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How to Overcome the Antibiotic Crisis: Facts, Challenges, Technologies and Fu…
This volume focuses on antibiotics research, a field of topical significance for human health due to the worrying increase of nosocomial infections caused by multi-resistant bacteria. It covers several basic aspects, such as the evolution of antibiotic resistance and the influence of antibiotics on the gut microbiota, and addresses the search for novel pathogenicity blockers as well as historic…
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- 978-3-319-49282-7
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- XII, 496
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- 610 HOW
E-technologies : 6th International Conference, MCETECH 2015, Montréal, QC, …
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on E-Technologies, MCETECH 2015, held in Montréal, Canada, in May 2015. The 18 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. They have been organized in topical sections on process adaptation; legal issues; social computing; eHealth; and eBusiness, eEducation, and eLo…
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- 9783319179575
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- x, 285 pages
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- 658.4038011
E-therapy for substance abuse and co-morbidity
This brief provides an overview of the emerging field of Electronic Therapy, E-Therapy, with a specific focus on alcohol and substance abuse. Understanding barriers that prevent individuals from seeking necessary mental health treatment is at the center of the development and analysis of practice models of care. Geographic location, transportation, language barriers and other situations contrib…
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- 9783319123769
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- 610.73
Clean Energy and Fuel (Hydrogen) Storage
Clean energy and fuel storage are often required for both stationary and automotive applications. Some of these clean energy and fuel storage technologies currently under extensive research and development include hydrogen storage, direct electric storage, mechanical energy storage, solar–thermal energy storage, electrochemical (batteries and supercapacitors), and thermochemical storage. The …
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- 978-3-03921-631-4
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- 624 ELI c
ECSCW 2015 : proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Computer Supporte…
This volume presents the proceedings of ECSCW 2015, the 14th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, organized by the University of Oslo, Norway. The conference provides a venue for exploring novel, open and critical approaches to the multidisciplinary nature of social and collaborative technologies and work practices, critically reviewing new and established theories and re…
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- 9783319204994
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- xii, 316 pages
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- 658.4
EM design and analysis of dipole arrays on non-planar dielectric substrate
This book presents a simple and systematic description of EM design of antenna arrays. Printed dipole antennas are known to be simple yet more efficient than wire antennas. The dielectric substrate and the presence of ground plane affect the antenna performance and the resonant frequency is shifted. This book includes the EM design and performance analysis of printed dipole arrays on planar and…
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- 9789812877819
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- 621.382
How Science Works: Evolution:The Nature of Science & The Science of Nature
Evolution is just a theory, isn’t it? What is a scientific theory anyway? Don’t scientists prove things? What is the difference between a fact, a hypothesis and a theory in science? How does scientific thinking differ from religious thinking? Why are most leading scientists atheists? Are science and religion compatible? Why are there so many different religious beliefs but only one science?…
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- 978-94-017-7747-6
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- XXI, 160
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- 610 ELL h
ERCP and EUS : a case-based approach
This volume provides a comprehensive review of ERCP and EUS and the clinical conditions for which they are employed. Presented in a case-based format with accompanying videos, it will serve as a valuable practical clinical resource for gastroenterologists with an interest in ERCP and EUS. The text highlights major techniques involved in ERCP, reviews complications and recent data on preventing …
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- 9781493923205
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- xvi, 592 pages
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- 616.0754
The Ethics of Energy Sustainability
This book is an easy to use instructional aide. Explore sustainability issues in contemporary society through a transdisciplinary approach. Chapters include ethics, public resources, public policy, combustion, heat exchangers, nuclear, solar, water, and wind energy. A short summary is presented for each topic, followed by additional topics for research, assignments, and references. The complex …
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- 978-94-017-9701-6
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- XIII, 71
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- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
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- 658
Holistic Simulation of Geotechnical Installation Processes:Benchmarks and Sim…
This book examines in detail the entire process involved in implementing geotechnical projects, from a well-defined initial stress and deformation state, to the completion of the installation process. The individual chapters provide the fundamental knowledge needed to effectively improve soil-structure interaction models. Further, they present the results of theoretical fundamental research…
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- 978-3-319-23158-7
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- VIII, 253
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- 621 HOL
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