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Nanostructured Hard Materials

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the advancements, challenges, and potential industrial applications of nanostructured materials in various fields. Nanostructured hard materials have made a significant impact in various sectors. In electronics, they support device miniaturization, improve transistor performance, and enable wearable tech. In energy storage, they boost battery and supercapacitor efficiency. In solar energy, they improve light absorption and charge separation. The book covers a wide range of subjects related to nanostructured hard materials, including synthesis and fabrication techniques, characterization methods, properties, and their utilization in industrial sectors. It provides a comprehensive reference that combines theoretical knowledge with practical applications, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and inspiring further research and development in this rapidly evolving field. By offering a detailed exploration of the subject matter, the book will serve as an invaluable resource for those seeking to understand the potential of nanostructured hard materials and their industrial applications, ultimately promoting advancements in various industries and stimulating innovation in the field. Readers will find this volume: Provides a comprehensive exploration of nanostructured hard materials, covering their synthesis, characterization, properties, and industrial applications across diverse sectors; Presents an interdisciplinary approach, integrating knowledge from fields such as nanotechnology, materials science, chemistry, physics, and engineering; Emphasizes the industrial applications of nanostructured hard materials, addressing the challenges and opportunities they present in sectors such as electronics, energy, catalysis, biomedicine, and environmental engineering; Includes numerous case studies, experimental results, and practical examples to enhance understanding and demonstrate the practicality of nanostructured hard materials; Audience Researchers, academics, scientists, engineers, and industry professionals working in nanotechnology, materials science, and related disciplines.

Les maîtres de l'atome

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Une découverte trop grande pour un seul cerveau. La révolution quantique est souvent considérée comme la plus importante aventure scientifique de tous les temps. Une vingtaine de pionniers ont exploré ce nouveau monde fascinant qui s'ouvrait à eux : Pierre et Marie Curie, Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, Paul Dirac, Robert Oppenheimer, et bien d'autres. Ce livre raconte leur histoire.Il nous plonge dans cette époque unique, capitale et déchirante, où les guerres et les révolutions ont bousculé le cours de l'Histoire. En sillonnant l'Europe, Tobias Hürter nous livre un récit à hauteur d'homme, en compagnie de ces savants géniaux, sans occulter leurs travers et leurs faiblesses. Il nous montre surtout que ces découvertes majeures n'auraient pu sortir d'un seul cerveau. Ces maîtres de l'atome étaient, avant tout, des " maîtres de la collaboration scientifique ", unissant leurs esprits brillants pour percer les mystères de l'infiniment petit.Traduit de l'allemand par Laurence Richard.

Smart Strategies for Phosphorus Management and Reutilization in Agriculture

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Smart Strategies for Phosphorus Management and Reutilization in Agriculture gives a comprehensive exploration of the state of phosphorus in soil, addressing the urgent challenge of its depletion while unveiling cutting-edge technologies designed to recycle this vital resource for future sustainability.The book provides deep insights into emerging biological and chemical techniques that promise sustainable management and recycling of phosphorus, ensuring its availability for agricultural use as fertilizers. It examines the global status of phosphorus (P), bridging the gap between soil P dynamics and the pressing issue of its exhaustion. Chapters deliver an in-depth analysis of industrial processes for P production, highlighting the challenges posed by the depletion of P minerals essential for fertilizer manufacturing. Readers learn innovative biological, chemical, and biochemical approaches for reclaiming phosphorus from waste materials, transforming waste into a valuable agricultural resource.This book is an essential resource for researchers, microbiologists, and chemical engineers, and a guide for those seeking to navigate the challenges of phosphorus sustainability and unlock its potential for agricultural innovation.

Jak praktykować stoicyzm

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Ta książka jest inspirującym zbiorem dwunastu esejów, w których wyjaśniono najbardziej użyteczne dziś nauki najwybitniejszych myślicieli: Seneki Młodszego, Epikteta, Cycerona, Montaigne’a i wielu innych. Idee te zostały uporządkowane w logiczny sposób: najpierw prezentacja podstawowych zasad, później ich zastosowań, wreszcie przejście do bardziej złożonych i subtelnych przemyśleń. Stoicyzm został ujęty jako połączenie filozofii i psychologii, ze szczególnym wyjaśnieniem spostrzeżeń dotyczących ludzkiej natury, etyki i pokonywania życiowych problemów. Mimo upływu lat tezy i wnioski wybitnych stoików wciąż są zrozumiałe dla współczesnych czytelników. Dzięki nim możesz się doskonalić i praktykować stoicyzm: podążać ścieżką logiki, refleksji i wiedzy.

