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Software Sizing, Estimation, and Risk Management: When Performance is Measured Performance Improves
by Daniel D. Galorath Michael W. EvansTo achieve consistent software project success under the pressures of today's software development environment, software organizations require achievable plans including viable estimates of schedule, resources, and risks. To estimate realistically, you must understand how to apply sound estimation processes, tools, and data. Software Sizing
Software Sustainability
by Coral Calero Mario Piattini Mª Ángeles MoragaThis book focuses on software sustainability, regarded in terms of how software is or can be developed while taking into consideration environmental, social, and economic dimensions. The sixteen chapters cover various related issues ranging from technical aspects like energy-efficient programming techniques, formal proposals related to energy efficiency measurement, patterns to build energy-efficient software, the role of developers on energy efficient software systems and tools for detecting and refactoring code smells/energy bugs; to human aspects like its impact on software sustainability or the adaptation of ACM/IEEE guidelines for student and professional education and; and an economics-driven architectural evaluation for sustainability. Also aspects as the elements of governance and management that organizations should consider when implementing, assessing and improving Green IT or the relationship between software sustainability and the Corporate Social Responsibility of software companies are included. The chapters are complemented by usage scenarios and experience reports on several domains as cloud applications, agile development or e-Health, among others. As a whole, the chapters provide a complete overview of the various issues related to sustainable software development. The target readership for this book includes CxOs, (e.g. Chief Information Officers, Chief Executive Officers, Chief Technology Officers, etc.) software developers, software managers, auditors, business owners, and quality professionals. It is also intended for students of software engineering and information systems, and software researchers who want to know the state of the art regarding software sustainability.
Software Testing and Continuous Quality Improvement
by William E. LewisIt is often assumed that software testing is based on clearly defined requirements and software development standards. However, testing is typically performed against changing, and sometimes inaccurate, requirements. The third edition of a bestseller, Software Testing and Continuous Quality Improvement, Third Edition provides a continuous quality framework for the software testing process within traditionally structured and unstructured environments. This framework aids in creating meaningful test cases for systems with evolving requirements. This completely revised reference provides a comprehensive look at software testing as part of the project management process, emphasizing testing and quality goals early on in development. Building on the success of previous editions, the text explains testing in a Service Orientated Architecture (SOA) environment, the building blocks of a Testing Center of Excellence (COE), and how to test in an agile development. Fully updated, the sections on test effort estimation provide greater emphasis on testing metrics. The book also examines all aspects of functional testing and looks at the relation between changing business strategies and changes to applications in development. Includes New Chapters on Process, Application, and Organizational Metrics All IT organizations face software testing issues, but most are unprepared to manage them. Software Testing and Continuous Quality Improvement, Third Edition is enhanced with an up-to-date listing of free software tools and a question-and-answer checklist for choosing the best tools for your organization. It equips you with everything you need to effectively address testing issues in the most beneficial way for your business.
Software Testing in the Cloud: Migration and Execution
by Tauhida Parveen Scott TilleyFor a large, complex system, the amount of test cases in a regression test suite can range from a few hundred to several thousands, which can take hours or even days to execute. Regression testing also requires considerable resources that are often not readily available. This precludes their use in an interactive setting, further contributing to an inefficient testing process. Cloud computing offers the use of virtualized hardware, effectively unlimited storage, and software services that can help reduce the execution time of large test suites in a cost-effective manner. The research presented by Tilley and Parveen leverages the resources provided by cloud computing infrastructure to facilitate the concurrent execution of test cases. They introduce a decision framework called SMART-T to support migration of software testing to the cloud, a distributed environment called HadoopUnit for the concurrent execution of test cases in the cloud, and a series of case studies illustrating the use of the framework and the environment. Experimental results indicate a significant reduction in test execution time is possible when compared with a typical sequential environment. Software testing in the cloud is a subject of high interest for advanced practitioners and academic researchers alike. For advanced practitioners, the issue of cloud computing and its impact on the field of software testing is becoming increasingly relevant. For academic researchers, this is a subject that is replete with interesting challenges; there are so many open problems that graduate students will be busy for years to come. To further disseminate results in this field, the authors created a community of interest called "Software Testing in the Cloud" (www.STITC.org), and they encourage all readers to get involved in this exciting new area.
