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Report copyright infringementby Yali Friedman (Author)The Business of Biotechnology is an abridged edition of Building Biotechnology, a more advanced book widely used in biotechnology courses. This streamlined version presents a broad, accessible, and comprehensive overview of the business of biotechnology. The elements shaping the industry are defined and explained, enabling you to understand and profit from the expanding influence of biotechnology. Number of Pages: 256 ...

Branching Out: The biology career handbook from consultancy to biotech

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Report copyright infringementby L. E. Makaroff (Author)Discover Your True Calling Beyond AcademiaAre you tired of feeling stuck in academia and dreaming of a more fulfilling career in the life sciences field? Branching Out is the book that will guide you to your dream job. It is an essential guide for master's and PhD graduates featuring example CVs, cover letters, and interview answers. Find your true calling beyond the walls of academia Empower yourself with knowledge and tools to transitio...

Integrated Governance and Water Basin Management: Conditions for Regime Change and Sustainability

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Report copyright infringementby Stefan Kuks (Editor), Hans Bressers (Editor)All over the world countries struggle with water stress. Problems vary from water scarcity and a degrading water quality, to floods and a rising sea level due to climate change. The European Union adopted a Water Framework Directive to improve the sustainability of water management in its member states. Water management should be coordinated at the level of river basins as a whole. Interests of various user groups sho...

Modeling and Simulation of Carbon Emission Related Issues - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Wen-Hsien Tsai (Guest Editor)Carbon emissions reached an all-time high in 2018, when global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels increased by about 2.7%, after a 1.6% increase in 2017. Thus, we need to pay special attention to carbon emissions and work out possible solutions if we still want to meet the targets of the Paris climate agreement. This Special Issue collects 16 carbon emissions-related papers (including 5 that are carbon tax-related) a...

Differential Equation Models in Applied Mathematics: Theoretical and Numerical Challenges

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Report copyright infringementby Fasma Diele (Guest Editor)The present book contains the articles published in the Special Issue "Differential Equation Models in Applied Mathematics: Theoretical and Numerical Challenges" of the MDPI journal Mathematics. The Special Issue aimed to highlight old and new challenges in the formulation, solution, understanding, and interpretation of models of differential equations (DEs) in different real world applications. The technical topics covered in the seve...

On Borrowed Time: Assessing the Threat of Mineral Depletion

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Report copyright infringementby John E. Tilton (Author)The sharp rise in mineral use has revived concern about scarcity. Economist John Tilton responds by analyzing recent trends in the consumption and availability of minerals that are most integral to the needs of modern civilization. He reminds readers that, if the arguments about scarcity sound familiar, it is because the story of minerals scarcity is almost as old as human history-and so too is substitution and technological innovation. T...

Effects of Polyphenol-Rich Foods on Chronic Diseases

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Report copyright infringementby Sonia de Pascual-Teresa (Guest Editor), Luis Goya (Guest Editor)Polyphenols are a group of bioactive compounds in plant foods that have been gaining attention since the 1990s due to their health implications. However, it is still difficult to define their implications concerning health maintenance and chronic disease prevention or even treatment. There are many difficulties in their study, with the first being the fact that this group of compounds includes such...

Advancing Complexity Research in Earth Sciences and Geography

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Report copyright infringementby Jianbo Gao (Guest Editor)In order to solve richer and more diverse problems in environmental and Earth sciences and other fields that have a direct impact on human society and human life, it has become a global trend to synergistically utilize methodological innovations in all relevant fields, including statistical science, systems science, complexity science, and artificial intelligence, to tackle the problems. This Reprint, a collection of papers published in...

Innovative Water Finance in Africa: Economics and Principles of Financial Innovations for Water Managers

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Report copyright infringementby Cush Ngonzo Luwesi (Editor), Atakilte Beyene (Editor)Water has become increasingly central to addressing multiple development and environmental objectives in the course of climate change. Exploring the multiple dimensions of water governance, policy and management in a holistic way is thus imperative for financial innovations to take place in the water sector. This book constitutes, first of all, a reference document allowing African managers and policymakers t...

Advances in Power Science and Technology

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Report copyright infringementby Bo Yang (Guest Editor), Zhijian Liu (Guest Editor), Lin Jiang (Guest Editor)With a continuous increase in renewable energy in power systems, technologies such as grid control and optimization, energy storage planning, and wind power forecasting have become increasingly important. These technologies can help realize the sustainable development of the power system. Therefore, how can we safely and economically reduce the grid connection losses of new energy gener...

