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Renewable Energy and the Environment
This book discusses a number of important topical technical and non-technical issues related to the global energy, environment and socio-economic developments for professionals and students directly and indirectly involved in the relevant fields. It shows how renewable energy offers solutions to mitigate energy demand and helps achieve a clean environment, and also addresses the lack of a clear…
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- 978-981-10-7287-1
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- XXXI, 231, 178 halaman
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- Renewable Energy Sources & Energy Storage
- Call Number
- 333 REN
The Eu Accession to the Echr
This book examines the EU accession to the ECHR from a systemic perspective as well as from the specific perspective of the 2013 draft accession agreement negotiated between the relevant body of the Council of Europe and the EU Commission. It mainly follows a legal positivist approach to examining the nature and scope of obligations that will regulate the new relationship between EU law and Eur…
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- 1
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- 9783319373829
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- 471
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The Psychology of Asian Learners
This book celebrates the scholarly achievements of Prof. David A. Watkins, who has pioneered research on the psychology of Asian learners, and helps readers grasp the cognitive, motivational, developmental, and socio-cultural aspects of Asian learners learning experiences. A wide range of empirical and review papers, which examine the characteristics of these experiences as they are shaped by b…
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- 1
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- 978-981-287-576-1
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- XXVI, 664
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- -
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A Farmer's Year
H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925) is best known as the successful writer of adventure stories with exotic backgrounds such as King Solomon's Mines and She. However, he also served on a number of royal commissions, and in managing his wife's Norfolk estate became a recognised expert on agricultural matters. A Farmer's Year is his diary for 1898, recounting the work of the farm, month by month, toge…
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- 9780511792281
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- -
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- Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
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The Dynamics of Opportunity in America
Across the country, our children are beginning life from very different starting points. Some have aspirations and believe they can be achieved. For too many others, aspirations are tempered, if not dashed, by the sobering realities of everyday life. These different starting points place children on distinctly different trajectories of growth and development, ultimately leading to vastly differ…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-25991-8
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- XXVIII, 489, 68 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
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The Dynamic Interplay between Context and the Language Learner
This edited volume offers a series of state-of-the-art conceptual papers and empirical research studies which consider how contextual factors at multiple levels dynamically interact with individuals to influence how they go about the complex business of learning and using a second language.
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- 1
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- 978-1-137-45713-4
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- XIX, 251
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The Drama of Conservation
This book offers a sweeping history of Pureora Forest Park, one of the most significant sites of natural and cultural history interest in New Zealand. The authors review the geological history of the volcanic zone, its flora and fauna, and the history of Maori and European utilization of forest resources. Chapter-length discussions cover management of the native forest by the New Zealand Fo…
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- 1
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- 978-3319184098
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- 374 pages
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The Distribution of Income and Wealth
This book presents a systematic overview of cutting-edge research in the field of parametric modeling of personal income and wealth distribution, which allows one to represent how income/wealth is distributed within a given population. The estimated parameters may be used to gain insights into the causes of the evolution of income/wealth distribution over time, or to interpret the differences b…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-27410-2
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- XVI, 177, 24 b/w illustrations
- Series Title
- New Economic Windows
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- -
The Discreet Charm of Protein Binding Sites
This book is a passionate account of the scientific breakthroughs that led to the solution of the first protein structures and to the understanding of their function at atomic resolution. The book is divided into self-standing chapters that each deal with a protein or protein family. The subject is presented in a fluid, non-technical style that will engage student and scientists in biochemistry…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-24996-4
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- XIII, 60, 6 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
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- -
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The Digital Synaptic Neural Substrate
This book describes a new computational approach to creativity. With chess as the domain of investigation, the authors show experimentally how a computer can be imbued with the 'spark' of creativity that enables it to compose chess problems or puzzles that are both challenging and aesthetically appealing to humans. This new approach called the Digital Synaptic Neural Substrate (DSNS) mimics the…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-28079-0
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- XV, 119, 9 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
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- SpringerBriefs in Cognitive Computation
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