Software Transparency: Supply Chain Security in an Era of a Software-Driven Society
by Chris Hughes Tony TurnerDiscover the new cybersecurity landscape of the interconnected software supply chain In Software Transparency: Supply Chain Security in an Era of a Software-Driven Society, a team of veteran information security professionals delivers an expert treatment of software supply chain security. In the book, you’ll explore real-world examples and guidance on how to defend your own organization against internal and external attacks. It includes coverage of topics including the history of the software transparency movement, software bills of materials, and high assurance attestations. The authors examine the background of attack vectors that are becoming increasingly vulnerable, like mobile and social networks, retail and banking systems, and infrastructure and defense systems. You’ll also discover: Use cases and practical guidance for both software consumers and suppliers Discussions of firmware and embedded software, as well as cloud and connected APIs Strategies for understanding federal and defense software supply chain initiatives related to securityAn essential resource for cybersecurity and application security professionals, Software Transparency will also be of extraordinary benefit to industrial control system, cloud, and mobile security professionals.
Software and Organisations: The Biography of the Enterprise-Wide System or How SAP Conquered the World (Routledge Studies In Technology, Work And Organizations Ser.)
by Robin Williams Neil PollockThis is the first book that addresses the genesis and career of the modern day enterprise system in a comprehensive and robust manner. It does so through setting out a new approach for the study of packaged solutions and presents novel empirical studies based on in-depth ethnographic and longitudinal research conducted within supplier organisations
Software and Systems Architecture in Action (Applied Software Engineering Ser.)
by Raghvinder S. SangwanModern-day projects require software and systems engineers to work together in realizing architectures of large and complex software-intensive systems. To date, the two have used their own tools and methods to deal with similar issues when it comes to the requirements, design, testing, maintenance, and evolution of these architectures.Software and
Software for People: Fundamentals, Trends and Best Practices
by Achim Botzenhardt Alexander Maedche Ludwig NeerThe highly competitive and globalized software market is creating pressure on software companies. Given the current boundary conditions, it is critical to continuously increase time-to-market and reduce development costs. In parallel, driven by private life experiences with mobile computing devices, the World Wide Web and software-based services, peoples' general expectations with regards to software are growing. They expect software that is simple and joyful to use. In the light of the changes that have taken place in recent years, software companies need to fundamentally reconsider the way they develop and deliver software to their customers. This book introduces fundamentals, trends and best practices in the software industry from a threefold perspective which equally takes into account design, management, and development of software. It demonstrates how cross-functional integration can be leveraged by software companies to successfully build software for people. Professionals from business and academia give an overview on state-of-the-art knowledge and report on key insights from their real-life experience. They provide guidance and hands-on recommendation on how to create winning products. This combined perspective fosters the transfer of knowledge between research and practice and offers a high practical value for both sides. The book targets both, practitioners and academics looking for successfully building software in the future. It is directed at Managing Directors of software companies, Software Project Managers, Product Managers and Designers, Software Developers as well as academics and students in the area of Software and Information Systems Engineering, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), and Innovation Management.
Software in 30 Days
by Ken Schwaber Jeff SutherlandA radical approach to getting IT projects done faster and cheaper than anyone thinks possibleSoftware in 30 Days summarizes the Agile and Scrum software development method, which allows creation of game-changing software, in just 30 days. Projects that use it are three times more successful than those that don't. Software in 30 Days is for the business manager, the entrepreneur, the product development manager, or IT manager who wants to develop software better and faster than they now believe possible. Learn how this unorthodox process works, how to get started, and how to succeed. Control risk, manage projects, and have your people succeed with simple but profound shifts in the thinking.The authors explain powerful concepts such as the art of the possible, bottom-up intelligence, and why it's good to fail early--all with no risk greater than thirty days. The productivity gain vs traditional "waterfall" methods has been over 100% on many projectsAuthor Ken Schwaber is a co-founder of the Agile software movement, and co-creator, with Jeff Sutherland, of the "Scrum" technique for building software in 30 daysCoauthor Jeff Sutherland was cosigner of the Agile Manifesto, which marked the start of the Agile movementSoftware in 30 Days is a must-read for all managers and business owners who use software in their organizations or in their products and want to stop the cycle of slow, expensive software development. Programmers will want to buy copies for their managers and their customers so they will know how to collaborate to get the best work possible.
