Proceedings of the International Workshop on Recent Advances of Deep Foundations (IWDPF07) 1–2 February 2007, Port and Airport Research Institute, Yokosuka, Japan
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Foundations & Piling
Tunnelling & Underground Engineering
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This book highlights the significant economic, environmental, and societal benefits that result from land management practices that maintain or increase soil carbon (C). Each chapter poses a problem or set of problems and then describes how effective soil C management can help to solve these problems. The book explores the potential for agricultural soils to generate soil C credits that could be traded in the broader greenhouse gas credit market, uses an economic metric where possible to determine the broader value of activities that increase soil C sequestration, and describes the benefits of farm programs that reduce soil erosion, improve air and water quality, and mitigate global warming.
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Soil Science
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Using an interdisciplinary approach to smart materials and structures, this book explores the powerful new technology of electroactive polymeric nanosensors, nanoactuators, and artificial muscles. It highlights the experimental results of their properties and characteristics and describes several apparatuses for modeling and testing various artificial muscles. It also presents the theories, modeling, and numerical simulations of ionic polymeric artificial muscles' electrodynamics and chemodynamics, and feature current industrial and medical applications of IPMNCs. The book contains a CD-ROM with color images, muscle systems in action, and a presentation on state-of-the-art research.
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Biomaterials - Materials Science
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Violencia y paz... Las religiones están casi siempre en el centro de este dilema: fuente de violencia por su absolutismo, dicen unos, fuente de paz por sus doctrinas de bondad y por tantas iniciativas generosas, recuerdan otros. Han contribuido a numerosas guerras, pero también a numerosas pacificaciones.
¿Cómo aclarar este dilema y, si fuera necesario, reorientar a las religiones en el camino hacia la paz?
En este libro, ocho especialistas hacen oír la voz de las religiones (budismo, cristianismo, islam y judaísmo) tanto sobre la paz como sobre la violencia -y la no violencia-, en un afán de comparación y de comprensión mutuas.
Hablan tanto del presente como del pasado, de los orígenes de acontecimientos fundamentales: el Corán y los versículos de Medina o de La Meca, la noción de «paz de religión» en el siglo XVI y la de «guerra justa», la resistencia de los cristianos al nacionalsocialismo de Hitler y los encuentros de Asís, entre otras cosas.
Este libro constituye una contribución a un debate general y puede favorecer el discernimiento con respecto al choque de civilizaciones anunciado (Huntington) y a las situaciones tan difíciles que vivimos hoy en día.

La lucha contra la plaga de zombis que está destruyendo el mundo de Warcraft se recrudece cuando el grupo de aventureros llega a Lordaeron y son atacados por un Wyrm de los hielos, y caen en las garras de un temible minotauro. El artista coreano Jae-Hwan Kim sigue proporcionando los mejores escenarios fantásticos para las épicas aventuras ideadas por el novelista Richard A.Knaak. (DRAGONLANCE: LA LEYENDA DE HUMA)

The Handbook of Elliptic and Hyperelliptic Curve Cryptography is the first exhaustive study of virtually all of the mathematical aspects of curve-based public key cryptography. This carefully constructed volume is a state-of-the-art study that explores both theory and applications. It provides a wealth of ready-to-use algorithms enabling fast implementation along with recommendations for selecting appropriate algorithms.  The book also considers side-channel attacks and implementation aspects of smart cards. Broad, comprehensive coverage makes this a complete resource for elliptic and hyperelliptic curve cryptography and an invaluable reference to anyone interested in this exciting field.
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Combinatorics
Cryptology
Discrete Mathematics
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The Handbook of Human Factors in Web Design covers basic human factors issues relating to screen design, input devices, and information organization and processing, as well as addresses newer features which will become prominent in the next generation of Web technologies. These include multimodal interfaces, wireless capabilities, and agents that can improve convenience and usability. Written by leading researchers and/or practitioners in the field, this volume reflects the varied backgrounds and interests of individuals involved in all aspects of human factors and Web design and includes chapters on a full range of topics.
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Human Computer Interaction
Internet & Multimedia
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The Handbook of Human Factors in Web Design covers basic human factors issues relating to screen design, input devices, and information organization and processing, as well as addresses newer features which will become prominent in the next generation of Web technologies. These include multimodal interfaces, wireless capabilities, and agents that can improve convenience and usability. Written by leading researchers and/or practitioners in the field, this volume reflects the varied backgrounds and interests of individuals involved in all aspects of human factors and Web design and includes chapters on a full range of topics.
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Human Computer Interaction
Internet & Multimedia
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Business & Management
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