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  • Remote Sensing and Spatial Modelling

    Applications to the surveillance and control of mosquito-borne diseases

    by Annelise Tran, Eric Daudé, Thibault Catry ...
    Series series Update Sciences & technologies
    Mosquitoes are vectors of many disease-causing pathogens, including malaria, dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever. According to the World Health Organization, these vector-borne diseases account for several hundred thousand deaths annually. They also cause zoonoses, such as Rift Valley fever and West Nile fever.In this context, the development of operational tools to support surveillance and ... Read more

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  • The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks

    Edited by Michele Walters, Robert J. Scholes ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Biodiversity observation systems are almost everywhere inadequate to meet local, national and international (treaty) obligations. As a result of alarmingly rapid declines in biodiversity in the modern era, there is a strong, worldwide desire to upgrade our monitoring systems, but little clarity on what is actually needed and how it can be assembled from the elements which are already present. This ... Read more

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  • Water Quality Indices

    by Tabassum Abbasi, S. A. Abbasi ...
    This book covers water quality indices (WQI) in depth – it describes what purpose they serve, how they are generated, what are their strengths and weaknesses, and how to make the best use of them. It is a concise and unique guide to WQIs for chemists, chemical/environmental engineers and government officials. Whereas it is easy to express the quantity of water, it is very difficult to express its ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Applied Hydrology, Second Edition

    by Vijay P. Singh ...
    Fully Updated Hydrology Principles, Methods, and ApplicationsThoroughly revised for the first time in 50 years, this industry-standard resource features chapter contributions from a “who’s who” of international hydrology experts. Compiled by a colleague of the late Dr. Chow, Chow’s Handbook of Applied Hydrology, Second Edition, covers scientific and engineering fundamentals and presents all-new ... Read more

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  • GIS: An Overview of Applications

    by Ana Claudia Teodoro ...
    Series Book 1 - Frontiers in Information Systems
    GIS – An Overview of Applications is a compilation of reviews that give an overview of the latest advances in Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. The multidisciplinary nature of the book gives readers perspectives in research fields as diverse as forest management, land use and cover, tourism, environment impact assessment, climate change studies, biodiversity and health care and ... Read more

    PHP2,476.29

  • Remote Sensing for Biodiversity and Wildlife Management: Synthesis and Applications

    by Steven E. Franklin ...
    The Latest Advances in Remote Sensing for BiodiversityThis state-of-the-art volume provides fundamental information on and practical applications of remote sensing technologies in wildlife management, habitat studies, and biodiversity assessment and monitoring. The book reviews image analysis, interpretation techniques, and key geospatial tools, including field-based, aerial, and satellite remote ... Read more

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  • The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

    by Nathalie Pettorelli ...
    There has been a recent surge of interest in remote sensing and its use in ecology and conservation but this is the first book to focus explicitly on the NDVI (Normalised Difference Vegetation Index), a simple numerical indicator and powerful tool that can be used to assess spatio-temporal changes in green vegetation. The NDVI opens the possibility of addressing questions on scales inaccessible to ... Read more

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  • The Evolution of Geotech - 25 Years of Innovation

    Edited by Reginald Hammah, Thamer Yacoub, Alison McQuillan, John Curran ...
    This publication includes 82 technical papers presented at Rocscience International Conference (RIC) 2021, held online on April 20 and 21, 2021. Rocscience created this event to bring geotechnical academics, researchers and practitioners together to exchange ideas as part of celebrating 25 years of the company’s existence.The papers in these proceedings were from keynotes, panel discussions and ... Read more

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  • Multiple Stable States in Natural Ecosystems

    by Peter Petraitis ...
    One of the most interesting and vexing problems in ecology is how distinctly different communities of plants and animals can occur in the same ecosystem. The theory of these systems, known as multiple stable states, is well understood, but whether multiple stable states actually exist in nature has remained a hotly debated subject. Multiple Stable States in Natural Ecosystems provides a broad and ... Read more

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  • Cardiology

    An Illustrated Colour Text

    by Pippa Ellison ...
    Cardiology is a medical specialty and a branch of internal medicine concerned with disorders of the heart. It deals with thediagnosis and treatment of such conditions as congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, electrophysiology, heartfailure and valvular heart disease. Subspecialties of the cardiology field include cardiac electrophysiology,echocardiography, interventional cardiology ... Read more

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  • Modelling Complex Ecological Dynamics

    An Introduction into Ecological Modelling for Students, Teachers & Scientists

    by Melanie Trexler ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Model development is of vital importance for understanding and management of ecological processes. Identifying the complex relationships between ecological patterns and processes is a crucial task. Ecological modelling—both qualitatively and quantitatively—plays a vital role in analysing ecological phenomena and for ecological theory. This textbook provides a unique overview of modelling ... Read more

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  • Environmental Tracking for Public Health Surveillance

    Edited by Stanley A. Morain, Amelia Budge ...
    Series series ISPRS Book Series
    Satellite imagery and data are widely used in public health surveillance to provide early warning of disease outbreaks and for averting pandemics. Convergence of these technologies began in the 1970s and has gained wide acceptance in the 21st Century.Environmental Tracking for Public Health Surveillance focuses on the expanding use of satellite sen ... Read more

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