Software in Workshops perfekt präsentieren: So begeistern und gewinnen Sie Kunden für sich (essentials)
by Christoph GroßDieses essential zeigt, wie der Vertriebsprozess bei Digitalisierungsprojekten im Bereich von Software-Präsentationen und Workshops effizienter gestaltet werden kann. In Software-Präsentationen oder Workshops liegen die Vorstellungen von Kunden und Wirklichkeit, die durch Softwareanbieter geliefert werden, oft weit auseinander. Schlechte Vorbereitung, fehlende Daten und das zu geringe Eingehen auf die Kundenanforderungen führt besonders in Hochkonjunkturzeiten der IT-Branche zu negativen Kundenerfahrungen. Softwareanbieter, die bereit sind, die Prozesse in diesem Bereich zu optimieren, können deren Erfolgsquote in Bezug auf gewonnene Aufträge und durchgeführte Präsentationen drastisch erhöhen.
Software, Infrastructure, Labor: A Media Theory of Logistical Nightmares
by Ned RossiterInfrastructure makes worlds. Software coordinates labor. Logistics governs movement. These pillars of contemporary capitalism correspond with the materiality of digital communication systems on a planetary scale. Ned Rossiter theorizes the force of logistical media to discern how subjectivity and labor, economy and society are tied to the logistical imaginary of seamless interoperability. Contingency haunts logistical power. Technologies of capture are prone to infrastructural breakdown, sabotage, and failure. Strategies of evasion, anonymity, and disruption unsettle regimes of calculation and containment. We live in a computational age where media, again, disappear into the background as infrastructure. Software, Infrastructure, Labor intercuts transdisciplinary theoretical reflection with empirical encounters ranging from the Cold War legacy of cybernetics, shipping ports in China and Greece, the territoriality of data centers, video game design, and scrap metal economies in the e-waste industry. Rossiter argues that infrastructural ruins serve as resources for the collective design of blueprints and prototypes demanded of radical politics today.
Software-Defined Cloud Centers: Operational And Management Technologies And Tools (Computer Communications and Networks)
by Pethuru Raj Anupama RamanThis practical text/reference provides an exhaustive guide to setting up and sustaining software-defined data centers (SDDCs). Each of the core elements and underlying technologies are explained in detail, often supported by real-world examples. The text illustrates how cloud integration, brokerage, and orchestration can ensure optimal performance and usage of data resources, and what steps are required to secure each component in a SDDC. The coverage also includes material on hybrid cloud concepts, cloud-based data analytics, cloud configuration, enterprise DevOps and code deployment tools, and cloud software engineering.Topics and features: highlights how technologies relating to cloud computing, IoT, blockchain, and AI are revolutionizing business transactions, operations, and analytics; introduces the concept of Cloud 2.0, in which software-defined computing, storage, and networking are applied to produce next-generation cloud centers; examines software-defined storage for storage virtualization, covering issues of cloud storage, storage tiering, and deduplication; discusses software-defined networking for network virtualization, focusing on techniques for network optimization in data centers; reviews the qualities and benefits of hybrid clouds, that bridge private and public cloud environments; investigates the security management of a software-defined data center, and proposes a framework for managing hybrid IT infrastructure components; describes the management of multi-cloud environments through automated tools, and cloud brokers that aim to simplify cloud access, use and composition; covers cloud orchestration for automating application integration, testing, infrastructure provisioning, software deployment, configuration, and delivery.This comprehensive work is an essential reference for all practitioners involved with software-defined data center technologies, hybrid clouds, cloud service management, cloud-based analytics, and cloud-based software engineering.
