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Environmental Impact Assessment A Guide to Best Professional Practices

Environmental Impact Assessment A Guide to Best Professional Practices

Under the best of circumstances preparing an environmental impact assessment (EIA) can be a complex and challenging task. Experience indicates that the scope and quality of such analyses varies widely throughout the U. S. as well as internationally. Written to help practitioners and decision-makers apply best professional practices in the development of EIAs Environmental Impact Assessment: A Guide to Best Professional Practices provides an in depth yet practical direction for developing a defensible analysis that meets best professional practices. The book describes preparation of five distinct types of assessments: Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) Preparing Greenhouse Emission Assessments Preparing Risk Assessments and Accident Analyses Social Impact Assessment (SIA) and Environmental Justice The International Environmental Impact Assessment Process Guiding Principles To date there is significant variation and disagreement about how such analyses should be prepared. The author introduces best professional practices (BPP) for preparing such EIAs that is intended to meet decision-making and regulatory expectations. He supplies a comprehensive and balanced skill set of tools techniques concepts principles and practices for preparing these assessments. He also includes directions for developing a comprehensive Environmental Management Systems which can be used to monitor and implement final decisions for such analyses. While the book references the U. S. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) most of this guidance is generally applicable to any international EIA process consistent with NEPA. With thorough coverage of all aspects of assessments the book presents a theoretical introduction to the subject as well as practical guidance. It delivers state-of-the-art tools techniques and approaches for resolving EIA problems. | Environmental Impact Assessment A Guide to Best Professional Practices

GBP 74.99
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Preparing NEPA Environmental Assessments A User’s Guide to Best Professional Practices

Preparing NEPA Environmental Assessments A User’s Guide to Best Professional Practices

Although upwards of 50 000 environmental assessments (EAs) are prepared annually—compared to some 500 environmental impact statements (EISs)—the focus of U. S. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations is on defining requirements for preparing EISs. Written by Charles Eccleston and J. Peyton Doub who have established themselves among the top environmental experts in the world Preparing NEPA Environmental Assessments: A User’s Guide to Best Professional Practices fills the need for an authoritative and comprehensive guide on how to prepare EAs. Bridging the regulatory gap this book identifies relevant EIS regulatory requirements that can be logically interpreted to also apply to EAs. It compiles and synthesizes information scattered throughout NEPA’s regulations executive orders and guidance documents and incorporates case law to provide additional clarification. The authors also draw on the professional experiences and best professional practices (BPP) of NEPA practitioners. From the fundamentals to more advanced topics the book presents a consistent methodology to help beginners students and professionals manage analyze and write legally sufficient EAs. It addresses dilemmas that have traditionally plagued preparation of EAs provides BPPs tools and approaches for resolving problems and introduces methods for streamlining the EA process. Building on Eccleston’s previous guide to EAs Effective Environmental Assessments: How to Manage and Prepare NEPA Assessments (2001) this book reflects the rapid changes in government policy over the past ten years. An indispensable source of practical information it provides readers with step-by-step direction and best practices for preparing defensible EAs. | Preparing NEPA Environmental Assessments A User’s Guide to Best Professional Practices

GBP 56.99
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Clean Room Technology in ART Clinics A Practical Guide

Clean Room Technology in ART Clinics A Practical Guide

Regulatory agencies worldwide have issued directives or such requirements for air quality standards in embryology laboratories. This practical guide reviews the application of clean room technology or controlled environments specifically suited for Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Units. Its comprehensive coverage includes material on airborne particles and volatile organic compounds including basic concepts regulation construction materials certification clinical results in humans and more. | Clean Room Technology in ART Clinics A Practical Guide

GBP 66.99
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Management Options in Breast Cancer Case Histories Best Practice and Clinical Decision-Making

Management Options in Breast Cancer Case Histories Best Practice and Clinical Decision-Making

Management Options in Breast Cancer is the only comprehensive resource devoted to exploring the systematic approach to breast cancer diagnosis surgery and postoperative care. This guide is an ideal tool for oncologists pathologists radiologists and gynecologists seeking alternative management options for breast cancer. In addition trainees will find this text a valuable reference for learning the basic principles and clinical guidelines of the field. Key features in this stand-alone text: an international review of the management options in the field of breast cancer clinical practice case-based examples designed to aid in optimal clinician decision-making two chapters devoted to rarely-explored topics: male breast cancer and geriatric breast cancer | Management Options in Breast Cancer Case Histories Best Practice and Clinical Decision-Making

