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The food that nourishes us, the water that we drink and the air that we breathe all depend on soils and their life-sustaining properties. Soil Science provides an understanding of the practical application of biology, chemistry, physics and earth science principles to integrated land use and environmental protection. It deals with soil as a natural resource on the surface of the earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties o...

Es una introduccion breve, pero completa, del increible mundo de la microbiologia del suelo. La vida microscopica del suelo esta presente practicamente en todo lo que respecta a nuestra vida cotidiana: desde el agua que bebemos, los alimentos que ingerimos, al aire que respiramos. El presente libro pretende transmitir al lector los fundamentos basicos de los organismos que habitan en el suelo, de modo que pueda apreciar lo que aportan estas formas de vida y de que manera intervienen en nuestro e...

This work explains investigation techniques and analytical methodologies for addressing microbial contamination indoors. Microbial contamination indoors is a significant environmental and occupational health and safety problem. This book provides fundamental background information on fungal and bacterial growth indoors as well as in depth, practical approaches to analyzing and remedying problems. The information helps investigators, laboratory managers, and environmental health professionals pro...

In diesem Lehrbuch werden grundlegende methodische Ansatze fur den modellbasierten Systementwurf von mechatronischen Systemen in systematischer und geschlossener Form dargestellt. Der vorgestellte Methodenkanon umfasst domanenneutrale Methoden zur Modellbildung und Verhaltensanalyse: Multidomanenmodellierung (energie-/tor-/signalbasiert), Simulationstechnik (ODE-/DAE-/Hybride-Systeme), robuste Regelungsansatze, stochastische Verhaltensanalyse und quantitative Entwurfsbewertung uber Systembudgets...

Two distinguished linguists on language, the history of science, misplaced euphoria, surprising facts, and potentially permanent mysteries. In The Secrets of Words, influential linguist Noam Chomsky and his longtime colleague Andrea Moro have a wide-ranging conversation, touching on such topics as language and linguistics, the history of science, and the relation between language and the brain. Moro draws Chomsky out on today’s misplaced euphoria about artificial intelligence (Chomsky sees “lot...

Regenerative design and architecture What will it take to restore balance to our world, repair past injustices, and support future generations' survival? Reaching beyond 'sustainability', 'regenerative' practice is increasingly named as a new goal, but what does this emerging term really mean? And which key mindset shifts might enable truly regenerative transformation? Looking deeply into the web of life that created and supports us, and drawing inspiration from diverse cultural traditions an...