This open access book provides an overview of the work undertaken within the FiberEUse project, which developed solutions enhancing the profitability of composite recycling and reuse in value-added products, with a cross-sectorial approach. Glass and carbon fiber reinforced polymers, or composites, are increasingly used as structural materials in many manufacturing sectors like transport, const…
This open access book explores the relevance of the concept of technology assessment (TA) on an international and global level. Technologies play a key role in addressing global challenges such as climate change, population aging, digitization, and health. At the same time, their use increases the need for coordinated action and governance at the global level in the field of science, technology…
Sejak awal mula waktu, menjalankan bisnis melibatkan penggunaan logika yang menjadi dasar pengoperasian bisnis. Logika ini disebut model bisnis dalam ilmu manajemen, yang semakin berfokus pada isu-isu seputar model bisnis. Tren penelitian yang terkait dengan model bisnis meliputi penciptaan nilai, operasionalisasi rantai nilai, dan aspek sosial dan ekologis, serta inovasi dan transformasi digit…
Film and the Chinese Medical Humanities adalah buku pertama yang merefleksikan kekuatan film dalam merepresentasikan wacana medis dan kesehatan di Tiongkok baik di masa lalu maupun masa kini, serta dalam membentuk masa depannya. Mengacu pada film layar lebar dan dokumenter dari Tiongkok daratan, setiap bab membahas bidang kedokteran melalui seni visual. Buku-buku tersebut membahas tema-tema sep…
Dalam buku ini, penulis meyakinkan bahwa Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington sedikit keliru, setidaknya sejauh menyangkut fisika. Ia mengeksplorasi teori grup dan aljabar Lie serta representasinya untuk menggunakan representasi grup sebagai alat bantu yang menghemat tenaga. ;;; Isospin, atau isotopic spin (juga disebut isospin kuantum), adalah konsep dalam fisika partikel yang digunakan untuk menggamb…
ABSTRACT This book presents an unprecedentedly thorough collection of information on the diseases of cultivated annual oilseed crops, including peanut, rapeseed-mustard, sesame, soybean, sunflower, and safflower. It covers and integrates global literature on the subject up to 2014, setting it apart from other books that are only of regional importance. The authors are internationally recognize…
This book provides a timely analysis of the role that information-particularly scientific information-plays in the policy-making and decision-making processes in coastal and ocean management. It includes contributions from global experts in marine environmental science, marine policy, fisheries, public policy and administration, resource management
COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) is an intergovernmental initiative in science and research intended to promote the coordination of nationally funded research in Europe. Four working groups discuss the housing of animals, their environmental needs, refinement of procedures, genetically modified animals, and cost-benefit analysis. Based on the activit…
Discussing the interpretation of tissue concentrations of contaminants in wildlife, this updated edition of a bestseller draws on current scientific research and includes new chapters and greater emphasis on aquatic organisms. Each chapter provides a summary and review of a specific chemical along with direction on research methods and the interpretation of conflicting or insufficient data. Cha…
Typical development in the American Southwest often resulted in scraping the desert lands of the ancient living landscape, to be replaced with one that is human-made and dependent on a large consumption of energy and natural resources. This transdisciplinary book explores the natural and built environment of this desert region and introduces development tools for shaping its future in a more su…