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Exploring the Nexus of Geoecology, Geography, Geoarcheology and Geotourism: Proceedings Of The 1st Springer Conference Of The Arabian Journal Of Geosciences (cajg-1), Tunisia 2018 (Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation)

This edited volume is based on the best papers accepted for presentation during the 1st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-1), Tunisia 2018. The book is of interest to all researchers in the fields of Environmental Sciences, Geoecology, Agroforestry, Geography, Geoarcheology and Geotourism. The Mediterranean Basin, Middle East and surrounding regions are ecologically unique due to large differences in climatic, geographical, and geological features, which grant countries of these regions with significant socio-economic potentials in terms of fertile agricultural lands, rich natural resources, and the existence of strategic resources such as crude oil and natural gas. However, the valuation of ecosystem functions, goods and services of natural and cultural heritages and bioressources of these regions is still little known. This volume offers an overview of the latest information and ideas on the physical environment of these regions, assessment and monitoring of natural bioressources including flora and fauna, and the use of cutting-edge methods for the development of sustainable agricultural systems. It gives also new socio-economic insights on geotourism and archaeology. Main topics include:1. Environmental Assessment and Monitoring of Agrisilvicultural Systems2. Environmental Impacts and Restoration Ecology of Natural and Agricultural Habitats3. Investigations and Applications in Environmental Biotechnology4. Spatiotemporal Patterns of Marine Biodiversity and Terrestrial Paleobiodiversity5. Socio-economics of Geotourism and Archaeology

Sustainable Hydraulics in the Era of Global Change: Proceedings of the 4th IAHR Europe Congress (Liege, Belgium, 27-29 July 2016)

In an increasingly urbanized world, water systems must be designed and operated according to innovative standards in terms of climate adaptation, resource efficiency, sustainability and resilience. This grand challenge triggers unprecedented questions for hydro-environment research and engineering. Shifts in paradigms are urgently needed in the way we view (circular) water systems, water as a renewable energy (production and storage), risk management of floods, storms, sea level rise and droughts, as well as their consequences on water quality, morphodynamics (e.g., reservoir sedimentation, scour, sustainability of deltas) and the environment. Addressing these issues requires a deep understanding of basic processes in fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, surface and groundwater flow, among others.

Marxism and the Individual

This book attempts to develop a Marxist theory of the human individual. It contends that the standard description of the human as a bio-psycho-social being is fundamentally deficient as it doesn’t specify which of these attributes is the determining one. As long as this is not done, the real nature of humanity cannot be uncovered.

Dilute III-V Nitride Semiconductors and Material Systems: Physics and Technology (Springer Series in Materials Science #105)

This book reviews the current status of research and development in dilute III-V nitrides. It covers major developments in this new class of materials within 24 chapters from prominent research groups. The book integrates materials science and applications in optics and electronics in a unique way. It is valuable both as a reference work for researchers and as a study text for graduate students.

Fundamentals of Organic Neuromorphic Systems

This book describes the essential requirements for the realization of neuromorphic systems, where memristive devices play a key role. A comprehensive description to organic memristive devices, including working principles and models of the function, preparation methods, properties and different applications is presented. A comparative analysis of organic and inorganic systems is given. The author discusses all aspects of current research in organic memristive devices: fabrication techniques, properties, synapse mimicking circuits, and neuromorphic systems (including perceptrons), etc.Describes requirements of electronic circuits and systems to be considered as neuromorphic systems;Provides a single-source reference to the state-of-the-art in memristive devices as key elements of neuromorphic systems;Provides a comparative analysis of advantages and drawbacks between organic and inorganic devices and systems;Includes a systematic overview of organic memristive devices, including fabrication methods, properties, synapse mimicking circuits, and neuromorphic systems;Discusses a variety of unconventional applications, based on bio-inspired circuits and neuromorphic systems.

