1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782565003321

Autore

Jensen Sara E. <1978->

Titolo

Living with fire : fire ecology and policy for the twenty-first century / / Sara E. Jensen, Guy R. McPherson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008

ISBN

1-281-75272-X

9786611752729

0-520-94251-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 180 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

McPhersonGuy R <1960-> (Guy Randall)

Disciplina

363.37/9

Soggetti

Wildfires

Fire ecology

Fire management - Government policy - United States

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 (p. 137-168) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Uncertainty and Change -- 1. Wildland Fire in the West: The Big Picture -- 2. Fanning the Flames: Human Influences on Fire Regimes -- 3. The Failed State of Fire Suppression -- 4. Logging the Forests to Save Them -- 5. Tools for Living with Fire -- 6. Policy Solutions -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Fire, both inevitable and ubiquitous, plays a crucial role in North American ecosystems. But as necessary as fire is to maintaining healthy ecosystems, it threatens human lives and livelihoods in unacceptable ways. This volume explores the rich yet largely uncharted terrain at the intersection of fire policy, fire science, and fire management in order to find better ways of addressing this pressing dilemma. Written in clear language, it will help scientists, policy makers, and the general public, especially residents of fire-prone areas, better understand where we are today in regard to coping with wildfires, how we got here, and where we need to go. Drawing on abundant historical and analytic information to shed new light on current controversies, Living with Fire offers a dynamic new paradigm for coping with fire that recognizes its critical environmental role. The book also tells how we can rebuild the



important ecological and political processes that are necessary for finding better ways to cope with fire and with other complex policy dilemmas.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910566470303321

Autore

Assad Safwan El

Titolo

Cryptography and Its Applications in Information Security

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Soggetti

History of engineering & technology

Technology: general issues

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Nowadays, mankind is living in a cyber world. Modern technologies involve fast communication links between potentially billions of devices through complex networks (satellite, mobile phone, Internet, Internet of Things (IoT), etc.). The main concern posed by these entangled complex networks is their protection against passive and active attacks that could compromise public security (sabotage, espionage, cyber-terrorism) and privacy. This Special Issue "Cryptography and Its Applications in Information Security" addresses the range of problems related to the security of information in networks and multimedia communications and to bring together researchers, practitioners, and industrials interested by such questions. It consists of eight peer-reviewed papers, however easily understandable, that cover a range of subjects and applications related security of information.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910557309403321

Autore

Alonso-Serrano Ana

Titolo

The Multiverse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Soggetti

Astronomy, space & time

Research & information: general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The multiverse is a concept that acknowledges the existence of a multiplicity of worlds or universes. The designs of these universes do not have to be the same as our universe, but we have no clear view of what the "other" designs might be. It is suspected that they can obey different laws of physics and different constants of physics, which further implies different chemistry, biology, and life. Some say that the universes within the multiverse allow for different mathematics or even for different metamathematical logic. This book discusses most of the above aspects of the multiverse concept starting with the philosophy, through all the mathematical and physical subtleties, finally exploring the origin of life and consciousness. This book provides a satisfying intellectual exploration of front-edge advances in contemporary cosmology.