G Costa: 18 books

Sugarcane is the source of over three quarters of the world’s sugar, and is grown widely in the tropics and sub-tropics. Despite rising demand, average yields have not increased significantly, partly because of continued vulnerability to pests and diseases. In addition, cultivation has been seen...

Written by a professional London tour guide, travel writer and journalist, this travel guide from Independent Guidebooks is the perfect way to plan your visit to London and the most incredible city on earth. Contents: * Neighbourhood Guides - A look at each area of London and the monuments,...

New and Updated for the Holiday Season 2018-2019 Experience the most magical vacation of a lifetime with The Independent Guide to Walt Disney World 2019. This guide is packed full of tips and tricks on how to make the most of your stay all in an easy-to-understand guide. We also cover...

Prepare for your trip to Disneyland Paris with our new and updated guide for 2018 - it also covers the 2017 Halloween and Christmas seasons. Our bestselling Disneyland Paris guide series is trusted by families from across the world to help you create unforgettable memories. The guide...

Visiting Dubai? You've found the perfect guide. NEW, COMPLETELY RE-WRITTEN AND FULLY UP TP DATE The Independent Guide to Dubai 2019 is the perfect resource for planning your trip to one of the most exciting and fast-changing places in the world. Discover how to make your trip to this...

Advances in Neurotoxicology, Volume Two, addresses contemporary advances in neurotoxicology, with thematic volumes providing authoritative review articles on key issues in the field. Updates in this new volume include chapters on Air pollution and neurodegenerative diseases, Mercury and Parkinson’s...

Environmental Factors in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Volume One addresses contemporary advances in neurotoxicology, with thematic volumes providing authoritative review articles on key issues in the field. Updates in this new volume include chapters on Air pollution and neurodegenerative diseases,...

Role of Inflammation in Environmental Neurotoxicity, Volume Three, in this comprehensive serial, addresses contemporary advances in neurotoxicology by providing authoritative review articles on key issues in the field. Edited by leading subject experts, topics of note in this new release include Neuroinflammation...

Il volume illustra i principi generali della tossicologia, focalizzandosi in particolar modo sulle problematiche correlate al rischio derivante dall’esposizione ai farmaci.

Studies challenging the idea that technology and science flow only from global North to South. The essays in this volume study the creation, adaptation, and use of science and technology in Latin America. They challenge the view that scientific ideas and technology travel unchanged from the...

VIGILANTE? VICTIM? VILLAIN? Where is your breaking point? Would you defy the law in pursuit of justice? How far would you have to be pushed before you got…blood on your hands? Nineteen gripping crime and mystery stories reveal the transgressions ordinary people commit when they feel...

It has been widely recognized nowadays the importance of introducing mathematical models that take into account possible sudden changes in the dynamical behavior of a high-integrity systems or a safety-critical system. Such systems can be found in aircraft control, nuclear power stations, robotic...

The first edition of this book was a first book for atomic spectroscopists to present the basic principles of experimental designs, optimization and multivariate regression. Multivariate regression is a valuable statistical method for handling complex problems (such as spectral and chemical interferences)...

This volume considers corruption as a multidimensional, complex phenomenon in which various forms of corruption may overlap at any given time. Extending the seemingly paradoxical notion of “legal corruption” to such settings as the USA, Spain, and the Czech Republic, the book seeks to augment...