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The Economics of Science and Technology
An Overview of Initiatives to Foster Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Science and technology have long been regarded as important determinants of economic growth. Edwin Mansfield (1971, pp. 1- 2), a pioneer in the economics of technological change, noted: Technological change is an important, if not the most important, factor responsible for economic growth . . . without...
by S. Jamie Colonel Gayton, Scott P. Major Handler
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Complete information and advice on personal finances and important decisions, tailored to members of the armed forces.
Economics of Wildfire Management
The Development and Application of Suppression Expenditure Models
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014
In this age of climatic and financial uncertainty, it becomes increasingly important to balance the cost, benefits and risk of wildfire management. In the United States, increased wildland fire activity over the last 15 years has resulted in drastic damage and loss of life. An associated rapid increase...
Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering
A Comprehensive Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2006
The third edition of this highly acclaimed undergraduate textbook is suitable for teaching all the mathematics for an undergraduate course in any of the physical sciences. As well as lucid descriptions of all the topics and many worked examples, it contains over 800 exercises. New stand-alone chapters...
Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Systems (BIPVS)
Performance and Modeling Under Outdoor Conditions
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
This book discusses building-integrated photovoltaic systems (BIPV) and provides solutions for solving problems related to designing, sizing and monitoring a BIPV that has been used to replace conventional building materials in parts of the building envelope such as the roof, skylights or facades....
by S.P Dobbs
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Bilevel Programming Problems
Theory, Algorithms and Applications to Energy Networks
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
This book describes recent theoretical findings relevant to bilevel programming in general, and in mixed-integer bilevel programming in particular. It describes recent applications in energy problems, such as the stochastic bilevel optimization approaches used in the natural gas industry. New algorithms...
The Vitreous State
Thermodynamics, Structure, Rheology, and Crystallization
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
This book summarizes the experimental evidence and modern classical and theoretical approaches in understanding the vitreous state, from structural problems, over equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics, to statistical physics. Glasses, and especially silicate glasses, are only the best known...
Adjudicating Employment Rights
A Cross-National Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Adjudicating Employment Rights compares and analyses institutions for resolving employment rights disputes in ten countries. In addition to detailed individual chapters, the study offers a theoretical perspective and an evaluation of national institutions against key yardsticks.
by María Asunción Torres López, Estanislao Arana García, Federico A. Castillo Blanco
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 4, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 4, 2017
La presente obra pretende responder a la nueva realidad a la que se enfrenta la enseñanza del Derecho Administrativo en la estructura de los nuevos Grados adaptada al Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior. Nos encontramos ante un libro que sistematiza los conceptos básicos y fundamentales que todo...
by S. Sava, P. Novotny
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
The book represents several contributions that guide the
readers in the comprehension of the paradigmatic shift from
adult/lifelong education, to adult/lifelong learning. At the
same time it presents the contexts where adults learn: the
organized contexts, such as the institutions and services, and
the...
by T.D. Lekkas, J.B. Jahnel, C.J. Nokes
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Drinking water quality has been a matter of concern for several decades. Disinfection of drinking water improves its microbiological quality and prevents disease outbreaks. However, continuously increasing scientific research concerns the presence of organic and inorganic contaminants in water. Many...
by S. P. Srivastava
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Provides a fundamental understanding of lubricants and lubricant technology including emerging lubricants such as synthetic and environmentally friendly lubricants
• Teaches the reader to understand the role of technology involved in the manufacture of lubricants
• Details both major industrial...
Climate Change, Untold Truths and the Ultimate Solution
Also Guides to End Poverty, Unemployment, Corruption, Crime, Terrorism, Pollution, Environmental Degradation and Other Evils
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
This book explains the sustainable limits of Nature and modern families. Enlightens how mankind created unsustainable living condition by breaking those limits and how they defeated unsustainability by recruiting dangerous monsters such as hazardously polluting fossil fuel, genetically and technologically...