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Free Radicals in Human Health and Disease
The role of oxidative stress in human disease has become an area of intense interest. Free radicals, a normal product of metabolism, exist in all aerobic cells in balance with biochemical antioxidants. Environmental stress increases the levels of free radicals drastically, thereby disturbing the equilibrium between free radical production and the antioxidant capability causing oxidative stress.…
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- 978-81-322-2035-0
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- XVI, 430 pages
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Free Radicals in ENT Pathology
This comprehensive volume examines the current state of free radical biology and its impact on otology, laryngology, and head and neck function. The chapters collectively highlight the interrelationship of basic and translational studies in each area, define the challenges to translation, and identify the existing basic issues that demand investigation as well as the opportunities for novel int…
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- 978-3-319-13473-4
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- XIV, 507 pages
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- Oxidative Stress in Applied Basic Research and Clinical Practice
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Free Money for All: A Basic Income Guarantee Solution for the Twenty-First Ce…
Free Money for All makes the case for a basic income guarantee of $10,000 per adult US citizen. The book shows that a basic income guarantee will increase gross national happiness and gross national freedom, while helping to mitigate some of the worst consequences of rising technological unemployment.
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- 978-1-137-47133-8
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- XI, 249 pages
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- Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee
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Free Discontinuity Problems
This book presents a series of lectures on three of the best known examples of free discontinuity problems: the Mumford-Shah model for image segmentation, a variational model for the epitaxial growth of thin films, and the sharp interface limit of the Ohta-Kawasaki model for pattern formation in dyblock copolymers.
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- 978-88-7642-593-6
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- IX, 227 pages
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- Publications of the Scuola Normale Superiore
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Frank H. Knight: Prophet of Freedom
This book argues for the reconsideration of Frank Knight and the Chicago School of Economic thought in a post-Financial Crisis world. The author posits that the discussion of the founder of "Knightian Uncertainty" can reveal new insights into what the economy can do for society, as his prophetic insights can offer a view into the soul of the modern economy. The book first considers Frank Knight…
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- 978-1-137-46211-4
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- X, 288 pages
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- Great Thinkers in Economics
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Frameworks for Modeling Cognition and Decisions in Institutional Environments
This book deals with the theoretical, methodological, and empirical implications of bounded rationality in the operation of institutions. It focuses on decisions made under uncertainty, and presents a reliable strategy of knowledge acquisition for the design and implementation of decision-support systems. Based on the distinction between the inner and outer environment of decisions, the book ex…
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- 978-94-017-9427-5
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- XX, 232 pages
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- Law, Governance and Technology Series
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Francophone Perspectives of Learning Through Work
This book generates a comprehensive account of ways in which practice-based learning has been conceptualized in the Francophone context. Learning for occupations, and the educational and practice-based experiences supporting it are the subject of increased interest and attention globally. Governments, professional bodies, workplaces and workers are now looking for experiences that support the i…
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- 978-3-319-18669-6
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- VIII, 378 pages
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- Professional and Practice-based Learning
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Fractures of the Proximal Humerus
This series provides a clearly structured and comprehensive overview of fracture treatments based on the most recent scientific data. Each book in the series is organized anatomically, so the surgeon can quickly access practical aspects, examples, pearls and pitfalls. In this first volume in the series, fractures of the proximal humerus are examined with an overview of fracture morphology, inju…
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- 978-3-319-20300-3
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- XI, 262 pages
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- Strategies in Fracture Treatments
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Fracture, Fatigue, Failure, and Damage Evolution, Volume 5
Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, Volume 5: Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the fifth volume of eight from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of areas, including: Mixed Mode Fracture I: Emphasis …
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- 978-3-319-06977-7
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- VIII, 252 pages
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- Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series
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Career and Career Guidance in the Nordic Countries
Career and Career Guidance in the Nordic Countries explores what kind of context the Nordic region offers for the pursuit of career, how the development of careers are supported and how career guidance is enacted in this context.; Readership: All interested in career and career development, including students, researchers, practitioners and policy makers. There will also be important secondary …
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- 9789004428089
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