Sets and Groups (Hardcover, 1)

Preface to First Edition.? Preface to Revised Edition.? 1. Sets? 2. Equivalence Relations? 3. Maps? 4. Groups? 5. Subgroups? 6. Cosets? 7. Homomorphisms? 8. Rings and Fields? 9. Vector Spaces and Matrices.? Tables.? List of Notations.? Answers to Exercises.? Index.

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Hardcover, 1)

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. Science and Philosophy 2. Language and Science 3. Concepts, Description, and Explanation 4. Laws, Induction, and Generalizations 5. Probability 6. Explanation, Prediction, and Scientific Change 7. Science and Physical Reality Bibliography Index

The Anatidae Family (Hardcover, 1)

Preface. 1. Introduction to Family Anatidae. 2. Anatomy and Physiology of the Anatidae Family. 3. Ecological Niches and Habitats of Anatidae Family. 4. Anatidae Family: Behavioral and Social Structure. 5. Foraging Ecology of Anatidae Family. 6. Migration of the Members of Anatidae Family. 7. DNA Barcoding and Phylogenetic Relationships in Anatidae. 8. Status of Anatidae Family. 9. Human?Anatidae Interactions: Historical, Cultural, and Conservation Perspectives. 10. Diseases Associated with the Anatidae Family. 11. An Assessment of the Threats to Anatidae Birds on a Global Level and Potential Conservation Strategies. Index.

Insect Livestock (Hardcover, 1)

1. An Introduction to Insect Farming 2. The Case for Sentience 3. Taking Precautionary Measures 4. What is Welfare? 5. Black Soldier Fly Welfare 6. Yelow Mealworm Beetle Welfare 7. Cricket Welfare 8. The Future of Insect Welfare

Insect Livestock (Paperback, 1)

1. An Introduction to Insect Farming 2. The Case for Sentience 3. Taking Precautionary Measures 4. What is Welfare? 5. Black Soldier Fly Welfare 6. Yelow Mealworm Beetle Welfare 7. Cricket Welfare 8. The Future of Insect Welfare

Evolution of the Vertebrate Skull (Hardcover, 1)

Chapter 1 ? Skeletal Tissues of Invertebrates: Cephalochordates By Ava E. Brent and Jennifer H. Mansfield Chapter 2 ? Rise and Early Evolution of the Vertebrate Skull By Jorge Mondejar-Fernandez, Guillame Houee, and Philippe Janvier Chapter 3 ? Homology of Vertebrate Skull Bones Revisited: Character Identity and Vicarious Individuality By Gunter P. Wagner, Matteo Fabbri, Alan C. Love, and James DiFrisco Chapter 4 ? The Syntax of the Head: Structural Emergence and the Evolutionary Logic of the Early Vertebrate Cranium By Takayuki Onai Chapter 5 ? Evolution of the Head Skeleton in Jawed Vertebrates with Special Reference to Embryonic Origins By Shunya Kuroda and Noritaka Adachi Chapter 6 ? Development of the Pectoral Girdle in Tetrapods and the Evolutionary Origin of the Paired Appendage By Hiroshi Nagashima and Noboru Sato Chapter 7 ? Evolution of the Tympanic Middle Ear: Insights from Molecular Developmental Patterning of the Pharyngeal Arches By Masaki Takechi

The Catch-22s of Disaster and Environmental Injustice (Hardcover, 1)

List of figures

List of tables

List of contributors

?

Foreword

George Klay Kieh, Jr.

