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Morbid Obesity in Adolescents
As the worldwide prevalence of morbid obesity among adolescents continues to rise, recent years have seen a large increase in the performance of adolescent bariatric surgery. While surgical intervention often becomes necessary when conservative weight-loss therapies have failed, no standards regarding the post-operative regimen and long-term management of adolescent patients have been establish…
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- 978-3-7091-0967-0
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- Springer-Verlag Wien
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Minimally Invasive Foregut Surgery for Malignancy
This book provides detailed, comprehensive and illustrative content to the surgical community in the areas of foregut oncologic surgery. The text contains an in depth review of all surgical aspects of oncologic diseases involving the stomach and esophagus. The main focus is on the minimally invasive techniques including potential complications and their management. The text also includes an onl…
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- 978-3-319-09341-3
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- XV, 276
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Trends in Practical Applications of Scalable Multi-Agent Systems, the PAAMS C…
Latest research trends in Practical Applications Scalable Multi-Agent System Results of the workshops of the 14th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS 2016) held in Sevilla, Spain, from 1st to 3rd June 2016 Brings together researchers and developers articles from industry and the academic world reporting on the latest scientific and technic…
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- 978-3-319-40159-1
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- XVIII, 400
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- Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
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Mining, Modeling, and Recommending 'Things' in Social Media
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed joint post-workshop proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Mining Ubiquitous and Social Environments, MUSE 2013, held in Prague, Czech Republic, in September 2013, and the 4th International Workshop on Modeling Social Media, MSM 2013, held in Paris, France, in May 2013. The 8 full papers included in the book are revised and significantly e…
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- 978-3-319-14723-9
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- IX
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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Trends in Practical Applications of Scalable Multi-Agent Systems, the PAAMS C…
Latest research trends in Practical Applications Scalable Multi-Agent System Results of the workshops of the 14th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS 2016) held in Sevilla, Spain, from 1st to 3rd June 2016 Brings together researchers and developers articles from industry and the academic world reporting on the latest scientific and techni…
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- 978-3-319-40159-1
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- XVIII, 400
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- Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
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Mind in Action
The book questions two key dichotomies: that of the apparent and real, and that of the internal and external. This leads to revised notions of the structure of experience and the object of knowledge. Our world is experienced as possibilities of action, and to know is to know what to do. A further consequence is that the mind is best considered as a property of organisms’ interactions with the…
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- 978-3-319-17622-2
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- XII, 94
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- Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
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Molecular Pathology in Cancer Research
The aim of the book is to discuss the application of molecular pathology in cancer research, and its contribution in the classification of different tumors and identification of potential molecular targets, as well as how this knowledge may be translated into clinical practice, and the huge impact this field is likely to have in the next 5 to 10 years.
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- 978-1-4939-6641-7
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- VIII, 369
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Trends in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems and Sustainab…
Results of the workshops of the 13th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS 2015) held in Salamanca, Spain, from 3rd to 5th June 2015 Brings together researchers and developers articles from industry and the academic world reporting on the latest scientific and technical advances on the application of multi-agent Systems Written by experts …
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- 978-3-319-19629-9
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- XVI, 242
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- Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
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Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Differentiation in Gonad Development
This book presents the current state of knowledge on the origin and differentiation of cell lines involved in the development of the vertebrate male and female gonads with particular emphasis on the mouse. It also discusses the processes leading to the testis- and ovary-specific structures and functions. The individual chapters review the origin and differentiation of the somatic cells of th…
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- 978-3-319-31971-1
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- XII, 434
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- Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation
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Molecular Breeding for Sustainable Crop Improvement
The world population is estimated to reach to more than 10 billion by the year 2050. These projections pose a challenging situation for the agricultural scientists to increase crops productivity to meet the growing food demands. The unavailability and/or inaccessibility to appropriate gene pools with desired traits required to carry out genetic improvement of various crop species make th…
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- 978-3-319-27088-3
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- XI, 478
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- Sustainable Development and Biodiversity
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