Elsevier Science: 13458 books
Green Chemistry
An Inclusive Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Green Chemistry: An Inclusive Approach provides a broad overview of green chemistry for researchers from either an environmental science or chemistry background, starting at a more elementary level, incorporating more advanced concepts, and including more chemistry as the book progresses. Every chapter...
by Damia Barcelo
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1997
The book covers a critical compilation of analytical methods used for the monitoring of pesticides and their degradation products in water. It contains up-to-date material and is the direct result of the authors' experience in the field of pesticide analysis. The book is structured in six chapters, starting...
Nonlinear Systems in Heat Transfer
Mathematical Modeling and Analytical Methods
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Nonlinear Heat Transfer: Mathematical Modeling and Analytical Methods addresses recent progress and original research in nonlinear science and its application in the area of heat transfer, with a particular focus on the most important advances and challenging applications. The importance of understanding...
Clocking the Mind
Mental Chronometry and Individual Differences
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2006
Mental Chronometry (MC) comprises a variety of techniques for measuring the speed with which the brain processes information.
First developed in mid-1800, MC was subsequently eclipsed by more complex and practically useful types of psychometric tests stemming from Alfred Binet. This class of mental...
Origins of the Earth, Moon, and Life
An Interdisciplinary Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2017
Origins of the Earth, Moon, and Life: An Interdisciplinary Approach presents state-of-the-art knowledge that is based on theories, experiments, observations, calculations, and analytical data from five astro-sciences, astronomy, astrobiology, astrogeology, astrophysics, and cosmochemistry.
Beginning...
Resilience
The Science of Adaptation to Climate Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
In Resilience: The Science of Adaptation to Climate Change leading experts analyze and question ongoing adaptation interventions. Contributions span different disciplinary perspectives, from law to engineering, and cover different regions from Africa to the Pacific. Chapters assess the need for adaptation,...
Radiation Mechanics
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2010
Mechanics is the science of studying energy and forces, and their effects on matter. It involves mechanisms, kinematics, cross sections, and transport. Radiation mechanism describes how various types of radiation interact with different targets (atoms and nuclei). The book addresses the above four...
Coal and Coal-Related Compounds
Structures, Reactivity and Catalytic Reactions
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2004
Coal is more abundant than petroleum and natural gas. Further, coal is not localized but can be used by many more countries than petroleum. Therefore, if we can establish coal utilization technology, coal will bring about a great contribution to human life and society. On the other hand, shortage...
Urban Energy Transition
Renewable Strategies for Cities and Regions
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2018
Urban Energy Transition, second edition, is the definitive science and practice-based compendium of energy transformations in the global urban system. This volume is a timely and rich resource for all, as citizens, companies and their communities, from remote villages to megacities and metropolitan...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2010
Interpretation of Micromorphological Features of Soils and Regolith, 2nd edition, provides researchers and students with a global tool for interpretation of micromorphological features of regoliths and soils. After an introduction and general overview by the editors, micromorphological aspects of...
Adsorption, Ion Exchange and Catalysis
Design of Operations and Environmental Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2006
Adsorption, Ion Exchange and Catalysis is essentially a mixture of environmental science and chemical reactor engineering. More specifically, three important heterogeneous processes, namely, adsorption, ion exchange and catalysis, are analysed, from fundamental kinetics to reactor design with emphasis...
Analysis, Removal, Effects and Risk of Pharmaceuticals in the Water Cycle
Occurrence and Transformation in the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Analysis, Removal, Effects and Risk of Pharmaceuticals in the Water Cycle provides an overview of the current analytical methods for trace determination of pharmaceuticals in environmental samples. The book also reviews the fate and occurrence of pharmaceuticals in the water cycle for their elimination...
by Jerome O. Nriagu
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Environmental health has evolved over time into a complex, multidisciplinary field. Many of the key determinants and solutions to environmental health problems lie outside the direct realm of health and are strongly dependent on environmental changes, water and sanitation, industrial development,...
by HOWARD
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2004
In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in studying infectious diseases, especially given the alarming increase in the numbers of emerging diseases now confronting medical and veterinary science.
Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers describes the progress in research and our understanding...