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Computing and Combinatorics

12th Annual International Conference, COCOON 2006, Taipei, Taiwan, August 15-18, 2006, Proceedings

By: Danny Z. Chen

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Computing and Combinatorics

12th Annual International Conference, COCOON 2006, Taipei, Taiwan, August 15-18, 2006, Proceedings

By: Danny Z. Chen

This book presents the refereed proceedings of the 12th Annual International Computing and Combinatorics Conference, COCOON 2006, held in Taipei, Taiwan, August 2006. The book offers 52 revised full papers presented together with abstracts of 2 invited talks. The papers are organized in topical sections on computational economics, finance, and management, graph algorithms, computational complexity and computability, quantum computing, computational biology and medicine, computational geometry, graph theory, and more.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540369252

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9783540369257

Energy and the New Reality 1

Energy Efficiency and the Demand for Energy Services

By: Danny Harvey

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Energy and the New Reality 1

Energy Efficiency and the Demand for Energy Services

By: Danny Harvey

Reducing and managing humanity's demand for energy is a fundamental part of the effort to mitigate climate change. In this, the most comprehensive textbook ever written on the subject, L.D. Danny Harvey lays out the theory and practice of how things must change if we are to meet our energy needs sustainably. The book begins with a succinct summary of the scientific basis for concern over global warming, then outlines energy basics and current patterns and trends in energy use. This is followed by a discussion of current and advanced technologies for the generation of electricity from fossil fuels. The book then considers in detail how energy is used, and how this use can be dramatically reduced, in the following end-use sectors: - buildings - transportation - industry - food and agriculture - municipal services The findings from these sector-by-sector assessments are then applied to generate scenarios of how global energy demand could evolve over the coming decades with full implementation of the identified and economically-feasible energy-saving potential. The book ends with a brief discussion of policies that can be used to reduce energy demand, but also addresses the limits of technologically-based improvements in efficiency in moderating demand and of the need to re-think some of our underlying assumptions concern ends with a brief discusing what we really need. Along with its companion volume on C-free energy supply, and accompanied by extensive supplementary online material, this is an essential resource for students and practitioners in engineering, architecture, environment and energy related fields. Online material includes: Excel-based computational exercises, teaching slides for each chapter, links to free software tools.

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Routledge

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113654271X

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9781136542718

Slowdown

The End of the Great Acceleration—and Why It's Good for the Planet, the Economy, and Our Lives

By: Danny Dorling

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Slowdown

The End of the Great Acceleration—and Why It's Good for the Planet, the Economy, and Our Lives

By: Danny Dorling

The end of our high-growth world was underway well before COVID-19 arrived. In this powerful and timely argument, Danny Dorling demonstrates the benefits of a larger, ongoing societal slowdown Drawing from an incredibly rich trove of global data, this groundbreaking book reveals that human progress has been slowing down since the early 1970s. Danny Dorling uses compelling visualizations to illustrate how fertility rates, growth in GDP per person, and even the frequency of new social movements have all steadily declined over the last few generations. Perhaps most surprising of all is the fact that even as new technologies frequently reshape our everyday lives and are widely believed to be propelling our civilization into new and uncharted waters, the rate of technological progress is also rapidly dropping. Rather than lament this turn of events, Dorling embraces it as a moment of promise and a move toward stability, and he notes that many of the older great strides in progress that have defined recent history also brought with them widespread warfare, divided societies, and massive inequality.

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Yale University Press

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0300243405

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9780300243406

Energy and the New Reality 2

Carbon-free Energy Supply

By: L. D. Danny Harvey

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Energy and the New Reality 2

Carbon-free Energy Supply

By: L. D. Danny Harvey

Transforming our energy supplies to be more sustainable is seen by many to be the biggest challenge of our times. In this comprehensive textbook, L. D. Danny Harvey sets out in unprecedented detail the path we must take to minimize the effects that the way we harness energy will have on future climate change. The book opens by highlighting the importance of moving to low carbon technologies for generation, then moves on to explain the functioning, potential and social/environmental issues around: solar energy wind energy biomass energy geothermal energy hydroelectric power ocean energy nuclear energy. It also covers the options for carbon capture and storage and the contexts in which low carbon energy can best be utilized (potential for community integrated systems, and the hydrogen economy). The book closes with scenarios that combine the findings from its companion volume (concerning the potential for limiting future energy demand) with the findings from this volume (concerning the cost and potential of C-free energy systems) to generate scenarios that succeed in limiting future atmospheric CO2 concentration to no more than 450 ppmv. Detailed yet accessible, meticulously researched and reviewed, this work constitutes an indispensible textbook and reference for students and practitioners in sustainable energy and engineering.

