Science and Technology

About the Book Birth rates are falling and fertility rates are well below replacement levels. At the same time, the economic crisis has forced gove...

About the Book The subject of wave-particle interactions occurring in space plasmas has developed strongly, both observationally and theoretically,...

About the Book A guided tour through the strange and sometimes dangerous microscopic world Germs are everywhere--in our intestines and on our skin ...

About the Book A valuable guide to improving your life. Whether youre newly diagnosed or have had diabetes for years, youre at risk for developing ...

About the Book An upbeat, balanced program that can help you prevent diabetes and lead a healthier and happier life.Do you have a family history of...

About the Author Ian Stewart FRS is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick and a leading popularizer of mathematics. He is ...

About the Book Phelan’s dynamic approach to teaching biology is the driving force behind What Is Life?―the most successful new non-majors biolo...

Most organizations place a high priority on keeping data secure, but not every organization invests in training its engineers or employees in under...

About the Book What Can Nanotechnology Learn From Biotechnology? presents diverse perspectives on biotechnology and nanotechnologies. Avoiding extr...

About the Book This book presents the most up-to-date and comprehensive guide to the current and potential future state of weed science and researc...

About the Book From the very 1st chapter, this book tackles the main technique of WebSphere Application Server deployment, and provides the necessa...

About the Book User interface is one of the most important components for decision support systems since it directly faces to the end users: decisi...

About the Book Dieses Buch f�hrt Sie praxisnah in eine neue Methode zur Administration von IP-Netzwerken �ber das Internet ein. - das Managemen...

About the Book Ever notice that--in spite of their pervasiveness--designing web applications is still challenging? While their benefits motivate th...

About the Book The evolution of cellular based mobile communication systems, from the first generation (analogue) to the second generation (digital...

About the Book WCDMA for UMTS provides a complete picture of the Wideband CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) air interface of the 3rd generation ...

About the Book Metamaterials is a young subject born in the 21st century. It is concerned with artificial materials which can have electrical and m...

Humans take more than their geological share of water, but they do not benefit from it equally. This imbalance has created an era of intense water ...

A billion lives depend on the waters of the Himalayas; sixty million live in this mountain range, while the rest live in its foothills, on the plai...

About the Book Recent discussions among scientists and policy-makers have highlighted that knowledge generated by many research and demonstration p...

About the Book Few people actively engaged in India's water sector would deny that the Indian subcontinent faces serious problems in the sustainabl...

About the Book Water demand in southern Africa continues to rise, as urban areas expand and as agricultural water demand rises to meet the millenni...

With the increasing use and the static availability of freshwater sources, a global scarcity of this precious commodity is already on the screen an...

About the Book This volume is of great importance to humans and other living organisms. The study of water quality draws information from a variety...

Highlights the contribution of India in the field of water management and hydraulic engineering between c.600 BCE and CE 1200. The book is divided ...

About the Book This comprehensive book reviews some of the many scientific and technical challenges faced by EU Member States, stakeholder organisa...

About the Book Water, in all its forms, may be the key to an environmentally friendly energy economy. Water is free, there is plenty of it, plus it...

This book outlines the contemporary issues and challenges that confront both the nations and the communities of the South Asian region, particularl...

About the Book This edition of Water Dynamics in Plant Production describes the basic scientific principles of water transport in the soil-plant-at...

This textbook offers a complete comprehensive coverage of wastewater engineering from pollutant classification, design of collection systems and tr...

About the Book The volume of waste produced by human activity continues to grow, but steps are being taken to mitigate this problem by viewing wast...

About the Book Volcanoes are some of the most dramatic expressions of the powerful tectonic forces at work in the Earth beneath our feet. But volca...

About the Book One of the hottest topics in the telecommuncations industry today is the migration of voice traffic from the circuit switched Telco ...

The complexity of modern chip design requires extensive use of specialized software throughout the process. To achieve the best results, a user of ...

About the Book Expands the classic view of vitamin D action to include important effects on cellular proliferation, differentiation, and the immune...

About the Book This book is intended as a source of information for the many scientists who now enter the growing research field of vitamin A in he...

About the Book This book presents a visionary leadership framework and its application toward delivering superior value in health. It provides a ro...

About the Book The enormous size of polymer molecules causes their molecular motions to span a broad range of length scales and give rise to viscoe...

About the Book Each year thousands of people die from bacteria resistant to antibiotics. Alternative drugs are urgently needed. A surprising ray of...

Viruses and Society is geared towards professionals and students in college-level introductory biology courses devoted to understanding viruses, va...

This new edition of Viral Pandemics illuminates how the increasing emergence of novel viruses has combined with intensifying global interconnectedn...