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Process Engineering and Plant Design The Complete Industrial Picture

Process Engineering and Plant Design The Complete Industrial Picture

The book provides the whole horizon of process engineering and plant design from concept phase through the execution to commissioning of the plant in the real practice. Providing a complete industrial perspective the book: Covers the guidelines and standards followed in the industry and how engineering documents are generated using these standards Describes Hazardous Area Classification Relief System Design Revamp Engineering Interaction with Other Disciplines and Pre-commissioning and Commissioning Contains several illustrated practical examples which clarify the fundamentals to a raw chemical engineer Includes description of a complete chemical project from concept to commissioning Treating the topic from the perspective of an industrial employee with extensive experience in process engineering and plant design it aims to aid chemical and plant engineers to deal with decision making processes on strategic level management tasks and leading functions beside the technical know-how. | Process Engineering and Plant Design The Complete Industrial Picture

GBP 105.00
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ISO 13485:2016 A Complete Guide to Quality Management in the Medical Device Industry Second Edition

ISO 13485:2016 A Complete Guide to Quality Management in the Medical Device Industry Second Edition

Summary: This book provides valuable effective guidance for understanding interpreting and implementing ISO 13485:2016 standard requirements. Despite its more than 800-page length the author has specifically designed its contents to maximize usability for the reader with a table of contents identical to that of the ISO standard itself which enables easy navigation and orientation. Pragmatic in style and down to earth in tone this book draws real-life examples and case-studies from the author’s many years of experience in consulting to illustrate even the most complex of ISO 13485:2016 standard requirements and their implementation. Identifying relevant requirements and how they harmonize with quality management systems developing processes for design and development as well as product realization and validation are just a few of the issues covered in-depth by this publication. In addition the author constantly reviews the distinctive characteristics and aspects of the medical device manufacturing industry so that the reader can also appreciate the subject of this book in an everyday context. Features: A pragmatic and down to earth approach towards the reader’s understanding of ISO 13485:2016 standard requirements implementation. Uses examples and cases from real-life based on the author’s many years of experience in quality management. A table of contents structured identically to that of ISO 13485:2016 itself allowing easier navigation and orientation for the reader. Emphasises guidance for ISO 13495:2016 standard requirements which are difficult to interpret and implement Constantly reviews the aspect of medical device industry characteristics and distinctive so the reader can reflect the content with its daily work. | ISO 13485:2016 A Complete Guide to Quality Management in the Medical Device Industry Second Edition

GBP 150.00
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Biosecurity in the Making The Threats the Aspects and the Challenge of Readiness

Biosecurity in the Making The Threats the Aspects and the Challenge of Readiness

The explosive growth of bioeconomy and bioscience coupled with an interconnected planet increases the potential impact of large-scale bio-events. Either causing public health threats as in epidemics or posing food security issues from mass poisonings to large-scale starvation such eventualities are direct threats and indirect destabilizers in a planetary context. The issue of Biosecurity thus pervades every affected aspect from exploitations of the agro-sector and the food industry to the Public Health management the novel therapeutic/treatment approaches the new age of space deep-sea and subterranean explorations and the interface with the cyber world and the massive or small-scale projection of violence. It has been present since ancient times tacitly and discreetly but only recently took its present guise the different aspects of which are explored in this book. | Biosecurity in the Making The Threats the Aspects and the Challenge of Readiness

GBP 105.00
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Energy the Environment and Sustainability

Energy the Environment and Sustainability

Energy and the Environment explains in simple terms what the energy demand is at the present what the environmental effects of energy use are and what can be accomplished to alleviate the environmental effects of energy use and ensure adequate energy supply. Though technical in approach the text uses simple explanations of engineering processes and systems and algebra-based math to be comprehensible to students in a range of disciplines. Schematic diagrams quantitative examples and numerous problems will help students make quantitative calculations. This will assist them in comprehending the complexity of the energy-environment balance and to analyze and evaluate proposed solutions. | Energy the Environment and Sustainability

GBP 130.00
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Ancient Seas of Southern Florida The Geology and Paleontology of the Everglades Region

Ancient Seas of Southern Florida The Geology and Paleontology of the Everglades Region