GBP 69.99
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Best Team Skills Fifty Key Skills for Unlimited Team Achievement

Best Team Skills Fifty Key Skills for Unlimited Team Achievement

Best Team Skills gives you the tools you need to achieve the highest performance through the most productive encouragement and motivational methods available. Dr. Losoncy identifies the 50 skills that will most encourage your team members. Using 100 encouragement opportunity exercises he works as your personal trainer to reinforce your progress. Just as there are vital technical skills that team members need in their own areas of expertise there are also consequential team skills that are necessary to build responsible involved and committed team players. If you want to become a more encouraging team member or help your entire team to become mutual encouragers Best Team Skills is for you. Written not only for your work team you can also can also apply Losoncy's techniques to your home or sports team. Presented in an easy-to-read format each skill is put to use quickly for immediate feedback and success. | Best Team Skills Fifty Key Skills for Unlimited Team Achievement

GBP 175.00
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Modern Management and Leadership Best Practice Essentials with CISO/CSO Applications

Modern Management and Leadership Best Practice Essentials with CISO/CSO Applications

In one modest-sized volume this book offers three valuable sets of knowledge. First it provides best practice guidance on virtually every large-scale task a modern manager may be involved in—from recruiting and hiring to onboarding and leading teams and from employee engagement and retention to performance management and working with difficult employees. Second it explains the essential concepts and practice of a range of effective leadership styles—including (but not limited to) servant leadership crisis leadership change agent leadership and diversity and inclusion leadership. Third it offers brief case studies from select CISOs and CSOs on how these management and leadership principles and practices play out in real-life workplace situations. The best practice essentials provided throughout this volume will empower aspiring leaders and also enable experienced managers to take their leadership to the next level. Many if not most CISOs and other leaders have had very little if any formal training in management and leadership. The select few that have such training usually obtained it through academic courses that take a theoretical broad brush approach. In contrast this book provides much actionable guidance in the nitty-gritty tasks that managers must do every day. Lack of management practical knowledge puts CISOs and CSOs at a disadvantage vis-a-vis other executives in the C-suite. They risk being pigeonholed as “security cops” rather than respected business leaders. Many articles on these subjects published in the press are too incomplete and filled with bad information. And combing through the few high-quality sources that are out there such as Harvard Business Publishing can take hundreds of dollars in magazine subscription and book purchase fees and weeks or months of reading time. This book puts all the essential information into your hands through a series of concise chapters authored by an award-winning writer. | Modern Management and Leadership Best Practice Essentials with CISO/CSO Applications

GBP 36.99
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Clean Room Design Minimizing Contamination Through Proper Design

Clean Room Design Minimizing Contamination Through Proper Design

This practical book provides detailed guidance on all aspects of clean room airflow the mechanics of airflow and how microbial contamination is carried. Ljungqvist and Reinmüller draw on years of experience in clean room design and operation. The book contains maps of the effect of human interference on unidirectional airflow and the potential for contamination. Particle challenge test methods and tracer gas detection methods are explained and the impact and interpretation of the results obtained from these test methods are discussed. Topics include: o Dispersion of Airborne Contaminants o Contamination Riskso Wakes (including factual situations)o Open Unidirectional Air Flow Benches (laminar flow benches)o Microbiological Assessmento Weighing Stationso Air Flow Through Openingso Mathematical Treatment of Contamination Riskso Simulation of Air Flows & Dispersion of Contaminants through Doorways in a Suite of Clean Rooms o Regulatory Requirements | Clean Room Design Minimizing Contamination Through Proper Design

GBP 59.99
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V-Ray My Way A Practical Designer's Guide to Creating Realistic Imagery Using V-Ray & 3ds Max

V-Ray My Way A Practical Designer's Guide to Creating Realistic Imagery Using V-Ray & 3ds Max

V-Ray My Way: A Practical Designers Guide to Creating Realistic Imagery Using V-Ray and 3ds Max is a practical hands-on guide to creating some of the most stunning computer-generated images possible. It caters to the design masses; architects engineers interior designers industrial designers photographers and enthusiasts will find this book essential in their quest to express themselves through visual communication. V-Ray My Way is an accumulation of 13 years of experimental experience and will have you creating content within minutes help grow your company help develop your portfolio and help you make that career leap. Additional resources and exercises are available at the book‘s companion website http://routledgetextbooks. com/textbooks/_author/wylde-9780415709637/ . | V-Ray My Way A Practical Designer's Guide to Creating Realistic Imagery Using V-Ray & 3ds Max

