1ª edición.

Reference guide providing a critical and balanced overview of the engineering performance of slopes. Intended for researchers, consultants, practitioners and senior students in civil, mining and geological engineering in their professional practice and education.
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Agricultural Engineering
Natural Hazards & Risk
Soil Science
Reference
Postgraduate

Barcelona, 1978. Quan els bessons Sánchez, la meva germana i jo vam barrejar els lligams del nostre passat amb un eficient professor enamorat de la seva alumna, un pare cruel oblidat dels seus fills, un artificial director d'escola odiat pels seus germans i un sinistre personatge fantasmal, el "Señor del Astro Rey", la set de venjança del qual amenaçarà tot tipus d'amor que mai hagi existit, vam aprendre que tots teníem una història.

Written in a straightforward style, Natural Arsenic in Groundwater of Latin America is designed to update knowledge on the dynamics of natural arsenic from the aquifers through groundwater to the food chain. Containing articles by scientists working in areas severely affected by adverse socio-economics conditions, this book includes an assessment of environmental health risks and economic impacts, and the technologies available for dealing with the problem. It outlines efficient techniques for arsenic removal and inform administrators, policy makers and company executives, and aims to increase awareness of this global phenomenon.
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Geochemistry
Hydrogeology
Water Quality & Pollution
Proceedings

What is safe and responsible behavior for using the Internet? Cybersins and Digital Good Deeds: A Book About Technology and Ethics provides a comprehensive look at the innovative—and sometimes unscrupulous—world of rapidly evolving technology and the people who use it. This encyclopedic source helps even the most technology-challenged understand various facets relating to the use and misuse of technology in today's society. Topics are organized A-to-Z for easy reference, with selections chosen because of historical importance, present relevance, and the likelihood of future impact. Privacy, security, censorship, and much, much more are discussed in detail to reveal the ethical complexities of each issue.
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Internet & Multimedia
Textbook
Undergraduate

What is safe and responsible behavior for using the Internet? Cybersins and Digital Good Deeds: A Book About Technology and Ethics provides a comprehensive look at the innovative—and sometimes unscrupulous—world of rapidly evolving technology and the people who use it. This encyclopedic source helps even the most technology-challenged understand various facets relating to the use and misuse of technology in today's society. Topics are organized A-to-Z for easy reference, with selections chosen because of historical importance, present relevance, and the likelihood of future impact. Privacy, security, censorship, and much, much more are discussed in detail to reveal the ethical complexities of each issue.
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Internet & Multimedia
Textbook
Undergraduate

Designed to provide a common platform for sharing knowledge and experience, this book presents state of the art developments in the field of groundwater. Recognizing the importance of integrated water resources management, the text covers technical, environmental, legal, economic, and social aspects of groundwater resources management, contamination, and protection. The multidisciplinary flavor of the chapters and the multinational constellation of authors, make the book an authoritative and comprehensive resource for the diverse problems associated with groundwater resources.
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Water Management and Sustainability
Ground Water
Surface Water
Reference

Novel·la negra en la qual podem trobar els pitjors malsons que posseeix la societat en els seus racons més ocults. Reflexió sobre les poques possibilitats de sobreviure d'aquells que no van tenir tanta sort en néixer i que ho van fer en un país corrupte. La novel·la ens mostra la violència amb la que l'instint de supervivència es mostra en alguns organismes.