofitting projects in warm climates.
The Dawn of Astronomy - A Study of the Temple-Worship and Mythology of the Ancient Egyptians
This vintage work contains a fascinating investigation into Egyptian Astronomy. It contains an at-length discussion of the early astronomical views of the Egyptians, based upon a study of their temples and the mythology connected with their various cults. Written in clear language and profusely illustrated, this marvelous text will be of considerable value to those with an interest in ancient astronomy, and it makes for a great addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: The Worship of the Sun and the Dawn, The First Glimpses of Egyptian Astronomy, The Astronomical Basis of the Egyptian Pantheon, The Two Horizons, The Yearly Path of the Sun-God, The Probable Hor-Shesu Worship, et cetera. This book was first published in 1894, and is being republished now complete with a new introduction on the subject.
The Truth About Sweet Clover - Its Value For Honey, For Plowing Under, As A Fertilizer Of The Soil, And Food For Horses, Cattle, Swine, Sheep, Etc; And Last, But Not Least, As A Valuable Plant For The
This text comprises a compilation of articles that have appeared in 'Gleamings in Bee Culture' from 1905 to 1914, as well as clippings from various agricultural periodicals from far and wide. It provides information chiefly on the sweet-clover plant, and offers comments and observations on its value for honey, for plowing under, as a fertiliser of the soil, and as food for horses, cattle, swine, sheep... and more. Much of the information contained herein is timeless, and will be of as much use to the modern farmer as it was to those contemporary with the original publication of this volume. The chapters of this text include: 'Instructions for sweet-clover Growing', 'Testimonials from all over the World in Regard to the Value of the Sweet-clover Plant', 'Increasing the Pasturage by Sowing Sweet Clover', 'Frank Cloverdale's Experiments and Experiences', etcetera. This antique book was originally published in 1918, and we are proud to be republishing it here complete with a new introduction on farming.
The A.B.C. of Garden Pests and Diseases
"The A.B.C. of Garden Pests and Diseases is vintage work dealing with characteristics and nature of some well-known enemies and ailments of the plants and vegetables. With wonderful black and white illustrations and handy tips on distinguishing between garden friends and foes, this volume constitutes a must-have for any keen gardener and is not to be missed by collectors of vintage literature of this ilk. Contents include: "The Pest and Disease Problem Explained", "Hygiene in the Garden", "Pests that Attack Plants Generally", "The Pests of Vegetables", "The Diseases of Vegetables", "The Pests of Flowers", "The Diseases of Flowers", "The Pests of Fruit", "The Diseases of Fruit", "The Pests of Glasshouse Crops", "The Pests and Diseases of Lawns and Ornamental Trees", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening.
Theophrastus of Eresus on Winds and on Weather Signs - Translated, with an Introduction and Notes and an Appendix on the Direction, Number and Nomencl
Originally published in 1894. This is a fascinating read for any historian, but also contains much information that is still useful and practical today. Illustrated throughout it is a comprehensive and informative look at the subject. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Volume 253
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 total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.
Assessment of the Fate of Surrogates for Enteric Pathogens Resulting from the Surcharging
In the last ten years (2009-2019), flooding caused the death of over 48,000 people, and affected over 697 million people globally. This is expected to increase as a result of climate change, population growth and urbanisation. Floods can cause infections due to the release of water-borne pathogens from surcharged combined sewers and other sources of faecal contamination on urban surfaces such as concrete, asphalt, gravel, pavement, playground rubber tiles and grass. Using laboratory experiments with faecal indicator bacteria Escherichia coli, and with Bacillus subtilis spores, and MS2 bacteriophages under controlled exposure to simulated sunlight, this research contributes towards a better understanding of the environmental parameters that affect the concentration of pathogens in contaminated shallow water bodies and on different urban surfaces. Also, several sampling methods are assessed for the recovery of bacteria from flood-prone urban surfaces. This study suggests that given the sunlight conditions after an urban flood, the concentration of indicator organisms and of total suspended solids and the surface type it is possible to estimate the fate of selected pathogens. The observations and results presented in this study contribute to the development of policy-making tools for rapid implementation of appropriate measures to mitigate public health risks after flooding.This book: - highlights the relation of urban floods with water-borne diseases.-stresses for the first time the importance of urban surfaces (pavement, concrete, asphalt, etc.) on the inactivation of water-borne pathogens.-provides equations that can be used to develop policy-making tools for implementation of appropriate measures to mitigate public health risks after flooding.
