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Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region A Report of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter-1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Temperature Changes in India -- Chapter-3: Precipitation Changes in India -- Chapter-4: Observations and modeling of GHG concentrations and fluxes over India -- Chapter-5: Aerosols & Atmospheric Trace Gases -- Chapter-6: Droughts and Floods -- Chapter-7: Synoptic Scale Systems -- Chapter-8. Extreme Storms -- Chapter-9: Sea Level Rise -- Chapter-10: Indian Ocean Warming -- Chapter-11: Climate Change over the Himalayas.…”
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Ship and Offshore Structure Design in Climate Change Perspective by Bitner-Gregersen, Elzbieta Maria, Eide, Lars Ingolf, Hørte, Torfinn, Skjong, Rolf

Table of Contents: “…Changes in the Average Values and Extremes -- 5.2 .Uncertainties -- 6.Potential Impact on Design of Marine Structures -- 6.1. …”
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Atlas of Global Change Risk of Population and Economic Systems

Table of Contents: “…Part I Environments -- Part II Climate changes -- Temperature -- Precipitation -- Wind speed -- Part III: Population and economic system changes -- Population -- Gross domestic Production -- Global crop distribution -- Global industrial value added -- Global road system -- Global population exposure to high temperature -- Global population exposure to rainstorm -- Global GDP exposure to drought -- Global Crop exposure to extremely high temperature -- Part IV Global change risks -- Population risks -- Crop yield risks -- GDP loss risks.…”
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China in 2035 Towards a Society of Common Prosperity for All / by Hu, Angang, Zhou, Shaojie

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: China's "Miracle of Poverty Reduction": From an Extremely Poor Country to a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects -- Chapter 2: Common Prosperity Theory Innovation -- Chapter 3: China's Innovative Practice of Common Wealth -- Chapter 4: Foundations and Challenges for Achieving Common Prosperity -- Chapter 5: Prospects for Building a Common Prosperity Society in the New Era -- Chapter 6: The Major Task of Promoting Common Prosperity in the New Era -- Chapter 7: Policy ideas for promoting common prosperity -- Chapter 8: The Chinese and World Significance of Achieving Common Prosperity.…”
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Chinese Water Systems Volume 4: Applied Water Management in China /

Table of Contents: “…Treatment of wastewater with high proportion of industrial wastewater with extreme requirements on the elimination of nutrients -- 7. …”
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Exceptional Lifespans

Table of Contents: “…Emma Morano - 117 years and 137 days -- Chapter 19. A life cycle of extreme survival spanning three stages: Ana Vela Rubio (1901-2017) -- Chapter 20. …”
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High-Performance Modelling and Simulation for Big Data Applications Selected Results of the COST Action IC1406 cHiPSet /

Table of Contents: “…Why High-Performance Modelling and Simulation for Big Data Applications Matters -- Parallelization of hierarchical matrix algorithms for electromagnetic scattering problems -- Tail Distribution and Extreme Quantile Estimation using Non-Parametric Approaches -- Towards efficient and scalable data-intensive content delivery: State-of-the-art, issues and challenges -- Big Data in 5G Distributed Applications -- Big Data Processing, Analysis and Applications in Mobile Cellular Networks -- Medical Data Processing and Analysis for Remote Health and Activities Monitoring -- Towards human cell simulation -- Cloud-based High Throughput Virtual Screening in Novel Drug Discovery -- Ultra Wide Band Body Area Networks: Design and integration with Computational Clouds -- Survey on AI-based multimodal methods for emotion detection -- Forecasting Cryptocurrency Value by Sentiment Analysis: An HPC-oriented Survey of the State-of-the-Art in the Cloud Era.…”
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Data Science for Economics and Finance Methodologies and Applications /

