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Numerous works on non-destructive testing of food quality have been reported in the literature. Techniques such as Near InfraRed (NIR) spectroscopy, color and visual spectroscopy, electronic nose and tongue, computer vision (image analysis), ultrasound, x-ray, CT and...
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Springer
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2010-11-30
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A major global issue that the world is facing today is the upcoming depletion of fossil fuels and the energy crisis. In 1998, the global annual energy consumption was 12. 7 TW; of which 80% was generated from fossil fuels. This also translates into huge annual emissions...
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Springer
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2010-11-19
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Green Energy and Technology
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Organic Reaction Mechanisms 2007, the 43rd annual volume in this highly successful and unique series, surveys research on organic reaction mechanisms described in the available literature dated 2007. The following classes of organic reaction mechanisms are...
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Wiley
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2010-11-18
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Organic Reaction Mechanisms
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"Adhesion of Cells, Viruses and Nanoparticles" describes the adhesion of cells, viruses and nanoparticles starting from the basic principles of adhesion science, familiar to postgraduates, and leading on to recent research results.
The underlying theory is that of van...
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Springer
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2010-11-15
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The present edited book is the presentation of 18 in-depth national and international contributions from eminent professors, scientists and instrumental chemists from educational institutes, research organizations and industries providing their views on their...
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Springer
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2010-11-15
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The functionalization of surfaces on the nanoscale is one of the most fascinating and at the same time challenging topics in science. It is the key to tailoring catalysts, sensors, or devices for solar energy conversion, whose functional principle is based on the...
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Springer
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2010-11-09
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Ruthenium Oxidation Complexes explores ruthenium complexes, particularly those in higher oxidation states, which function as useful and selective organic oxidation catalysts. Particular emphasis is placed on those systems which are of industrial significance. The...
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Springer
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2010-11-03
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Catalysis by Metal Complexes
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This book gives an extensive description of the state-of-the-art in research on excited-state hydrogen bonding and hydrogen transfer in recent years. Initial chapters present both the experimental and theoretical investigations on the excited-state hydrogen bonding...
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Wiley
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2010-10-29
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Multi-component reactions warrant ever-increasing attention, as they are ideally suited for combinatorial synthesis (either on solid support or in solution) of libraries of products relevant to catalysis, such as agrochemicals or pharmaceuticals. Therefore, the study...
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Springer
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2010-10-26
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Provides a summary of non-equilibrium glassy and amorphous structures and their macro- and microscopic thermal properties.
The book contains a carefully selected works of fourteen internationally recognized scientists involving the advances of the physics and chemistry...
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Springer
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2010-10-26
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Hot Topics in Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
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Simple carbohydrates, complex oligosaccharides and polysaccharides all belong to a class of ubiquitous (macro)molecules that exhibit a wide range of biological functions, and the recent advent of enhanced enzymatic, chemical and analytical tools used to study these...
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Humana
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2010-10-26
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Despite the fact that chemical applications of ultrasound are now widely acknowledged, a detailed presentation of inorganic systems covering nano-particles, catalysis, aqueous chemistry of metallic solutions and their redox characteristics, both from a theoretical and...
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Springer
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2010-10-17
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The collection, transportation and subsequent processing of waste materials is a vast field of study which incorporates technical, social, legal, economic, environmental and regulatory issues. Common waste management practices include landfilling, biological treatment,...
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Wiley
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2010-10-12
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N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Transition Metal Catalysis and Organocatalysis features all catalytic reactions enabled by N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs), either directly as organocatalysts or as ligands for transition metal catalysts. An explosion in the use of NHCs has...
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Springer
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2010-10-04
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Catalysis by Metal Complexes
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Providing must-have knowledge for the pharmaceutical industry and process chemists in industry, this ready reference offers solutions for saving time and money and supplying -- in a sustainable way -- valuable products. Application-oriented and well structured, each...
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Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2010-10-01
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Written by an experienced editor widely acclaimed within the scientific community, this book covers everything fromo9xygen to nitrogen functionalities. From the contents: Palladium-Catalyzed Syntheses of Five-Member Saturated Heterocyclic and of Aromatic Heterodynes...
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Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2010-09-23
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A new perspective on the design of molecular therapeutics is emerging. This new strategy emphasizes the rational complementation of functionality along extended patches of a protein surface with the aim of inhibiting protein/protein interactions. The successful...
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Wiley
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2010-09-23
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There are eight columns in the Periodic Table. The eighth column is comprised of the rare gases, so-called because they are the rarest elements on earth. They are also called the inert or noble gases because, like nobility, they do no work. They are colorless, odorless,...
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Oxford University Press
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2010-09-16
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The term steroid has become virtually synonymous with drug abuse in sport to the majority of the public. However these steroids - androgens - actually comprise only a single relatively small class of biologically active steroids, and are overshadowed by a large...
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Wiley
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2010-09-14
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Chemistry At a Glance
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Transparent conducting materials are key elements in a wide variety of current technologies including flat panel displays, photovoltaics, organic, low-e windows and electrochromics. The needs for new and improved materials is pressing, because the existing materials do...
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Springer
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2010-09-11
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