This book comprehensively introduces the drilling theory and practice behind CCSD-1 well drilling, the first stage of a key national scientific engineering project of China. In addition to access to variety of data and information accumulated decade during the project’s decade-long operation, readers also gain insight into state-of-the-art techniques and most recent achievements in China’s scientific drilling industry. Specifically, this work introduces the drilling engineering design, wel...

This textbook provides researchers, post-graduate students, and practitioners with a systematic framework for coping with uncertainty when making facility location decisions. In addition to in-depth coverage of models and solution techniques, application areas are discussed.The book guides readers through the field, showing how to successfully analyze new problems and handle new applications. Initially, the focus is on base models and concepts. Then, gradually, more comprehensive m...

Source-Grid Interaction of Wind Power Integration Systems systematically describes the problems of source-grid interactions of wind power grid-connected system, introducing related research methods and proposing a series of novel control methods for damping oscillations. The book presents problems to be solved, thus enabling easy understanding and perception, from detailed analysis of the problems, to mathematical derivations and simulation verification. - Includes principles that can be u...

It’s been estimated that around 24 billion tonnes of fertile topsoil is lost each year due to historic and ongoing pollution. With increasing pressure placed upon land as a resource, there is an urgent need to make better use of existing agricultural land, as well as remediate contaminated land for farming use.Contaminants in agricultural soils: Challenges and solutions provides a comprehensive overview of the major types of contaminants in agricultural soils. It considers...

Focusing on Shenzhen as a representation of the general urban village phenomenon in China, this book considers the impact of China’s economic reform on urbanization and urban villages over the past three decades. Shenzhen’s urban villages are some of the first of their kind in China, unique in their diversity and organizational capacity, but most notably in their ability to protect village culture whilst coexisting with Shenzhen, one of the fastest urbanizing cities on earth. Providing a s...

O futuro diante dos nossos olhos... Por que estamos aqui? O que significa amar? Como superamos o sofrimento? A felicidade é realmente possível? É humano buscar respostas para questões existenciais sobre a vida, tentando encontrar respostas objetivas para inquietações subjetivas. Mas talvez a grande pergunta que estamos tentando fazer hoje seja: "O que nos torna humanos?". É provável que tanto a pergunta quanto a resposta estejam em algum lugar para além das palavras. A partir do modelo mai...

Gene flow is a natural process that occurs spontaneously and enables the evolution of life. However, with the release of genetically modified organisms, concerns have focused on introduced foreign transgenes and their dispersal in nature through gene flow. This book examines gene flow of transgenes, such as herbicide resistance genes, with the goal of understanding the factors that may affect the process of gene flow. A greater biological understanding is essential to make sound management...

Todas as questões humanas do conhecimento colocadas de forma honesta e sincera, constituem esforços para compreender a Natureza, nela se incluindo todos os seus objectos de estudo formados por sistemas humanos e sistemas não humanos. Assim, de um modo geral, todas estas questões pertencem ao domínio da ciência. Os métodos e as ferramentas utilizadas podem ser diferentes, consoante se trate de um especialista da área das ciências humanas e sociais ou um especialista da área das ciências nat...

Uma verdadeira Obra-prima! "Aclamado pelos críticos como a referência mais profunda sobre o assunto já escrita, até os dias de hoje!" Considerado um manual prático de um sistema de ideias místicas, que durante muitos séculos exerceu poderosa influência no desenvolvimento do pensamento ocidental, traz a representação da árvore da vida no simbolismo dos 78 arcanos. É primeiro e único trabalho que foi baseado nos quatro principais tarôs usados atualmente, o que torna este livro ideal para com...

This book describes systematically the theory and technology of the precision forming of large, complex and thin-walled superalloy castings for aircraft engines, covering all the important basic aspects of the manufacturing process, including process design, wax pattern, ceramic molds, casting and solidification, heat treatment, repair casting and dimension precision control.The correlation of casting defects, structural characteristics and performance of castings is revealed throu...

This book presents an innovative concept for designing a 400 kV double circuit composite tower. The major challenges encountered by the authors in the electrical design process of the composite tower are addressed. They concern material selection for the full composite cross-arm core, electrical insulation of the cross-arm, electrical dimensioning of the full composite tower, lightning shielding performance and failure of the full composite tower. The electric field performance of the towe...

Adattamento illustrato della fiaba classica di Andersen in due lingue (italiano e cinese), accompagnata da audio e video online in italiano e cinese e disegni da stampare e colorare."I cigni selvatici" di Hans Christian Andersen è, per ottime ragioni, una delle fiabe più popolari al mondo. In una forma senza tempo, tratta i temi del dramma umano: paura, coraggio, amore, tradimento, separazione e ricongiungimento.La presente edizione è un libro illustrato per ...