The Science of Our Changing Planet

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Understand the science that explains what pressure our planet is under and how to take action.Using powerful, easy-to-grasp graphics, this ebook cuts through the noise and gets straight to the most up-to-date facts on climate change, overpopulation, pollution, overconsumption, pandemics, and much more.Tony Juniper distills wide-ranging, heart-stopping research into one reliable and eye-opening ebook. He charts the dramatic explosion of human population and consumption and its impact on planet Earth, revealing how increasing pressures on our world affect factors such as climate, sea levels, and pollution, and what that means for our future.Global warming has led to sea levels rising by around 7 inches (18cm) over the past 100 years, and the Arctic ice sheet is shrinking at a rate never seen before. Ten million people each year are affected by coastal flooding. One third of all land is at risk of turning to desert, with huge implications for food supplies. Deaths due to air pollution rise every year, and more plastic pollution of the oceans threatens marine life and fishing stocks.As well as explaining global trends and showing how they are connected, The Science of Climate Change explores how we can live more sustainably into the future, with positive ideas of how we can mitigate damaging trends.

Advances in Sustainable Engineering

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ICISAS 2025 is the leading research conference of Curtin University Dubai, bringing together experts who are shaping the future through innovation, sustainability, and applied sciences. The event provides a strong platform for sharing new knowledge that supports technological progress and sustainable development.The main purpose of the conference is to encourage collaboration across engineering, technology, management, and scientific fields. It connects researchers, industry leaders, policymakers, and students who are committed to creating solutions that address global challenges through responsible and forward-looking innovation.ICISAS 2025 aims to highlight research that can improve material performance, energy systems, sustainable design, and advanced manufacturing. This aligns closely with the book theme, which focuses on innovative engineering approaches that enhance durability, efficiency, and environmental responsibility.A major focus of the conference is on advanced materials, renewable energy technologies, and intelligent systems. Participants explore areas such as nanocomposites, eco-friendly concretes, solar and wind optimization, AI-driven monitoring, IoT-enabled engineering processes, robotics applications, and improved safety systems. The conference also features research on wastewater treatment, structural optimization, machining processes, geotechnical solutions, and sustainable industrial practices. These topics demonstrate how engineering innovations can reduce environmental impact and support sustainable infrastructure and industry.Over two days, the conference offers keynote talks, plenary sessions, poster and oral presentations, symposiums, networking activities, and exhibitor showcases. This diverse programme helps participants engage deeply with new technologies, practical solutions, and collaborative opportunities.ICISAS 2025 stands out for its strong participation from government leaders, eminent scientists, technologists, industry experts, and academics. By bringing together such a wide group, the conference creates a unique environment where cutting-edge engineering research meets real-world application and policy impact.

Next Generation Food Crops for Human Health

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As the global population surges, the challenge of feeding the world becomes increasingly urgent. Meeting this demand requires doubling crop yields and delivering safe, nutritious, and affordable food, but current agricultural practices fall short in combating malnutrition, climate change impacts, and the decline in food diversity.Next-Generation Food Crops for Human Health delves into the advances in genetic and genomic research that are revolutionizing the development of productive, nutrient-dense food crops. It presents insights into tools including high-throughput phenomics, DNA sequencing, and genomic selection, which enable scientists to discover functionally characterized genes and enhance staple crops, such as grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables, and oil crops. By leveraging these technologies, researchers are creating a new generation of foods that optimize essential nutrients, from complex carbohydrates and proteins to vitamins and bioactive compounds.A volume in the Nextgen Agriculture: Novel Concepts and Innovative Strategies series, this book is valuable to graduate and postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and policymakers working toward improving nutritional security worldwide.

Detox Development

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Clean air, land, and oceans are critical for human health and nutrition and underpin much of the world's economy. Yet they suffer from degradation, poor management, and overuse due to government subsidies. 'Detox Development: Repurposing Environmentally Harmful Subsidies' examines the impact of subsidies on these foundational natural assets. Explicit and implicit subsidies--estimated to exceed US$7 trillion per year--not only promote inefficiencies but also cause much environmental harm. Poor air quality is responsible for approximately 1 in 5 deaths globally. And as the new analyses in this report show, a significant number of these deaths can be attributed to fossil fuel subsidies. Agriculture is the largest user of land worldwide, feeding the world and employing 1 billion people, including 78 percent of the world's poor. But it is subsidized in ways that promote inefficiency, inequity, and unsustainability. Subsidies are shown to drive the deterioration of water quality and increase water scarcity by incentivizing overextraction. In addition, they are responsible for 14 percent of annual deforestation, incentivizing the production of crops that are cultivated near forests. These subsidies are also implicated in the spread of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases, especially malaria. Finally, oceans support the world's fisheries and supply about 3 billion people with almost 20 percent of their protein intake from animals. Yet they are in a collective state of crisis, with more than 34 percent of fisheries overfished, exacerbated by open-access regimes and capacity-increasing subsidies. Although the literature on subsidies is large, this report fills significant knowledge gaps using new data and methods. In doing so, it enhances understanding of the scale and impact of subsidies and offers solutions to reform or repurpose them in efficient and equitable ways. The aim is to enhance understanding of the magnitude, consequences, and drivers of policy successes and failures in order to render reforms more achievable.

