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With the environment, climate change, and global warming taking center stage in the national debate, the issues seem insurmountable and certainly unsolvable at the local level. Written by Chris Maser, international consultant on forest ecology, sustainable forestry practices, and sustainable development, Social-Environmental Planning: The Design...

Using classic thermodynamic principles as the point of departure, this new edition of a popular resource supplies the understanding and tools required to measure process efficiency and sustainability with much improved accuracy. Exploring the driving forces in the chemical and power industries, Efficiency and Sustainability in the Energy and...

Presenting a novel view of the quantitative modeling of microbial growth and inactivation patterns in food, water, and biosystems, "Advanced Quantitative Microbiology for Foods and Biosystems: Models for Predicting Growth and Inactivation" describes new models for estimating microbial growth and survival. The author covers traditional and...

Starting with an introduction to Android architecture and applications, this book covers security features and issues specific to Android (platform and applications), including possible attacks and means to prevent them. It describes mobile devices pen-testing methodology and techniques for DLP (Data Leak Prevention). The text also discusses...

Novel drug delivery technologies strive to bypass challenging biological layers to elicit desired pharmacological activity. The skin, one of our key defensive barriers, allows certain topically applied substances and toxins to pass. The dermatokinetics of a drug determines the efficacy of treatment of skin disorders. Presenting the first...

Postmodern global terrorist groups engage sovereign nations asymmetrically with prolonged, sustained campaigns driven by ideology. Increasingly, transnational criminal organizations operate with sophistication previously only found in multinational corporations. Unfortunately, both of these entities can now effectively hide and morph, keeping law...