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Empowered Healing (7 Steps approach to post covid mental wellness)
This book aims to illuminate the profound global mental health crisis triggered by the pandemic's outburst. It delves into the various situations the pandemic has bestowed upon us,..
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Environmental Law & Policy in India Contemporary Issues & Challenges
The world is facing numerous environmental challenges and issues, which are becoming more complex and diversified with the passage of time. These diverse challenges encompass a wid..
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Law and Practice on Engineering & Technology Education, Volume 1
Independent India gave very appropriately emphasis on technical education because index of growth of engineering and technical education can admeasure the rate of economic growth a..
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Law and Practice on Engineering & Technology Education, Volume 2
Acknowledgement:- India gave very appropriately emphasis on technical education because index of growth of engineering and technical education can admeasure the rate of economic gr..
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Law and Practice on Agricultural Sciences
Acknowledgement:- Animal husbandry and Agriculture must have been learned by human folk in good old days in primitive era, perhaps during the stone age. And education about the sam..
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Law and Practice on Medical Education, Volume 3
This legal Handbook on Medical Education in its volume I and Volume II dealt with the medical education system in the country, admission; courses, national admission tests; selecti..
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Internet of Things and Data Mining for Modern Engineering and Healthcare Applications
ABOUT THE BOOKThis book focusses on the Internet of Things (IoT) and Data Mining for Modern Engineering and Healthcare Applications and the recent technological advancements in Mic..
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The Chemistry and Mechanism of Art Materials: Unsuspected Properties and Outcomes
ABOUT THE BOOKThis unique book presents an integrated approach to the chemistry of art materials, exploring the many chemical processes involved. The Chemistry and Mechan..
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Additive Manufacturing of Polymers for Tissue Engineering: Fundamentals, Applications, and Future Advancements
ABOUT THE BOOKApplication of additive manufacturing and tissue engineering in the fields of science and technology enables the manufacturing of biocompatible, customized, reliable,..
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Nanomaterials in Manufacturing Processes
ABOUT THE BOOKIn the manufacturing sector, nanomaterials offer promising outcomes for cost reduction in production, quality improvement, and minimization of environmental hazards. ..
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Soft Ground Tunnel Design
ABOUT THE BOOKSoft Ground Tunnel Design is a textbook that teaches the principles of tunnel and underground space design in soft ground. ‘Soft ground’ refers to soil, in contrast t..
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Fundamentals of Thermodynamics
ABOUT THE BOOKA concise treatment of the fundamentals of thermodynamics is presented in this book. In particular, emphasis is placed on discussions of the second law, a unique feat..
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Regional Businesses in a Changing Global Economy: The Australian Experience
ABOUT THE BOOKIn a highly globalised trade and investment environment, businesses in regional areas must learn to take advantage of the benefits that stem from their geographical l..
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Handbook of Sustainable Development Through Green Engineering and Technology
ABOUT THE BOOKGreen engineering involves the designing, innovation, and commercialization of products and processes which promote sustainability without eliminating both efficiency..
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Vaccine Efficacy Evaluation: The Gnotobiotic Pig Model (Pocket Guides to Biomedical Sciences)
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Performance through Diversity and Inclusion: Leveraging Organizational Practices for Equity and Results
ABOUT THE BOOKThis book provides practical guidance for managers, leaders, diversity officers, educators, and students to achieve the benefits of diversity by focusing on creating ..
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Introduction to Safety Science: People, Organisations, and Systems
ABOUT THE BOOKThe book is designed as an accessible and readable introduction to a rapidly expanding area that is in demand worldwide. A variety of professionals from different bac..
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From Invention to Patent: A Scientist and Engineer's Guide
Invention and patents continues to be an important issue in technology and our global economy. Invention and Patenting provides a clear picture of how to be a prolific in..
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An Introduction to Complex Systems: Society, Ecology, and Nonlinear Dynamics
Complex Systems lie at the heart of a variety of large-scale phenomena of great significance - global warming, ice ages, water, poverty, pandemics - and this text uses these case s..
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Hydraulic Structures
ABOUT THE BOOKThis graduate/upper-division undergraduate textbook provides a solid grounding in the theory underlying the design and analysis of hydraulic structures, including spi..
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Vibrations and Stability: Advanced Theory, Analysis, and Tools, 3rd Edition
About this bookThis book ties together classical and modern topics of advanced vibration analysis in an interesting and lucid manner. It is intended for advanced students, universi..
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Semantics
About this bookThe focus of this textbook is the meaning of linguistic expressions, typically full sentences and longer texts. The author describes the conceptual and formal tools ..
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Particle and Astroparticle Physics: Problems and Solutions (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics)
ABOUT THE BOOKThis book presents more than 200 problems, with detailed guided solutions, spanning key areas of particle physics and astrophysics. The selected examples enable stude..
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General Relativity and Cosmology: A First Encounter (Graduate Texts in Physics)
Gravitational physics has now become a mainstream topic in physics and physics teaching. In particular cosmology and gravitational wave physics are at the focus of a great deal of ..
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Introduction to Social Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
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The Ethics of the Global Environment (Edinburgh Studies in Global Ethics)
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Building Physics: From physical principles to international standards
This book offers a comprehensive presentation of the most important phenomena in building physics: heat transfer, moisture/humidity, sound/acoustics and illumination. As the book i..
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Epidemiology: Key to Public Health (Statistics for Biology and Health)
This unique textbook presents the field of modern epidemiology as a whole; it does not restrict itself to particular aspects. It stresses the fundamental i..
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Engineering Electromagnetics (Fourth Edition)
About this bookThis comprehensive two semester textbook, now in its 4th edition, continues to provide students with a thorough theoretical understanding of electromagnetic field re..
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Thermodynamics in Earth and Planetary Sciences (Second Edition)
About this bookThis book presents the fundamental principles of Classical thermodynamics, supplemented by an overview of Statistical Thermodynamics, and explores their applic..
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RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION ETHICS IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD
ABOUT THE BOOKThe present book on the theme Research and Publication Ethics in Contemporary World is an attempt to understand the ways, tools, methods and ethical and legal norms t..
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Damages and Human Rights
Damages and Human Rights is a major work on awards of damages for violations of human rights that will be of compelling interest to practitioners, judges and academics alike. ..
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Human Rights and Drug Control
ABOUT THE BOOKIt has become almost accepted knowledge within international policy circles that efforts against drug trafficking and drug abuse violate human rights, and that the en..
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Brill's Encyclopedia of the Religions of the Indigenous People of South Asia
Brill's Encyclopedia of the Religions of the Indigenous People of South Asia Online strives to reflect the diversity of indigenous cultures of South Asia with its many language gro..
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Art and Science in Word and Image
Art and Science in Word and Image investigates the theme of 'riddles of form', exploring how discovery and innovation have functioned inter-dependently between art, literature..
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BIOLOGY LABORATORY MANUAL
The Biology Laboratory Manual by Vodopich and Moore was designed for an introductory biology course with a broad survey of basic laboratory techniques. The experiments an..
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CHEMISTRY 4 /ed
Chemistry, Fourth Edition, by Julia Burdge offers a clear writing style written with the students in mind. Julia uses her experience of teaching hundreds of general chemistry stude..
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Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change With Advanced Topics (WCB CHEMISTRY)
Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change with Advanced Topics by Martin Silberberg and Patricia Amateis has been recognized in the general chemistry market as an unpar..
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FOUNDATIONS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Foundations in Microbiology is an allied health microbiology text with a taxonomic approach to the disease chapters. It offers an engaging and accessible writing style through the ..
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CHEMISTRY: ATOMS FIRST
Laboratory Manual to Accompany Chemistry: Atoms Firstby Gregg Dieckmann and John Sibert from the University of Texas at Dallas. This laboratory manual presents a lab curr..
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IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE 3.0
About this bookThis textbook presents a much-needed overview of the recent developments in implementation science — a discipline that is young, has gained increasing attention in r..
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ACHIEVING PROOF OF CONCEPT IN DRUG DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT
ABOUT THE BOOKOne of the major shortcomings of the current drug discovery and development process is the inability to bridge the gap between early stage discoveries and pre-clinica..
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FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRONICS; BOOK 3
This book, Active Filters and Amplifier Frequency Response, is the third of four books of a larger work, Fundamentals of Electronics. It is comprised of three chapters t..
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HETEROGENEOUS SPATIAL DATA
New data acquisition techniques are emerging and are providing fast and efficient means for multidimensional spatial data collection. Airborne LIDAR surveys, SAR satellites, ster..
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL
The book illustrates theories of sustainable development from physical, chemical and biological aspects, and then introduces technologies to prevent pollution of water, air, sol..
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FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRONIC ; BOOK 4
This book, Oscillators and Advanced Electronics Topics, is the final book of a larger, four-book set, Fundamentals of Electronics. It consists of five chapters that further ..
