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Mercury Stories

Understanding Sustainability through a Volatile Element

By: Henrik Selin,Noelle Eckley Selin

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Understanding Sustainability through a Volatile Element

By: Henrik Selin,Noelle Eckley Selin

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MIT Press

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0262359111

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9780262359115

European Union and Environmental Governance

By: Henrik Selin,Stacy D. VanDeveer

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European Union and Environmental Governance

By: Henrik Selin,Stacy D. VanDeveer

Over the past five decades, the European Union (EU) has developed into the most legally and politically authoritative regional organization in the world, wielding significant influence across a wide range of issue areas. European Union and Environmental Governance focuses on the growing global role of EU environmental and sustainable development policies. Written in a concise and accessible manner, this book introduces and examines the major European and global environmental issues, debates, and policies and provides a critical, evidence-based evaluation of the achievements and shortcomings to date in EU environmental and sustainability governance. Providing both an historical overview and a discussion of the major future legal, political and economic challenges to the realization of EU goals related to better environmental governance, the authors offer a comprehensive introduction to this key issue. This book will be useful reading for students of global environmental politics, comparative environmental politics and policy, international organizations, European politics, and environmental studies.

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196

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Routledge

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1317528514

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9781317528517

Statistical Modelling of Occupant Behaviour

By: Jan Kloppenborg Møller,Marcel Schweiker,Rune Korsholm Andersen,Burak Gunay,Selin Yilmaz,Verena Marie Barthelmes,Henrik Madsen

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Statistical Modelling of Occupant Behaviour

By: Jan Kloppenborg Møller,Marcel Schweiker,Rune Korsholm Andersen,Burak Gunay,Selin Yilmaz,Verena Marie Barthelmes,Henrik Madsen

Do you have data on occupant behaviour, indoor environment or energy use in buildings? Are you interested in statistical analysis and modelling? Do you have a specific (research) question and dataset and would like to know how to answer the question with the data available? Statistical Modelling of Occupant Behaviour covers a range of statistical methods and models used for modelling energy- and comfort-related occupant behaviour in buildings. It is a classical textbook on statistics, including many practical examples related to occupant behaviour that are either taken from real research problems or adapted from such. The main focus is traditional statistical techniques based on the likelihood principle that can be applied to occupant behaviour modelling, including: General, generalised linear and survival models Mixed effect and hierarchical models Linear time series and Markov models Linear state space and hidden Markov models Illustration of all methods using occupant behaviour examples implemented in R The built environment affects occupants who live and work in it, and occupants affect the built environment by adapting it to their needs – for example, by adapting their indoor environments by interacting with building components and systems. These adaptive behaviours account for great uncertainty in the prediction of building energy use and indoor environmental conditions. Occupant behaviour is complex and multi-disciplinary but can be successfully modelled using statistical approaches. Statistical Modelling of Occupant Behaviour is written for researchers and advanced practitioners who work with real-world applications and modelling of occupant data. It describes the kinds of statistical models that may be used in various occupant behaviour modelling research. It gives a theoretical overview of these methods and then applies them to the study of occupant behaviour using readily replaceable examples in the R environment that are based on actual and experimental data.

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CRC Press

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1003834973

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9781003834977

Mercury Stories

Understanding Sustainability through a Volatile Element

By: Henrik Selin,Noelle Eckley Selin

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Mercury Stories

Understanding Sustainability through a Volatile Element

By: Henrik Selin,Noelle Eckley Selin

An interdisciplinary analysis of human interactions with mercury through history that sheds light on efforts to promote and achieve sustainability. In Mercury Stories, Henrik Selin and Noelle Eckley Selin examine sustainability through analyzing human interactions with mercury over thousands of years. They explore how people have made beneficial use of this volatile element, how they have been harmed by its toxic properties, and how they have tried to protect themselves and the environment from its damaging effects. Taking a systems approach, they develop and apply an analytical framework that can inform other efforts to evaluate and promote sustainability. After introducing the framework, which uses the lens of a human-technical environmental system and a matrix-based approach to analyze mercury use and exposure, the authors examine five topical mercury systems that each illustrate important issues in mercury science and governance: global cycling of mercury through the atmosphere, land, oceans, and societies; mercury's dangers to human health, including from occupational, medical, and dietary exposure; mercury emissions to the atmosphere from industrial sources; mercury in commercial products and production processes; and mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining. Finally, looking across the five mercury systems, they distill insights for sustainability analysis more broadly, and draw lessons for researchers, decision-makers, and concerned citizens.

