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A majority of the world’s population lives in cities. Urban areas have largely been disconnected from the processes associated with producing food.A broad range of community efforts have emerged to reconnect people in urban areas to fresh foods with expected benefits...
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Springer
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2016-05-20
ePub
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This volume of Advances Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology focuses on the emerging field of bio-image informatics, presenting novel and exciting ways of handling and interpreting large image data sets. A collection of focused reviews written by key players in the field...
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Springer
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2016-05-20
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Based on hundreds of thin sections from granite in China, this book introduces metasomatic textures and their formation mechanism in granite. It also proposes that metasomatic textures can basically be classified into two patterns: hetero-oriented replacement and...
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Springer
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2016-05-20
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This book is the first all-encompassing exploration of the role of demons in
philosophical and scientific thought experiments. In Part I, the author explains the importance of thought experiments in science and
philosophy. Part II considers Laplace’s Demon, whose claim...
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Springer
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2016-05-19
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This book focuses on the development of DGT (diffusive gradients
in thin films) and the related techniques for measuring and investigating the geochemical
process and P transfer across the sediment/water or sediment/root interface in
lakes. A series of DGT techniques...
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Springer
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2016-05-19
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This book focuses on the analysis of cancer dynamics and the mathematically based synthesis of anticancer therapy. It summarizes the current state-of-the-art in this field and clarifies common misconceptions about mathematical modeling in cancer. Additionally, it...
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Springer
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2016-05-19
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This is the book that provides expert advice on the clinical aspects of respiratory disorders. The exemplary topics are obstructive sleep apnea, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, angiological sequelae of sarcoidosis, or epidemiology of seasonal influenza epidemics....
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Springer
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2016-05-19
ePub
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An icon of science, the Periodic Table defines the fundamental chemistry of everything in the universe. In this compact yet comprehensive guide, Dan Green outlines the history, development and workings of the table, shows how its design reflects and illuminates the...
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Quercus
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2016-05-19
ePub
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This biographical brief outlines the remarkable life and career of British biochemist, Marjory Stephenson (1885-1948). In nine concise chapters, Štrbánová describes Stephenson's scientific accomplishments and sets these against the socio-political challenges of the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-05-18
ePub
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This is the first English language book that systematically introduces the spatial and temporal patterns of major natural disasters in China from 1949 to 2014. It also reveals natural disaster formation mechanisms and processes, quantifies vulnerability to these...
Editeur :
Springer
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2016-05-18
ePub
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This 2nd edition is a survey level review of key areas of archaeological geology/geoarchaeology. Principal subject areas include:historical principles;archaeologic and geomorphic surfaces and landforms types;sediments and sediment analytic methods;archaeological stoney...
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Springer
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2016-05-18
ePub
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The monograph offers a comprehensive discussion of the role of evaporites in hydrocarbon generation and trapping, and new information on low temperature and high temperature ores. It also provides a wealth of information on exploitable salts, in a comprehensive volume...
Editeur :
Springer
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2016-05-18
ePub
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This book describes modern biophysical techniques that enable us to understand and examine dynamic processes of infection at the molecular level. Cutting-edge research articles, laboratory protocols, case studies and up-to-date reviews cover topics such as...
Editeur :
Springer
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2016-05-18
ePub
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This book contains a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the VIII Hotine-Marussi Symposium on Mathematical Geodesy in Rome, 17-21 June, 2013. The scientific sessions focused on global reference systems, geodetic data analysis,...
Editeur :
Springer
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2016-05-18
ePub
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This volume covers invited papers presented during the La Rábida 2015 International Scientific Meeting on Nuclear Physics, which can be considered heir of a well known series of triennial international summer schools on Nuclear Physics organized from 1982 till 2003 by...
Editeur :
Springer
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2016-05-17
ePub
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This book is a useful guide for researchers in ecology and earth science interested in the use of accelerator mass spectrometry technology. The development of research in radiocarbon measurements offers an opportunity to address the human impact on global carbon cycling...
Editeur :
Springer
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2016-05-17
ePub
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This is an updated and revised second edition of the book presenting new developments in the field of cloud-resolving modeling. The first edition of the book introduces the framework of cloud-resolving model, methodologies for analysis of modeling outputs, and...
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Springer
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2016-05-17
ePub
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Introduces the reader to the field of ion chromatography, species analysis and hyphenated methods IC-MS and IC-ICP-MS including the theory and theirs applications Covers the importance of species analysis and hyphenated methods in ion chromatography Includes...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2016-05-17
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Invasive species have a critical and growing effect upon natural areas. They can modify, degrade, or destroy wildland ecosystem structure and function, and reduce native biodiversity. Landscape-level solutions are needed to address these problems. Conservation...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-05-17
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These are the proceedings of a meeting in honour of Massimo Capaccioli at the occasion of his 70th birthday. The conference aimed at summarizing the results from the main current and past digital sky survey projects and at discussing how these can be used to inspire...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-05-16
ePub
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