Mercury and the Everglades. A Synthesis and Model for Complex Ecosystem Restoration - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book integrates 30 years of mercury research in the Florida Everglades to inform scientists and policy makers. The Everglades is an iconic ecosystem by virtue of its expanse; diversity of biota; and multiple international designations. Despite this, the Everglades has been subjected to multiple threats including: habitat loss, hydrologic alterations, invasive species and altered water quality. Less well recognized as a threat to Everglades human use and wildlife populations is the toxic metal, mercury. The first half of Volume II focuses on biogeochemistry and factors unique to the Everglades that make it extraordinarily susceptible to mercury methylation following its deposition: warm subtropical climate, shallow depth, high levels of dissolved organic matter, sulfate contamination, nutrient enrichment and sediment redox conditions (for review of atmospheric mercury deposition significance, see Vol. I). The second half of Volume II answers the "so what" question - why biomagnification of the methylmercury produced in the Everglades is a threat to the health of top predators including humans. The results of the synthesis presented in Volume II suggest that the mercury problem in the Florida Everglades is one of the worst in the world due to its areal extent and the degree of risk to ecological receptors and humans.

Mercury and the Everglades. A Synthesis and Model for Complex Ecosystem Restoration - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book integrates 30 years of mercury research in the Florida Everglades to inform scientists and policy makers. The Everglades is an iconic ecosystem by virtue of its expanse; diversity of biota; and multiple international designations. Despite this, the Everglades has been subjected to multiple threats including: habitat loss, hydrologic alterations, invasive species and altered water quality. Less well recognized as a threat to Everglades human use and wildlife populations is the toxic metal, mercury. The first half of Volume II focuses on biogeochemistry and factors unique to the Everglades that make it extraordinarily susceptible to mercury methylation following its deposition: warm subtropical climate, shallow depth, high levels of dissolved organic matter, sulfate contamination, nutrient enrichment and sediment redox conditions (for review of atmospheric mercury deposition significance, see Vol. I). The second half of Volume II answers the "so what" question - why biomagnification of the methylmercury produced in the Everglades is a threat to the health of top predators including humans. The results of the synthesis presented in Volume II suggest that the mercury problem in the Florida Everglades is one of the worst in the world due to its areal extent and the degree of risk to ecological receptors and humans.

Selected Areas in Cryptography - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book contains revised selected papers from the 28th International Conference on Selected Areas in Cryptography, SAC 2021, held as a virtual event September and October 2021.*The 23 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions.

Big-Data-Analytics in Astronomy, Science, and Engineering - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Big Data Analytics, BDA 2021, which took place virtually during December 7–9, 2021.The 15 full papers and 1 short paper included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions.

ICT Innovations 2020. Machine Learning and Applications - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International ICT Innovations Conference, ICT Innovations 2020, held in Skopje, North Macedonia, in September 2020. The 12 full papers and 6 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The focal point of the volume is machine learning and applications in spheres of business, science and technology.

Networked Systems - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 7 th International Conference on Networked Systems, NETYS 2019, held in Marrakech, Morocco, in June 2019. The 23 revised full papers and 3 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topics: formal verification, distributed systems, security, concurrency, and networks.

Supercomputing - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 5th Russian Supercomputing Days, RuSCDays 2019, held in Moscow, Russia, in September 2019. The 60 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 127 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: parallel algorithms; supercomputer simulation; HPC, BigData, AI: architectures, technologies, tools; and distributed and cloud computing.

Theory and Applications of Models of Computation - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference on Theory and Applications of Models of Computation, TAMC 2019, held in Kitakyushu, Japan, in April 2019. The 43 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The main themes of the selected papers are computability, computer science logic, complexity, algorithms, models of computation, and systems theory.

X-Planes from the X-1 to the X-60 - Michael H. Gorn - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

X-Planes from the X-1 to the X-60 - Giuseppe De Chiara - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Health Information Science - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Health Information Science, HIS 2019, held in Xi''an, China, in October 2019. The 14 full papers and 14 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections named: Medical Information System and Platform; Mining Medical Data; EEG and ECG; Medical Image; Mental Health; and Healthcare.

Artificial General Intelligence - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Artificial General Intelligence, AGI 2020, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, in September 2020. The 30 full papers and 8 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers cover topics such as AGI architectures, artificial creativity and AI safety, transfer learning, AI unification and benchmarks for AGI.

Haptics: Science, Technology, Applications - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications, EuroHaptics 2020, held in Leiden, The Netherlands, in September 2020. The 60 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 111 submissions. The were organized in topical sections on haptic science, haptic technology, and haptic applications. This year''s focus is on accessibility.

Advances in Optimization and Applications - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Optimization and Applications, OPTIMA 2020, held in September - October 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online. The 18 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on ​global optimization; combinatorial and discrete optimization; optimal control; optimization in economy, finance and social sciences; applications.

Reuse in Emerging Software Engineering Practices - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, ICSR 2020, held in Hammamet, Tunesia in December 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the Conference was held virtually. The 16 full papers and 2 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections named: modelling, reuse in practice, reengineering, recommendation, and empirical analysis.

