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Handbook Of Photodynamic Therapy: Updates On Recent Applications Of Porphyrin-based Compounds
The main objective of this book is to present the recent applications of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in treating cancer and other diseases. The limitations associated with current PDT agents, and the synthetic designs that have been used in various laboratories are also discussed. The utility of certain tumor-avid agent for cancer imaging (fluorescence, PET, MRI) is also summarized. The book also includes the use of delivery vehicles, including nanoparticles in improving the tumor-specificity of the desired agents. The book is basically focused on the translational approach of drug development. By providing certain specific examples, a clear concept of moving a 'product' from the bench to bed...
Ecological Landscape Design and Planning
The authors of this book offer an holistic methodological approach to the design and planning of landscape, based on both research and practical experience.
Conservation Agriculture
In large parts of the developed and developing worlds soil tillage by plough or hoe is the main cause of land degradation leading to stagnating or even declining production levels and increasing production cost. It causes the soil to become more dense and compacted, the organic matter content to be reduced and water runoff and soil erosion to increase. It also leads to droughts becoming more severe and the soil becoming less fertile and less responsive to fertiliser. This book brings together the key notes lectures and other outstanding contributions of the I World Congress on Conservation Agriculture and provides an updated view of the environment and economic advantages of CA and of its implementation in diferent areas of the World.
Multicriteria Analysis for Land-Use Management
Contributors from many disciplines and backgrounds discuss MCA as an integrated approach to land-use management. Sections cover problem structuring for land-use management; multiple perspectives, trade- offs, and the search for compromise and acceptable solutions; multiple actors and multiple perspectives in land-use decisions; spatial information and the integration of spatial analysis and multicriteria analysis; and the future of land-use management. The wide range of case studies include exotic forest plantations in South Africa, forests in the Kathmandu valley, and sustainable agriculture in Greece. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Exploring Environmental Issues
Global warming, ozone depletion, drought, acid rain - their causes are viewed as extraordinarily complex; their effects are assumed catastrophic. Exploring Environmental Issues provides a key to understanding our potential crisis. The concise, introductory text presents a review of current environmental issues using a geographical approach that stresses the interrelationships between environment and societies. This user-friendly volume is an essential book for students and all who are concerned with the nature of contemporary environmental issues. Information is presented in a refreshing manner utilising over 170 figures and 50 photographs. Global boxed case studies are used throughout to highlight and explore issues in more detail. The text also contains discussion points, annotated further reading and an extensive glossary.
Ecosystem Planning in Florida
While ecosystem management requires looking beyond specific jurisdiction and focusing on broad spatial scales, most planning decisions particularly in the USA, are made at local level. By looking at land-use planning in Florida, this volume recognizes the need for planners and resource managers to address ecosystem problems at local and community levels. The factors causing ecosystem decline, such as rapid urban development and habitat fragmentation occur at the local level and are generated by local land use policies. This book argues that understanding how local jurisdictions can capture and implement the principles of managing natural systems will lead to more sustainable levels of environmental planning in the future.
Coordination Compounds 2
The volume continues the description of gallium coordination compounds. Treated are complexes with ligands containing nitrogen or nitrogen and oxygen as heteroatoms, for example, complexes with porphyrins, phthalocyanines, amino alcohols, amino carboxylic acids, amides, proteins, hydrazides, hydroxamic acids, oximes, amine oxides, and nitro hydrocarbons. A remarkable feature of the coordination chemistry of gallium described in this volume are the numerous polydentate ligands which occur in nature or which mimic ligands in living systems. The interest on the polydentate coordination chemistry of GaIII pertains to the role which these complexes may have in the genesis and diagnosis of diseases such as tumors and abscesses.
Biodiversity and Ecological Economics
It is vital that we adopt interdisciplinary approaches such as ecological economics to gain an understanding of the values that determine human interaction with, and use and abuse of, the environment. This book is a model of applied ecological economics. It presents an accessible introduction to the subject while at the same time broadening its theoretical basis by introducing a post-positivist, participatory method. The theoretical framework is applied to case studies in biodiversity conservation, drawn from around the world and a range of different ecosystems. The book is a suitable textbook for students of ecological economics and an ideal introduction for scientists and environmentalists needing to understand the role of economics in ecology and conservation.
Tools for Drought Mitigation in Mediterranean Regions
Significant vulnerability of water systems to drought is a common issue of water resources management in Mediterranean regions. This is due both to the increasing occurrence and severity of drought events and to the growing demand for municipal, tourist, and agricultural uses. The INCO-DC project entitled "A Decision Support System for Mitigation of Drought Impacts in the Mediterranean Regions" (DSS DROUGHT) addresses this issue, contributing to an improved management of water supply systems for irrigation, which represents the most consumptive sector of water resources uses in the Mediterranean region. In order to develop a comprehensive approach toward improved operation of irrigation syst...