1 Framing Disasters and Environmental Injustice in Underserved Communities: An Overview

Antoinette S. Christophe

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2 Disaster Management: Engaging Minority and Underserved Communities with “People Helping People” Strategies to Save

Antoinette S. Christophe

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3 Trends and Factors Influencing Non-Evacuation Among Minority Populations During

Disasters

Oluponmile Olonilua and John Aliu

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4 Flooding and Resilience Strategies for Urban Flood Management

Jovita Esechie

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5 Emergency Management and Key Programs in Hazard Management

Jovita O. Esechie and Ebony Fowler

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6 Environmental Risk Assessment and Environmental Injustice

Loring Nies

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7 Environmental Injustice? The Case of Climate Planning in Delaware

Ethel H. Williams and Jamie M. Hill

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8 Fracking and Its Environmental Impacts on Communities

Sarmistha Majumdar

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9 Toxic Sewage and Public Policy: A Comparative Study of Hurricanes Harvey and?Katrina and the Impact on the Underserved Community

Antoinette S. Christophe

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10 Which Environments Receive Justice? Investigating Discursive Behaviors and Practice in the Wake of Disasters

Kayla J. Gerdes and Nicholas B. Lacy

?

11 Disasters and Environmental Injustice: Takeaways Concerning the Underserved

Antoinette S. Christophe

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Hands-on Organic Chemistry (Paperback, 1st)

Preface
Introduction

Reaction setup and running
General considerations
Reactions at room temperature
Reactions at elevated temperature
Reactions at lowered temperature
Reactions under exclusion of moisture
Reactions under exclusion of moisture and air
Catalytic hydrogenation reactions
Solid-phase reactions

Reaction monitoring
General considerations
Thin-Layer Chromatography (TLC)
Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS)
Monitoring of solid-phase reactions

Reaction workup
General considerations
Liquid-liquid washing
Filtration
Evaporation (rotavapor, pump etc)
Distillation (only short…)
Freeze-drying (lyophilization)
Crystallization
Column chromatography

Reaction product characterization
General considerations
NMR spectroscopy (sample preparation)
Mass spectrometry (sample preparation)
Optical rotation
Melting point

Documentation
General considerations
labnotes handwritten on paper
labnotes on electronic media created with word-processing software
labnotes on electronic media created with specialized ELN software

Safety in the laboratory
General considerations
Personal protection
Fixed laboratory safety equipment
Dangerous properties of reagents and solvents

Other
General considerations
Vacuum sources
Heat sources
Stirring equipment
Labware (dishwashing, glass joints, sealing, stoppers, and septa)
Chemicals storage
Setting up a lab: Equipment and analytical Instrumentation

Multi-step organic synthesis
Oseltamivir synthesis example

Glossary of terms and keywords
References

Photocatalytic Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds (Hardcover, 1st)

Preface

? Importance of heterocycles in chemistry and biology

? Role of photocatalysis in green and sustainable chemistry

? Scope and objective of the book

Section I: Heterocyclic Compounds and Their Importance

1. Importance of Heterocycles in Modern Applications

2. Challenges in the Synthesis of Heterocycles

Section II: Introduction to Photocatalysis

3. Overview of Photocatalysis in Organic Synthesis

4. History and Principles of Light-driven Reactions in Organic Synthesis

5. Photophysical and Photochemical Process of Heterocyclic Compounds

6. Types of Photocatalysts: Application in Heterocycle Synthesis

7. Mechanism of Photocatalysis

8. Investigation of Photocatalytic Mechanism Through Computational and Spectroscopic Approaches

Section III: Photocatalytic Pathways for Heterocyclic Synthesis

9. Radical and Ionic Pathways in Heterocyclic Formation

10. Functionalization of Pre-existing Heterocycles Using Photoredox Catalysis

11. Metal-catalyzed Annulation Reactions for the Construction of Heterocycles Using para-Quinone Methides

12. Metal-free Photocatalyst for Heterocycle Synthesis

Section IV: Photocatalytic Synthesis of Five- and Six-membered Heterocycles

13. Photocatalytic Synthesis of Five-membered Heterocycles Containing One Hetero Atom

14. Photocatalytic Synthesis of Six-membered Heterocycles Containing One Hetero Atom

15. Photocatalytic Synthesis of Six-membered Heterocycles Containing More Than One Hetero Atom

Section V: Photocatalytic Synthesis of Fused and Poly...