Transparent Water Management TheorySefficiency in Sequity
1. Introduction1.1. Water Security, Governance or Management1.2. Bounded Rationality2. Terminology2.1. Water Use System (WUS)2.2. Pillars: Quantity, Quality, Benefits2.3. Water Use and Reuse2.4. Binary Opposites in Water2.5. Water Loss of flows and systems2.5.1. Unrecoverables3. Theory3.1. Five FIWs (Foundational Ideas about a WUS)3.2. Learning with Stakeholders3.3. Smart Water Use Systems4. Sefficiency (Sustainable efficiency)4.1. Proof of Sefficiency Indicators4.2. Levels of Management4.3. Weights4.3.1. Quality attribute4.3.2. Beneficial attribute4.3.3. Usefulness Criterion4.4. Trade-offs4.4.1. Jevons Paradox4.4.2. Differentials4.4.3. Graphs 4.5. Alternatives4.5.1. Classical Efficiency4.5.2. Water Productivity4.5.3. Effective Efficiency4.5.4. Resiliency5. Sequity (Sustainable equity)5.1. Segments5.2. Equity Revisited5.3. Targets5.4. Policies5.4.1. Type I5.4.2. Type II5.4.3. Type III5.4.4. Type IV5.5. Reality Check5.6. Phases in decision-making6. Applications 6.1. An Illusion6.2. Urban 16.3. Urban 26.4. Farm6.5. Water, Energy, Food7. Annexes7.1. Symbols7.2. Sefficiency template7.3. Equivalency7.4. Evapotranspiration 7.4.1. Temperature7.4.2. Penman-Monteith7.4.3. Hargreaves-SamaniReferences
Verfahrenstechnische Untersuchungen Zur Recyclingf瓣higkeit Von Carbonbeton
Jan Kortmann untersucht in diesem Buch, ob der Gesundheitsschutz und die Recyclingf瓣higkeit potenzielle Markteintrittsbarrieren f羹r den Verbundbaustoff Carbonbeton darstellen. F羹r die Fragestellung, ob Carbonbeton wiederverwendet werden kann, wurden Recyclingverfahren analysiert und Verwertungsoptionen f羹r die anfallenden Materialfraktionen aufgezeigt. Zur Sicherstellung des Gesundheitsschutzes wurden Faseremissionen aus Ver- und Bearbeitung von Carbonbeton erhoben und das Gesundheitsgef瓣hrdungspotenzial beurteilt.
HeisszeitMit Vollgas in Die Klimakatastrophe - Und Wie Wir Auf Die Bremse Treten
Dass unser Umgang mit fossilen Brennstoffen zu einer Erwarmung des globalen Klimas fuhrt, ist seit Jahrzehnten bekannt. Doch anstatt endlich den Anstieg der weltweiten Temperatur zu begrenzen, steigern wir unseren Ausstoss von CO2 noch. Angesichts populistischer Regierungen, die den Klimawandel wider besseres Wissen leugnen, aber auch Bewegungen wie Fridays for Future, ergreift der prominente Klima- und Meeresforscher Mojib Latif noch einmal das Wort. Sein Credo: Die Physik lasst nicht mit sich verhandeln. Mit der Natur kann man keine Kompromisse schliessen. Und: Schnelles Handeln ist notig. Nuchtern und gut verstandlich prasentiert Latif die Fakten. Ein flammender Appell, diese Fakten endlich ernst zu nehmen. Mit einem Sonderkapitel zu den Auswirkungen der Corona-Krise auf unseren Umgang mit dem Klimawandel.
