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Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome: From Bench to Bedside
This book, part of the series Rare Diseases of the Immune System, offers comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the pathophysiology and management of the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Immunologic and genetic aspects are discussed and the pathogenic mechanisms responsible for such phenomena as APS-mediated thrombosis and pregnancy loss/complications are explained. The main clinical manifestati…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-11044-8
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- X, 267
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- Rare Diseases of the Immune System
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- 616.15 ANT a
Antimicrobial Peptides: Role in Human Health and Disease
This book focuses on the importance of human antimicrobial peptides (AMP) in keeping the host healthy and preventing infectious diseases. The first chapters deal with several examples of the role of AMP in different epithelial organs (skin and wound healing, eye, lung, genito-urinary tract, gut), which are exposed to different kinds of infectious microorganisms and as a result produce different…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-24199-9
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- VI, 158
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- Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases
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- 576 ANT a
Mathematical Analysis II
The purpose of the volume is to provide a support textbook for a second lecture course on Mathematical Analysis. The contents are organised to suit, in particular, students of Engineering, Computer Science and Physics, all areas in which mathematical tools play a crucial role. The basic notions and methods concerning integral and differential calculus for multivariable functions, series of func…
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- 978-3-319-12757-6
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Practical Learning in Hospitality Education
This book examines different practical hospitality training work experience models implemented by degree granting institutions throughout the world. Through a series of research essays and reflective case studies, the book explores the range of on and off campus models used by tertiary providers to ensure their students gain practical experience that complements their formal classroom education…
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- 338 MCK p
Financial Cryptography and Data Security
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, FC 2014, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in January 2015. The 23 revised full papers and 10 short papers were carefully selected and reviewed from 102 full papers submissions. The papers are grouped in the following topical sections: sidechan…
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- 978-3-662-47854-7
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- XIV, 574
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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Financial Crisis, Bank Behaviour and Credit Crunch
This book explores some relevant distortions and market failures in financial and banking markets caused by the recent financial crisis and offers important insights to policymakers as well. After having introduced the reader to the economic background behind the origin of the present financial turmoil, the book proposes a distinct angle to look at some macro and microeconomic aspects. The v…
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- 978-3-319-17413-6
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- XII, 193
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- Contributions to Economics
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Financial Crisis and Bank Management in Japan (1997 to 2016)
This book explores the challenges faced by the Japanese economy and the Japanese banking industry following the financial crisis that emerged around the turn of the last millennium. The author explores how the Japanese financial crisis of the late 1990s engendered huge restructuring efforts in the banking industry, which eventually led to even more sweeping changes of the economic system and lo…
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- 978-1-137-54118-5
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- XXII, 184
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- Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions
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Financial Crime in China
Financial Crime in China builds upon original research into the topic and offers a never-before-seen look at the systemic spread of state-controlled corruption in the form of bank fraud, securities fraud, insider trading, and Ponzi schemes. Cheng presents an authentic picture of financial crime in China by identifying the latest manifestations, analyzing empirical data and case studies, and dra…
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- 978-1-137-57106-9
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- XIV, 194
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Financial Accounting and Management Control
This book is about financial accounting and management control and how these two information systems are related as well as how their objectives conflict. At the most fundamental level, the objective of financial accounting is to provide owners and funders with comparable information on a company's value creation. The aim of management control, on the other hand, is to give the board, senior ex…
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- 978-3-319-13782-7
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- XI, 138
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- Contributions to Management Science
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Financial Accounting: Development Paths and Alignment to Management Accountin…
This book presents empirical evidence on the convergence of financial and management accounting in the Italian context. The author provides an overview of the development paths of financial accounting including its evolution, role of non-financial, forward looking and voluntary disclosures, and internal determinants such as corporate governance and business culture. The author uses the premises…
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- 978-3-319-18723-5
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- IX, 143
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- Contributions to Management Science
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