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Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (Hardcover, 1st)

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction to AI in Chemistry: Landscape, Motivation, and Scientific Workflow

Lin Tan

Chapter 2: Fundamentals of AI and Machine Learning

Chonghuan Zhang

Chapter 3: Data Science for Chemists

Chonghuan Zhang

Chapter 4: Cheminformatics

Chonghuan Zhang

Chapter 5: Integrating Automation Tools in Chemical Research

Kai Xue

Chapter 6: Foundations of Predictive Modeling in Chemistry

Chonghuan Zhang

Chapter 7: AI in Chemical Synthesis, Process Optimization, and Automation

Chonghuan Zhang

Chapter 8: Molecular Modeling and Design

Chonghuan Zhang

Chapter 9: Materials Discovery and Design

Chonghuan Zhang

Chapter 10: Analytical Chemistry

Qianghua Lin

Chapter 11: Environmental Chemistry

Qianghua Lin

Chapter 12: AI in Chemical Engineering

Chonghuan Zhang

Chapter 13: AI?in?Chemical?Education?and?Training

Chan Zhu

Chapter 14: Practical Exercises and Projects

Chonghuan Zhang

Chapter 15: Ethical Considerations and Best Practices in AI for Chemistry

Chonghuan Zhang

Index

Artificial Intelligence in Science and Engineering, 2 Volume Set (Hardcover, 1st)

Contents for Volume 1

Preface xvii

1 Artificial Intelligence and Complex Systems: What It Can and Cannot Do 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 A Glance at History 2
1.3 Complex Media and Systems 4
1.4 Three Types of Complex Systems 5
1.5 Physics-informed and Data-driven Approach to Complex Media and Phenomena 6
1.6 What Artificial Intelligence Cannot Do 7

2 Neural Networks and Other Machine-learning Algorithms 9
2.1 Introduction 9
2.2 Training of Neural Networks: Backpropagation 11
2.3 Classification of Learning 15
2.4 Weak Learners and Boosting Algorithms 21
2.5 Activation Functions 23
2.6 Types of Neural Networks 25
2.7 Regularization of Neural Networks 43
2.8 Training of Large Neural Networks 44
2.9 Other Machine-learning Algorithms 45
2.10 Methods for Minimizing the Loss Function 48
2.11 Challenges and Future Directions 50

3 Solving Differential and Partial Differential Equations 59
3.1 Introduction 59
3.2 Solving Ordinary Differential Equations 61
3.3 Solving Partial Differential Equations 62
3.4 Solving High-dimensional Partial Differential Equations: Deep BSDE Algorithm 66
3.5 Feynman?Kac Solution for Backward Kolmogorov Equation of Stochastic Processes 69
3.6 Data-driven Discretization of Partial Differential Equations 72
3.7 Other Methods 77
3.8 Space-time Fractional Partial Differential Equations 79
3.9 Challenges and Future Directions 80

4 Fluid Mechanics: Single-phase Flow 85
4.1 Introduction 85
4.2 The Microscopic Conservation Laws 85Contents for Volume 1 ix
4.3 A Glance at History 88
4.4 Kinematics of Fluid Flow 89
4.5 Dynamics of Fluid Flow 94
4.6 Modeling Flow Systems of Type I 96
4.7 Data-driven Neural Networks for Flow Systems of Type I 99
4.8 Physics-informed and Data-driven Machine-learning Approach 109
4.9 T...


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Materials Modeling for High-Performance Solid-State Batteries (Hardcover, 1st)

Chapter 1: Solid-state lithium-ion batteries: Application and challenge
1.1 Background and Introduction
1.2 Electrochemical principle
1.3 History of development
1.4 Research status and challenges
Reference

Chapter 2: Applications of high-throughput computing in lithium battery
2.1 First-principles calculation method
2.2 Density functional theory
2.3 Molecular dynamics simulation
2.4 Overview of Machine Learning
Reference

Chapter 3: Design and modification of cathode materials
3.1 Research on cathode materials
3.2 Types of common cathode materials
3.3 Preparation and properties of high voltage ternary cathode materials
3.4 The development prospect of cathode materials
Reference

