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Ethnoprimatology Primate Conservation in the 21st Century
The list of challenges facing nonhuman primates in the 21st century is a long one. The expansion of palm oil plantations to feed a growing consumer class is eating away at ape and monkey habitats in Southeast Asia and Central Africa. Lemurs are hunted for food in the poorest parts of Madagascar while monkeys are used as medicine in Brazil. Traditional cultural beliefs are maintaining demand for…
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- 978-3-319-30469-4
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- 35 b/w illustrations, 31 illustrations in colour
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Ethics and the Archaeology of Violence
This volume examines the distinctive and highly problematic ethical questions surrounding conflict archaeology. By bringing together sophisticated analyses and pertinent case studies from around the world it aims to address the problems facing archaeologists working in areas of violent conflict, past and present. Of all the contentious issues within archaeology and heritage, the study of confli…
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- 978-1-4939-1643-6
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- 2 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
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Atomi, Molecole e Solidi : Esercizi Risolti
Questo eserciziario nasce dalla raccolta di problemi d'esame assegnati agli studenti del corso di Struttura della Materia, che si colloca al confine fra il Corso Triennale e quello Magistrale. Alla fine di ciascun capitolo si trova un riepilogo ragionato di formule utili, e l’ultima parte del volume è dedicata alle unità di misura, alle formule di Meccanica Quantistica e alle tecniche per m…
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- 978-88-470-5702-9
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- XI, 359
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- 539.7
Atmospheric Aerosols : Properties and Climate Impacts
This textbook aims to be a one stop shop for those interested in aerosols and their impact on the climate system. It starts with some fundamentals on atmospheric aerosols, atmospheric radiation and cloud physics, then goes into techniques used for in-situ and remote sensing measurements of aerosols, data assimilation, and discusses aerosol-radiation interactions, aerosol-cloud interactions and …
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- 978-94-017-9649-1
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- XVII, 311
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- 551.6
Atlas of Surgical Correction of Female Genital Malformation
This book discusses a rare form of female genital tract abnormality. It starts with an introduction to modern pre-surgical diagnostic tools, including hysterosalpingography, 3D ultrasound and MRI. From external to internal genitalia, this book introduces all commonly known malformations, as well as a variety of rare congenital malformations of the female genital tract. For each malformation, it…
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- 978-94-017-7246-4
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Digital Accessibility as a Business Practice : Essential Skills for Business …
Most business leaders would agree that reaching the broadest audience is good for a business’s bottom line. A good portion of that audience will be people with disabilities. How, though, would an organization go about ensuring it is as accessible as it can be to all its potential clients or customers, including people with disabilities? This book has been created to answer this question, and …
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- 005 GAY d
Contemporary French Administrative Law
Despite the growing scholarly interest in comparative public law, there remain relatively few works on the subject. Contemporary French Administrative Law aims to redress that imbalance, offering English-language readers an authoritative introduction to the key features of French administrative law and its institutions.
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- 9781009057127
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- 342 BEL c
Germany’s future electors
Nora E. Sánchez Gassen analyses how demographic trends and electoral law have influenced the German electorate in the past and projects their future impact. A set of population projections illustrates how the size and age structure of the electorate will change until 2030 due to ongoing demographic changes. Additional analyses reveal how reforms of electoral law and citizenship law could be us…
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- 978-3-658-06941-4
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- XXIV, 404
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- 320 GAS g
Conservation Research, Policy and Practice
Conservation research is essential for advancing knowledge, but to make an impact, scientific evidence must influence conservation policies, decision-making and practice. This raises a multitude of challenges. How should evidence be collated and presented to policy-makers to maximise its impact? How can effective collaboration between conservation scientists and decision-makers be established? …
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- 9781108638210
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- 333.72 SUT c
Ethical Engineering for International Development and Environmental Sustainab…
Ensuring that their work has a positive influence on society is a responsibility and a privilege for engineers, but also a considerable challenge. This book addresses the ways in which engineers meet this challenge, working from the assumption that for a project to be truly ethical both the undertaking itself and its implementation must be ethically sound. The contributors discuss varied to…
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- 978-1-4471-6618-4
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- 28 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
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