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Hen eggs have exceptional potential as an inexhaustible source for a variety of products with unique properties. These products are valuable to human health and nutrition and can be used as raw materials for diverse purposes in the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. Bioactive Egg Compounds presents the latest results and concepts in the biotechnological use of egg compounds. Following an introduction to the different compounds of egg white, yolk and shell, the nutritive value of egg compounds is discussed. Procedures for processing egg compounds to improve their nutritive value are described, including the concept of so-called enriched eggs. Also described is the isolation and application of egg compounds with special properties, such as antibiotic action. The chapters are by authors from 12 countries, all renowned specialists, who are active in various fields of egg research, such as quality control, biochemistry, biophysics and biotechnology.

Eggs. --- Biotechnology. --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering --- Chicken eggs --- Chickens --- Hens' eggs --- Animal clutches --- Eggs --- Biochemistry. --- Nutrition. --- Food science. --- Agriculture. --- Biomedical engineering. --- Animal Biochemistry. --- Food Science. --- Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. --- Clinical engineering --- Medical engineering --- Bioengineering --- Biophysics --- Engineering --- Medicine --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Science --- Alimentation --- Food --- Nutrition --- Health --- Physiology --- Diet --- Dietetics --- Digestion --- Food habits --- Malnutrition --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Biology --- Chemistry --- Medical sciences --- Health aspects --- Composition --- Nutrition   . --- Food—Biotechnology.

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This book is a follow-up of LNCS volume 2929 with the same title, and presents the major results of COST action 274 (2002-2005), TARSKI: Theory and - plications of Relational Structures as Knowledge Instruments. Relational structures abound in the daily environment: relational databases, data-mining, scaling procedures, preference relations, etc. Reasoning about, and with, relations has a long-standing European tradition, which may be divided into three broad areas: 1. Algebraic Logic: algebras of relations, relational semantics, and algebras and logics derived from information systems. 2. Computational Aspects of Automated Relational Reasoning: decidability and complexity of algorithms, network satisfaction. 3. Applications: social choice, AI, linguistics, psychology, economics, etc. The main objective of the ?rst TARSKI book (LNCS 2929) was to advance the understanding of relational structures and the use of relational methods in applicable object domains. There were the following sub-objectives: 1. Tostudythesemanticalandsyntacticalaspectsofrelationalstructuresarising from ‘real world’ situations 2. To investigateautomatedinference for relationalsystems, and, wherepossible or feasible, develop deductive systems which can be implemented into industrial applications, such as diagnostic systems 3. To develop non-invasive scaling methods for predicting relational data 4. To make software for dealing with relational systems commonly available We are con?dent that the present book will further the understanding of int- disciplinary issues involving relational reasoning. This book consists of papers which give a clear and self-contained overview of the results obtained by the TARSKI action, typically obtained by di?erent persons from di?erent work - eas.

Computer science. --- Relationism. --- Informatique --- Relationnisme --- Computer science --- Relationism --- Computer Science --- Mechanical Engineering - General --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Mechanical Engineering --- Information Technology --- Artificial Intelligence --- Informatics --- Computers. --- Mathematical logic. --- Database management. --- Artificial intelligence. --- Computer Science. --- Theory of Computation. --- Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). --- Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation. --- Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages. --- Database Management. --- Mathematics. --- Science --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Data base management --- Data services (Database management) --- Database management services --- DBMS (Computer science) --- Generalized data management systems --- Services, Database management --- Systems, Database management --- Systems, Generalized database management --- Computer mathematics --- Discrete mathematics --- Algebra of logic --- Logic, Universal --- Mathematical logic --- Symbolic and mathematical logic --- Symbolic logic --- Mathematics --- Algebra, Abstract --- Metamathematics --- Set theory --- Syllogism --- Automatic computers --- Automatic data processors --- Computer hardware --- Computing machines (Computers) --- Electronic calculating-machines --- Electronic computers --- Hardware, Computer --- Computer systems --- Cybernetics --- Calculators --- Cyberspace --- Existentialism --- Relation (Philosophy) --- Relativity --- Information theory. --- Algebra --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Data processing. --- Communication theory --- Communication --- Computer science—Mathematics.

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This book constitutes a collaborative and selected documentation of the scientific outcome of the European COST Action IS0605 Econ@Tel "A Telecommunications Economics COST Network" which run from October 2007 to October 2011. Involving experts from around 20 European countries, the goal of Econ@Tel was to develop a strategic research and training network among key people and organizations in order to enhance Europe's competence in the field of telecommunications economics.   Reflecting the organization of the COST Action IS0605 Econ@Tel in working groups the following four major research areas are addressed:   - evolution and regulation of communication ecosystems; - social and policy implications of communication technologies; - economics and governance of future networks; - future networks management architectures and mechanisms.