Chapter 4: Application and preparation of oxide-based solid electrolyte
4.1 Development and challenges of oxide-based solid-state electrolyte
4.2 Study on the grain boundary and interface of oxide-based solid electrolyte
4.3 Research on LLTO in the field of sensors
4.5 Study on oxide-based composite electrolyte
Reference

Chapter 5: Research on the development of sulfide solid electrolyte
5.1 Application of advanced sulfide solid electrolyte
5.2 Theoretical Design of Novel sulfide solid Electrolytes
5.3 Study on the interface between sulfide solid electrolyte and electrode
5.4 Study on sulfide-based composite electrolyte
Reference

Chapter 6: Research progress of anode materials in solid-state lithium batteries
6.1 Research on anode materials
6.2 Classification and application of common anode materials
6.3 Dendrite growth mechanism
6.4 Structural regulation of lithium metal anodes
Reference

Chapter 7: Magnesium-ion batteries: Recent Progress and Challenge
7.1 Background and Introduction
7.2 Research on cathode materials
7.3 Research on anode materials
7.4 Solid-state electrolyte
7.5 Conclusion and O...


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Astrosemiosis (Hardcover)

Translational Chemical Ecology (Hardcover, 1)

1. The Chemical Language of Plants: From Ecology to Translation 2. Chemistry, Diversity and Classification of Plant Volatiles 3. Genetic and Transcriptional Regulation of Volatile Biosynthesis 4. Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Volatile Emissions 5. Hormonal and Environmental Control of Plant Volatiles Emissions 6. Ecological Roles of Plant Volatiles Across Trophic Levels 7. Functional Plasticity and Evolution of VOC Mediated Communication 8. Chemical Blends and Sensory Perception 9. Systems and Omics Approaches in Chemical Ecology 10. Harnessing Plant Volatiles for Sustainable Agriculture 11. Synthetic Biology and Bioengineering of Plant Volatiles 12. Future Frontiers in Translational Chemical Ecology and Bio-innovation

Beyond Algorithms (Hardcover, 1)

Foreword?Social Representation Theory, Artificial Intelligence and Common Sense. Preface. Introduction: Representing and Represented by AI. REPRESENTING AI?NARRATIVES, MEDIA, AND SOCIETY. Cultural and Historical Dimensions of AI. AI in Utopian and Science Fiction Literature: From Fictional Accounts to Common Sense. AI in Society and Media. Artificial Intelligence in the Public Eye: The Social Construction of AI as a Problem in the National English?Language Canadian Newspapers. From AlphaGo to ChatGPT?Mobilising Public Salience and Awareness of AI in the UK and South Korea, 2000?2023. The Political Impact of AI Social Representations. Work and Education Transformation. Artificial Intelligence and World of Work: Social Representations of AI in the Context of Job Displacement and Transformations. Navigating the Future With AI: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Social Representations in the Work of AI Developers. Social Representation of GenAI (Generative Artificial Intelligence) and ChatGPT in Educational Policy Discourse and Among Teachers. Health, Law and Ethics of AI. Between Copy and Distortion: Social Representations of Synthetic Data and Digital Twins in the Shifting Epistemic Landscape of Primary Care Research. Ethics and Governance in AI Integration for Law Enforcement: Societal Aspects and Public Perceptions. REPRESENTED BY AI?CONTENT GENERATION AND SOCIAL EFFECTS. Epistemics & Simulation: AI as a Quasi-Agent. Social Representations and Communication in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: Machine Learning as Subject, Other or Object of the Semiotic Triangle or Crossing All? Real World Knowledge in Social Representations and Artificial Intelligence. Cultural Production, Bias & Justice. “Tell Me a Story About Yourself” Social Representations of Artificial Intelligence Through AI-Generated Comics. Reproducing Hierarchies: AI and the Social Representation of Intelligence. Conclusion?AI at the Crossroads of R...