Optimization and Applications - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Optimization and Applications, OPTIMA 2020, held in Moscow, Russia, in September-October 2020.* The 21 full and 2 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers cover such topics as mathematical programming, combinatorial and discrete optimization, optimal control, optimization in economics, finance, and social sciences, global optimization, and applications. * The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Advances in Quantitative Ethnography - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography, ICQE 2021, held in November 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online. The 26 full papers were selected from the 60 submissions. The contributions in this volume come from diverse fields and perspectives, and present the studies on advantages of using quantitative ethnography methods and techniques in a number of different domains and contexts, including ethnography and statistics, human interpretation and machine processing, etc.

Business Intelligence - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Business Intelligence, CBI 2021, which took place in Beni Mellal, Morocco, during May 27-29, 2021. The 26 full and 6 poster papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 60 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: decision support, information systems and NLP; big data, datamining, Web services and Web semantics; optimization and decision support; signal, image and vision computing; networking, cloud computing and networking architectures in cloud.

Network and System Security - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Network and System Security, NSS 2020, held in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, in November 2020. The 17 full and 9 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The selected papers are devoted to topics such as secure operating system architectures, applications programming and security testing, intrusion and attack detection, cybersecurity intelligence, access control, cryptographic techniques, cryptocurrencies, ransomware, anonymity, trust, recommendation systems, as well machine learning problems. Due to the Corona pandemic the event was held virtually.

Has Sociology Progressed? - Colin Campbell - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Looking back over the last 60 years of sociology in the UK, this book addresses the question of progress in the discipline. Campbell''s critical and autobiographical reflections offer fresh insights into the history of sociology, and engages with the notion of academic reputation, how it is measured, and what it can tell us about scholarly progress. Has Sociology Progressed? will be of special interest to all sociologists and would-be sociologists interested in the past, present and future of their discipline, as well as scholars contemplating academic progress and motivation in general.

Data Analytics and Management in Data Intensive Domains - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book constitutes the post-conference proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Data Analytics and Management in Data Intensive Domains, DAMDID/RCDL 2020, held in Voronezh, Russia, in October 2020*. The 16 revised full papers and two keynotes were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: data Integration, conceptual models and ontologies; data management in semantic web; data analysis in medicine; data analysis in astronomy; information extraction from text. * The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Security and Privacy in Communication Networks - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This two-volume set LNICST 335 and 336 constitutes the post-conference proceedings of the 16 th International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks, SecureComm 2020, held in Washington, DC, USA, in October 2020. The conference was held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic. The 60 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. The papers focus on the latest scientific research results in security and privacy in wired, mobile, hybrid and ad hoc networks, in IoT technologies, in cyber-physical systems, in next-generation communication systems in web and systems security and in pervasive and ubiquitous computing.

Future Access Enablers for Ubiquitous and Intelligent Infrastructures - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Future Access Enablers for Ubiquitous and Intelligent Infrastructures, FABULOUS 2021, held in May 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. This year''s conference topic covers security of innovative services and infrastructure in traffic, transport and logistic ecosystems. The 30 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers are organized in thematic sessions on: Internet of things and smart city; smart environment applications; information and communications technology; smart health applications; sustainable communications and computing infrastructures.

Interactivity and Game Creation - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 9 th International Conference on Interactivity and Game Creation, ArtsIT 2020, held in Aalborg, Denmark, in December 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 28 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 60 submissions. The papers represent a forum for the dissemination of cutting-edge research results in the area of arts, design and technology, including open related topics like interactivity and game creation. They are grouped in terms of content on art, installation and performance; games; design; intelligence and creativity in healthcare; wellbeing and aging.

How Einstein Found His Field Equations - Jurgen Renn - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Einstein's field equations of gravitation are a core element of his general theory of relativity. In four short communications to the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin in November 1015, we can follow the final steps toward these equations and the resulting theory's spectacular success in accounting for the anomalous motion of Mercury's perihelion. This source book provides an expert guide to these four groundbreaking papers. Following an introductory essay placing these papers in the context of the development of Einstein's theory, it presents and analyzes, in addition to the four papers of November 1915, a careful selection of (critical excerpts from) papers, letters, and manuscripts documenting the path that early on led Einstein to the field equations of the first November 1915 paper, but then took a turn away from them only to lead back to them in the end. Drawing on extensive research at the Einstein Papers Project and the Max Planck Institute for History of Science, this volume traces the intricate interplay between considerations of physics and considerations of mathematics that guided Einstein along this path. It thus presents a concise yet authoritative account of how Einstein found his field equations, affording readers who are prepared to immerse themselves in these intricacies a unique glimpse of Einstein at work at the height of his creative prowess. Highlights of this journey in Einstein's footsteps include the crucial pages (with detailed annotation) from the Zurich Notebook, the record of Einstein's early search for field equation with his mathematician friend Marcel Grossmann, and the Einstein-Besso manuscript, documenting Einstein's attempts with his friend and confidant Michele Besso to explain the Mercury anomaly on the basis of the equations that he and Grossmann had eventually settled on in the Zurich Notebook.