Author: Committee on Metabolic Monitoring for Military Fie
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: physiological, cognitive, performance, decrements, predicting, metabolic, status, monitoring
Number of Pages: 468
Published: 2004-07-29
List price: $47.00
ISBN-10: 0309091594
ISBN-13: 9780309091596

The U.S. military’s concerns about the individual combat service member’s ability to avoid performance degradation, in conjunction with the need to maintain both mental and physical capabilities in highly stressful situations, have led to and interest in developing methods by which commanders can monitor the status of the combat service members in the field. This report examines appropriate biological markers, monitoring technologies currently available and in need of development, and appropriate algorithms to interpret the data obtained in order to provide information for command

Authors:Tina J. Yates, Ernest Pollard,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: monitoring, conservation, scheme, biology, butterfly, british, butterflies, ecology
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1994-11-03
List price: $109.00
ISBN-10: 0412634600
ISBN-13: 9780412634604

Previously published in hardback and now made available in paperback, this ground-breaking book is a must for all interested in butterflies, whether as conservation biologist, amateur or professional entomologist or as a student studying the phenomenon of butterfly populations as part of a number of biology, ecology or conservation courses. Recently, many British butterflies have suffered severe declines whole others have flourished and expanded in range. This is the first book to describe the results from a British scheme to monitor butterflies during this period of change. The Moni

Authors:Pier Luigi Nimis, Christoph Scheidegger, Patricia A.
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: monitoring, lichens, earth, environmental, science, nato, series
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2002-01-31
List price: $190.00
ISBN-10: 140200429X
ISBN-13: 9781402004292

Organisms are increasingly being used to assess environmental impacts on ecosystems. Lichens are among the best known, most widely used biomonitors of environmental change, with thousands of papers published on this subject in the last decades. The present book provides the most recent synthesis on this subject. It is divided into three sections: (1) Monitoring lichens as indicators of pollution; (2) monitoring lichen diversity and ecosystem function; and (3) methods for monitoring lichens. The first two sections present the state of the art in the respective fields, while the third br

Authors:Jamie Bartram, Richard Ballance,
Publisher: Spon Press
Keywords: quality, monitoring, freshwater, studies, programmes, implementation, guide, practical, water, design
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 1998-04-02
List price: $230.00
ISBN-10: 0419223207
ISBN-13: 9780419223207

Water quality monitoring is a fundamental tool in the management of freshwater resources, and this book covers the entire monitoring process providing detailed guidance for implementing a monitoring network with step-by-step descriptions of field and laboratory methods.

Author: M. Campbell
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: monitoring, environmental, volume, systems, sensor
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 1996-12-31
List price: $296.00
ISBN-10: 0751404195
ISBN-13: 9780751404197

Stringent legislation is forcing manufacturing industry to be aware of the impact its operations have on the environment, in order to control and reduce the affect of those operations. Increasingly sophisticated equipment is required for this monitoring, and development of that equipment and strategies for its use is a multi-disciplinary field involving chemists, analytical scientists and engineers. This volume is divided into two parts, the first introducing the reader to the various sensor systems and illustrating the advantages and disadvantages those systems have for monitoring programmes,

Authors:Jean-Pierre Danthine, Francesco Giavazzi, Xavier Viv
Publisher: Centre for Economic Policy Research
Keywords: european, monitoring, deregulation, integration, banking, future
Number of Pages: 118
Published: 1999-11
List price: $37.50
ISBN-10: 1898128383
ISBN-13: 9781898128380

The European banking industry is in a state of turmoil. The pace of mergers and acquisitions has accelerated across different banking sectors and within the same sector. At the same time, the demise of banks already in trouble has accelerated. This report analyzes what lies behind the historic segmentation of EU financial markets because a clear view about these issues is needed to predict the changes that EMU will bring about. The authors examine the policy implications of these changes and propose measures to address the problems that may be encountered.

Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: global, report, monitoring, sustainable, development, inclusive, environment, mdgs, agenda
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 2008-04-15
List price: $26.00
ISBN-10: 0821373846
ISBN-13: 9780821373842

Global Monitoring Report 2008, the fifth in an annual series, is essential reading for those who wish to follow the global development agenda and debate in 2008. The year marks the midpoint toward the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It is also an important year to work toward a consensus on how the world is going to respond to the challenge of climate change, building on the foundation laid at the Bali climate change conference in December 2007. The report spans this agenda. It provides a comprehensive assessment of progress toward the MDGs and related poli