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Functional Kinetics
Observing, Analyzing, and Teaching Human Movement
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Susanne Klein-Vogelbach's acclaimed textbook describing her concept of functional kinetics!
The well-known physiotherapist presents her theory concerning the systematic observation and analysis of human movement. The purpose of functional kinetics is to improve observation, analysis and instruction...
by R.A. Baumann, I.R. Falconer, J.K. Fawell
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
Drinking water quality is a vast and complex subject. In addition to the topics already addressed in Volume 5, part B of this Handbook in 1995, this new volume discusses in an authoritative way the current key issues of drinking water quality and its control: - Toxicity tests for assessing drinking...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Although there are some biological processes that are supported by UV radiation, most organisms are stressed by it in various ways, e.g. through DNA damage.
Top international experts present an integrated overview of UV radiation and its effects on terrestrial, freshwater and marine Arctic biota....
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
A survey of the feasibility of aircraft- and satellite-based methods for revealing environmental-geological problems. Throughout, a balanced ratio between explanations on the methodological/technical side and presentations of case studies is maintained. The comparison of case studies from North America...
by Gerd Gudehus
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
Soil is matter in its own right. Its nature can be captured by means of monotonous, cyclic and strange attractors. Thus material properties are defined by the asymptotic response of sand- and clay-like samples to imposed deformations and stresses. This serves to validate and calibrate elastoplastic...
Physics of Lakes
Volume 1: Foundation of the Mathematical and Physical Background
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
This first volume in the treatise on the Physics of Lakes deals with the formulation of the mathematical and physical background. A large number of lakes on Earth are described, presenting their morphology as well as the causes of their response to the driving environment. Because the physics of lakes...
by Dennis Brown, Paul D. Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2011
Arc-continent collision has been one of the important tectonic processes in the formation of mountain belts throughout geological time, and it continues to be so today along tectonically active plate boundaries such as those in the SW Pacific or the Caribbean. Arc-continent collision is thought to...
by Karol Kulinski, Janusz Pempkowiak
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
The Baltic Sea is an area extensively explored by the oceanographers. Hence it is one of the most often described marine areas in the scientific literature. However, there are still several fields which are poorly investigated and reported by scientists. One of them is the carbon cycle of the Baltic...
Clean-up of Former Soviet Military Installations
Identification and Selection of Environmental Technologies for Use in Central and Eastern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
A NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) was conducted on June 21-23, 1994 in Visegnid, Hungary related to the clean-up of former Soviet military installation sites. This ARW included a technical site visit to the Komarom Base Site which is a former Soviet military installation in Hungary. During this...
Landslide Science and Practice
Volume 1: Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility and Hazard Zoning
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
This book contains peer-reviewed papers from the Second World Landslide Forum, organised by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), that took place in September 2011. The entire material from the conference has been split into seven volumes, this one is the first: 1. Landslide Inventory...
by Jochen Hoefs
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Stable Isotope Geochemistry is an introduction to the use of stable isotopes in the geosciences. The three parts treat theoretical and experimental principles; fractionation mechanisms of light and heavy elements; and the natural variations of geologically important reservoirs. The fifth edition has...
Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
This second edition has been updated and substantially expanded. Starting with the description of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, this cogently written textbook introduces the reader to the astronomy of galaxies, their structure, active galactic nuclei, evolution and large scale distribution in the...
Brain-Computer Interface Research
A State-of-the-Art Summary
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are rapidly developing into a mainstream, worldwide research endeavor. With so many new groups and projects, it can be difficult to identify the best ones. This book summarizes ten leading projects from around the world. About 60 submissions were received in 2011 for...
Baltic Coastal Ecosystems
Structure, Function and Coastal Zone Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Between November 20 and 23, 2000, the workshop "Baltic Coastal Ecosystems - Structure, Function and Coastal Zone Management" took place in Rostock, Ger many. The workshop was organised by the Institute of Aquatic Ecology of the University of Rostock and the Baltic Sea Research Institute...