Software-Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials: Cloud, Converged, and Virtual Fundamental Server Storage I/O Tradecraft
by Greg SchulzSoftware-Defined Data Infrastructures Essentials provides fundamental coverage of physical, cloud, converged, and virtual server storage I/O networking technologies, trends, tools, techniques, and tradecraft skills. From webscale, software-defined, containers, database, key-value store, cloud, and enterprise to small or medium-size business, the book is filled with techniques, and tips to help develop or refine your server storage I/O hardware, software, and services skills. Whether you are new to data infrastructures or a seasoned pro, you will find this comprehensive reference indispensable for gaining as well as expanding experience with technologies, tools, techniques, and trends. We had a front row seat watching Greg present live in our education workshop seminar sessions for ITC professionals in the Netherlands material that is in this book. We recommend this amazing book to expand your converged and data infrastructure knowledge from beginners to industry veterans. —Gert and Frank Brouwer, Brouwer Storage Consultancy Software-Defined Data Infrastructures Essentials provides the foundational building blocks to improve your craft in serval areas including applications, clouds, legacy, and more. IT professionals, as well as sales professionals and support personnel, stand to gain a great deal by reading this book.—Mark McSherry, Oracle Regional Sales Manager Looking to expand your data infrastructure IQ? From CIOS to operations, sales to engineering, this book is a comprehensive reference, a must read for IT infrastructure professionals, beginners to seasoned experts.—Tom Becchetti, Advisory Systems Engineer Greg Schulz has provided a complete ‘toolkit’ for storage management along with the background and framework for the storage or data infrastructure professional or those aspiring to become one.—Greg Brunton, Experienced Storage and Data Management Professional
Softwareentwicklung kompakt und verständlich: Wie Softwaresysteme entstehen
by Hans Brandt-Pook Rainer KollmeierDieses Buch erklärt in der dritten verbesserten Auflage, wie IT-Projekte ablaufen: Von der ersten Idee bis zum Betrieb des fertigen Systems wird der gesamte Prozess dargestellt. Schritt für Schritt zeigen die Autoren bewährte und moderne Methoden und Techniken.Das Buch richtet sich an (Lern-)Einsteiger in das Thema, die an verständlichem Basiswissen und an praxiserprobten Übungen interessiert sind. Es hat eine lebendige Sprache und enthält viele Anregungen zum Üben, Weiterlesen und -denken, so dass es bestens geeignet ist für Studierende der Wirtschaftsinformatik, Informatik oder Betriebswirtschaftslehre und für Auszubildende der IT, FachinformatikerInnen sowie Informatikkauffrauen und -kaufmänner.Das Besondere an diesem Buch ist, dass Tätigkeiten im Vorfeld der Programmierung und im Spannungsfeld zwischen IT-lern und Auftraggebern im Vordergrund stehen. Es bietet damit das Rüstzeug, ein eigenes Projekt durchführen zu können. Unter anderem sind die leichte Verständlichkeit, die erprobten Ideen, die Übungen und Erfahrungsberichte hilfreich. Auf Basis der im Buch dargestellten Ideen und Herangehensweisen sind schon viele Projekte erfolgreich von IT-Einsteigern durchgeführt worden.
Softwarelizenzmanagement kompakt: Einsatz und Management des immateriellen Wirtschaftsgutes Software und hybrider Leistungsbündel (Public Cloud Services) (IT kompakt)
by Andreas Gadatsch Stefan BrasselDieses Buch setzt sich mit den Veränderungen im Softwarelizenzmanagement auseinanderDie Autoren geben einen Überblick über Neuerungen und Veränderungen im Softwarelizenzmanagement und zeigen, wie sie sich auf das Management von Unternehmen auswirken. Dazu präsentieren sie praxisnahe Ansätze und Handlungsempfehlungen, die auf theoretischen Erkenntnissen basieren. Bisher hat sich die Fachliteratur diesem Thema, wenn überhaupt, nur aus operativer Sicht genähert. Das möchte dieses Werk ändern. Deshalb zielt dieses Buch darauf ab, fachliche Zusammenhänge im Bereich des Softwarelizenzmanagements für Sie nachvollziehbar darzustellen. Daneben gehen Stefan Brassel und Andreas Gadatsch auf aktuelle Marktveränderungen ein und geben konkrete Impulse für das (IT-)Management. Durch diese Herangehensweise gelingt den Autoren ein Brückenschlag zwischen der Theorie und Anwendbarkeit ihrer Feststellungen. Neben zentralen Grundlagen enthält das Buch viele Praxisbeispiele aus dem Softwarelizenzmanagement. Ein wichtiger Schwerpunkt dieses Werks ist außerdem die Transformation von Softwarelizenzen hin zu Public Cloud Services. Von der Theorie zum Fokus auf die Praxis Zunächst liegt der Fokus dieses Werks auf der Theorie, doch hier halten sich die Autoren nur kurz auf. Sie