Ecology and Conservation of Tropical Ungulates in Latin America
This book brings together the latest information on tropical ungulates in different Latin American countries. These animals are not only important from the point of view of their role in different ecosystems, but also have cultural value for people. The book also discusses topics such as habitat transformation and hunting as these species are an important source of food in many places. Addressing ungulate natural communities in diverse ecosystems and countries, the book provides information on specific aspects of each of the most representative species, and highlights topics to help readers better understand these species and develop effective management and conservation strategies. The information presented also reveals the need for more knowledge and will hopefully provide the incentive for continued studies on this important group of animals. This publication serves as a reference for academic research on ungulate ecology, behavior and dynamics, as well as the basis for conservationstrategies.
Pollution of Water Bodies in Latin America
Preface.- Historical findings on presence of pollutans in water bodies in Latin America and their ecotoxicological impact.- Toxicity produced by an industrial effluent from Mexico on the common carp (Cyprinus carpio).- Pesticide contamination in Southern Brazil.- Embryotoxicity and teratogenicity induced by naproxen in Xenopus laevis, species of ecological interest in Mexico.- Differential responses of biochemical and behavioral parameters in the native gastropod Chilina gibbosa exposed subchronically to environmental concentrations of two insecticides used in argentina.- Oxidative stress induced by water from a hospital effluent of the city of Toluca, Mexico on Hyalella azteca.- Evaluation of the toxicity of municipal effluents from a locality in the State of Mexico using Hyalella azteca as a bioindicator.- Analysis of heavy metals present on air through the toxicity analysis in water by the gas washer method, using the organism Daphnia magna.- Ecotoxicological Studies of Metal Pollution in Sea Turtles of Latin America.- Evaluation of the toxicity of an industrial effluent before and after a treatment with Sn-modified TiO2 under UV irradiation through oxidative stress biomarkers.- Effects of river pollution on its biota: results from twenty years studies in the Suqu穩a River Basin (C籀rdoba, Argentina).- Effects found and induced by the presence of metals in species of the economic and ecological importance of Mexican aquatic environments.- Environmental Pollution by Hydrocarbons in Colombia and its Impact on the Health of Aquatic Ecosystems.- Biomonitoring of diffuse contamination in the Subtropical Region of Brazil: Multibiomarker Assessment in neotropical freshwater fishes.- Genotoxicity biomarkers in fish erythrocytes and water quality parameters.- Health diagnosis of the fish Scomberomorus cavalla from Tecolutla, Ver. M矇xico.- Histopathological assessment of organisms in ecotoxicological studies from Mexico.- Histopathological analysis of the intestine from Mugil cephalus on environment reference sites.- Impacts caused by manganese in the aquatic environments of Brazil.- Genotoxic effect of amoxicillin on peripheral blood of common carp (Cyprinus carpio).- Final conclusions.- Index.
Manufactured Uncertainty
Wide-ranging critique of the epistemological and ethical assumptions that underlie contemporary debates concerning climate change.In this provocative work, Lorraine Code returns to the idea of "epistemic responsibility," as developed in her influential 1987 book of the same name, to confront the telling new challenges we now face to know the world with some sense of responsibility to other "knowers" and to the sustaining, nonhuman world. Manufactured Uncertainty focuses centrally on the environmental and cultural crises arising from postindustrial, man-made climate change, which have spawned new forms of passionately partisan social media that directly challenge all efforts to know with a sense of collective responsibility. How can we agree to act together, Code asks, even in the face of inevitable uncertainty, given the truly life-threatening stakes of today's social and political challenges? How can we engage responsibly with those who take every argument for an environmentally grounded epistemology as an unacceptable challenge to their assumed freedoms, comforts, and "rights?" Through searching critical dialogue with leading epistemologists, cultural theorists, and feminist scholars, this book poses a timely challenge to all thoughtful knowers who seek to articulate an expanded and deepened sense of epistemic responsibility-to a human society and a natural world embraced, together, in the most inclusive spirit.
聶Qu矇 es Dios? 聶Y qu矇 somos nosotros?
