Author: Alok AppaduraiPublisher:
ISBN: 9781955811187
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Maximum Impact Potential
Author: Alok AppaduraiPublisher:
ISBN: 9781955811187
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Forest Ecosystems
Author: Adam MarkhamPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401727309
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Climate change represents one of the most alarming long-term threats to ecosystems the world over. This new collection of papers provides, for the first time, an overview of the potentially serious impact that climate change may have on tropical forests. The authors, a multi-disciplinary group of leading experts in climatology, forestry, ecology and conservation biology, present a state-of-knowledge snapshot of how tropical forests are likely to react to the changes being wrought on our planet's atmosphere and climate. Tropical forests represent extraordinary harbours for biological diversity, and yet as deforestation and degradation continue apace, they are under greater pressure from human impacts than ever before. Climate change adds yet another threat to these valuable ecosystems, and this volume demonstrates just how significant a problem this may really be. The authors identify certain types of forest, including tropical montane cloud forest that may be particularly vulnerable. They also show the strong likelihood of global warming aggravating problems in already fragmented forest areas.
Organ Procurement and Transplantation
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309172772
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Each day, nearly 60 Americans receive a transplanted kidney, liver, or other organâ€"a literal "second chance at life"â€"but 11 others die waiting for an organ transplant. The number of donors, although rising, is not growing fast enough to meet the increasing demand. Intended to improve the current system of organ procurement and allocation, the "Final Rule," a 1998 regulation issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, sparked further controversy with its attempts to eliminate the apparent geographic disparities in the time an individual must wait for an organ. This book assesses the potential impact of the Final Rule on organ transplantation. It also presents new, original analyses of data, and assesses medical practices, social and economic observations, and other information on: access to transplantation services for low-income populations and racial and ethnic minority groups; organ donation rates; waiting times for transplantation; patient survival rates and organ failure rates leading to retransplantation; and cost of organ transplantation services.
The Potential Impact of Global Warming on Agriculture
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Forest Service roadless areas potential impact of proposed regulations on ecological sustainability : report to congressional requesters.
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428971580
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
The Potential Impact of High-End Capability Computing on Four Illustrative Fields of Science and Engineering
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309124859
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Many federal funding requests for more advanced computer resources assume implicitly that greater computing power creates opportunities for advancement in science and engineering. This has often been a good assumption. Given stringent pressures on the federal budget, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) are seeking an improved approach to the formulation and review of requests from the agencies for new computing funds. This book examines, for four illustrative fields of science and engineering, how one can start with an understanding of their major challenges and discern how progress against those challenges depends on high-end capability computing (HECC). The four fields covered are: atmospheric science astrophysics chemical separations evolutionary biology This book finds that all four of these fields are critically dependent on HECC, but in different ways. The book characterizes the components that combine to enable new advances in computational science and engineering and identifies aspects that apply to multiple fields.
Potential Impact of Disney's America Project on Manassas National Battlefield Park
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and ForestsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Potential Impact of Investments in Drought Tolerant Maize in Africa
Author: The Potential Impact of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Operation on Fisheries
Author: The Potential Impact of E-Mobility on the Automotive Value Chain
Author: Kaan Y. CiftciPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030955990
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
This book provides extensive insight into the impact of electro-mobility (e-Mobility) on traditional automobile manufacturers. The authors analyse the drivers of e-Mobility and develop a forecast model with the help of exclusive industry reports from leading investment banks and reveal the impact on the automotive value chain. Apart from empirical analysis of the reports, the book also presents insights based on expert interviews with the leading automobile supplier Continental, the consultancy firm KPMG, the market-leading leasing company Deutsche Leasing, and a VW-Audi car dealer.