2013

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, WISE 2013, held in Nanjing, China, in October 2013. The 48 full papers, 29 short papers, and 10 demo and 5 challenge papers, presented in the two-volume proceedings LNCS 8180 and 8181, were carefully reviewed and selected from 198 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: Web mining; Web recommendation; Web services; data engineering and database; semi-structured data and modeling; Web data integration and hidden Web; challenge; social Web; information extraction and multilingual management; networks, graphs and Web-based business processes; event processing, Web monitoring and management; and innovative techniques and creations.

The Yearbook contains documentary materials of a legal character concerning the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations (IGOs). The present volume covers activities in 2013 and contains: legislative texts and treaties, or provisions thereof, concerning the legal status of the UN and related IGOs; a general overview of the legal activities of the UN and related IGOs; selected treaties concerning international law concluded under the auspices of the organizations concerned; selected decisions of administrative tribunals of the UN and related IGOs; selected legal opinions of the UN and related IGOs; a list of judgments, advisory opinions and selected decisions rendered by international tribunals; selected decisions of national tribunals relating to the work of the UN and related IGOs.

Content -- Note -- Risk and chances for PPP in waste management Dr. Florian Kölsch -- Discussion of applicability of advanced solid waste management technologies and strategies in developing and emerging countries Wolfgang Pfaff-Simoneit -- Effects of Application Appropriate Scenarios on Waste Treatment on Municipal Solid Waste Heating Value I.-S. Antonopoulos, A. Karagiannidis -- Sustainable strategies and technologies - the challenge of municipal solid waste (MSW) management in Poland Magdalena Rybaczewska-Blazejowska -- EU 2020 targets for household waste: SC, SRF and BMT roles Elena Cristina Rada and Marco Ragazzi -- Revision of Waste Treatment Industries BREF Document - What are the implications for MBT Operators? Matthias Kühle-Weidemeier -- RDF Production in Hotel Areas in the Caribbean Region Christian Garrido C. -- Experimental Case Study of Bio-drying Mechanical-Biological Treatment in Korea Jae-Ram Park, Ui-Ho Cho, Bo-Ram Kim, Yeo-Gyeong Kim, Je-Hyun Nah, Sung-Jin Bae, Geon-Mook Leem and Dong-Hoon Lee -- National Waste Policy: Promotion of Market for Secondary Resources in Brazil Christiane Pereira, Klaus Fricke, Burkart Schulte and Leticia Theotonio -- Municipal Waste -- Management, Treatment and Disposal Facilities in Greece: Presentation of Current Situation and Perspectives in the Middle of the Ongoing Financial Crisis G. Perkoulidis A. Karagiannidis and I.-S. Antonopoulos -- Successful Refurbishment of the Biomethanization Lines at the MBT Burgos and at the Ecoparc I in Barcelona. Stephan Schulte, Rita Nimmrichter -- Paolo Bozano -- Mario Ojeda -- Zilina RDF Production Plant, Slovakia Martin Wellacher -- Further development and capability of mechanical biological waste treatment (MBT) Michael Balhar

Sunni-Shia relations in Iran offer an analytical guide for the interpretation of inequality, securitization, and immigration. This book reorients our understanding of contemporary Iran by answering still unacknowledged questions: how is the relationship, the interaction and socio-political behaviour between the Islamic Republic and its Sunni minorities? Using unexamined sources and fieldwork, Hessam Habibi Doroh shows a clear insight into the life of Iranian Sunnis, their contention and cooperation with the state during Hasan Rouhani ́s presidency. Comparison with the wider region complements this nuanced portrayal of impacts of privatization, secularization, and securitization on the sectarian relations between the state and its minorities.

The Flood of 2013 chronicles an unforgettable summer of angry rivers, unprecedented flooding and undeniable human spirit. This book looks at how the disaster irrevocably changed southern Alberta and its people. In the face of disaster, Albertans showed their true grit and rose above adversity—just like their ancestors did for generations before them. The flood began in southern Alberta on June 20 and led to four deaths, billions of dollars in damage and more than 100,000 people fleeing their homes to escape raging waters. More than eighty Herald journalists—photographers, writers, editors, videographers, researchers and digital producers—became involved in narrating the tale of the flood. Using their words and images, this stunning volume captures not only the devastation and destruction of the flood but also the emergence of heroes and heartfelt moments. Neighbours helped neighbours. Strangers helped strangers. And Albertans vowed to recover, come hell or high water.