Outside of yoga class, we don't pay too much attention to the air we take in every day. Long one of the essential elements to life on earth-from the atmospheric composition that gave life to the coal-forming forests some three hundred million years ago to the air that fuels our …
Outside of yoga class, we don't pay too much attention to the air we take in every day. Long one of the essential elements to life on earth-from the atmospheric composition that gave life to the coal-forming forests some three hundred million years ago to the air that fuels our …
Examines the philosophical and scientific aspects of air, discussing how it has inspired artistic and literary imagination and how humans have attempted to use it as a natural resource.
Sunlight and shadows -- Reflections of light -- Refraction of light -- The curvature of light rays in the atmosphere -- Intensity and brightness of light -- The eye -- Colours -- After-images and contrast phenomena -- Judging shape and motion -- Rainbows, haloes and coronae -- L…
Border Management Modernization
by McLinden, Gerard, Doyle, Tom, Fanta, Enrique, Widdowson, David
This book provides border management policymakers and reformers with a broad survey of key developments in and principles for improving trade facilitation through better border management, including practical advice on particular issues. In contrast to the traditional border man…
"Our knowledge of breathing has shaped our social history, and philosophical beliefs since prehistory. Breathing occupied a spiritual status to the Ancients, while today it is central to the practice of many forms of meditation, like Yoga. Over time physicians, scientists and en…
"Our knowledge of breathing has shaped our social history and philosophical beliefs since prehistory. Breathing occupied a spiritual status for the ancients, while today it is central to the practice of many forms of meditation, like Yoga. Over time physicians, scientists, and e…
The historic relationship between Nigeria as a former British colony and Britain has significant influence on the development and problems of air law in Nigeria. The wobbling state of air law in the country after about 72 years of civil aviation's existence, and about 47 years s…
This thesis introduces a new approach for the control of air pollutant emissions. This technique uses electron beam radiation and ammonia (NH 3) injection to simultaneously oxidize organic pollutants and reduce nitrogen oxide (NO). The objective of this research is to develop a …
Soldiers that are deployed overseas are breathing ambient air containing concentrations of fine particulate matter known to cause adverse effects to human health. A study initiated in 2008 was designed to determine the concentrations and compositions of fine particulate matter i…