Este libro brinda elementos cient穩ficos y b穩blicos que sustentan que la existencia de una conciencia creadora es realmente factible, adem獺s, el c籀mo estamos vinculado a ella y cu獺l debe ser nuestra raz籀n existencial a partir de esto (como personas y sociedad humana). Mostr獺ndose as穩, que la ciencia y la religi籀n no son antag籀nicas y que un d穩a pol穩tica, religi籀n y ciencia ser獺n un mismo cuerpo (la trinidad social futura).
Covid-19 How it made us feelLife in lockdown during the CoronaVirus pandemic
An eclectic anthology of life during lockdown of Covid-19 worldwide pandemic. Vastly different personalities, one same experience, many varied feelings but one same wish.Academics, scientists, retail workers, front line NHS staff, carers, patients, a housewife, an MBE guy all afraid of the pandemic. 12 authors coming together to form a memoir style piece each telling a collection of feelings, life experiences and thoughts during lockdown.
Impact of Climate Change on Road Transport Infrastructure in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria
This study investigates the impact of climate change on road transport infrastructure in Lagos metropolis Nigeria. Thirty years (1985-2014) climatic data on temperature, rainfall and humidity were obtained from Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET) Lagos to evaluate trends in climatic parameters in the metropolis. Nine years (2006-2014) road infrastructure maintenance records were collected from Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) to examine the magnitude of road facility maintained. Data were also generated from the sixteen roads randomly selected within the metropolis to assess road conditions. Primary data were obtained from 0.01% (1,100) of the total population on whom structured questionnaires were administered using random sampling technique. Descriptive statistics was employed to analyse trend of climatic variables; residents' awareness of climate change as well as physical and operational impacts of climate change. Multinomial Logistic Regression (MLR) was used to examine relationship between socio-economic characteristics of residents and climate change awareness. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to examine intra-urban variations in road condition, while Multiple Regression analysis was used to examine relationship between climate change and road infrastructure.
A Crowning SyndromeACrowning Syndromethat changed the world order
A crowning syndrome that changed the world order. Did it start at Wuhan and will it end only there? Or will it wipe away humans as part of the evolution theory?Indirectly it impacts businesses, politics and religions.What are our priorities now; economy, food or population? Or terrorism, wars, and the weapons in their hands?Should we not concentrate on Health Care, and stop manipulating Hopes?Or are we bent upon knocking at the doors of computer models and a vaccine as we fail to escape the doors of death?Mike Rana's book tries answering these questions in simple words and tells us how the new world order has changed and how should it hence be maintained.
Advances in Waste Processing Technology
This book highlights the latest research on waste processing technologies, particularly for domestic, agricultural, and petroleum based pollutants, intended to achieve waste valorisation. In addition, it discusses the important role of plastic recycling, as well as advanced waste processing techniques.
Le probl癡me de la mort, ses solutions imaginaires et la science positive. 3e 矇dition
Le probl癡me de la mort: ses solutions imaginaires et la science positive (3e 矇dition) / par Louis BourdeauDate de l'矇dition originale: 1900Le pr矇sent ouvrage s'inscrit dans une politique de conservation patrimoniale des ouvrages de la litt矇rature Fran癟aise mise en place avec la BNF. HACHETTE LIVRE et la BNF proposent ainsi un catalogue de titres indisponibles, la BNF ayant num矇ris矇 ces oeuvres et HACHETTE LIVRE les imprimant ? la demande. Certains de ces ouvrages refl癡tent des courants de pens矇e caract矇ristiques de leur 矇poque, mais qui seraient aujourd'hui jug矇s condamnables. Ils n'en appartiennent pas moins ? l'histoire des id矇es en France et sont susceptibles de pr矇senter un int矇r礙t scientifique ou historique. Le sens de notre d矇marche 矇ditoriale consiste ainsi ? permettre l'acc癡s ? ces oeuvres sans pour autant que nous en cautionnions en aucune fa癟on le contenu. Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr
Oceans of the Future
A new series of science books for teens that explores the many ways in which global warming may change our daily weather, alter our long-term climate, and present new challenges to our way of life.Global warming is likely to alter ocean levels and temperatures. How will this affect worldwide weather patterns in future decades? Are we likely to see more violent weather, and how will oceans contribute to this trend?
