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Owls are one of the most fascinating bird families. They have inspired much folklore and superstition worldwide. This book discusses this nocturnal species and their unique physiology and anatomy. It includes owl studies from countries including Bulgaria, Ecuador, Iraq, Slovakia, Syria, and Africa.
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Le monde animal est un vivier de découvertes extraordinaires et n'a pas fini de nous étonner. A votre avis : y-a-t-il un animal qui puisse vivre plus de vingt siècles ? Quels pouvoirs sont capables de développer les cafards conçus dans l'espace ? Quelle bestiole a un pénis pouvant s'allonger jusqu'à huit fois sa taille ? Aux émerveillements suscités par la vision de nos paysages terrestres succède aujourd'hui la fascination engendrée par l'observation des potentialités animales. Explorations en Terre Animale nous entraîne dans un voyage à la fois captivant, bizarre et réjouissant ; car la nature est extravagante et d'une richesse inouïe, représentée notamment par tous ces mammifères, insectes ou oiseaux dont les pouvoirs ici dévoilés sont proprement incroyables. Cette Terre, si belle, est pourtant en danger. Découvrons pourquoi, et nous pourrons l'aider. Les rats, les baleines ou les chauves-souris recèlent des secrets qui peuvent nous permettre de comprendre ce monde et de le préserver.
Animals --- Fauna --- Biodiversity --- ecosystems --- Behaviour
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Sustainability may be achieved through many different agents and institutions in society, including governments, new technologies, industries, and markets. In addition to these agents, consumers and households play a crucial role in the adoption of sustainable products and technologies. Additionally, households are responsible for substantial proportions of energy use and waste. In the European Union, the end use of total energy by households was about 25% in 2014 (Eurostat, 2016). Additionally, households generated 8% of total waste in the EU in 2012 (Eurostat, 2015). Moreover, ethical aspects of consumption are becoming more and more important. In order to gain understanding of sustainable consumer and household behavior, Sustainability has devoted an entire Special Issue to this topic. The Special Issue includes studies focusing on macro- and meso-issues, such as political parties’ positions, nationality, social dilemmas and collective consumer efforts. Others studies focus on micro-issues of consumer behaviour, such as consumer segmentation, consumer perceptions, opinions, and intentions. The studies employ a variety of methods, including surveys, experiments, eye tracking, and contingent valuation. The collection of studies provide a balanced overview of consumer research in the field of sustainability.
social dilemma --- segmentation --- travel --- food --- eco-behaviour
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Reinventing concrete construction with textile-reinforced concrete, this innovative composite material allows engineers new possibilities for filigree, yet durable constructions in concrete. This work of research examines the bond behaviour of this new composite material, and in particular, the cause of longitudinal cracks which can occur in the textile-reinforcement layer of this concrete. Experimental and numeric examinations show that the magnitude of the splitting tensile forces, which lead to the aforementioned cracking, is largely dependent on the geometry of the individual fibre strands. In order to characterise the fibre strands, geometrical parameters were introduced, which were assigned to Laser Scans of textile reinforcements. Based on the evidence collected, a mechanical model, in which the input parameters are of geometric nature, was presented allowing calculation of the splitting tensile force. This method has made it possible to better understand the bond behaviour of textile reinforcements in concrete and has progressed the effort to establish this new material in construction.
Structural engineering --- splitting behaviour --- textile reinforced concrete
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This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact
Self-recruitment --- Connectivity --- Oceanography --- Behaviour --- Scales
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public health --- health education --- health behaviour --- health policy --- health promotion
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The book at hand shows possibilities to derive requirements from customers’ usage behaviour based on recorded vehicle data. The focus lies on the derivation of mobility and driving profiles for a computer aided calculation of the fuel consumption. On this basis, the calculated fuel consumption is integrated into the creation of life cycle assessments and total cost of ownership calculations in order to evaluate vehicle concepts.
fuel consumption --- user behaviour --- Plug-in Hybridfahrzeug --- plug-in hybrid electric vehicle --- Nutzerverhalten --- driving pattern --- Kraftstoffverbrauch --- Fahrprofil --- mobility behaviour --- Mobilitätsprofil
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'Men' presents an approach to understanding the human male by drawing upon life history and evolutionary theory. It provides a new understanding of human male physiology and applies it to contemporary health issues such as prostate cancer, testosterone replacement therapy, and the development of a male contraceptive.
Men. --- Men --- Human evolution. --- Society. --- Evolution (Biology) --- Physical anthropology --- Evolutionary psychology --- Human beings --- Andrology --- Human males --- Males --- Effeminacy --- Masculinity --- Physiology. --- Origin --- men --- biology --- Adaptation --- Natural selection --- life cycle --- health --- Human behaviour --- social behaviour --- Abnormal behaviour --- Social anthropology
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Today’s global economy offers more opportunities, but is also more complex and competitive than ever before. This fact leads to a wide range of research activity in different fields of interest, especially in the so-called high-tech sectors. This book is a result of widespread research and development activity from many researchers worldwide, covering the aspects of development activities in general, as well as various aspects of the practical application of knowledge.
Product management. --- Brand management --- Management, Product --- Marketing --- Management --- Organizational theory & behaviour
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