Increased oil and gas production presents challenges for transportation infrastructure because some of this increase is in areas with limited trans...

Over the past 10 years, surging crude oil and petroleum product prices have increased oil and gas industry revenues and generated record profits, p...

This book presents an ethnography of nature walks in a rural area of Paraná state, southern Brazil. The event is organised by government agencies r...

Digital and Internet protocol technologies have spawned a number of online video distributors (OVDs) whose "over-the-top" video services are in som...

The Internet has thrived because of its freedom and openness, the absence of any gatekeeper blocking lawful uses of the network or picking winners ...

What happens when the place you've loved working at for twenty years asks for a divorce and breaks your heart?"Tapping into her journalistic rigour...

Roof crush describes a vehicle’s roof as it is deformed during a rollover crash. According to some analysts, a collapsing roof can compromise all a...

This book makes a significant academic contribution because the study enriches the theories of social capital, governance and participatory forestr...

Passenger rail systems are vital components of the nation's transportation infrastructure, encompassing rail transit and intercity rail. In the U.S...

The peaking of world oil production presents the U.S. and the world with an unprecedented risk management problem. As peaking is approached, liquid...

Highly migratory species (HMS) are fish stocks that often have trans-oceanic movements and life cycles. Tunas, billfishes, swordfish, and sharks ar...

From prolonged duration of a disease, to permanent injury, to death, drug shortages have led to harmful outcomes for patients of all ages. Over the...

Politicians consistently wage high-profile battles over prescription drugs and the companies that make them. The dilemma is balancing the pharmaceu...

In this book, the authors gather topical research in the study of the design, applications and safety of pipelines. Topics discussed in this compil...

For over a century, the federal government has constructed water resource projects for a variety of purposes, including flood control, navigation, ...

Remember that colorful gumball machine sitting on the counter of the neighborhood candy store? Today, it and other coin-operated vending machines o...

Positive Train Control (PTC) is a communications and signalling system that has been identified by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ...