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Forest Hydrology and Catchment Management
For the last three centuries forests have been recognised as providing the best water catchments and valued for their sustained output of high quality water. In Australia, work which was commenced fifty years ago has come to fruition and is providing new information on forest hydrology issues. The book focusses on the issues of small streams, including catchment definition, slope, hydrograph fo…
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- 978-94-017-9337-7
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- XIV, 268 hlm.
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Databases in networked information systems
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Databases in Networked Information Systems, DNIS 2015, held in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan, March 2015. The 14 revised full papers presented together with 7 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on big data analysis, information and…
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- 9783319163130
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- x, 289 pages
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- 004.6
Therapeutic Potentials of Curcumin for Alzheimer Disease
This is the first book on the market that explores the importance of curcumin for the treatment of neurological disorders. It has been estimated that 35.6 million people globally had dementia in 2010 and the prevalence of dementia has been predicted to double every 20 years. Thus, 115.4 million people may be living with dementia in 2050. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the leading cause of dement…
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- 978-3-319-15889-1
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1989: A Global History of Eastern Europe
The collapse of the Berlin Wall has come to represent the entry of an isolated region onto the global stage. On the contrary, this study argues that communist states had in fact long been shapers of an interconnecting world, with '1989' instead marking a choice by local elites about the form that globalisation should take. Published to coincide with the thirtieth anniversary of the 1989 revolut…
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- 9781108576703
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Date palm genetic resources and utilization. Volume 1, Africa and the Americas
This important reference book provides a comprehensive assessment of date palm genetic resources and utilization in individual date-producing countries worldwide. The book is published in two volumes; each consists of 15 chapters written by prominent scientists of each country and supported with color illustrations and tabulated data. Volume 1 addresses date-producing countries within Africa an…
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- 9789401796941
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- 584.5
Foresight for Science, Technology and Innovation
Decision-makers at all levels are being confronted with novel complexities and uncertainties and face long-term challenges which require foresight about long-term future prospects, assumptions, and strategies. This book explores how foresight studies can be systematically undertaken and used in this context. It explicates why and how methods like horizon scanning, scenario planning, and roa…
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- 978-3-319-32574-3
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- XIII, 270 hlm.
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- Science, Technology and Innovation Studies
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Therapeutic Perspectives in Type-1 Diabetes
This book provides critical insights into and appraisals of recent breakthroughs in type 1 diabetes modulation, with a particular emphasis on the potential impact of current prevention and treatment strategies. It also discusses recent successes and failures in clinical trials. Presenting an comprehensive overview of the disease, it is especially useful for newcomers in the field. It also inclu…
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- 978-981-10-0602-9
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Date palm genetic resources and utilization. Volume 2, Asia and Europe
This important reference book provides a comprehensive assessment of date palm genetic resources and utilization in individual date-producing countries worldwide. The book is published in two volumes; each consists of 15 chapters written by prominent scientists of each country and supported with color illustrations and tabulated data. Volume 1 addresses date-producing countries within Africa an…
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- 9789401797078
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- xi, 566 pages
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Forensic Geotechnical Engineering
In this edited volume on advances in forensic geotechnical engineering, a number of technical contributions by experts and professionals in this area are included. The work is the outcome of deliberations at various conferences in the area conducted by Prof. G.L. Sivakumar Babu and Dr. V.V.S. Rao as secretary and Chairman of Technical Committee on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering of Internatio…
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- 978-81-322-2377-1
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- XVI, 552 hlm.
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- Developments in Geotechnical Engineering
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1 Peter
In this commentary, Ruth Anne Reese offers a multi-disciplinary study of 1 Peter that builds on contemporary scholarship and research methods. She explores the relationship of the letter to the Old Testament, as reflected in the themes of exodus, exile, suffering, and glory. Integrating sociological analysis, she offers insights into the social situation of the letter's audience that have grown…
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