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This book on marine pollution describes different threats to life in the oceans, as well as the relevant modern research methods. It ends with a description on international legislation preventing pollution by the maritime sector (MARPOL73/78). Meant for a student with already basic knowledge of biochemistry and physiology.

In this major new contribution to a rapidly expanding field, the authors offer an integrated analysis of the wave of management reforms which have swept through so many countries in the last twenty years. The reform trajectories of ten countries are compared, and key differences of approach discussed.

Nell'epoca dei social media, tristezza, disagio e distrazione sembrano ubiqui. Non appena smettiamo di cliccare, navigare, scorrere e likare, ci resta solo un senso di noia, di torpore, di vuoto. È una questione di progettazione, di design: i nostri stati d'animo patologici sono codificati fin dal principio nell'architettura delle piattaforme. Prima di disegnare alternative, è quindi indispensabile un'analisi tanto lucida quanto brutale degli scenari digitali contemporanei, che consenta di comprendere a fondo i meccanismi di funzionamento e la psicologia delle piattaforme dei social media: dalle sensazioni di noia e malinconia agli atteggiamenti contraddittori verso i selfi e, alla politica regressiva dei meme e alle (più o meno) nuove forme di violenza tecnologica. Rifuggendo da strali moralistici, intenti pedagogici o sterili pulsioni regolatorie, "Nichilismo digitale" abbina una critica radicale di internet al tentativo di fare i conti con gli sbalzi d'umore - assai reali - degli utilizzatori delle piattaforme.

Carbohydrates offer a ready source of enantiomerically pure starting materials. They have been used for the imaginative synthesis of a wide range of compounds, and have been found to be effective chiral auxiliaries which enable the introduction of a range of functionalities in a highly enantioselective manner. In a subject dominated by volumes at research and professional level, this book provides a broad understanding of the use of carbohydrates in organic synthesis, at postgraduate student level. Emphasis is placed on retrosynthetic analysis, with discussion of why a particular synthetic route has been chosen, and mechanistic explanations are provided for key and novel reactions. Wherever possible, the authors highlight points of general significance to organic synthesis. Selected experimental conditions and reaction details are incorporated to ensure that information can be utilised in research. The book is extensively referenced and so provides a convenient point of entry to the primary literature.

This volume contains all accepted papers of the second eMobility workshop, which has been held in Tampere, Finland, on May 30, 2008. Papers from three main areas have been selected for this workshop.

This volume contains scientific articles and discuss several topics of the ERCIM eMobility working group including, mobility support in publish/subscribe networks, automated merging in cooperative adaptive cruise control systems, content replication strategies for smart products, inquiry-based bluetooth parameters for indoor localization, efficiency analysis for multicast traffic distribution in PMIPv6 domains.

This volume contains all accepted papers of the third eMobility workshop. Papers
from different areas have been selected including, performance optimization in wireless and cellular networks, real world applications and case studies of WSNs and WLANs, service improvements in wireless (mesh) and fixed networks, and security and V2V communication in mobile networks

This volume contains scientific articles and discuss several topics of the ERCIM eMobility working group including, testbeds for mobile networks, performance optimization for cellular networks, QoS in vehicular-tobusiness (V2B) communication, reliability in ad-hoc networks, distributed resource discovery and use, traffic generation models for wireless networks, IMS clients, ICT support for mobility, vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs), and mobile video conferencing.