Zukunftsf瓣higkeit gestalten; Untersuchung nachhaltiger Strukturen soziokultureller Zentren
F羹r 羹ber 600 soziokulturelle Zentren und Kulturinitiativen in Deutschland liegen kaum fundierte Handlungsans瓣tze f羹r eine nachhaltige Ausrichtung vor, weder auf Landes- noch auf Bundesebene. Zu fragen ist: Wie k繹nnen zukunftsweisende Wege der Kulturbetriebe gestaltet werden? Welche Kriterien sind heranzuziehen? Welche Beitr瓣ge zur Nachhaltigkeit sind wesentlich und leistbar? Die hier vorliegende qualitative Studie untersucht beispielhaft 13 soziokulturelle Zentren aus Hessen und Nordrhein-Westfalen unter Ber羹cksichtigung bundesweiter Erhebungen. Offenbart werden deutliche Desiderate und nicht genutzte Entwicklungspotentiale. Sie bietet erste Starthilfen, Wegweiser und Positionslichter, die f羹r eine strategische, zukunftsweisende Perspektive f繹rderlich sein k繹nnen - nicht nur f羹r soziokulturelle Zentren.
Science Snippets
Science Snippets is a compilation of brief, clear and simple columns published in a small town newspaper. They describe famed doctors and scientists, human senses, aging, various diseases, drugs and little known facts about many species, including their contributions to scientific research.. Max Sherman, the author, is a medical writer with years of experience and an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. Two of his previous books, Eclectic Science and From Alzheimer's to Zebrafish are available from the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society and Amazon. He is also the editor of the Medical Device Packaging Handbook and the Medical Device Validation Handbook and can be reached by email at maxsherman339@gmail.com.
The Plastics Paradox
The Plastics Paradox is the first and only book to reveal the truth about plastics and the environment. Based on over 400 scientific articles, it dispels the myths that the public believe today. We are told that plastics are not green when in fact, they are usually the greenest choice according to lifecycle analysis (LCA) We are told that plastics create a waste problem when they are proven to dramatically reduce waste, for example replacing 1lb of plastic requires 3-4lb of the replacement material We are told that plastics take 1000 years to degrade when in fact a plastic bag disintegrates in just one year outdoors We are led to believe that plastic bags and straws are an issue when in fact they barely register in the statistics The list goes on... Everything you believe now is untrue and we are making policies that harm the environment based on bad information. After reading The Plastics Paradox you will be able to make wise choices that help create a brighter future for us and for our children.
The Periodic Table of the Elements of Green and Sustainable ChemistryThePeriodic Table of
For over two decades, green chemistry and green engineering have been designing, discovering, inventing, and implementing new innovations that make our material world more sustainable. In order to move this science and technology to large scale with the urgency required to transform our society, the tools of sustainable chemistry will be needed. The Periodic Table of the Elements of Green and Sustainable Chemistry uses the metaphor of Mendeleev's 150 year-old framework to illustrate the varied and diverse approaches, conceptual constructs, tools, metrics, and policies that will be needed to move rapidly toward a sustainable civilization. Just as the original Periodic Table of the Elements has added many new elements, so it is true of this incarnation where new "elements" will be discovered along this important and necessary journey.
The Plastics Paradox
The Plastics Paradox is the first and only book to reveal the truth about plastics and the environment. Based on over 400 scientific articles, it dispels the myths that the public believe today.We are told that plastics are not green when in fact, they are usually the greenest choice according to lifecycle analysis (LCA)We are told that plastics create a waste problem when they are proven to dramatically reduce waste, for example replacing 1lb of plastic requires 3-4lb of the replacement materialWe are told that plastics take 1000 years to degrade when in fact a plastic bag disintegrates in just one year outdoorsWe are led to believe that plastic bags and straws are an issue when in fact they barely register in the statisticsThe list goes on...Everything you believe now is untrue and we are making policies that harm the environment based on bad information. After reading The Plastics Paradox you will be able to make wise choices that help create a brighter future for us and for our children.
