Filter by
Life Extension: Lessons from Drosophila
This book looks at aging through research on Drosophila, the fruit fly that is one of the most widely used model organisms in bio gerontology. Work in model organisms can expand the theoretical knowledge of aging: it yields valuable insight into the molecular and cellular processes that underlie aging process, and it can perhaps provide new therapeutic targets for the treatment of age-related d…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-18326-8
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
How Canadians Communicate VI Food Promotion, Consumption, and Controversy
By examining topics such as the values embedded in food marketing, the locavore movement, food tourism, dinner parties, food bank donations, the moral panic surrounding obesity, food crises, and fears about food safety, the contributors to this volume paint a rich, and sometimes unsettling portrait of how food is represented, regulated, and consumed in Canada. With chapters from leading scholar…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781771990257.01
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 336 pages
How Canadians Communicate V Sports
Writing from a variety of perspectives, the contributors to this collection set out to explore the impact of the media on our reception of, and attitudes toward, sports—to unpack the meanings that sports have for us as citizens and consumers. Some contributors probe the function of sports as spectacle—the escalation of violence, controversies over drug use, and the media’s coverage of tra…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781771990073.01
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 395 pages
Life Cycle and Sustainability of Abrasive Tools
This monograph focuses on abrasive tools for grinding, polishing, honing, and lapping operations. The book describes the life cycle of abrasive tools from raw material processing of abrasive grits and bonding, manufacturing of monolithic or multi-layered tools, tool use to tool end-of-life. Moreover, this work highlights sustainability challenges including economic, environmental, social and te…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-28346-3
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
How Canadians Communicate IV Media and Politics
With contributions from such diverse figures as Elly Alboim, Richard Davis, Tom Flanagan, David Marshall, and Roger Epp, How Canadians Communicate IV is the most comprehensive review of political communication in Canada in over three decades – one that poses questions fundamental to the quality of public life.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781926836812.01
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 400 pages
Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology An Introduction
This second edition has been updated and substantially expanded. Starting with the description of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, this cogently written textbook introduces the reader to the astronomy of galaxies, their structure, active galactic nuclei, evolution and large scale distribution in the Universe. After an extensive and thorough introduction to modern observational and theoretical co…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-642-54083-7
- Collation
- 191 b/w illustrations, 323 illustrations in colour
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
How Canadians Communicate III Contexts of Canadian Popular Culture
Canada does indeed have a popular culture distinct from other nations. How Canadians Communicate III gathers the country’s most inquisitive experts on Canadian popular culture to prove its thesis.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781897425596.01
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 369 pages
Extracting Physics from Gravitational Waves Testing the Strong-field Dynamic…
Tjonnie Li's thesis covers two applications of Gravitational Wave astronomy: tests of General Relativity in the strong-field regime and cosmological measurements. The first part of the thesis focuses on the so-called TIGER, i.e. Test Infrastructure for General Relativity, an innovative Bayesian framework for performing hypothesis tests of modified gravity using ground-based GW data. After devel…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-19273-4
- Collation
- 17 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Extracellular Composite Matrices in Arthropods
Emphasis is placed on the elaborate cuticular matrices in insects and crustaceans, spider and insect silks, sialomes of phytophagous and blood-feeding arthropods as well as on secretions of male and female accessory glands. Focus is placed largely on insects, due to the extensive body of published research that in part is the result of available whole genome sequences of several model species (…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-40740-1
- Collation
- 39 b/w illustrations, 83 illustrations in colour
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Externally Heated Valve Engine A New Approach to Piston Engines
This book reports on a novel approach for generating mechanical energy from different, external heat sources using the body of a typical piston engine with valves. By presenting simple yet effective numerical models, the authors show how this new approach, which combines existing internal combustion technology with a lubrication system, is able to offer an economic solution to the problem of me…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-28355-5
- Collation
- 70 illustrations in colour
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography