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High Performance Computing for Computational Science -- VECPAR 2014
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 11th International Conference on High Performance Computing for Computational Science, VECPAR 2014, held in Eugene, OR, USA, in June/July 2014. The 25 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected of numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on algorithms for GPU and manycores, …
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- 978-3-319-17352-8
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- XVII, 311
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- 510 HIG
Amyloid and Related Disorders: Surgical Pathology and Clinical Correlations
The second edition of this text presents an overview of the most recent developments in this area including clinical presentation, etiology, pathogenesis, and differential diagnosis. The rationale for various therapies, including transplantation, is discussed and tissue diagnosis (its pitfalls and strategies for avoiding them) and laboratory support are included. The involvement of all major or…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-19294-9
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- XIX, 542
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- Current Clinical Pathology
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- 616.07 AMY a
Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering: Proceedings of the 16th Internati…
This research topic was first established in China by Professor Shengzhao Long in 1981, with direct support from one of the greatest modern Chinese scientists, Xuesen Qian. In a letter to Shengzhao Long from October 22nd, 1993, Xuesen Qian wrote: “You have created a very important modern science subject and technology in China!” MMESE primarily focuses on the relationship between Man, Mach…
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- 978-981-10-2323-1
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Management of Diabetic Foot Complications
Public and political concern about the increasing prevalence of diabetes has prompted major concern about treatment of patients with the condition. Foot complications are some of the commonest causes of hospitalisation of people with diabetes and if not treated well often lead to amputation. There is evidence that 85% of these amputations can be prevented by better understanding of the probl…
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- 978-1-4471-4525-7
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Fiber-Shaped Energy Harvesting and Storage Devices
This comprehensive book covers flexible fiber-shaped devices in the area of energy conversion and storage. The first part of the book introduces recently developed materials, particularly, various nanomaterials and composite materials based on nanostructured carbon such as carbon nanotubes and graphene, metals and polymers for the construction of fiber electrodes. The second part of the book fo…
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- 978-3-662-45744-3
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- X, 218
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The Virtues of Disillusionment
Most people go through life chasing illusions of success, fame, wealth, happiness, and few things are more painful than the reality-revealing loss of an illusion. But if illusions are negative, why is the opposite, being disillusioned, also negative? In this essay based on his inaugural writer-in-residence lecture at Athabasca University, internationally acclaimed writer Steven Heighton mathema…
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- 9781771993265.01
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- 5 x 8, 48 pages
One Step Over the Line Toward a History of Women in the North American Wests
Sixteen essays arising from the “Unsettled Pasts: Reconceiving the West through Women’s History” conference at the University of Calgary comprise this foundational text. One Step Over the Line is not only the map; it is the bridgework to span the transnational, gendered divide—a must for readers who have been searching for a wide, inclusive perspective on our western past.
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- 9780888645012.01
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- 474 pages
Management of Gender Dysphoria: A Multidisciplinary Approach
This book is especially focused on the surgical aspect on Gender Dysphoria. Male to female surgery is widely discussed as well as the female to male conversion. Full information on hormone administration and surgical procedures are provided. Mental health issues are also described, as well as ethics, the law and psychosocial issues. The text is extensively referenced and includes numerous photo…
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- 978-88-470-5696-1
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Nightwood Theatre A Woman’s Work Is Always Done
In Nightwood Theatre, Scott describes the company’s journey toward defining itself as a feminist theatre establishment, highlighting its artistic leadership based on its relevance to diverse communities of women. She also traces Nightwood’s relationship with the media and places the theatre in an international context by comparing its history to that of like companies in the U.K. and the U.S.
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- 9781897425558.01
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- Canadian Plays
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- 344 pages
Management of Insect Pests to Agriculture: Lessons Learned from Deciphering t…
Thanks to the application of new technologies such as whole-genome sequencing, analysis of transcriptome and proteome of insect pest to agriculture, great progress has been made in understanding the life style, reproduction, evolution and nuisance to crops caused by insect pests such as aphids, planthoppers, and whiteflies. We believe that time has come to summarize progress and to have a gla…
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