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This work addresses the computation of excited-state properties of systems containing thousands of atoms. To achieve this, the author combines the linear response formulation of time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) with linear-scaling techniques known from...
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Springer
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2015-06-05
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This book highlights the current understanding of materials in the context of new and continuously emerging techniques in the field of electron microscopy. The authors present applications of electron microscopic techniques in characterizing various well-known & new...
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Springer
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2015-06-05
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Hermann Sicius bringt dem Leser in knapper Form alle wichtigen Informationen rund um die Edelgase nahe. Die sechs bekannten Mitglieder dieser achten Hauptgruppe, von Helium bis Radon, sind bei Raumtemperatur allesamt gasförmig, nur über den möglichen Aggregatzustand des...
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Springer Spektrum
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2015-06-05
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Fernanda Antunes Carvalho addresses an issue of key importance to the field of systematics, namely how to foster taxonomic work and the dissemination of scientific knowledge about species by taking full advantage of electronic data and bioinformatics tools. The first...
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Springer Spektrum
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2015-06-05
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The subject of optogenetics is comprehensively covered in this book, including physical, chemical, and biological topics of light-sensing proteins and their application in biological systems, particularly in neuroscience and medicine and the related opto-electronics....
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Springer
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2015-06-05
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This book has following unique features that distinguish it from other works from the same area: 1) Investigates the influence of fissure geometry on strength failure and crack evolution behaviour of real rock material; 2) Analyzes the effect of pre-experiment...
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Springer
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2015-06-05
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This book is a compilation of information on insect/mite/vertebrate pests and fungal/bacterial/viral/mycoplasma/nematode diseases of tropical root and tuber crops such as cassava, sweet potato, yams, taro, Amorphophallus, yam bean and tannia. The book highlights the...
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Springer
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2015-06-05
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Why do females in male-philopatric species seem to show larger variation in their life history strategies than males in female-philopatric species?Why did females in human societies come to show enormous variation in the patterns of marriage, residence and mating...
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Springer
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2015-06-05
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Recently, a new research stimulus has derived from the observation that soft structures, such as biological systems, but also rubber and gel, may work in a post critical regime, where elastic elements are subject to extreme deformations, though still exhibiting...
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Springer
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2015-06-05
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As in the previous volume on the topic, the authors close the gap between abstract mathematical approaches, such as applied methods of modern algebra and analysis, fundamental and computational mechanics, nonautonomous and stochastic dynamical systems, on the one hand...
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Springer
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2015-06-04
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Includes the proceedings from the 7th IAASS Conference, "Space Safety is No Accident," held in Friedrichshafen, Germany, in October 2014.The 7th IAASS Conference, “Space Safety is No Accident” is an invitation to reflect and exchange information on a number of topics in...
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Springer
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2015-06-04
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W. H. Hudson was brought up on the pampas, where he learnt from gauchos about frontier life. After moving to London in 1874, Hudson lived in extreme poverty. Like his friend Joseph Conrad, Hudson was an exile, adapting to England. He never returned to Argentina.Wilson...
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Constable
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2015-06-04
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This Brief concerns the important problem of critical heat flux in flow boiling in microchannels. A companion edition in the SpringerBrief Subseries on Thermal Engineering and Applied Science to “Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Flow Boiling in Microchannels,” by the...
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Springer
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2015-06-04
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This book gives a comprehensive overview of electrochemical-based biosensors and their crucial components. Practical examples are given throughout the text to illustrate how the performance of electrochemical-based biosensors can be improved by nanoscale surface...
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Springer
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2015-06-04
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This book provides an up-to-date coverage of green (vegetated) roof research, design, and management from an ecosystem perspective. It reviews, explains, and poses questions about monitoring, substrate, living components and the abiotic, biotic and cultural aspects...
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Springer
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2015-06-04
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Ecological Studies
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The genome is more than a linear code as depicted by its DNA sequences as several interacting factors play a crucial role in shaping its organization and function.The complete sequences of a number of plant genomes and the recent advances of high-throughput technologies...
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Springer
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2015-06-03
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In the Nature of Landscape presents regional cultural landscape as a new direction for research in cultural geography. Represents the first cultural geographic study of the Norfolk Broads region of eastern England Addresses regional cultural landscape through...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2015-06-03
Collection :
RGS-IBG Book Series
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This volume presents a collection of contributions on materials modeling, which were written to celebrate the 65th birthday of Prof. Nobutada Ohno. The book follows Prof. Ohno’s scientific topics, starting with creep damage problems and ending with homogenization...
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Springer
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2015-06-03
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This thesis presents fundamental work that explains two mysteries concerning the trajectory of interplanetary spacecraft. For the first problem, the so-called Pioneer anomaly, a wholly new and innovative method was developed for computing all contributions to the...
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Springer
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2015-06-02
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This book documents the state of the art in the use of remote sensing to address time-sensitive information requirements. Specifically, it brings together a group of authors who are both researchers and practitioners, who work toward or are currently using remote...
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Springer
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2015-06-02
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