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Routledge

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1136541594

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9781136541599

Energy and the New Reality 2

Carbon-free Energy Supply

By: Leslie Daryl Danny Harvey

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Energy and the New Reality 2

Carbon-free Energy Supply

By: Leslie Daryl Danny Harvey

Reducing and managing humanity's demand for energy is a fundamental part of the effort to mitigate climate change. This comprehensive text lays out the theory and practice of how things must change if we are to meet our energy needs sustainably.

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Earthscan

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1844079139

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9781844079131

Multidisciplinary Teaching Atlas of the Pancreas

Radiological, Surgical, and Pathological Correlations

By: Javier Casillas,Joe U. Levi,Alexander O. Quiroz,Roberto Ruiz-Cordero,Monica T. Garcia-Buitrago,Danny Sleeman

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Multidisciplinary Teaching Atlas of the Pancreas

Radiological, Surgical, and Pathological Correlations

By: Javier Casillas,Joe U. Levi,Alexander O. Quiroz,Roberto Ruiz-Cordero,Monica T. Garcia-Buitrago,Danny Sleeman

This innovative teaching atlas provides the reader with a practical approach to the diagnosis and management of the common and uncommon diseases that may involve the pancreatic gland. Its perspective is multidisciplinary, the authors being radiologists, surgeons, pathologists, and gastroenterologists who have worked together for the past 25 years. Very concise descriptions of clinical presentation, pathology, imaging, and management are provided for a great variety of pathologic conditions, and a wealth of illustrative material displays intraoperative appearances, gross specimens, histology, and radiological findings. Pancreatic surgery, including transplantation, is also discussed, and the final chapter presents a gallery of challenging and diverse cases. Specialists and residents in a range of specialties will find this atlas to be an invaluable aid, and it will also serve as an excellent reference for medical students.

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Springer

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3662467453

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9783662467459

A Handbook on Low-Energy Buildings and District-Energy Systems

Fundamentals, Techniques and Examples

By: L.D. Danny Harvey

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A Handbook on Low-Energy Buildings and District-Energy Systems

Fundamentals, Techniques and Examples

By: L.D. Danny Harvey

Winner of Choice Magazine - Outstanding Academic Titles for 2007 Buildings account for over one third of global energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Reducing energy use by buildings is therefore an essential part of any strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and thereby lessen the likelihood of potentially catastrophic climate change. Bringing together a wealth of hard-to-obtain information on energy use and energy efficiency in buildings at a level which can be easily digested and applied, Danny Harvey offers a comprehensive, objective and critical sourcebook on low-energy buildings. Topics covered include: thermal envelopes, heating, cooling, heat pumps, HVAC systems, hot water, lighting, solar energy, appliances and office equipment, embodied energy, buildings as systems and community-integrated energy systems (cogeneration, district heating, and district cooling). The book includes exemplary buildings and techniques from North America, Europe and Asia, and combines a broad, holistic perspective with technical detail in an accessible and insightful manner.

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113657302X

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9781136573026

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Computing and Combinatorics

Computing and Combinatorics

Energy and the New Reality 1

Energy and the New Reality 1

Slowdown

Slowdown

Energy and the New Reality 2

Energy and the New Reality 2

Energy and the New Reality 2

Energy and the New Reality 2

Multidisciplinary Teaching Atlas of the Pancreas

Multidisciplinary Teaching Atlas of the Pancreas

A Handbook on Low-Energy Buildings and District-Energy Systems

A Handbook on Low-Energy Buildings and District-Energy Systems

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