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How Science Works: Evolution:The Nature of Science & The Science of Nature
Evolution is just a theory, isn’t it? What is a scientific theory anyway? Don’t scientists prove things? What is the difference between a fact, a hypothesis and a theory in science? How does scientific thinking differ from religious thinking? Why are most leading scientists atheists? Are science and religion compatible? Why are there so many different religious beliefs but only one science?…
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- 978-94-017-7747-6
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- XXI, 160
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- 610 ELL h
How the Fed Moves Markets{ Central Bank Analysis for the Modern Era
Central banks have a profound impact on financial markets, and investors struggle to keep informed about their complex policy decisions. Technological and financial developments have transformed the US Federal Reserve Bank from a financial black box into a vocal, increasingly transparent institution—and the result is such a wealth of textual data that clues to future policy decisions may be l…
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- 978-1-349-56298-5
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- X, 198
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- 330 SCH h
Product lines for digital information products
Digital information products are an important class of widely used digital products, whose core benefit is the delivery of information or education (e.g., electronic books, online newspapers, e-learning courses).This book introduces a novel and systematic approach, Product Lines for Digital Information Products (PLANT), which focuses on the creation of variants of such products within a product…
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- 978-3-86644-133-0
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- 005 PAN p
ERCP and EUS : a case-based approach
This volume provides a comprehensive review of ERCP and EUS and the clinical conditions for which they are employed. Presented in a case-based format with accompanying videos, it will serve as a valuable practical clinical resource for gastroenterologists with an interest in ERCP and EUS. The text highlights major techniques involved in ERCP, reviews complications and recent data on preventing …
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- 9781493923205
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- xvi, 592 pages
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- 616.0754
EU Crisis and the Role of the Periphery
The European economy is still in recession, even though there are some weak indications of stabilization. This book examines important aspects of the crisis in selected countries of Southern Europe, the Balkans and Eastern Europe. The intensity of the crisis and its economic and social repercussions have varied from country to country, generally impacting the core countries less than those on t…
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- 9783319101323
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- xii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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- 330.9
The Conquest of Cancer: A distant goal
Based on 30 years of clinical and research experience, backed by a careful assessment of four decades of published data, Dr. Faguet documented in The War on Cancer (Springer 2005), early advances in cancer treatment and patient survival that soon stalled. Ten years later and after an exhaustive analysis of evidence-based data available through 2013 that incorporates 755 references, he reveals t…
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- 978-9401791649
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The European Banking Union
Why did European policy-makers introduce the Banking Union? Which are its main features? How does it affect banks and their customers? This book tries to answer these questions, by providing a clear description of the building blocks of the banking union, and by discussing the issues that still remain unanswered.
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- 978-1-137-56314-9
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- XIII, 136
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- Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions
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The Euro
This book takes a close look at macroeconomic imbalances within the Eurozone and explores the profound consequences the introduction of the European Monetary Union (EMU) has had on Euro area countries. Particular attention is given to balance of payments deficits and surpluses, and the profound difficulties of rebalancing the Euro area. Throughout the chapters, the author argues that the EMU ha…
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- 978-3-319-46388-9
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- XIII, 133
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The Etiology of Atopic Dermatitis
This book will present completely new, unique findings in eczema: sweat ducts that become occluded with staphylococcal biofilms trigger the innate immune system with TLR2 receptor activity and this leads to production of the “itching” and inflammation in this disease. Dermatologists and pediatricians treat eczema exceedingly well and this is ordinarily accomplished with corticosteroid conta…
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- 978-1-4471-6545-3
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- XVIII, 117
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The Ethics of Energy Sustainability
This book is an easy to use instructional aide. Explore sustainability issues in contemporary society through a transdisciplinary approach. Chapters include ethics, public resources, public policy, combustion, heat exchangers, nuclear, solar, water, and wind energy. A short summary is presented for each topic, followed by additional topics for research, assignments, and references. The complex …
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- 978-94-017-9701-6
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- XIII, 71
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- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
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- 658
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