Springer Japan: 783 books
by Kazuyuki Takase, Hajime Akimoto, Hidesada Tamai
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
This volume provides fundamentals of nuclear thermal–hydraulics for reactor design and safety assessment. It also describes the basis for assessing cooling performance of nuclear reactors under accidental conditions. The descriptions in this book are virtually self-contained, beyond the assumption...
Metallomics
Recent Analytical Techniques and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
This book focuses on recent topics in metallomics, a study of the metallome, or metal-containing biomolecules. Metals can induce various physiological and toxicological effects in a very small amounts, in other words, the concentrations of biometals are very low in organisms. Thus, analytical techniques...
Arsenic Mitigation in Rural Bangladesh
A Policy-Mix for Supplying Safe Water in Badly Affected Areas of Meherpur District
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Based on micro-level empirical research, this book uniquely addresses the problem of arsenic contamination in ground water in Bangladesh in a comprehensive way. At the outset, the book puts forward the opinions of experts regarding the cause of arsenic contamination in ground water in Bangladesh,...
Flexibility in Modern Business Law
A Comparative Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
This book brings together a number of contributions examining how changes associated with economic globalization have contributed to the creation of new pressures on, and expectations of, those fields of law connected to the regulation of cross-border commercial transactions. These new demands of...
Air Traffic Management and Systems
Selected Papers of the 3rd ENRI International Workshop on ATM/CNS (EIWAC2013)
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014
The Electronic Navigation Research Institute (ENRI) held its third International Workshop on ATM / CNS in 2013 with the theme of "Drafting the future sky".
There is worldwide activity taking place in the research and development of modern air traffic management (ATM) and its...
Autonomous Flying Robots
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Micro Aerial Vehicles
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2010
The advance in robotics has boosted the application of autonomous vehicles to perform tedious and risky tasks or to be cost-effective substitutes for their - man counterparts. Based on their working environment, a rough classi cation of the autonomous vehicles would include unmanned aerial vehicles...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
While oil price fluctuations in the past can be explained by pure supply factors, this book argues that it is monetary policy that plays a significant role in setting global oil prices. It is a key factor often neglected in much of the earlier literature on the determinants of asset prices, including...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
The book presents an overview of recent advances in knowledge related to the assessment and management of groundwater resources, giving special attention to the uncertainties related to climate change and variability. While proposing strategies of groundwater management as adaptation, alternative...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
This book presents a comprehensive and detailed description of remediation techniques for metal-contaminated soils derived from both natural processes and anthropogenic activities. Using a methodical, step-by-step presentation, the book starts by overviewing the origin of toxicants and the correlated...
by George Hasegawa
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2012
This thesis focuses on porous monolithic materials that are not in the forms of particles, fibers, or films. In particular, the synthetic strategy of porous monolithic materials via the sol–gel method accompanied by phase separation, which is characterized as the non-templating method for tailoring...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
This book focuses on tritium as a fuel for fusion reactors and a next-generation energy source. Following an introduction of tritium as a hydrogen radioisotope, important issues involved in establishing safe and economical tritium fuel cycles including breeding for a fusion reactor are summarized;...
by Xavier Greffe
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016
This book is a monograph of cultural economics of a new concept, artist–enterprises. It explores various dimensions that artists embody, i.e., aesthetic, critical, messianic, and economic ones, and screens the multiple challenges faced by the artist–enterprises in terms of pricing, funding, and...
Basic Studies in Environmental Knowledge, Technology, Evaluation, and Strategy
Introduction to East Asia Environmental Studies
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
This book covers diverse environmental issues such as climate change; biodiversity preservation; prevention of air, water, and soil pollution; and resource recycling. Readers can acquire these four practical interdisciplinary abilities: 1. knowledge; 2. technology; 3. evaluation; and 4. strategy in...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
This book offers a detailed review of the pathological and imaging features, diagnosis and treatment of IgG4-Related Kidney Disease (IgG4-RKD). IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), which is characterized by an elevated serum IgG4 level and infiltration of systemic organs by IgG4 positive plasma cells,...