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Hunt, Stephen. Photosynthetic gas exchange and carbon metabolism in "Moricandia arvensis". Norwich: University of East Anglia, 1985.

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Dore, C. J. The exchange of carbon dioxide between vegetation and the atmosphere. Manchester: UMIST, 1995.

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Borren, Wiebe. Carbon exchange in western Siberian watershed mires and implication for the greenhouse effect: A spatial temporal modeling approach. Utrecht: Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, Faculteit Geowetenschappen Universiteit Utrecht, 2007.

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Borren, Wiebe. Carbon exchange in western Siberian watershed mires and implication for the greenhouse effect: A spatial temporal modeling approach. Utrecht: Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, 2007.

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Borren, Wiebe. Carbon exchange in western Siberian watershed mires and implication for the greenhouse effect: A spatial temporal modeling approach. Utrecht: Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, 2005.

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Genootschap, Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig, Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht, and Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek., eds. Carbon exchange in western Siberian watershed mires and implication for the greenhouse effect: A spatial temporal modeling approach. Utrecht: Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, Faculteit Geowetenschappen Universiteit Utrecht, 2007.

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Wheeler, R. M. Carbon dioxide and water exchange rates by a wheat crop in NASA's biomass production chamber: Results from an 86-day study (January to April 1989). [Kennedy Space Center, Fla.]: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, John F. Kennedy Space Center, 1990.

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Wheeler, R. M. Carbon dioxide and water exchange rates by a wheat crop in NASA's biomass production chamber: Results from an 86-day study (January to April 1989). [Kennedy Space Center, Fla.]: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, John F. Kennedy Space Center, 1990.

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Asplund, Richard W. Profiting from clean energy: A complete guide to trading green in solar, wind, ethanol, fuel cell, power efficiency, carbon credit industries, and more. Hoboken, N.J: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008.

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Muller, M. S. Oxygen consumption of tilapia and preliminary mass flows through a prototype closed aquaculture system. Kennedy Space Center, Fla: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, John F. Kennedy Space Center, 1996.

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Labgaa, Rachid R. A model of the CO2 exchanges between biosphere and atmosphere in the tundra. Santa Barbara, CA: Earth-Space Research Group, CRSEO -- Ellison Hall, University of California Santa Barbara, 1994.

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Kutzbach, Lars. The exchange of energy, water and carbon dioxide between wet Arctic tundra and the atmosphere at the Lena River delta, Northern Siberia: Der Austausch von Energie, Wasser und Kohlendioxid zwischen arktischer Feuchtgebiets-Tundra und der Atmosphäre im nordsibirischen Lena Delta. Bremerhaven: Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, 2006.

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Desideri, Umberto, Giampaolo Manfrida, and Enrico Sciubba, eds. ECOS 2012. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-6655-322-9.

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The 8-volume set contains the Proceedings of the 25th ECOS 2012 International Conference, Perugia, Italy, June 26th to June 29th, 2012. ECOS is an acronym for Efficiency, Cost, Optimization and Simulation (of energy conversion systems and processes), summarizing the topics covered in ECOS: Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Exergy and Second Law Analysis, Process Integration and Heat Exchanger Networks, Fluid Dynamics and Power Plant Components, Fuel Cells, Simulation of Energy Conversion Systems, Renewable Energies, Thermo-Economic Analysis and Optimisation, Combustion, Chemical Reactors, Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Building/Urban/Complex Energy Systems, Water Desalination and Use of Water Resources, Energy Systems- Environmental and Sustainability Issues, System Operation/ Control/Diagnosis and Prognosis, Industrial Ecology.

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Anufriev, Valeriy, Yuliya Gudim, and Aytkali Kaminov. Sustainable development. Energy efficiency. Green economy. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1226403.

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The monograph examines the problems of sustainable development and energy efficiency using the scientific and methodological approach proposed by the authors for the development of regional fuel and energy programs based on the KhMAO, the Sverdlovsk region, and the oil and gas production enterprise JSC Yuganskneftegaz, and presents the results of the environmental and economic assessment. This approach allows us to evaluate and select the most effective investment project for the utilization of associated petroleum gas from the point of view of energy, environmental and climate security on comparable indicators (tons, rubles). The authors proposed to distinguish from more than 200 UN indicators four basic indicators: the change in the green area (country, region, city, household) for the year; the level of energy efficiency; the amount of pollutants released per year; the annual amount of greenhouse gas emissions. It is proposed to consider the possibility of using the" energy " ruble of S. A. Podolinsky (kW / h) as a possible world reserve currency. Taking into account the unique experience of the region's participation in various projects of sustainable development, energy-efficient and low-carbon economy, it is proposed to create a market for waste and greenhouse gas emissions on the basis of the trade exchange of the Sverdlovsk region as a pilot platform for the implementation of the green economy. The history of the term "green economy", the essence of this concept is considered; the results of the application of green economy in different countries are shown. The international experience of green solutions and technologies is analyzed, the psychological aspects of the transition to a green economy are studied. For all those interested in the environmental development of the economy.

