A fusion of ecological restoration and sustainable development principles, ecocultural restorative redevelopment is an emerging method for repairing large-scale landscapes. This book explores how to use this approach to address the long-term, sustainable reparation of the fabled marshlands of southern Iraq destroyed by Saddam Hussein. It reviews successfully implemented and celebrated case studies from more than 15 countries around the world which, either in whole or in part, can offer valuable insight into the restorative redevelopment of the Iraqi marshlands as well as other devastated ecocultural landscapes such as tsunami hit Indonesia or monsoon ridden Burma.
• Integrative Studies in Water Management & Land Deve
Landscape Conservation & Countryside Management
Sustainable Engineering
Reference
Professional

Focusing on the science and applications of molecular biology to agriculture and foods, this encyclopedia describes the new tools for use in the production of raw agricultural materials and the manufacturing of food products. Two hundred entries cover areas such as cloned animals, genetically modified and drought-resistant plants, biodiversity, and nutritionally enhanced foods. The encyclopedia explores media coverage of biotechnology, governmental regulations associated with it, consumer acceptance, and environmental issues. Illustrations and comprehensive references complement the text. This reference is also available in an online format.
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Agriculture
Biotechnology
Food Engineering
Encyclopedia
Professional

Written by leading experts from Australia and North America, this book covers the impact of new mining technology on human work performance and safety. Ergonomics experts Tim John Horberry, Robin Burgess-Limerick, and Lisa J. Steiner draw on their personal experience to provide up-to-date research, case studies, and examples, making the book useful, accurate, informative, and easy to read. The authors combine their in-the-trenches experience and academic expertise to present a treatment that balances breadth with depth. The book supplies a much-needed overview of the human element in the journey to optimal equipment design of mining equipment.
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Machine Design
Optics & optoelectronics
Health & Safety
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Written by leading pioneers of Bayesian clinical trial designs, this book explores the growing role of Bayesian thinking in clinical trial analysis. Covering Phase I, II, and III clinical trials, it establishes the basic principles before extending them to specific phases and endpoints. The authors also discuss special topics that span different phases of the process, including the use of historical data, equivalence studies, multiplicity and multiple comparisons, and subgroup analysis. They provide many detailed examples drawing on real data sets. Along with other materials, the R and WinBUGS codes used throughout are available on supporting websites.
• Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series
Statistics for the Biological Sciences
Clinical Implementation
Statistical Theory & Methods
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A collection of articles from international experts, this volume examines modern methods used for studying the properties and structures of inorganic compounds. The book begins by examining developments in small-molecule x-ray crystallography. This is followed by a description of single crystal neutron diffraction, a chapter on quantum chemistry, and an exploration of two important spectroscopic techniques. It describes intermolecular nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) NMR experiments and diffusion experiments for elucidating supramolecular structure, offering examples that demonstrate theoretical aspects of the methodology. The final chapter summarizes recent experimental and theoretical work on pressure effects on the d-d and luminescence spectra of transition metal complexes.
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Materials Science
Inorganic Chemistry
Chemical Physics
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An introduction to modeling of composite manufacturing processes, this book covers the basic principles of fluid mechanics and heat transfer. The book includes example problems solved to facilitate the use of back-of-the-envelope calculations, introducing a scientific basis to manufacturing. The end of each chapter has questions and problems that reinforce the content and fill in the blanks sections that will develop the experience base of the manufacturing, materials, and design engineer or scientist. In this new edition, the computer based solutions were obtained using MATLAB code and also flow simulation based analysis.
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Composites
Industrial Engineering & Manufacturing
Aerospace Engineering
Reference
Undergraduate

This book reports on a new method of fault tolerant control based on the authors’ research findings. The authors develop a theoretical framework for reliable control in linear systems with adaptive mechanisms. They also present guidelines for designing control systems with guaranteed stability and desired performance in the presence of actuator/sensor failures. The book contains valuable reference materials for researchers in reliable control as well as practicing engineers. It provides industrial case studies, including flight tracking control systems design for F-16 fighter jets and also redundant sensors for motors.
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Networks
Aerospace Engineering
Digital Signal Processing
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Providing comprehensive coverage of the biological activities and industrial applications of Chitin, Chitosan, oligosaccharides, and their derivatives, this book presents a balance of information between the various materials, functionalities, applications, and advantages of these polysaccharides in food, nutrition, and agriculture. Divided into five parts, the first part focuses on source and production. The second, third, and fourth parts cover physical and chemical aspects, structural modifications and functions, and biological activities and mechanisms of action. The final part presents a comprehensive assessment of applications.
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Biomedical Engineering
Nutraceuticals & Functional Foods
Organic Chemistry
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Written by internationally renowned experts, this book introduces emerging parallel architectures, their corresponding programming paradigms, and their bioinformatics applications. Providing two introductory chapters to supply necessary background on sequential bioinformatics algorithms and parallel architectures—such as multi-cores, Cell B.E., GPUs, FPGAs—it then presents parallelization strategies and performance evaluations for numerous state-of-the-art bioinformatics algorithms and tools. Topics include pairwise sequence alignment, multiple sequence alignment, BLAST, motif finding, and pattern matching. The book also covers sequence assembly, hidden Markov models, molecular dynamics, and evolutionary tree reconstruction.
• Embedded Multi-Core Systems
Bioinformatics
Systems & Computer Architecture
Digital Signal Processing
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Completely revised and updated, this second edition of a bestseller contains new chapters on damage mechanics, fabric reinforced composites, and external strengthening for infrastructure. It covers design aspects such as fiber and matrix selection, fabrication processes, prediction of material properties, and structural analysis and design of beams, plates, and shells, including many fully developed examples. Powerful preliminary design tools, such as "carpet plots," are used in examples throughout the book. Instructional materials (including PowerPoint slides), special software coordinated with the book, and other pedagogical tools are available from a password-protected website maintained by the author.
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Composites
Mechanics
Structural Engineering
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Undergraduate