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Inhaltsübersicht.- Einführung.- Erster Teil: Bedeutung und Reichweite des Schutzes der Umwelt während internationaler bewaffneter Konflikte.- 1. Kapitel: Übersicht über die Schädigungen der Umwelt durch bewaffnete Konflikte.- 2. Kapitel: Der Schutz der Umwelt durch das Kriegsvölkerrecht.- 3. Kapitel: Die potentielle Bedeutung friedensumweltvölkerrechtlicher Verträge für den Schutz der Umwelt während internationaler bewaffneter Konflikte.- Zweiter Teil: Die Fortgeltung friedensumweltvölkerrechtlicher Verträge zwischen den gegnerischen Parteien eines internationalen bewaffneten Konfliktes.- 4. Kapitel: Das Problem der Bindung von Konfliktparteien an umweltvölkerrechtliche Verträge.- 5. Kapitel: Allgemeine Regeln des Völkerrechts zur Geltung friedensvölkerrechtlicher Verträge während internationaler bewaffneter Konflikte.- 6. Kapitel: Gruppen völkerrechtlicher Verträge, die während eines internationalen bewaffneten Konfliktes die Konfliktparteien weiter binden.- 7. Kapitel: Die unmittelbare Anwendung der allgemeinen Regeln über die Fortgeltung völkerrechtlicher Verträge in internationalen bewaffneten Konflikten auf umweltvölkerrechtliche Verträge.- 8. Kapitel: Die analoge Anwendung der allgemeinen Regeln über die Fortgeltung völkerrechtlicher Verträge in internationalen bewaffneten Konflikten auf umweltvölkerrechtliche Verträge.- 9. Kapitel: Schranken der Fortgeltung internationaler Umweltverträge und das konfliktfeste Minimum.- Dritter Teil: Dogmatische Grundlage, Ausblick und Ergebnis.- 10. Kapitel: Die dogmatische Grundlage der Fortgeltung friedensvölkerrechtlicher Verträge zum Schutz der Umwelt.- 11. Kapitel: Ausblick und Ergebnis-Der Schutz der Umwelt durch die Fortgeltung des Friedensumweltvölkerrechts in internationalen bewaffneten Konflikten.- Summary.- Verzeichnis häufig zitierter Dokumente.

This handy reference will help medical school department chairs and other Academic Health Center (AHC) leaders navigate the important, challenging and complex responsibilities and opportunities of their positions, whether they are new, experienced or future leaders. Medical school department chairs support four distinct missions (education, research, clinical care and public service), which serve multiple constituents, have different measures of success, and sometimes are in direct conflict for resources across the different priorities of their AHC and its component organizations. Having served as medical school department chairs, program and center directors, medical school deans, and AHC chief executives, the authors have seen first-hand the increasing difficulty and complexity of these roles and the inspiring impact these leaders can have on those they serve. This book shares their insights by providing contemporary and comprehensive information to help these leaders navigate the many issues and opportunities they face. While serving as a medical school department chair is challenging on many levels, it is one of the most important roles in AHCs and can be an extremely rewarding leadership position. Timely advice and guidance are keys to success, and this book articulates and answers the most common questions faced by medical school department chairs and other leaders over their careers.

Microplastic pollution is a global problem, and its severity only threatens to get worse. This book presents all of the most up-to-date research on microplastic pollution, identifies issues and proposes actions to be taken and solutions to be implemented in facing down this environmental threat. The book details a host of aspects related to microplastic pollution, including: causes and effects; the impact on different environments; the emerging threat of nanoplastics; detection systems for monitoring areas subject to pollution; the ramifications in regard to other types of pollutants; green approaches for the synthesis of environmentally-friendly polymers; and socio-economic and environmental impact assessment and risk analysis, including in regard to effects on the human food chain. The primary audience for the book are scientists and decision-makers from industries, international, national and local institutions, and NGOs. It offers comprehensive information on the origin of the problem, its impact on marine environments, with particular attention to the Mediterranean Sea and Coasts, and the current research activities and ongoing projects aimed at finding technical solutions to mitigate the phenomenon.

Rabies is one of the oldest known pathogens, is incurable, and has the highest fatality rate of all infectious diseases. The Americas is the only region with bat rabies virus, including vampire bat rabies. The region is rich in cultural references and notable for many discoveries in the field, including the current vaccine potency test, diagnostic assay, conception of oral vaccines for wildlife, the first human survivor and the first successful canine rabies program executed at a broad level. Rabies remains the most important viral zoonosis, with tens of thousands of human fatalities and tens of millions of exposures annually, which can be used to model for other pathogens, such as COVID-19. There is an international effort to eliminate human rabies caused by dogs over the next decade, and the Americas represent the primary region with the greatest proof-of-concept evidence to accomplish this goal. This two-volume set addresses the medical history and modern results of rabies in countries throughout the Americas, including the implications of and on cultural, economic, sociological, and research developments in the region. Volume II provides an in-depth analysis of the rabies' presence and impact in specific countries, including historical perspectives, advances in research and understanding, and current status.