The authors have done an outstanding job of compiling decades of data collected by their own field reconnaissance and other geoscientists… This represents a significant contribution to the understanding of the development of the Florida carbonate platform and it will assist other disciplines as they strive for better understanding of our groundwater resources aquifer characterizations paleoenvironmental interpretations and historical/educational geology programs. Walt Schmidt Florida State Geologist & Chief Florida Geological Survey USA (praise for the first edition) Painting a complete picture of the history of the Everglades Ancient Seas of Southern Florida: The Geology and Paleontology of the Everglades Region Second Edition provides an overview of the geology paleontology and paleoceanography of the region. It emphasizes the upper 300m of the geologic framework of the area and gives insight into the local stratigraphy geomorphology lithology and historical geology. Designed to be a field guide as well as a reference the book is illustrated in full color with brand new photographs of exposed geologic sections stratotype localities collection sites and details of interesting fossil beds. In this book the authors illustrate almost 800 of the most important and diagnostic stratigraphic index fossils found in these beds including over 50 species of corals and almost 700 species of mollusks along with echinoderms crustaceans echinoids petrified wood and aquatic vertebrates. A new edition of The Geology of the Everglades and Adjacent Areas it contains larger images of fossil shells corals and echinoderms and includes new updated geological data and concepts as well as an expanded iconography of stratigraphic index fossils. Based on the data gleaned from these fossils it also offers a series of geomorphological visualizations showing the possible appearances of the Florida Peninsula during the times when it was covered by tropical seas from the Oligocene to the late Pleistocene. This second edition provides a new perspective on both the historical geology of southern Florida and the evolution of one of America’s most beautiful natural treasures the Everglades. | Ancient Seas of Southern Florida The Geology and Paleontology of the Everglades Region

GBP 130.00
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Secrets of the Moon Understanding and Analysing the Lunar Surface

Secrets of the Moon Understanding and Analysing the Lunar Surface

Secrets of the Moon: Understanding and Analysing the Lunar Surface provides a unique account of the origin of key features on the lunar surface. Containing historical accounts and the latest observations from the field in addition to exciting data from the Apollo manned missions it describes the development of our current understanding of our Moon. It also explores the fracturing of the Moon a topic not explored in other literature in the area and contains a statistical treatment of the smaller craters of the Moon as well as a geological treatment of the larger craters. This moderately technical account is designed to clarify and update the general thinking on the nature and origin of the most important lunar surface features for both undergraduate and research students. It may also be read by the professional scientist especially the astronomer and the geologist who has found little time to study the Moon’s topography in addition to the lunar amateur astronomer and even the dedicated layman with a keen interest in lunar science. The book excludes nearly all mathematical symbols in order to remain accessible to those without a formal education in the area. Key Features: Authored by an expert in the area Presents a comprehensive account of the lunar surface from historical observations to the NASA Apollo manned missions and the latest observations and data in the field Includes a statistical and geological treatment of the craters Dr. Gilbert Fielder is Reader Emeritus at Lancaster University United Kingdom. He performed extended teaching at Lancaster University on Planetary Science and introduced a new degree course on Remote Sensing. Prior to this he was Principal Investigator in NASA’s Heat Capacity Mapping Programme while continuing to head the Lunar and Planetary Unit at Lancaster until retirement. Dr. Fielder has authored several books and presented many BBC and ITA television news programmes as well as popular programmes with Sir Patrick Moore (on the BBC’s The Sky at Night) and on the occasion of the first landing of astronauts on the Moon with David Frost as Chairman in a special programme. | Secrets of the Moon Understanding and Analysing the Lunar Surface

GBP 150.00
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The Science of Carbon Sequestration and Capture

The Science of Carbon Sequestration and Capture

The Science of Carbon Sequestration and Capture examines the current scientific underpinnings of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and provides readers with sufficient background on the basics of geology natural science and chemical and environmental engineering so that they can understand the current state and art of the CCS field. Moreover this book provides a wide-ranging discussion presented in the author’s comprehensible conversational style describing the impact of CCS on climate health society in general and the energy landscape. The book is directed at undergraduate and graduate students professionals scientists and the general reading public who would like to gain a broad multidisciplinary view of one of the greatest challenges of our generation. Features: Aims to fill the gap of missing information in published texts dealing with the carbon sequestration and capture revolution currently underway Provides an understanding of current science buttressing carbon capture and sequestration practices Explains the complexities of carbon sequestration and capture systems in basic and understandable terms

GBP 89.99
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Polarized Light and the Mueller Matrix Approach

