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Focusing on the mathematics that lies at the intersection of
probability theory, statistical physics, combinatorics and computer
science, this volume collects together lecture notes on recent
developments in the area. The common ground of these subjects is
perhaps best described by the three terms in the title: Random
Walks, Random Fields and Disordered Systems. The specific topics
covered include a study of Branching Brownian Motion from the
perspective of disordered (spin-glass) systems, a detailed analysis
of weakly self-avoiding random walks in four spatial dimensions via
methods of field theory and the renormalization group, a study of
phase transitions in disordered discrete structures using a
rigorous version of the cavity method, a survey of recent work on
interacting polymers in the ballisticity regime and, finally, a
treatise on two-dimensional loop-soup models and their connection
to conformally invariant systems and the Gaussian Free Field. The
notes are aimed at early graduate students with a modest background
in probability and mathematical physics, although they could also
be enjoyed by seasoned researchers interested in learning about
recent advances in the above fields.
This Special Issue of Water, Air and Soil Pollution offers original
contributions from BIOGEOMON, an international symposium on
ecosystem behavior and the evaluation of integrated monitoring of
small catchments, held in Prague, Czech Republic, in September
1993. The meeting attracted nearly 200 scientists from 27 countries
on five continents. BIOGEOMON was a loose continuation of another
international meeting, GEOMON, which was held in Prague in 1987.
Both sym posia provided a forum for the discussion of ideas on
environmental problems in western and eastern Europe, with
important contributions from the American continent. With the
dramatic collapse of the iron curtain, it was our hope that more so
than GEOMON, BIOGEOMON would provide opportunities for the free
exchange of ideas, fostering the development of research
collaborations between its participants. With international
openness comes the increasing realization that every indus
trialized nation has its own legacy of environmental degradation.
Anthropogenic impacts differ in severity and scale; air and water
transport of pollutants transform local impacts into regional and
global ones, ignoring political boundaries and eco nomic
differences. Environmental consequences of anthropogenic activities
often are detectable at the ecosystem level. Thus, the challenge of
ecosystem science, and to the individuals who practice it, is to
develop a comprehensive understanding of ecosystem function in the
past and at present, and to apply such understanding toward
minimizing future insults to the local, regional, and global
environment.
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Biogeochemical Investigations at Watershed, Landscape, and Regional Scales - Refereed papers from BIOGEOMON, The Third International Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior; Co-Sponsored by Villanova University and the Czech Geological Survey; held at Villanova University, Villanova Pennsylvania, USA, June 21-25, 1997 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998)
R. Kelman Wieder, Martin Novak, Jiri Cerny
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R5,829
Discovery Miles 58 290
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This Special Issue of Water, Air, and Soil Pollution offers
original contributions from BIOGEOMON, The Third International
Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior, which was held on the campus
ofVillanova University from June 21-25, 1997. Previous meetings
were held in Prague in 1987 and again in 1993. The BIOGEOMON series
was initiated in 1987 when a group of researchers from the Czech
Geological Survey organized a conference called GEOMON, Geochemical
Monitoring in Representative Basins. GEOMON was fairly narrowly
focused on monitoring of element pools and fluxes on a small
watershed scale. As signalled by the change in name to BIOGEOMON,
the second conference explicitly recognized that assessment of
anthropogenic effects on ecosystem processes requires a combination
of geochemical monitoring with other approaches, including
watershed-level manipulations, use of radioactive and stable
isotopic tracers, and both empirical and process modeling. The 1997
BIOGEOMON conference was the largest, with over 240 participants
from 28 countries on five continents in attendance, and broadest in
scope. The conference featured a plenary speaker, six keynote
speakers, 35 invited speakers, over 60 oral contributed
presentations, and over 75 poster presentations.
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Biogeochemical Investigations at Watershed, Landscape, and Regional Scales - Refereed papers from BIOGEOMON, The Third International Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior; Co-Sponsored by Villanova University and the Czech Geological Survey; held at Villanova University, Villanova Pennsylvania, USA, June 21-25, 1997 (Hardcover, Reprinted from WATER, AIR, AND SOIL POLLUTION, 105:1-2, 1998)
R. Kelman Wieder, Martin Novak, Jiri Cerny
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R6,084
Discovery Miles 60 840
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This Special Issue of Water, Air, and Soil Pollution offers
original contributions from BIOGEOMON, The Third International
Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior, which was held on the campus
ofVillanova University from June 21-25, 1997. Previous meetings
were held in Prague in 1987 and again in 1993. The BIOGEOMON series
was initiated in 1987 when a group of researchers from the Czech
Geological Survey organized a conference called GEOMON, Geochemical
Monitoring in Representative Basins. GEOMON was fairly narrowly
focused on monitoring of element pools and fluxes on a small
watershed scale. As signalled by the change in name to BIOGEOMON,
the second conference explicitly recognized that assessment of
anthropogenic effects on ecosystem processes requires a combination
of geochemical monitoring with other approaches, including
watershed-level manipulations, use of radioactive and stable
isotopic tracers, and both empirical and process modeling. The 1997
BIOGEOMON conference was the largest, with over 240 participants
from 28 countries on five continents in attendance, and broadest in
scope. The conference featured a plenary speaker, six keynote
speakers, 35 invited speakers, over 60 oral contributed
presentations, and over 75 poster presentations.
The BIOGEOMON conference, held in Prague, September 1993, was
dedicated to the use of geochemistry and biology in the elucidation
of biogeochemical processes in the context of research on small
catchments, which are natural systems that lend themselves to the
study of environmental problems at the ecosystem level.
Biogeochemical Monitoring in Small Catchments, which contains
reviewed papers from the conference, includes long-term studies of
nutrient cycling in forested catchments, effects of anthropogenic
action on streamwater chemistry, stable isotope studies for tracing
biogeochemical processes, determination of the process rates, and
mathematical modelling of ecosystem behaviour and mass fluxes. For
research scientists and students of ecology, biology, hydrology and
geochemistry as well as professionals in natural resources
management.
Die Produktion von deutschen Flugschriften erreichte in den 1520er
Jahren auch in Nord- und Nordwestboehmen ihren Hoehepunkt. Die
Druckwerke der dortigen evangelischen Elite zeigen, wie diese sich
an der oeffentlichen Debatte um das Gemeinwohl beteiligte, zugleich
aber regionale Streitfragen ins Spiel brachte. Das Buch klart die
Entstehungszusammenhange und Besonderheiten einzelner
Druckschriften und beschaftigt sich mit den literarischen und
medialen Strategien, die fur diese Werke pragend waren und die zum
Teil von der zeitgleichen Produktion in Wittenberg abhingen. Es
werden Selbstzuschreibungen und Fremdwahrnehmungen untersucht, uber
die sich die Identitat der evangelisierten Gemeinden und ihrer
Sprecher konstituierte. Des Weiteren fragt der Autor nach der
Funktion dieser Schriften.
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