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Short Rotation Woody Crop Production Systems for Ecosystem Services and Phyto…
While international efforts in the development of short rotation woody crops (SRWCs) have historically focused on the production of biomass for bioenergy, biofuels, and bioproducts, research and deployment over the past decade has expanded to include broader objectives of achieving multiple ecosystem services. In particular, silvicultural prescriptions developed for SRWCs have been refined to i…
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- 978-3-03921-510-2
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- 634 SHO
Beyond GDP : National Accounting in the Age of Resource Depletion
This book uses the metaphor “The economy is society's metabolism” as a springboard to develop a rigorous theoretical framework for a better system of national accounts which goes “Beyond GDP” and is relevant to the age of resource depletion. Society is entering a new era in which biophysical limits related to natural resource extraction rates and the biosphere's waste assimilation capac…
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- 978-3-319-12820-7
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- 658
High Concentrator Photovoltaics:Fundamentals, Engineering and Power Plants
The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals and engineering of high concentrator photovoltaic (HCPV) technology and to elucidate how this complex and emerging technology is applied in power plants. It is the first of its kind to focus exclusively on HCPV technology and offers a valuable reference volume to readers. This book is the result of an international …
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- 978-3-319-15038-3
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- IX, 477
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- 621 HIG
Beyond Databases, Architectures and Structures
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference entitled Beyond Databases, Architectures and Structures, BDAS 2015, held in Ustroń, Poland, in May 2015. This book consists of 53 carefully revised selected papers that are assigned to 8 thematic groups: database architectures and performance; data integration, storage and data warehousing; ontologies and se…
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Advances in Transplant Dermatology: Clinical and Practical Implications
This book provides an informative update on scientific advances relating to transplant dermatology that may be applicable to clinical practice. Commentary is provided on the emerging role of viruses in transplant dermatology, the management of skin disease secondary to transplant medication, sunscreen use in transplant recipients, the role of revision of immunosuppression, and advances in photo…
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- 978-3-319-12445-2
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- XIV, 117
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- 616.079 ADV a
Milk : Bioactive Components and Role in Human Nutrition
Milk is a nutritious food item with various beneficial properties and has a long tradition in nutrition, having been part of human diet for thousands of years. The composition of milk varies among different species, and milk quality is affected by several factors, i.e., season, climate, feeding management, and stage of lactation, as well as heat-treatments and technological processes. Milk is a…
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- 978-3-03842-724-7
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- 613 MIL
Advances in Time Series Methods and Applications: The A. Ian McLeod Festschrift
This volume reviews and summarizes some of A. I. McLeod's significant contributions to time series analysis. It also contains original contributions to the field and to related areas by participants of the festschrift held in June 2014 and friends of Dr. McLeod. Covering a diverse range of state-of-the-art topics, this volume well balances applied and theoretical research across fourteen contri…
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- 978-1-4939-6568-7
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- VIII, 293
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- Fields Institute Communications
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- 658.8 ADV a
Bevel Gear : Fundamentals and Applications
This is the first book to offer a complete presentation of bevel gears. An expert team of authors highlights the areas of application for these machine elements and presents the geometrical features of bevel gears as well as the various gear cutting processes based on gear cutting theory. The aspect of three-dimensional gearing is assessed in detail in terms of flank design, load capacity and …
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Advances in Structural Engineering: Dynamics, Volume Two
The book presents research papers presented by academicians, researchers, and practicing structural engineers from India and abroad in the recently held Structural Engineering Convention (SEC) 2014 at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi during 22 – 24 December 2014. The book is divided into three volumes and encompasses multidisciplinary areas within structural engineering, such as earthquak…
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- 978-81-322-3557-6
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- L, 868
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- 624 ADV a
Human and Automatic Speaker Recognition over Telecommunication Channels
This work addresses the evaluation of the human and the automatic speaker recognition performances under different channel distortions caused by bandwidth limitation, codecs, and electro-acoustic user interfaces, among other impairments. Its main contribution is the demonstration of the benefits of communication channels of extended bandwidth, together with an insight into how speaker-specific …
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- 978-981-287-726-0
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- XII, 169
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