Polarized Light and the Mueller Matrix Approach

An Up-to-Date Compendium on the Physics and Mathematics of Polarization Phenomena Now thoroughly revised Polarized Light and the Mueller Matrix Approach cohesively integrates basic concepts of polarization phenomena from the dual viewpoints of the states of polarization of electromagnetic waves and the transformations of these states by the action of material media. Through selected examples it also illustrates actual and potential applications in materials science biology and optics technology. The book begins with the basic concepts related to two- and three-dimensional polarization states. It next describes the nondepolarizing linear transformations of the states of polarization through the Jones and Mueller-Jones approaches. The authors then discuss the forms and properties of the Jones and Mueller matrices associated with different types of nondepolarizing media address the foundations of the Mueller matrix and delve more deeply into the analysis of the physical parameters associated with Mueller matrices. The authors proceed with introducing the arbitrary decomposition and other useful parallel decompositions and compare the powerful serial decompositions of depolarizing Mueller matrices. They also analyze the general formalism and specific algebraic quantities and notions related to the concept of differential Mueller matrix. Useful approaches that provide a geometric point of view on the polarization effects exhibited by different types of media are also comprehensively described. The book concludes with a new chapter devoted to the main procedures for filtering measured Mueller matrices. Suitable for advanced graduates and more seasoned professionals this book covers the main aspects of polarized radiation and polarization effects of material media. It expertly combines physical and mathematical concepts with important approaches for representing media through equivalent systems composed of simple components.

GBP 150.00
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Nutrition and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder The Interplay

Nutrition and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder The Interplay

This reference book discusses the role of nutrition in obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD). It covers the investigational therapies in OCD use of animal models and biomarkers for better diagnosis monitoring and possible therapeutic options with nutrients for patients with OCD. This book highlights the role of probiotics amino acids vitamins micronutrients and salts in the management of OCD. It includes such topics as applications of computational modeling and nano-biotechnology in OCD the effects of environmental pollutants and the regulation of antidepressants in OCD. KEY FEATURES Covers emerging therapeutic and nutritional approaches for the treatment and management of OCD Reviews the role of various micronutrients in OCD Discusses the prenatal genetic diagnosis and application of computational modelling in OCD Includes the nutritional and dietary roles in such neuropsychiatric disorders as depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) Explores the application of nano-biotechnology in OCD This book is meant for researchers and professionals in the field of nutritional neuroscience and psychology | Nutrition and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder The Interplay

GBP 150.00
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Wind Energy: Renewable Energy and the Environment

Wind Energy: Renewable Energy and the Environment

The utilization of wind power and other renewable energy sources has been growing at a phenomenal rate. Wind Energy Third Edition explores the wind industry from its inception in the 1970s to today; presents the design aerodynamics operation control applications as well as different types of wind turbines. An overview of energy examines world consumption and use of fossil fuels and includes a section on global climate change. It covers the characteristics of wind such as shear power potential and turbulence and discusses the measurement and siting of individual wind turbines and wind farms. It also discusses the political and economic factors regarding the adoption of wind as an energy source. Features Includes updates throughout and adds new material on wind forecasting offshore wind decommissioning and repowering wind farms and more Illustrates the need for a shift to renewable energy through discussions on energy use and the order of magnitude estimates for the lifetime of fossil fuels Discusses the interconnection of wind turbines to utility grids regulations on installation and operation and the related environmental concerns Presents important economic considerations for the development of wind farms Provides an abundance of examples that highlight the real-world advantages of wind energy over fossil fuels | Wind Energy: Renewable Energy and the Environment

GBP 115.00
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Occupational Health and Safety in the Food and Beverage Industry

Occupational Health and Safety in the Food and Beverage Industry

A safe and healthy working environment is a vital aspect of the food and beverage processing industry. Occupational Health and Safety in the Food and Beverage Industry provides key information on food and beverage manufacturing disease injury management and safer steps for employees to get back to work and discusses food security safety biosecurity defense food safety and quality including food adulteration. Features: Discusses fundamentals of occupational health and safety in the food and beverage industry Highlight standards and legislations as related to occupational health and safety for food and beverage processing sectors Covers hazards elements accident prevention various hazards present in food and beverage sectors and their disease and injury management Explores ethical issues in agri-food processing sectors and their effects on sustainability Introduces importance organization and management for food and beverage processing sectors to prevent losses The book is intended for professionals in the fields of occupational health and safety food engineering chemical engineering and process engineering.

GBP 110.00
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International Law for Energy and the Environment

International Law for Energy and the Environment

This revised edition of Energy Law and the Environment considers how international and national legislation now requires the energy sector to focus more on sustainability and the circular economy in response to new policies at both international and national levels. It explores how environmental law engages with multinational companies regarding energy sources ownership of those resources and state sovereignty. Written for all the players in the energy sector lawyers and non-lawyers alike this third edition considers the issues of energy sector regulation related to economics and protection of intellectual property associated with the development of technologies for mitigating environmentally damaging emissions. It has been updated throughout and adds new and fully revised chapters on subjects including climate change human rights renewable energy and energy law in China. Features: Updated throughout and adds new and fully revised chapters Focuses on the global trends and mandates towards environmental sustainability Examines the latest international legislation involving climate change Includes the coverage of oil and gas industries as well as nuclear and renewable energy | International Law for Energy and the Environment