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Recent Developments in Fermentation Technology and Food Processing (Hardcover, 1)

Introduction to Fermentation Technology and Food Processing: Evolution, Innovations and Future Perspectives Innovative Fermentation Methods Microbial Diversity in Fermented Foods Fermentation in the Production of Functional Foods Sustainability Strategies in Fermentation and Dairy Processing Advancements in Food Preservation through Fermentation Probiotics, Prebiotics, Synbiotics, and Postbiotics: Applications in Human Health and Food Innovation Valorisation of Fermentation By-products and Zero-Waste Approaches Recent Trends in Fermented Foods and Beverages Microbial Fermentation in Food Biotechnology and Regenerative Medicine Global Perspectives on Sustainability in Food and Medical Biotechnology Postbiotics and Psychobiotics: Emerging Players in Gut-Brain Axis Artificial Intelligence and Digital Tools in Fermentation and Food Processing Regulatory Frameworks and Food Safety Standards in Fermented Foods Consumer Trends, Sensory Evaluation and Market Acceptance of Fermented Products

Harnessing Digital Mapping for Soil Resource Monitoring and Assessment (Hardcover, 1)

1: Digital Soil Mapping: Concepts, Methods, and Applications for Land Use Planning??2: Bridging Past and Present: The Role of Legacy Data in Digital Soil Mapping? ??3: Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy in Soil Science: Principles, Methods and Applications? 4: Improving Digital Soil Mapping through Optimized Sampling Strategies?? 5: Past and Present of Digital Soil Mapping in Russia??6: Digital Mapping of Soil Organic Carbon: Emerging Tools and Techniques??7: Precision Zoning for Smarter Fertilizer application: Advancing Nutrient Management with Digital Mapping Technologies?? 8: Spatial Soil Quality Analysis: Modern Approaches with Digital Mapping Innovations? 9: Modeling soil electrical conductivity and pH using machine learning: Implications for sustainable management of saline soil in irrigated hot arid region? 10: Advancing Soil Health Mapping and Management using Machine Learning and Remote Sensing techniques? 11: Mapping Soil Moisture Variability in Contrasting Ecosystems with Microwave and Optical Data?12: Recent Advances in Soil Moisture Monitoring through Digital Mapping and Remote Sensing? 13: Digital Assessment of Soil Fertility: Applications in Land Suitability analysis??14: Harnessing Geospatial Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Sustainable Soil and Water Conservation Measures in Andaman Islands 15: Digital Soil Mapping and Remote Sensing Indices for Evaluating Semi-Arid Agroecosystems in Rajasthan toward SDG 2??16: Land Degradation Vulnerability Mapping in the Kopili Watershed, Assam: A Geospatial and Analytical Hierarchy Process Approach??17: Innovative Soil Salinity Mapping using Deep Learning??18: Digital Soil Mapping for Resource Assessment: Reliability and Uncertainty Analysis??19: Establishing Soil Organic Carbon Baselines for Land Degradation Neutrality: Integrating Digital Soil Mapping for Improved Assessment

Soil Salinity Stress and Consequences in Physiological Processes of Plants (Hardcover, 1)

Soil salinity and complexity of metabolic responses in plants: A review Metabolites in plants under salinity stress: A review Exogenous metabolites and antioxidative metabolism in plants under salinity stress: A review Metabolomics, proteomic and enzymatic responses in plants under salinity stress: A review Effect of salinity on photosynthesis and allied traits: A review Effect of salinity on photosynthetic pigments and chloroplast ultra structure: A review Effect of salinity on photosystems and gas exchange in plants: A review Carbon assimilation process in plants under salinity stress: A review Improvement in photosynthetic capacity under soil salinity stress: A review Soil salinity stress and biological nitrogen fixation: A review Soil salinity stress and nitrate reduction in plants: A review Ammonia assimilation and nitrogen assimilating enzymes in plants under salinity: A review Nitrogen metabolizing enzymes and mitigation of salinity effects in plants: A review Secondary metabolites in plants under soil salinity stress: A review Physiological significance of plant secondary metabolites: A review Stress related proteins in plants under salinity stress: A review? Molecular mechanism of salinity response and regulation of stress proteins: A review Heat shock protein in plants under salinity stress: A review

