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This book provides theoretical and applied material for estimating vital parts of demography and health issues including the healthy aging process along with calculating the healthy life years lost to disability. It further includes the appropriate methodology for the...
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Springer
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2020-08-24
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The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
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This third edition provides 2900 multiple choice questions on human anatomy and physiology, and some biophysical science, separated into 20 chapters and 68 categories. In addition, there are 64 essay topics. The answer to each question is accompanied by an explanation....
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Springer
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2020-08-03
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This open access book discusses the impact of human-induced global climate change on the regional climate and monsoons of the Indian subcontinent, adjoining Indian Ocean and the Himalayas. It documents the regional climate change projections based on the climate models...
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Springer
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2020-06-12
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This book introduces a fresh perspective on the conditions for the genesis of the first cell. An important possible environment of the prehistoric Earth has long been overlooked as a host to the perfect biochemical conditions for this process. The first complexes of...
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Springer
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2020-06-05
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This book presents methodologies for analysing large data sets produced by the direct numerical simulation (DNS) of turbulence and combustion. It describes the development of models that can be used to analyse large eddy simulations, and highlights both the most common...
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Springer
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2020-05-28
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The revised and updated 2nd edition of this established textbook provides a self-contained introduction to the general theory of relativity, describing not only the physical principles and applications of the theory, but also the mathematics needed, in particular the...
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Springer
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2020-05-27
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Undergraduate Texts in Physics
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Plant improvement has shifted its focus from yield, quality and disease resistance to factors that will enhance commerical export, such as early maturity, shelf life and better processing quality. Conventional plant breeding methods aiming at the improvement of a...
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Springer
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2020-05-23
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This third edition of the Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants is designed to assist the clinician in the initial response to the needs of a child or adult exposed to a poisonous or injurious plant. It highlights common and important plants that lead to the...
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Springer
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2020-05-18
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This open access book not only describes the challenges of climate disruption, but also presents solutions. The challenges described include air pollution, climate change, extreme weather, and related health impacts that range from heat stress, vector-borne...
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Springer
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2020-05-13
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These three lectures cover a certain aspect of complexity and black holes, namely the relation to the second law of thermodynamics. The first lecture describes the meaning of quantum complexity, the analogy between entropy and complexity, and the second law of...
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Springer
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2020-05-11
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SpringerBriefs in Physics
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This book presents the geomorphological diversity of England and Wales. These regions are characterised by an extraordinary range of landforms and landscapes, reflecting both the occurrence of many different rock types and drastic climatic changes over the last few...
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Springer
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2020-05-10
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World Geomorphological Landscapes
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of recent novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection, their biology and associated challenges for their treatment and prevention of novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Discussing various aspects of COVID-19 infection,...
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Springer
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2020-04-29
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Medical Virology: From Pathogenesis to Disease Control
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Public speaking is an essential component in the life of a scientist, whatever your level of career. In this book, the authors describe a tried-and-tested technique for preparing a presentation: the SELL Method. Following these three simple steps - Skeleton, Envelope,...
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Springer
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2020-04-06
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Der Neurophysiologe Heiko Luhmann erforscht seit mehr als 35 Jahren die Funktionsweise von Nervenzellen und neuronalen Netzen. In diesem spannenden und provozierenden Buch informiert er Sie über die neuesten Erkenntnisse der Hirnforschung und wie diese unsere...
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Springer
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2020-03-19
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This open access book shares impact stories – testimonies from various value chain actors who have been part of the Tropical Legumes (TL) projects, over the past twelve years. The Tropical Legumes projects led by ICRISAT in three parts (TLI, TLII and TLIII),...
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Springer
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2020-03-10
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This open access volume presents a comprehensive account of all aspects of biological invasions in South Africa, where research has been conducted over more than three decades, and where bold initiatives have been implemented in attempts to control invasions and to...
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Springer
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2020-03-10
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Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology
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Elton sought to articulate more explicitly his vision of an entire field of invasion science. The 1958 book, aimed at an educated lay audience, was almost wholly descriptive, dominated by striking examples of the nature and scope of particular invasions beginning with...
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Springer
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2020-03-10
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As renewable energy sources, biofuels have tremendous potential to replace fossil fuels in future energy scenarios, offering green alternative energy sources. However, though such fuels could mean a significant reduction in environmental pollution, they are still far...
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Springer
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2020-03-09
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This vivid introduction to economic geology not only describes the most important deposit types, but also the processes involved in their formation. Magmatic, hydrothermal and sedimentary processes as well as weathering and alteration are explained in the framework of...
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Springer
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2020-02-28
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This book provides a comprehensive account of a modern generalisation of differential geometry in which coordinates need not commute.This requires a reinvention of differential geometry that refers only to the coordinate algebra, now possibly noncommutative, rather than...
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Springer
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2020-01-31
Collection :
Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften
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