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Many people, professionals and non-professionals alike, recognize that it is of critical importance to solve global energy and environmental issues. For this purpose, it is essential to have a scientific understanding of what is meant by the ?energy? issue is and the ?environmental? issue. The concept of ?exergy? is a scientific concept that exa...

This book brings together a number of papers that represent seminal contributions underlying mobile and wireless network security and privacy. It provides a foundation for implementation and standardization as well as further research. The diverse topics and protocols described in this book give the reader a good idea of the current state-of-the...

Cloud Computing Basics covers the main aspects of this fast moving technology so that both practitioners and students will be able to understand cloud computing. The author highlights the key aspects of this technology that a potential user might want to investigate before deciding to adopt this service. This book explains how cloud services can...

"Electrochemistry of Flotation of Sulphide Minerals" systematically covers various electrochemical measurements, especially electrochemical corrosive methods, electrochemical equilibrium calculations, surface analysis, semiconductor energy band theory as well as molecular orbital theory. Behaviour and mechanism of collectorless and collector-ind...

This book presents both theoretical contributions and empirical applications of advanced statistical techniques including geo-additive models that link individual measures with area variables to account for spatial correlation; multilevel models that address the issue of clustering within family and household; multi-process models that account f...

Die Mathe-Wichtel stammen aus dem Schülerwettbewerb der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung (DMV), bekannt als ?Mathe im Advent?. Für dieses Buch wurden die schönsten Aufgaben der letzten Jahre ausgewählt und umfassend überarbeitet. Sie geben auf humorvolle Art einen Einblick in die wunderbare Vielfalt der Mathematik, fördern den mathematischen E...

The contributions in this book address the use of 'different' geo-communication tools that could allow for improved visualization of geography- by incorporating ART. It is envisaged that the work of this book will help to re-define how we can better visualise Space and Place, considering: Science, Technology and Art. The book is therefore a cele...

This book presents an up-to-date review of advances in the mathematical modeling of agricultural systems. It covers a broad spectrum of problems and applications based on internet and communications technology, as well as methodological approaches based on the integration of different simulation and data management tools. Using real-world cases,...

Like any goal-oriented procedure, experiment is subject to many kinds of failures. These failures have a variety of features, depending on the particulars of their sources. For the experimenter these pitfalls should be avoided and their effects minimized. For the historian-philosopher of science and the science educator, on the other hand, they ...

?Der Shitstorm ist die hässliche Fratze der Social Media. Wer als Unternehmen oder Organisation gegen die Regeln des Web verstößt oder seine Kunden verärgert, ertrinkt schnell in einer Flut wütender Posts und Rants über alle Kanäle des Web 2.0. Kluge Unternehmen entwickeln deshalb bereits Krisenkommunikationsstrategien, die fit für die neuen Her...