GBP 180.00
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Introduction to Physics in Modern Medicine

Introduction to Physics in Modern Medicine

From x-rays to lasers to magnetic resonance imaging developments in basic physics research have been transformed into medical technologies for imaging surgery and therapy at an ever-accelerating pace. Physics has joined with genetics and molecular biology to define much of what is modern in modern medicine and allied health. Covering a wide range of applications Introduction to Physics in Modern Medicine Third Edition builds further on the bestselling second edition. Based on the courses taught by the authors the book provides medical personnel and students with an exploration of the physics-related applications found in state-of-the-art medical centers. Requiring no previous acquaintance with physics biology or chemistry and keeping mathematics to a minimum the application-dedicated chapters adhere to simple and self-contained qualitative explanations that make use of examples illustrations clinical applications sample calculations and exercises. With an enhanced emphasis on digital imaging and computers in medicine the text gives readers a fundamental understanding of the practical application of each concept and the basic science behind it. This book provides medical students with an excellent introduction to how physics is applied in medicine while also providing students in physics with an introduction to medical physics. Each chapter includes worked examples and a complete list of problems and questions. That so much of the technology discussed in this book was the stuff of dreams just a few years ago makes this book as fascinating as it is practical both for those in medicine as well as those in physics who might one day discover that the project they are working on is the basis for the next great medical application. Features: · Introduces state-of-the-art and emerging medical technologies such as optical coherence tomography x-ray phase contrast imaging and ultrasound-mediated drug delivery · Covers hybrid scanners for cancer imaging and the interplay of molecular medicine with MRI CT and PET in addition to intensity-modulated radiation therapy and new forms of cancer treatments such as proton and heavy-ion therapies · Offers an enhanced emphasis on digital imaging and dosimetry including recent innovations in the pixel-array x-ray detectors ultrasound matrix transducers and direct-ion storage dosimeters

GBP 56.99
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Introduction to Inverse Problems in Imaging

Introduction to Inverse Problems in Imaging

Fully updated throughout and with several new chapters this second edition of Introduction to Inverse Problems in Imaging guides advanced undergraduate and graduate students in physics computer science mathematics and engineering through the principles of linear inverse problems in addition to methods of their approximate solution and their practical applications in imaging. This second edition contains new chapters on edge-preserving and sparsity-enforcing regularization in addition to maximum likelihood methods and Bayesian regularization for Poisson data. The level of mathematical treatment is kept as low as possible to make the book suitable for a wide range of students from different backgrounds with readers needing just a rudimentary understanding of analysis geometry linear algebra probability theory and Fourier analysis. The authors concentrate on presenting easily implementable and fast solution algorithms and this second edition is accompanied by numerical examples throughout. It will provide readers with the appropriate background needed for a clear understanding of the essence of inverse problems (ill-posedness and its cure) and consequently for an intelligent assessment of the rapidly growing literature on these problems. Key features: Provides an accessible introduction to the topic while keeping mathematics to a minimum Interdisciplinary topic with growing relevance and wide-ranging applications Accompanied by numerical examples throughout

GBP 82.99
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Field to Palette Dialogues on Soil and Art in the Anthropocene

Field to Palette Dialogues on Soil and Art in the Anthropocene

Field to Palette: Dialogues on Soil and Art in the Anthropocene is an investigation of the cultural meanings representations and values of soil in a time of planetary change. The book offers critical reflections on some of the most challenging environmental problems of our time including land take groundwater pollution desertification and biodiversity loss. At the same time the book celebrates diverse forms of resilience in the face of such challenges beginning with its title as a way of honoring locally controlled food production methods championed by field to plate movements worldwide. By focusing on concepts of soil functionality the book weaves together different disciplinary perspectives in a collection of dialogue texts between artists and scientists interviews by the editors and invited curators essays and poems by earth scientists and humanities scholars soil recipes maps and DIY experiments. With contributions from over 100 internationally renowned researchers and practitioners Field to Palette presents a set of visual methodologies and worldviews that expand our understanding of soil and encourage readers to develop their own interpretations of the ground beneath our feet. | Field to Palette Dialogues on Soil and Art in the Anthropocene

GBP 59.99
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Getting Started in ZBrush An Introduction to Digital Sculpting and Illustration

