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Carbon Dioxide Capture : An Effective Way to Combat Global Warming
This topical brief summarizes the various options available for carbon capture and presents the current strategies involved in CO2 reduction. The authors focus on current CO2 capture technologies that facilitate the reduction of greenhouse gas (CO2) emissions and reduce global warming. This short study will interest environmental researchers, teachers and students who have an interest in global…
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- 661.03
Ignitability and Explosibility of Gases and Vapors
The book provides a systematic view on flammability and a collection of solved engineering problems in the fields of dilution and purge, mine gas safety, clean burning safety and gas suppression modeling. For the first time, fundamental principles of energy conservation are used to develop theoretical flammability diagrams and are then explored to understand various safety-related mixing pro…
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- 978-1-4939-2664-0
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- XXII, 213
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- 338 MAT i
Identifying Product and Process State Drivers in Manufacturing Systems Using …
The book reports on a novel approach for holistically identifying the relevant state drivers of complex, multi-stage manufacturing systems. This approach is able to utilize complex, diverse and high-dimensional data sets, which often occur in manufacturing applications, and to integrate the important process intra- and interrelations. The approach has been evaluated using three scenarios from d…
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- 978-3-319-17610-9
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- XVIII, 272
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- 621 WUE i
Financial Crisis, Bank Behaviour and Credit Crunch
This book explores some relevant distortions and market failures in financial and banking markets caused by the recent financial crisis and offers important insights to policymakers as well. After having introduced the reader to the economic background behind the origin of the present financial turmoil, the book proposes a distinct angle to look at some macro and microeconomic aspects. The v…
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- 978-3-319-17413-6
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- XII, 193
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- Contributions to Economics
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The Future of the Postal Sector in a Digital World
Worldwide, postal operators have been slow to address the threats from and opportunities created by electronic competition. The European Commission and member states are wrestling with these issues, while at the same time continuing to deal with the interrelated issues of implementing entry into postal markets and maintaining the universal service obligation. The Postal Accountability and Enha…
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- 978-3-319-24454-9
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- XIII, 345, 23 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
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- Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy
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The Indian Textile and Clothing Industry
This book examines the textile and clothing Industry of India and its trade scenario from a global perspective. New developments in international policies related to trade and investment and falling barriers to trade worldwide as well as within individual regional communities have transformed the structure of production and global competition in the textile and apparel industries across the wor…
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- 978-81-322-2370-2
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- XI, 105,3 b/w illustrations
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- SpringerBriefs in Economics
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The Handbook of Service Innovation
Bringing together some of the world’s leading thinkers, academics and professionals to provide practitioners, students and academicians with comprehensive insights into implementing effective service innovation. This book presents service innovation holistically and systemically across various service areas, including health, education, tourism, hospitality, telecommunications, and retail. It…
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- 978-1-4471-6590-3
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- XL, 842, 109 b/w illustrations
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- The Handbook of Service Innovation
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ICGSCE 2014: Proceedings of the International Conference on Global Sustainabi…
This book includes selected papers from the ICGSCE 2014 with focus on the current trends of global resources used to meet the growing demands to improve life style coupled with environmental and social problems related to the resource consumption with emphasize to move towards sustainable development. It provides a platform for scientists and academicians from local and international universiti…
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- 978-981-287-504-4
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- XIV, 421
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- 338.47 ICG
The Political Economy of Anti-dumping Protection
This book successfully integrates two research traditions in international politics – the traditional view that looks at domestic factors of anti-dumping policies and the strategic view that conditions the imposition of anti-dumping measures on the likely, retaliatory behavior of the trading partner. The result is an informative and constructive examination of anti-dumping protection and trad…
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- 978-3-319-11224-4
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- XI, 167
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- Contributions to Economics
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Railway Infrastructure Security
This comprehensive monograph addresses crucial issues in the protection of railway systems, with the objective of enhancing the understanding of railway infrastructure security. Based on analyses by academics, technology providers and railway operators, it explains how to assess terrorist and criminal threats, design countermeasures, and implement effective security strategies. In so doing, it …
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- 978-3-319-04426-2
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