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This is the story of the work of the original NASA space pioneers; men and women who were suddenly organized in 1958 from the then National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) into the Space Task Group. A relatively small group, they developed the initial mission...
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Springer
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2016-03-23
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This book introduces the mathematical techniques for turbulence control in a form suitable for inclusion in an engineering degree program at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels whilst also making it useful to researchers and industrial users of the concepts. It...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2016-03-23
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Der Taschenatlas der Biotechnologie und Gentechnik hat seit dem ersten Erscheinen 2001 bereits etliche Jahrgänge von Studenten und Schülern und interessierte Quereinsteiger in die Grundlagen diese wegweisenden Zukunftstechnologien eingeführt und sich als anschaulicher...
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Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2016-03-23
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The performance of crops in the soil largely depends on the physico-chemical components of the soil, which regulate the availability of nutrients as well as abiotic and biotic stresses. Microbes are the integral component of any agricultural soil, playing a vital...
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Springer
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2016-03-23
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Koki Horikoshi — discoverer of the alkaliphiles, microbes that thrive in alkaline environments — describes in his autobiography how the research on extremophiles started and developed. He is a pioneer in the study of these microorganisms that thrive in extreme...
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Springer
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2016-03-23
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The central theme of this book is the extent to which the structure of the free dynamical boundaries of a system controls the evolution of the system as a whole. Applying three orthogonal types of thinking - mathematical, constructivist and morphological, it illustrates...
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Springer
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2016-03-23
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This book analyzes the Early Cretaceous volcanic processes in Misiones Province and in Sierra Chica de Córdoba (Argentina). The volcanism in Misiones is tholeiitic and belongs to the Parana Magmatic Province (PMP), which extends throughout South America. In contrast,...
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Springer
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2016-03-23
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Reliable and detailed information about the Earth’s subsurface is of crucial importance throughout the geosciences. Quantitative integration of all available geophysical and geological data helps to make Earth models more robust and reliable. The aim of this book is to...
Editeur :
American Geophysical Union
Parution :
2016-03-23
Collection :
Geophysical Monograph Series
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This book illustrates a theory well suited to tracking codes, which the author has developed over the years. Tracking codes now play a central role in the design and operation of particle accelerators. The theory is fully explained step by step with equations and actual...
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Springer
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2016-03-22
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The book presents the latest findings
on C-type lectin receptors, focusing on individual receptors and their
signaling. In recent years there have been great advances in the understanding
of the function of these receptors as a newly emerging family of...
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Springer
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2016-03-22
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This book presents a new paradigm of knowledge and action with
respect to urban waterfronts and the “fluid city paradigm,”
explaining its methodological framework and describing an integrated and
creative planning approach in which waterfront regeneration is pursued as...
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Springer
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2016-03-22
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This monograph is an exposition of a novel method for solving inverse problems, a method of parameter estimation for time series data collected from simulations of real experiments. These time series might be generated by measuring the dynamics of aircraft in flight, by...
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Springer
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2016-03-22
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A major contribution to the state-of-the-art for those interested in multiphase flow in well-bore, drilling cutting, hydrate and/or acid gas involvements The author is a leading researcher on the topics presented, and his development of gas-liquid flow pattern...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2016-03-22
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This book looks back on thirty-five years of microwave (MW)
chemistry and explains how the application of the MW technique became an
integral part of R&D, eventually becoming recognized in industry. Further,
it details how MW chemistry has undergone a dynamic...
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Springer
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2016-03-22
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As a guide for pharmaceutical professionals to the issues and practices of drug discovery toxicology, this book integrates and reviews the strategy and application of tools and methods at each step of the drug discovery process. • Guides researchers as to what drug...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2016-03-22
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Focusing on biosynthesis, this book provides readers with approaches and methodologies for modern organic synthesis. By discussing major biosynthetic pathways and their chemical reactions, transformations, and natural products applications; it links biosynthetic...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2016-03-22
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This book
describes the diverse roles that growth factors and cytokines play in skeletal
muscle. The extracellular environment has profound effects on the biology of
skeletal muscle. The soluble portion of this environment includes a rich milieu
of growth factors and...
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Springer
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2016-03-22
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With a focus on food safety, this book highlights the
importance of microbes in sustainable agriculture. Plants, sessile organisms that are considered
as primary producers in
the ecosystem and communicate with above- and below-ground communities that
consist of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-03-22
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The purpose of this book is to summarize new insights on the structure and function of mountain ecosystems and to present evidence and perspectives on the impact of climate change on biodiversity. This volume describes overall features of high-mountain ecosystems in...
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Springer
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2016-03-22
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This book provides recent environmental, ecological and hydrodynamic information for the major estuaries and the coastal marine systems of the Western Indian Ocean Region. It covers various functions and values of the region’s estuarine ecosystems and their respective...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-03-22
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