Getting Started in ZBrush An Introduction to Digital Sculpting and Illustration

Getting Started in ZBrush is a gentle introduction to ZBrush today‘s premier digital sculpting program. Beginning with the fundamentals of digital sculpting as well as a thorough introduction to the user interface Getting Started in ZBrush will have you creating a variety of professional-level 3D models in no-time. More than just another button-pushing manual this comprehensive guide is packed with start-to-finish projects that ease you into the workflow of the program while at the same time providing tips and tricks that will allow you to achieve certain tasks much more quickly. After progressing through the tutorials you will be shown how to customize brushes materials scripts and the interface so that you can utilize these tools to their full advantage. Special consideration is given to ZBrush‘s integration plug-ins with Maya and 3ds Max allowing you to properly import and export your models in all programs. Texturing painting mapping decimation baking and topology are also fully covered so your Zbrush creations can come to life without sacrificing that high-resolution look. Ease your way into this complex subject with this straight-forward approach to ZBrush Perfect your technique with step-by-step tutorials that allow you to create high res models from start to finish. Expand your knowledge by visiting the companion website which features video demonstrations project files texture and model files scripts customized menus brushes and additional resources. | Getting Started in ZBrush An Introduction to Digital Sculpting and Illustration

GBP 180.00
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Introduction to Perturbation Theory in Quantum Mechanics

Introduction to Perturbation Theory in Quantum Mechanics

Perturbation theory is a powerful tool for solving a wide variety of problems in applied mathematics a tool particularly useful in quantum mechanics and chemistry. Although most books on these subjects include a section offering an overview of perturbation theory few if any take a practical approach that addresses its actual implementationIntroduction to Perturbation Theory in Quantum Mechanics does. It collects into a single source most of the techniques for applying the theory to the solution of particular problems. Concentrating on problems that allow exact analytical solutions of the perturbation equations the book resorts to numerical results only when necessary to illustrate and complement important features of the theory. The author also compares different methods by applying them to the same models so that readers clearly understand why one technique may be preferred over another. Demonstrating the application of similar techniques in quantum and classical mechanics Introduction to Perturbation Theory in Quantum Mechanics reveals the underlying mathematics in seemingly different problems. It includes many illustrative examples that facilitate the understanding of theoretical concepts and provides a source of ideas for many original research projects.

GBP 44.99
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Introduction to Statistical Methods in Modern Genetics

Introduction to Statistical Methods in Modern Genetics

Although the basic statistical theory behind modern genetics is not very difficult most statistical genetics papers are not easy to read for beginners in the field and formulae quickly become very tedious to fit a particular area of application. Introduction to Statistical Methods in Modern Genetics distinguishes between the necessary and unnecessary complexity in a presentation designed for graduate-level statistics students. The author keeps derivations simple but does so without losing the mathematical details. He also provides the required background in modern genetics for those looking forward to entering this arena. Along with some of the statistical tools important in genetics applications students will learn:How a gene is foundHow scientists have separated the genetic and environmental aspects of a person's intelligenceHow genetics are used in agriculture to improve crops and domestic animalsWhat a DNA fingerprint is and why there are controversies about itAlthough the author assumes students have a foundation in basic statistics an appendix provides the necessary background beyond the elementary including multinomial distributions inference on frequency tables and discriminant analysis. With clear explanations a multitude of figures and exercise sets in each chapter this text forms an outstanding entrée into the rapidly expanding world of genetic data analysis.

GBP 59.99
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A Pictorial Guide to Metamorphic Rocks in the Field

A Pictorial Guide to Metamorphic Rocks in the Field

This book is an illustrative introduction to metamorphic rocks as seen in the field designed for advanced high school to graduate-level earth science and geology students to jump-start their observational skills. In addition to photographs of rocks in the field there are numerous line diagrams and examples of metamorphic features shown in thin section. The thin section photos are all at a scale and in a context that can be related to views seen in the field through a hand lens. | A Pictorial Guide to Metamorphic Rocks in the Field

GBP 175.00
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Introduction to Mathematical Models in Operations Planning

Introduction to Mathematical Models in Operations Planning

Discover the intricate nature of a company's production function and the comprehensive principles of planning operations in this book. Through practical applications and enriched by numerical examples readers gain essential knowledge of elementary mathematical methods in operations planning. The inclusion of the powerful R programming language accompanied by code scripts and real-world examples enhances the learning experience. Blending theory with practice this resource equips readers with the tools necessary to optimize production systems make informed decisions and gain a competitive edge in today's dynamic business landscape. | Introduction to Mathematical Models in Operations Planning

GBP 48.99
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Groundwater Lowering in Construction A Practical Guide to Dewatering

