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Institutional Arrangements for Conservation, Development and Tourism in Easte…
This book presents an overview of different institutional arrangements for tourism, biodiversity conservation and rural poverty reduction in eastern and southern Africa. These approaches range from conservancies in Namibia, community-based organizations in Botswana, conservation enterprises in Kenya, private game reserves in South Africa, to sport hunting in Uganda and transfrontier conservatio…
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- 978-94-017-9528-9
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- XX, 265
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- 333.7 INS
Methane Combustion over Lanthanum-based Perovskite Mixed Oxides
This book presents current research into the catalytic combustion of methane using perovskite-type oxides (ABO3). Catalytic combustion has been developed as a method of promoting efficient combustion with minimum pollutant formation as compared to conventional catalytic combustion. Recent theoretical and experimental studies have recommended that noble metals supported on (ABO3) with well-order…
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- 1
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- 978-3-662-46990-3
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- XXII, 103
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- Springer Theses
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Metal Response in Cupriavidus metallidurans:Volume I: From Habitats to Genes …
This book is the first volume of a two-volume set summarizing 40 years of key research findings directly related to metal-resistant Cupriavidus/Ralstonia (Betaproteobacteria). In this first volume, the historical and geographical context of these bacteria, which are mostly found in industrial and polluted environments linked to zinc and other non-ferrous metallurgy, is sketched to illustrate th…
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- 978-3-319-20593-9
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- IX, 89
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- SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science
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Knowledge Engineering and Semantic Web: 6th International Conference, KESW 20…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th Conference on Knowledge Engineering and the Semantic Web, KESW 2015, held in Moscow, Russia, in September/October 2015. The 17 revised full papers presented together with 6 short system descriptions were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The papers address research issues related to semantic web, linked data, ontolog…
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- 978-3-319-24543-0
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Legal Aspects of Corporate Management and Finance
Legal Aspects of Corporate Management and Finance is an up-to-date textbook that covers key legal issues relating to corporate management and finance. The text is organized to permit instructors to tailor the materials to their particular approach. The authors take special care to engage students by relating law to everyday events with their clear, concise and readable style. After introdu…
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- 9781453343258
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- 340 MAY l
BONUS Algorithm for Large Scale Stochastic Nonlinear Programming Problems
This book presents the details of the BONUS algorithm and its real world applications in areas like sensor placement in large scale drinking water networks, sensor placement in advanced power systems, water management in power systems, and capacity expansion of energy systems. A generalized method for stochastic nonlinear programming based on a sampling based approach for uncertainty analysis a…
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- XVIII, 146
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- 658
Treatment of Chronic Pain by Integrative Approaches
From reviews of Deer, eds., Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches: "Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches is a major textbook... [I]t should be a part of all departmental libraries and in the reference collection of pain fellows and pain practitioners. In fact, this text could be …
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- 978-1-4939-1820-1
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- XIX, 325
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Trapping of Small Organisms Moving Randomly
This new book is the first to make logical and important connections between trapping and foraging ecology. It develops and describes—both verbally and mathematically--the underlying principles that determine and define trap-organism interactions. More important, it goes on to explain and illustrate how these principles and relationships can be used to estimate absolute population densities i…
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- 978-3-319-12994-5
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- XVIII, 114
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- SpringerBriefs in Ecology
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Transport of Water versus Transport over Water
This book aims at stimulating discussion between researchers working on state of the art approaches for operational control and design of transport of water on the one hand and researchers working on state of the art approaches for transport over water on the other hand. The main contribution of the book as a whole is to present novel perspectives ultimately leading to the management of an envi…
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- 978-3-319-16133-4
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- XVI, 478
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- Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series
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Transport and Logistics in a Globalizing World
Globalization of the economy, fragmentation of the production process, increasing externalization of TNCs activities through their global value chains and the widespread adoption of Just-in-Time have increased the flows of raw materials, intermediate goods and finished products, with a direct effect on the transport and logistics industry. This industry, indeed, plays a key role in connecting t…
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- 978-3-319-00011-4
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- XVI, 92
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- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
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