This book reports on cutting-edge research concerning social practices. Merging perspectives from various disciplines, including philosophy, biology, psychology and cognitive science, and economy, it discusses theoretical aspects of social behavior along with models to investigate them, and presenting key case studies as well. Further, it describes concepts related to habits, routines, and rituals and examines important features of human action, such as intentionality and choice, exploring the influence of specific social practices in different situations. Based on a workshop held on April 2022 at the World Congress on Universal Logic (UNILOG 22), in Crete, and including additional invited chapters, the book offers fresh insights into the fields of social practice and the cognitive, computational, and philosophical tools to understand them.

The goal of the 2019 conference on Stochastic Processes and Algebraic Structures held in SPAS2019, Västerås, Sweden, from September 30th to October 2nd 2019 was to showcase the frontiers of research in several important topics of mathematics, mathematical statistics, and its applications. The conference has been organized along the following tracks: 1. Stochastic processes and modern statistical methods in theory and practice, 2. Engineering Mathematics, 3. Algebraic Structures and applications. This book highlights the latest advances in algebraic structures and applications focused on mathematical notions, methods, structures, concepts, problems, algorithms, and computational methods for the natural sciences, engineering, and modern technology. In particular, the book features mathematical methods and models from non-commutative and non-associative algebras and rings associated to generalizations of differential calculus, quantumdeformations of algebras, Lie algebras, Lie superalgebras, color Lie algebras, Hom-algebras and their n-ary generalizations, semi-groups and group algebras, non-commutative and non-associative algebras and computational algebra interplay with q-special functions and q-analysis, topology, dynamical systems, representation theory, operator theory and functional analysis, applications of algebraic structures in coding theory, information analysis, geometry and probability theory. The book gathers selected, high-quality contributed chapters from several large research communities working on modern algebraic structures and their applications. The chapters cover both theory and applications, and are illustrated with a wealth of ideas, theorems, notions, proofs, examples, open problems, and results on the interplay of algebraic structures with other parts of Mathematics. The applications help readers grasp the material, and encourage them to develop new mathematical methods and concepts in their future research. Presenting new methods and results, reviews of cutting-edge research, open problems, and directions for future research, will serve as a source of inspiration for a broad range of researchers and students.

Hegel and Schelling in Early Nineteenth-Century France is a two-volume work that documents the French reception of G. W. F. Hegel and F. W. J. Schelling from 1801 to 1848. It shows that the story of the "French Hegel" didn't begin with Wahl and Kojève by giving readers a solid understanding of the various ways in which German Idealism impacted nineteenth-century French philosophy, as well as providing the first ever English-language translations of excerpts from the most important philosophical texts of the era. Inside volume one, readers will find a number of interpretative frameworks to help them get to grips with this neglected field in the history of ideas. In addition to excerpted translations and a narrative of Hegel's and Schelling's fate in France during the early nineteenth century, this volume includes an introduction on transnational reception history, as well as an analytical catalogue of the translations of their work produced in French at this time, of thepublications which appropriated or interrogated their philosophical legacy, and of the journals, institutional structures and other mechanisms of dissemination that brought Hegel's and Schelling's philosophy into France. The book thus details the ways in which French philosophers of the period took up the debates and concepts of German Idealism, transformed them or rejected them. In this way, it aims to contribute to a reversal of the serious neglect of early nineteenth-century French thought in English-language scholarship and, in so doing, goes beyond a nation-based narrative of the history of philosophy. Figures covered in the volumes include major philosophers such as Cousin, Leroux, Proudhon, Quinet, Ravaisson, Renouvier and Véra, as well as more neglected figures, like Barchou de Penhoën, Bénard, Lèbre, Lerminier, Pictet, and Willm.

The aim of this encyclopedia is to provide a comprehensive reference work on scientific and other scholarly research on the quality of life, including health-related quality of life research or also called patient-reported outcomes research Since the 1960s two over-lapping but fairly distinct research communities and traditions have developed concerning ideas about the quality of life, individually and collectively, one with a fairly narrow focus on health-related issues and one with a quite broad focus. In many ways, the central issues of these fields have roots extending to the observations and speculations of ancient philosophers, creating a continuous exploration by diverse explorers in diverse historic and cultural circumstances over several centuries of the qualities of human existence. What we have not had so far is a single, multidimensional reference work connecting the most salient and important contributions to the relevant fields. Entries will be organized alphabetically and cover basic concepts, relatively well-established facts, lawlike and causal relations, theories, methods, standardized tests, biographic entries on significant figures, organizational profiles, indicators and indexes of qualities of individuals and of communities of diverse sizes, including rural areas, towns, cities, counties, provinces, states, regions, countries and groups of countries.

