nato science partnership subseries 2

NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2: Contaminated Forests: Recent Developments in Risk Identification and Future Perspectives (Paperback)

Concentrations of pollutants in the atmosphere have increased dramatically over the last century and many of these changes are attributable to anthropogenic activities. The influence of acid rain has been well studied but there has been no extensive... more

NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2: Sustainable Development of the Lake Baikal Region: A Model Territory for the World (Hardcover)

Lake Baikal is the oldest largest and deepest lake in the world. Its unique animal life and the beauty of the surrounding landscapes are renowned. The book discusses the sustainable development of the lake and its use as a model for the rest of the... more

NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2: Ocular Radiation Risk Assessment in Populations Exposed to Environmental Radiation Contamination (Paperback)

In former So\\jet Union countries there are currently underway or being planned several major ocular follow-up studies of populations exposed to radiation from reactor accidents contamination from nuclear weapons manufacturing or fall-out from nuclear... more

NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2: Assessing the Risks of Nuclear and Chemical Contamination in the Former Soviet Union (Paperback)

Risk assessment has come to assume acute importance in the former Soviet Union since money is so scarce yet the needs for cleanup are so huge. Other factors contribute to this situation too: New leaders are still emerging and governmental structures... more

NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2: Sustainable Solid Waste Management in the Southern Black Sea Region (Paperback)

For historical and socio-economic reasons the countries of the southern Black Sea region are facing mounting and apparently intractable problems in managing their solid waste with increasingly serious implications for public health and quality of life... more

NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2: Biomarkers: A Pragmatic Basis for Remediation of Severe Pollution in Eastern Europe (Paperback)

Many areas of Eastern Europe have been polluted to an extent unknown in the West. Four such sites - Kola Peninsula northern Bohemia upper Vistula Basin and Katowice - have been identified and detailed accounts of the pollution at these sites are given.... more

NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2: Biosensors for Direct Monitoring of Environmental Pollutants in Field (Paperback)

Biosensors offer clear and distinct advantages over standard analytical methods for the direct monitoring of environmental pollutants in the field such as real-time detection with minimum sample preparation and handling. The present book highlights... more

NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 3: Technological and Medical Implications of Metabolic Control Analysis (Hardcover)

Two decades have passed since the mechanisms of protein synthesis became well enough understood to permit the genetic modification oforganisms. An impressive amount of new knowledge has emerged from the new technology but much ofthe promise of20years... more

NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 3: High-Tc Superconductors and Related Materials: Material Science Fundamental Properties and Some Future Electronic Applications (Hardcover)

A broad introduction to high Tc superconductors their parent compounds and related novel materials covering both fundamental questions of modern solid state physics (such as correlation effects fluctuations unconventional symmetry of superconducting... more

NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 1: Nuclear Physical Methods in Radioecological Investigations of Nuclear Test Sites (Paperback)

It is only with the ending of the Cold War that the issue of environmental hazards at many former nuclear testing sites around the world has attracted international scientific interest. This book discusses the environmental ecological and health... more

NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 3: Devices Based on Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Structures (Paperback)

Low-dimensional semiconductor quantum structures are a major high-technological development that has a considerable industrial potential. The field is developing extremely rapidly and the present book represents a timely guide to the latest... more

NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 1: Mixed Oxide Fuel (Mox) Exploitation and Destruction in Power Reactors (Hardcover)

MOX fuel a mixture of weapon-grade plutonium and natural or depleted uranium may be used to deplete a portion of the world s surplus of weapon-grade plutonium. A number of reactors currently operate in Europe with one-third MOX cores and others are... more

NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 1: The Role of Biotechnology in Countering Btw Agents (Paperback)

Biotechnology is vital to counter biological and toxin weapons. Without biotechnology the detection identification and diagnoses of and medical countermeasures to such weapons would be virtually impossible. As biological and toxin agents occur in... more

NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 4: Management Training in High-Tech and R&d: Concept for Enterprises Under Transition (Hardcover)

