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The book provides a cross-disciplinary and multi-scale assessment of a world top river, the Changjiang (Yangtze River) and its adjacent marginal environment, the East China Sea.The studies in this volume bridges the watersheds of the river and the marginal sea through a...
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Springer
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2015-04-30
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This book explores the limitless ability to design new materials by layering clay materials within organic compounds. Assembly, properties, characterization, and current and potential applications are offered to inspire the development of novel materials. Coincides...
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Wiley
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2015-04-30
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This book presents current research into the catalytic combustion of methane using perovskite-type oxides (ABO3). Catalytic combustion has been developed as a method of promoting efficient combustion with minimum pollutant formation as compared to conventional catalytic...
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Springer
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2015-04-30
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A must-have textbook for any undergraduate studying solid state physics. This successful brief course in solid state physics is now in its second edition. The clear and concise introduction not only describes all the basic phenomena and concepts, but also such advanced...
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Wiley-VCH
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2015-04-30
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We inherit mechanisms for survival from our primeval past; none so obviously as those involved in reproduction. The hormone testosterone underlies the organization of activation of masculinity: it changes the body and brain to make a male. It is involved not only in...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-04-30
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Bettina Heberer gibt interessierten Laien einen Einblick in die grüne Gentechnik. Ein kurzer Überblick zu Grundlagen der Genetik und den Methoden der Pflanzenzüchtung hilft, Hintergründe zu verstehen. Die Autorin erläutert die Herstellung und Eigenschaften gentechnisch...
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Springer Spektrum
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2015-04-30
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The history of biological control of harmful organisms by mites is marked by outstanding achievements with a few premiere natural enemies. Early works concentrated on the use of predatory mites for the control of synanthropic flies, More recently, the focus has been...
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Springer
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2015-04-30
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Mit einem soliden Fundament und dem richtigen Handwerkszeug lernt sich die Chemie deutlich leichter. David R. Klein erklärt Ihnen in diesem Buch grundlegende Dinge wie das richtige Rechnen mit Einheiten und wie Sie eine Formeln umgehen sollten. Schnell geht es danach...
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Wiley-VCH
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2015-04-30
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Das Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen enthält die wissenschaftlichen, deutschen und englischen Namen aller in der IUCN Red List von 2008 aufgeführten rezenten Säugetierarten sowie einige neuentdeckte oder einer taxonomischen Revision unterzogene Arten – alphabetisch nach...
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Springer Spektrum
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2015-04-30
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This book describes the mechanisms of nutrient taken up by plants at the biochemical and molecular level.This is a new concept developed over the past 30 years, primarily due to use of modern technology developed in biotechnological research, instrumentation, modern...
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Springer
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2015-04-30
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?Plant dormancy involves synchronization of environmental cues with developmental processes to ensure plant survival; however, negative impacts of plant dormancy include pre-harvest sprouting, non-uniform germination of crop and weed seeds, and fruit loss due to...
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Springer
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2015-04-30
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Despite its small size, Belize is one of the most ecologically and culturally diverse nations in Central America. Over 3,400 species of plants can be found here, within a diversity of ecological habitats. Because of this, Belize is paradise for ecotourists, hosting over...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-04-30
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This book proposes an applied epistemological framework for investigating science, social cognition and religious thinking based on inferential patterns that recur in the different domains. It presents human rationality as a tool that allows us to make sense of our...
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Springer
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2015-04-29
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The functional analysis of plant-microbe interactions has re-emerged in the past 10 years due to spectacular advances in integrative study models. This book summarizes basic and technical information related to the plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) belonging...
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Springer
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2015-04-29
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“Infogest” (Improving Health Properties of Food by Sharing our Knowledge on the Digestive Process) is an EU COST action/network in the domain of Food and Agriculture that will last for 4 years from April 4, 2011. Infogest aims at building an open international network...
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Springer
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2015-04-29
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Thermo-Fluid Behaviour of Periodic Cellular Metals introduces the study of coupled thermo-fluid behaviour of cellular metals with periodic structure in response to thermal loads, which is an interdisciplinary research area that requires a concurrent-engineering...
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Springer
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2015-04-29
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Sebastian Uhlig presents the first experimental investigation of self-organized surface structures (LIPSS) generated by ablation from different (semiconductor and metallic) targets with an ultrafast white-light continuum (WLC) spreading in wavelength from 400-750 nm....
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Springer Spektrum
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2015-04-28
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The book provides a systematic view on flammability and a collection of solved engineering problems in the fields of dilution and purge, mine gas safety, clean burning safety and gas suppression modeling. For the first time, fundamental principles of energy conservation...
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Springer
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2015-04-28
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Imaging and Manipulation of Adsorbates using Dynamic Force Microscopy provides an overview of the latest developments in dynamic force microscopy (DFM) of atoms, molecules, and nanoparticles adsorbed on solid surfaces. Significant advances in the capabilities of this...
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Springer
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2015-04-28
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This book highlights and discusses recent developments that have contributed to an improved understanding of observed mantle heterogeneities and their relation to the thermo-chemical state of Earth's mantle, which ultimately holds the key to unlocking the secrets of the...
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Springer
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2015-04-28
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