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Handbook of Community Sentiment
This volume is the most comprehensive reference book on community sentiment available. The classic book about community sentiment is Norm Finkel’s “Commonsense Justice: Jurors’ Notions of the Law” (1995). A similarly influential book called “Justice, Liability, and Blame” was published at the same time, examining lay sentiment about a variety of criminal issues and suggesting way…
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- 978-1-4939-1898-0
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- XIV, 291
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- 150 HAN
Rainwater Tank Systems for Urban Water Supply Design, Yield, Energy, Health …
Rainwater tank systems have been widely adopted across the world to provide a safe local source of water in underdeveloped rural areas, and as a substitution for mains water for non potable end uses in water stressed urban areas. They also provide flood control in monsoonal climates like Korea or in combined sewer systems like in Germany. The importance of these systems in cities has grown, as …
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- 9781780405360
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Unnatural Selection: How We Are Changing Life, Gene by Gene
Gonorrhea. Bed bugs. Weeds. Salamanders. People. All are evolving, some surprisingly rapidly, in response to our chemical age. In Unnatural Selection, Emily Monosson shows how our drugs, pesticides, and pollution are exerting intense selection pressure on all manner of species. And we humans might not like the result. Monosson reveals that the very code of life is more fluid than once imagined.…
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- 978-1-61091-500-7
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- VIII, 189
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- 24 b/w illustrations
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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Porous Carbons “ Hyperbranched Polymers “ Polymer Solvation
The series Advances in Polymer Science presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in polymer and biopolymer science. It covers all areas of research in polymer and biopolymer science including chemistry, physical chemistry, physics, material science. The thematic volumes are addressed to scientists, whether at universities or in industry, who wish to keep abreast of the importan…
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- 978-3-319-13617-2
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- VII, 216
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- Advances in Polymer Science (POLYMER)
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- 628.4 LON p
Porous Organic Frameworks: Design, Synthesis and Their Advanced Applications
This book describes the design, synthesis, characterization and applications of porous organic frameworks (POFs). Special emphasis is placed on the utilization of porous materials for CO2 capture and CH4 and H2 storage, which have promising potential for addressing the issues of environmental degradation and climate change. It also includes two chapters introducing the properties of POFs and de…
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- 978-3-662-45456-5
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- IX, 128
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- SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science (BRIEFSMOLECULAR)
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- 620.116 ZHU p
Micro-, Meso- and Macro-Dynamics of the Brain
Neurosciences, Neurology, Psychiatry
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- 9783319288024
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Peopled Landscapes: Archaeological and Biogeographic Approaches to Landscapes
This impressive collection celebrates the work of Peter Kershaw, a key figure in the field of Australian palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. Over almost half a century his research helped reconceptualize ecology in Australia, creating a detailed understanding of environmental change in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. Within a biogeographic framework one of his exceptional contributions was t…
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- 9781921862724
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- 930.1 HAB p
The Routledge Companion to Actor-Network Theory
This companion explores ANT as an intellectual practice, tracking its movements and engagements with a wide range of other academic and activist projects. Showcasing the work of a diverse set of ‘second generation’ ANT scholars from around the world, it highlights the exciting depth and breadth of contemporary ANT and its future possibilities.The companion has 38 chapters, each answering a …
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- 9781351619738
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- 912 ROU r
Media : On the Motion of Inanimate Objects in Aristotle’s Physics and On th…
This book presents a recasting of Aristotle’s theory of spatial displacement of inanimate objects. Aristotle’s claim that projectiles are actively carried by the media through which they move (such as air or water) is well known and has drawn the attention of commentators from ancient to modern times. What is lacking, however, is a systematic investigation of the consequences of his suggest…
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- 978-3-319-21263-0
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- XVII, 118
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- 900
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