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Die ökologische Krise hängt mit einem bestimmten modernen Naturverständnis zusammen, nämlich dem sogenannten mechanisierten Weltbild. Aus dieser Sicht ist die Natur ein Ensemble toter, inerter Dinge ohne Innenseite und eigene Aktivität und infolgedessen ein Inventar von...
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Springer VS
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2016-08-11
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This book discusses how emerging groundwater risks under current and potential climate change conductions reduce available groundwater resources for domestic use, and agriculture and energy production. The topics discussed throughout this book are grouped into five...
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Springer
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2016-08-11
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This book highlights the basics of crystal optics methods and refractive index (RI) measurement techniques in various solids, as well as their scientific and technological applications. In addition to new techniques for cases when traditional techniques are impractical,...
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Springer
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2016-08-10
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In this book 60 authors from many disciplines and from 18 countries on ?ve continents examine in ten parts: Moving towards Sustainability Transition; Aiming at Sustainable Peace; Meeting Challenges of the 21st Century: Demographic Imbalances, Temperature Rise and...
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Springer
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2016-08-10
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The aim of this primer is to cover the essential theoretical information, quickly and concisely, in order to enable senior undergraduate and beginning graduate students to tackle projects in topical research areas of quantum fluids, for example, solitons, vortices and...
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Springer
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2016-08-10
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This book is on urban resilience – how to design and operate cities that can withstand major threats such as natural disasters and economic downturns and how to recover from them. It is a collection of latest research results from two separate but collaborating research...
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Springer
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2016-08-10
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The land degradation due to salinity and waterlogging is a global phenomenon, afflicting about one billion hectares within the sovereign borders of at least 75 countries. Besides staring at the food security, it has far reaching and unacceptable socio-economic...
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Springer
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2016-08-10
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This book explores the nexus among food, energy and water in peri-urban areas, demonstrating how relevant this nexus is for environmental sustainability. In particular it examines the effective management of the nexus in the face of the risks and trade-offs of...
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Springer
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2016-08-10
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This book describes the nature and origin of the Macraes gold deposit. It also documents the key features of this spectacular deposit for a wide range of professionals in the resource geology community.This world-class gold deposit has been a spectacular geological and...
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Springer
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2016-08-10
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The “omics” era has given a new perspective to the findings on the origin and evolution of the process of translation. This book provides insight into the evolution of the translation process and machinery from a modern perspective. Written by leading experts in...
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Springer
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2016-08-10
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This book will cover the cutting-edge developments in molecular and cellular mechanobiology to date. Readers will have a clear understanding of mechanobiology at the molecular and cellular levels, encompassing the mechanosensors, transducers, and transcription. An...
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Springer
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2016-08-10
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This book demonstrates how the primate hand combines both primitive and novel morphology, both general function with specialization, and both a remarkable degree of diversity within some clades and yet general similarity across many others. Across the chapters,...
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Springer
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2016-08-10
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Provides a comprehensive overview of one of nature's most engaging mammals Covers fossil history, taxonomy, genetics, physiology, biomechanics, behavior, ecology, and conservation Includes genetic analysis of five of the six subspecies of modern giraffes Includes...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-08-09
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This book offers valuable climate policy and climate assessment lessons, depicting what it takes to build a sustained climate assessment process. It explores the third U.S. National Climate Assessment (NCA3) report as compared with previous US national climate...
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Springer
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2016-08-09
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This book covers the latest data available to understand the mechanisms causing the formation of single species fungal biofilms or polymicrobial biofilms involving fungal species; specific chapters present hot topics such as resistance mechanisms and composition and...
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Springer
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2016-08-09
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This volume of Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry reviews the latest developments in electrochemical science and technology related to biomedical and pharmaceutical applications.In particular, this book discusses electrochemical applications to medical...
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Springer
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2016-08-09
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This timely volume explores the use of CRISPR-Cas9 for genome editing, presenting cutting-edge techniques and their applications in treatment of disease. The chapters describe latest methods such as use of targetable nucleases, investigation of the non-coding genome,...
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Springer
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2016-08-09
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The book presents mathematical and mechanical aspects of the theory of plates and shells, applications in civil, aero-space and mechanical engineering, as well in other areas.The focus relates to the following problems:• comprehensive review of the most popular theories...
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Springer
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2016-08-09
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Based on a data series of more than 50 years, this book discusses spatial and seasonal variability in air-mass and frontal extreme precipitation frequency and as well as the relationship between their occurrence and atmospheric circulation. The climatology of air-mass...
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Springer
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2016-08-08
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Gregorio Weber is widely acknowledged as the person responsible for the advent of modern fluorescence spectroscopy. Since 2016 is the 100th anniversary ofGregorio Weber’s birth, this special volume has been prepared to honor his life and achievements. It offers...
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Springer
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2016-08-08
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Springer Series on Fluorescence
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