Springer Netherlands: 8040 books
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Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2012
The oceans provide a great challenge for the development and management of planet earth by humankind. This book covers new approaches to the development of the law of the sea, the division of the oceans among states, and new thinking on institutions in depth.
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Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2013
This book provides an early exploration of the new field of disaster bioethics:
examining the ethical issues raised by disasters. Healthcare ethics issues are addressed in the first part of this book. Large-scale casualties lead to decisions about who to treat and who to leave behind, cultural...
Wetlands
Integrating Multidisciplinary Concepts
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
The science of wetlands and our understanding of these complex ecosystems have improved considerably. The emergence of multidisciplinary strategies is providing new opportunities and innovative approaches to address issues such as climate change and coastal protection. This book, with contributions...
Proceedings of the International Conference on Human-centric Computing 2011 and Embedded and Multimedia Computing 2011
HumanCom & EMC 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2011
Proceedings of the International Conference on Human-centric Computing and Embedded and Multimedia Computing (HumanCom & EMC 2011) will cover topics of HumanCom and EMC, the current hot topics satisfying the world-wide ever-changing needs.
Human-centric computing is to create novel solutions...
European Energy Markets Observatory (2010)
2009 and Winter 2009/2010 Data Set - Twelfth Edition, November 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2012
The twelfth edition of the European Energy Markets Observatory covers the full year 2009 and the winter 2009/2010. Key messages developed in the report include the following: -New energy trends are emerging after the crisis. -The crisis and some new investments resulted in an improved security of...
Market Integration Through Data Protection
An Analysis of the Insurance and Financial Industries in the EU
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
In the context of the continuous advance of information technologies and biomedicine, and of the creation of economic blocs, this work analyzes the role that data protection plays in the integration of markets. It puts special emphasis on financial and insurance services. Further, it identifies...
Genital Autonomy:
Protecting Personal Choice
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2010
Circumcision affects 15.3 million children and young adults annually. In terms of gender, 13.3 million boys and 2 million girls are subjected to the involuntary removal of part or all of their external sexual organs every year. The problem of female circumcision has been addressed on an international...
Micromechanics and Microactuators
Proceedings of MAMM 2010, Aachen, Germany, May 27-29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
This book contains selected papers presented at MAMM 2010, the First Workshop on Microactuators and Micromechanisms. This workshop has brought together scientists, industry experts and students and has provided a special opportunity for know-how exchange and collaboration in various disciplines referring...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
This volume discusses a broad range of vital issues encompassing the production and consumption of food in the current period of climate change. All of these add up to looming, momentous challenges to food security, especially for people in regions where malnutrition and famine have been the norm...
by Hubert Cochet
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
In the first section dedicated to theoretical thoughts on comparative agriculture, Hubert Cochet introduces the notion of “agricultural development”, the very subject of comparative agriculture, with a restored endogenous dimension. He then describes how this approach was slowly consolidated,...
The World’s Challenge
Feeding 9 Billion people
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
If a global population of 9 billion by 2050 is to be fed adequately, more food must be produced and this in keeping with increasingly stringent standards of quality and with respect for the environment. Not to mention the land that must be set aside for the production of energy resources, industrial goods, carbon storage and the protection of biodiversity.
Efficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector
With Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
The editors draw on a 3-year project that analyzed a Portuguese area in detail, comparing this study with papers from other regions. Applications include the estimation of technical efficiency in agricultural grazing systems (dairy, beef and mixed) and specifically for dairy farms. The conclusions...
Advances in Design Methods from Modeling Languages for Embedded Systems and SoC’s
Selected Contributions on Specification, Design, and Verification from FDL 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2010
More than ever, FDL is the place for researchers, developers, industry designers, academia, and EDA tool companies to present and to learn about the latest scientific achievements, practical applications and users experiences in the domain of specification and design languages. FDL covers the modeling...
by Franco Pirajno
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2012
Extensive descriptions of a wide range of key or world-class mineral deposits of China are presented in the context of the country’s general geology, tectonic units and mineral systems and their geodynamic evolution within the tectonic framework of the Asian continent. This comprehensive overview,...