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This book discusses basic and
applied aspects of somatic embryogenesis, one of the most powerful tools in
plant biotechnology. It is divided into three parts; Part I includes topics
such as the history of this research field, how differentiated plant cells...
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Springer
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2016-06-06
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More than a century has passed since the first bioformulations were introduced to the market. But there is still much to be done, explored and developed. Though bioformulations offer green alternatives and are important for sustainable agriculture, they make up only a...
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Springer
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2016-06-06
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Insect Hearing provides a broadly based view of the functions, mechanisms, and evolution of hearing in insects. With a single exception, the chapters focus on problems of hearing and their solutions, rather than being focused on particular taxa. The exception, hearing...
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Springer
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2016-06-06
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This book is the outcome of two International Conferences held at the ISEC in Bangalore, India: the international conference on “Climate Change and Social-Ecological-Economical Interface-Building: Modelling Approach to Exploring Potential Adaptation Strategies for...
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Springer
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2016-06-04
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This book introduces the concepts of Resilience-Based Design (RBD) as an extension of Performance-Based Design. It provides readers with a range of cutting-edge methodologies for evaluating resilience and clarifies the difference between resilience, vulnerability and...
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Springer
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2016-06-04
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This thesis focuses on the development of new methods of functionalizing carboranes using o-carboryne intermediates. Functional carboranes are now finding a broad range of applications, including organic synthesis, drug design, polymers, catalysis, metal-organic...
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Springer
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2016-06-04
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This book advances a social-ecological theory to reconnect nature and society through sustainable transformation of interacting social and ecological systems. Social ecology develops as an interdisciplinary science by using knowledge from the social sciences, especially...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-06-03
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The European Space Agency has a long history of human spaceflight, flying in space with both NASA and the Soviet/Russian space agencies over the years. This book tells the story of the ESA astronauts who have visited the International Space Station over its first...
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Springer
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2016-06-03
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The first comprehensive account of the rapidly growing field of asymmetric dearomatization reactions with a focus on catalytic methods. It introduces the concept of dearomatization and describes recent progress in asymmetric reaction procedures with different catalyst...
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Wiley-VCH
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2016-06-03
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Volume 2 considers the essential conditions for a model to be truly predictive. The authors use a statistical approach to rate the validity of the various predictive models that have been previously used for evaluating various thermophysical properties. On the basis of...
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OUP Oxford
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2016-06-03
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For readers from both academia and industry wishing to pursue their studies and /or careers in planetary robotics, this book represents a one-stop tour of the history, evolution, key systems, and technologies of this emerging field.The book provides a comprehensive...
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Wiley-VCH
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2016-06-03
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This second edition is a short and comprehensive study on the best known approaches for preparing the main types of glycosides. It covers synthetic pathways of challenging glycosides known as antiviral or antineoplastic drugs, and synthetic substrates used for enzymatic...
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Springer
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2016-06-03
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Bernd Herrmann und Jörn Sieglerschmidt erläutern die gedanklichen Grundlagen der Umweltgeschichte. Sie zeigen auf, dass durch Menschen beeinflusste Ökosysteme, wie alle Entwicklungen in der Zeit, eine Geschichte haben. Ihre ausschließliche Zuordnung zu den Natur- oder...
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Springer Spektrum
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2016-06-03
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This book describes the state-of-the-art
concerning the ‘marine microbiome’ and its uses in biotechnology. The first
part discusses the diversity and ecology of marine microorganisms and viruses,
including all three domains of life: Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya....
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Springer
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2016-06-03
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Die Autoren zeigen in diesem essential, wie Schwingungen und Wellen in vielen Teilgebieten der Physik auftreten und dass ein Massenpunkt um seine Ruhelage oder ein elektrischer Strom um den Wert Null schwingen können. Sie führen die Leser in die mathematische Behandlung...
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Springer Spektrum
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2016-06-03
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An epic, dazzling history of the idea that defines us.From Gregor Mendel’s pea plants to the discovery of DNA and the CRISPR revolution in gene-editing, The Gene tells the story of how we came to understand heredity – to decipher the master-code that makes and defines...
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Vintage Digital
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2016-06-02
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From Cnut to D-Day: the history and science of the unceasing tide explored for the first time.Half of the world's population lives in coastal regions lapped by tidal waters. Yet how little most of us know about the tide.Our ability to predict and understand the tide...
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Penguin
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2016-06-02
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High throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies have conquered the genomics and epigenomics worlds. The applications of HTS methods are wide, and can be used to sequence everything from whole or partial genomes, transcriptomes, non-coding RNAs, ribosome profiling, to...
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Springer
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2016-06-02
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This book describes the exciting discovery of every isotope observed on earth to date, which currently numbers some 3000. The discoveries are arranged in chapters according to the observation techniques or production methods. Each chapter contains tables listing the...
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Springer
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2016-06-02
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This volume examines the topic of local biodiversity conservation in the Asia-Pacific region, one of the most rapidly changing areas in the world. With a focus on aquatic systems, this book offers insight on the state of local biodiversity, challenges in management and...
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Springer
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2016-06-02
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