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Epistemology and Political Philosophy in Gilbert Simondon Individuation, Tec…
This combination of historiography and theory offers the growing Anglophone readership interested in the ideas of Gilbert Simondon a thorough and unprecedented survey of the French philosopher’s entire oeuvre. The publication, which breaks new ground in its thoroughness and breadth of analysis, systematically traces the interconnections between Simondon’s philosophy of science and technolog…
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- 978-94-017-9831-0
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- XI, 251
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Epistemological Dimensions of Evolutionary Psychology
As psychology and philosophy arose as answers to the eternal question of how the mind works, evolutionary psychology has gained ground over recent years as a link between cognitive-behavioral and natural-science theories of the mind. This provocative field has also gathered a wide range of criticisms, from attributing too much autonomy to the brain to basing itself on faulty assu…
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- 978-1-4939-1387-9
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- 9 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
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Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors
This book addresses the important physical phenomenon of Surface Plasmon Resonance or Surface Plasmon Polaritons in thin metal films, a phenomenon which is exploited in the design of a large variety of physico-chemical optical sensors. In this treatment, crucial materials aspects for design and optimization of SPR sensors are investigated and outlined in detail. The text covers the selection of…
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- 978-3-319-14926-4
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- XIII, 183
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- SpringerBriefs in Physics
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Academic Barbarism, Universities and Inequality
The image of the university is tarnished: this book examines how recent philosophies of education, new readings of its economics, new technologies affecting research and access, and contemporary novelists' representations of university life all describe a global university that has given up on its promise of greater educational equality.
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-1-137-54761-3
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- X, 175
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- Palgrave Critical University Studies
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- 378 OSU a
Abiotic Stress Physiology of Horticultural Crops
This book brings together recent advances in the area of abiotic stress tolerance in various vegetables, fruit crops, plantation crops and tuber crops. The main challenges to improving the productivity of horticultural crops are the different types of abiotic stresses generally caused by climate change at the regional and global level. Heat, drought, cold and salinity are the major abiotic stre…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-81-322-2725-0
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- XIV, 368
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- 581 ABI a
Abiotic Stress Biology in Horticultural Plants
The purpose of this publication is to elucidate the biological aspect of the abiotic stress response from the field to the molecular level in horticultural plants. This book is unique in that it concerns the basic aspect of abiotic stress biology and research progress at the molecular level in model plants or major field crops, as it focuses mainly on the abiotic stress response in existing hor…
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- 978-4-431-55251-2
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- VIII, 220
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- 581 ABI a
AMP-activated Protein Kinase
AMPK has emerged as an important integrator of signals that control energy balance through the regulation of multiple biochemical pathways in eukaryotes. This book focuses on the implications of AMPK as a master metabolic regulator in diseases, including new methods and animal models. The contributions are written by leading experts in the field and give an extensive overview of the current …
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- 978-3-319-43589-3
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- X, 523
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- Experientia Supplementum
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- 612 AMP a
AGILE 2015: Geographic Information Science as an Enabler of Smarter Cities an…
This is a book is a collection of articles that will be submitted as full papers to the AGILE annual international conference. These papers go through a rigorous review process and report original and unpublished fundamental scientific research. Those published cover significant research in the domain of geographic information science systems. This year the focus is on geographic information sc…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-16787-9
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- XIII, 362
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- Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography
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- 621.39 AGI a
Geographies of Knowledge and Power
Interest in relations between knowledge, power, and space has a long tradition in a range of disciplines, but it was reinvigorated in the last two decades through critical engagement with Foucault and Gramsci. This volume focuses on relations between knowledge and power. It shows why space is fundamental in any exercise of power and explains which roles various types of knowledge play in the ac…
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- 978-94-017-9959-1
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- X, 347
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- 300 GEO
Real-Time Monitoring of Cancer Cell Metabolism for Drug Testing
Hamed Alborzinia uses the biosensor chip to monitor the metabolic and morphological changes in cancer cell lines in real time, particularly: (i) real-time measurements of basic cancer cell metabolism of different cancer cell lines; (ii) a detailed timeline of the metabolic response to cisplatin treatment and clear detection of the time span between start of cisplatin treatment and onset of cell…
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- 978-3-658-10161-9
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- 615
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