Table of Contents: “…Data Science Technologies in Economics and Finance: A Gentle Walk-In -- Supervised Learning for the Prediction of Firm Dynamics -- Opening the Black Box: Machine Learning Interpretability and Inference Tools with an Application to Economic Forecasting -- Machine Learning for Financial Stability -- Sharpening the Accuracy of Credit Scoring Models with Machine Learning Algorithms -- Classifying Counterparty Sector in EMIR Data -- Massive Data Analytics for Macroeconomic Nowcasting -- New Data Sources for Central Banks -- Sentiment Analysis of Financial News: Mechanics and Statistics -- Semi-supervised Text Mining for Monitoring the News About the ESG Performance of Companies -- Extraction and Representation of Financial Entities from Text -- Quantifying News Narratives to Predict Movements in Market Risk -- Do the Hype of the Benefits from Using New Data Science Tools Extend to Forecasting Extremely Volatile Assets? -- Network Analysis for Economics and Finance: An application to Firm Ownership.…”
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Introduction to Political Science by Rom, Mark Carl, Hidaka, Masaki, Walker, Rachel Bzostek

Table of Contents: “…Political Ideology -- Introduction -- 3.1 The Classical Origins of Western Political Ideologies -- 3.2 The Laws of Nature and the Social Contract -- 3.3 The Development of Varieties of Liberalism -- 3.4 Nationalism, Communism, Fascism, and Authoritarianism -- 3.5 Contemporary Democratic Liberalism -- 3.6 Contemporary Ideologies Further to the Political Left -- 3.7 Contemporary Ideologies Further to the Political Right -- 3.8 Political Ideologies That Reject Political Ideology: Scientific Socialism, Burkeanism, and Religious Extremism -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter 4. …”
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AI, Data, and Digitalization First International Symposium, SAIDD 2023, Sogndal, Norway, May 9-10, 2023, Revised Selected Papers /

Table of Contents: “…Geolocation data as a research tool for the organization of the settlement system and mobility mapping - case study of the spatial mobility model in Czechia -- Returning Home Strategy Analysis using Mobile Sensing Data in Tohoku Earthquake -- Terminology Saturation Analysis: Refinements and Applications -- How To Be a Well-Prepared Organizer: Studying the Causal Effects of City Events on Human Mobility -- Human Cognition Modeling for the Metaverse-oriented Design System -- Patient self-reports for explainable machine learning predictions of risks to psychotherapy outcomes -- I-KNOW-FOO: Interlinking and Creating KNOWledge Graphs for near-zero CO2 emission diets and sustainable FOOd production -- Extreme and Sustainable Graph Processing for Green Finance Investment and Trading -- A Comprehensive Framework for Detecting Behavioural Anomalies in the Elderly -- Violence-inducing Behavior Prevention in Social-Cyber Space -- Artificial Intelligence inthe public sector in Norway AI development as a hop-on-hop-off journey -- Challenges in regulating online hate-speech within the Norwegian context -- Digital and AI maturity of enterprises in Sogn og Fjordane, a rural region of Norway. .…”
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Unmanned Vehicle Systems & Operations on Air, Sea, Land by Nichols, Randall K., Mumm, Hans C., Lonstein, Wayne D., Ryan, Julie J.C.H, Carter, Candice M.

Table of Contents: “…Front Matter -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Abbreviations, Acronyms, and References -- Table of Contents, Figures, Tables, Equations and Appendices -- Chapter 1 - Information Advances, Remote ID, & Extreme Persistence ISR -- Chapter 2 - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles & How They Can Augment Mesonet Weather Tower Data Collection -- Chapter 3 - Tour de Drones for the Discerning Palate -- Chapter 4 - Underwater Autonomous Navigation & other UUV Advances -- Chapter 5 - Asymmetric Autonomous Maritime Systems -- Chapter 6 - UUV Integrated Autonomous Missions & Drone Management -- Chapter 7 - Principles of Naval Architecture Applied to UUVs -- Chapter 8 - Unmanned Logistics Operating Safely & Efficiently Across Multiple Domains -- Chapter 9 - Chinese Advances in Stealth UAV Penetration Path Planning in Combat Environment -- Chapter 10 - UV, Social Networks & COVID-19 Defense -- Chapter 11 - UV & Disinformation Misinformation Channels -- Chapter 12 - Chinese UAS Proliferation along New Silk Road Sea Land Routes -- Chapter 13 - Automaton, AI, Law, Ethics, Crossing the Machine – Human Barrier -- Chapter 14 - Maritime Cybersecurity -- Appendices Chapters 10 & 12…”
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The Demography of Disasters Impacts for Population and Place /

