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European Autonomy in Spac
The volume provides analyses and evaluations of the continuing importance of Europe’s autonomy in its access to space as a key driver in the development of European space capabilities. From a detailed historical analysis of some of the pitfalls of dependence in the space industry, experts analyse the full range of current European space capabilities and identify areas where autonomy is both p…
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- 978-3-319-11110-0
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Euro-Par 2015: Parallel Processing Workshops Euro-Par 2015 International Wor…
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of 12 workshops held at the 21st International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Euro-Par 2015, in Vienna, Austria, in August 2015. The 67 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 121 submissions. The volume includes papers from the following workshops: BigDataCloud: 4th W…
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- 978-3-319-27308-2
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- 323 illustrations in colour
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Ethics, Economics and Social Institutions
The book highlights the ethical aspects and issues that are inherent to economics in the context of today’s prominent social institutions. It reviews a range of problems concerning dominant social institutions, namely markets, government agencies, corporate entities, financial networks, and religious systems. Further, in each case, the book takes a detailed look at the economic problems as th…
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- 978-981-10-0899-3
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- 4 illustrations in colour
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Risk Management for Enterprises and Individuals
This book is intended for the Risk Management and Insurance course where Risk Management is emphasized. When we think of large risks, we often think in terms of natural hazards such as hurricanes, earthquakes or tornados. Perhaps man-made disasters come to mind such as the terrorist attacks in the U.S. on September 11, 2001. Typically we have overlooked financial crises, such as the credit c…
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- 658.155 BAR r
Ethical Engineering for International Development and Environmental Sustainab…
Ensuring that their work has a positive influence on society is a responsibility and a privilege for engineers, but also a considerable challenge. This book addresses the ways in which engineers meet this challenge, working from the assumption that for a project to be truly ethical both the undertaking itself and its implementation must be ethically sound. The contributors discuss varied to…
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- 978-1-4471-6618-4
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- 28 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
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Essentials of Stochastic Processes
Building upon the previous editions, this textbook is a first course in stochastic processes taken by undergraduate and graduate students (MS and PhD students from math, statistics, economics, computer science, engineering, and finance departments) who have had a course in probability theory. It covers Markov chains in discrete and continuous time, Poisson processes, renewal processes, martinga…
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- 978-3-319-45614-0
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- 26 b/w illustrations
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Sustainable Water Use and Management
Contributing to the growing debate on the need for sustainable water use and management, with concrete examples of new approaches, concepts, arguments, methods and findings which illustrate how this can be achieved, this book will be attractive for large groups of readers familiar with one or more of the themes it tackles, and to the general public. Within this context, the book makes use of ma…
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- 978-3-319-12394-3
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- IX, 408
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- Green Energy and Technology
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Sustainable Value Chain Management
This book introduces the integrated management concept of "Sustainable Value Creation", which delivers sustainability ‘inside-out’ from the core business. It is based on the premise that sustainability can provide a platform for growth, if it is implemented in a company’s products, services and supply chains (combined also known as the 'Value Chain'). Managing the Value Chain from the out…
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- 978-3-319-12142-0
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- XII, 426
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- CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance
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Black Markets and Militants: Informal Networks in the Middle East and Africa
Understanding the political and socio-economic factors which give rise to youth recruitment into militant organizations is central to grasping some of the most important issues that affect the contemporary Middle East and Africa.
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- 9781108961011
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Sustainable Practices for Landfill Design and Operation
Solid waste management is a global concern, and landfilling remains the predominant management method in most areas of the world. This book provides a comprehensive view of state-of-the-art methods to manage landfills more sustainably, drawing upon more than two decades of research, design, and operational experiences at operating sites across the world. Sustainable landfills implement one or…
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- 978-1-4939-2662-6
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- XIX, 472
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- Waste Management Principles and Practice
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