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The Mechanistic Benefits of Microbial Symbionts
This volume summarizes recent advances in our understanding of the mechanisms that produce successful symbiotic partnerships involving microorganisms. It begins with a basic introduction to the nature of and mechanistic benefits derived from symbiotic associations. Taking that background knowledge as the starting point, the next sections include chapters that examine representative examples of …
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- 978-3-319-28068-4
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- XII, 315
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- Advances in Environmental Microbiology
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The Mechanics of Ribbons and Möbius Bands
Recent developments in biology and nanotechnology have stimulated a rapidly growing interest in the mechanics of thin, flexible ribbons and Mobius bands. This edited volume contains English translations of four seminal papers on this topic, all originally written in German; of these, Michael A. Sadowsky published the first in 1929, followed by two others in 1930, and Walter Wunderlich publis…
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- 978-94-017-7300-3
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- VI, 352
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The Meaning of Liberty Beyond Earth
The purpose of this book is to initiate a new discussion on liberty focusing on the infinite realms of space. The discussion of the nature of liberty and what it means for a human to be free has occupied the minds of thinkers since the Enlightenment. However, without exception, every one of these discussions has focused on the character of liberty on the Earth. The emergence of human space expl…
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- 978-3-319-09567-7
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- VIII, 272
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- Space and Society
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The Meaning and Value of Spaceflight
This book presents the most serious and comprehensive study, by far, of American public perceptions about the meaning of space exploration, analyzing vast troves of questionnaire data collected by many researchers and polling firms over a span of six decades and anchored in influential social science theories. It doesn't simply report the percentages who held various opinions, but employs sophi…
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- 978-3-319-07878-6
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- XI, 225
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- Space and Society
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The Matrix of Insanity in Modern Criminal Law
The book covers the following aspects: the structure of the principle of fault in modern criminal law, the development of the insanity defense in criminal law, tangential in personam defenses in criminal law and their implications for insanity and the legal mechanism of reproduction of fault.
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- 978-3-319-20597-7
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- XIII, 204
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The Mathematics of Networks of Linear Systems
This book provides the mathematical foundations of networks of linear control systems, developed from an algebraic systems theory perspective. This includes a thorough treatment of questions of controllability, observability, realization theory, as well as feedback control and observer theory. The potential of networks for linear systems in controlling large-scale networks of interconnected dyn…
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- 978-3-319-16646-9
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- XIV, 662
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- Universitext
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The Mathematics of Medical Imaging
Extending the ideas of the acclaimed first edition, new material has been adeed to render an even more accessible textbook for course usage. This edition includes new discussions of the Radon transform, the Dirac delta function and its role in X-ray imaging, Kacmarz’s method and least squares approximation, spectral filtering, and more. Copious examples and exercises, new computer-based exerc…
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- 978-3-319-22665-1
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- XIV, 197
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- Springer Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics and Technology
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Amniotic Membrane: Origin, Characterization and Medical Applications
This book describes the human amniotic membrane from its origin, characterization and medical applications, summarizing all the latest developments and findings related to this tissue with contributions from some of the leading researchers in the field. The book addresses issues for its preservation, separation and identification of amniotic membrane-derived cells, as well as the potential ethi…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-94-017-9975-1
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- IX, 254
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- -
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- 574.192 AMN a
Ammonoid Paleobiology: From macroevolution to paleogeography
This two-volume work is a testament to the abiding interest and human fascination with ammonites. We offer a new model to explain the morphogenesis of septa and the shell, we explore their habitats by the content of stable isotopes in their shells, we discuss the origin and later evolution of this important clade, and we deliver hypotheses on its demise. The Ammonoidea produced a great number o…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-94-017-9633-0
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- XXI, 605
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- Topics in Geobiology
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- 591 AMM a
Ammonoid Paleobiology: From anatomy to ecology
This two-volume work is a testament to the abiding interest and human fascination with ammonites. We offer a new model to explain the morphogenesis of septa and the shell, we explore their habitats by the content of stable isotopes in their shells, we discuss the origin and later evolution of this important clade, and we deliver hypotheses on its demise. The Ammonoidea produced a great number o…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-94-017-9630-9
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- XXV, 934
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- Topics in Geobiology
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- 591 AMM a
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