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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459712303321

Autore

Essig Frederick B.

Titolo

Plant life : a brief history / / Frederick B. Essig

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-936265-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Disciplina

581.3/8

Soggetti

Plants - Evolution

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Plant Life; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Artwork Sources; Introduction; 1 The Origin of Photosynthesis; 2 Eukaryotic Plant Life; 3 Plants Invade the Land; 4 Vascular Plants and the Rise of Trees; 5 Seeds and the Gymnosperms; 6 Darwin's Abominable Mystery; 7 Adaptations for Pollination and Seed Dispersal; 8 The Dicotyledonous Grade; 9 The Monocots; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Charles Darwin, the father of the theory of evolution, described the evolutionary origin of flowering plants as an ""abominable mystery."" Flowering plants - which appeared abruptly during the late Cretaceous Period - the origins of photosynthesis, and the early evolution of land plants are some of earth's most mysterious breakthroughs. The first seed plants appear in the fossil record about 350 million years ago, and flowering plants first appear approximately 120 million years ago, but the transitions between these major forms of plant life remain obscure. Prior to each breakthrough was a lo



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Record Nr.

UNISA996279748503316

Titolo

ANSI/IEEE Std 647-1981 : IEEE Standard Specification Format Guide and Test Procedure for Single-Axis Laser Gyros / / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : IEEE, , 1981

ISBN

1-5044-0410-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

629.13252

Soggetti

Aerospace engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This standard defines the requirements for a single-axis laser gyro to be used as a sensor in an attitude control system, an angular displacement measuring system, an angular rate measuring system. This includes the electronics necessary to operate the gyro and to condition the output signal.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910557204003321

Autore

Giabbanelli Philippe J

Titolo

Modelling and Simulation of Human-Environment Interactions

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 p.)

Soggetti

Technology: general issues

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Computational models provide intelligent environmental decision support systems to understand how human decisions are shaped by, and contribute to changes in, the environment. These models provide essential tools to tackle the important issues raised by climate change, including migrations and conflicts due to resource scarcity (e.g., water resources), while accounting for the necessity of co-managing ecosystems across a population of stakeholders with diverse goals. Such socio-environmental systems are characterized by their complexity, which is reflected by an abundance of open questions. This book explores several of these open questions, based on the contributions from over 50 authors. While several books account for methodological developments in modeling socio-environmental systems, our book is unique in combining case studies, methodological innovations, and a holistic approach to training the next generation of modelers. One chapter covers the ontological, epistemological, and ethical issues raised at the intersection of sustainability research and social simulation. In another chapter, we show that the benefits of simulations are not limited to managing complex eco-systems, as they can also serve an educational mission in teaching essential rules and thus improve systems thinking competencies in the broader population.