El Cambio Climatico
El libro trata sobre uno de los riesgos m獺s importante que enfrenta la humanidad de nuestros tiempos: El Cambio Clim獺tico, que contiene cinco cap穩tulos donde se ordenan los conocimientos siguiendo una secuencia l籀gica para su f獺cil compresi籀n. El primer cap穩tulo trata sobre el sistema clim獺tico y sus componentes, as穩 como el problema fundamental; el exceso de emisiones de gases efecto invernadero acumulados en la atm籀sfera son los causantes del calentamiento global, que origina un cambio en el clima, lo que origina riesgos e impactos sobre los componentes naturales del planeta, el ser humano y sus medios de vida. En el cap穩tulo final se realiza un breve an獺lisis sobre los resultados de las negociaciones internacionales de cambio clim獺tico, desde sus inicios, hasta el acuerdo de Par穩s y los obst獺culos actuales.
Framtidshopp eller klimat疇ngest?Himmel eller helvete
Om vi tror p疇 att de 疇tg瓣rder som nu vidtas kommer att l繹sa v瓣xthusgasproblemen. D疇 kan vi se fram emot en ljus framtid, f繹r det som fordras 瓣r inte stora livsstilsf繹r瓣ndringar. ?r vi pessimistiska och oroar oss f繹r framtiden s疇 tror vi inte att v疇ra 疇tg瓣rder 瓣r tillr瓣ckliga och vi f疇r uppleva ett klimat med stora f繹r瓣ndringar till det s瓣mre och v疇rt samh瓣llet och vi kommer att uts瓣ttas f繹r stora f繹r瓣ndringar, som vi inte alltid upplever som positiva.
Arctic Plants of Svalbard
The Arctic is a special world. The Arctic Ocean is covered by white sea ice, and its margins are surrounded by bare terrestrial regions, known as tundra. Tundra is a cold and dry environment without trees, but even in the absence of trees, tundra plants such as dwarf shrubs, grasses, herbs and moss support the harsh environment by providing sustenance and shelter. This book introduces representative arctic plants and their function in Svalbard, revealing the unique tundra ecosystem, and discussing the direct and indirect effects of climate change in the Arctic.
Lipopolysaccharides （LPSs）
The cytoplasm of Gram-negative bacteria is bound by three layers: an inner membrane, a layer of peptidoglycan, and an outer membrane. The outer membrane is an asymmetric lipidic bilayer, with phospholipids on its inner surface and lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) on the outside, with the latter being the major component of the outer leaflet and covering nearly three-quarters of the total outer cell surface. All LPSs possess the same general chemical architecture independently of bacterial activity (pathogenic, symbiotic, commensal), ecological niche (human, animal, soil, plant, water), or growth conditions. Endotoxins are large amphiphilic molecules consisting of a hydrophilic polysaccharide component and a covalently bound hydrophobic and highly conserved lipid component, termed lipid A (the endotoxin subunit). The polysaccharide component can be divided into two subdomains: the internal and conserved core region as well as the more external and highly variable O-specific chain, also referred to as the O-antigen due to its immunogenic properties. LPSs are endotoxins, one of the most potent class of activators of the mammalian immune system; they can be released from cell surfaces of bacteria during multiplication, lysis, and death. LPS can act through its biological center (lipid A component) on various cell types, of which macrophages and monocytes are the most important.
