How humans use terrestrial land affects the earth and all life forms on it. Biodiversity loss and climate change are consequences of the same inappropriate and careless uses of land that negatively impact ecosystems on a smaller scale. Land Use, Climate Change and Biodiversity Modeling: Perspectives and Applications combines state-of-the-art modeling approaches at various scales with case studies from across the world. These examples help natural resource managers, scientists, and decision makers overcome their fear of models. The case studies show how to translate models into results and illustrate how pro-active implementation can mitigate biodiversity loss. This material will interest individual researchers, but it is also critical for policy-makers committed to the future of the planet.

New York Times bestselling author of Orphan #8, Kim van Alkemade returns with a gripping and poignant historical saga in which an unmarried college student who’s given up her baby for adoption helps a Dutch Holocaust survivor search for his lost mother. 1960, New York City: College student Rita Klein is a pioneering woman in the new field of computer programming—until she unexpectedly becomes pregnant. At the Hudson Home for Unwed Mothers, social workers pressure her into surrendering her baby for adoption. Rita is struggling to get on with her life when she meets Jacob Nassy, a charming yet troubled man from the Netherlands who is traumatized by his childhood experience of being separated from his mother during the Holocaust. When Rita learns that Hitler’s Final Solution was organized using Hollerith punch-card computers, she sets out to find the answers that will help Jacob heal. 1941, The Hague: Cornelia Vogel is working as a punch-card operator at the Ministry of Information when a census of Holland’s population is ordered by the Germans. After the Ministry acquires a Hollerith computer made in America, Cornelia is tasked with translating its instructions from English into Dutch. She seeks help from her fascinating Jewish neighbor, Leah Blom, an unconventional young woman whose mother was born in New York. When Cornelia learns the census is being used to persecute Holland’s Jews, she risks everything to help Leah escape. After Rita uncovers a connection between Cornelia Vogel and Jacob’s mother, long-buried secrets come to light. Will shocking revelations tear them apart, or will learning the truth about the past enable Rita and Jacob to face the future together?

In this stunning new historical novel inspired by true events, Kim van Alkemade tells the fascinating story of a woman who must choose between revenge and mercy when she encounters the doctor who subjected her to dangerous medical experiments in a New York City Jewish orphanage years before. In 1919, Rachel Rabinowitz is a vivacious four-year-old living with her family in a crowded tenement on New York City's Lower Eastside. When tragedy strikes, Rachel is separated from her brother Sam and sent to a Jewish orphanage where Dr. Mildred Solomon is conducting medical research. Subjected to X-ray treatments that leave her disfigured, Rachel suffers years of cruel harassment from the other orphans. But when she turns fifteen, she runs away to Colorado hoping to find the brother she lost and discovers a family she never knew she had. Though Rachel believes she's shut out her painful childhood memories, years later she is confronted with her dark past when she becomes a nurse at Manhattan's Old Hebrews Home and her patient is none other than the elderly, cancer-stricken Dr. Solomon. Rachel becomes obsessed with making Dr. Solomon acknowledge, and pay for, her wrongdoing. But each passing hour Rachel spends with the old doctor reveal to Rachel the complexities of her own nature. She realizes that a person's fate-to be one who inflicts harm or one who heals-is not always set in stone. Lush in historical detail, rich in atmosphere and based on true events, Orphan #8 is a powerful, affecting novel of the unexpected choices we are compelled to make that can shape our destinies.

1. Prinzip der Methode und Begriffsbestimmung Bringt man in eine Bunsenflamme gewisse Metallsalze, z. B. Kochsalz, so verursacht die verdampfende Substanz in der Flamme ein deutliches, im gewahlten Beispiel intensiv gelbes Leuchten. Andere Salze geben der Flamme andere Farben, z. B. farben die Salze von Strontium und Lithium die Flamme karminrot, von Calcium ziegelrot, von Barium gelbgrun, von Kupfer smaragdgrun, von Kalium blauviolett, von Arsen, Antimon und Blei fahlblau bis fahlgrun usw. Diese Flammenfarben sind charakteristisch fur gewisse Kationen~ mitunter auch fur gewisse Verbindungen wie CuOH. Man verwendet diese Leuchterscheinungen daher oft als Hilfsmittel bei qualitativen chemischen Analysen. Beim gleich zeitigen Einbringen von mehreren Metallsalzen versagen allerdings diese einfachen Methoden, weil das Auge das Gemisch mehrerer Farben nicht trennen kann. Mitunter liegen auch die charakteristischen "Farben" in einem Spektralbereich, in dem das Auge nicht mehr empfindlich ist. Betrachtet man nun das von einer mehrfach gefarbten Flamme ausgehende Mischlicht im Spektroskop, so sieht man ganz bestimmte, fur die einzelnen Elemente bzw. Verbindungen charakteristische Spektrallinien bzw. Banden (Anhaufung von Linien s. unten). Anhand von Spektrallinientafeln oder Tabellen kann man einige qualitative Aussagen uber die Zusammensetzung der in die Flamme hineingebrachten Stoffe machen. UEber diese genugend bekannten quali tativen Verfahren soll hier nicht weiter gesprochen werden. Sorgt man nun durch geeignete Massnahmen dafur, dass die Flamme uber langere Zeit konstant brennt, und dass die Substanzzufuhr zur Flamme ebenfalls konstant bleibt, so ist die Intensitat dieser beobachteten Spektrallinien bzw. Banden, der zum Leuchten gebrachten Elemente ein Mass fur deren Konzentration.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Leven, Gedrukte Werken En Handschriften Van Cornelis Van Alkemade En Pieter Van Der Schelling Gilles Dionysius Jacobus Schotel, Kornelis van Alkemade, Pieter van der Schelling Sterk, 1833

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Beschryving Van De Stad Briele En Den Lande Van Voorn Etc Kornelis Van Alkemade Philippus Losel, 1729

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