Telecommunication systems --- Electrical & Computer Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Telecommunications --- Economic aspects --- Information Technology --- Computer Science (Hardware & Networks) --- Data transmission systems --- Economic aspects. --- Data communication systems --- Transmission of data --- Communication systems --- Communications systems --- Systems, Communication --- Computer science. --- Computer communication systems. --- Computers and civilization. --- Management information systems. --- Electrical engineering. --- Computer Science. --- Computer Communication Networks. --- Communications Engineering, Networks. --- Computers and Society. --- Management of Computing and Information Systems. --- Electric engineering --- Engineering --- Computer-based information systems --- EIS (Information systems) --- Executive information systems --- MIS (Information systems) --- Sociotechnical systems --- Information resources management --- Management --- Civilization and computers --- Civilization --- Communication systems, Computer --- Computer communication systems --- Data networks, Computer --- ECNs (Electronic communication networks) --- Electronic communication networks --- Networks, Computer --- Teleprocessing networks --- Digital communications --- Electronic systems --- Information networks --- Telecommunication --- Cyberinfrastructure --- Electronic data processing --- Network computers --- Informatics --- Science --- Distributed processing --- Information theory --- Telecommunication. --- Information Systems. --- Electric communication --- Mass communication --- Telecom --- Telecommunication industry --- Communication --- Telecommuting --- computer communications --- mobile communications --- network architectures --- network economics --- network management --- networking --- telecommunication regulation --- Computer networks.

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Water in and beneath a road pavement has a major impact on the road's performance and its survivability. This book provides a state-of-the-art on the topic of water in pavements and the adjacent ground. It includes coverage of the basic theory; where the water comes from; how it may (or may not) be drained; the effect of temperature on the movement; how movements may be modelled numerically; and the impact that water content has on pavement material and subgrade behaviour. Sections on instrumentation and monitoring are also provided. With increased concerns that road construction may introduce contaminants into the environment, the book also studies environmental aspects of water in roads and their immediate surroundings by describing the leaching action of pavement water; the opportunities for the pavement to sorb contaminants from pavement run-off; water sampling; and water quality needs. It draws on information from a wide variety of sources, particularly in Europe and the USA, both published and unpublished, having been written by a broad team of practising engineers, hydrogeologists, environmental scientists and researchers. This book is the principal output of a large collaborative study performed as part of the COST programme, managed by the European Science Foundation. .

Highway engineering. --- Pavements --Design and construction. --- Road drainage. --- Roads --Design and construction. --- Road drainage --- Roads --- Pavements --- Highway engineering --- Physical Geography --- Transportation Engineering --- Geography --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Design and construction --- Design and construction. --- Road engineering --- Construction of roads --- Design of roads --- Highway construction --- Highway design --- Highway geometrics --- Road building --- Road construction --- Road design --- Highway drainage --- Construction --- Design --- Earth sciences. --- Water-supply. --- Hydrogeology. --- Civil engineering. --- Building materials. --- Water pollution. --- Earth Sciences. --- Water Industry/Water Technologies. --- Civil Engineering. --- Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution. --- Building Materials. --- Environmental Monitoring/Analysis. --- Aquatic pollution --- Fresh water --- Fresh water pollution --- Freshwater pollution --- Inland water pollution --- Lake pollution --- Lakes --- Reservoirs --- River pollution --- Rivers --- Stream pollution --- Water contamination --- Water pollutants --- Water pollution --- Pollution --- Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. --- Architectural materials --- Architecture --- Building --- Building supplies --- Buildings --- Construction materials --- Structural materials --- Materials --- Engineering --- Public works --- Geohydrology --- Geology --- Hydrology --- Groundwater --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Natural resources --- Public utilities --- Water resources development --- Water utilities --- Geosciences --- Environmental sciences --- Physical sciences --- Civil engineering --- Highway planning --- Transportation engineering --- Drainage --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Environmental pollution. --- Building construction. --- Monitoring/Environmental Analysis. --- Chemical pollution --- Chemicals --- Contamination of environment --- Environmental pollution --- Contamination (Technology) --- Asbestos abatement --- Bioremediation --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental quality --- Factory and trade waste --- Hazardous waste site remediation --- Hazardous wastes --- In situ remediation --- Lead abatement --- Pollutants --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Environmental aspects --- Environmental monitoring. --- Biomonitoring (Ecology) --- Ecological monitoring --- Monitoring, Environmental --- Applied ecology --- Measurement --- Monitoring

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For centuries, scientists have been fascinated by the role of the Sun in the Earth's climate system. Recent discoveries, outlined in this book, have gradually unveiled a complex picture, in which our variable Sun affects the climate variability via a number of subtle pathways, the implications of which are only now becoming clear. This handbook provides the scientifically curious, from undergraduate students to policy makers with a complete and accessible panorama of our present understanding of the Sun-climate connection. 61 experts from different communities have contributed to it, which reflects the highly multidisciplinary nature of this topic. The handbook is organised as a mosaic of short chapters, each of which addresses a specific aspect, and can be read independently. The reader will learn about the assumptions, the data, the models, and the unknowns behind each mechanism by which solar variability may impact climate variability. None of these mechanisms can adequately explain global warming observed since the 1950s. However, several of them do impact climate variability, in particular on a regional level. This handbook aims at addressing these issues in a factual way, and thereby challenge the reader to sharpen his/her critical thinking in a debate that is frequently distorted by unfounded claims.

Climatic changes --- Global temperature changes --- Temperature changes, Global --- World temperature changes --- Global environmental change --- Atmospheric temperature --- Solar activity --- Effect of solar activity on