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Ecosystem Services and River Basin Ecohydrology
This book provides an integrated analysis of the methodologies and main processes occurring at the entire river basin, from upstream until the coast, by merging the biological and hydrological processes with the social and economic components, thus providing an integrated framework for river basin management, integrating the ecohydrology approach with the ecosystem services concept.
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- 978-94-017-9845-7
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- XIII, 341
Economics with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents
This book offers a practical guide to Agent Based economic modeling, adopting a “learning by doing” approach to help the reader master the fundamental tools needed to create and analyze Agent Based models. After providing them with a basic “toolkit” for Agent Based modeling, it present and discusses didactic models of real financial and economic systems in detail. While stressing th…
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- 978-3-319-44056-9
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- XVIII, 205
Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation: 12th International Conference…
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation, LVA/ICS 2015, held in Liberec, Czech Republic, in August 2015. The 61 revised full papers presented – 29 accepted as oral presentations and 32 accepted as poster presentations – were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. Five special topics are a…
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- 978-3-319-22482-4
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Late Pleistocene and Holocene Environmental Change on the Olympic Peninsula, …
This study brings together decades of research on the modern natural environment of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, reviews past research on paleoenvironmental change since the Late Pleistocene, and finally presents paleoecological records of changing forest composition and fire over the last 14,000 years. The focus of this study is on the authors’ studies of five pollen records from the Olym…
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- 978-3-319-11014-1
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Lasers with Nuclear Pumping
This book covers the history of lasers with nuclear pumping (Nuclear Pumped Lasers, NPLs). This book showcases the most important results and stages of NPL development in The Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF) as well as other Russian and international laboratories, including laboratories in the United States. The basic science and technology behind NPLs along with potential applications a…
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- 978-3-319-08882-2
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Lasers in Restorative Dentistry: A Practical Guide
This book presents the state of the art in the use of laser in restorative dentistry. After discussion of relevant background, basic physics and laser types, the full range of clinical applications is covered with the aid of more than 600 clinical photographs, charts, and tables. In addition to conventional indications, newer operative procedures that reliably yield favorable outcomes are caref…
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- 978-3-662-47317-7
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Lasers in Cardiovascular Interventions
Since the introduction of laser devices to the medical sciences this technology has created great interest. Specifically, the laser’s unique physical properties and precise bio-tissue interactions render this versatile source of biologic energy an attractive tool for multiple therapeutic purposes in cardiovascular medicine. Over the course of the last 2 decades the utilization of laser…
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- 978-1-4471-5220-0
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Lasers Based Manufacturing: 5th International and 26th All India Manufacturin…
This book presents selected research papers of the AIMTDR 2014 conference on application of laser technology for various manufacturing processes such as cutting, forming, welding, sintering, cladding and micro-machining. State-of-the-art of these technologies in terms of numerical modeling, experimental studies and industrial case studies are presented. This book will enrich the knowledge of bu…
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- 978-81-322-2352-8
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Large-Scale Studies in Mathematics Education
In recent years, funding agencies like the Institute of Educational Sciences and the National Science Foundation have increasingly emphasized large-scale studies with experimental and quasi-experimental designs looking for 'objective truths'. Educational researchers have recently begun to use large-scale studies to understand what really works, from developing interventions, to validation studi…
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- 978-3-319-07716-1
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Laser Shocking Nano-Crystallization and High-Temperature Modification Technology
The aim of this book is to present foundational research on the nano-crystallization, high-temperature modification, micro-structure evolution and plastic deformation induced by laser shock processing. In this regard, the focus is on heat-resistant steel, aluminum alloy, Ti alloys and Ni-based alloys, offering valuable scientific insights into the industrial applications of laser shock processi…
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