erfahren z. B. mehr über die klare Abgrenzung zentraler Begriffe wie „Softwarelizenz“ und „Softwarelizenzmanagement“. Auch die Problematik immaterieller Wirtschaftsgüter sowie deren Nutzungsrechte werden behandelt. Anschließend geht das Buch „Softwarelizenzmanagement kompakt” stärker in die Tiefe und erläutert Themen wie:· Praxis der Softwarelizenzierung am Beispiel Microsoft· Transformation: Von der Software Lizenz zu Public Cloud Services· IT-Assetmanagement von Software und Public Cloud-Diensten Abschließend erhalten Sie Handlungsempfehlungen für das Management sowie für eine evtl. notwendige strategische Neuausrichtung von Unternehmen. Erschienen in der Reihe „IT kompakt“, ermöglicht Ihnen dieses Buch über Softwarelizenzmanagement einen schnellen und vor allen Dingen praxisorientierten Einstieg in die Thematik. Daher eignet es sich optimal für Selbststudium und Lehre. Durch den grundlegenden Fokus auf Veränderungen im Softwaremarkt wurde dieses Werk speziell für diese Zielgruppen verfasst:a) Fachverantwortliche des IT-Lizenzmanagementsb) Führungskräfte in der Unternehmensleitung oder in IT-Abteilungenc) Verantwortliche des Geschäftsprozessmanagementsd) Masterstudierende der BWL, Informatik oder Wirtschaftsinformatik
Softwarelizenzmanagement kompakt: Einsatz und Management von Public Cloud Services (IT kompakt)
by Andreas Gadatsch Stefan BrasselDieses Buch setzt sich mit den Veränderungen im Softwarelizenzmanagement auseinanderDie Autoren geben einen Überblick über Neuerungen und Veränderungen im Softwarelizenzmanagement und zeigen, wie sie sich auf das Management von Unternehmen auswirken. Dazu präsentieren sie praxisnahe Ansätze und Handlungsempfehlungen, die auf theoretischen Erkenntnissen basieren. Bisher hat sich die Fachliteratur diesem Thema, wenn überhaupt, nur aus operativer Sicht genähert. Das möchte dieses Werk ändern. Deshalb zielt dieses Buch darauf ab, fachliche Zusammenhänge im Bereich des Softwarelizenzmanagements für Sie nachvollziehbar darzustellen. Daneben gehen Stefan Brassel und Andreas Gadatsch auf aktuelle Marktveränderungen ein und geben konkrete Impulse für das (IT-)Management. Durch diese Herangehensweise gelingt den Autoren ein Brückenschlag zwischen der Theorie und Anwendbarkeit ihrer Feststellungen. Neben zentralen Grundlagen enthält das Buch viele Praxisbeispiele aus dem Softwarelizenzmanagement. Ein wichtiger Schwerpunkt dieses Werks ist außerdem die Transformation von Softwarelizenzen hin zu Public Cloud Services. Von der Theorie zum Fokus auf die Praxis Zunächst liegt der Fokus dieses Werks auf der Theorie, doch hier halten sich die Autoren nur kurz auf. Sie erfahren z. B. mehr über die klare Abgrenzung zentraler Begriffe wie „Softwarelizenz“ und „Softwarelizenzmanagement“. Auch die Problematik immaterieller Wirtschaftsgüter sowie deren Nutzungsrechte werden behandelt. Anschließend geht das Buch „Softwarelizenzmanagement kompakt” stärker in die Tiefe und erläutert Themen wie:· Praxis der Softwarelizenzierung am Beispiel Microsoft· Transformation: Von der Software Lizenz zu Public Cloud Services· IT-Assetmanagement von Software und Public Cloud-Diensten Abschließend erhalten Sie Handlungsempfehlungen für das Management sowie für eine evtl. notwendige strategische Neuausrichtung von Unternehmen. Erschienen in der Reihe „IT kompakt“, ermöglicht Ihnen dieses Buch über Softwarelizenzmanagement einen schnellen und vor allen Dingen praxisorientierten Einstieg in die Thematik. Daher eignet es sich optimal für Selbststudium und Lehre. Durch den grundlegenden Fokus auf Veränderungen im Softwaremarkt wurde dieses Werk speziell für diese Zielgruppen verfasst:a) Fachverantwortliche des IT-Lizenzmanagementsb) Führungskräfte in der Unternehmensleitung oder in IT-Abteilungenc) Verantwortliche des Geschäftsprozessmanagementsd) Masterstudierende der BWL, Informatik oder Wirtschaftsinformatik
Soil Microbiology and Sustainable Crop Production
by Geoffrey R. Dixon Emma L. TilstonSoils into which crop plants root and from which they obtain essential minerals and water contain huge arrays of microbes. Many have highly beneficial effects on crop growth and productivity, others are pathogens causing diseases and losses to yield and quality, a few microbes offer protection from these pathogenic forms and others have little or no effect. These intimate and often complex inter-relationships are being explored with increasing success providing exciting opportunities for increasing crop yields and quality in sustainable harmony with the populations of beneficial soil microbes and to the detriment of pathogens. This book explores current knowledge for each of these aspects of soil microbiology and indicates where future progress is most likely to aid in increasing crop productivity by means which are environmentally benign and beneficial.