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Hines, Mark E. Gas exchange in wetlands: Controls and remote sensing : final technical report, NASA grant NAGW-2771. [Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1994.

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Kreit, John W. Gas Exchange. Edited by John W. Kreit. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190670085.003.0002.

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Gas Exchange explains how four processes—delivery of oxygen, excretion of carbon dioxide, matching of ventilation and perfusion, and diffusion—allow the respiratory system to maintain normal partial pressures of oxygen (PaO2) and carbon dioxide (PaCO2) in the arterial blood. Partial pressure is important because O2 and CO2 molecules diffuse between alveolar gas and pulmonary capillary blood and between systemic capillary blood and the tissues along their partial pressure gradients, and diffusion continues until the partial pressures are equal. Ventilation is an essential part of gas exchange because it delivers O2, eliminates CO2, and determines ventilation–perfusion ratios. This chapter also explains how and why abnormalities in each of these processes may reduce PaO2, increase PaCO2, or both.

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Burton, Derek, and Margaret Burton. Gas exchange. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198785552.003.0006.

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Oxygen intake for respiration, also carbon dioxide and, generally, ammonia elimination takes place across gas-exchange surfaces, usually the gills in fish. Water flows across gills, separated by the pharyngeal gill clefts, and supported by gill arches, and which possess highly folded surfaces covered by a very thin epithelium. Blood flow and water flow are separated only by the epithelium with a ‘countercurrent’ gas exchange between the two. A respiratory centre in the hind-brain is a respiratory rhythm pacemaker for the oral and pharyngeal ventilation movements creating water flow across the gills, although ‘ram ventilation’ occurs without such movements. The oxygen and carbon dioxide-carrying capacity of blood is increased considerably by temporary attachment to haemoglobin pigment in the erythrocytes. Some fish are air breathing, using lungs, swim bladder, skin or lips for gaseous exchange. Hypoxia, hypercapnia, supersaturation and high water temperatures present problems for fish respiration, which are discussed.

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1937-, Streat M., Naden D. 1937-, and Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain), eds. Ion exchange and sorption processes in hydrometallurgy. Chichester: Published for the Society of Chemical Industry by Wiley, 1987.

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Control of methane production and exchange in northern peatlands: Final report. [Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1998.

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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration., ed. Control of methane production and exchange in northern peatlands: Final report. [Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1998.

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Anthoni, Peter M. Carbon and energy exchange of semi-arid ecosystems with heterogeneous canopy structure. 1999.

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Ou-yang, Ying. Dynamic mathematical model of oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange between soil and atmosphere. 1986.

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Knox-Hayes, Janelle. Carbon Markets: Resource Governance and Sustainable Valuation. Edited by Gordon L. Clark, Maryann P. Feldman, Meric S. Gertler, and Dariusz Wójcik. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198755609.013.31.

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Carbon markets open several important avenues of inquiry into resource governance designed to address problems like climate change. The discipline of economic geography is well situated to add insight. This chapter examines the underlying assumptions behind market-based governance, particularly the emphasis on controlling greenhouse gases through pricing. The pricing of externalities alone does not guarantee the material changes in energy use now in the future that are required to combat climate change. A new framework for consideration of the spatial and temporal dynamics of value is proposed. A renewed focus on use value and its spatial characteristics could lend considerable insight to the understanding of industry, market creation, and resource governance. For example, entraining the temporal production of instruments of exchange to their sources of production and creating property rights to manage natural resources as service stocks rather than commodities could better generate external value.

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Anthoni, Peter M. Carbon dioxide eddy flux measurements in complex terrain from a coniferous forest under the influence of marine air. 1996.

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Profiting from Clean Energy: A Complete Guide to Trading Green in Solar, Wind, Ethanol, Fuel Cell, Carbon Credit Industries, and More (Wiley Trading). Wiley, 2008.

