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Alveolar Distraction Osteogenesis: ArchWise Appliance and Technique
This book describes a new method of alveolar distraction osteogenesis that offers important advantages and can be used for the treatment of various orthopedic abnormalities and congenital malformations. Detailed guidance is provided on selection of patients suitable for alveolar distraction, including those with cleft lip and palate, skeletal class II malocclusions and cystic lesions involving …
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-07707-9
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- XIII, 123
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- -
- Call Number
- 617.522 ERV a
Aluminum Stress Adaptation in Plants
This book is an overview of our current understanding of aluminium toxicity and tolerance in plants. It covers all relevant aspects from molecular and cellular biology, to genetic approaches, root biology and plant physiology. The contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to alleviating aluminium toxicity is also discussed. Over 40% of total agricultural land resources are acidic in nature, …
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-19968-9
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- IX, 274
- Series Title
- Signaling and Communication in Plants
- Call Number
- 630 ALU a
Aluminum Matrix Composites Reinforced with Alumina Nanoparticles
This book describes the latest efforts to develop aluminum nanocomposites with enhanced damping and mechanical properties and good workability. The nanocomposites exhibited high strength, improved damping behavior and good ductility, making them suitable for use as wires. Since the production of metal matrix nanocomposites by conventional melting processes is considered extremely problematic (b…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-27732-5
- Collation
- XII, 126
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
- Call Number
- 669 CAS a
Altruism, Welfare and the Law
This book is an assault on the notion that it is empirically accurate and legally and philosophically satisfactory to see humans as atomistic entities. It contends that our welfare is inextricably entangled with that of others, and accordingly law and ethics, in determining our best interests, should recognise the central importance of relationality, the performance of obligations, and (even ap…
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-21605-8
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- IX, 82
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Law
- Call Number
- 340.1 FOS a
Alternative Types of Roundabouts: An Informational Guide
This book presents a history of roundabouts, an introduction to their design, calculations of their capacity and traffic-safety features. It describes the key features of standard roundabouts and their limitations. Alternative types of roundabouts are a fairly recent development and have only been implemented in a few countries to date. The book illustrates a broad variety of these recent alter…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-09084-9
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- XIV, 206
- Series Title
- Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic
- Call Number
- 307.2 TOL a
Intelligent Business Process Optimization for the Service Industry
The company's sustainable competitive advantage derives from its capacity to create value for customers and to adapt the operational practices to changing situations. Business processes are the heart of each company. Therefore process excellence has become a key issue. This book introduces a novel approach focusing on the autonomous optimization of business processes by applying sophisticated m…
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- 978-3-86644-454-6
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- -
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- 650 KRE i
Alternative Theoretical Frameworks for Mathematics Education Research: Theory…
This book explicates some of the fundamental philosophical tenets underpinning key theoretical frameworks, and demonstrates how these tenets inform particular kinds of research practice in mathematics education research. We believe that a deep understanding of significant theories from the humanities and social sciences is crucial for doing high-quality research in education. For that reason, t…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-33961-0
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- IX, 193
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 510.07 FRE a
Alternative Routes to Oil Structuring
This Springer Brief gives an overview of recent research conducted in the area of oil structuring starting with a detailed introduction on oleogelation and properties of food-approved building blocks followed by the discussion of some illustrative examples to explain the processing steps required for creating oleogels, advanced characterization (rheological, thermal and microstructural) and som…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-19138-6
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- X, 70
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition
- Call Number
- 641.3 PAT a
Reconstructive Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
This book describes the reconstructive procedures currently used by the authors for the treatment of oral and maxillofacial defects, based on twenty-five years of experience at a major European University Hospital. The coverage encompasses mandibular, maxillary, orbitocranial, intraoral soft tissue and cutaneous defect reconstruction. Controversies in defect reconstruction are discussed, and cl…
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- 978-3-319-20487-1
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- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 614.1
Network Structures of Cargo Airlines : An Empirical and a Modelling Approach
The development of efficient air freight networks is an upcoming challenge. The present book approaches this problem for cargo airlines by characterising and classifying their network structures and by developing a model for an airline's strategic network design. The book provides results which are of value for airline professionals (network efficiency analysis), policy makers (policy impact as…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-86644-796-7
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- -
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- -
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- 650 SCH n
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