Anthropology and the Riddle of the Sphinx (Paperback, 1)

List of Contributors.? Preface.? 1. The Riddled Course: Theories of Age and its Transformations Paul Spencer? 2. A Dangerous Age: From Boy to Young Man in Red Xhosa Youth Organisations Philip Mayer and Iona Mayer? 3. The Social Process of Adolescence in a Therapeutic Community Iain Edgar? 4. Coming of Age Among Jews: Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah Ceremonies Leonard Mars??5. Interpreting Life Texts and Negotiating Life Courses: Youth, Ethnicity and Culture Paul Yates? 6. The Notion of Adulthood in Rural Soviet Georgian Society Tamara Dragadze? 7. Metaphors the Chinese Age By Stuart Thompson? 8. Growing Old Gracefully: Physical, Social and Spiritual Transformations in Venda Society, 1956?66 John Blacking? 9. Dimensions of Adulthood in Britain: Long-term Unemployment and Mental Handicap Richard Jenkins? 10. The Social Construction of Parenthood in the People’s Republic of China Elisabeth Croll? 11. Old Master, Young Master: Retirement on Finnish Farms Ray Abrahams? 12. Strategies for Old Age Among the Berti of the Sudan Ladislav Holy? 13. Dimensions of Change: Three Studies of the Construction of Ageing Haim Hazan? 14. Clubs for le Troisieme Age: Communitas or Conflict Judith Okely.? Name Index.? Subject Index.

Marine Meteorology (Hardcover, 1)

1. Introduction.? 2. Various Dimensions of Meteorology.? 3. Global Meteorological Phenomena.? 4. Marine Meteorology.? 5. Oceanography and Marine Meteorology.? 6.?Basics and Essential Aspects of Marine Meteorology and its Importance.? 7.?Marine Heat: Indian Ocean Warming.? 8.?Impacts of Marine Heat Waves.? 9.?Properties of the Sea.? 10.?Air-Sea Interaction.? 11.?Coastal Meteorology.? 12.?Marine Weather Forecasting.? 13.?Ocean Currents.? 14.?Radiative Forcing.? 15.?Clouds ? Nature, Formation and Characteristics.? 16.?Monsoons.? 17.?Weather and Climate Systems.? 18.?Factors Affecting Climate and Weather.? 19.?Cyclone.? 20.?Tropical Waves and Atmospheric Rivers.? 21.?Early Warning Systems.? 22.?Storm Surge.? 23.?Western Disturbances: Dynamics and Impact on Indian Climate.? 24.?Use of AI/ML in Marine Meteorology.

Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in Asia (Hardcover, 1)

1.Climate Change, Psychological Vulnerability, and Resilience: An Eco-Affective Health Framework for Climate-Vulnerable Populations in Asia.? 2.Climate Change and risk in Urban Asia an Interdimensional Global Problem: An Qualitative approach.? 3.Climate Disasters, Credit Risk, and Social Vulnerability in South Asia: Banking Sector Impacts and Resilience.? 4.Sustainable Finance Strategies for Resilient Infrastructure in Asia under Climate Change.? 5.Adaptation and Resilience Strategies for Socially Vulnerable Populations in Asia under Climate Change: A Review of Evidence, Policies, and Practices.? 6.Building capacity for climate finance and innovation.? 7.Modeling Climate Change Policy Diffusion: Determinants of Carbon Neutrality Adoption in China’s.? 8.A Framework for Assessing Occupational Health risks due to Climate Change Crises among Workers from South and Southeast Asian Countries.? 9.Everyday Climate Vulnerability: Care, Gender, and the Hidden Labor of Adaptation in Bangladesh.? 10.Blue Finance for Shared Rivers: Transboundary Water Cooperation and Climate Resilience in South Asia.? 11.Climate Change and Vulnerability: The Issue of Catastrophic Health Expenditure with Special Reference to Kerala.? 12.Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in Asian Tea Landscapes: A Tourism and Livelihood Perspective.? 13.Climate-Induced Vulnerabilities of Coastal Communities in India: A Case Study of Mangaluru’s Fishing Sector.? 14.Graphic Warnings: Water Scarcity and Urban Climate Futures in All Quiet in Vikaspuri.

