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Environmental problems are forcing a rethinking of the world's energy supply system. In parallel, there is an increasing amount of global solid waste production. A fundamental shift toward greater reliance on biomass wastes in the world's energy system is plausible because of ongoing major...

In this Special Issue, seven high-quality papers covering the application and development of many high-end techniques for studies on storm tides, surges, and waves have been published, for instance, the employment of an artificial neural network for predicting coastal freak waves [1]; a reproduction...

This book comprises five peer-reviewed articles covering original research articles on the modeling and simulation of electricity systems for transport and energy storage. The topics include: 1 - Optimal siting and sizing methodology to design an energy storage system (ESS) for railway lines; 2...

Water is necessary to produce energy, and energy is required to pump, treat, and transport water. The energy-water nexus examines the interactions between these two inextricably linked elements. This Special Issue aims to explore a single "system of systems" for the integration of energy...

This Special Issue (SI) deals with different end-users' perspectives on newly developed energy policy and technology. Although the importance of end-users' preferences is not totally new to the energy sector, this issue needs to be urgently and consistently addressed if new policies, projects, and...

Silicon (Si) technologies provide an excellent platform for the design of microsystems where photonic and microelectronic functionalities are monolithically integrated on the same substrate. In recent years, a variety of passive and active Si photonic devices have been developed, and among them, photodetectors have...

This special issue provides a current snapshot of recent advances and ongoing challenges in the development of titanium alloys for biomedical implants and devices. Titanium offers significant advantages over other materials including higher strength and better biocompatibility. This issue highlights current trends and recent...

This is a book about the new era that is going to change our societies and our perception of technology, work and self-worth as human species. I noticed a hole in the media surrounding technological innovation. Plenty of authors were putting out books about...

Does anyone imagine that they will starve once food is grown and transported to your door automatically? And shelter, energy and incomes are guaranteed sustainably as well. Germany has the strongest economy per capita in the G8 with free education, healthcare, terrific wealth distribution...

Introductory technical guidance for professional engineers, architects and construction managers interested in design and construction of hospitals and medical and dental clinics. Here is what is discussed: 1. ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS 2. DRAINAGE SYSTEMS 3. MEDICAL GAS AND VACUUM SYSTEMS 4. HVAC SYSTEMS 5. PLUMBING...

This book contains a new and much easier system to use for the calculation of trigonometry problems occurring in the school, office, and workplace. Included are several trigonometry aids, which greatly simplify the calculation of triangles. There is also an explanation in minute detail...

Maintaining Effective Engineering Leadership explores process as a means of maintaining leadership development. The author argues that engineering leadership is the result of the development of four fundamental concepts: personal managerial skills, self-leadership skills, operational leadership skills, and organizational leadership skills. Each is explored...

Managing technical people is one of the most significant challenges in the modern workplace. No other internal department is the source of so much frustration, and only technical suppliers seem to be able to deliver something entirely different to what was agreed. Technical people...

The internet has changed the way we communicate and so changed society and culture. Internet, Society, and Culture offers an understanding of this change by examining two case studies of pre and post internet communication. The first case study is of letters sent to...

On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures is a treatise on labor economics and how to reduce the cost of workers by dividing tasks based on skill level. In his Preface, Babbage claimed that the work was a direct "consequence" of his supervising the...

This book explains the rapidly changing, complex flow of information in the context of 21st-century culture, policy, technology, and economics--an essential resource for librarians and information specialists in all types of settings. The role of information professionals today is to interact creatively with clientele:...

Unlike other engineering dictionaries that tend to focus only on narrow and arcane technical words, this dictionary explains the major, commonly used words found in engineering documents and drawings, and explains them in plain, unambiguous English. It also explains how some terms take on...

Managing Business in a Multi-Channel World: Success Factors for E-Business addresses the concerns of existing companies who wish to succeed in the new multi-channel environment as it develops and becomes commonplace. Readers will obtain academically rigorous yet manager-accessible insight into recent studies on multi-channel...

Integration of ICT in Smart Organizations presents the applicable concepts and methodologies of information and communication technologies, such as agent-based technologies, HUB, knowledge management, GRID, and wireless communication. This book covers these concepts, while taking into account the current results and outlining the trends...

This publication provides introductory technical guidance for professional engineers, architects and construction managers interested in roofing and painting of buildings and other infrastructure. Here is what is discussed: 1. ROOFING SYSTEMS 2. COATINGS AND PAINTS 3. ANALYSIS OF PAINT FAILURES 4. INSPECTION OF PAINTING...

Skilled technicians are a valuable part of any technological society. Technicians keep our lights on, our cars rolling, our furnaces heating, our computers running, our roofs from leaking, and much, much more. And with the accelerating pace at which technologies change and progress, technicians...

The prime objective of Product Assurance (PA) should be to ensure that products accomplish their defined mission objectives in a safe, available and reliable way. ##### The early identification of aspects potentially detrimental for safety and mission success, and the cost-effective prevention of any...

One definition of leverage is using something to maximum advantage. The goal for every software development project should be to utilize every asset - everything you've previously built, everything your team learned about the business needs and domain, and every skill and bit of...

Who should read this book Build cars and remote control helicopters, manufacture different types of intelligent robots, create synthesizer sounds, pitching a complete weather station (with sensors of temperature, humidity, pressure ...), assemble a 3D printer, monitor the effectiveness of our beer cooler from...

www.facebook.com/apocalypseantivirus Terrifying, educational, informative, frightening, scary, real. Discover why you and the digital world are at risk. 150 antivirus companies have the same problem and they can destroy your data and hurt your business. Imagine your company losing customer data, products and suppliers. Imagine...

