This TRN story bundle gives you an overview of today's data storage research, and in-depth explanations of important advances. Researchers are continuing to get more out of familiar storage technologies like electronic memory chips, magnetic disk drives and CDs, and are developing new forms of disk drives ... more »

The first in a new series on polymeric foams, Polymeric Foams: Mechanisms and Materials provides the basics of foaming, addressing scientific principles and engineering parameters alongside their fundamental material characteristics and shared mechanisms of both thermoplastic and thermoset polyurethane ... more »

Cyanobacteria and their toxins are an increasing global public health menace. Most recently, problems have been experienced in the US, Australia, The contributors, all leading experts in their fields examine the increasing need to protect drinking water and water resources from the hazards of Cyanobacteria ... more »

These two volumes provide authoritative guidance on all aspects of concrete construction from the point of view of the supervisor responsible for the work on site. They will also be of value to the section manager, foreman, clerk of works as well as to the design and construction engineer who need to ... more »

This unique publication is the only detailed, multinational guide to the cost of construction work across the Middle East. Thirteen countries are covered in individual country chapters, along with comparative regional information: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi ... more »

... examination of each topic covered, using checklists, suggested agendas, briefing notes, risk assessment charts etc., the author has provided: * a practical guide on how to react to many difficult situations which arise * strong focus on risk avoidance techniques and how to apply them * a balanced approach ... more »

Modelling Uncertainty in Flood Forecasting Systems outlines a framework and supplies tools and techniques for uncertainty modeling in flood forecasting systems. After identifying the need for uncertainty assessment and to distinguish types and sources of uncertainty in flood forecasting, the author reviews ... more »

Shocking. Controversial. Unprecedented. A case unlike any other in the annals of UFO investigation, DNA research, or alien abduction. Sydney, Australia. July 23, 1992. Twenty-eight-year-old Peter Khoury was awoken by what appeared to be two females -- both striking and unearthly -- kneeling on his bed ... more »

Parasites are the most successful life-forms on Earth. Every animal is, at one time or another, the home of a parasite. Humankind itself may be a parasite, one that preys on the entire Earth. If we are to promote the flourishing of life in all its diversity, we must learn the ways of Parasite Rex. more »

Specialists in building and civil engineering, architecture, traffic and transport engineering, urban planning and avalanche science came together at the Fifth International Conference on Snow Engineering, organized by the Federal Swiss Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF), Davos, Switzerland ... more »

The number one New York Times bestselling author of Bias delivers another bombshell -- this time aimed at ... 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America No preaching. No pontificating. Just some uncommon sense about the things that have made this country great -- and the culprits who are screwing it up. ... more »

Written by internationally recognized experts and practitioners, Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests summarizes the entire range of restoration protocols at both local and regional scales and documents over 20 case studies of forest restoration projects in a geographically diverse range of temperate ... more »