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H, Drese John, Sager J. C, and John F. Kennedy Space Center., eds. Atmospheric leakage and condensate production in NASA's biomass production chamber: Effect of diurnal temperature cycles. John F. Kennedy Space Center, [Fla.]: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, John F. Kennedy Space Center, 1991.

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Laisk, A., and V. Oja. Dynamics of Leaf Photosynthesis. CSIRO Publishing, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9780643105294.

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This book details a novel approach to dynamic, as opposed to steady-state, analysis of leaf photosynthesis by integrating fast responses to Carbon Dioxide:Oxygen exchange with optical techniques for fluorescence, light scattering and absorbance measurements. It outlines state-of-the-art approaches to the next generation of photosynthetic research in vivo.

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Wise, Matt, and Simon Barry. Respiratory failure. Edited by Patrick Davey and David Sprigings. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199568741.003.0135.

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Respiratory failure is a syndrome characterized by defective gas exchange due to inadequate function of the respiratory system. There is a failure to oxygenate blood (hypoxaemia) and/or eliminate carbon dioxide (hypercapnia). Hypoxaemia is defined as an arterial blood partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) of <8 kPa, and hypercapnia as an arterial blood partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) of >6 kPa. Respiratory failure is divided into two different types, conventionally referred to as type 1 and type 2. The distinction between these two is important because it emphasizes not only different their pathophysiological mechanisms and etiologies, but also different treatments. The preferred terminology and definitions are as follows: oxygenation failure (type I respiratory failure), PaO2 of <8 kPa; ventilation failure (type 2 respiratory failure), PaCO2 >6 kPa. Respiratory failure may be acute (onset over hours to days), or chronic (developing over months to years); alternatively, there may be an acute deterioration of a chronic state.

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von Caemmerer, S. Biochemical Models of Leaf Photosynthesis. CSIRO Publishing, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9780643103405.

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Increasing concerns of global climate change have stimulated research interests in all aspects of carbon exchange. This has restored interest in leaf photosynthetic models to predict and assess changes in photosynthetic CO2 assimilation in different environments. This is a comprehensive presentation of the most widely used models of steady-state photosynthesis by an author who is a world authority. Treatments of CO3, CO4 and intermediate pathways of photosynthesis in relation to environment have been update to include work on antisense transgenic plants. It will be a standard reference for the formal analysis of photosynthetic metabolism in vivo by advanced students and researchers.

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Kovács, Antal Ferenc. Green Financial Perspectives - Proceeds of the Central European Scientific Conference on Green Finance and Sustainable Development, October 2020. Edited by Géza Salamin. Corvinus University of Budapest, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.14267/978-963-503-890-9.

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This publication presents eleven selected articles in two thematic chapters. The chapter titled Institutions and Instruments is focused on the role of institutions, among them the central banks, as well as various financial instruments designed to pursue sustainability at the micro-level, such as corporate reporting on environmental, social and governance performance (ESG), the pricing of carbon, and performance of stock exchange listed shares etc.. The wealth perspective is presented as a framework that offers a comprehensive approach to the issue of sustainability. Articles in the second chapter provide climate and sustainability insights at the macro level in the regions of Central-Asia, the Middle-East and Europe.

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Devlin, Hugh, and Rebecca Craven. The respiratory system. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198759782.003.0008.

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The respiratory system in relation to dentistry is the topic of this chapter. Gaseous exchange in the lungs is mainly controlled by central chemoreceptors sensing a change in the pH of the cerebrospinal fluid. These receptors then activate a respiratory response which returns the blood and cerebrospinal fluid pH to normal. Localized airway obstruction, obstructive sleep apnoea, and lung disease can cause hypoxaemia (a low arterial oxygen oncentration) and hypercapnia (a raised carbon dioxide concentration in the blood). We emphasize the specific dental issues in patients with asthma, i.e. the dry mouth when taking β‎‎2-adrenergic agonists and the management of an acute asthmatic attack. Specific points of relevance to the dentist are summarized in sections throughout the chapter.

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Perry, Steven F., Markus Lambertz, and Anke Schmitz. Respiratory Biology of Animals. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199238460.001.0001.