Author: Ernesto NovilloISBN-10: 1514459914ISBN-13: 9781514459911Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/10/2016Pages: 238Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d

The U.S. Government's Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) is responsible for providing the best science-based knowledge possible to inform management of the risks and opportunities associated with changes in the climate and related environmental systems. To support its mission, the CCSP has commissioned 21...

The core mission of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) is to "Facilitate the creation and application of knowledge of the Earth's global environment through research, observations, decision support, and communication". To accomplish this goal, the CCSP has commissioned 21 Synthesis and Assessment...

This is the administrative report for the 2004 NASA Faculty Fellowship Program (NFFP) held at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) for the 40th consecutive year.Author: National Aeronautics and Space AdministrISBN-10: 150241600XISBN-13: 9781502416001Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/09/2014Pages: 386Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.97lbsSize:...

"Practicing AutoCAD" has been designed to instruct you effectively and efficiently in how to make your own 2D drawings and 3D models and to achieve the desired views and sections. This book has been written by using mainly AutoCAD 2015 and the Operating System...

This supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) documents the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff's analysis and conclusions regarding the environmental impacts of constructing and operating two new nuclear units (Units 3 and 4) at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP) site near Waynesboro, Georgia,...

This draft document has been prepared by staff from the Risk and Benefits Group, Health and Environmental Impacts Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Any findings and conclusions are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect...

This safety evaluation report (SER) documents the technical review of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 (PVNGS), license renewal application (LRA) by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff (the staff). By letter dated December 11, 2008, and supplemented...

The purpose of this NUREG is to establish the feasibility of developing a risk-informed and performance-based regulatory structure for the licensing of future nuclear power plants (NPPs). As such, this NUREG documents a "Framework" that provides an approach, scope and criteria that could be...

The purpose of this NUREG is to establish the feasibility of developing a risk-informed and performance-based regulatory structure for the licensing of future nuclear power plants (NPPs). As such, this NUREG documents a "Framework" that provides an approach, scope and criteria that could be...

The discussion in this document is intended to provide information on advancements in the field of biological assessments and on use of biological assessments to support state water quality management programs. The statutory provisions and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations described in...

The Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Assessment of Materials and Equipment manual (MARSAME) is a supplement to the Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM) providing information on planning, conducting, evaluating, and documenting radiological disposition surveys for the assessment of materials and equipment. MARSAME...

This document provides guidance for the review and approval of applications for packages used to transport radioactive material (other than spent fuel) under Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter I, Part 71.Author: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionISBN-10: 1500553387ISBN-13: 9781500553388Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage:...

The Standard Review Plan for Spent Fuel Dry Storage Facilities (FSRP) provides guidance to the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for reviewing applications for license approval or renewal for commercial independent spent fuel storage installations (ISFSIs). An ISFSI may be co-located with...

Water quality of the Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer system was assessed primarily with data collected from 1995 through 2007 as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Physical properties and concentrations of major ions, trace ele- ments, radionuclides, nutrients,...

Agua Caliente Spring, in downtown Palm Springs, California, has been used for recreation and medicinal therapy for hundreds of years and currently (2008) is the source of hot water for the Spa Resort owned by the Agua Caliente Band of the Cahuilla Indians. The...

Climate affects the design, construction, safety, operations, and maintenance of transporta- tion infrastructure and systems. The prospect of a changing climate raises critical questions regarding how alterations in temperature, precipitation, storm events, and other aspects of the climate could affect the nation's roads, airports,...

The SAP 4.4 has been prepared by a team of experts from academia, governmental and nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector in response to the mandate of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's Strategic Plan (2003). This report examines (1) the combined effects on...

This Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Product addresses current capabilities to integrate observations of the climate system into a consistent description of past and current conditions through the method of reanalysis. In addition, the Product assesses present capabilities to attribute causes for...

The NRC is establishing a risk-informed revision of the design-basis pipe break size requirements in 10 CFR 50.46, Appendix K to Part 50, and GDC 35 which requires estimates of LOCA frequencies as a function of break size. Separate BWR and PWR piping and...

The NRC conducted a study of existing and alternative programs for improving quality and the assurance of quality in the design and construction of commercial nuclear power plants.Author: T. Ankrum, W. Brach, W. AltmanISBN-10: 150020921XISBN-13: 9781500209216Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/15/2014Pages: 558Format: PaperbackWeight:...

A multi-disciplined and team-based approach was used to integrate geophysical, hydrologic, and chemical data to characterize lithology, fractures, and hydraulic properties of fractured crystalline bedrock and to determine the nature and extent of ground-water contamination from a landfill and former chemical-waste disposal pits at...

This publication has been developed by NIST to further its statutory responsibilities under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), Public Law (P.L.) 107-347. NIST is responsible for developing information security standards and guidelines, including minimum requirements for Federal information systems, but such standards...

As part of redesign of the materials licensing process, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission consolidated and updated numerous guidance documents into a single comprehensive repository, as described in NUREG-1539.Author: Beardsley Bakhsh, D. B. HoweISBN-10: 150020904XISBN-13: 9781500209049Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/15/2014Pages: 506Format:...

The Standard Review Plan (SRP) for dry storage systems (DSS) provides guidance to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff in the Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation (SFST) for reviewing applications for a Certificate of Compliance (CoC) of a dry storage system...