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Energy Geotechnics includes 97 technical papers presented at the
1st International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT 2016,
Kiel, Germany, 29-31 August 2016). The contributions provides
significant advances and critical challenges facing the areas of
fundamentals, constitutive and numerical modelling, testing
techniques and energy geotechnics applications. Energy Geotechnics
contains seven regular sessions and six minisymposia, with
contributions on discrete and continuum based modelling as well as
investigations based on experimental studies at various scales. The
papers on discrete and continuum based modelling examine the
behaviour of gas hydrate sediments, cyclic and
Themo-Hydro-Mechanical (T-H-M) modelling of energy piles,
non-linear behaviour of energy geo-storage and geo-structures,
deformation of geomaterials, modelling of borehole heat exchangers
and energy walls, analysis of hydraulic fracturing and
discontinuities in reservoirs, engineering problems involving gas
hydrates sediments, and modelling of environmental impact of energy
geotechnical processes.
This open access book not only describes the challenges of climate
disruption, but also presents solutions. The challenges described
include air pollution, climate change, extreme weather, and related
health impacts that range from heat stress, vector-borne diseases,
food and water insecurity and chronic diseases to malnutrition and
mental well-being. The influence of humans on climate change has
been established through extensive published evidence and reports.
However, the connections between climate change, the health of the
planet and the impact on human health have not received the same
level of attention. Therefore, the global focus on the public
health impacts of climate change is a relatively recent area of
interest. This focus is timely since scientists have concluded that
changes in climate have led to new weather extremes such as floods,
storms, heat waves, droughts and fires, in turn leading to more
than 600,000 deaths and the displacement of nearly 4 billion people
in the last 20 years. Previous work on the health impacts of
climate change was limited mostly to epidemiologic approaches and
outcomes and focused less on multidisciplinary, multi-faceted
collaborations between physical scientists, public health
researchers and policy makers. Further, there was little attention
paid to faith-based and ethical approaches to the problem. The
solutions and actions we explore in this book engage diverse
sectors of civil society, faith leadership, and political
leadership, all oriented by ethics, advocacy, and policy with a
special focus on poor and vulnerable populations. The book
highlights areas we think will resonate broadly with the public,
faith leaders, researchers and students across disciplines
including the humanities, and policy makers.
The first modern scholarly synthesis of animal domestication Across
the globe and at different times in the past millennia, the
evolutionary history of domesticated animals has been greatly
affected by the myriad, complex, and diverse interactions humans
have had with the animals closest to them. The Process of Animal
Domestication presents a broad synthesis of this subject, from the
rich biology behind the initial stages of domestication to how the
creation of breeds reflects cultural and societal transformations
that have impacted the biosphere. Marcelo Sanchez-Villagra draws
from a wide range of fields, including evolutionary biology,
zooarchaeology, ethnology, genetics, developmental biology, and
evolutionary morphology to provide a fresh perspective to this
classic topic. Relying on various conceptual and technical tools,
he examines the natural history of phenotypes and their
developmental origins. He presents case studies involving mammals,
birds, fish, and insect species, and he highlights the importance
of domestication for the comprehension of evolution, anatomy,
ontogeny, and dozens of fundamental biological processes. Bringing
together the most current developments, The Process of Animal
Domestication will interest a wide range of readers, from
evolutionary biologists, developmental biologists, and geneticists
to anthropologists and archaeologists.
The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in
2015, comprise an ambitious and sweeping agenda that unites
economic, social, and environmental aims. What resources do the
world's religious and secular traditions offer in support of these
objectives? Which principles do these traditions hold in common,
and how can these shared values help advance global goals? This
book presents an in-depth and deeply engaged conversation among
interfaith religious leaders and interdisciplinary scholars and
practitioners in pursuit of an ethical consensus that could ground
sustainable development efforts. Drawing on more than two years of
close-knit discussions convened by Jeffrey D. Sachs and Marcelo Sa
nchez Sorondo, it offers an extensive and inclusive vision of how
to promote human flourishing. The book features theological,
philosophical, and ethical deliberations of great diversity and
depth on the challenges of sustainable development, addressing
questions of poverty, environmental justice, peace, conflict, and
the future of work. It includes consensus statements on the moral
imperatives of sustainable development, introductions to seven
major religious traditions and their conceptions of the common
good, and thematic reflections. Wide-ranging and urgent, this book
represents a major contribution to interreligious dialogue and to
the articulation of a shared global ethics. The book features a
foreword by Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
This book presents the results of a joint meeting organized by the
Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social
Sciences where renowned international scholars discussed the
importance of education in an increasingly globalized world. The
papers cover a wide range of topics, including immigration,
education in developing countries, knowledge transfer, social,
economic, cultural, and political conditions in global education,
technology, communication, access to information and knowledge, as
well as, bio-anthropological issues.
