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Offshore Geotechnical Engineering

By: Mark Randolph,Susan Gourvenec

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Offshore Geotechnical Engineering

By: Mark Randolph,Susan Gourvenec

Design practice in offshore geotechnical engineering has grown out of onshore practice, but the two application areas have tended to diverge over the last thirty years, driven partly by the scale of the foundation and anchoring elements used offshore, and partly by fundamental differences in construction and installation techniques. As a consequence offshore geotechnical engineering has grown as a speciality. The structure of Offshore Geotechnical Engineering follows a pattern that mimics the flow of a typical offshore project. In the early chapters it provides a brief overview of the marine environment, offshore site investigation techniques and interpretation of soil behaviour. It proceeds to cover geotechnical design of piled foundations, shallow foundations and anchoring systems. Three topics are then covered which require a more multi-disciplinary approach: the design of mobile drilling rigs, pipelines and geohazards. This book serves as a framework for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and will appeal to professional engineers specialising in the offshore industry.

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CRC Press

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1351988913

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9781351988919

Brothers 5 - Midnight Rendezvous

Midnight Rendezvous

By: Mark J. Lay

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Brothers 5 - Midnight Rendezvous

Midnight Rendezvous

By: Mark J. Lay

Quintuplet brothers were taken from their family when they were too young to remember and put through an experiment that unlocked dormant superhuman genes and gave them superhuman abilities. Now, years later as teenagers, the brothers use their abilities along with other fields of training to take on missions given to them by the organization that changed them and to help good people in need. Besides their missions, the usual daily routines of the five brothers are altered when they come across a young homeless girl needing their help to save those she loves from an evil gang of bikers using the girls people as slaves for their schemes. The brothers know they have the power to help, so how can they not?

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106

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462825974

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9781462825974

Offshore Service Industry and Logistics Modeling in the Gulf of Mexico

By: Mark J Kaiser

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Offshore Service Industry and Logistics Modeling in the Gulf of Mexico

By: Mark J Kaiser

The purpose of this book is to examine the geospatial and temporal linkage between offshore supply vessels and oil and gas activity in the Outer Continental Shelf Gulf of Mexico, and to model OSV activity expected to result from future lease sales. Oil and gas operations occur throughout the world wherever commercial accumulations exist, but no quantitative assessment has ever been performed on the marine vessels that support offshore activity. The OCS Gulf of Mexico is the largest and most prolific offshore oil and gas basin in the world, and a large number of marine vessels are engaged in operations in the region, but tracking their activity is difficult and requires specialized data sources and the development of empirical models. The challenge of modeling arises from the complexity and size of the system, and the particular limitations governing stochastic difficult-to-observe networks. This book bridges the gap with the latest technological perspective and provides insight and computational methods to inform and better understand the offshore sector. Offshore Service Industry and Logistics Modeling in the Gulf of Mexico is presented in three parts. In Part 1, background information on the life cycle stages of offshore development and activity is reviewed, along with a description of the service vessels and port infrastructure in the region. In Part 2, OSV activity in the Gulf of Mexico is baselined using PortVision data to establish spatial and temporal characteristics of vessel activity. In Part 3, the analytic framework used to quantify the connection between OSVs, ports, and offshore activity is described, and activity expected to arise from the 2012-2017 OCS lease program is forecast. Providing an invaluable resource for academics and researchers, this book is also intended for government regulators, energy and environmental analysts, industry professionals, and others interested in this often-overlooked sector.

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325

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Springer

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3319170139

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9783319170138

Food security in a world of natural resource scarcity

The role of agricultural technologies

By: Rosegrant, Mark W.,Koo, Jawoo,Cenacchi, Nicola,Ringler, Claudia,Robertson, Richard D.,Fisher, Myles,Cox, Cindy M.,Garrett, Karen,Perez, Nicostrato D.,Sabbagh, Pascale

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Food security in a world of natural resource scarcity

The role of agricultural technologies

By: Rosegrant, Mark W.,Koo, Jawoo,Cenacchi, Nicola,Ringler, Claudia,Robertson, Richard D.,Fisher, Myles,Cox, Cindy M.,Garrett, Karen,Perez, Nicostrato D.,Sabbagh, Pascale

The worlds population is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050. Climate change, population, and income growth will drive food demand in the coming decades. Baseline scenarios show food prices for maize, rice, and wheat would significantly increase between 2005 and 2050, and the number of people at risk of hunger in the developing world would grow from 881 million in 2005 to more than a billion people by 2050. Food Security in a World of Natural Resource Scarcity: The Role of Agricultural Technologies examines which current and potential strategies offer solutions to fight hunger. The type and effectiveness of agricultural technologies are highly debated, and the debates are often polarized. Technology options are many, but transparent evidence-based information has been inconclusive or scarce. This book endeavors to respond to the challenge of growing food sustainably without degrading our natural resource base. The authors use a groundbreaking modeling approach that combines comprehensive process-based modeling of agricultural technologies with sophisticated global food demand, supply, and trade modeling. This approach assesses the yield and food impact through 2050 of a broad range of agricultural technologies under varying assumptions of climate change for the three key staple crops: maize, rice, and wheat. Geared toward policymakers in ministries of agriculture and national agricultural research institutes, as well as multilateral development banks and the private sector, Food Security in a World of Natural Resource Scarcity provides guidance on various technology strategies and which to pursue as competition grows for land, water, and energy across productive sectors and even increasingly across borders. The book is an important tool for targeting investment decisions today and going forward.

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Intl Food Policy Res Inst

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0896298477

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9780896298477

REA's Testbuster for the ACT

By: Mark Shapiro,Sandra A. Marona

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REA's Testbuster for the ACT

By: Mark Shapiro,Sandra A. Marona

REA's new Testbuster series teaches the proven strategies and tips of the leading national coaching and review courses that help students bust today's most popular standardized tests. Each book provides the best coaching wisdom and test-taking strategies that have proven to raise test scores. Reviews are specifically tailored to the subject matter covered on the test so no time is wasted studying irrelevant material.Going beyond traditional test preparation books, REA's Testbusters will teach students how to -- outsmart the test with proven test-taking strategies. -- pinpoint a test's weaknesses and explain how to capitalize on these weaknesses. -- answer questions faster and more easily, assuring the highest score possible.Included in every Testbuster is a diagnostic test and drill questions to reinforce the subject matter.Students can outsmart the ACT and raise test scores with the proven Testbuster strategies and techniques of the leading national coaching and review courses. Test questions are broken down and analyzed, with specific techniques to help the student answer more questions in less time. Reviews are specifically tailored to the subject matter covered on the ACT. A full-length diagnostic test is included to help the student determine strengths and weaknesses. Each review is accompanied by drill questions for practicing strategies and reinforcing concepts taught in the review.

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428

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Research & Education Assoc.

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0878911413

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9780878911417

Book's by Mark J. Lay

Offshore Geotechnical Engineering

Offshore Geotechnical Engineering

Brothers 5 - Midnight Rendezvous

Brothers 5 - Midnight Rendezvous

Offshore Service Industry and Logistics Modeling in the Gulf of Mexico

Offshore Service Industry and Logistics Modeling in the Gulf of Mexico

Food security in a world of natural resource scarcity

Food security in a world of natural resource scarcity

REA's Testbuster for the ACT

REA's Testbuster for the ACT

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