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Objectivity in Science
This highly multidisciplinary collection discusses an increasingly important topic among scholars in science and technology studies: objectivity in science. It features eleven essays on scientific objectivity from a variety of perspectives, including philosophy of science, history of science, and feminist philosophy. Topics addressed in the book include the nature and value of scientific object…
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- 978-3-319-14348-4
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- VI, 226
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- Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
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Nutrition and the Welfare of Farm Animals
This book explores the importance of good nutrition in ensuring an adequate standard of welfare for farm animals. It is often not realized that farm animals can suffer when they are fed unsuitable diets, which may be because these diets are more economic or the farmer does not know how to rectify poor nutrition. This book reveals how to recognize and deal with feeding problems in farm animals, …
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- 978-3-319-27354-9
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- XXIX, 247
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- Animal Welfare
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Nutrition Physiology and Metabolism in Spaceflight and Analog Studies
This book provides an overview of microgravity-induced changes in human metabolism, muscle, bone and the cardio-vascular system, and discusses in detail the nutrient uptake required during spaceflight to counteract these adaptive mechanisms and ensure an improved physical constitution upon returning to Earth. It addresses the needs of professors, researchers and students working in the field of…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-18520-0
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- XIII, 69
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- SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences
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Numerical Simulation of Viscous Shocked Accretion Flows Around Black Holes
The work developed in this thesis addresses very important and relevant issues of accretion processes around black holes. Beginning by studying the time variation of the evolution of inviscid accretion discs around black holes and their properties, the author investigates the change of the pattern of the flows when the strength of the shear viscosity is varied and cooling is introduced. He succ…
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- 978-3-319-09539-4
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- XXII, 129
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- Springer Theses
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Numerical Simulation in Applied Geophysics
This book presents the theory of waves propagation in a fluid-saturated porous medium (a Biot medium) and its application in Applied Geophysics. In particular, a derivation of absorbing boundary conditions in viscoelastic and poroelastic media is presented, which later is employed in the applications. The partial differential equations describing the propagation of waves in Biot media are s…
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- 978-3-319-48456-3
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- XV, 309
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- Lecture Notes in Geosystems Mathematics and Computing
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Numerical Methods for Reliability and Safety Assessment: Multiscale and Multi…
This book offers unique insight on structural safety and reliability by combining computational methods that address multiphysics problems, involving multiple equations describing different physical phenomena and multiscale problems, involving discrete sub-problems that together describe important aspects of a system at multiple scales. The book examines a range of engineering domains and probl…
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- 978-3-319-07166-4
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- XVIII, 805
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Numerical Methods and Applications:8th International Conference, NMA 2014, Bo…
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Numerical Methods and Applications, NMA 2014, held in Borovets, Bulgaria, in August 2014. The 34 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 56 submissions for inclusion in this book. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Monte Carlo …
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- 978-3-319-15584-5
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- XII, 313
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- Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues
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Numerical Approximation of the Magnetoquasistatic Model with Uncertainties:Ap…
This book presents a comprehensive mathematical approach for solving stochastic magnetic field problems. It discusses variability in material properties and geometry, with an emphasis on the preservation of structural physical and mathematical properties. It especially addresses uncertainties in the computer simulation of magnetic fields originating from the manufacturing process. Uncertainties…
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- 978-3-319-41293-1
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- XXII, 114
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- Springer Theses
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Nuclear-Pumped Lasers
This book focuses on Nuclear-Pumped Laser (NPL) technology and provides the reader with a fundamental understanding of NPLs, a review of research in the field and exploration of large scale NPL system design and applications.Early chapters look at the fundamental properties of lasers, nuclear-pumping and nuclear reactions that may be used as drivers for nuclear-pumped lasers. The book goes on t…
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- 978-3-319-36913-6
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- XIV, 417
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Nuclear Structure with Coherent States
This book covers the essential features of a large variety of nuclear structure properties, both collective and microscopic in nature. Most of results are given in an analytical form thus giving deep insight into the relevant phenomena. Using coherent states as variational states, which allows a description in the classical phase space, or provides the generating function for a boson basis, is …
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-14641-6
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- XI, 521
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