GBP 100.00
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Clinical Medicine of the Dog and Cat

Clinical Medicine of the Dog and Cat

The fourth edition of Clinical Medicine of the Dog and Cat remains the most extensively illustrated and practical small animal veterinary textbook on the market. It continues and expands on the revolutionary problem-based approach of the previous three editions with more than 1 100 clinical color photographs diagrams and tables. The book is divided into five color-coded sections—General Approach Diagnostic Techniques Disease of Specific Organ Systems Multisystemic Disorders and Elements of Therapy. For this edition: Case studies are integrated within the relevant chapters for ease of reference The first section on common medical problems now includes abdominal distension peripheral edema proteinuria regurgitation and seizures Chapters on thoracic and abdominal radiographs are now included in a unique new section on Diagnostic Techniques encouraging an integrated learning approach The third section contains detailed medical information covering most organ systems with several chapters completely rewritten and others comprehensively updated to include additional text and images Additional endoscopic radiographic CT and MRI images are included alongside clinical photographs; very few veterinary textbooks have such a rich emphasis on photographs Each section has a limited number of recommended updated references The practical information is presented with text tables and algorithms while each chapter is arranged to provide the definition of each disorder its clinical features the differential diagnoses the diagnostic methodology and the treatment and prognosis. The formatting has been improved to make this textbook easy to read and comprehend. The busy veterinarian or student is thus provided with a readily available resource of important clinical information in a clear brief manner. Written by board-certified experts the topics are carefully selected to make this a valuable resource for veterinary students as well as for general practitioners and small animal interns.

GBP 130.00
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Soil Organic Matter and Feeding the Future Environmental and Agronomic Impacts

Soil Organic Matter and Feeding the Future Environmental and Agronomic Impacts

Soil organic matter (SOM) is the primary determinant of soil functionality. Soil organic carbon (SOC) accounts for 50% of the SOM content accompanied by nitrogen phosphorus and a range of macro and micro elements. As a dynamic component SOM is a source of numerous ecosystem services critical to human well-being and nature conservancy. Important among these goods and services generated by SOM include moderation of climate as a source or sink of atmospheric CO2 and other greenhouse gases storage and purification of water a source of energy and habitat for biota (macro meso and micro-organisms) a medium for plant growth cycling of elements (N P S etc. ) and generation of net primary productivity (NPP). The quality and quantity of NPP has direct impacts on the food and nutritional security of the growing and increasingly affluent human population. Soils of agroecosystems are depleted of their SOC reserves in comparison with those of natural ecosystems. The magnitude of depletion depends on land use and the type and severity of degradation. Soils prone to accelerated erosion can be strongly depleted of their SOC reserves especially those in the surface layer. Therefore conservation through restorative land use and adoption of recommended management practices to create a positive soil-ecosystem carbon budget can increase carbon stock and soil health. This volume of Advances in Soil Sciences aims to accomplish the following: Present impacts of land use and soil management on SOC dynamics Discuss effects of SOC levels on agronomic productivity and use efficiency of inputs Detail potential of soil management on the rate and cumulative amount of carbon sequestration in relation to land use and soil/crop management Deliberate the cause-effect relationship between SOC content and provisioning of some ecosystem services Relate soil organic carbon stock to soil properties and processes Establish the relationship between soil organic carbon stock with land and climate Identify controls of making soil organic carbon stock as a source or sink of CO2 Connect soil organic carbon and carbon sequestration for climate mitigation and adaptation | Soil Organic Matter and Feeding the Future Environmental and Agronomic Impacts

GBP 170.00
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Safety Engineering in the Oil and Gas Industry

Safety Engineering in the Oil and Gas Industry

When accidents occur in the oil and gas industry the impacts can be profound. Serious injury or death to workers environmental disasters and colossal costs for insurance or clean ups make the industry a hazardous one to operate in. Disasters become major news events such as the Prestige oil spill Piper Alpha Exxon Valdez oil spill and Deepwater Horizon. A move towards improving the health and safety of the industry is underway. This book emphasizes controlling managing and mitigating the risk of hazards in the oil and gas industry increasing safety and protecting the environment by identifying the hazards in the oil and gas industry through safety engineering techniques and management methods. Safety Engineering in the Oil and Gas Industry discusses how to improve safety and reliability in the oil and gas industry so that hazards can be reduced to the lowest level feasible. It covers the techniques needed to operate safely in an oil and/or gas industry setting the standards that should be adhered to the impacts of PPE fire and explosions equipment and infrastructure failures and storage and reliability engineering amongst many other topics. This book is written in an easy-to-read and appealing style and multiple-choice questions are included to help with learning and understanding the concepts included. Underpinned by real life case studies and examples this book aims to allow readers to consider how they can reduce the costs associated with bad safety practices to their business through maintained and consistent health safety and environmental (HSE) standards. This book is a must-read for any student or professional studying or working in the oil and gas industries. It also has additional appeal to those with an academic or professional interest in occupational health and safety civil engineering offshore engineering and maritime engineering.

