The International Year of Planet Earth (2007–2009): Earth Sciences for Society

The UN International Year of Planet Earth-Background and Perspectives

The “International Year of Planet Earth” (IYPE) is a joint initiative by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and UNESCO and runs from 2007 to 2009.

Portfolio Planning for Planet Earth

Mission to planet Earth.

Anthraquinones are the largest group of the naturally occurring quinones. Both natural and synthetic anthraquinones are widely used in medical preparations, colourants in foods, hair dyes and others. Chrysazin (1, 8-dihydroxy-9, 10-anthracenedione; Figure 1) is a synthetic anthraquinone with 1, 8-dihydroxy groups like other natural anthraquinones such as emodin and chrysophanol which have been ...

AUSTRIAN JOURNAL of EARTH SCIENCES an INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of the AUSTRIAN GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

WinGeol/SedTec is a software package which simulates erosion and deposition in dependency of topography, fault movements, lithological properties and sea level. Sediment transport such as mass and suspension flows are induced by elevation or concentration differences between neighbouring cells. Grain size reduction during sediment transport is included into the model. The spatial distribution o...

Distributed Earth Science Validation Centers for Mission to Planet Earth

Causal understanding in reasoning about the world p. 13 How to make intelligent digital libraries p. 27 Some methodology and representation problems for the semantics of prosaic application domains p. 39 Recognizing credible experts in inaccurate databases p. 46 Fuzzy logic or Lukasiewicz logic: a clarification p. 56 Logic systems for approximate reasoning: via rough sets and topology p. 65 Sig...