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Sandhu, Shabeg S |
In Situ Evaluation of Biological Hazards of Environmental Pollutants |
I01727 |
1990 |
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Cairns, John |
Ecoaccidents |
I01518 |
1985 |
eBook |
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Weidlich, W |
Concepts and Models of a Quantitative Sociology |
I01516 |
1983 |
eBook |
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Mikhailov, Alexander S |
Foundations of Synergetics I |
I01353 |
1990 |
eBook |
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| 25 |
Campbell, Gaylon S |
An Introduction to Environmental Biophysics |
I01347 |
1977 |
eBook |
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| 26 |
Pawlowski, Lucjan |
Chemistry for the Protection of the Environment 2 |
I00941 |
1996 |
eBook |
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Hutchinson, Thomas C |
Effects of Acid Precipitation on Terrestrial Ecosystems |
I00836 |
1980 |
eBook |
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White, James C |
Global Climate Change |
I00636 |
1992 |
eBook |
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| 29 |
Cooley, June H |
Trends in Ecological Research for the 1980s |
I00563 |
1984 |
eBook |
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Gurkaynak, M. R |
Human Consequences of Crowding |
I00558 |
1979 |
eBook |
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| Title | In Situ Evaluation of Biological Hazards of Environmental Pollutants |
| Author(s) | Sandhu, Shabeg S;Lower, William R;de Serres, Frederick J;Suk, William A;Tice, Raymond R |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1990. |
| Description | 290 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The study of the relationship between environmental pollution and human health is in its infancy. The number of substances and mixtures that have been identified in uncontrolled hazardous waste sites or that have been in?? advertently released into the environment is large and data on how thes~ substances are modified as they interact with one another as they migrate through soil, air, and water are limited. There are also limits on our un?? derstanding of how these substances may be ingested, inhaled, or absorbed by people. The complexity of possible interactions between biological, chemical, and physical components in a given environment makes it virtually impossible to evaluate the potential for adverse biological effects ade?? quately in the laboratory. Other, more comprehensive methods which provide realistic and interpretable results must be used. Many scientists believe that humans represent the ultimate sentinel species of a toxic exposure re?? sUlting from environmental pollution, however such exposures may also se?? verely impact environmental health. There exists a wide variety of organ?? isms in the natural environment that could be used to provide an early warning for potential human health effects as well as to indicate adverse ecological effects. The issue of effective utilization of sentinel species for environment?? al monitoring is a rapidly developing area of research which has grown in importance during the last decade |
| ISBN,Price | 9781468458084 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applied ecology
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. ECOLOGY
5. Ecology??
6. Ecotoxicology
7. Waste management
8. Waste Management/Waste Technology
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| Title | Ecoaccidents |
| Author(s) | Cairns, John |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1985. |
| Description | VIII, 164 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Dr. Hueck explains in the "History and Development of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop" some ideas on the genesis of the Workshop. The reader should understand that this volume is a preliminary analysis of a problem that has not received much attention. The case histories, for example, are illustrative because one volume cannot include all histories, or even those in Europe. Consequently, case histories are lacking on many parts of the world, including central Europe and North America, not because these are unimportant or less disastrous ecologically than the case histories covered, but because selecting only a few illustrative cases was possible. The geographic and ecological coverage was originally much broader, but, unfortunately, some participants were unable to attend and this resulted in an even more skewed distribution geographically. However, participants generally agreed that the information necessary to analyze the problem was covered in sufficient depth by those in attendance and that other case histories would have been interesting, but would probably not have caused substantive changes in the conclusions or recommendations. The Workshop organizers did not selectively choose people, companies, or countries to the exclusion of others. The committee selected a broad array of people, countries, and industries, and the participants were those able to corne, prepare a manuscript, and meet the other conditions. Thus, what appears to be a skewed distribution was not planned as such, but was the consequence of people being unable to attend for various reasons |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461594505 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. ECOLOGY
4. Ecology??
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| Title | Concepts and Models of a Quantitative Sociology : The Dynamics of Interacting Populations |
| Author(s) | Weidlich, W;Haag, G |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1983. |
| Description | XII, 220 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | While the volumes hitherto published in the Springer Series in Synergetics have been devoted almost exclusively to the self-organized formation of structures in physics, chemistry and biology, the present monograph by Weidlich and Haag deals with the formation of "structures" (or "patterns") in society. At first glance it would seem a daring enterprise to deal with the complex processes in society using concepts and methods first developed in physics. But over the past decade it has been shown that there is a large class of phenomena in a variety of fields to which unifying concepts can be applied. This is particulary true of situations in which a system composed of many parts or individuals acquires a new structure on macroscopic scales. Indeed, this is the definition of synergetics which I formulated more than a decade ago, and which formed the basis of my survey on the profound analogies in the behaviour of complex systems, includ?? ing those of sociology (H. Haken: Synergetics. An Introduction, Volume 1 of this series). As I have pointed out on many occasions, the universal validity of these concepts is neither accidental nor is it caused by a mere extension of physical rules to other fields, but is instead a consequence of deep-rooted struc?? tural properties of systems of interacting parts which are due to rigorous mathe?? maticallaws. Generally speaking, concepts and methods originally used in physics can be applied to sociological phenomena in two ways |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642817892 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Business
2. Business and Management, general
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. ECOLOGY
6. Ecology??
7. Management science
8. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
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| Title | Foundations of Synergetics I : Distributed Active Systems |
| Author(s) | Mikhailov, Alexander S |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1990. |
| Description | XII, 213 p. 12 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book gives an introduction to the mathematical theory of cooperative behavior in active systems of various origins, both natural and artificial. It is based on a lecture course in synergetics which I held for almost ten years at the University of Moscow. The first volume deals mainly with the problems of pattern fonnation and the properties of self-organized regular patterns in distributed active systems. It also contains a discussion of distributed analog information processing which is based on the cooperative dynamics of active systems. The second volume is devoted to the stochastic aspects of self-organization and the properties of self-established chaos. I have tried to avoid delving into particular applications. The primary intention is to present general mathematical models that describe the principal kinds of coopera?? tive behavior in distributed active systems. Simple examples, ranging from chemical physics to economics, serve only as illustrations of the typical context in which a particular model can apply. The manner of exposition is more in the tradition of theoretical physics than of in mathematics: Elaborate fonnal proofs and rigorous estimates are often replaced the text by arguments based on an intuitive understanding of the relevant models. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of this book, its readers might well come from very diverse fields of endeavor. It was therefore desirable to minimize the re?? quired preliminary knowledge. Generally, a standard university course in differential calculus and linear algebra is sufficient |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642785566 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. ECOLOGY
4. Ecology??
5. ECONOMIC THEORY
6. Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods
7. GEOLOGY
8. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
9. MICROPROCESSORS
10. PATTERN RECOGNITION
11. Processor Architectures
12. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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| Title | An Introduction to Environmental Biophysics |
| Author(s) | Campbell, Gaylon S |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 1977. |
| Description | XV, 159 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The study of environmental biophysics probably began earlier in man's history than that of any other science. The study of organism-environment interaction provided a key to survival and progress. Systematic study of the science and recording of experimental results goes back many hundreds of years. Ben?? jamin Franklin, the early American statesman, inventor, printer, and scientist studied conduction, evaporation, and radiation. One of his observations is as follows: My desk on which I now write, and the lock of my desk, are both exposed to the same temperature of the air, and have therefore the same degree of heat or cold; yet if I lay my hand successively on the wood and on the metal, the latter feels much the coldest, not that it is really so, but being a better conductor, it more readily than the wood takes away and draws into itself the fire that was in my skin. 1 Franklin probably was not the first to discover this principle, and certainly was not the last. Modem researchers rediscover this principle frequently in their own work. It is sometimes surprising how slowly progress is made. Progress in environmental biophysics, since the observa?? tions of Franklin and others, has been mainly in two areas: use of mathematical models to quantify rates of heat and mass transfer and use of the continuity equation that has led to energy budget analyses |
| ISBN,Price | 9781468499179 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics
2. BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS
3. BIOPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
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7. Ecology??