Major Histocompatibility Complex （MHC） in Health and Disease
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a highly polymorphic and diverse multigene locus in all jawed vertebrate species that has an integral role in adaptive/innate immune systems, transplantation, and infectious and autoimmune diseases. The MHC supra-locus in mammalian vertebrates is usually partitioned into three distinct regions, known as classes I, II, and III, which, to varying extents, can be found conserved in nonmammalian jawed vertebrates, such as bony fish, amphibians, and bird lineages. The MHC gene region is characterized particularly by the expression of class I and class II glycoproteins that bind peptides derived from intracellular or extracellular antigens to circulating T-cells. While this expressed antigenic specificity remains the predominant interest with respect to MHC function and polymorphism in a population, a broader concept has emerged that examines the MHC as a multifunctional polymorphic controller that facilitates and regulates genome diversity with a much greater array of functions and effects than just MHC-restricted antigen recognition. This volume of 19 reprints presented by various experts and collected from the Special Issue of Cells on "MHC in Health and Disease" covers a broad range of topics on the genomic diversity of the MHC regulatory system in various vertebrate species, including MHC class I, II, and III genes; innate and adaptive immunity; neurology; transplantation; haplotypes; infectious and autoimmune diseases; fecundity; conservation; allelic lineages; and evolution. Taken together, these articles demonstrate the immense complexity and diversity of the MHC structure and function within and between different vertebrate species.
Sipmo 2019
The biennial Congress of the Italian Society of Oral Pathology and Medicine (SIPMO) is an International meeting dedicated to the growing diagnostic challenges in the oral pathology and medicine field. The III International and XV National edition will be a chance to discuss clinical conditions which are unusual, rare, or difficult to define. Many consolidated national and international research groups will be involved in the debate and discussion through special guest lecturers, academic dissertations, single clinical case presentations, posters, and degree thesis discussions. The SIPMO Congress took place from the 17th to the 19th of October 2019 in Bari (Italy), and the enclosed copy of Proceedings is a non-exhaustive collection of abstracts from the SIPMO 2019 contributions.
Early Life Nutrition and Future Health
Inequity starts before birth and is programmed in part by nutritional exposures. If these exposures occur around the time of conception, during pregnancy, and/or in infancy or childhood (all critical periods of development) they may alter a child's health trajectory and impact risk for impaired cognition and learning, and cardiometabolic, immune, and neuropsychiatric diseases and disorders. This Special Issue on "Early Life Nutrition and Future Health" has the following aims: 1) understand the origins of offspring health inequities from an early nutritional perspective; 2) uncover new insights into the environmental, biological, and social mechanisms that underpin these health outcomes in offspring; and 3) present novel targets and approaches to optimise health trajectories and prevent chronic diseases and disorders in later life and across generations. The research projects included herein highlight novel mechanistic, epidemiologic, and intervention studies that target key windows where nutrition has the greatest influence on future health (preconception, prenatal, and postnatal periods) and that explore vulnerable populations and animal models of early life nutritional programming.
Sugarloaf
Listen for the calls of nesting ravens and warblers, watch the growth of wild geranium and black cohosh, and savor the first autumn blush in the tupelo trees. Revel, as did Frank Lloyd Wright, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt--among generations of other amateur naturalists--in the remarkable natural, historical, and geological treasures of Sugarloaf, the Maryland Piedmont's only mountain.A favored destination of nearly one-quarter million visitors each year, some 35 miles northwest of Washington, D.C., and 50 miles west of Baltimore, Sugarloaf is a National Natural Landmark and privately owned park that is open to the public year-round. In this natural history and guidebook, Melanie Choukas-Bradley presents a fascinating blend of local, natural, and historical detail that transports the reader simultaneously onto the slopes of today's mountain and into the region's past. Discover why prominent architects and real estate barons have found the land so compelling, why preservationists and botanists strive to protect the natural habitat of so many native species, and why families return again and again to hike, study flora and fauna, and picnic at Sugarloaf.Choukas-Bradley lists practical information on how and when you might best enjoy a visit to the trails, wildflowers, and seasonal variations of the land. Her text is beautifully complemented by Tina Thieme Brown's pen-and-ink illustrations.