Artificial intelligence (AI) - both in its current, comparatively limited form and even more so in its potential future forms (such as general and superintelligence) - has raised both concerns and hopes. Its actual and potential consequences are increasingly far-reaching, affecting almost every facet of human life on a collective and individual level: from the use of mobile phones and social media to autonomous weapons, and from the digitalization of knowledge and information to the patentability of AI innovations, unexpected philosophical, ontological, political and legal questions continue to arise.This book offers an insightful and essential guide to the scientific questions that are shaping humanity's present and future. Presenting a collection of academic essays written by prominent scholars, it addresses the major legal issues concerning AI: its impact on a wide range of human behavior and the general legal response, including questions on AI and legal personhood;responsibility, liability and culpability in the age of AI; the challenges AI poses for intellectual property regimes; human rights challenges; and AI's impact on jus ad bellum and jus in bello.Given its scope, the book will appeal to researchers, scholars and practitioners seeking a guide to this rapidly transforming landscape.

Treatment of pediatric obesity, to date, has largely focused on lifestyle therapy. While lifestyle therapy is essential for obesity management, it is often insufficient, particularly for youth who have severe forms of the disease. Underlying the limitations of lifestyle therapy is the recognition that obesity is a biological disorder of the energy regulatory system and accordingly, to effectively manage obesity, the underpinning pathophysiology needs to be addressed. This pathophysiology can be targeted with more advanced therapies including anti-obesity medications and metabolic and bariatric surgery, two treatment strategies supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Written by leading experts in the field, A Practical Guide to Managing Pediatric Obesity is comprised of thirteen chapters, each including suggested protocols and case examples. The first chapter details the complex pathophysiology of obesity and sets the stage for why advanced therapies are critical for effective obesity management. Chapter two provides guidance on best practices for communicating with patients and families about obesity. The next three chapters provide direction on how to do a comprehensive patient assessment, and employ dietary and physical activity interventions. The heart of this guidebook is the chapter on pharmacological treatments, which details the mechanisms of action, research results, and recommendations for anti-obesity medication selection and monitoring outlined in a step-by-step fashion. Pre- and post-operative care for the pediatric bariatric surgery patient is detailed in the next chapter. Assessment and management of behavioral and psychological complications, type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, polycystic ovary syndrome, hypertension, and dyslipidemia are covered in the subsequent five chapters. Syndromic and monogenic obesity are discussed in the final chapter.

1 History of Optical Trapping and Manipulation of Small Neutral Particles, Atoms, and Molecules.- 2 Thirteen Years of Single-Molecule Spectroscopy in Physical Chemistry and Biophysics.- 3 The Electronic Structure of Single Photosynthetic Pigment-Protein Complexes.- 4 Single-Molecule Optical Switching: A Mechanistic Study of Nonphotochemical Hole-Burning.- 5 Triggered Emission of Single Photons by a Single Molecule.- 6 Photophysics of Conjugated Polymers Unmasked by Single Molecule Spectroscopy.- 7 Confining and Probing Single Molecules in Synthetic Liposomes.- 8 Single Molecule Detection Using Near Infrared Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering.- 9 Single-Molecule Fluorescence - Each Photon Counts.- 10 Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy in Single-Molecule Analysis: Enzymatic Catalysis at the Single Molecule Level.- 11 The Characterization of a Transmembrane Receptor Protein by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy.- 12 Applications of Dual-Color Confocal Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Biotechnology.- 13 Single-Molecule Enzymology.- 14 Single-Molecule Enzymology.- 15 The Energy Landscape.- 16 Coherent Intramolecular Dynamics in Small Enzyme Populations.- 17 Single-Molecule Dynamics in Biosystems.- 18 Single-Molecule Dynamics Associated with Protein Folding and Deformations of Light-Harvesting Complexes.- 19 The Study of Single Biomolecules with Fluorescence Methods.- 20 Studying the Green Fluorescent Protein with Single-Molecule Spectroscopy.

