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This book is an important text of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics, probably composed in the 16th century. In the Indian astronomical tradition, the kara?a texts are essentially computational manuals, and they often display a high level of ingenuity in...
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Springer
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2018-03-14
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This book comprehensively describes the transgenesis techniques and applied experimental methods in ascidians including enthusiastically developed original devices in addition to concrete examples of developmental biology studies. Ascidians have been one of the most...
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Springer
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2018-03-14
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This book highlights different aspects of the problem of elder abuse and neglect in India, and discusses its forms as well as means of prevention, intervention and management. It presents a framework for understanding the occurrence of elder abuse and neglect in India,...
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Springer
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2018-03-14
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Using a series of case studies, the book demonstrates the power of dynamic analysis as applied to the fossil record. The book considers how we think about certain types of paleontological questions and shows how to answer them. The analytical tools presented here will...
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Springer
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2018-03-14
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Over half a billion years ago life on earth took an incredible step in evolution, when animals learned to build skeletons. Using many different materials, from calcium carbonate and phosphate, and even silica, to make shell and bone, they started creating the support...
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OUP Oxford
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2018-03-13
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Ist Leben in heißer Säure oder in seifigen Flüssen vorstellbar? Wie tot ist das Tote Meer tatsächlich? Und welche Lebewesen frieren bereits bei 60 °C? Das Buch nimmt den Leser mit auf eine Reise zu den undenkbarsten ökologischen Nischen unseres Planeten und ihren...
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Springer
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2018-03-13
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A new, full-color, completely updated edition of the key practical guide to chemometrics This new edition of this practical guide on chemometrics, emphasizes the principles and applications behind the main ideas in the field using numerical and graphical examples, which...
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Wiley
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2018-03-13
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The marvellous complexity of the Universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundamental constants that fix its shape, scale, and destiny. There is a deep structure to the world which at the same time is simple, elegant, and beautiful. Where did these laws...
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OUP Oxford
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2018-03-13
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As the world population is exploding and alongside fluctuations in climate is also prevalent, there is an increasing stress on the food requirements of the population. We have an urgent necessity to produce more food in the limited agricultural land. Further, to feed...
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Springer
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2018-03-13
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This reference work gives a compete overview of the different stages of drug development using a translational approach. The book is structured in different parts, following the different stages in drug development. Almost half of the work is dedicated to core of drug...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2018-03-13
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Advances in Molecular Biology and Medicine
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Raging wildfires have devastated vast areas of California and Australia in recent years, and predictions are that we will see more of the same in coming years, as a result of climate change. But this is nothing new. Since the dawn of life on land, large-scale fires have...
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OUP Oxford
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2018-03-13
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A single volume collection that surveys the exciting field of plant-made pharmaceuticals and industrial proteins This comprehensive book communicates the recent advances and exciting potential for the expanding area of plant biotechnology and is divided into six...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2018-03-12
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Genomics has transformed the biological sciences. From epidemiology and medicine to evolution and forensics, the ability to determine an organism's complete genetic makeup has changed the way science is done and the questions that can be asked of it. Its most celebrated...
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OUP Oxford
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2018-03-12
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Provides detailed reviews worldwide to key scientists and science or policy administratorsSupplies scientific review articles on all aspects of environmental contamination and associated toxicological consequencesFacilitates the task of accessing and interpreting cogent...
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Springer
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2018-03-12
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The proposal that the impact of humanity on the planet has left a distinct footprint, even on the scale of geological time, has recently gained much ground. Global climate change, shifting global cycles of the weather, widespread pollution, radioactive fallout, plastic...
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OUP Oxford
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2018-03-12
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"Tomorrow's Table" argues that a judicious blend of two important strands of agriculture--genetic engineering and organic farming--is key to helping feed the world's growing population in an ecologically balanced manner. Pamela Ronald, a geneticist, and her husband,...
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Oxford University Press
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2018-03-12
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This book presents a comprehensive overview of Australian impact structures and related mineralization, including a discussion of the significance of many of these structures for crustal evolution. The book focuses in particular on Archaean impact ejecta/fallout...
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Springer
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2018-03-12
Collection :
Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences
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This timely book presents innovative technologies for use in the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of brain disease. These technologies offer exciting possibilities in the medical field owing to their low-cost, portability and safety.
The authors address...
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Springer
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2018-03-10
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This book offers a collection of expert reviews on the use of plant-based antioxidant therapies in disease prevention and treatment. Topics discussed include the uses of plant and nutritional antioxidants in the contexts of reproductive health and prenatal development,...
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Springer
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2018-03-10
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This book provides an overview of antioxidants and antioxidant enzymes and their role in the mechanisms of signaling and cellular tolerance under stress in plant systems. Major reactive oxygen species (ROS)-scavenging/modulating enzymes include the superoxide dismutase...
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Springer
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2018-03-10
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