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This book deals with a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. It is a discipline that addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, poor-nation starvation,...
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Springer
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2017-01-17
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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews
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This volume brings together insights on the interactions between environmental change and human security in the Middle East and Africa. These regions face particular challenges in relation to environmental degradation, the decline of natural resources and consequent...
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Springer
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2017-01-17
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Moderne Naturwissenschaft lässt sich methodisch und inhaltlich nicht ohne ihre vielfältigen Bezüge zur Philosophie verstehen. Vor dem Hintergrund einer Theorie einer Begriffsgeschichte naturwissenschaftlicher Begriffe stellt Wolfgang Neuser in diesem Buch historische...
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Springer VS
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2017-01-17
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Das vorliegende Werk beschäftigt sich mit dem Eigentum des Physikers und Nobelpreisträgers Albert Einstein, das während des dritten Reiches von den Nazis konfisziert wurde und dem langen Weg zur Entschädigung. Einsteins Eigentum und das seiner Familie, darunter...
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Springer
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2017-01-17
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Ziel dieses Bandes ist es, an konkretem Verhalten, nämlich der Planung, Entscheidung und Ausführung von Handlungen, zu demonstrieren, welche aktuellen Kenntnisse bereits auf den verschiedenen Untersuchungsebenen vorliegen und welche Auswirkungen diese Kenntnisse auf...
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Springer Spektrum
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2017-01-16
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This invaluable resource explores the regenerative potential of stem cells in the nervous system, with a focus on clinical applications. The expertly authored chapters discuss cell-based therapies for spinal cord injury and regeneration, traumatic brain injury,...
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Springer
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2017-01-16
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Die Autoren stellen umfangreiche Forschungsergebnisse tiefgreifender und großflächiger Hangdeformationen vor. Sie bewerten diese hinsichtlich ihrer Auswirkungen auf die Umwelt, ihrer Erscheinungsformen, geologischen und geotechnischen Verhältnisse sowie deren zeitlicher...
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Springer Spektrum
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2017-01-16
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This book explores the consequences of change in the urban form, the amalgam of the urban space and buildings and on the processes leading to planning and design. Urban form and its fabric result from a multitude of individual interests, ideas and decisions which in...
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Springer
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2017-01-16
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Our knowledge of reproductive biology has increased enormously in recent years on cellular, molecular, and genetic levels, leading to significant breakthroughs that have directly benefitted in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technologies (ART)...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2017-01-13
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This book introduces the current understanding of the fundamentals of nuclear physics by referring to key experimental data and by providing a theoretical understanding of principal nuclear properties.It primarily covers the structure of nuclei at low excitation in...
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Springer
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2017-01-12
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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of enzyme engineering, from fundamental principles through to the state-of-the-art in research and industrial applications.
It begins with a brief history, describing the milestones of advancement in enzyme...
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Springer
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2017-01-12
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'After a lifetime of dabbling in philosophy without tackling logic, I bought a couple of books on the subject and was soon totally lost. This book saved me.' - Amazon 5 star review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Unlike so many logic books, this one is easy...
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Teach Yourself
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2017-01-12
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A comprehensive overview of the topic, highlighting recent developments, ongoing research trends and future directions. Experts from Europe, Asia and the US cover five core areas of imminent importance to the food, feed, pharmaceutical and water treatment industries in...
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Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2017-01-12
Collection :
Advanced Biotechnology
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This book elaborates on the acceleration of charged particles with ultrafast terahertz electromagnetic radiation. It paves the way for new, and improves many aspects of current, accelerator applications. These include providing shorter electron bunches for ultrafast...
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Springer
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2017-01-11
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In diesem essential wird erläutert, was die Lichtblattmikroskopie von gewöhnlicher Lichtmikroskopie unterscheidet. Der Autor beleuchtet kurz die Historie solcher Verfahren, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf den technischen Konzepten liegt. Schließlich werden aktuelle...
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Springer Spektrum
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2017-01-11
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This thesis focuses on the theoretical description of electro-osmosis of polymer solutions. In particular, it emphasizes the importance of considering non-uniform profiles of the solution viscosity and polymer concentration near a solid surface.
The thesis begins with...
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Springer
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2017-01-11
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This is a first book to show that the theory of the Gaussian random matrix is essential to understand the universal correlations with random fluctuations and to demonstrate that it is useful to evaluate topological universal quantities. We consider Gaussian random...
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Springer
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2017-01-11
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This book is open access under a Creative Commons license.This authoritative book presents the ever progressing state of the art in evaluating climate change strategies and action. It builds upon a selection of relevant and practical papers and presentations given at...
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Springer
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2017-01-11
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This thesis provides a comprehensive introduction to two active research directions within the field of plasmonics: (i) nonclassical, or quantum, aspects of the plasmonic response; and (ii) two-dimensional plasmonics, a recent innovation in the field stimulated by the...
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Springer
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2017-01-11
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The present book analyses critically the tripartite mimicry model (consisting of the mimic, model and receiver species) and develops semiotic tools for comparative analysis. It is proposed that mimicry has a double structure where sign relations in communication are in...
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Springer
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2017-01-11
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