Wave Propagation and Radiation in Gyrotropic and Anisotropic Media

As technology matures, communication system operation regions shift from mic- wave and millimeter ranges to sub-millimeter ranges. However, device perf- mance at very high frequencies suffers drastically from the material de?ciencies. As a result, engineers and scientists are relentlessly in search for the new types of materials, and composites which will meet the device performance requirements and not present any de?ciencies due to material electrical and magnetic properties. Anisotropic and gyrotropic materials are the class of the materials which are very important in the development high performance microwave devices and new types composite layered structures. As a result, it is a need to understand the wave propagation and radiation characteristics of these materials to be able to realize them in practice. This book is intended to provide engineers and scientists the required skill set to design high frequency devices using anisotropic, and gyrotropic materials by providing them the theoretical background which is blended with the real world engineering application examples. It is the author’s hope that this book will help to ?ll the gap in the area of applied electromagnetics for the design of microwave and millimeter wave devices using new types of materials. Each chapter in the book is designed to give the theory ?rst on the subject and solidify it with application examples given in the last chapter. The application examples for the radiation problems are given at the end of Chap. 5 and Chap. 6 for anisotropic and gyrotropic materials, respectively, after the theory section.

Nuclear Structure Study with Neutrons

The International Conference on "Nuclear Structure Study with Neutrons" or­ ganized in Budapest between 31st July and 5th August. 1972. was the successor of a meeting held seven years ago in Antwerp. The close links between the two conferences were revealed not in name alone but. more importantly. in the choice of subjects discussed. As in Antwerp. the lectures and contributions to the Budapest Conference could be grouped under the following five main headings: nuclear spectroscopy; the optical model; the statistical model and intermediate structures; the mechanism of neutron capture and non-statistical effects; and, finally. miscellaneous special topics. The invited papers on the one hand summarizing recent developments and current thinking in one of the above main topics. and the other surveying the most important results of the contributed papers submitted to the Conference. were presented on the plenary sessions. Most of the contributed papers were read in full on three parallel sessions. This volume contains the complete text of all the lectures delivered in the plenary sessions and abstracts of the contributed papers. The invited talks were presented at the Conference in a rather random order because of technical reasons, it seemed. however, more sensible to change their order according to their subjects and to print them grouped under the above main headings. Further­ more we divided the Proceedings into two main parts, the first containing only the lectures of summarizing character. the second including the abstracts of the contributions together with the surveying talks.

Die Leistungssteigerung des menschlichen Gehirns: Neuro-Enhancement im interdisziplinären Diskurs

Die Autorinnen und Autoren dieses Bandes analysieren in kritischer Weise die Breite und Tiefe des Diskurses zu Neuro-Enhancement, der sich aber nicht nur durch ethische Fragen auszeichnet. Sie zeigen, dass es darüber hinaus grundlegende philosophische, anthropologische und gesellschaftstheoretische Aspekte sind, die im Steigerungsbedürfnis spätmoderner Leistungs(steigerungs)gesellschaften zu Tage treten. So scheint eine neue Wunschwelt vor der Tür zu stehen: Doping fürs Gehirn! Der rasante Fortschritt der Neurowissenschaften hat das menschliche Gehirn erreicht. Die Möglichkeiten der Leistungssteigerung könnten bald auch das „Innerste“ des Menschen essentiell betreffen: sein Denken und Fühlen, Entscheiden und Handeln.Die Herausgeber Prof. Dr. Nicola Erny ist Professorin für Philosophie an der Hochschule Darmstadt. Dr. Matthias Herrgen lehrte am Philosophischen Seminar der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität in Münster. Prof. Dr. Jan Cornelius Schmidt unterrichtet Philosophie, Ethik und Technikfolgenabschätzung an der Hochschule Darmstadt.