Soil Sisters
by Lisa KiviristWomen in agriculture are sprouting up in record numbers, but they face a host of distinct challenges and opportunities. Blending What Color is Your Parachute-style career advice with sustainable agriculture practices viewed through a gender lens, Soil Sisters provides a wealth of invaluable information for fledging female farming entrepreneurs.The first manual of its kind, this authoritative and comprehensive blueprint presents practical considerations from a woman's perspective, covering everything from business planning to tool use and ergonomics to integrating children and family in farm and field operations. Key topics include: Finding your niche: mid-life encore careers, younf and beginning, Boomerangs, and more From concept to crop: diversified farm start-up basics Resources, grants, and loans available especially for women farmers.Soil Sisters also contains case studies, inspirational ideas, and savvy advice nuggets from over one hundred successful women farmers and advocates. Targeted specifically to members of the fastest-growing demographic in local agriculture, this highly readable guide is practical and pragmatic "Chick Lit" for today's food scene. Lisa Kivirist is Senior Fellow, Endowed Chair in Agricultural Systems at the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture and a national advocate for women in sustainable agriculture. She founded and directs the Rural Women's Project of the Midwest Organic Sustainable Education Service, an award-winning initiative championing female farmers and food-based entrepreneurs. Together with her husband, John Ivanko, Lisa is co-author of Homemade for Sale, Farmstead Chef, ECOpreneuring, and Rural Renaissance. Lisa and her family run Inn Serendipity Farm and Bed & Breakfast, completely powered by the wind and sun in the rolling green hills of southern Wisconsin.
Soil-Water, Agriculture, and Climate Change: Exploring Linkages (Water Science and Technology Library #113)
by Pankaj Kumar Gupta Swatantra Kumar Dubey Prakash Kumar Jha Aliva Nanda Vivek GuptaThis book presents an exploration of linkages among soil-water, agriculture, and climate change with a special focus on thematic areas for assessment, mitigation, and management of natural resources under climate change conditions. This book covers advances in modelling approaches, including machine learning (ML)/ artificial intelligence (AI) applications; GIS and remote sensing; sensors; impacts of climate change on agriculture; subsurface water; contaminants; and socio-economic impacts, which are lacking in a more comprehensive manner in the previous titles. This book encompasses updated information as well as future directions for researchers working in the field of management of natural resources. The goal of this book is to provide scientific evidence to researchers and policymakers and end-to-end value chain practitioners which may help in reducing the overall adverse impacts of climate change on water resources and the related mitigation strategies. This book focuses on the knowledge, modern tools, and techniques, i.e., machine learning, artificial intelligence, etc. for soil-water, agriculture, and climate change. Further, nature-based solutions for management of natural resources with special targets on contaminants, extreme events, disturbances, etc. will be targeted. The book provides readers with the enhanced knowledge for application of engineering principles and economic and regulatory constraints to determine a soil-water, agriculture production action strategy, and select appropriate technologies to implement the strategy for a given data set at a site. It would also cover the application of laboratory, modeling, numerical methods for determination and forecasting of climate change impacts, agriculture production, pollution, soil health, etc. Overall, it provides hydrologists, environmental engineers, administrators, policy makers, consultants, and industrial experts with essential support in effective management of soils health, agricultural productions, and mitigation of extreme climatic events.