Comment éviter de se fâcher avec la terre entière en devenant parent ?

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"35 ans et toujours pas d’enfant ? Attention, il sera bientôt trop tard !"; "Les nouveaux pères sont-ils de meilleures mères ?"; " Faut-il mater l’enfant-roi ?"; "Survivrons-nous à la bombe A-dolescence ?" Voici quelques-uns des éternels débats liés à la parentalité qui font rage en famille et entre amis, qui font les gros titres des magazines « parentalité » et qui enflamment les forums de jeunes parents. À l’opposé des livres « modes d’emploi » qui proposent des solutions toutes faites, les auteures invitent tous les parents — et plus largement les citoyens — à s’emparer de ces questions d'éducation et de parentalité qui sont autant d’enjeux de société pour trouver LEURS propres réponses. Parce qu’il ne suffit pas de dire aux parents « Ayez confiance en vous ! », elles retournent aux sources (psychologie, histoire, sociologie, médecine) et éclairent les bases scientifiques et idéologiques de ces débats, permettant ainsi à chacun de se construire (ou reconstruire) parent en nourrissant sa propre réflexion. Un formidable un outil d’empowerment qui permettra aux parents de construire la « bonne » solution, c'est-à-dire celle qui prend sens maintenant, pour eux, leur enfant, leur famille.

The Octopus in the Parking Garage

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One morning in Miami Beach, an unexpected guest showed up in a luxury condominium complex’s parking garage: an octopus. The image quickly went viral. But the octopus—and the combination of infrastructure quirks and climate impacts that left it stranded—is more than a funny meme. It’s a potent symbol of the disruptions that a changing climate has already brought to our doorsteps and the ways we will have to adjust.Rob Verchick examines how we can manage the risks that we can no longer avoid, laying out our options as we face climate breakdown. Although reducing carbon dioxide emissions is essential, we need to adapt to address the damage we have already caused. Verchick explores what resilience looks like on the ground, from early humans on the savannas to today’s shop owners and city planners. He takes the reader on a journey into the field: paddling through Louisiana’s bayous, hiking in one of the last refuges of Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert, and diving off Key Largo with citizen scientists working to restore coral reefs. The book emphasizes disadvantaged communities, which bear the brunt of environmental risk, arguing that building climate resilience is a necessary step toward justice.Engaging and accessible for nonexpert concerned citizens, The Octopus in the Parking Garage empowers readers to face the climate crisis and shows what we can do to adapt and thrive.

CNTs for the Next Generation of Electronic Devices

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This book tries to discover how using nano-designed materials might increase the performance and sustainability of existing green energy systems. The book covers a wide range of subjects reflecting the most recent developments and new trends in the industry, including:Synthesis, the electronic layout, green design, and work in energy storage and production are described for carbon nanomaterials in the scope of green energy systems. Since carbon nanostructures are essential parts of fuel cells, quantifying their environmental impact offers useful information. Advanced nanomaterials for lithium-ion batteries: progress in developing nanomaterials to enhance how well lithium-ion batteries work and how far they can be advanced. Studies on nanoengineered materials for solar cells: developing and making different designs for nano-enabled solar panels, looking at their benefits, weaknesses, and possible advances. Apart from discussing main concepts and synthesis methods, this book will underline how CNTs are applied in modern energy technologies. It is important to solve the issues related to the environment, the ability to make those materials in large quantities, and how long the materials will last. With the help of nanoengineering, this book seeks to boost the growth of energy solutions that are energy-efficient, affordable, and environmentally responsible, therefore adding to the worldwide job of promoting green energy technology.

Brand!