Table of Contents: “…Part 1 People, Vulnerability and Resilience -- Demographic approaches to understanding impacts from disasters -- The four periods of natural and technological disasters -- Demographic and vulnerability aspects of affected populations and regionalization of natural hazards related with extreme rainfall events in Brazil -- Natural Disaster and Social Capital Nexus for Resilience: A study of Jeddah City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- Part 2 - Migration & Relocation, Climate Change and Spatial Impacts -- Relocation of Communities after Natural Disasters in Taiwan and Japan -- Long-term mass displacements after nuclear disasters - Are they the largest emergency displacements of human history?…”
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A Natural History of the Emirates

Table of Contents: “…A Natural History Of The Emirates: An Introduction -- Part 1: An Extreme Environment: Physical Setting Of The Emirates -- Geography And Geology Of The United Arab Emirates: A Naturalist's Introduction -- Climate Of The United Arab Emirates: Present, Past And Impacts On Life -- The Marine Environment Of The Emirates -- Part 2: Ecosystems Of The Emirates -- The Vegetation Of The United Arab Emirates And Ecosystem Management Issues -- The Mountain Regions Of The United Arab Emirates: An Ecosystem Perspective -- Mangrove Ecosystems Of The United Arab Emirates -- Coastal Lagoons (Khors) Of The Emirates -- Seagrasses Of The United Arab Emirates -- Seaweeds Of The Emirates -- Coral Reefs Of The Emirates -- Oyster Beds And Reefs Of The United Arab Emirates -- Part 3: Organisms And Their Environment -- The Vascular Flora Of The United Arab Emirates -- Terrestrial Mammals Of The United Arab Emirates -- An Introduction To The Birds Of The United Arab Emirates -- Terrestrial Reptiles And Amphibians Of The United Arab Emirates -- Terrestrial Arthropod Diversity In The United Arab Emirates -- Marine Mammals Of The Emirates: Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises And Dugongs -- Marine Reptiles Of The United Arab Emirates -- Sharks And Rays Of The United Arab Emirates -- Fishes Of The Emirates -- Part : Human Interactions With The Environment -- Human - Environment Interactions In The United Arab Emirates: An Archaeological Perspective -- Cities As Ecosystems In The Emirates -- Part 5: The Future Emirates -- The Emirates At 2050.…”
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Quaternion Algebras by Voight, John

Table of Contents: “…Integral Representation Theory -- 21. Hereditary and Extremal Orders -- 22. Ternary Quadratic Forms -- 23. …”
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Microorganisms in the Deterioration and Preservation of Cultural Heritage

Table of Contents: “…Part 1: Occurrence of microorganisms in heritage materials -- Chapter 1: Microbial growth and its effects on inorganic heritage materials -- Chapter 2: Microbiota and biochemical processes involved for biodeterioration of cultural heritage and protection -- Chapter 3: Molecular-based techniques for the study of microbial communities in artworks -- Chapter 4: Extreme colonizers and rapid profiteers: the challenging world of microorganisms that attack paper and parchment -- Part 2: Green methods again biodeterioration -- Chapter 5: Novel antibiofilm non-biocide strategies -- Chapter 6: Green mitigation strategy for cultural heritage using bacterial biocides -- Chapter 7: New perspectives against biodeterioration through public lighting -- Part 3: Biocleaning and bio-based conservation methods -- Chapter 8: Bioremoval of graffiti in the context of current biocleaning research -- Chapter 9: Ancient textiles deterioration and restoration: the case of biocleaning of an Egyptian shroud heldin the Torino Museum" -- Chapter 10: Advanced biocleaning system for historical wall paintings -- Chapter 11: Sustainable restoration through biotechnological processes: a proof of concept -- Chapter 12: The role microorganisms for the removal of nitrates and sulfates on artistic stoneworks -- Chapter 13: Protection and consolidation of stone heritage by bacterial carbonatogenesis -- Chapter 14: Siderophore-removal of iron corrosion products from wood and textiles -- Chapter 15: Bio-based corrosion inhibitors for metal heritage. .…”
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Biodiversity Conservation and Phylogenetic Systematics Preserving our evolutionary heritage in an extinction crisis /

