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Environmental Software Systems. Infrastructures, Services and Applications 1…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th IFIP WG 5.11 International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems, ISESS 2015, held in Melbourne, Australia, in March 2015. The 62 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 104 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: information systems, information modeling and semanti…
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- 978-3-319-15994-2
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- 206 illustrations in colour
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- Springer Texts in Business and Economics
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Pancreatic Islet Biology
This comprehensive volume discusses in vitro laboratory development of insulin-producing cells. It encompasses multiple aspects of islet biology—from embryonic development and stem cell differentiation to clinical studies in islet transplantation, regulation of islet beta-cell regeneration, pancreatic progenitors, mathematical modelling of islet development, epigenetic regulation, and much mo…
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- 978-3-319-45307-1
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- XVI, 324 halaman
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- Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
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- 573.377 PAN
Rule of Law, Legitimate Governance & Development in the Pacific
The notion that the rule of law embodies or guarantees all the essential requirements for a perfectly just society is extravagant and naïve. Nonetheless, the rule of law remains an essential human virtue whose usefulness the world has yet to outgrow. Using the rule of law as a mobilising theme, this book recasts Western theories of law, good governance and development in a Pacific perspective.…
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- 9781920942557
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- 340 SAL r
A Philosophy of Intellectual Property
Are intellectual property rights like other property rights? More and more of the world’s knowledge and information is under the control of intellectual property owners. What are the justifications for this? What are the implications for power and for justice of allowing this property form to range across social life? Can we look to traditional property theory to supply the answers or do we n…
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- 9781925022957
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- 340 DRA p
Protection of intellectual, biological & cultural property in Papua New Guinea
Intellectual, biological and cultural property rights are a powerful and debatable topic. They offer the possibility for protection of rights to intangible resources, including the products of knowledge and creativity. The forces of globalisation have made this subject of immediate, international concern. Struggles for ownership of intellectual property occur between and within local and global…
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- 9781922144928
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- 340 PRO
Reaching for health : The Australian women’s health movement and public policy
The women’s health movement shocked and scandalised when it burst into Australian politics in the early 1970s. It cast the light of day onto taboo subjects such as sexual assault, abortion and domestic violence, provoking outrage and condemnation. Some of the services women created for themselves were subjected to police raids; sex education material was branded ‘indecent’. Moreover, wome…
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- 9781921862687
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- 362 JAM r
Public Sector Employment in the Twenty-First Century
This book addresses the transformations which have occurred in employment arrangements and practices in the Australian public sector over the past decade and the changes in responsibilities and accountability through employment contracts, whistleblower legislation and partnerships between government and the private sector. It provides a comparative context through studies of reconstruction of t…
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- 9781920942618
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- 330 PUB
Balancing Privacy and Free Speech : Unwanted Attention in the Age of Social M…
In an age of smartphones, Facebook and YouTube, privacy may seem to be a norm of the past. This book addresses ethical and legal questions that arise when media technologies are used to give individuals unwanted attention. Drawing from a broad range of cases within the US, UK, Australia, Europe, and elsewhere, Mark Tunick asks whether privacy interests can ever be weightier than society’s int…
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- 9781138791053
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- 238 halaman
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- 302 TUN b
Economic Sanctions in International Law and Practice
Providing perspectives from a range of experts, including international lawyers, political scientists, and practitioners, this book assesses current theory and practice of economic sanctions, discussing current legal and political challenges faced by the international community.It examines both the implementation of sanctions by major powers – the United States, the European Union, and Japan …
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- 9780429052989
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- 270 halaman
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- 340 ECO
Climate Change as a Threat to Peace : Impacts on Cultural Heritage and Cultur…
This volume takes a fresh look at climate change as a threat to peace and its impacts on cultural heritage and cultural diversity. It proceeds under the assumption that the impacts of climate change on cultural heritage and cultural diversity may challenge sustainable global peace. As innovative feature, the interdisciplinary nexus between cultural heritage and peace is explicitly taken account…
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- 9783631662236
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- 209 halaman
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- 320 CLI
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