Die anachronistische Souveränität: Zum Verhältnis von Innen- und Außenpolitik (Politische Vierteljahresschrift Sonderhefte #1/1969)

New Perspectives in Molecular and Clinical Management of Gastrointestinal Tumors (Recent Results in Cancer Research #142)

Physiologische Grundlagen der Schwermetallresistenz: Enzymaktivitäten und organische Säuren (Forschungsberichte des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen)

Amphiboles: Crystal Chemistry Phase Relations and Occurrence (Minerals, Rocks and Mountains #1)

This series of monographs represents continuation on an international basis of the previous series MINERALOGIE UNO PETROGRAPHIE IN EINZELOARSTELLUNGEN, published by Springer-Verlag. The voluminous results arising from recent progress in pure and applied re­ search increase the need for authoritative reviews but the standard scientific journals are unable to provide the space for them. By their very nature, text-books are unable to consider specific topics in depth and recent research met'hods and results often receive only cursory treat­ ment. Advanced reference volumes are usually too detailed except for experts in the field. It is often very expensive to purchase a symposium volume or an "Advances in . . . " volume for the sake of a specific review chapter surrounded by unrelated chapters. We hope that this monograph series will by-pass these problems in fulfilling the need. The purpose of the series is to publish, at reasonable prices, reviews and reports of care­ fully selected topics written by carefully selected authors, who are both good writers and experts in their scientific field. In general, the mono­ graphs will be concerned with the most recent research methods and results. The editors hope that the monographs will serve several functions, acting as supplements to existing text-books, guiding research workers, and providing the basis for advanced seminars. August 1967 W. VON ENGELHARDT, Tiibingen T. HAHN, Aachen R. Roy, University Park, Pa. J. W. WINCHESTER, Ann Arbor, Mich. P. J. WYLLIE, Chicago, Ill.

Geological Tour of Devonian and Ordovician Magmatism of Kuznetsk Alatau and Minusinsk Basin: Altay-Sayan Region, Siberia (GeoGuide)

This volume provides an overview and tour (with many interesting stops along the way) of Devonian and Ordovician intraplate magmatism and associated sedimentary rocks and tectonics in the regions of Kuznetsk Alatau, Minusinsk Basin and Khakassia in western Siberia. All chapters were written by experts, many of which have been studying these regions for decades. The first book to present and review this information in English for an international audience, it includes both overviews of the magmatic and associated sedimentary history, and selected key field sites, which are described in detail.

Searching and Researching: An Autobiography of a Nobel Laureate

In the last 130 years, 30 Swiss people have won a Nobel Prize, and one of them is Richard R. Ernst. He laid the foundation for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which revolutionized medical diagnostics across the globe. In his autobiography, which the scientist completed shortly before he passed away at the age of 87, he talks about his life. Prof. Ernst grew up in a family long-established in Winterthur, Switzerland, however his childhood and adolescence were overshadowed by a demanding father. He talks in detail about the start of his career in the 1960s, when he made a number of key discoveries at Varian Associates, Palo Alto, USA, as well as about his return to ETH Zürich, Switzerland, and the shark tank that university research is. The highly talented chemist reveals how his passion for Himalayan art began while travelling in Nepal, which ended in him building up one of the most significant collections of thangkas – the tantric Buddhist scrolls. In this book, Prof. Ernst discusses openly and directly about all aspects of his life, with humility and a wry sense of humor.

Searching and Researching: An Autobiography of a Nobel Laureate

In the last 130 years, 30 Swiss people have won a Nobel Prize, and one of them is Richard R. Ernst. He laid the foundation for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which revolutionized medical diagnostics across the globe. In his autobiography, which the scientist completed shortly before he passed away at the age of 87, he talks about his life. Prof. Ernst grew up in a family long-established in Winterthur, Switzerland, however his childhood and adolescence were overshadowed by a demanding father. He talks in detail about the start of his career in the 1960s, when he made a number of key discoveries at Varian Associates, Palo Alto, USA, as well as about his return to ETH Zürich, Switzerland, and the shark tank that university research is. The highly talented chemist reveals how his passion for Himalayan art began while travelling in Nepal, which ended in him building up one of the most significant collections of thangkas – the tantric Buddhist scrolls. In this book, Prof. Ernst discusses openly and directly about all aspects of his life, with humility and a wry sense of humor.