Groundwater Lowering in Construction A Practical Guide to Dewatering

Praise for the Second Edition: This is the book that the dewatering sector really needs – it is reliably based on sound theory and profound understanding of the physical processes yet is presented in a very accessible and user-friendly manner. It draws on many many decades of experience and yet is utterly up to date. . It is a one-stop shop for the dewatering practitioner – who can nonetheless rest assured that the theoretical basis of the methods presented is flawless. — Professor Paul L. Younger FGS FICE C. Geol. C. Eng. FREng University of Glasgow Scotland UK The best reference on this topic available . and will prove useful to a wide variety of readers ranging from junior construction engineers or dewatering contractors to theoretical hydrogeologists and environmental managers. It is rare that a book is able to bridge the gap between theoretical design guidance and practical application. — S. N. Sterling University of Waterloo Canada The extensively updated Groundwater Lowering in Construction: A Practical Guide to Dewatering 3rd Edition offers practical advice on all phases of groundwater control systems from planning and design through installation and maintenance and ultimately decommissioning. The expertise provided in this book can help you improve working conditions increase project viability save time and reduce excavation costs. Designers and managers of construction and engineering projects are given the tools necessary to effectively control groundwater. The content is divided into three sections – Principles Design and Construction. The Principles section explains the fundamentals of groundwater flow as it relates to civil engineering excavations. The Design section explores in extensive detail site investigation permeability assessment methods and groundwater control strategies. Chapters in the Construction section describe dewatering and exclusion techniques and examine the complete life cycle of a groundwater control scheme including monitoring maintenance and decommissioning. This section incorporates eleven case histories from the authors’ casebook. The 3rd edition has been greatly revised and updated and contains more than 200 new illustrations. The new content covers: Permeability of soils and rocks Groundwater problems for excavations in rock Groundwater control for tunnelling projects such as shafts and cross passages Methods for assessing permeability Decommissioning of dewatering systems Optimisation of groundwater control schemes. The new expanded content offers valuable direction that can give you a true competitive advantage in the planning and execution of temporary and permanent dewatering works for excavation and tunnelling. Written for practising engineers geologists and construction managers as well as postgraduate engineering students this revamped manual on design and practice presents numerous case studies and extensive references to enhance understanding. | Groundwater Lowering in Construction A Practical Guide to Dewatering

GBP 74.99
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Quality Management How to Achieve Sustainability in Projects

Quality Management How to Achieve Sustainability in Projects

Divided into four main chapters this book covers the inception on through to the handover of a project and details the three main stages (study stage design stage and construction stage) involved with managing any type of project. The book discusses the sustainability framework and provides an overview of quality management with construction projects along with the most common quality tools used to manage quality and achieve sustainability in projects. Quality Management: How to Achieve Sustainability in Projects takes the reader from start to finish with a focus on the sustainability elements needed to manage quality in projects and details the application of sustainability principles at different stages. The book discusses the quality tools used in managing sustainability and provides concise and complete information on how to easily achieve it through to the project handover stage. The book is written for Project Management professionals such as Project Managers Quality Managers Industrial Engineers and Construction Managers as well as Design Management professionals academics trainers and graduate students. | Quality Management How to Achieve Sustainability in Projects

GBP 150.00
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An Introduction to Metamaterials and Waves in Composites

An Introduction to Metamaterials and Waves in Composites

Requiring no advanced knowledge of wave propagation An Introduction to Metamaterials and Waves in Composites focuses on theoretical aspects of metamaterials periodic composites and layered composites. The book gives novices a platform from which they can start exploring the subject in more detail. After introducing concepts related to elasticity acoustics and electrodynamics in media the text presents plane wave solutions to the equations that describe elastic acoustic and electromagnetic waves. It examines the plane wave expansion of sources as well as scattering from curved interfaces specifically spheres and cylinders. The author then covers electrodynamic acoustic and elastodynamic metamaterials. He also describes examples of transformations aspects of acoustic cloaking and applications of pentamode materials to acoustic cloaking. With a focus on periodic composites the text uses the Bloch-Floquet theorem to find the effective behavior of composites in the quasistatic limit presents the quasistatic equations of elastodynamic and electromagnetic waves and investigates Brillouin zones and band gaps in periodic structures. The final chapter discusses wave propagation in smoothly varying layered media anisotropic density of a periodic layered medium and quasistatic homogenization of laminates. This book provides a launch pad for research into elastic and acoustic metamaterials. Many of the ideas presented have yet to be realized experimentally—the book encourages readers to explore these ideas and bring them to technological maturity.

GBP 44.99
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