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Southern Hemisphere Paleo- and Neoclimates

Key Sites, Methods, Data and Models

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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Climate models show that climate change is not a uniform process. Areas of increased temperature are situated near areas of decreased temperature, areas with increased precipitation adjoin areas of drought. This is one of the reasons why climate change is so difficult to detect. Any parameter must...
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by Yi Kang
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014

This book shows how Chinese officials have responded to popular and international pressure, while at the same time seeking to preserve their own careers, in the context of disaster management. Using the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake as a case study, it illustrates how authoritarian regimes are creating...
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Chinese Entrepreneurship

A Social Capital Approach

by Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2012

Entrepreneurship is hot. China is hot. Combining these two concepts could therefore be a dangerous act, as it may cause overheating. Chinese entrepreneurs are indeed the subject of a rapidly growing body of literature, academic and popular. However, the bulk of it tends to focus on a few aspects....
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by Beth Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012

This thesis is remarkable for the wide range of the techniques and observations used and for its insights, which cross several disciplines. It begins by solving a famous puzzle of the ancient world, which is what was responsible for the tsunami that destroyed settlements in the eastern Mediterranean...
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by Davorin Matanovic, Marin Cikes, Bojan Moslavac
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012

Produced sand causes a lot of problems. From that reasons sand production must be monitored and kept within acceptable limits. Sand control problems in wells result from improper completion techniques or changes in reservoir properties. The idea is to provide support to the formation to prevent movement...
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by Rajesh Srivastava
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2011

Dykes occur in a wide variety of geological and tectonic settings and their detailed study through space and time is imperative for understanding several geological events. Dykes are believed to be an integral part of continental rifting and when they occur as spatially extensive swarms of adequate...
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by Heike Kahlert, Fritz Scholz
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013

Understanding acid-base equilibria made easy for students in chemistry, biochemistry, biology, environmental and earth sciences. Solving chemical problems, be it in education or in real life, often requires the understanding of the acid-base equilibria behind them. Based on many years of teaching...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

In May of 1991, Victor Van Buren, who was then with Springer­ Verlag in New York City, asked us for timely topics in the earth sciences that would be appropriate for publication as a book. We all quickly agreed that recent interest and research activity on the role of organic acids in geological...
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Sediments and Environmental Geochemistry

Selected Aspects and Case Histories

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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Sediments and Environmental Geochemistry is dedicated to Professor German Müller on the occasion of his 60th birthday. The individual articles, written by outstanding scientists, cover a wide range of subjects indicating the broad spectrum of his interests. The main topics are: Carbonate and Evaporite...
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Ocean Forecasting

Conceptual Basis and Applications

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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013

The Advanced Study Courses in the field of Marine Science and Technology were part of the training programme developed from 1989 until 1999 within MAST, the Marine Science and Technology Programme of the European Union. They were related to the core topics of MAST Programme, marine systems research,...
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Scientific Computing and Cultural Heritage

Contributions in Computational Humanities

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Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012

The sheer computing power of modern information technology is changing the face of research not just in science, technology and mathematics, but in humanities and cultural studies too. Recent decades have seen a major shift both in attitudes and deployment of computers, which are now vital and highly...
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Seelen mit Methode

Schauspieltheorien vom Barock bis zum postdramatischen Theater

by Franciscus Lang, Pierre Rémond de Sainte-Albine, Francesco Riccoboni
Language: German
Release Date: March 1, 2015

Ist Schauspielen eigentlich eine Kunst? Schauspieler(innen) sind die Fixpunkte der Aufmerksamkeit im Theater. Seit dreihundert Jahren nehmen Theoretiker die Herausforderung an, schauspielerisches Handeln zu definieren. In Schauspieltheorien wird danach gefragt, ob der Schauspieler sich selbst oder...
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Stochastic Analysis and Related Topics

In Honour of Ali Süleyman Üstünel, Paris, June 2010

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Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2012

Since the early eighties, Ali Süleyman Üstünel has been one of the main contributors to the field of Malliavin calculus. In a workshop held in Paris, June 2010 several prominent researchers gave exciting talks in honor of his 60th birthday. The present volume includes scientific contributions...
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Set Optimization and Applications - The State of the Art

From Set Relations to Set-Valued Risk Measures

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Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2015

This volume presents five surveys with extensive bibliographies and six original contributions on set optimization and its applications in mathematical finance and game theory. The topics range from more conventional approaches that look for minimal/maximal elements with respect to vector orders or...
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