GBP 130.00
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Mining and the Environment From Ore to Metal

Mining and the Environment From Ore to Metal

The history of mining is replete with controversy of which much is related to environmental damage and consequent community outrage. Over recent decades this has led to increased pressure to improve the environmental and social performance of mining operations particularly in developing countries. The industry has responded by embracing the ideals of sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Mining and the Environment identifies and discusses the wide range of social and environmental issues pertaining to mining with particular reference to mining in developing countries from where many of the project examples and case studies have been selected. Following an introductory overview of pressing issues the book illustrates how environmental and social impact assessment such as defined in The Equator Principles integrates with the mining lifecycle and how environmental and social management aims to eliminate the negative and accentuate the positive mining impacts. Practical approaches are provided for managing issues ranging from land acquisition and resettlement of Indigenous peoples to the technical aspects of acid rock drainage and mine waste management. Moreover thorough analyses of ways and means of sharing non-transitory mining benefits with host communities are presented to allow mining to provide sustainable benefits for the affected communities. This second edition of Mining and the Environment includes new chapters on Health Impact Assessment Biodiversity and Gender Issues all of which have become more important since the first edition appeared a decade ago. The wide coverage of issues and the many real-life case studies make this practice-oriented book a reference and key reading. It is intended for environmental consultants engineers regulators and operators in the field and for students to use as a course textbook. As much of the matter applies to the extractive industries as a whole it will also serve environmental professionals in the oil and gas industries. Karlheinz Spitz and John Trudinger both have multiple years of experience in the assessment of mining projects around the world. The combination of their expertise and knowledge about social economic and environmental performance of mining and mine waste management has resulted in this in-depth coverage of the requirements for responsible and sustainable mining. | Mining and the Environment From Ore to Metal

GBP 99.99
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The Future of Road Transportation Electrification and Automation

The Future of Road Transportation Electrification and Automation

The Future of Road Transportation presents rapidly growing research towards electrified and automated vehicles. It explains the workings and drawbacks of a conventional vehicle’s powertrain braking and steering systems before exploring ADAS equipment and driverless car technologies. Emphasizing the necessary changes in conventional transport systems towards sustainable and smart mobility this book discusses advanced future mobility technologies and the challenges and considerations for developing sustainable vehicle designs. It overviews the construction details and the research-level contents of the power train battery charging infrastructure and other control systems of the electrical vehicles. The book is intended for automotive and electrical engineers and researchers working on electric vehicle technology autonomous and automated vehicles automotive sustainability. It will also be useful for mechanical and electrical engineering students taking courses in Automotive/Vehicle Engineering and Automotive Systems and Design. | The Future of Road Transportation Electrification and Automation

GBP 105.00
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Metabolism and Medicine The Metabolic Landscape of Health and Disease (Volume 2)

Metabolism and Medicine The Metabolic Landscape of Health and Disease (Volume 2)

Chronic disease states of aging should be viewed through the prism of metabolism and biophysical processes at all levels of physiological organization present in the human body. This book connects these insights to what causes them to go awry in the context of unhealthy human behaviors and aging aiming to buttress scientific creativity. It also provides links between the art and science of medicine that strengthens problem-solving in patient care. New and important discoveries in the area of metabolic health and metabolic diseases are discussed in exquisite detail. Key Features: Broad and up-to-date overview of the field of metabolic aspects of health and chronic disease development especially connecting the spectrum of topics that range from molecular clocks to stress response to nuclear hormone receptors and the role of microbiota in human health Provides a deeper basic science and interdisciplinary understanding of biological systems that broaden the perspectives and therapeutic problem solving by elaborating on the usefulness of the Physiological Fitness Landscape Describes the importance of insulin resistance in metabolic disease especially diabetes but also includes links to cancer and Alzheimer’s disease Examines the process of aging from the perspective of metabolic decline illustrating it with the Physiological Fitness Landscape This book the second volume in a two-volume set primarily targets an audience of clinical and science students biomedical researchers and physicians who would benefit from understanding each other’s language. | Metabolism and Medicine The Metabolic Landscape of Health and Disease (Volume 2)

GBP 130.00
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