P.J.J. Welfens, Y. Gavrilenkov: Introduction.- The Russian Transformation Crisis: P.J.J. Welfens: Efficient External Liberalization in Russian Transformation.- Introduction.- Traditional and New Approaches for External Liberalization.- Policy Conclusions for Russia.- T. Komulainen: Currency Crisis Theories - Some Expanations for the Russian Case.- Introduction.- Currency Crisis Theories.- Conclusion.- R. Wiegert: Banking Sector and Financial Intermediation in the Russian Transformation Process.- Systemic Transformation, Growth Requirements and Financial Stability.- The Role of the Banking Sector.- Consequences for the Russian Banking Sector.- R. Grinberg: Institutional Failures of Market Transformation of the Russian Economy.- Introduction.- Examples of Institutional Failures in the Reform Policy in Russia.- The West in the Trap of Self-deception.- Russia Between Old and New Institutions.- The Reform of Institutional Basis of Economic Policy in Russia.- V. Gligorov, N. Sundstrom: Russian Crisis: Causes, Developments, Contagion and Prospects.- Introduction.- Constitution and Transformation.- Budgets, Markets and Banks.- Policy Responses and Mistakes.- The Collapse and Contagion.- Russian Prospects.- Conclusion.- Restructuring in Transition Economies: R. Döhrn: Foreign Direct Investment in Russia: An Engine of Structural Adjustment?.- Statistical Background.- Determinants of FDI and Projections for Russia.- FDI, Capital Formation, and Structural Change.- Conclusions.- G. Serebryakov: Russian Economy: Structural Change and Econometric Prospective.- Aggregate Econometric Macro Model for Russian Economy.- RIM - Russian Inter-industry Model.- Modeling and Some Specific Features of Russian Economy.- Economic Growth and Structural Change in 1990 - 1997.- Issues on Laborand Capital Costs Analysis.- Some Issues in Current Economic Development and Perspective Model Simulations.- Z. Ludvig: Economic Opening-Up, Policy Reforms and Relations with International Organizations: A Parallel between Hungary and Russia - Some Major Differences and Similarities.- Economic Opening-up and the Role of Foreign Trade Liberalization.- Relationship with International Organizations.- Stabilizing Russia: E. Gavrilenkov: Introduction.- The Impact of Monetary Policy on Macroeconomic Performance in Present Russia and Some Political Economy Issues.- The Conduct of Monetary Policy in Russia in the Context of International Experience and Conducting of Monetary Policy with Different Regimes.- Monetary Policy, Liquidiy Problems and Foreign Debt Service.- M. Vogelsang: Russian Capital Markets and International Financial Flows.- Introduction.- Some Questions on Recent Financial Crises.- The Model.- Capital Markets and Economy`s Wealth.- Exit Tax.- Some Remarks on Tax and Other Capital Controls.- Conclusion.- C. Faber, H. Strohe: Consumer Prices in Russia and Transforming Official Statistics.- Preface.- Some Short Methodological Notes Concerning the Russian CPI.- The Development of Russian CPI within the 90s.- A Comparison of CPI Development with other Economic Indicators.- Problems Concerning the Statistics of Consumer Prices.- Recommendations.- F. Bohn: The Rationale for Seigniorage in Russia - A Model-Theoretic Approach.- Introduction.- Economic and Political Model Components.- A Formal Intertemporal Model.- Conclusion and Outlook.- U. Thießen: Overcoming the Russian Banking Crisis: Theory, Some Empirical Findings and Policy Options.- Introduction.- Background of the Banking Crisis, Economic Costs, and Approach of the Authorities.- Modern Theoretical Findings of the Workings of Financial Markets and

This book sheds light on modern populism and discusses the link between populism and identity politics against the backdrop of populist leaders asserting the identity of their own group, while maintaining the separation from others. Written by former BBC correspondent and commentator Deepak Tripathi, the book explains how populism has a long history with early discernable origins in the Tsarist Russian Empire and North America in the nineteenth century, spreading to Latin America, Europe, and elsewhere in the following century. The book analyzes various forms of populism, its causes and consequences. It further looks at how industrialization, economic growth, and movement of people led to conditions which contributed to inequalities, fueling populist sentiments and social conflict around the globe. Tripathi concludes that populism has moved from the fringes to the mainstream of politics, and is here to stay, given factors such as growing competition for resources, populationincrease, climate change, and migration. The book will appeal to students, scholars, and researchers of political science and neighboring disciplines, as well as policy-makers interested in a better understanding of modern populism and its roots. Written in a graceful, informative style, this book explores the rise of populism on the global scene and exposes its dangers. Mark Juergensmeyer, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of Global Rebellion: Religious Challenges to the Secular State Deepak Tripathi provides the first lucid and comprehensive analysis of a political phenomenon that engulfs many states and societies today. Ilan Pappe, Professor of History, and Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies, University of Exeter This wide-ranging and clear-sighted book gives a historically-informed account of how populism went mainstream. It is a fascinating read. Richard Toye, Professor of Modern History, University of Exeter

This book reports on the ecological engineering of granular sludge processes for a high-rate removal of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus nutrients in compact wastewater treatment plants. It provides novel insights into microorganisms and metabolisms in wastewater microbiomes and the use of microbial ecology principles to manage wastewater treatment processes. It covers a very comprehensive and inter-disciplinary research of systems microbiology and environmental biotechnology. From the initial economic assessment of the aerobic granular sludge technology, concepts of microbiome science and engineering are developed to uncover and manage the microbial ecosystem of granular sludge. Mixed-culture biotechnological processes, multifactorial experimental designs, laser scanning microscopy, molecular microbial ecology and bioinformatics methods, numerical ecology workflows, and mathematical modelling are engaged to disentangle granulation phenomena, microbial selection, and nutrient conversions across scales. The findings are assembled in a guideline for microbial resource management in granular sludge processes to support knowledge utilization in engineering practice. Outputs are integrated in the state of the art of biological wastewater treatment. This book addresses both scientists and engineers who are eager to get insights into and engineer microbiomes for environmental biotechnologies. It makes a valuable contribution to methods for strengthening the role of wastewater treatment plants for recovering safe water and resources, in the context of circular economy and for sustaining health and the environment in an ecologically balanced society.