Table of Contents: “…- Phylogenetics and conservation in New Zealand: the long and the short of it -- What is the meaning of extreme phylogenetic diversity? The case of phylogenetic relict species -- Using phylogenetic dissimilarities among sites for biodiversity assessments and conservation -- Phylogenetic diversity measures and their decomposition: a framework based on hill numbers -- Split diversity: measuring and optimizing biodiversity using phylogenetic split networks -- The rarefaction of phylogenetic diversity: formulation, extension and application -- Support in area prioritization using phylogenetic information -- Assessing hotspots of evolutionary history with data from multiple phylogenies: an analysis of endemic clades from New Caledonia -- Representing hotspots of evolutionary history in systematic conservation planning for European mammals -- Priorities for conservation of the evolutionary history of amphibians in the cerrado -- Global spatial analyses of phylogenetic conservation priorities for aquatic mammals -- Metapopulation capacity meets evolutionary distinctness: spatial fragmentation complements phylogenetic rarity in prioritization. - Patterns of species, phylogenetic and mimicry diversity of clearwing butterflies in the Neotropics -- Conservation of phylogenetic diversity in Madagascar's largest endemic plant family, Sarcolaenaceae -- The future of phylogenetic systematics in conservation biology: linking biodiversity and society.…”
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Renewing Local Planning to Face Climate Change in the Tropics

Table of Contents: “…The case of the West Arsi Woreda in Ethiopia -- Visualize and communicate extreme weather risk to improve urban resilience -- Climate change adaptation and resilience in Mali -- Building resilience to drought in the Sahel by early risk identification and advices -- Risk analysis and evaluation to improve climate adaptation planning in Western Niger -- A simplified hydrological method for flood risk assessment at sub-basin level in Niger -- Socio-technical transitions and resilient infrastructure: analyzing changes in access to water following infrastructure upgrade in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Monitoring and evaluating advocacy and mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in Haiti -- Knowledge for transformational adaptation planning: comparing the potential of forecasting and back casting methods for assessing people vulnerability -- Possible impact of pelletized crop residues use as a fuel for cooking in Niger -- An effective Mainstreaming DRR and Resilience approach in La Paz (Mexico) and San Jose (Costa-Rica) -- Climate vulnerability reduction credits: measuring results of adaptation; potential applicability for sub-Saharan communities -- Review of pilot projects on index-based insurance in Africa: insights and lessons Learned -- A new perspective for integrating climate change in local development plans.…”
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Innovations in Quantitative Risk Management TU München, September 2013 /

