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This book focuses on Blakiston’s fish owl and the red-crowned crane as umbrella species. Healthy river, riparian and wetland ecosystems are necessary to maintain the populations of the two species. Both species have been revered by people since ancient times, but both...
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Springer
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2018-02-23
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Genomics has transformed the biological sciences. From epidemiology and medicine to evolution and forensics, the ability to determine an organism's complete genetic makeup has changed the way science is done and the questions that can be asked of it. Its most celebrated...
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OUP Oxford
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2018-02-22
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Mountains, Climate and Biodiversity: A comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis for students and researchers Mountains are topographically complex formations that play a fundamental role in regional and continental-scale climates. They are also cradles to all major river...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2018-02-22
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The proposal that the impact of humanity on the planet has left a distinct footprint, even on the scale of geological time, has recently gained much ground. Global climate change, shifting global cycles of the weather, widespread pollution, radioactive fallout, plastic...
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OUP Oxford
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2018-02-22
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This book focuses on CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) techniques and the recent developments and research works in energy applications. It is devoted to the publication of basic and applied studies broadly related to this area. The chapters present the development of...
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Springer
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2018-02-22
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This thesis explores fluid distribution along the Nankai-Trough megathrust fault around the Kii Peninsula of Japan, where devastating earthquakes are expected to occur in the near future. Exploring fluid distribution along subduction zones is an important issue because...
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Springer
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2018-02-22
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The Azores archipelago consists of nine islands that emerge from the Azores Plateau in the Central Northern Atlantic, situated within the triple junction of the American, Eurasian and African lithosphere plates. Subaerial volcanic activity has been well known since the...
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Springer
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2018-02-22
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This monograph provides a comparative study between failure probabilities and collapse frequencies in structural bridge engineering. The author presents techniques to resolve and extend the limitations of both parameters, taking also into account the time dependency of...
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Springer
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2018-02-22
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This book presents a range of academic research and personal reflections on the Gorkha earthquake that struck Nepal in 2015. For the first time, perspectives from geography, disaster risk reduction, cultural heritage protection, archaeology, anthropology, social work,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-02-21
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This book explores Probabilistic Cellular Automata (PCA) from the perspectives of statistical mechanics, probability theory, computational biology and computer science. PCA are extensions of the well-known Cellular Automata models of complex systems, characterized by...
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Springer
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2018-02-21
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Emergence, Complexity and Computation
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This book summarizes three years of extensive research conducted in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Vietnam as part of the CECAR – Asia project, which was intended to enhance resilience to climate and ecosystem changes by developing mosaic systems to strengthen resilience of...
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Springer
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2018-02-21
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This book presents current applications of remote sensing techniques for clouds and precipitation for the benefit of students, educators, and scientists. It covers ground-based systems such as weather radars and spaceborne instruments on satellites. Measurements and...
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Springer
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2018-02-21
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Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
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The 95th volume in this series for organic chemists in industry presents critical discussions of widely used organic reactions or particular phases of a reaction.The material is treated from a preparative viewpoint, with emphasis on limitations, interfering influences,...
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Wiley
Parution :
2018-02-21
Collection :
Organic Reactions
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This SpringerBrief provides an overview of ultrasonic emulsification and an update on recent advances in developing stable emulsions for the creation of novel drugs and functional foods, with a focus on bioactive delivery in these products.Emulsification is the process...
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Springer
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2018-02-21
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?This book summarizes the results of research the authors have pursued in the past years on the problem of implementing Bell's notion of local causality in local physical theories and relating it to other important concepts and principles in the foundations of...
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Springer
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2018-02-20
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This book provides an overview of state-of-the-art methods in computational engineering for modeling and simulation.This proceedings volume includes a selection of refereed papers presented at the International Conference on Advances in Computational Mechanics (ACOME)...
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Springer
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2018-02-20
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This book delivers a methodological approach on the experimentation and/or simulation processes from the disclaiming hypothesis on a physical phenomenon to the validation of the results. The main benefit of the book is that it discusses all the topics related to...
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Springer
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2018-02-20
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This edited book contains a compilation of 14 advanced academic chapters dealing with the structure and function of membrane protein complexes.This rapidly advancing important field of study closely parallels those on soluble protein complexes, and viral protein and...
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Springer
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2018-02-20
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There are currently intense efforts devoted to understand plant respiration (from genes toecosystems) and its regulatory mechanisms; this is because respiratory CO2 productionrepresents a substantial carbon loss in crops and in natural ecosystems. Thus, in addition...
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Springer
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2018-02-20
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Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration
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The natural environment for plants is composed of a complex set of abiotic and biotic stresses; plant responses to these stresses are equally complex. Systems biology allows us to identify regulatory hubs in complex networks. It also examines the molecular “parts”...
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Springer
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2018-02-20
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