This book is a collection of stories and reflections that represent Chinese American leaders and depict their tortuous journeys in U.S. higher education that comes at a critical point in time. Many books have been devoted to academic leadership, but this volume uniquely focuses on subjects most relevant to Chinese Americans. We live at a time that not only witnesses an increase in Chinese American leaders on U.S. campuses but also mounting incidents of discriminatory treatment of this group. This book showcases 36 stories and reflections from past, present, and future leaders, including the five previously published stories. They represent leaders holding different ideological values in various academic fields, positions, stages of careers, professional trajectories, generations, Chinese ethnic groups, and geographical locations. The Rise of Chinese American Leaders in U.S. Higher Education makes a valuable contribution to the body of literature that has assisted countless academicleaders in navigating their careers, bringing to the forefront a distinct group of academic leaders who have been underrepresented.

The book conveys a complete holistic therapy concept for the treatment of sleep disorders. Starting from the knowledge transfer on the functions of sleep and evident consequences of sleep disorders, Carolin Marx-Dick describes the multimodal treatment according to the concept of mind-body medicine with the help of compact and well-tested instructions for action. This includes mindfulness-based therapy techniques, body therapy elements, nutrition and exercise therapy as well as naturopathic treatment approaches. Work and patient materials are provided for download, enabling a straightforward and short-term application of the therapy methods. Overview tables provide the practitioner with a quick orientation for diagnostics, therapy planning and the use of targeted therapy modules. Every method presented has been proven in treatment practice and can enable patients to maintain their health in the long term. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.

The main objective of this book is to provide an overview of the benefit of using Earth Observation data to monitor global environmental changes due to natural phenomena and anthropogenic forcing factors over the African continent, and highlight a number of applications of high societal relevance.The main topics presented in the book concern: water resources, floods and droughts, coastal zones changes and exploitation of mineral resources and its impact on the environment. The chapters "Enhancing the Uptake of Earth Observation Products and Services in Africa Through a Multi-level Transdisciplinary Approach", "Water Resources in Africa under Global Change: Monitoring Surface Waters from Space", "Correction to: Water Resources in Africa under Global Change: Monitoring Surface Waters from Space", "Water Resources in Africa: The Role of Earth Observation Data and Hydrodynamic Modeling to Derive River Discharge", "The Role of Space-Based Observations for Groundwater Resource Monitoring over Africa", "Hydrometeorological Extreme Events in West Africa: Droughts", "Hydrometeorological Extreme Events in Africa: The Role of Satellite Observations for Monitoring Pluvial and Fluvial Flood Risk", "Artisanal Exploitation of Mineral Resources: Remote Sensing Observations of Environmental Consequences, Social and Ethical Aspects" and "Coastal Zone Changes in West Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Satellite Earth Observations" are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Previously published in Surveys in Geophysics, Volume 44, Issue 1, 2023

1 Introduction.- 2 Remote Sensing: An Overview of Physical Fundamentals.- 3 Obtaining Remote-sensing Data.- 3.1 Satellite-based Methods.- 3.2 Aircraft-based Methods.- 3.2.1 Aerial Photographs.- 3.2.2 Nonphotographic Imaging Sensors.- 4 The Use of Remote Sensing in Waste Disposal Site Investigation.- 4.1 Investigative Objectives and Interpretative Criteria.- 4.2 Case Studies.- 4.2.1 Characterization of a Waste Disposal Site.- 4.2.2 Exploring the Immediate Vicinity Around a Waste Disposal Site.- 4.2.3 Subsurface Characteristics of a Waste Disposal Site.- 4.2.4 The Search for New Waste Disposal Sites.- 5 Verification of Remotely Sensed Data.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Virtual Versus In-Situ Verification.- 5.3 Verification of Vegetation Data.- 6 Case Studies.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Archival Aerial Photographs Used to Evaluate the Subsurface of Waste Disposal Sites (Arnstadt, Germany).- 6.2.1 Introduction and Problem Description.- 6.2.2 Geophysical Investigations.- 6.2.3 Interpretation of Aerial Photographs.- 6.2.4 Summary.- 6.3 Airborne Remote Sensing to Characterize Waste Disposal Sites (Schoeneiche, Germany).- 6.3.1 Introduction and Problem Description.- 6.3.2 Interpretation of Aerial Photographs and Scanner Images.- 6.3.3 Summary.- 6.4 Thermal Remote Sensing to Detect Buried Waste Material (Oak Ridge, U.S.A.).- 6.4.1 Introduction.- 6.4.2 Background.- 6.4.3 Imagery Analysis.- 6.4.4 Ground Data.- 6.4.5 Conclusions.- 6.5 Remote Sensing for Monitoring the Effects of Mining in Sudbury, Canada.- 6.5.1 Introduction.- 6.5.2 Sudbury Case Study.- 6.5.3 Summary.- 6.6 Multispectral Remote Sensing to Characterize Mine Waste (Cripple Creek and Goldfield, U.S.A.).- 6.6.1 Introduction.- 6.6.2 Investigation Methodology.- 6.6.3 Case Studies.- 6.6.4 Prioritizing Waste Site Investigations Based on Remote Sensing.- 6.6.5 Summary.- 6.7 Applications of Imaging Spectroscopy Data: A Case Study at Summitville, Colorado.- 6.7.1 Introduction.- 6.7.2 Imaging Spectrometer Data.- 6.7.3 Data Analysis.- 6.7.4 Verification of Imaging Spectrometer Data and Results.- 6.7.5 Mapping Minerals.- 6.7.6 Mapping Vegetation.- 6.7.7 Senescence/Stress Mapping.- 6.7.8 Conclusions.- Epilogue.- Acknowledgements.- Sources of Maps, Photos, and Images.- Glossary of Frequently Used Abbreviations.- References.- Additional References.

