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Particle Physics Reference Library : Volume 3: Accelerators and Colliders
This third open access volume of the handbook series deals with accelerator physics, design, technology and operations, as well as with beam optics, dynamics and diagnostics. A joint CERN-Springer initiative, the “Particle Physics Reference Library” provides revised and updated contributions based on previously published material in the well-known Landolt-Boernstein series on particle phys…
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- 9783030342456
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- X, 863hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Molecular Mechanism of Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension
This open access book focuses on the molecular mechanism of congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension, offering new insights into the development of pulmonary circulation and the ductus arteriosus. It describes in detail the molecular mechanisms involved in the development and morphogenesis of the heart, lungs and ductus arteriosus, covering a range of topics such as gene functions, g…
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- 9789811511851
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- XIII, 405 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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White gold : the commercialisation of rice farming in the lower mekong basin
This open access book is about understanding the processes involved in the transformation of smallholder rice farming in the Lower Mekong Basin from a low-yielding subsistence activity to one producing the surpluses needed for national self-sufficiency and a high-value export industry. For centuries, farmers in the Basin have regarded rice as “white gold”, reflecting its centrality to their…
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- 9789811509988
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- XXVIII, 456 p. ; ill.
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- 633.18
Civil Society Elites in the Italian Third Sector : A Comparative Perspective
This open access book unveils the hidden elite of Italy's third sector, offering a rare glimpse into the lives and minds of civil society's most influential leaders. Bridging elite and civil society studies, it presents pioneering research on these powerful yet understudied figures. Through in-depth analysis, the chapters reveal surprising insights about the elite's composition, attitudes, care…
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- 9783031714443
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- XI, 152 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Civil Society Elites : Exploring the Composition, Reproduction, Integration, …
This open access book introduces a groundbreaking concept - civil society elites - and serves as an essential resource for scholars, researchers and students interested in the complexities of power and influence within contemporary civil societies. Through a series of unique empirical studies, the authors offer a comprehensive examination of the individuals occupying the upper echelons of influ…
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- 9783031401503
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- XXII, 332 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Resourceful Civil Society : Navigating the Changing Landscapes of Civil Socie…
This open access book examines how civil society organizations in Poland, Russia, and Sweden (re)act to transformations of opportunities and limitations in access to various forms of resources. The volume’s contributions discuss the constraints associated with different types of resources as well as organizations’ capacities to generate resources—or compensate for their lack—as they neg…
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- 9783030990077
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- XIX, 366 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Applied food science
"The food sciences cover a wide area from ethics to microbiology; from toxicology to law; from marketing to genetics. Professionals in the food sector may have to deal daily with issues related to another expertise than their own and with colleagues who have their expertise in any of these fields. The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction for (future) professionals, students, resea…
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- 9789086869336
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Applied Ethology: understanding behaviour to improve livelihood: Proceedings …
Proceedings of the 47th congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology
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- 9789086867790
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Antisemitism in North America: New World, Old Hate
In Antisemitism in North America, the editors have brought together an impressive array of scholars from diverse disciplines and political orientations to assess the condition of the Jews in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The contributors do not always agree with each other, but they offer perspectives of why the Jewish experience in North America has neither been free fr…
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- Volume: 26
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- 9789004307148
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Antique Dealing and Creative Reuse in Cairo and Damascus 1850-1890: Intercult…
The commodification of Islamic antiques intensified in the late Ottoman Empire, an age of domestic reform and increased European interference following the Tanzimat (reorganisation) of 1839. Mercedes Volait examines the social life of typical objects moving from Cairo and Damascus to Paris, London, and beyond, uncovers the range of agencies and subjectivities involved in the trade of architectu…
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- Volume: 12
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- 9789004449886
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