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Toxic Trauma
Winner of BMA Medical Book Award, Highly Commended in Public Health Written for medical professionals, this book provides a concise reference with clear guidelines on how to manage both the victims of chemical agent exposure and the site of the incident. David Baker considers the nature and basic science of the hazards faced as well as the practical management of persons exposed to chemicals a…
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- 2
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- 978-3-319-40916-0
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- XXIII, 238
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Sustainable Crop Protection under Protected Cultivation
This book focuses on pests (insect and mite) and diseases (fungal, bacterial, viral and nematode) in protected horticulture (fruits, vegetables and ornamentals) using physical, cultural, chemical, biological, host resistance, and integrated methods. It opens with chapters describing the setting in which integrated pest and disease control operates, i.e., the greenhouse and its environment. Subs…
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- 978-981-287-952-3
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- XXX, 434
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Toxic Pollutants in China
The book presents some of the findings of research into China’s water quality criteria for toxic pollutants, including heavy metals, PAHs and emerging pollutant. Water quality criteria (WQC) are the scientific basis for establishing water quality standards (WQSs). For a long time, the study of WQC in China has been neglected, so that almost all of China’s WQSs were developed based on foreig…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-94-017-9795-5
- Collation
- VII, 140
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
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Towards a Dynamic Regional Innovation System
Embedding the theoretical discussion on the framework of evolutionary regional innovation systems (RIS), this book reveals the informal nature of the emerging RIS in China, within which interactive learning is organized on the basis of social networks. Furthermore, in a comparative study in the Pearl River Delta, China demonstrates that dirigiste governance in the initial industrialization phas…
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- 1
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- 978-3-662-45415-2
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- XI, 189
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Islam and Citizenship Education
The scholarly contributors to this volume investigate various means to stimulate and facilitate reflection on new social relations while clarifying the contradictions between religious and social affiliation from different perspectives and experiences. They explore hindrances whose removal could enable Muslim children and youth to pursue equal participation in political and social life, and the…
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- 978-3-658-08603-9
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Geometric Properties for Parabolic and Elliptic PDE's
This book collects recent research papers by respected specialists in the field. It presents advances in the field of geometric properties for parabolic and elliptic partial differential equations, an area that has always attracted great attention. It settles the basic issues (existence, uniqueness, stability and regularity of solutions of initial/boundary value problems) before focusing on the…
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- 978-3-319-41536-9
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- 516 GEO
Sustainable Construction
This book presents a collection of recent research works that highlight best practice solutions, case studies and practical advice on the implementation of sustainable construction techniques. It includes a set of new developments in the field of building performance simulation, building sustainability assessment, sustainable management, asset and maintenance management and service-life predict…
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- -
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- 978-981-10-0651-7
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- VIII, 228
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- Building Pathology and Rehabilitation
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Iran Revisited: Exploring the Historical Roots of Culture, Economics, and Soc…
This book examines Modern Iran through an interdisciplinary analysis of its cultural norms, history and institutional environment. The goal is to underline strengths and weaknesses of Iranian society as a whole, and to illustrate less prescriptive explanations for the way Iran is seen through a lens of persistent collective conduct rather than erratic historical occurrences. Throughout its hist…
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- 978-3-319-30485-4
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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews
This book features articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge. It also proposes novel, environmentally friendly solutions that are based on integrated information from such fields as agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economics and the social sciences. Coverage examines ways to produce food and energy in a sustainable way for humans …
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- Volume 19
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- 978-3-319-26777-7
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- VI, 399
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- Sustainable Agriculture Reviews
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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews
This book features review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge. It also proposes novel, environmentally friendly solutions that are based on integrated information from such fields as agroecology, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, economics and the social sciences. Coverage examines ways to produce food and energy in a sustainable way for huma…
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- Volume 18
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-21629-4
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- VI, 319
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- Sustainable Agriculture Reviews
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