This contributed volume presents chapters integrating experimental and computational advances in materials research and discusses how the potential release of emerging materials would impact the environment. With increasing populations, there is a growing pressure on resources and the environment to provide food, water, and energy. Innovative materials and novel technologies, such as nanocomposite and multifunctional materials, additive manufacturing, and remediation technologies, are constantly being developed to meet these demands. As technologies mature some potentially harmful materials will find their way into the environment. Depending on their environmental persistence, such as "forever chemicals" per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), some of the emerging materials may become a major environmental challenge. This book covers a broad spectrum of topics related to the recent advances and future directions in emerging materials research, molecular simulations, machine learning and QSAR approaches for environmental contaminants, advanced materials for water purification, remediation technologies of PFAS, and life-cycle assessment of materials. It offers an invaluable resource for postgraduate students and researchers in academia, industry, and different laboratories interested in the field.

This open access textbook offers a guide to corporate finance for modern companies that want to create long-term value. Drawing on recent literature on sustainable companies, it starts by analysing the Sustainable Development Goals as a strategy for the transition to a sustainable economy. Next, it translates the general concept of sustainability into core corporate finance methods, such as net present value, company valuation, cost of capital, capital structure and M&A.Current corporate finance textbooks are primarily based on the shareholder model, designed to maximise financial value. This book instead adopts the integrated model, which argues that companies have to serve the interests of their current and future stakeholders. Accordingly, companies move from simply maximising financial value to optimising integrated value, which combines financial, social and environmental value. Applying this new paradigm of integrated value is the truly innovative feature of this textbook.Written for undergraduate and graduate students of Finance, Economics, and Business Administration, this textbook provides a fresh analysis of corporate finance. Combining theory, empirical data and examples from actual companies, it reveals the sustainability challenges for corporate investment and shows how finance can be used to steer funds to sustainable companies and projects and thus accelerate the transition to a sustainable economy.

This volume of proceedings contains research results within the framework of the fields of Chaos, Fractals and Complexity, written by experienced professors, young researchers, and applied scientists. It includes reviews of the fields, which are presented in an educational way for the widest possible audience, analytical results, computer simulations and experimental evidence, focusing on mathematical modelling. The papers presented here are selected from lectures given at the 28th Summer School "Dynamical Systems and Complexity", July 18 - 27, 2022. Topics cover applications of complex systems in Neuroscience, Biology, Photonics, Seismology, Meteorology, and more broadly Physical and Engineering systems. The summer school has a long history, which began at the University of Patras in 1987 and continues with great success to this day. The original main purpose was to introduce young students and researchers of Greece to a new science that emerged several decades ago and continues to grow internationally at an ever increasing rate around the world.

This book provides a unique blend of data on insect life spans, physiology, enzymology and other molecular features associated with digestion and nutrient absorption to enrich the knowledge on insects and to disclose putative molecular targets for the development of new insect control technologies and for improving insect raising procedures to be used as food and feed. With this aim, the book overviews the types of diets consumed by insects, describing their chemical components demanding digestion and discusses the evolutionary selective pressures on insects associated with feeding. Digestive enzymes are classified and detailed according to their activity on substrates and their evolutionary protein families. The technical details on how to obtain reliable enzymological parameters are discussed. The book reviews the structural changes in enzymes associated with the adaptation of insects to new diets and in avoiding natural plant inhibitors. Midgut features that enhance digestive and nutrient absorption efficiency and their underlying molecular mechanisms are described regarding insects pertaining to key points in evolution. Evolutionary trends of the mechanisms of digestion and nutrient absorption are discussed.

1 Introduction.- 2 Metallocene Catalyzed Polymerization of Methylmethacrylate.- 3 Radical Isomerization Polymerization.- 4 High Pressure Solid State Polymerization.- 5 Biodegradable Polymers.- 6 Polymer Objects: Towards New Polymer Architectures.- 7 Thermo-Responsive Polymer Gels.- 8 Biomimetic Membranes.- 9 Polymeric Membranes for Separation.- 10 Metal Clusters Dispersed in Organic Materials.- 11 Organic Magnetic Materials.- 12 Nonlinear Optical Materials.- 13 Laser Processing of Polymers.- 14 Solid-Phase Forming and Mechanical Properties of Polymers.- 15 Precise Measurement of Molecular Weight.- 16 Surface Forces in Polymeric Systems.- 17 Structure of Organic Thin Films.- 18 Molecular Motions in Bulk Polymers.- 19 Computer Simulation of Polymers.- 20 Morphology Development during Melt Processing of Immiscible Polymer Blends.- 21 Electronic Structure of Conductive and Conjugated Polymers.- 22 Organic Electroluminescent Devices.- 23 Optical and Electrical Properties of C60, C70, Nanotubes and Endohedral Fullerenes.

