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A Shrinking Society: Post-Demographic Transition in Japan
This is the book to focus on a new phenomenon emerging in the twenty-first century: the rapidly aging and decreasing population of a well-developed country, namely, Japan. The meaning of this phenomenon has been successfully clarified as the possible historical consequence of the demographic transition from high birth and death rates to low ones. Japan has entered the post-demographic transitio…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-4-431-54810-2
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- IX, 65
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- SpringerBriefs in Population Studies
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- 304.6 HAR s
A Revolution in Economic Theory: The Economics of Piero Sraffa
This book draws on the work of one of the sharpest minds of the 20th century, Piero Sraffa. Ludwig Wittgenstein credited him for 'the most consequential ideas' of the Philosophical Investigations (1953) and put him high on his short list of geniuses. Sraffa's revolutionary contribution to economics was, however, lost to the world because economists did not pay attention to the philosophical und…
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- 978-3-319-30616-2
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- XVII, 244
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- 330 SIN r
Genome Editing
This comprehensive volume explores human genetic engineering its pre-clinical and clinical applications, current developments, and as treatment for hereditary diseases. It presents and evaluates the most recent advances in the understanding of mammalian host DNA repair mechanisms, such as double-strand break induced gene targeting and mutagenesis, the development of zinc-finger nucleases, genom…
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- 978-1-4939-3507-9
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- XVI, 263
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- 363.92 GEN
Re-engineering the Uptake of ICT in Schools
This book reports on a novel and comprehensive approach to the uptake of ICT in Schools. It focuses on key questions, pedagogically sound ways of introducing ICT, new technical artifacts supporting the approach, the evaluation in a large-scale validator, and future work. While many innovations in Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) have emerged over the last two decades, the uptake of these inno…
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- 978-3-319-19366-3
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- 370
Genetics, Evolution and Radiation
This book is dedicated to the great scientist and outstanding individual Nikolay Wladimirovich Timofeeff-Ressovsky. The book brings together a number of brief stories/essays about Timofeeff-Ressovsky including “Stories told by himself”, and scientific chapters addressing his major research areas: genetics, radiobiology, radiation ecology and epidemiology, and evolution. Timofeeff-Ressovsky …
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- 978-3-319-48837-0
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- XX, 558
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- 363.92 GEN
Genetics of the Mouse
This book, written by experienced geneticists, covers topics ranging from the natural history of the mouse species, its handling and reproduction in the laboratory, and its classical genetics and cytogenetics, to modern issues including the analysis of the transcriptome, the parental imprinting and X-chromosome inactivation. The strategies for creating all sorts of mutations, either by genetic …
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- 978-3-662-44286-9
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- XVII, 408
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- 363.92 GUE g
Participatory Video in Adult Education : Cultivating Participatory Culture in…
This book highlights participatory video as an instrument for community-based adult education and focuses in particular on the role that it can play in promoting participatory culture among adult learners. In brief, participatory video refers to participant-centered video making. Today, participant-generated videos can travel farther and faster than ever before, and thus, the perspectives repre…
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- 978-981-10-1050-7
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- XII, 68 halaman
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- Springer Briefs in Education
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- 371.33 YAN p
Genetically Modified Crops and Agricultural Development
“This book is the second publication in the ‘Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy’ series, and targets both professional and lay audiences. … this book can be recommended to a wide readership; excellently written, it is one of the first books to address both the technical and policy dimensions of GMCs in development.” (George H. L. Rothschild, Food Security, Vol.…
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- 978-1-349-56167-4
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- XVII, 206
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- 330 QAI g
Integrated Supply Chain Planning in Chemical Industry
Thomas Kirschstein provides an overview on methods and approaches for planning and optimizing large-scale chemical production networks. The focus is on an integrated modelling of chemical production processes, logistical processes as well as environmental effects. Therefore, a hybrid simulation framework is designed taking into account time series models for modelling chemical production proces…
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- 978-3-658-08433-2
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- XXII, 245
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- 360 kir i
Re-enchanting Nationalisms: Rituals and Remembrances in a Postmodern Age
This book provides original insight into the way we now engage and remember national history. Drawing on fieldwork and analysis of international case studies on state commemoration, memorialization, recreational and tourism and times of disaster and crisis, the author demonstrates that not only does the nation frequently retain a strong cultural relevance in our global world but that the emerge…
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- 978-1-4939-2513-1
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- 301
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