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Critical Thinking in Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
This much-needed volume brings to the clinician or student some of the best critical-minded analysis by some of the most insightful thinkers about psychiatric diagnosis today. The thought-provoking questions these essays raise, and the multifaceted and provocative answers they provide, cultivate sensitivity to the nuances of diagnostic assessment that often makes the difference between clinical…
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- 1
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- 9783319177748
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- XVI, 304
- Series Title
- Essential Clinical Social Work Series
- Call Number
- 616.89
Critical loads and dynamic risk assessments : nitrogen, acidity and metals in…
This book provides a unique overview of research methods over the past 25 years assessing critical loads and temporal effects of the deposition of air pollutants. It includes critical load methods and applications addressing acidification, eutrophication and heavy metal pollution of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Applications include examples for each air pollution threat, both at local an…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789401795081
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- XXVII, 662
- Series Title
- Environmental Pollution
- Call Number
- 610
Political Preferences and the Aging of Populations; Political-Economy Explana…
Oliver Pamp analyzes the likelihood and extent of pension reforms from a political-economy perspective. It is shown that voters’ preferences for or against reforms are influenced by a societies’ demographic development, the generosity of its existing public pension scheme and its electoral system. The author extensively reviews existing formal models of pension systems, discusses their meri…
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- 1
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- 978-3-658-08615-2
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- XXIV, 188
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- -
- Call Number
- 612.67 PAM p
Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 13
In 2014, the Chemical Signals in Vertebrates (CSiV) group held its 13th triennial meeting in conjunction with the 30th meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE). The meeting convened on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This meeting was the first held jointly with these two groups, which share common history and are dedicated to understanding th…
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- -
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- 978-3-319-22026-0
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- -
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- -
- Call Number
- 590
A Guide to Reproduction Social Issues and Human Concerns
The purpose of this comprehensive text is to increase awareness of human reproduction and its consequences. The central theme links reproductive capacity, the social consequences of the multiple stresses this places on the environment and the ways this relates back to the reproductive health of humans and other animals. In the first section, the biology of human reproduction is discussed, inclu…
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- 9780511608582
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Pollination Biology, Vol.1; Pests and pollinators of fruit crops
The book covers interplay between pest management strategies and safety of pollinators. Detailed information is provided on pests and pollinators of temperate, subtropical and tropical fruit crops. Most of the fruit crops are highly cross pollinated and depend upon insects or benefit from insect pollination for fruit set. Insect pests on the other hand cause major economic damage on fruit crops…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-21085-8
- Collation
- XXIX, 452
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 634 ABR p
Polymer Engineering Science and Viscoelasticity; An Introduction
This book provides a unified mechanics and materials perspective on polymers: both the mathematics of viscoelasticity theory as well as the physical mechanisms behind polymer deformation processes. Introductory material on fundamental mechanics is included to provide a continuous baseline for readers from all disciplines. Introductory material on the chemical and molecular basis of polymers is …
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- 2
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- 978-1-4899-7485-3
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- XVII, 482
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 620.19 BRI p
Polymer Nanoparticles for Nanomedicines; A Guide for their Design, Preparatio…
This volume serves as a valuable handbook for the development of nanomedicines made of polymer nanoparticles because it provides researchers, students, and entrepreneurs with all the material necessary to begin their own projects in this field. Readers will find protocols to prepare polymer nanoparticles using different methods, since these are based on the variety of experiences that experts e…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-41421-8
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- XXIX, 641
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- -
- Call Number
- 668.9 VAU p
Chemical Science of π-Electron Systems
This book presents the most advanced review available of all aspects of π-electron systems, including novel structures, new synthetic protocols, chemical and physical properties, spectroscopic and computational insights, molecular engineering, device properties and physiological properties. π-Electron systems are ubiquitous in nature. Plants convert light energy into chemical energy by photos…
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- -
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- 620.5
Polymer Surfaces in Motion; Unconventional Patterning Methods
Pattern formation is a fascinating and challenging aspect in polymer science. This book describes a number of unconventional approaches developed to control the morphology of polymer surfaces and materials, from random or simple patterns to complex structures. Specialists provide an up-to-date and complete overview of each technique in their respective field.
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-17431-0
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- VI, 289
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 668.9 ROD p
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