1. Introduction.- 1.1 The Structure of the Book.- 2. Basic Relations.- 2.1 Basic Laws of Plasma Electrodynamics.- 2.2 Basic Equations for Modelling Gas Discharges.- 2.2.1 Kinetic-Model Equations.- 2.2.2 Fluid-Model Equation.- 3. Surface-Wave Propagation in Homogeneous Plasmas.- 3.1 Remarks on Classification.- 3.2 Single Plane Interface.- 3.2.1 Case of Weak Collisions (w ? v).- 3.2.2 Case of Strong Collisions (v ? w).- 3.2.3 Semi-Bounded Plasmas Overlain by a Dielectric or a Plasma.- 3.2.4 Influence of the Thermal Motion of the Electrons.- 3.3 Plasma Slabs and Plasma Columns.- 3.3.1 Plasma Slabs: Planar Waveguides.- 3.3.2 Plasma Columns: Cylindrical Waveguides.- 4. Surface-Wave Propagation in Inhomogeneous Plasmas.- 4.1 Main Aspects Treated in this Chapter.- 4.2 Inhomogeneity in the Transverse Direction.- 4.2.1 Wave-Field Equations for Plane Geometry.- 4.2.2 Influence of Thermal Electron Motion on the Resonance Absorption of Electromagnetic Surface Waves.- 4.2.3 Surface Wave Propagation Along an Inhomogeneous Plasma Slab.- 4.2.4 Surface Wave Propagation Along a Radially Inhomogeneous Plasma Column.- 4.3 Inhomogeneity in the Longitudinal Direction.- 4.3.1 Single Interface.- 4.3.2 Layered Structures.- 4.3.3 Cylindrical Geometry.- 4.3.4 Generalized Procedure for Obtaining the Geometrical-Optics Solutions4.3.4 Generalized Procedure for Obtaining the Geometrical-Optics Solutions.- 4.3.5 Numerical Results for a Single Interface and for Cylindrical Waveguides.- 4.4 Calculations with Both Transverse and Longitudinal Inhomogeneities.- 5. Fluid Theory of Surface-Wave-Produced Plasmas.- 5.1 Surface-Wave-Sustained Discharges: Nonlinear Systems Unifying Plasma and Wave Field.- 5.2 The Set of Equations.- 5.3 Ionization Nonlinearity.- 5.3.1 Electron Temperature in Terms of the Maintenance Field Intensity.- 5.3.2 Power Absorbed on Average per Electron.- 5.3.3 Ionization Frequency in Terms of the Maintenance Field Intensity.- 5.3.4 Plasma Density Expressed in Terms of the Maintenance Field Intensity.- 5.4 The Electrodynamic Part of the Problem of Maintenance of a Waveguided Discharge.- 5.5 Self-Consistent Axial Structure.- 5.5.1 Recombination-Controlled Regime.- 5.5.2 Diffusion-Controlled Regime.- 5.5.3 Comparison of the Axial Structures of Discharges in Diffusion- and Recombination-Controlled Regimes.- 5.6 Axial Density Profiles.- 5.6.1 General Relations.- 5.6.2 Discharges Maintained in a Diffusion-Controlled Regime by Joule Heating in the Volume.- 5.6.3 Discharges Maintained by Joule Heating in the Plasma Volume and in Regions of Resonance Absorption.- 6. Kinetic Numerical Modelling.- 6.1 Nonlocal Model.- 6.1.1 Boltzmann's Equation.- 6.1.2 Complementary Relations.- 6.1.3 Mean Power Absorbed per Electron.- 6.1.4 Axial Structure.- 6.1.5 Results.- 6.1.6 Axial Changes of Electric-Field Intensity.- 6.1. 7 Influence of Ponderomotive-Force Effects.- 6.2 Local Approach.- 6.2.1 Set of Equations.- 6.2.2 Essential Features.- 6.3 Transition Regime.- 7. Experimental Aspects.- 7.1 Experimental Conditions.- 7.2 Diagnostic Methods.- 7.2.1 Radiophysics Diagnostic Methods.- 7.2.2 Probe Diagnostics.- 7.2.3 Microwave Diagnostics.- 7.2.4 Optical Spectroscopy Methods.- 7.3 Summary of Observations.- 7.3.1 Observations on Basic Features.- 7.3.2 Observations Relevant to Features of Self-Consistency.- 7.4 Open Questions and Related Areas of Research.- 7.5 Applicational Aspects.- References.

I. Integer Points.- §1. Statement of the Problem, Auxiliary Remarks, and the Simplest Results.- §2. The Connection Between Problems in the Theory of Integer Points and Trigonometric Sums.- §3. Theorems on Trigonometric Sums.- §4. Integer Points in a Circle and Under a Hyperbola.- Exercises.- II. Entire Functions of Finite Order.- §1. Infinite Products. Weierstrass's Formula.- §2. Entire Functions of Finite Order.- Exercises.- III. The Euler Gamma Function.- §1. Definition and Simplest Properties.- §2. Stirling's Formula.- §3. The Euler Beta Function and Dirichlet's Integral.- Exercises.- IV. The Riemann Zeta Function.- §1. Definition and Simplest Properties.- §2. Simplest Theorems on the Zeros.- §3. Approximation by a Finite Sum.- Exercises.- V. The Connection Between the Sum of the Coefficients of a Dirichlet Series and the Function Defined by this Series.- §1. A General Theorem.- §2. The Prime Number Theorem.- §3. Representation of the Chebyshev Functions as Sums Over the Zeros of the Zeta Function.- Exercises.- VI. The Method of I.M. Vinogradov in the Theory of the Zeta Function.- §1. Theorem on the Mean Value of the Modulus of a Trigonometric Sum.- §2. Estimate of a Zeta Sum.- §3. Estimate for the Zeta Function Close to the Line ? = 1.- §4. A Function-Theoretic Lemma.- §5. A New Boundary for the Zeros of the Zeta Function.- §6. A New Remainder Term in the Prime Number Theorem.- Exercises.- VII. The Density of the Zeros of the Zeta Function and the Problem of the Distribution of Prime Numbers in Short Intervals.- §1. The Simplest Density Theorem.- §2. Prime Numbers in Short Intervals.- Exercises.- VIII. Dirichlet L-Functions.- §1. Characters and their Properties.- §2. Definition of L-Functions and their Simplest Properties.- §3. The Functional Equation.- §4. Non-trivial Zeros; Expansion of the Logarithmic Derivative as a Series in the Zeros.- §5. Simplest Theorems on the Zeros.- Exercises.- IX. Prime Numbers in Arithmetic Progressions.- §1. An Explicit Formula.- §2. Theorems on the Boundary of the Zeros.- §3. The Prime Number Theorem for Arithmetic Progressions.- Exercises.- X. The Goldbach Conjecture.- §1. Auxiliary Statements.- §2. The Circle Method for Goldbach's Problem.- §3. Linear Trigonometric Sums with Prime Numbers.- §4. An Effective Theorem.- Exercises.- XI. Waring's Problem.- §1. The Circle Method for Waring's Problem.- §2. An Estimate for Weyl Sums and the Asymptotic Formula for Waring's Problem.- §3. An Estimate for G(n).- Exercises.- Hints for the Solution of the Exercises.- Table of Prime Numbers

The practices of agile software development and DevSecOps (Development integrated with Security integrated with Operations) differ from traditional linear systems of working. The people doing this work - who they are and what they expect - and the way the work gets done in today's tech industry demand a leadership practice specific to this way of working. This book explores leadership practice in today's technology industry using the twelve principles of the Agile Manifesto as a framework. Each of the twelve principles includes a section of key takeaways to help the reader apply the principle in practice. It extends traditional notions of leadership, specifically Complexity Leadership Theory (CLT), to one that is post-heroic, acknowledging the processual, conjunctive and generative nature of leadership relationships. Leader-follower dynamics are complex-they include power dynamics, conflict, ambiguity, and paradox-and technology organizations are complex. This book challenges the suitability of some aspects of complexity theory and offers practices that are more suitable for leading today's technology organizations.

The main general theorems on Lie Algebras are covered, roughly the content of Bourbaki's Chapter I. I have added some results on free Lie algebras, which are useful, both for Lie's theory itself (Campbell-Hausdorff formula) and for applications to pro-Jrgroups. of time prevented me from including the more precise theory of Lack semisimple Lie algebras (roots, weights, etc.); but, at least, I have given, as a last Chapter, the typical case ofal, .. This part has been written with the help of F.Raggi and J.Tate. I want to thank them, and also Sue Golan, who did the typing for both parts. Jean-Pierre Serre Harvard, Fall 1964 Chapter I. Lie Algebras: Definition and Examples Let Ie be a commutativering with unit element, and let A be a k-module, then A is said to be a Ie-algebra if there is given a k-bilinear map A x A A (i.e., a k-homomorphism A0" A -] A). As usual we may define left, right and two-sided ideals and therefore quo- tients. Definition 1. A Lie algebra over Ie isan algebrawith the following properties: 1). The map A0i A -+ A admits a factorization A (R)i A -+ A2A -+ A i.e., ifwe denote the imageof(x, y) under this map by [x, y) then the condition becomes for all x e k. [x, x)=0 2). (lx, II], z]+ny, z), x) + ([z, xl, til = 0 (Jacobi's identity) The condition 1) implies [x,1/]=-[1/, x).