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A History of Scottish Economic Thought
Modern economics has, at its foundation, scholarly contributions from many prominent Scottish thinkers. This revealing work examines the roots of this great tradition, places in perspective a selection of authors, and assesses their contribution over three centuries in the light of a distinctive Scottish approach to economics. Scottish Enlightenment is an established area of research interest, …
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- 9780203486238
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A History of Radionuclide Studies in the UK : 50th Anniversary of the British…
A history of UK radionuclide studies reveals pioneering work from George von Hevesy in Manchester (1911) through to modern PET/MR, with key developments including early homemade scanners (Mallard, Mayneord), GFR measurement, radioimmunoassay, SPECT/CT, and advanced brain imaging (FDG, amyloid). Driven by medical physicists and later clinicians, the field progressed from tracer studies (I-131, T…
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- 978-3-319-28624-2
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A history of participation in museums and archives : traversing citizen scien…
Traversing disciplines, A History of Participation in Museums and Archives provides a framework for understanding how participatory modes in natural, cultural, and scientific heritage institutions intersect with practices in citizen science and citizen humanities. Drawing on perspectives in cultural history, science and technology studies, and media and communication theory, the book explore…
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- 9780429197536
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- 310 p
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- 020 HIS
A History of Japan’s Government-Business Relationship : The Passenger Car I…
Despite the economic and political importance of the U.S.-Japan relationship and the extensive attention paid to automotive trade, few American scholars or policy makers are familiar with the history of Japanese government-business relations, either generally or for specific industries such as passenger cars. This book hopefully helps in a small way to fill that gap in our knowledge and, thus, …
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- 9780472902071
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- 252 hlm
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A history of English
Where does today's English language come from? This book takes its readers on a journey back in time, from present-day varieties to the Old English of Beowulf and beyond. Written for students with little or no background in linguistics, and reflecting the latest scholarship, it showcases the variation and change present throughout the history of English, and includes numerous exercises and samp…
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- 9783961103461
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Advances in Automated Driving Systems
Electrification, automation of vehicle control, digitalization and new mobility are the mega-trends in automotive engineering, and they are strongly connected. While many demonstrations for highly automated vehicles have been made worldwide, many challenges remain in bringing automated vehicles to the market for private and commercial use. The main challenges are as follows: reliable machine pe…
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- 9783036545042
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- 294 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Advances in Asphalt Pavement Technologies and Practices
Unlike other construction materials, road materials have developed minimally over the past 100 years. However, since the 1970s, the focus has been on more sustainable road construction materials such as recycled asphalt pavements. Recycling asphalt involves removing old asphalt and mixing it with new (fresh) aggregates, binders, and/or rejuvenators. Similarly, there are various efforts to use a…
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- 9783036554938
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Advances in Ascochyta Research
Legume crops provide an excellent source of high quality plant protein and have a key role in arable crop rotations reducing the need for fertilizer application and acting as break-crops. However, these crops are affected by a number of foliar and root diseases, being ascochyta blights the most important group of diseases worldwide. Ascochyta blights are incited by different pathogens in the va…
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- 9782889456345
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Advances in Architectural Geometry 2023
Modern geometric computing increasingly plays a role in modeling environments and processing sensing information, providing a variety of tools for the efficient design, analysis, and manufacturing of complex shapes. The research area of architectural geometry (AG) has emerged at the common border of architecture, applied geometry, computational design, mathematics, and manufacturing. This book …
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- 9783111163475
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Advances in Antifungal Development: Discovery of New Drugs and Drug Repurposing
This reprint describes recent advances made in the field of antifungal development, especially the discovery of new drugs and drug repurposing. The articles presented in this book provide useful information and insight for the development of new antifungal drugs or intervention strategies. The identification of new, safe molecules, and cellular targets, as well as the elucidation of their antif…
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- 9783036547671
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