Innovative actIvItIes on the development of which Russia puts its hopes for the preservation and successful reconstruction of the former USSR applied science are based on three key factors: funding infrastructure and management. These factors are of... more

NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 3: Free Radicals in Biology and Environment (Hardcover)

Our understanding of the quantitative aspects of free radical chemistry and the involvement of radicals in such areas as biology medicine the environment etc. has developed spectacularly over recent years yet the various topics are commonly discussed... more

NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 3: Radio Frequency Radiation Dosimetry and Its Relationship to the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (Paperback)

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has sponsored research supporting development of personnel safety standards for exposure to Radio Frequency Radiation (RFR) for over a quarter century. NATO previously recognized that one of the most... more

NATO Asi Subseries I:: The Stratosphere and Its Role in the Climate System (Hardcover)

This book presents a summary of the lectures given at the NATO Advanced Science Institute (ASI) which took place at Val Morin Quebec Canada 4-15 September 1995. This summer school offered an excellent opportunity to discuss key scientific questions... more

NATO Asi Subseries F:: Logic of Computation (Paperback)

The latest work on formal methods in computer science by the world s leading experts is presented in this volume based on the 1995 International Marktoberdorf Summer School. more

NATO Asi Subseries F:: Logic of Programming and Calculi of Discrete Design: International Summer School Directed by F.L. Bauer M. Broy E.W. Dijkstra C.A.R. Hoare (Paperback)

In computing science design plays an eminently important role. By now it is quite clear that the issue of proper design of programs within a formal calculus is one of the most interesting and most difficult parts of computing science. Many demanding... more

NATO Science Series II: Mathematics Physics and Chemistry: String Theory: From Gauge Interactions to Cosmology: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on String Theory: From Gauge Interacti

String Theory is our current best candidate for the unification of all fundamental forces including gravity in a consistent quantum framework. In this collection of lectures delivered at the Cargèse Summer School String Theory: from Gauge Interactions... more

NATO Science Series II: Mathematics Physics and Chemistry: Fluid Transport in Nanoporous Materials: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute Held in La Colle Sur Loup France 16-28 June 200

The last several years have seen a dramatic increase in the synthesis of new nanoporous materials. The most promising include molecular sieves which are being developed as inorganic or polymeric systems with 0. 3-30nm in pore dimensions. These... more

NATO Science Series D:: Neuropsychology and Cognition -- Volume I / Volume II: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Neuropsychology and Cognition Augusta Georgia U.S.A. September 8-1

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) awarded us a grant to conduct an Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on Neuropsychology and Cognition. The ASI was conducted at Augusta Georgia USA from September 8-18 1980. Two volumes resulted from this Institute.... more

NATO Science Series II: Mathematics Physics and Chemistry: Surface Chemistry in Biomedical and Environmental Science (Hardcover)

In September 2005 a NATO Advanced Research Workshop convened in Kiev to discuss the current state of the art in surface chemistry and nanomaterials research with a view towards biomedical and environmental applications. This volume represents the fine... more

NATO Science Series II: Mathematics Physics and Chemistry: Magnetic Resonance in Colloid and Interface Science (Paperback)

Magnetic resonance techniques are especially interesting in the study of colloids and interfaces due to their unique ability to elucidate structure dynamics and function at the atomic and molecular level. This book illustrates the most up to date... more

NATO Science Series C:: Numerical Methods in Geomechanics: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute University of Minho Braga Portugal Held at Vimeiro August 24 - September 4 1981 (Hardc

List of Participants xi Lecture Program xv CHAPTER I - FUNDAMENTALS 1 Field Equations E. R. Arantes e Oliveira 3 2 Basic Formulation of Static and Dynamic Behaviour of Soil and Other Porous Media O. C. ZienkieuJicz 39 3 Generalized Plasticity and Some... more

NATO Science Series II: Mathematics Physics and Chemistry: Frontiers of High Pressure Research II: Application of High Pressure to Low-Dimensional Novel Electronic Materials (Hardcover)

In recent interactions with industrial companies it became quite obvious that the search for new materials with strong anisotropic properties are of paramount importance for the development of new advanced electronic and magnetic devices. The questions... more

