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The study of genetic exchange resulting from natural hybridization, horizontal gene transfer, and viral recombination has long been marked by controversy between researchers holding different conceptual frameworks. Those subscribing to a doctrine of 'species purity'...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-10-22
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This volume proposes a move away from the universalized and general modern ethical method, as it is currently practiced in biomedical ethics, while aiming toward a decision making process rooted in an ontology of relationality. Moyse uses the theological ethics of Karl...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-10-21
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This book shows how the study of multi-hadron production phenomena in the years after the founding of CERN culminated in Hagedorn's pioneering idea of limiting temperature, leading on to the discovery of the quark-gluon plasma -- announced, in February 2000 at...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-21
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This monograph provides both an introduction to and a thorough exposition of the theory of rate-independent systems, which the authors have been working on with a lot of collaborators over 15 years. The focus is mostly on fully rate-independent systems, first on an...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-21
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This book is an overview of our current understanding of aluminium toxicity and tolerance in plants. It covers all relevant aspects from molecular and cellular biology, to genetic approaches, root biology and plant physiology. The contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-21
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This Thesis in biological physics has two components, describing the use of X-ray scattering techniques to study the structure of two different stacked lipid membrane systems.The first part focuses on the interaction between a short 11-mer peptide, Tat, which is part of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-20
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Skeptics of the supernatural will enjoy this humorous jaunt through the long history of scientific inquiry into paranormal and psychic phenomena. Life after death, spirit communication, the astral plane, reincarnation: on the relatively rare occasions when scientists...
Editeur :
Union Square & Co.
Parution :
2015-10-20
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The basic of the BPM technique in the frequency domain relies on treating the slowly varying envelope of the monochromatic electromagnetic field under paraxial propagation, thus allowing efficient numerical computation in terms of speed and allocated memory. In...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2015-10-20
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This proceedings volume contains a selection of invited and contributed papers of the 9th International Workshop on Sulfur Metabolism in Plants, which was hosted by Heinz Rennenberg, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg and was held at Schloss Reinach, Freiburg-Munzigen,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-20
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In this thesis, Dr. Jin presents the distribution of ancestral chromosomal segments in the admixed genome, which could provide the information needed to explore population admixture dynamics. The author derives accurate population histories of African Americans and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-20
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This book presents an analysis of the main traits of the Turkish political culture and articulates some of the most important deeply embedded social qualifications of political life in Turkey. It reveals that when water management is historically and socially shaped by...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-19
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This book presents a comprehensive study of the handling of fresh fruits in the developing world from harvesting to the shelf. With annual losses ranging from 30-40% due to lack of knowledge on proper handling practices and value addition, this book's information on...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-19
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The proposed book is not only a tribute to the work of Brückner (and indeed also a personal tribute, since Brückner wrote his book at the Institute of Geography of the University of Bern), but references to Brückner’s book are also a conceptual tool in the proposed...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-19
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This anthological description of the history and applications of photochemistry provides photochemistry practitioners with complementary information about the field, currently not covered in existing textbooks and handbooks. The first part focuses on the historical...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-19
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This SpringerBrief equips readers to develop defensible fire safety designs for a range of concrete structures. It identifies current gaps in the research and provides a more complete understanding of the structural and thermal response of contemporary Post-tensioned...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-19
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These two volumes contain a selection of updated articles from the acclaimed Meyers Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, the most authoritative resource in cell and molecular biology, combined with new articles by "founding fathers" in the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2015-10-19
Collection :
Advances in Molecular Biology and Medicine
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Vertebrates and Invertebrates of European Cities: Selected Non-Avian Fauna is the first known account of the vertebrate and invertebrate fauna of several cities in Europe and throughout the rest of the world. It excludes birds, which are described in a companion volume....
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-19
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This handbook is derived from the online reference "Corrosion Handbook", bringing together the relevant information about corrosion protection and prevention for steels, one of the most widely used materials. It provides comprehensive information, including tabulated...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2015-10-19
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This volume investigates the interdisciplinary and cross-cutting challenges in the risk analysis of natural hazards. It brings together leading minds in engineering, science, philosophy, law, and the social sciences. Parts I and II of this volume explore risk...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-17
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In
this thesis single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer
(FRET)
spectroscopy was used to study the folding of a protein that belongs
to the large and important family of repeat proteins. Cohen shows
that the dynamics of the expanded conformations is likely...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-17
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