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The aim of this book is to shed light on one of the most fundamental processes of life in the various lineages of animals: respiration. It provides a certain background on the physiological side of respiration, but it clearly focuses on the morphological aspects. In general, the intention of this book is to illustrate the impressive diversity of respiratory faculties (form–function complexes) rather than serving as an encyclopaedic handbook. It takes the reader on a journey through the entire realm of animals and discusses the structures involved in gas exchange, how they work, and most importantly, how all of this may be connected on an evolutionary scale. Due to the common problem, namely oxygen uptake and carbon dioxide release, and the limited number of solutions, basically surface area, barrier thickness, and physical exchange model of the respiratory organ, it is not surprising that one finds a huge number of convergences. These include, for instance, the repeated origin of tubular tracheae among several lineages of arthropods, similar lung structures in snails and amphibians, and counter-current exchange gills in bivalves and fish. However, there are certain phylogenetic constraints evident and the respiratory faculty appears as a yet to be adequately exploited source of information for systematic considerations. The ultimate goal of this book is to stimulate further research in respiratory biology, because a huge number of questions remain to be tackled on all levels, ranging from molecular through functional to especially the evolutionary aspects.

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Wise, Matt, and Paul Frost. ICU treatment of respiratory failure. Edited by Patrick Davey and David Sprigings. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199568741.003.0149.

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Respiratory failure is a syndrome characterized by defective gas exchange due to inadequate function of the respiratory system. There is a failure to oxygenate blood (hypoxaemia) and/or eliminate carbon dioxide (hypercapnoea). Respiratory failure can develop over years when it is due to conditions such as kyphoscoliosis or motor neuron disease, or minutes in the case of an acute asthma attack or pneumothorax. In this context, respiratory failure is often called acute (e.g. asthma), chronic (e.g. kyphoscoliosis), or acute on chronic (kyphoscoliosis complicated by pneumonia). Chronic respiratory failure is characterized by compensatory mechanisms which aim to adjust the pH of the blood back to the normal physiological range and involve the retention of bicarbonate by the kidney. This topic covers the etiology of respiratory failure as well as signs, symptoms, diagnosis, investigations, prognosis, and treatment.

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Kaufman, Ned. The Social Sciences. Edited by Angela M. Labrador and Neil Asher Silberman. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190676315.013.17.

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The conservation of cultural heritage has not kept up with social and environmental changes such as climate change, widening economic inequality, cultural diversity, and mass migration. This chapter evaluates three disciplines that illuminate a central conservation problem—the nature and protection of place—at different scales and with different success. Environmental psychology explains emotional attachment to places: it shows that people care about different kinds of places, and for different reasons, than those recognized by conservation. Economics explains the role of places in systems of production and exchange: while orthodox economics incorporates premises that conservationists know to be false, other schools of thought—behavioral, human development, Georgist, common land, and ecological economics—are more useful. Climate science, which must be balanced with emerging understandings of climate justice, reveals new roles and challenges for the conservation of place, not merely in protecting threatened heritage but also in reducing carbon emissions.

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Hazelton, Pam, and Brian Murphy. Interpreting Soil Test Results. CSIRO Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9781486303977.

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Interpreting Soil Test Results is a practical reference enabling soil scientists, environmental scientists, environmental engineers, land holders and others involved in land management to better understand a range of soil test methods and interpret the results of these tests. It also contains a comprehensive description of the soil properties relevant to many environmental and natural land resource issues and investigations. This new edition has an additional chapter on soil organic carbon store estimation and an extension of the chapter on soil contamination. It also includes sampling guidelines for landscape design and a section on trace elements. The book updates and expands sections covering acid sulfate soil, procedures for sampling soils, levels of nutrients present in farm products, soil sodicity, salinity and rainfall erosivity. It includes updated interpretations for phosphorus in soils, soil pH and the cation exchange capacity of soils. Interpreting Soil Test Results is ideal reading for students of soil science and environmental science and environmental engineering; professional soil scientists, environmental scientists, engineers and consultants; and local government agencies and as a reference by solicitors and barristers for land and environment cases.

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Allen, Michael P., and Dominic J. Tildesley. Monte Carlo methods. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198803195.003.0004.

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The estimation of integrals by Monte Carlo sampling is introduced through a simple example. The chapter then explains importance sampling, and the use of the Metropolis and Barker forms of the transition matrix defined in terms of the underlying matrix of the Markov chain. The creation of an appropriately weighted set of states in the canonical ensemble is described in detail and the method is extended to the isothermal–isobaric, grand canonical and semi-grand ensembles. The Monte Carlo simulation of molecular fluids and fluids containing flexible molecules using a reptation algorithm is discussed. The parallel tempering or replica exchange method for more efficient exploration of the phase space is introduced, and recent advances including solute tempering and convective replica exchange algorithms are described.

