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Inland sand dunes are widespread in North America and are found from the North Slope of Alaska to the Sonoran Desert in northern Mexico and from the Delmarva Peninsula in the east to Southern California in the west. In this edited book, we highlight recent research on...
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Springer
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2020-05-20
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Authored by two experts in the field who have been long-time collaborators, this monograph treats the scattering and inverse scattering problems for the matrix Schrödinger equation on the half line with the general selfadjoint boundary condition. The existence,...
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Springer
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2020-05-19
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This book elaborates on the physical principles of polarization remote sensing. It explains the reflective characteristics of surface objects and atmosphere separately, including theory, experiment, instrument and application. In addition, it introduces how polarization...
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Springer
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2020-05-19
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Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
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"For all those who fear they cannot understand the science of DNA -- they will soon find that they can and it's fascinating." -- Matt Ridley, author of Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
DNA, once the exclusive domain of scientists in research labs,...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-05-19
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Die enzymatische Ligation von Peptid- und Proteinfragmenten stellt eine große Herausforderung dar. Unter anderem fehlen geeignete Biokatalysatoren, welche sowohl eine ausreichende Interaktion mit dem Peptidrückgrat aufweisen als auch die Knüpfung einer Peptidbindung...
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Springer Spektrum
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2020-05-19
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This open access book presents and analyzes the results of more than 30 years of long-term ecological research in riparian forest ecosystems with the aim of casting light on changes in the dynamics of riparian forests over time. The research, focusing on the Ooyamazawa...
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Springer
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2020-05-19
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Ecological Research Monographs
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Offers a comprehensive, accessible introduction to experimental design, field monitoring skills for plants and animals, data analysis, interpretation and reporting This user-friendly book presents field monitoring skills for both plants and animals, within the context...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2020-05-19
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This book offers an overview of recent literature on land degradation and its interrelationship with socio-economic development processes in the developing world. It provides an in-depth analysis of land degradation as a physical process, with an emphasis on the local...
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Springer
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2020-05-19
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Why has the chicken become the meat par excellence, the most plentifully eaten and popular animal protein in the world, consumed from Beijing to Barcelona? As renowned historian Paul Josephson shows, the story of the chicken's rise involves a whole host of factors; from...
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Polity
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2020-05-19
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Environmental History
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Given the at times confusing new information concerning the human microbiome released over the last few years, this book seeks to put the research field into perspective for non-specialists. Addressing a timely topic, it breaks down recent research developments in a way...
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Springer
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2020-05-18
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Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) is a highly versatile model with a genetic legacy of more than a century. It provides powerful genetic, cellular, biochemical and molecular biology tools to address many questions extending from basic biology to human diseases. One of...
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Springer
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2020-05-18
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This book addresses development laws for axial strain and excess pore water pressure in silty clay around subway shield tunnels before and after freezing-thawing when subjected to subway loading, as well as the effect of freezing-thawing on the dynamic parameters of...
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Springer
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2020-05-18
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The global population is increasing rapidly, and feeding the ever-increasing population poses a serious challenge for agriculturalists around the world. Seed is a basic and critical input in agriculture to ensure global food security. Roughly 90 percent of the crops...
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Springer
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2020-05-18
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This book presents an alternative representation of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, which makes Special Relativity much more comprehensible. Moreover, one will come across a fundamental relationship between the Special Theory of Relativity and the mechanics of...
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Springer
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2020-05-16
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This book includes 70 selected papers from the Ninth International Conference on Fuzzy Information and Engineering (ICFIE) Satellite, which was held on December 26–30, 2018; and from the 9th International Conference on Fuzzy Information and Engineering (ICFIAE), which...
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Springer
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2020-05-16
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This book presents different thermodynamic approaches in the area of constitutive theory: thermodynamics of irreversible processes, rational thermodynamics, and extended thermodynamics. These different approaches are analyzed with respect to their presuppositions, as...
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Springer
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2020-05-16
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This book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the soils of Sri Lanka. Including sections on the soil research history, climate, geology, geomorphology, major soil types, soil maps, soil properties, soil classification, soil fertility, land use and...
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Springer
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2020-05-16
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This book presents a direct measurement of quantum back action, or radiation pressure noise, on a macroscopic object at room temperature across a broad bandwidth in the audio range.This noise source was predicted to be a limitation for gravitational wave interferometers...
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Springer
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2020-05-15
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This volume presents the emerging applications of immersed boundary (IB) methods in computational mechanics and complex CFD calculations. It discusses formulations of different IB implementations and also demonstrates applications of these methods in a wide range of...
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Springer
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2020-05-15
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This book explores the lively chemistry culture that arose during the 17th century in Colonial New England.This was chiefly due to the efforts of John Winthrop, Jr. who brought both chemical knowledge and the largest library of chemical books in the New World to Boston....
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Springer
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2020-05-15
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