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ATEX—Explosive Atmospheres: Risk Assessment, Control and Compliance
This book details how safety (i.e. the absence of unacceptable risks) is ensured in areas where potentially explosive atmospheres (ATEX) can arise. The book also offers readers essential information on how to comply with the newest (April 2016) EU legislation when the presence of ATEX cannot be avoided. By presenting general guidance on issues arising out of the EU ATEX legislation – espec…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-31367-2
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- XII, 197
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- Springer Series in Reliability Engineering
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- 600 JES a
Epigenetics in Cardiac Disease
This book describes important advances in our understanding of how environmental conditions affect cardiac gene expression through epigenetic mechanisms. Further, it discusses the roles of chromatin modifications (in particular DNA methylation and histone modifications) and of chromatin regulators in the context of cardiac diseases. The book provides readers with an overview of our current unde…
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- 978-3-319-41457-7
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- 10 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
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Subalternity vs. Hegemony, Cuba's Outstanding Achievements in Science and Bio…
The present book introduces an original (new) perspective on Cuba. This book revisits Cuba's choice, after the 1959 revolution, to develop an advanced healthcare and scientific system. It also introduces new aspects of the problem development/underdevelopment. From the start, every effort of the Cuban leadership and scientific community was driven by the primary purpose of meeting the countryâ€â€¦
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- 978-3-319-40609-1
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- XII, 103
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- SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology
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A Primer on the Geometry of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Modifications
This volume presents a comprehensive system for categorizing carbon nanotubes and their modifications in terms of nano sheets, nanotubes, microscopic and atomic modifications. In addition, the material and geometric properties of these nano-configurations are addressed. Lastly, it introduces a number of common software packages for geometry generation and several commercial finite element progr…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-14986-8
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- IX, 70
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- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
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- 620 YEN p
Introduction to Biosensors: From Electric Circuits to Immunosensors
This book equips students with a thorough understanding of various types of sensors and biosensors that can be used for chemical, biological, and biomedical applications, including but not limited to temperature sensors, strain sensor, light sensors, spectrophotometric sensors, pulse oximeter, optical fiber probes, fluorescence sensors, pH sensor, ion-selective electrodes, piezoelectric sensors…
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- 978-3-319-27413-3
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Introduction of Biotechnology in India’s Agriculture: Impact, Performance a…
Biotechnology can bring major breakthroughs in agriculture. The book examines the experience of introduction of biotechnology in Indian agriculture, specifically, examining the performance of Bt cotton versus non-Bt cotton across India’s major cotton states, namely Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, which together account for nearly 70 percent of the country’s cotton produ…
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- 978-981-10-1091-0
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Environmental Sustainability Role of Green Technologies
Covers different categories of green technologies (e.g. biofuels, renewable energy sources, phytoremediation etc.,) in a nutshell -Focuses on next generation technologies which will help to attain the sustainable development -The chapters widely cover for students, faculties and researchers in the scientific arena of Environmentalists, Agriculturalists, Engineers and Policy Makers The World Env…
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- 978-81-322-2056-5
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- 26 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour
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Stress Biology of Yeasts and Fungi
This book describes cutting-edge science and technology of the characterization, breeding, and development of yeasts and fungi used worldwide in fermentation industries such as alcohol beverage brewing, bread making, and bioethanol production. The book also covers numerous topics and important areas the previous literature has missed, ranging widely from molecular mechanisms to biotechnological…
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- 978-4-431-55248-2
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Environmental Security of the European Cross-Border Energy Supply Infrastructure
The current volume provides examples of how environmental hazards such as landslides, earthquakes, mountain processes, cold climate processes and tidal flows and currents can affect the energy supply infrastructure. In times of uncertainty, the security of the European cross-border energy supply infrastructure, such as pipelines, has great importance. Whilst the potential effects of political d…
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- 978-94-017-9538-8
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- 24 b/w illustrations, 74 illustrations in colour
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Environmental Microbial Biotechnology
This book provides a timely review of strategies for coping with polluted ecosystems by employing bacteria, fungi and algae. It presents the vast variety of microbial technologies currently applied in the bioremediation of a variety of anthropogenic toxic chemicals, mining and industrial wastes and other pollutants. Topics covered include: microbe-mineral interactions, biosensors in environm…
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- 978-3-319-19018-1
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- 36 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
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