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Way back at the end of 2002, I hired Gabe to creatively run our fledgling Zipcar office in Washington, D.C. The car-sharing company was young and lean. Our customers were the center of our universe. We were blazing a new path in a long-established and rigid environment. Everyone perceived the transport sector to consist of large-scale infrastructure projects all requiring years of planning…
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Mercury's Interior, Surface, and Surrounding Environment
This SpringerBrief details the MESSENGER Mission, the findings of which present challenges to widely held conventional views and remaining mysteries surrounding the planet. The work answers the question of why Mercury is so dense, and the implications from geochemical data on its planetary formation. It summarizes imaging and compositional data from the terrestrial planet surface processes and …
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- 978-1-4939-2243-7
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- VIII, 97
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- SpringerBriefs in Astronomy
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Medical Management of the Pregnant Patient
This protocol-based book uses algorithms to discuss preconception care, care during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and the link between postpartum and ongoing primary care. The need for an educated provider community to care for pregnant patients is enormous, and Medical Management of the Pregnant Patient provides a practical handbook that addresses all aspects of this topic. A brief overview o…
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- 978-1-4614-1243-4
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- XI, 351
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Stars, Myths and Rituals in Etruscan Rome
Etrusco-Roman Astronomy is a brilliant summation of Leonardo Magini’s prior works. Since his earliest endeavours (Le Feste di Venere, 1996, Astronomy and Calendar in Ancient Rome, 2001), not to mention his works on the Etruscan language (La Parola degli Etruschi, 1987 and L’Etrusco, lingua dall’Oriente Indoeuropeo, 2007), all of his research has amply demonstrated the author’s inte…
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- 978-3-319-07266-1
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The Role of Microenvironment in the Control of Tumor Angiogenesis
This work describes the importance of tumor microenvironment in favouring tumor progression and angiogenesis. Under physiological conditions, angiogenesis is dependent on the balance of positive and negative angiogenic modulators within the vascular microenvironment and requires the functional activities of a number of molecules, including angiogenic factors, extracellular matrix proteins, a…
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- 978-3-319-27820-9
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Starch - Metabolism and Structure
Rapid progress of research in recent years on the biosynthesis, degradation, and structure of starch produced in photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic tissues from a variety of plant species and in algae, including land plants and green algae (Chloroplastida), red algae (Rhodophyceae), and cyanobacteria, lead us to understand the whole scope of the specific metabolic systems in plants. At t…
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- 978-4-431-55495-0
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Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention -- MICCAI 2015 18t…
The three-volume set LNCS 9349, 9350, and 9351 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2015, held in Munich, Germany, in October 2015. Based on rigorous peer reviews, the program committee carefully selected 263 revised papers from 810 submissions for presentation in three volumes. The papers…
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- 1611-3349
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- XXVII, 720
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention -- MICCAI 2015
The three-volume set LNCS 9349, 9350, and 9351 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2015, held in Munich, Germany, in October 2015. Based on rigorous peer reviews, the program committee carefully selected 263 revised papers from 810 submissions for presentation in three volumes. The papers…
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- 978-3-319-24553-9
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- XLVII, 740
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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Medical Applications for Biomaterials in Bolivia
This book investigates the potential medical benefits natural biomaterials can offer in developing countries by analyzing the case of Bolivia. The book explores the medical and health related applications of Bolivian commodities: quinoa, barley, sugarcane, corn, sorghum and sunflower seeds. This book helps readers better understand some of the key health concerns facing countries like Bolivia a…
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- 978-3-319-16774-9
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- X, 62
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- SpringerBriefs in Public Health
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Game Theory
“It can be used at an advanced undergraduate course or a graduate course. … I found the book very well written and appropriate for a game theory course focused on business and economics students and applications. Some of the problems are very challenging but most of them are at the appropriate level and the reader will have some fun and learn from them. This is a book that I recommend if yo…
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