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Computer Networking : Principles, Protocols and Practice Release 0.25
When the first computers were built during the second world war, they were expensive and isolated. However, after about twenty years, as their prices gradually decreased, the first experiments began to connect computers together. In the early 1960s, researchers including Paul Baran, Donald Davies or Joseph Licklider independently published the first papers describing the idea of building comput…
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Ethnobotany of Mexico Interactions of People and Plants in Mesoamerica
This book reviews the history, current state of knowledge, and different research approaches and techniques of studies on interactions between humans and plants in an important area of agriculture and ongoing plant domestication: Mesoamerica. Leading scholars and key research groups in Mexico discuss essential topics as well as contributions from international research groups that have conduct…
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- 978-1-4614-6669-7
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- 21 b/w illustrations, 71 illustrations in colour
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Ethnobiology of Corals and Coral Reefs
This book explores the ethnobiology of corals by examining the various ways in which humans, past and present, have exploited and taken care of coral and coralline habitats. This book will bring the educated general audience closer to corals by exploring the various circumstances of human-coral coexistence by providing scientifically sound and jargon-free perspectives and experiences from acro…
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- 978-3-319-23763-3
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- 13 b/w illustrations, 60 illustrations in colour
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Ethics and Archaeological Praxis
Restoring the historicity and plurality of archaeological ethics is a task to which this book is devoted; its emphasis on praxis mends the historical condition of ethics. In doing so, it shows that nowadays a multicultural (sometimes also called “public”) ethic looms large in the discipline. By engaging communities “differently,” archaeology has explicitly adopted an ethical outlook, pu…
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- 978-1-4939-1646-7
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- 4 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
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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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Regime of Obstruction How Corporate Power Blocks Energy Democracy
Regime of Obstruction aims to make visible the complex connections between corporate power and the extraction and use of carbon energy. Edited by William Carroll, this rigorous collection presents research findings from the first three years of the seven-year, SSHRC-funded partnership, the Corporate Mapping Project. Anchored in sociological and political theory, this comprehensive volume provid…
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- 978-1-926836-00-3
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- 6 x 9, 528 pages
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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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Atlas of PET-CT Imaging in Oncology : A Case-Based Guide to Image Interpretation
This atlas is a case-based guide to the interpretation of FDG PET-CT images in clinical scenarios faced by physicians during the routine practice of oncology. The book aims to help the practitioner to overcome diagnostic dilemmas through familiarization with the physiologic distribution of FDG, normal variants and benign findings. The main focus, however, is the imaging of major oncological dis…
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- 978-3-319-18994-9
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- XXIII, 469
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- 616.99
Atlas of Intraoperative Frozen Section Diagnosis in Gynecologic Pathology
This atlas is dedicated specifically to gynecologic frozen section diagnosis and addresses professional practice gaps such as high diagnostic error rate, slow turnaround time, and inefficient communication between surgeons and pathologists at the time of intraoperative frozen section consultation of gynecologic specimens. The format of the volume is a combination of concise text and high qualit…
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- 978-3-319-21807-6
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- XIV, 328
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Self-directed multimodal learning in higher education
This book aims to provide an overview of theoretical and practical considerations in terms of self-directed multimodal learning within the university context. Multimodal learning is approached in terms of the levels of multimodality and specifically blended learning and the mixing of modes of delivery (contact and distance education). As such, this publication will provide a unique snapshot of …
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- NWU Self-Directed Learning Series volume 5
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