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If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS : ERYBODY?: Seventy-Five …
Given the fact that there are perhaps 400 billion stars in our Galaxy alone, and perhaps 400 billion galaxies in the Universe, it stands to reason that somewhere out there, in the 14-billion-year-old cosmos, there is or once was a civilization at least as advanced as our own. The sheer enormity of the numbers almost demands that we accept the truth of this hypothesis. Why, then, have we encount…
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- 978-3-319-13235-8
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- XV, 434
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- 520 WEB i
If the Truth Be Told: Accounts in Literary Forms
If the Truth Be Told: Accounts in Literary Forms plays with the sense of truth. It is composed of six chapters, “Childhood Dangers,” “Relational Logics,” “Jesus Chronicles,” “Criminal Tales,” “Aging, Illness, and Death Lessons,” and “Telling Truths.” Each chapter includes fictional and nonfictional accounts, including poems, stories, monologues, short dramas, essays, cre…
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- 978-94-6300-456-5
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- XXII, 228
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- 370 PEL i
Identity at Work{ Ethnicity, Food & Power in Malaysian Hospitality Industry
This book investigates the interface of ethnicity with occupation, empirically observed in luxury international hotels in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It employs the two main disciplines of anthropology and sociology in order to understand the root causes and meaning of ethnicity at work within the hospitality industry sector. More specifically, it observes social change in a multi-ethnic and non-se…
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- 978-981-287-560-0
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- XIX, 208
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- 300 OLM i
Identity and Personhood: Confusions and Clarifications across Disciplines
This book approaches the concept of identity from both logical-linguistic and socio-cultural perspectives, and explores its implications for our understanding of who or what we persons really are. In the process, it bridges disciplines that often remain disconnected - most notably analytic philosophy and the social sciences - and offers a novel critique of citizenship and moral education, "iden…
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- 978-981-287-480-1
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- XV, 220
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- 370 SPL i
Identity and Migration in Europe: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
This book addresses the impact of migration on the formation and transformation of identity and its continuous negotiations. Its ground is the understanding of identity as a complex social phenomenon resulting from constant negotiations between personal conditions, social relationships, and institutional frameworks. Migrations, understood as dynamic processes that do not end when landing in the…
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- 978-3-319-10126-2
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- XIII, 270
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- 307.2 IDE
Identity Work in the Contemporary University: Exploring an Uneasy Profession
"Academic identities research is a growing area of scholarly enquiry especially as academics themselves question the evolving nature of their roles in rapidly-changing university environments. Performative frameworks in many countries around the world reflect these changes and this volume brings a number of disciplinary perspectives to bear on how we understand the lived experiences of academic…
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- 978-94-6300-310-0
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- XIV, 222
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- 371 IDE
Identifying Product and Process State Drivers in Manufacturing Systems Using …
The book reports on a novel approach for holistically identifying the relevant state drivers of complex, multi-stage manufacturing systems. This approach is able to utilize complex, diverse and high-dimensional data sets, which often occur in manufacturing applications, and to integrate the important process intra- and interrelations. The approach has been evaluated using three scenarios from d…
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- 978-3-319-17610-9
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- XVIII, 272
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- 621 WUE i
Apoptosis in Cancer Pathogenesis and Anti-cancer Therapy: New Perspectives an…
This book discusses properties of apoptosis and other cell death modalities in cancer pathogenesis and treatment. Its nine chapters discuss modulation of anti-tumor inflammatory and immune responses, effects on the tumor microenvironment, to strategies for improving pro-apoptotic therapies, mechanisms and implications for disease pathogenesis, axl and mer receptor tyrosine kinases, immunogenic …
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-39406-0
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- XVII, 247
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- Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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- 616.994 APO a
Apolipoprotein Mimetics in the Management of Human Disease
This comprehensive book provides not only the stages in the development of this unique and specialized field but also updates on the current state of research and development of apolipoprotein mimetics as therapeutic modalities for various lipid-mediated disorders. The book consists of 11 chapters all written by leading scientists from well-reputed laboratories in the USA. After an introduction…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-17350-4
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- XXI, 182
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- 616.12 APO a
Apocarotenoids of Crocus sativus L: From biosynthesis to pharmacology
This book is a product of years of research on saffron biology. It intends to give a broad but concise overview of the various aspects of apocarotenoid biosynthesis in Crocus sativus, its regulation and pharmacology . Crocus sativus L. of family Iridaceae is an important medicinal plant. The dried stigma of C. sativus flower is considered as the world's costliest spice. Saffron is the source…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-981-10-1899-2
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- IX, 61
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Plant Science
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- 540.1 BAB a
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