NATO Science Series II: Mathematics Physics and Chemistry: Progress in Soi Structures and Devices Operating at Extreme Conditions (Hardcover)

A review of the electrical properties performance and physical mechanisms of the main silicon-on-insulator (SOI) materials and devices. Particular attention is paid to the reliability of SOI structures operating in harsh conditions. The first part of... more

NATO Science Series II: Mathematics Physics and Chemistry: Nanostructured Thin Films and Nanodispersion Strengthened Coatings (Hardcover)

This volume contains proceedings of the NATO-Russia Advanced Research Workshop on Nanostructured Thin Films and Nanodispersion Strengthened Coatings (December 2003 Moscow). During this Workshop leading researchers from twelve countries had presented... more

NATO Science Series II: Mathematics Physics and Chemistry: Topics in Analysis and Its Applications (Hardcover)

Most topics dealt with here deal with complex analysis of both one and several complex variables. Several contributions come from elasticity theory. Areas covered include the theory of p-adic analysis mappings of bounded mean oscillations... more

NATO Science Series II: Mathematics Physics and Chemistry: Multisensor Fusion (Paperback)

For some time all branches of the military have used a wide range of sensors to provide data for many purposes including surveillance reconnoitring target detection and battle damage assessment. Many nations have also attempted to utilise these sensors... more

NATO Science Series II: Mathematics Physics and Chemistry: Functional Gradient Materials and Surface Layers Prepared by Fine Particles Technology (Paperback)

The NATO Advanced Study Institute on Functional Gradient Materials and Surface Layers Prepared by Fine Particles Technology was held in Kiev (Ukraine) on June 18- 28 2000 where more than 90 participants ranging from Ph.D. students to experienced senior... more

NATO Science Series II: Mathematics Physics and Chemistry: Emerging Applications of Vacuum-Arc-Produced Plasma Ion and Electron Beams (Hardcover)

The NATO-sponsored Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on Emerging Applications of Vacuum-Arc-Produced Plasma Ion and Electron Beams was held at the Baikal Dunes Resort Lake Baikal Russia on June 24-28 2002. Participants were from NATO countries Belgium... more

NATO Science Series II: Mathematics Physics and Chemistry: Nonlinear Dielectric Phenomena in Complex Liquids (Paperback)

Complex liquids constitute a basic element in modern materials science; their significant features include self-assembly mesoscale structures complex dynamics unusual phases and enormous sensitivity to perturbations. Understanding their nature and... more

NATO Science Series II: Mathematics Physics and Chemistry: Open Problems in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (Paperback)

In the last decade it has become increasingly evident that strong correla- tions between electrons are an essential and unifying factor in such diverse phenomena within solid state physics as high-temperature superconductivity colossal... more

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental: Carbon Nanomaterials in Clean Energy Hydrogen Systems - II (Paperback)

This book presents selected contributions to the NATO Advanced Research Workshop Carbon Nanomaterials in Clean Energy Hydrogen Systems held in June 2010. These original papers reflect recent progress in response to the modern-day requirements in... more

NATO Science Series II: Mathematics Physics and Chemistry: Synchronization: Theory and Application (Hardcover)

Synchronization is a universal phenomenon that is encountered in nature science and engineering. The book presents a broad view of modern theoretical and experimental approaches to synchronization especially in complex and chaotic systems and its... more

NATO Science Series II: Mathematics Physics and Chemistry: Spin Structure of the Nucleon (Hardcover)

A comprehensive survey of the most recent results from the field of quark-gluon structure of the nucleon in particular how the spin of the nucleon is shared by its constituents. After very intriguing results from CERN and SLAC at the end of the 1980s... more

NATO Science Series II: Mathematics Physics and Chemistry: Advanced Experimental Methods for Noise Research in Nanoscale Electronic Devices (Paperback)

A discussion of recently developed experimental methods for noise research in nanoscale electronic devices conducted by specialists in transport and stochastic phenomena in nanoscale physics. The approach described is to create methods for experimental... more