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The energy crises of the 1970s, persisting moisture problems, complaints about sick buildings, thermal, visual and olfactory discomfort, and the move towards more sustainability in building construction have pushed Building Physics to the forefront of building innovation. The societal pressure to...

Bad experiences with construction quality, the energy crises of 1973 and 1979, complaints about 'sick buildings', thermal, acoustical, visual and olfactory discomfort, the move towards more sustainability, have all accelerated the development of a field, which until 35 years ago was hardly more than...

Environmental issues are of growing concern in China, with numerous initiatives aimed at cultivating dialogue and increasing awareness. And key to these initiatives is the environmental journalist. The first English-language study of this burgeoning new field, this book investigates Chinese environmental...

ENGLISH EDITION:  Live the story of your life at the highest level. If you received an unexpected call to make a film about your life, would it be a captivating film, full of risk, battles, and victory? Or would it be one of those films where people leave the theater before it’s finished?...

So you got a camera for Christmas or your birthday.  You take it out of the box all excited, take out the batteries and gather everyone around for a family portrait.  Then when everyone is ready you snap the photo.  Sounds normal right?  Well when you go back and look at the picture your mom’s...

Solitude des premiers salons du livre, erreurs sur la personne, séances de dédicaces interminables, cadeaux des lecteurs, témoignages émouvants, insultes et humiliations, séjours à l’étranger, fêtes et durs lendemains de veille, moments décisifs et consécrations, péripéties de tout acabit…...

Ils sont gardiens de la paix. Des flics en tenue, ceux que l’on croise tous les jours et dont on ne parle jamais, hommes et femmes invisibles sous l’uniforme.    Un soir d’été caniculaire, Virginie, Érik et Aristide font équipe pour une mission inhabituelle : reconduire un étranger à...

Garda Pat Coyne is a Dublin policeman who is passionately devoted to sorting out the world and its problems. For Coyne, such things as cars, crime, pollution and golf are all ominous signs of a disintegrating society. The world is committing suicide, with MTV droning in the background. Coyne's principal...

Written for drug developers rather than computer scientists, this monograph adopts a systematic approach to mining scientifi c data sources, covering all key steps in rational drug discovery, from compound screening to lead compound selection and personalized medicine. Clearly divided into four sections,...

The way and manner religious institutions are behaving and selling God lately, we no longer know who created who, weather God created man or man created him for a purpose. This book is written to sensitize the masses against the growing ugly trend of 419 schemes happening on the internet; in...

Samenvatting Het is de zomer van 2007. Een jonge Royston Drenthe dartelt onbevangen over het voetbalveld tijdens het EK voor spelers tot 21 jaar. Hij wordt kampioen met Nederland en is de beste speler van het toernooi. Een droomtransfer van Feyenoord naar Real Madrid volgt, de wereld ligt aan...

Los Angeles, 1976. David Bowie is holed up in his Bel-Air mansion, drifting into drug-induced paranoia and confusion. Obsessed with black magic and the Holy Grail, he's built an altar in the living room and keeps his fingernail clippings in the fridge. There are occasional trips out to visit his friend...

The advent of laser cooling of atoms led to the discovery of ultra-cold matter, with temperatures below liquid Helium, which displays a variety of new physical phenomena. Physics of Ultra-Cold Matter gives an overview of this recent area of science, with a discussion of its main results and a description...

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