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MIT Press

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0262539209

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9780262539203

Strategy in the Age of Disruption

A Handbook to Anticipate Change and Make Smart Decisions

By: Henrik Von Scheel,Ciprian Popa,Joshua Von Scheel

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Strategy in the Age of Disruption

A Handbook to Anticipate Change and Make Smart Decisions

By: Henrik Von Scheel,Ciprian Popa,Joshua Von Scheel

Seize your place in a new era in commerce and industry In Strategy in The Age of Disruption, a team of dedicated strategists delivers an exciting and practical guide to Industry 4.0, a commercial transformation that’s impacting every facet of the market, the environment, and our social lives. You’ll learn what Industry 4.0 is, what it means for you and your company, and how you—as a leader, manager, expert, entrepreneur, or investor—can capitalize on it and put it into practice. This is a complete handbook on strategic execution. It’s a step-by-step tutorial designed to get you to clearly see your strategic position, the choices available to you, and how to execute on those choices. You’ll also find: Ways to move beyond outdated business models that no longer serve the companies that follow them Common myths about strategy and how to put them to bed for good Deep and insightful explanations of the fourth industrial revolution and what it means for your sector and company Highly visual and endlessly engaging, Strategy in The Age of Disruption will systematically guide you through how to manage the challenges of the present and the promise of the future.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1394210272

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9781394210275

Eisenstein Series and Automorphic Representations

With Applications in String Theory

By: Philipp Fleig,Henrik P. A. Gustafsson,Axel Kleinschmidt,Daniel Persson

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Eisenstein Series and Automorphic Representations

With Applications in String Theory

By: Philipp Fleig,Henrik P. A. Gustafsson,Axel Kleinschmidt,Daniel Persson

This introduction to automorphic forms on adelic groups G(A) emphasises the role of representation theory. The exposition is driven by examples, and collects and extends many results scattered throughout the literature, in particular the Langlands constant term formula for Eisenstein series on G(A) as well as the Casselman–Shalika formula for the p-adic spherical Whittaker function. This book also covers more advanced topics such as spherical Hecke algebras and automorphic L-functions. Many of these mathematical results have natural interpretations in string theory, and so some basic concepts of string theory are introduced with an emphasis on connections with automorphic forms. Throughout the book special attention is paid to small automorphic representations, which are of particular importance in string theory but are also of independent mathematical interest. Numerous open questions and conjectures, partially motivated by physics, are included to prompt the reader's own research.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108118992

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9781108118996

Privatizing Welfare Services

Lessons from the Swedish Experiment

By: Henrik Jordahl,Mårten Blix

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Privatizing Welfare Services

Lessons from the Swedish Experiment

By: Henrik Jordahl,Mårten Blix

Focusing on health care, education, and elderly care, Privatizing Welfare Services draws on extensive research on the consequences of introducing market-based mechanisms to deliver welfare services. Empirical evidence over the last few decades is summarized and condensed to policy lessons. How to balance equity and efficiency is a central theme. The book also addresses the challenges of financing the Swedish model of welfare services as well as the importance of management practices and public opinion. The privatization of service production has occurred despite major political controversy between two competing visions for the welfare state. Successful experiments have spread organically to neighbouring municipalities. What was done well in this process and what were the mistakes? The book addresses the fundamental economic challenges, the trends of the future, and the implications for institutional design.

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261

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Oxford University Press

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0192637177

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9780192637178

Transatlantic Environment and Energy Politics

Comparative and International Perspectives

By: Henrik Selin

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Transatlantic Environment and Energy Politics

Comparative and International Perspectives

By: Henrik Selin

Environmental and energy policies have become increasingly significant in European and North American politics. This fascinating book uses a wide range of case studies that embrace climate change, product standards, chemical regulations, renewable energy policies, food safety and genetically-modified organisms to examine areas of conflict and cooperation in the transatlantic relationship. While there are many areas where the European Union and the United States are following divergent policy paths, there are also many signs that a more cooperative transatlantic relationship could emerge in the future. Transatlantic Environment and Energy Politics is highly relevant to understanding how the European Union and North America can cooperate more effectively in meeting today's many global environmental and energy policy challenges. It is essential reading for all advanced students and scholars.

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