13C-NMR- Spektroskopie: Eine Einführung (Universitätstaschenbücher #1061)

Physikalisches Praktikum: Mit multimedialen Ergänzungen

Der zwölften Auflage diese Klassikers ist erstmals eine CD-ROM beigefügt, die neben dem vollständigen Text des Buches auch exemplarisch ausgewählte multimediale Ergänzungen enthält. Animationen, Simulationen, Fotos und weitere zusätzliche Materialien, die in der Printversion nicht enthalten sind, ermöglichen es, das vermittelte Grundlagenwissen noch zu erweitern, Einzelheiten zu vertiefen, physikalische Sachverhalte zu veranschaulichen und praktische Übungen durchzuführen. Die bewährte, in der vorherigen Auflage aktualisierte Grundkonzeption wurde beibehalten.

Physikalisches Praktikum

Dieses Praktikumsbuch bewährt sich seit vielen Jahren bei Studenten der Physik, anderer naturwissenschaftlicher Studiengänge und des Lehramts, die ein physikalisches Grundpraktikum absolvieren. Vielfach genutzt wird es auch von Studenten der Ingenieurwissenschaften an Technischen Universitäten und Fachhochschulen. Die 11. Auflage wurde neu bearbeitet. Unter Beibehaltung der bewährten Grundkonzeption sind zahlreiche Versuche neu aufgenommen oder stark überarbeitet worden, um moderneren Meßprinzipien und praxisnaher Meßtechnik Rechnung zu tragen.

Hazardous Chemicals: Agents of Risk and Change, 1800-2000 (Environment in History: International Perspectives #17)

Although poisonous substances have been a hazard for the whole of human history, it is only with the development and large-scale production of new chemical substances over the last two centuries that toxic, manmade pollutants have become such a varied and widespread danger. Covering a host of both notorious and little-known chemicals, the chapters in this collection investigate the emergence of specific toxic, pathogenic, carcinogenic, and ecologically harmful chemicals as well as the scientific, cultural and legislative responses they have prompted. Each study situates chemical hazards in a long-term and transnational framework and demonstrates the importance of considering both the natural and the social contexts in which their histories have unfolded.

Heidelberger Jahrbücher (Heidelberger Jahrbücher #8)

High-Resolution Imaging and Spectrometry of Materials (Springer Series in Materials Science #50)

The characterisation of materials and material systems is an essential aspect of materials science. A few decades ago it became obvious that, because the properties of materials depend so critically on the microstructure of their components, this characterisation must be determined to the atomic level. This means that the position - as well as the nature - of individual atoms has to be determined at "critical" regions close to defects such as dislocations, interfaces, and surfaces. The great impact of advanced transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques became apparent in the area of semiconducting materials, where the nature of internal interfaces between silicon and the corresponding silicides could be identified, and the results used to enhance the understanding of the properties of the compounds studied. At that time, advanced TEM techniques existed predominantly in the US. However, advanced TEM instrumentation was not available in the ma­ terials science and solid-state science communities in Germany. This gap was bridged by the late Peter Haasen who, after a visit to the US, initiated a Priority Programme on Microstructural Characterisation at the Volkswagen Foundation (Hannover). The programme was in effect from 1985 to 1997 and supported a wide range of research projects - from fundamental, trendy, innovative projects to projects in applied materials science.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Coronary Artery Disease (Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine #118)

It is with pleasure that I write this foreword for the book "Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Coronary Artery Disease", edited by Dr. van der Wall and Dr. de Roos. I am pleased for two reasons. Firstly, as chairman of the Scientific Board of the Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands (ICIN), because ever since the technique became available for use in medicine and biology our Institute has tried and succeeded to promote the introduction and dev- opment of magnetic resonance imaging in cardiology in the Netherlands. ICIN was the first cardiological institute on the European continent to purchase its own nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscope for the study of myocardial metabolism. Secondly, because I have always been infatuated with this noninvasive technique that can produce cardiac images without ionic radiation and at the same time allows for the study of myocardial metabolism as well. And even more so because nuclear magnetic resonance imaging in medicine is one of the shining examples of medical progress as a result of breakthrough discoveries in physics and chemistry.