Table of Contents: “…Part I Markets, Regulation, and Model Risk -- A Random Holding Period Approach for Liquidity-Inclusive Risk Management -- Regulatory Developments in Risk Management: Restoring Confidence in Internal Models -- Model Risk in Incomplete Markets with Jumps -- Part II Financial Engineering -- Bid-Ask Spread for Exotic Options Under Conic Finance -- Derivative Pricing Under the Possibility of Long Memory in the supOU Stochastic Volatility Model -- A Two-Sided BNS Model for Multicurrency FX Markets -- Modeling the Price of Natural Gas with Temperature and Oil Price as Exogenous Factors -- Copula-Specific Credit Portfolio Modeling -- Implied Recovery Rates-Auctions and Models -- Upside and Downside Risk Exposures of Currency Carry Trades via Tail Dependence -- Part III Insurance Risk and Asset Management -- Participating Life Insurance Contracts Under Risk Based Solvency Frameworks: How to Increase Capital Efficiency by Product Design -- Reducing Surrender Incentives Through Fee Structure in Variable Annuities -- A Variational Approach for Mean-Variance-Optimal Deterministic Consumption and Investment -- Risk Control in Asset Management: Motives and Concepts -- Worst-Case Scenario Portfolio Optimization Given the Probability of a Crash -- Improving Optimal Terminal Value Replicating Portfolios -- Part IV Computational Methods for Risk Management -- Risk and Computation -- Extreme Value Importance Sampling for Rare Event Risk Measurement -- A Note on the Numerical Evaluation of the Hartman-Watson Density and Distribution Function -- Computation of Copulas by Fourier Methods -- Part V Dependence Modelling -- Goodness-of-fit Tests for Archimedean Copulas in High Dimensions -- Duality in Risk Aggregation -- Some Consequences of the Markov Kernel Perspective of Copulas -- Copula Representations for Invariant Dependence Functions -- Nonparametric Copula Density Estimation Using a Petrov-Galerkin Projection.…”
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Klimawandel in Deutschland Entwicklung, Folgen, Risiken und Perspektiven /

Table of Contents: “…Einführung -- Teil I Beobachtungen sowie globale und regionale Klimaprojektionen für Deutschland und Europa -- Globale Sicht des Klimawandels -- Beobachtung von Klima und Klimawandel in Mitteleuropa und Deutschland -- Regionale Klimamodellierung -- Grenzen und Herausforderungen der regionalen Klimamodellierung -- Teil II Klimawandel in Deutschland: regionale Besonderheiten und Extreme -- Temperatur inkl. Hitzewellen -- Niederschlag und Gewitter -- Winde und Zyklonen -- Mittlerer Meeresspiegelanstieg und Sturmfluten -- Hochwasser und Sturzfluten an Flüssen in Deutschland -- Dürre und Waldbrände -- Gravitative Massenbewegungen und andere klimarelevante Naturgefahren -- Teil III Auswirkungen des Klimawandels in Deutschland -- Luftqualität -- Gesundheit -- Biodiversität und Naturschutz im Klimawandel -- Wasserhaushalt -- Biogeochemische Stoffkreisläufe -- Landwirtschaft -- Wald und Forstwirtschaft -- Boden -- Städte -- Tourismus -- Kaskadeneffekte und kritische Infrastrukturen -- Kosten des Klimawandels und Auswirkungen auf die Wirtschaft -- Teil IV Übergreifende Risiken und Unsicherheiten -- Das Assessment von Verwundbarkeiten, Risiken und Unsicherheiten -- Analyse von Anpassungskapazitäten -- Klimawandel als Risikoverstärker: Kipppunkte, Kaskaden und komplexe Krisen -- Nachweis und Attribution -- Entscheidungen unter Unsicherheit in komplexen Systemen -- Übergreifende Risiken und Unsicherheiten -- Teil V Minderungsstrategien mit negativen Emissionen -- Zielkonflikte, Synergien und negative Emissionen in der Klimapolitik -- Minderungsstrategien im Personen- und Güterverkehr -- Minderungsansätze in der Energie- und Kreislaufwirtschaft -- Emissionsreduktionen durch ökosystembasierte Ansätze -- Mögliche Beiträge geologischer und mariner Kohlenstoffspeicher zur Dekarbonisierung -- Teil VI Integrierte Strategien zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel -- Die klimaresiliente Gesellschaft - Transformation und Systemänderungen -- Das Politikfeld Anpassung an den Klimawandel im Überblick -- Klimakommunikation und Klimaservices -- Optionen zur Weiterentwicklung von Anpassungsstrategien -- Glossar.…”
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Migration in South Asia IMISCOE Regional Reader /

Table of Contents: “…Internal Migration in the Context of Climate Extremes in Pakistan (Kashif Majeed Salik, Maryum Shabbir, Khansa Naeem and Junaid Zahid) -- 12. …”
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