Forensic Drug Analysis for Toxicologists (Hardcover, 1)

Chapter 1 ? Introduction to Forensic Drug Analysis Chapter 2 ? Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Chapter 3 ? Laboratory Drug Analysis Methods Chapter 4 ? Analytical Aspects of Drug Seizures Chapter 5 ? Toxicological Analysis of Drugs in Body Fluids and Other Matrices Chapter 6 ? Post-Mortem Toxicological Analysis of Drugs Chapter 7 ? Clandestine Drug Laboratories Chapter 8 ? Quality Management in Drug Laboratories Chapter 9 ? Laboratory Accreditation Chapter 10 ? Court Testimony Chapter 11 ? Legal Framework and Regulatory Standards Chapter 12 ? Future Trends in Forensic Drug Analysis

Polymers (Paperback, 4)

Dedicaton. Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER 2 POLYCONDENSATION AND POLYADDITION. CHAPTER 3 CHAIN POLYMERIZATION. CHAPTER 4 IONIC POLYMERIZATION. CHAPTER 5 LINEAR COPOLYMERS AND OTHER ARCHITECTURES. CHAPTER 6 POLYMER STEREOCHEMISTRY. CHAPTER 7 POLYMERIZATION REACTIONS INITIATED by METAL CATALYSTS and TRANSFER REACTIONS. CHAPTER 8 POLYMERS IN SOLUTION. CHAPTER 9 POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION ? MOLAR MASSES. CHAPTER 10 POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION ? CHAIN DIMENSIONS, STRUCTURES AND MORPHOLOGY. CHAPTER 11 POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION ? CHAIN DIMENSIONS, STRUCTURES AND MORPHOLOGY. CHAPTER 12 THE GLASSY STATE AND GLASS TRANSITION. CHAPTER 13 RHEOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES. CHAPTER 14 THE ELASTOMERIC STATE. CHAPTER 15 STRUCTUR E PROPERTY RELATIONS. CHAPTER 16 SUSTAINABLE POLYMERS AND CIRCULARITY. Index.

Soil Salinity Stress and Consequences in Physiological Processes of Plants (Hardcover, 1)

Effect of Soil Salinity on Seed Germination: A Review Seedling growth under salinity stress: A review Effect of salinity stress on growth and development of plants: A review Crop Growth Under Salinity and Role of External Agencies in Sustaining Growth: A Review Effect of salinity stress on radiation use efficiency of plants: A review Water use efficiency under salinity stress: A review? Nitrogen use efficiency in plants under salinity stress: A Review Physiological traits and productivity as affected by salinity stress: A review? Effect of salinity stress on different types of crops: A review Effects of physiological traits on biomass production under salinity: A review? Measures for increasing nitrogen use efficiency: A review Effects of physiological and other fctors on dry matter partitioning in plants: A review? Measures for enhancing production and partitioning of dry matter under saline environment: A review Crop yield under various environmental stresses: A review Effects of salinity on crop yield and related traits: A review Avenues for increasing yield potential under salinity stress: A review

Site Assessment and Remediation for Environmental Engineers (Hardcover, 2)

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Preface

About the Authors

1.????? Introduction to Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sites.

2.????? Common Properties of Chemicals of Concern and Soil Matrices.

3.????? Laws, Regulations, and Risk Assessment Relevant to Site Assessment and Remediation.

4.????? Site Assessment and Remedial Investigations.

5.????? Vadose Zone Soil Remediation. Groundwater Remediation.

6.????? Off-Gas Treatment.

7.????? Waste Disposal.

8.????? Long-Term Monitoring, Operation, and Maintenance of Remediation Systems.

9.????? Strategies for Sustainable Remediation Projects.