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Marine mammals attract human interest – sometimes this interest is benign or positive – whale watching, conservation programmes for whales, seals, otters, and efforts to clear beaches of marine debris are seen as proactive steps to support these animals. However, there...
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Springer
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2017-06-19
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Money and Finance After the Crisis provides a critical multi-disciplinary perspective on the post-crisis financial world in all its complexity, dynamism and unpredictability. Contributions illuminate the diversity of ways in which money and finance continue to shape...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2017-06-19
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Antipode Book Series
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Earthquakes are some of the most dynamic features of the Earth. This multidisciplinary volume presents an overview of earthquake processes and properties including the physics of dynamic faulting, fault fabric and mechanics, physical and chemical properties of fault...
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American Geophysical Union
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2017-06-19
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Geophysical Monograph Series
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Dieses Buch beschreibt eine der abwechslungsreichsten Landschaften der Erde und liefert in der dritten Auflage wichtige inhaltliche Ergänzungen zum aktuellen Forschungsstand.
Die Autoren nehmen den Leser mit auf eine faszinierende Zeitreise durch die Epochen der...
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Springer
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2017-06-19
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Although we are seeing more weather and climate extremes, individual extreme events are very diverse and generalization of trends is difficult. For example, mid-latitude and subtropical climate extremes such as heat waves, hurricanes and droughts have increased, and...
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American Geophysical Union
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2017-06-19
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Geophysical Monograph Series
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This book covers the latest research on male infertility. The topics discussed range from understanding the genetic basis of infertility, to its causes and treatment. Since infertility is also of great interest to the general public, the book also includes a detailed...
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Springer
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2017-06-17
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of a series of bismuth oxyhalide compounds of BiOX (X=F, Cl, Br, I), in terms of their microstructure, electronic/band structure, preparation techniques, optical properties and their applications. The book brings together, for...
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Springer
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2017-06-17
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This book presents investigations on the Earth's seismic structure using both active-source and natural earthquake records. It discusses the ground-truth data obtained from the TAiwan Integrated GEodynamics Research (TAIGER) active-source experiments that provides...
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Springer
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2017-06-16
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The result of a workshop bringing together an international advisory board of experts in science, satellite technologies, industry innovations, and public policy, this book addresses the current and future roles of satellite Earth observations in solving large-scale...
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Springer
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2017-06-16
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Photomultipliers are extremely sensitive light detectors that can detect single photons. In multiplying the charge produced by incident light by up to 100 million times, these devices are essential to a wide range of functions, from medical instrumentation to...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-06-16
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Some assumptions about biology are so deeply rooted in our thinking that they seem beyond question. These concepts - expressed in playful jargon - are our sacred bovines. With a light-hearted spirit, Douglas Allchin sets out to challenge many of these common beliefs...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-06-16
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This proceedings volume contains a selection of invited and contributed papers of the 10th International Workshop on Sulfur Metabolism in Plants, which was held in Goslar, Germany September 1-4, 2015. The focus of this workshop was on the fundamental,...
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Springer
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2017-06-16
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Science is the first ever fully illustrated global history of science, from Aristotle to the atom bomb - and beyond.
The first part of the book tells the story of science in both East and West from antiquity to the Enlightenment: from...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-06-16
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'The most important advance of our era. One of the pioneers of the field describes the exciting hunt for the key breakthrough and what it portends for our future' Walter IsaacsonWorld-famous scientist Jennifer Doudna - winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for...
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Vintage Digital
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2017-06-15
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This book primarily focuses on the principles and applications of electric logging, sonic logging, nuclear logging, production logging and NMR logging, especially LWD tools, Sondex production logging tools and other advanced image logging techniques, such as ECLIPS...
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Springer
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2017-06-15
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Springer Geophysics
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This book is aimed at providing a concise discussion on the use of glycerol as a renewable raw material for the chemical industry. With the increasing use of biodiesel produced from oils and fats, there is a surplus of glycerol in the world.This abundant and rather...
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Springer
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2017-06-15
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This open access book presents the most current research results and knowledge from five multidisciplinary themes: Vulnerability of Arctic Environments, Vulnerability of Arctic Societies, Local and Traditional Knowledge, Building Long-term Human Capacity,...
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Springer
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2017-06-15
Collection :
Springer Polar Sciences
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Aus einem Verfahren für Spezialisten in der Forschung hat sich die LC/MS-Kopplung zu einer bewährten Routineanwendung entwickelt. Ziel des Buchs ist, LC/MS-Anwendern möglichst detaillierte Informationen zu geben, damit sie ihre LC/MS-Applikation optimal durchführen...
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Wiley-VCH
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2017-06-15
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This book summarizes the effective reinforcement of scaffolds by means of different kinds of fibers and tubes to meet different needs in the context of tissue repair. It covers the fabrication of the reinforced scaffolds, the factors influencing their properties, and...
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Springer
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2017-06-15
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This book honors Professor. John O’M. Bockris, presenting authoritative reviews on some of the subjects to which he made significant contributions – i.e., electrocatalysis, fuel cells, electrochemical theory, electrochemistry of single crystals, in situ techniques,...
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Springer
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2017-06-15
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