Carbon Management for Promoting Local Livelihood in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (Hkh) Region
Discusses carbon management and its linkages with livelihood improvement of the fragile communities of the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) regionFocuses on a region that has multidimensional ecological, economic, cultural and environmental significanceSheds new light on the social, economic, and policy perspectives associated with carbon management
Extracellular Matrix Remodeling
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is where cells live. It is composed of collagen and elastic fibers, glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans, and several glycoproteins. In most tissues, fibril-forming collagen type I is the major constituent of ECM.The function of the ECM goes beyond providing mechanical support to cells and tissues. As cells are embedded into the ECM and interact with its components through their surface receptors, cell-ECM interaction plays a key role in influencing different cell activities, such as cell proliferation and migration. The ECM also sequesters and releases growth factors affecting important cellular pathways. Overall, the ECM strongly influences and affects cell behavior and tissue homeostasis.ECM is a highly dynamic structural network that continuously undergoes controlled remodeling mediated by matrix-degrading enzymes, the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), under normal conditions.Quantitative and qualitative deregulation of ECM remodeling and, especially, of collagen turnover, is responsible for the alteration of ECM composition and structure, associated with the development and progression of several pathological conditions, such as organ fibrosis (determined by the abnormal accumulation of ECM components) and tumor invasion.The understanding of the diverse biological roles and properties of the ECM components is pivotal to the development of new therapeutic tools for disease treatment.
The Last Ranch
In a book that is "must reading for those interested in the future of the american West" (Kirkus Reviews), Bingham shows how ranchers in Colorado's San Luis Valley-along with a Rhodesian expert, a Canadian billionaire, and a Hindu mathematician-coped with an unfolding environmental disaster: the rapid desertification of their land.
A Life of Its Own
Is water a natural resource, or is it a commodity, to be sold for industrial, residential, and agricultural use? In the arid American West, this question is crucial, because water-or lack of it-affects every aspect of life. Index.
Green Guerrillas
Profiles the people on the front-line of an environmental war, from indigenous groups and forest settlers to fishing communities, peasant farmers, flower workers, shanty-town activists and many more.
Growth and Ecosystem Services of Urban Trees
Numerous studies indicate an accelerated growth of forest trees, induced by ongoing climate change. Similar trends were recently found for urban trees in major cities worldwide. Studies frequently report about substantial effects of climate change and the urban heat island effect (UHI) on plant growth. The combined effects of increasing temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and extended growing season lengths, in addition to increasing nitrogen deposition and higher CO2 concentrations, can increase but also reduce plant growth. Closely related to this, the multiple functions and services provided by urban trees may be modified. Urban trees generate numerous ecosystem services, including carbon storage, mitigation of the heat island effect, reduction of rainwater runoff, pollutant filtering, recreation effects, shading, and cooling. The quantity of the ecosystem services is often closely associated with the species, structure, age, and size of the tree as well as with a tree's vitality. Therefore, greening cities, and particularly planting trees, seems to be an effective option to mitigate climate change and the UHI. The focus of this Special Issue is to underline the importance of trees as part of the urban green areas for major cities in all climate zones. Empirical as well as modeling studies of urban tree growth and their services and disservices in cities worldwide are included. Articles about the dynamics, structures, and functions of urban trees as well as the influence of climate and climate change on urban tree growth, urban species composition, carbon storage, and biodiversity are also discussed.
An Annotated Bibliography on Rural Transport
Rural transport in developing countries has received increasing attention in development policy, and research and field experience has generated a number of books, articles and documents from organizations working in a variety of locations throughout the developing world. The International Forum for Rural Transport and Development and the International Labour Organisation have collected and annotated details of well over 100 of these books and documents. Information is also given on where to acquire or gain access to much of this material, including some of the most interesting and significant work which exists in unpublished and inaccessible form. The present book brings together the abstracts of a selection of relevant documents on a number of transport-related areas, namely, infrastructure, intermediate means of transport, transport services, policy and institutional issues, financial and planning issues and gender issues.
Physiological Responses to Abiotic and Biotic Stress in Forest Trees
As sessile organisms, plants have to cope with a multitude of natural and anthropogenic forms of stress in their environment. Due to their longevity, this is of particular significance for trees. As a consequence, trees develop an orchestra of resilience and resistance mechanisms to biotic and abiotic stresses in order to support their growth and development in a constantly changing atmospheric and pedospheric environment. The objective of this Special Issue of Forests is to summarize state-of-art knowledge and report the current progress on the processes that determine the resilience and resistance of trees from different zonobiomes as well as all forms of biotic and abiotic stress from the molecular to the whole tree level.