Healthy Eating in Relation to National Dietary Guidelines

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Report copyright infringementby Clare Collins (Guest Editor), George Moschonis (Guest Editor)National dietary guidelines provide a set of principles to guide decisions about healthy diet and lifestyle. They should be informed by scientific evidence and country-specific public health and nutrition priorities, as well as sociocultural and contextual factors. Dietary guidelines commonly propose a set of recommendations related to the consumption of individual foods and/or food groups in sufficie...

Advances in Microbial Fermentation Processes

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Report copyright infringementby Maria Tufariello (Guest Editor), Francesco Grieco (Guest Editor)This book covedered high-quality contributions (original research articles or review papers) providing a picture on innovations in microbial fermentative processes, including improvements of quality/safety of fermented foods and beverages, production of high added-values products, and valorization/recovery of agro-food wastes. Number of Pages: 220 Dimensions: 0.75 x 9.61 x...

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Report copyright infringementby Miklas Scholz (Guest Editor)The collection is comprised of 40 reprinted articles grouped into six sections. Section 1 is concerned with the interface between climate change, water resources and public health. The water-related impacts of climate change on agriculture and, subsequently, on public health are also assessed. Agricultural water management is covered in Section 2. Novel water retention and nutrient management technologies and strategies are introduce...

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Routledge Revivals: The Efficiency of New Issue Markets (1992)

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Report copyright infringementby Kyran McStay (Author)First published in 1992, The Efficiency of New Issue Markets provides a comprehensive overview of under-pricing and through this assess the efficiency of new issue markets. The book provides a further theoretical development of the adverse selection model of the new issue market and addresses the hypothesis that the method of distribution of new issues has an important bearing on the efficiency of these markets. In doing this, the book test...

Selected Papers from 6th Annual Conference of Energy Economics and Management

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Report copyright infringementby Ning Zhang (Guest Editor), Bing Wang (Guest Editor)This Special Issue consists of selected papers from the "6th Annual Conference of Energy Economics and Management", a large conference held in Guangzhou, China, 11-13 November 2015. The topic of this conference is "Toward a Sustainable Low Carbon China: New Global Carbon Reduction Agreement and Energy Policy". This conference is co-hosted by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the Project M...

Iron Has Memory, Rocks Breathe Slowly, Crystals Learn: Long Term Thinking and Cultural Change-Revisited

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Report copyright infringementby Keith Q. Owen (Author), A. Steven Dietz (Author), Robert Culbertson (Author)This short book examines the need for change in human systems and provides an opportunity for achieving lasting, sustainable change. This book it set out in three chapters which address: the challenges with change in organizations and how those challenges relate to organizational culture; a methodology for exploring cultures in organizations; and model for using our understanding of org...

Emergence: Complexity & Organization (14.4) - Complexity & Public Policy

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Report copyright infringementby Simone Landini (Editor), Sylvie Occelli (Editor)The papers of this special issue share a common message: what is missing is not the development of complexity theory for human activity systems but a better understanding of complexity acting in society. Number of Pages: 182 Dimensions: 0.39 x 10 x 7 IN Publication Date: January 10, 2013

Organizational Health in a Climate of Fear and Uncertainty: Revitalizing Organizations Through Promoting Human Values

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Report copyright infringementby Sheila Keegan (Author)Organizational life has inevitably felt the knock-on effect of the economic downturn and the unease that has accompanied it. High unemployment, redundancy and fear for the future are commonplace. Studies repeatedly show that 'trust' in the workplace is critical to ensure a happy and productive workforce and yet trust in organizations and management is at an all-time low. As fear permeates organizations, from the top layers of management do...

Working Fluid Selection for Organic Rankine Cycle and Other Related Cycles

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Report copyright infringementby Attila R. Imre (Guest Editor)The world's energy demand is still growing, partly due to the rising population, partly to increasing personal needs. This growing demand has to be met without increasing (or preferably, by decreasing) the environmental impact. One of the ways to do so is the use of existing low-temperature heat sources for producing electricity, such as using power plants based on the organic Rankine cycle (ORC) . In ORC power plants, instead of th...

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Report copyright infringementby Wang Xiaoping (Author), 1stworld Library (Editor), 1stworld Publishing (Manufactured by)#1 BEST-SELLER IN CHINA AND JAPAN Category: FUTUROLOGY The Second Declaration opens with a fascinating "Chinese Dream", and turns it into the common dream of all mankind. Absolutely original, with vivid style, verve, imagination and sharp view points, The Second Declaration is a fascinating vision of future economies, the development trends of future cultures, and the develo...

Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell - Paperback

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by Sy Montgomery (Author), Matt Patterson (Illustrator)A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * AMAZON EDITOR'S PICK and BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * INDIE BESTSELLER * A SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE'S BEST SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR * THE WASHINGTON POST'S BEST NONFICTION OF THE YEAR PICK * A NEW SCIENTIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR *THE PERFECT GIFT FOR NATURE LOVERS * INCLUDES GORGEOUS ARTWORK * "Montgomery's heart-tugging conversations with teammates and her commitment to helping an octogenarian n...

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Lee Lesher (Author)Stop Global Climate Change Now The SUN is the ONLY Power Source Capable of Replacing Nuclear, Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas in Their Entirety and SPACE is the Best Place to Harvest its Energy Delivered Anywhere on the Earth Pollution Free 24/7/365 Number of Pages: 130 Dimensions: 0.28 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: May 20, 2014

Energy, Environment and Economic Transformation in China

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Report copyright infringementby Shiyi Chen (Author)China has achieved rapid economic growth since the market-oriented reform in 1978 and became the second largest economy in the world in 2010. However, the growth model in China is still extensive in nature and may be characterized with high energy consumption and heavy environmental pollutions etc. In fact, China has successively become the largest carbon emitter since 2007 and the largest energy consumer since 2009 in the world. This book en...

Operations Management: A Modern Approach

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Report copyright infringementby Rae Simons (Editor)This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.This book looks at a selection of important business management techniques from a variety of countries and types of businesses. It discusses interorganizational information systems development, organizational performance management, activity-based cost systems, financial decision-making processes, teleworking (or telecommuting), customer-focused process improvement, the communicative nature...

Nanotechnology Applications in Agricultural and Bioprocess Engineering: Farm to Table

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Report copyright infringementby Megh R. Goyal (Editor), Santosh K. Mishra (Editor), Lohith Kumar Dasarahalli-Huligowda (Editor)Looks at the role of nanomaterials in plant growth and nutrition, discussing specific methods and processes for the application of nanotechnology in the development of food products, nutraceuticals, and therapeutics, including iron fortification of dairy food, for processing and preservation of meat, etc.Author BiographyMegh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a retired Professor i...

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Report copyright infringementby Kristy Shanahan (Author)Glimpses into Other Worlds will take you on a personal journey through other times and dimensions. It is mostly nonfiction, but also stretches the imagination to consider other possibilities and controversies. It is filled with spectacular images from NASA of our universe and other fantastic artwork.You will begin in our universe in the past and consider what some of the ancients thought about the heavens and gods from the heavens throug...

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Report copyright infringementby G. Rzevski (Editor), C. A. Brebbia (Editor) Number of Pages: 188 Dimensions: 0.5 x 10 x 7 IN Publication Date: January 23, 2018

Citizen Science in Biology: The History and Development of Public Participation in Science

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Report copyright infringementby Wilson Wall (Author), David Morgan (Author)This book charts the historical development of citizen science, from its earliest days with amateur individuals working on their own, to the modern incarnation which often sees large numbers of people cooperating on environmental or health projects. It will help project designers understand the heritage of citizen science, including the best way to avoid previous mistakes, and how to ensure results that are both reliab...

The Bird Book: The Stories, Science, and History of Birds - Hardcover

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by DK (Author)Delve into the fascinating world of birds through astonishing photography and clear explanations in this absorbing global guide. Birds are dinosaurs with a history going back millions of years. Our fascination with them runs deep in history, and our close association is reflected in creation stories, myths, legends, songs, and children's stories. This book explores: Both the natural history of birds and that deep cultural connection. From their evolution and anatomy to their be...

Basic Chemometrics for Analytical Chemists

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Report copyright infringementby Andrade-Garda Jose (Author)This textbook provides undergraduate students with comprehensive and accessible instruction in the fundamentals of chemometrics. This branch of analytical chemistry is devoted to the optimisation and implementation of analytical methods and the use of statistical and informatic tools. Readers will receive detailed and practical training in how to devise efficient and reliable analytical methodologies using experimental design and sign...

Reactive Distillation: Advanced Control Using Neural Networks

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Report copyright infringementby Vandana Sakhre (Author), Uday Pratap Singh (Author)Neural Networks is an integral part in machine learning and a known tool for controlling nonlinear processes. The area is under rapid development and provides a tool for modelling and controlling of advanced processes. This book provides a comprehensive overview for modelling, simulation, measurement and control strategies for reactive distillations using neural networks. Author BiographyVandana Sakhre, Manipal...