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Issues in Science and Theology: What is Life?
This book explores the concept of Life from a range of perspectives. Divided into three parts, it first examines the concept of Life from physics to biology. It then presents insights on the concept from the perspectives of philosophy, theology, and ethics. The book concludes with chapters on the hermeneutics of Life, and pays special attention to the Biosemiotics approach to the concept. The q…
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- 978-3-319-17407-5
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Issues in Materials Development
Issues in Materials Development provides readers with theoretical foundations and practical aspects of designing materials for EFL/ESL contexts. It starts with discussing some basic and preliminary principles of materials design followed by scrutinizing critical issues in materials development in an objective and systematic way. This ranges from considering learners’ needs, adopting, adapting…
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- 978-94-6300-432-9
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Atlas of Breast Reconstruction
This atlas, intended for surgeons at every level, is an all-inclusive guide that documents surgical techniques step by step by means of a wealth of more than 1800 color photos, additional high-quality drawings and illustrations, and succinct accompanying text. Both common, established procedures and the most recently introduced techniques are covered, ensuring that readers will have at their di…
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- 978-88-470-5519-3
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- XVI, 543
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- 616.99
Sustainable Transportation Options for the 21st Century and Beyond
This book includes an in-depth analysis of the environmental and energy security impacts of replacing the internal combustion engine vehicle with various forms of electric vehicles and replacing gasoline and diesel fuel with alternative fuels including electricity, hydrogen and biofuels. In addition to a detailed “well-to-wheels” analysis of local air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and…
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- 978-3-319-16832-6
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- XVI, 182
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Sustainable Transportation
This textbook provides an introduction to the concept of sustainability in the context of transportation planning, management, and decision-making. The book is divided into two parts. In the first part, indicators and frameworks for measuring sustainable development in the transportation sector are developed. In the second, the authors analyze actual planning and decision-making in transportati…
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- 978-3-662-46924-8
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- XIII, 304
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- Springer Texts in Business and Economics
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Atlas of Animal Anatomy and Histology
This atlas presents the basic concepts and principles of functional animal anatomy and histology thereby furthering our understanding of evolutionary concepts and adaptation to the environment. It provides a step-by-step dissection guide with numerous colour photographs of the animals featured. It also presents images of the major organs along with histological sections of those organs. A wide …
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- 978-3-319-79745-8
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- XV, 413
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- 571.3
Sustainable Production of Bulk Chemicals
The book describes in detail the authors’ current understanding of the models that incorporate the concepts and techniques of synthetic chemistry, chemical engineering, synthetic biology and bioengineering. These include chemical engineering methods for green chemical production from sustainable bio-resources; using synthetic chemistry and kinetics of chemical reaction concepts in the constru…
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- 978-94-017-7475-8
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- VII, 154
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Sustainable Practices for Landfill Design and Operation
Solid waste management is a global concern, and landfilling remains the predominant management method in most areas of the world. This book provides a comprehensive view of state-of-the-art methods to manage landfills more sustainably, drawing upon more than two decades of research, design, and operational experiences at operating sites across the world. Sustainable landfills implement one or…
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- 978-1-4939-2662-6
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- XIX, 472
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- Waste Management Principles and Practice
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Sustainable Pest Management in Date Palm: Current Status and Emerging Challenges
A recent report on the arthropod fauna of date palm, enlists 112 species of insects and mites associated with date palm worldwide including 22 species attacking stored dates. Enhanced monoculture of date palm in several date palm growing countries coupled with climate change, unrestrained use of chemical insecticides and extensive international trade is likely to impact the pest complex and the…
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- 978-3-319-24397-9
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- XX, 429
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- Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection
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Sustainable Operations Management
This book presents innovative research on various aspects of sustainability in the field of operations management and illustrates the potential of sustainability thinking and practice to improve operations performance and thereby meet customer needs. Particular attention is devoted to corporate social responsibility and marketing strategy, knowledge management for sustainability, the role of cu…
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- 978-3-319-14002-5
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- VI, 222
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- Measuring Operations Performance
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