Tabla de Contenidos: “…Bell -- The fate of Crater Mountain : forest conservation in the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea / Paige West and Enock Kale -- How April Salumei became the REDD queen / Colin Filer -- Representational excess in recent attempts to acquire forest carbon in the Kamula Doso area, Western Province, Papua New Guinea / Michael Wood -- 'Evergreen' and REDD+ in the forests of Oceania / Jennifer Gabriel…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Conté: Espigueta de mill -- El gall Peric -- En Joanó de la pell de poll -- La filla del carboner -- El sarró cantador -- La cabra i el cabrit -- El pescador i la seva dona -- Les tres preguntes -- La flor de panical -- El poll i la puça -- La mula d'en Figueta -- El mig-gallet -- Els dos geperuts -- El llop, la guineu i la gerra de mel -- En Pere Xic -- El ruc pecador -- Marieta, Marieta... -- En Filoseta -- La princesa trista -- El ferrer -- L'anellet -- Els mig-germans -- En Patufet -- Joan de l'Ós -- L'ermità i la rata -- Les perdius del rector de Vallfogona -- Com la sal -- Janó el Mandra…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Services assurés par les pouvoirs publics et distribution des ressources économiques des ménages -- Améliorer l'efficacité des dépenses de santé : enseignements tirés d'analyses partielles et sélectives de la performance des hôpitaux -- Mondialisation et emploi dans les pays de l'OCDE -- Mondialisation et hausse des prix à la consommation dans les pays de l'OCDE -- Défis posés par la poursuite de la mondialisation en matière de politique macroéconomique -- Résilience économique aux chocs -- Les effets d'une taxe carbone sur la Norvège, la Russie et le Moyen-Orient -- Péréquation financière -- L'impact de l'économie géographique sur le PIB par tête dans les pays de l'OCDE…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…About the Guest Editors v -- Preface to "Pickering Emulsion and Derived Materials", vii -- Controlling Pickering Emulsion Destabilisation: A Route to Fabricating New Materials by Phase Inversion -- Tuning Amphiphilicity of Particles for Controllable Pickering Emulsion -- Transition Behaviors of Configurations of Colloidal Particles at a Curved Oil-Water Interface -- Assembly and Rearrangement of Particles Confined at a Surface of a Droplet, and Intruder Motion in Electro-Shaken Particle Films -- Effect of Geometric and Chemical Anisotropy of Janus Ellipsoids on Janus Boundary Mismatch at the Fluid-Fluid Interface -- Preparation and Application of Water-in-Oil Emulsions Stabilized by Modified Graphene Oxide -- High-Surface-Area, Emulsion-Templated Carbon Foams by Activation of polyHIPES Derived from Pickering Emulsions -- Pickering Particles Prepared from Food Waste -- Quaternized Cellulose Hydrogels as Sorbent Materials and Pickering Emulsion Stabilizing Agents -- Pickering Emulsion-Based Marbles for Cellular Capsules…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Nanoengineering Overview; Chapter 2: Atoms, Bands, and Quantum Wells; Chapter 3: Carrier Statistics; Chapter 4: Nonequilibrium Carrier Statistics and Transport; Chapter 5: Charge Transport; Chapter 6: Nano-MOSFET and Nano-CMOS; Chapter 7: Nanowire Transport; Chapter 8: Quantum Transport in Carbon-Based Devices; Chapter 9: Magnetoand Quantum-Confined Transport; Chapter 10: Drift-Diffusion and Multivalley Transport; Appendix A: Physical Constants and Scales; Appendix B: Silicon Parameters; Appendix C: Gallium Arsenide Parameters…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Health-Effects Research at the Crossroads: Molecular-Based Tools for Biologic Dosimetry and Individual Susceptibility""""Part III Protecting the Environment""; ""Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: Contemporary Budget, Historical Context, and Implications for the Future""; ""Restoring the Environment Via Bioremediation and Molecular Sciences: Prospects for Better Understanding and New Science-Based Solutions""; ""Science Policy and Society: Current Challenges, Future Priorities""; ""Part V Biological and Environmental Research Program Recognition Awards""…”

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“…Over the past decade, several major international programs (such as the Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations, the current International Ocean Discovery Program and its predecessor Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, and the Deep Carbon Observatory) have focused on advancing our understanding of life in this cryptic, yet globally relevant, biosphere. …”

“…Plant mitochondria also play important roles in a variety of cellular processes associated with carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur metabolism. …”

“…. - Recently developed detection and measurement techniques and methods such as photoacoustic spectroscopy, landfill-based carbon dioxide and methane measurement, and miniaturized mass spectrometer…”

“…Finally, polymer synthesis can be achieved in plants through photosynthesis using carbon dioxide or in microorganisms (e.g. synthesis of poly(hydroxy-alkanoate)s). …”

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“…Moreover, some of the most recent applications of CVD techniques for the growth of nanomaterials, including graphene, nanofibers, and diamond-like carbon, are described in the book…”

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“…The few studies that have explored the link between diversity and activity in natural systems have typically focused on specific nutrient cycles or processes, such as nitrification, denitrification, and organic carbon degradation pathways, and the microbes that mediate them. …”

“…We are aware of the scale of the action required to be taken and the areas in which that action is needed namely efficient energy use, low carbon technologies or deforestation. We have an idea of which technologies need to be developed. …”

“…Carboxylic acids are truly central compounds in cellular metabolism. Carbon dioxide is captured from the atmosphere through formation of carboxylic groups and is also released, in part, by decarboxylation reactions. …”

“…These processes contribute to the degradation of organic matter, link the cycles of sulfur and carbon, control the production and consumption of methane and are critical for the long term budget of O2 in the atmosphere. …”

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