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| Title | Chemistry for the Protection of the Environment 2 |
| Author(s) | Pawlowski, Lucjan;Lacy, William J;Uchrin, Christopher G;Dudzinska, Marzenna R |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1996. |
| Description | 460 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Over the past two decades, this environmental conference series has emerged to be?? come one of the major international forums on the chemical aspects of environmental pro?? tection. The forum is called Chemistry for the Protection of the Environment (CPE). The sponsors of this CPE series have included the Chemical Societies of Poland, France, Bel?? gium, Italy, Egypt, and the U.S.A., the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Society of Testing and Materials, the International Ozone Association, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the Ministries of the Environment of Poland, France, Belgium, and Italy, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, more than twenty universities and institutes of higher learning, and five national academies of sciences. The first meeting in this series was organized by Prof. Pawlowski and Dr. Lacy in 1976 at the Marie Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland. The conference dealt with various physicochemical methodologies for water and wastewater treatment research projects that were jointly sponsored by U.S. EPA and Poland |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461304050 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. CHEMISTRY
2. Chemistry/Food Science, general
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. ECOLOGY
6. Ecology??
7. Ecotoxicology
8. ENVIRONMENT
9. Environment, general
10. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
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| Title | Effects of Acid Precipitation on Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| Author(s) | Hutchinson, Thomas C;Havas, M |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1980. |
| Description | 654 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This volume contains papers presented at a NATO Advanced Research Institute, sponsored by their Eco-Sciences Panel, on "The effects of acid precipitation on vegetation and soils," held at Toronto, Canada from May 22-26, 1978. The organizing expenses and greater part of the expenses of the speakers and chair~en were provided by N.A.T.O. The scientific programme was planned by T. C. Hutchinson together with an international planning committee of G. Abrahamsen (Norway), G. Likens (U.S.A.), F.E. Last (U.K.), C.O. Tamm (Sweden) and B. Ulrich (W. Germany). Many of the dimensions of the 'acid rain' problem are common to countries of northern Europe and North America. The developing awareness over the past ten years of the international nature of the acid rain phenomenon has lead to studies documenting damaging effects on susceptible freshwater bodies. Large areas of the Canadian Pre-Cambrian Shield, with its extension into the United States, and the granitic areas of southern Norwayand Sweden contain lakes which are in the process of acidification. The biological resources of these affected areas are of considerable national concern. However, while clearly damaging effects of acidification on freshwater systems have been well documented, the impact of acid precipitation on terrestrial systems has not been so well understood |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461330332 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
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| Title | Trends in Ecological Research for the 1980s |
| Author(s) | Cooley, June H |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1984. |
| Description | VIII, 344 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Is ecology at a crossroad? After three decades of rapid, though somewhat anarchic development, many ecologists now are beginning to ask this question. They have the feeling of no longer belonging to a unified and mature scientific discipline. Many of them claim to be mere empiricists, whereas others are proud to be considered theoreticians. Each side has its own journals and holds its own specialists' meetings, tending to disregard the achievements of the other. The communication gap between the two schools is quickly widening, to the detriment of both. To make things worse, the word "ecology" now has a different meaning for the professional biologists and the general public. Ecology is still considered as a creditable (though rather "soft") scientific discipline by the former, whereas it is perceived as a new, non-conformist political philosophy by the latter. Empirical ecologists are fundamentally naturalists who enjoy the immense complexity of the natural world and devote their lifetimes to the description of the many adaptive characteristics--morpholog?? ical, biological, or behavioral--of the hundreds of thousands of species sharing the earth with us. They generally are ignorant of, if not allergic to, the use of any mathematical representation of living phenomena. They' feel that ecological theory is rapidly becoming a mathematical game that has lost any contact with the "realities of life |
| ISBN,Price | 9781468448986 |
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| Title | Human Consequences of Crowding |
| Author(s) | Gurkaynak, M. R |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1979. |
| Description | X, 332 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This volume contains papers selected from among those submitted to the Symposium on "Human Consequences of Crowding", held in Antalya, Turkey, 6-11 November, 1977. Realizing an international symposium of this scope, and preparing the manu?? script for pUblication afterwards, necessitated the assistance and support of so many people that it is impossible to name all but a few of them. First of all, we are par?? ticularly grateful to the Scientific Affairs Division of NATO (Special Programme Panel on Human Factors), and the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, the co-sponsors of the Symposium. Dr. Robert B. Bechtel of the Environ?? mental Research and Development Foundation, Tucson, Arizona, U. S. A . ??? joined the editors of the present volume in planning the Symposium, and acted as a "point of contact" for the Americas and the Pacific Region. An advisory board consisting of Mithat |
| ISBN,Price | 9781468435993 |
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