This open access book examines recent advances in how artificial
intelligence (AI) and robotics have elicited widespread debate over
their benefits and drawbacks for humanity. The emergent
technologies have for instance implications within medicine and
health care, employment, transport, manufacturing, agriculture, and
armed conflict. While there has been considerable attention devoted
to robotics/AI applications in each of these domains, a fuller
picture of their connections and the possible consequences for our
shared humanity seems needed. This volume covers multidisciplinary
research, examines current research frontiers in AI/robotics and
likely impacts on societal well-being, human - robot relationships,
as well as the opportunities and risks for sustainable development
and peace. The attendant ethical and religious dimensions of these
technologies are addressed and implications for regulatory policies
on the use and future development of AI/robotics technologies are
elaborated.
The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in
2015, comprise an ambitious and sweeping agenda that unites
economic, social, and environmental aims. What resources do the
world's religious and secular traditions offer in support of these
objectives? Which principles do these traditions hold in common,
and how can these shared values help advance global goals? This
book presents an in-depth and deeply engaged conversation among
interfaith religious leaders and interdisciplinary scholars and
practitioners in pursuit of an ethical consensus that could ground
sustainable development efforts. Drawing on more than two years of
close-knit discussions convened by Jeffrey D. Sachs and Marcelo Sa
nchez Sorondo, it offers an extensive and inclusive vision of how
to promote human flourishing. The book features theological,
philosophical, and ethical deliberations of great diversity and
depth on the challenges of sustainable development, addressing
questions of poverty, environmental justice, peace, conflict, and
the future of work. It includes consensus statements on the moral
imperatives of sustainable development, introductions to seven
major religious traditions and their conceptions of the common
good, and thematic reflections. Wide-ranging and urgent, this book
represents a major contribution to interreligious dialogue and to
the articulation of a shared global ethics. The book features a
foreword by Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
The first modern scholarly synthesis of animal domestication Across
the globe and at different times in the past millennia, the
evolutionary history of domesticated animals has been greatly
affected by the myriad, complex, and diverse interactions humans
have had with the animals closest to them. The Process of Animal
Domestication presents a broad synthesis of this subject, from the
rich biology behind the initial stages of domestication to how the
creation of breeds reflects cultural and societal transformations
that have impacted the biosphere. Marcelo Sanchez-Villagra draws
from a wide range of fields, including evolutionary biology,
zooarchaeology, ethnology, genetics, developmental biology, and
evolutionary morphology to provide a fresh perspective to this
classic topic. Relying on various conceptual and technical tools,
he examines the natural history of phenotypes and their
developmental origins. He presents case studies involving mammals,
birds, fish, and insect species, and he highlights the importance
of domestication for the comprehension of evolution, anatomy,
ontogeny, and dozens of fundamental biological processes. Bringing
together the most current developments, The Process of Animal
Domestication will interest a wide range of readers, from
evolutionary biologists, developmental biologists, and geneticists
to anthropologists and archaeologists.
This open access book not only describes the challenges of climate
disruption, but also presents solutions. The challenges described
include air pollution, climate change, extreme weather, and related
health impacts that range from heat stress, vector-borne diseases,
food and water insecurity and chronic diseases to malnutrition and
mental well-being. The influence of humans on climate change has
been established through extensive published evidence and reports.
However, the connections between climate change, the health of the
planet and the impact on human health have not received the same
level of attention. Therefore, the global focus on the public
health impacts of climate change is a relatively recent area of
interest. This focus is timely since scientists have concluded that
changes in climate have led to new weather extremes such as floods,
storms, heat waves, droughts and fires, in turn leading to more
than 600,000 deaths and the displacement of nearly 4 billion people
in the last 20 years. Previous work on the health impacts of
climate change was limited mostly to epidemiologic approaches and
outcomes and focused less on multidisciplinary, multi-faceted
collaborations between physical scientists, public health
researchers and policy makers. Further, there was little attention
paid to faith-based and ethical approaches to the problem. The
solutions and actions we explore in this book engage diverse
sectors of civil society, faith leadership, and political
leadership, all oriented by ethics, advocacy, and policy with a
special focus on poor and vulnerable populations. The book
highlights areas we think will resonate broadly with the public,
faith leaders, researchers and students across disciplines
including the humanities, and policy makers.
How can we bring together the study of genes, embryos and fossils?
"Embryos in Deep Time" is a critical synthesis of the study of
individual development in fossils. It brings together an up-to-date
review of concepts from comparative anatomy, ecology and
developmental genetics, and examples of different kinds of animals
from diverse geological epochs and geographic areas. Can fossil
embryos demonstrate evolutionary changes in reproductive modes? How
have changes in ocean chemistry in the past affected the
development of marine organisms? What can the microstructure of
fossil bone and teeth reveal about maturation time, longevity and
changes in growth phases? This book addresses these and other
issues and documents with numerous examples and illustrations how
fossils provide evidence not only of adult anatomy but also of the
life history of individuals at different growth stages. The central
topic of Biology today - the transformations occurring during the
life of an organism and the mechanisms behind them - is addressed
in an integrative manner for extinct animals.
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