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MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS 2ND EDITION
Molecular Electronics is self-contained and unified in its presentation. It can be used as a textbook on nanoelectronics by graduate students and advanced undergraduates stu..
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UNDERSTANDING BASIC CHEMISTRY THROUGH PROBLEM SOLVING
This book is the revised edition of Understanding Basic Chemistry Through Problem Solving published in 2015. It is in a series of Understanding Chemistry books, which ..
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GEOGRAPHY LOCATION AND STRATEGY
ABOUT THE BOOKChanges in both technology and global political economy have vastly accelerated the pace of globalization in the last 40 years, eroding barriers that limited firms’..
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THE SCIENCE OF THE COMMONS
The Science of the Commons proposes a new mode of comprehending communication. Leaving aside a sociological and linguistic model that defines communication as a process of i..
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THE GREEN ECONOMY AND THE WATER ENERGY FOOD NEXUS
This book argues that a variety of policies will be required to create synergies between the water-energy-food nexus sectors while reducing trade-offs in the development of a gre..
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IN BUILDING 8TH EDITION
ABOUT THE BOOKThis popular textbook covers how the built environment and the management of energy relate to the quality of human living-conditions and the environmental performa..
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CRITICAL ISSUES IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH
In this thought-provoking text, a collection of respected authors with a wealth of academic and practice experience come together to challenge some of the prevailing ideas servi..
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GEOGRAPHY OPEN INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ABOUT THE BOOKDeveloped countries must be incredibly innovative to secure incomes and welfare so that they may successfully compete against international rivals. This book focuses ..
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HANDBOOK OF ENERGY POLITICS
ABOUT THE BOOKAssessing a rapidly changing landscape, this Handbook explores how the scope and complexity of energy politics increases constantly with the rise of new technologies,..
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MATHEMATICAL GEOENERGY DISCOVERY DEPLETION AND RENEWAL
GeoEnergy encompasses the range of energy technologies and sources that interact with the geological subsurface. Fossil fuel availability studies have historically lacked concise..
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NATURAL GAS PROCESSING FROM MIDSTREAM TO DOWNSTREAM
Natural Gas Processing from Midstream to Downstream presents an international perspective on the production and monetization of shale gas and natural gas. The authors revie..
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NANO POROUS CATALYSTS FOR BIOMASS CONVERSION
With the specter of peak oil demand looming on the horizon, and mounting concerns over the environmental impact of greenhouse gas emissions, biomass has taken on a prominent role..
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REVERSIBLE LIGAND BINDING THEORY AND EXPERIMENT
Reversible Ligand Binding: Theory and Experiment discusses the physical background of protein-ligand interactions—providing a comprehensive view of the various biochemical c..
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NANO CARBONS FOR ELECTROANALYSIS
A valuable reference for the emerging age of carbon-based electronics and electrochemistry, this book discusses diverse applications for nanocarbon materials in electrochemical ..
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N M R SPECTROSCOPY 3RD EDITION
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is one of the most powerful and widely used techniques in chemical research for investigating structures and dynamics of molecules. ..
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EXPERIMENTAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 3RD EDITION
The latest edition of this popular guide to experimental organic chemistry takes students from their first day in the laboratory right through to complex research procedures. All..
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SYNTHESIS AND TRIBOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF HYBRID MATERIALS
Synthesis and Tribological Applications of Hybrid Materials provides a comprehensive overview of tribological properties of hybrid composites. The book offers an understanding of..
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FLEXIBLE ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE DEVICES
Written by leading experts on various critical issues in this emerging field, this book reviews the recent progresses on flexible energy conversion and storage devices, such as b..
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VETERINARY EPIDEMIOLOGY 4TH EDITION
This fully revised and expanded edition of Veterinary Epidemiology introduces readers to the field of veterinary epidemiology. The new edition also adds new chapters on..
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STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY AT SAINT - FLOUR
Kunita, H.:Stochastic differential equations and stochastic flows of diffeomorphisms.-Elworthy, D.: Geometric aspects of diffusions on manifolds.-Ancona, A.:Théorie d..
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GENETIC TECHNOLOGY AND FOOD SAFETY
The volume gives an overview on how legislators all over the world have come up with different legal solutions for governing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and food secur..
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FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE ( FOSS ) AND OTHER ALTERNATIVE LICENSE MODELS
This book discusses the main legal questions raised by free and open source software (FOSS) licenses and other alternative license models, such as Creative Commons. The legal que..
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THE OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATION REVIEW
This review book comprehensively covers most aspects of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). Each chapter provides a meticulous overview of a topic featured in t..