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Rayment, George E., and David J. Lyons. Soil Chemical Methods - Australasia. CSIRO Publishing, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9780643101364.

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Soil Chemical Methods – Australasia describes over 200 laboratory and field chemical tests relevant to Australasia and beyond. The information and methodology provided across 20 chapters is comprehensive, systematic, uniquely coded, up-to-date and designed to promote chemical measurement quality. There is guidance on the choice and application of analytical methods from soil sampling through to the reporting of results. In many cases, optional analytical ‘finishes’ are provided, such as flow-injection analysis, electro-chemistry, multiple flame technologies, and alternatives to chemical testing offered by near-range and mid-range infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The book supersedes and updates the soil chemical testing section of the 1992 Australian Laboratory Handbook of Soil and Water Chemical Methods of Rayment and Higginson, while retaining method codes and other strengths of that Handbook. Chapters cover soil sampling, sample preparation and moisture content; electrical conductivity and redox potential; soil pH; chloride; carbon; nitrogen; phosphorus; sulphur; gypsum; micronutrients; extractable iron, aluminium and silicon; saturation extracts; ion-exchange properties; lime requirements; total miscellaneous elements; miscellaneous extractable elements; alkaline earth carbonates and acid sulfate soils. In addition, there are informative Appendices, including information on the accuracy and precision of selected methods. This book targets practising analysts, laboratory managers, students, academics, researchers, consultants and advisors involved in the analysis, use and management of soils for fertility assessments, land use surveys, environmental studies and for natural resource management.

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Kinnear, William, and James H. Hull. A Practical Guide to the Interpretation of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Tests. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198834397.001.0001.

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A Practical Guide to the Interpretation of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Tests is a short, but comprehensive, guide for those who are involved in the supervision of exercise tests and interpretation of cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) data. It is a clear and concise guide which will also be of interest to those who request CPETs and who wish to understand more about how to use the results. The first four chapters cover the reasons why a CPET may be requested, pre-test assessment, supervision of the test to ensure that it is safe, and the practicalities of the test itself. Subsequent chapters look in detail at the key CPET measurements of heart rate, ventilation, oxygen uptake, and carbon dioxide output. There are chapters on the parameters that can be derived from these basic measurements: ventilatory equivalents, oxygen pulse, and the respiratory exchange ratio. Further chapters show how the anaerobic threshold and respiratory compensation point are obtained, and how they can be used to interpret the physiological response to exercise. The role of monitoring oxygen saturation and flow–volume loops during the test is described. The third section of the book has chapters on presentation of results, interpretative strategies, and summaries of classical CPET patterns seen in different diseases. The final chapters consider the role of preoperative CPET testing and how to prescribe exercise. All chapters have pointers to further resources.

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Kirchman, David L. The ecology of viruses. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198789406.003.0010.

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In addition to grazing, another form of top-down control of microbes is lysis by viruses. Every organism in the biosphere is probably infected by at least one virus, but the most common viruses are thought to be those that infect bacteria. Viruses come in many varieties, but the simplest is a form of nucleic acid wrapped in a protein coat. The form of nucleic acid can be virtually any type of RNA or DNA, single or double stranded. Few viruses in nature can be identified by traditional methods because their hosts cannot be grown in the laboratory. Direct count methods have found that viruses are very abundant, being about ten-fold more abundant than bacteria, but the ratio of viruses to bacteria varies greatly. Viruses are thought to account for about 50% of bacterial mortality but the percentage varies from zero to 100%, depending on the environment and time. In addition to viruses of bacteria and cyanobacteria, microbial ecologists have examined viruses of algae and the possibility that viral lysis ends phytoplankton blooms. Viruses infecting fungi do not appear to lyse their host and are transmitted from one fungus to another without being released into the external environment. While viral lysis and grazing are both top-down controls on microbial growth, they differ in several crucial respects. Unlike grazers, which often completely oxidize prey organic material to carbon dioxide and inorganic nutrients, viral lysis releases the organic material from hosts more or less without modification. Perhaps even more important, viruses may facilitate the exchange of genetic material from one host to another. Metagenomic approaches have been used to explore viral diversity and the dynamics of virus communities in natural environments.

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