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Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2015
The Yearbook compiles the most recent developments in experimental and clinical research and practice in one comprehensive reference book. The chapters are written by well recognized experts in the field of intensive care and emergency medicine. It is addressed to everyone involved in internal medicine, anesthesia, surgery, pediatrics, intensive care and emergency medicine.
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-13761-2
- Collation
- XI, 602
- Series Title
- Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
- Call Number
- 613 ANN a
Annual Report on the Development of China's Special Economic Zones (2016): Bl…
The Annual Report objectively reflects the year’s developments in terms of politics, the economy, society, culture, the environment, innovation and reform, and describes the problems, challenges and countermeasures in both traditional and new special economic zones. It provides an analysis of China’s special economic zones, including a review of the year’s developments in the form of expe…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-981-10-0542-8
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- XX, 306
- Series Title
- Current Chinese Economic Report Series
- Call Number
- 338.9 ANN a
Animals' Influence on the Landscape and Ecological Importance: Natives, Newco…
In its first English-language edition, this book introduces the many-faceted interactions of animal populations with their habitats. From soil fauna, ants and termites to small and large herbivores, burrowing mammals and birds, the author presents a comprehensive analysis of animals and ecosystems that is as broad and varied as all nature. Chapter 2 addresses the functional role of animals in l…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-94-017-9294-3
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- XXXI, 522
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 363.7 HOL a
Principles and Practices of Teaching Young Children
If you are reading this, you’re likely interested in learning more about becoming an early childhood professional. Perhaps you’re just curious and want to know a little bit more about young children. Maybe you want to make up your mind after finding out a little bit more about what is involved. In either case, your interest and curiosity are two key characteristics that will make this a pos…
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- 370 STE p
The Handbook of Post Crisis Financial Modelling
The 2008 financial crisis was a watershed moment which clearly influenced the public's perception of the role of 'finance' in society. Since 2008, a plethora of books and newspaper articles have been produced accusing the academic community of being unable to produce valid models which can accommodate those extreme events. This unique Handbook brings together leading practitioners and academ…
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- 1
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- 978-1-137-49449-8
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- XIX, 316
- Series Title
- The Handbook of Post Crisis Financial Modelling
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- -
The Greenhouse Gas Balance of Italy
The book addresses in a comprehensive way the full greenhouse gases budget of the Italian landscape, focusing on land use and terrestrial ecosystems. In recent years there has been a growing interest in the role of terrestrial ecosystems with regard to the carbon cycle and only recently a regional approach has been considered for its specificity in terms of new methodologies for observations an…
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- 1
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- 978-3-642-32424-6
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- VIII, 211, 27 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour
- Series Title
- Environmental Science and Engineering
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- -
Ancient Views on the Quality of Life
This monograph describes the contributions to our current understanding of quality of life made by the most important ancient philosophers in the Western Tradition. It does so from the point of view of a contemporary researcher in quality of life or human well-being. Revisiting ancient texts from about 600 BCE to 300 BCE, the book explores the earliest ideas in recorded western philosophical an…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-16525-7
- Collation
- XI, 91
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research
- Call Number
- 300 MIC a
The Power of the Chinese Dragon
This important reader brings together published articles from Palgrave's journal The European Journal of Development Research on the development between China and Africa as well as emerging national economies in the BRICs group. Topics include trade relations, investment in sub-Saharan Africa, global politics of development and more.
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- -
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- 978-1-137-57449-7
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- XII, 275
- Series Title
- Palgrave Readers in Economics
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- -
Analytical and Stochastic Modelling Techniques and Applications: 22nd Interna…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Analytical and Stochastic Modelling Techniques and Applications, ASMTA 2015, held in Albena, Bulgaria, in May 2015. The 15 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers discuss the latest developments in analytical, numerical and simulation algor…
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-18579-8
- Collation
- X, 217
- Series Title
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Call Number
- 005 ANA a
The Power of Education
This book is about the power of education: the kind of education that simultaneously improves the quality of life both of individuals and the wider society. It explains why education must be viewed as a basic human right, as a value in and of itself, and reviews the evidence on how education builds the human resources that individuals and nations need to be productive, to continue to learn, to …
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- -
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- 978-981-287-221-0
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- XIX, 280
- Series Title
- Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects
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- -
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