Moderne Pharmakokinetik: Transport durch Membranen

Wie werden Arzneimittel im Korper verteilt? Wie gelangen sie an den Wirkort und docken an die richtigen Bindungsstellen an? Wie werden sie im Korper metabolisiert und schlie?lich wieder ausgeschieden? Welches sind die Mechanismen, die diesen Transportprozessen zu Grunde liegen? All dies sind essentielle Fragen der Pharmakokinetik, eines der wichtigsten Gebiete der Arzneimittelforschung und -entwicklung. In didaktisch geschickter Form beantwortet das vorliegende Lehrbuch diese Fragen, und besticht zusatzlich durch sein ansprechendes Layout mit durchgehend vierfarbigen Abbildungen. Nicht nur ein Muss fur alle fortgeschrittenen Studenten der Pharmazie, Medizinalchemie, Chemie, Pharmakologie und angrenzender Disziplinen, sondern auch ein wertvoller Begleiter fur Dozenten und Mitarbeiter der pharmazeutischen Industrie. Aus dem Inhalt: * Der Weg des Wirkstoffs zum molekularen Target * Gastrointestinale Absorption * Prozesse an der Leber * Eliminierung an der Niere * Verteilung ins Gehirn: die Blut-Hirn-Schranke * Verteilung zur Plazenta

Moderne Pharmakokinetik: Transport durch Membranen

Wie werden Arzneimittel im Korper verteilt? Wie gelangen sie an den Wirkort und docken an die richtigen Bindungsstellen an? Wie werden sie im Korper metabolisiert und schlie?lich wieder ausgeschieden? Welches sind die Mechanismen, die diesen Transportprozessen zu Grunde liegen? All dies sind essentielle Fragen der Pharmakokinetik, eines der wichtigsten Gebiete der Arzneimittelforschung und -entwicklung. In didaktisch geschickter Form beantwortet das vorliegende Lehrbuch diese Fragen, und besticht zusatzlich durch sein ansprechendes Layout mit durchgehend vierfarbigen Abbildungen. Nicht nur ein Muss fur alle fortgeschrittenen Studenten der Pharmazie, Medizinalchemie, Chemie, Pharmakologie und angrenzender Disziplinen, sondern auch ein wertvoller Begleiter fur Dozenten und Mitarbeiter der pharmazeutischen Industrie. Aus dem Inhalt: * Der Weg des Wirkstoffs zum molekularen Target * Gastrointestinale Absorption * Prozesse an der Leber * Eliminierung an der Niere * Verteilung ins Gehirn: die Blut-Hirn-Schranke * Verteilung zur Plazenta

Non-Centrosymmetric Superconductors: Introduction and Overview (Lecture Notes in Physics #847)

Superconductivity in materials without inversion symmetry in the respective crystal structures occurs in the presence of antisymmetric spin-orbit coupling as a consequence of an emerging electric field gradient. The superconducting condensate is then a superposition of spin-singlet and spin-triplet Cooper pairs. This scenario accounts for various experimental findings such as nodes in the superconducting gap or extremely large upper critical magnetic fields. Spin-triplet pairing can occur in non-centrosymmetric superconductors in spite of Anderson’s theorem that spin-triplet pairing requires a crystal structure that exhibits inversion symmetry. This book, authored and edited by leading researchers in the field, is both an introduction to and overview on this exciting branch of novel superconductors. Its self-contained and tutorial style makes it particularly suitable for self-study and as source of teaching material for special seminars and courses. At the same time it constitutes an up-to-date and authoritative reference for anyone working in this exciting field.