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Al meer dan dertig jaar weten we dat er een klimaatcrisis aan zit te komen, maar met die kennis hebben we weinig gedaan. Pas toen Greta Thunberg 'Brand!' riep en 1,6 miljoen scholieren wereldwijd haar voorbeeld volgden, begon de urgentie van de situatie werkelijk door te dringen – en nog gaan de meesten van ons door met leven zoals we dat altijd al hebben gedaan. Naomi Klein schrijft al tien jaar over het klimaat. Tien jaar waarin de aarde onherstelbare schade heeft opgelopen en de politieke landkaart ingrijpend is veranderd. Te lang hebben we het economische systeem van ongelimiteerde consumptie en ecologische uitputting in stand gehouden. Voor Klein – en voor steeds meer mensen – is er maar één conclusie mogelijk: de economische, sociale en ecologische crises waar we ons in bevinden, houden sterk verband met elkaar. We moeten onze beschaving ingrijpend veranderen. Het is tijd voor een nieuwe groene politiek.

Méthodes qualitatives, quantitatives et mixtes

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À l’aide d’applications concrètes, cet ouvrage présente plus de 25 méthodes de recherche qualitatives, quantitatives et mixtes pouvant être utilisées pour la recherche appliquée en sciences humaines, sociales ou de la santé : l’étude de cas, la théorisation ancrée, la revue de littérature systématique, l’essai randomisé, le groupe de discussion focalisée, les analyses de variance, les régressions linéaire et logistique, les analyses factorielles, etc.

Crunch Time Review for Anatomy & Physiology I

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Introducing the 'Crunch Time Review' for Anatomy & Physiology I – your ultimate guide to acing your course and exams! Imagine having the notes of the top-performing student in the class at your fingertips. Our books are precisely that - a treasure trove of class notes and a handy glossary to simplify your last-minute prep. Say goodbye to stress and hello to success with the condensed wisdom of the best in the class. Elevate your exam game with 'Crunch Time Review' – your key to confident, last-minute mastery.

Évolution des idées sur l'origine de la vie

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Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

Underwater Acoustic Multi-target Tracking

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This book highlights the principles and technology to solve the challenges of multi-target tracking in underwater target detection, with sonar equipment research as the background. While underwater acoustic target detection primarily determines the presence or absence of targets, it fails to provide the information about batches. Multi-target tracking, on the other hand, focuses on addressing issues including dividing target batches, obtaining target start and end times, obtaining information about target quantity, as well as filtering out false targets and smoothing trajectories. For sonar equipment, especially that on unmanned platforms, multi-target tracking is of utmost significance.However, due to a host of uncertainties, multi-target tracking proves extremely challenging in practical sonar applications. These uncertainties include: ① Target motion often comes with random interference, causing sensors to occasionally miss targets; ② The number of targets in the observation area fluctuates randomly; ③ Sensor observations are subject to random noise interference; ④ The quantity of sensor observations varies over time in an unpredictable manner; ⑤ Targets may be too close for sensors to distinguish; and ⑥ Sometimes, even when there are no targets in the observation area, sensors still generate observation data.To tackle these issues, this book systematically elucidates the fundamental principles of multi-target tracking algorithms and introduces a variety of such algorithms. Ultimately, although the book centers on multi-target tracking, the operation of a single sonar or multiple sonar devices aims to solve the problem of locating passive targets. This, in turn, enables the calculation of target position, heading, and speed, as well as the estimation of the target's operational status.The book is a comprehensive and in-depth reference for researchers and engineers engaged in the research and development of sonar equipment as well as graduate students in underwater acoustics.

Het ontstaan van de tijd

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Hoe komt het dat uit de oerknal een heelal is ontstaan waarin als bij wonder leven mogelijk is? Dit is misschien wel de grootste vraag waarover Stephen Hawking zich het hoofd heeft gebogen tijdens zijn buitengewone leven. Twintig jaar lang werkten Hawking en Thomas Hertog zij aan zij aan een nieuwe theorie van de oerknal die dit raadselachtig leefbare karakter van het heelal kon verklaren. Zij ontdekten een diepere laag van evolutie, verscholen in de prille beginfase van het universum, waarin de natuurwetten zelf leken te veranderen. Materie, krachten en de tijd verdwijnen bij de oerknal. Dit bracht hen op een revolutionair idee: wat als de wetten van de fysica niet in steen gebeiteld staan maar geboren worden, en samen met het jonge heelal mee evolueren? Hertog neemt de lezer mee op een wervelende ruimtereis langs zwarte gaten, kosmische hologrammen en ver terug in de tijd, naar onze allerdiepste wortels. Kort voor Hawkings overlijden publiceerden de twee kosmologen hun theorie, waarin ze een radicaal vernieuwend, darwiniaans perspectief op de oorsprong van ons heelal voorstellen. Een theorie die de manier waarop we naar de kosmos kijken op losse schroeven zet. Dit boek gunt je een blik achter de schermen van het baanbrekende onderzoek door twee topwetenschappers, van wie de vriendschap en passie voor het vak leidden tot een geheel nieuwe visie op de kosmos. De nieuwe theorie van Hawking en Hertog verweeft de oerknal dieper dan ooit tevoren met ons menselijk bestaan en geeft zo een nieuwe kijk op onze plaats in dit onmetelijk grote heelal. 'Een prikkelend en prachtig geschreven relaas van zowel de natuurkunde als de mensen die betrokken waren bij Hawkings visionaire strijd om de kosmos te begrijpen.' - dr. Neil Turok, auteur van The Universe Within 'Zijn jarenlange samenwerking met Stephen Hawking laat Hertog toe om vanuit een bevoorrecht standpunt te beschrijven hoe Hawkings fysiek gevangen geest ook in zijn latere jaren verbazingwekkende inzichten produceerde.' - dr. Martin Rees, auteur van Our Cosmic Habitat 'Dit boek is niet alleen een inleiding tot Hawkings laatste theorie, maar biedt ook een blik op nog grotere theorieën in de toekomst.' - dr. Sean Carroll, auteur van The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion

A Thermo-Economic Approach to Energy from Waste

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A Thermo-Economic Approach to Energy From Waste provides readers with the tools to analyze the effectiveness of biomass waste conversion into value-added products and how thermochemical conversion methods can be commercialized with minimum environmental impact. The book provides a comprehensive overview of biomass conversion technologies through pyrolysis, including the types of reactors available, reactor mechanisms, and the upgradation of bio-oil. Case studies are provided on waste disposal in selected favelas (slums) of Rio de Janeiro, including data on subnormal clusters and analyses of solid waste in the 37 slums of Catumbi. Step-by-step guidance is provided on how to use a life cycle assessment (LCA) approach to analyze the potential impact of various waste-to-energy conversion technologies, and a brief overview of the common applications of LCA in other geographical locations is presented, including United States, Europe, China, and Brazil. Finally, waste-to-value-added functional catalysts for the transesterification process in biodiesel production are discussed alongside various other novel technologies for biodiesel production, process simulation, and techno-economic analysis of biodiesel production. Bringing together research and real-world case studies from an LCA perspective, the book provides an ideal reference for researchers and practitioners interested in waste-to-energy conversion, LCA, and the sustainable production of bioenergy. - Presents an overview of the technologies for the production of biofuels from waste via pyrolysis and gasification - Provides a guide to the utilization of LCA to assess the economic and environmental impact of value-added products - Describes real-world case studies on the implementation of LCA in waste-to-energy scenarios

Castalia: The Citadel of Reason

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Dante placed the great geniuses of the pagan world, such as Plato and Aristotle, in Limbo, the first circle of Hell. They were not punished or tortured. Instead, they lived in a magnificent citadel of reason located in an idyllic valley with a beautiful meadow at its center. The light of their inner genius cast an enchanting glow over their world. We refer to this pagan citadel of rationalism as Castalia, or Logopolis, or the City of the Higher Sun, or Hyperborea. Are you a natural-born Castalian, or does reason nauseate you?

Mehr als nur Atome

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Das neue Buch der renommierten Physikerin und Autorin ("Das hässliche Universum") erklärt unterhaltsam und anschaulich, was die moderne Physik über die großen Fragen des Lebens sagen kannExistiert die Vergangenheit noch oder die Zukunft schon? Wie ist das Universum entstanden? Wie hört es auf? Wieso sind die Naturgesetze so und nicht anders? Kann Information aufhören zu existieren? Warum werden wir nicht jünger? Was sagt die Physik über den freien Willen? Physiker, so meint die Physikerin Sabine Hossenfelder, sind gut darin, schwierige Fragen zu beantworten, aber gar nicht gut darin, zu erklären, warum diese Bedeutung für uns alle haben. In ihrem neuen Buch unternimmt Sabine Hossenfelder genau das: Sie befasst sich mit den großen Fragen, die die moderne Physik aufwirft, und zeigt, was die Forschung zu diesen Fragen über unsere Existenz verrät: Ein so anregendes wie unterhaltsames Buch voller Denkanstöße, das anschaulich in die Welt kleinster Teilchen und überraschender Zusammenhänge einführt. Nominiert von "Bild der Wissenschaft" für das Wissensbuch des Jahres 2023"Ein kundiger und unterhaltsamer Leitfaden darüber, was die Wissenschaft uns sagen kann und was nicht." Wall Street JournalIhr Wissen teilt Sabine Hossenfelder ebenso auf ihrem (englischsprachigen) YouTube-Kanal und begeistert mit ihren Videos zu aktuellen wissenschaftlichen Themen bereits über 800.000 Abonnenten.

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