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TERRESTRIAL AND INLAND WATER ENVIRONMENT OF THE KALININGRAD REGION
ABOUT THE BOOKThis volume concisely and systematically presents our current knowledge of the terrestrial environment and inland water resources in the Kaliningrad Region. The 22 ..
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THE OCEAN IN MOTION
This book commemorates the 70th birthday of Eugene Morozov, the noted Russian observational oceanographer. It contains many contributions reflecting his fields of interest, inclu..
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THERMO- HYDRO - MECHANICAL - CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA : MODELLING AND BENCHMARKING
ABOUT THE BOOKThe book comprises the 3rd collection of benchmarks and examples for porous and fractured media mechanics. Analysis of thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical (THMC)..
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THEORY OF GRAVITATIONAL INTERACTIONS 2ND EDITION
This is the second edition of a well-received book that is a modern, self-contained introduction to the theory of gravitational interactions. The new edition includes more d..
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THE AGILE SAFETY CASE
The safety case (SC) is one of the railway industry’s most important deliverables for creating confidence in their systems. This is the first book on how to write an SC, based on..
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THE UNIVERSAL COEFFICIENT THEOREM AND QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
This thesis describes a new connection between algebraic geometry, topology, number theory and quantum field theory. It offers a pedagogical introduction to algebraic topology, a..
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THEORY AND PRACTICE OF HYDROCARBON GENERATION WITH IN SPACE - LIMITED SOURCE ROCKS
ABOUT THE BOOKThis book analyzes hydrocarbon generation and accumulation within space-limited source rocks. The authors draw conclusions based on the principles of basin formatio..
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TESTING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ASPHALT MATERIALS AND PAVEMENT STRUCTURES
ABOUT THE BOOKThis book presents new studies dealing with the attempts made by the scientists and practitioners to address contemporary issues in pavement engineering such as agi..
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SPECIAL ISSUE ON NUCLEON RESONANCES
This special issue is a collection of papers presented during the topical workshop “Nucleon Resonances: From Photoproduction to High Photon Virtualities” which took place at the ..
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SEQUENCES GROUPS AND NUMBER THEORY
This collaborative book presents recent trends on the study of sequences, including combinatorics on words and symbolic dynamics, and new interdisciplinary links to group theory ..
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SCALAR BOSON DECAYS TO TAU LEPTONS
This thesis presents a study of the scalar sector in the standard model (SM), as well as various searches for an extended scalar sector in theories beyond the SM (BSM). The first..
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RELATIVITY MATTERS
Rafelski presents Special Relativity in a language deemed accessible to students without any topical preparation - avoiding the burden of geometry, tensor calculus, and space-tim..
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REDUCING LIGHTNING INJURIES WORLDWIDE
ABOUT THE BOOKThis book is a resource for understanding why Lightning continues to be a major health hazard, especially in the developing world, and equips researchers, governmen..
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REACTION KINETICS : EXERCISES PROGRAMS AND THEOREMS
ABOUT THE BOOKFifty years ago, a new approach to reaction kinetics began to emerge: one based on mathematical models of reaction kinetics, or formal reaction kinetics. Since then..
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SPEAR OPERATORS BETWEEN BANACH SPACES
ABOUT THE BOOKThis concept extends the properties of the identity operator in those Banach spaces having numerical index one. Many examples among classical spaces are provided, b..
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SCATTERING AND STRUCTURES 2ND EDITION
Quantum physics may appear complicated, especially if one forgets the "big picture" and gets lost in the details. However, it can become clearer and less tangled if one applies a..
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THE EFFECT OF THE ENVIRONMENT ON SAINT PETERSBURG'S CULTURAL HERITAGE
This book addresses the effects of the environment on Saint Petersburg’s cultural heritage. It summarizes the results of long-term, large-scale monitoring of monuments in, and th..
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SWEETENERS PHAMACOLOGY BIOTACHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS
ABOUT THE BOOKThis handbook compiles comprehensive reference information on sweeteners for academic researchers and professionals. It discusses both natural as well as synthetic ..
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SIMPLE METHODS TO STUDY PEDOLOGY AND EDAPHOLOGY OF INDIAN TROPICAL SOILS
ABOUT THE BOOKThis book discusses how research efforts have established an organic link between pedology and edaphology of five pedogenetically important soil orders as Alfisols,..
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QUANTUM SPIN SYSTEMS ON INFINITE LATTICES
This course-based primer offers readers a concise introduction to the description of quantum mechanical systems with infinitely many degrees of freedom – and quantum spin systems..