Soils in the Hindu Kush Himalayas: Management for Agricultural Land Use (Geography of the Physical Environment)
by Vikas Sharma U. C. Sharma M. DattaThis book focuses on the nature and properties of soils of Hindu Kush-Himalayas and their management for agricultural land use. It discusses all aspects of climatic variations and potential of resources in the Himalayan region including examples from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (Tibet), India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. Chapters cover the geology of the parent material of native soils, soils microbes, flora and fauna. Soil classification has been given in detail to better understand the nature of soils for judicious management strategies. The authors present land use practices and suggestions for changes in land use to benefit from the full potential of the soils in this region. Their ultimate aim is to find ways of feeding the ever-increasing population and raising the standard of life for the people living in the Himalayan mountain region.
Sokaiya: Extortion, Protection and the Japanese Corporation
by Kenneth SzymkowiakSokaiya are extortionists who target Japanese corporations for payoffs. They threaten to reveal corporate secrets and scandals, usually at shareholder meetings. This book explores the curious but not unusual relationship that grows between executives and sokaiya, who also offer their services to protect the corporation from other sokaiya, thus becoming a necessary evil in the world of Japanese business. The book documents the history and development of sokaiya over the past 100 years since Japan first enacted a commercial code. It includes interviews with police, lawyers, corporate executives, as well as sokaiya and members of the yakuza (traditional Japanese gangsters).
Solagen: Process Improvement in the Manufacture of Gelatin at Kodak
by Brian J. Delacey Dorothy Leonard-BartonKodak must decide whether to make a major investment in a production facility designed around a new technique for producing the gelatin critical to so many film and paper products. Currently, gelatin making is an arcane art, unchanged in 150 years and heavily dependent upon the sensory skills of experienced foremen. The new process, in a pilot stage now, is a chemical reaction which reduces the process time for one step from 6 months to 48 hours and which is much more "scientific." However, the old plant is fully paid for, the new process is only one potential avenue for improvement, and demand for gelatin is falling.
Solar Cells and Modules (Springer Series in Materials Science #301)
by Arvind ShahThis book gives a comprehensive introduction to the field of photovoltaic (PV) solar cells and modules. In thirteen chapters, it addresses a wide range of topics including the spectrum of light received by PV devices, the basic functioning of a solar cell, and the physical factors limiting the efficiency of solar cells. It places particular emphasis on crystalline silicon solar cells and modules, which constitute today more than 90 % of all modules sold worldwide. Describing in great detail both the manufacturing process and resulting module performance, the book also touches on the newest developments in this sector, such as Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TOPCON) and heterojunction modules, while dedicating a major chapter to general questions of module design and fabrication. Overall, it presents the essential theoretical and practical concepts of PV solar cells and modules in an easy-to-understand manner and discusses current challenges facing the global research and development community.
Solar Cooling: Basics and Advances
by S. C. Kaushik S. K. Tyagi V. BaijuThe book deals with the research activities focussed on solar VAD systems evaluating its merit of compatibility with ozone friendly refrigerants and adoptability with solar energy option. The authors of this book have given more emphasis on discussing various solar cooling VAD systems and its viability for the commercial use. Relevant references on "Solar Cooling: Basics and Advances" has been provided which significantly adopt some of the information for the completeness of the book.
Solar Domestic Water Heating: The Earthscan Expert Handbook for Planning, Design and Installation (Earthscan Expert)
by Chris LaughtonSolar Domestic Water Heating is a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of solar domestic water heating systems. As fossil fuel prices continue to rise and awareness of climate change grows, interest in domestic solar water heating is expanding. Solar water heating technology is the most environmentally-friendly way to heat water. This fully-illustrated and easy-to-follow guide shows how domestic solar water heating systems work, the different types of systems, types of collectors, both flat plate and evacuated tube, types of storage tanks and other accessories. It also shows how systems are installed and explains how solar water heating can be integrated into existing water heating systems. Numerous examples from around the world have been included. The ideal guide for plumbers, heating engineers, builders and architects, housing and property developers, home owners and DIY enthusiasts, and anyone who needs a clear introduction to solar water heating technology.