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For many thousands of years, human beings have been asking themselves whether they are more frightened of being alone in the universe or of the thought that there is someone else out there. Over the……続きを見る

This is not science fiction. It’s a voyage on the arrow of time to the coming fifty years. The legendary palindromic character Mr. Qfwfq from Italo Calvino’s collection of short stories, The Cosmico……続きを見る

Legged robots are a promising locomotion system, capable of performing tasks that conventional vehicles cannot. Even more exciting is the fact that this is a rapidly developing field of study for re……続きを見る

Long unknown in the West, The Biosphere established the field of biogeochemistry and is one of the classic founding documents of what later became known as Gaia theory. It is the first sustained exp……続きを見る

Using a series of case studies, the book demonstrates the power of dynamic analysis as applied to the fossil record. Written in an engaging and informative style, Dynamic Paleontology outlines the b……続きを見る

The objective of this monograph is to improve the performance of the sentiment analysis model by incorporating the semantic, syntactic and common-sense knowledge. This book proposes a novel semantic……続きを見る

This book presents wet chemical sol-gel and hydrothermal methods for 1D oxide nanostructure preparation. These methods represent an attractive route to multifunctional nanomaterials synthesis, as th……続きを見る

Coming Home Your Way offers college and university students returning from an education-abroad experience a wealth of pertinent information, opportunities for meaningful reflection, and practical gu……続きを見る

This book introduces an analytic framework constructed upon the iterated Prisoners' Dilemma game to model and analyze transboundary water interactions along the Nile River. It presents a thorough an……続きを見る

A Série Universitária foi desenvolvida pelo Senac São Paulo com o intuito de preparar profissionais para o mercado de trabalho. Os títulos abrangem diversas áreas, abordando desde conhecimentos teór……続きを見る

Flood control in urban areas can be feasibly and cost-effectively enhanced by implementing flood proofing approaches to risk reduction in the context of environmental and land-use planning and manag……続きを見る

The science of nanotechnology, the manipulation, design and engineering of devices at the atomic and molecular scale, is starting to be applied to many disciplines including aspects of agriculture a……続きを見る

Methods of strawberry cultivation have undergone extensive modification and this book provides an up-to-date, broad and balanced scientific review of current research and emerging challenges. Subjec……続きを見る

Nel testo sono riportate le pubblicazioni scientifiche di Fisica e Meccanica Quantistica apparse nel 1939 anno della scoperta della Fissione dell'Uranio a pochi mesi dall'inizio della Seconda Guerra……続きを見る

A preocupação em se avaliar a qualidade dos programas ou serviços de saúde vem crescendo nos últimos anos. Esse fenômeno é consequência da ampliação na oferta dos serviços, do aumento considerável d……続きを見る

This book investigates the origins and development of human rights discourse in Finnish legal scholarship in the twentieth century. It provides a detailed account of how human rights were understood……続きを見る

This book discusses the energy issues facing Bangladesh, specifically the lack of access to electricity that impedes overall development. In-depth chapters examine critical energy problems and provi……続きを見る

Since the first edition published more than 100 years ago, Machinery’s Handbook has been acknowledged as an exceptionally authoritative and comprehensive, yet highly practical, and easy-to-use tool,……続きを見る

This book clarifies the status quo and mechanisms of agricultural and rural development in today’s Russia, especially focusing on human capital and human development. It provides readers insights in……続きを見る

This book looks at analysis and modelling of active biopotential signal processing. It emphasises the real-time challenges in biomedical signal processing that occur due to the complex and non-stati……続きを見る

Random fields are a necessity when formulating stochastic continuum theories. In this book, a theory of random piezoelectric and piezomagnetic materials is developed. First, elements of the continuu……続きを見る

Con este libro, los autores asumen que se puede aspirar a una pedagogía ambiental que se constituya en un conocimiento teórico-práctico capaz de reflejar el carácter complejo, holístico, sistémico, ……続きを見る

How integrating cognitive theories and international relations scholarship can yield valuable insights into the effectiveness of climate negotiations. Mindmade Politics takes a novel, interdisciplin……続きを見る

This book provides useful information on microbial physiology and metabolism. Thekey aspects covered are prokaryotic diversity, growth physiology, basic metabolic pathways and their regulation, meta……続きを見る

This book focuses on more than 100 years of climatic oscillation in Bengal Duars, a unique foothill landscape of the Eastern Himalaya, to discuss the dynamics of life and livelihoods of forest depen……続きを見る

El mercadeo agropecuario es un elemento clave en la formación de profesionales del sector agrario, puesto que las nuevas dinámicas y tendencias socioeconómicas, tecnológicas y culturales que interac……続きを見る

Manuale aggiornato sui temi inerenti la conoscenza, la degustazione e l'uso dell'olio d'oliva nella sua più significativa rappresentazione dell'extravergine Made in Italy. Basato sulla lunga esperie……続きを見る

Partendo dall’analisi della recente evoluzione dell’economia dello spazio, in particolare negli Stati Uniti, questo saggio si interroga sull’adeguatezza delle istituzioni spaziali europee per far fr……続きを見る

This first book from Synamin Vixen follows her journey growing and grieving through multiple transitions in her life. Here, she processes her family, healing of her body and matrilineal line, and ex……続きを見る

Turn to this illustrated collection of 40 dogs whenever you need some puppy love, a little laugh, or a pep-talk. A dog is more than a best friend. From chill puppers to little stinkers, the dogs in ……続きを見る