Stefano: 1425 books
Water Governance for Sustainable Development
Approaches and Lessons from Developing and Transitional Countries
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
The book examines how water policies, institutions and governance have shifted in recent years from supply-driven, quantitative, centrally controlled management to more demand-sensitive, decentralized participatory approaches. Such a move often also implies cost recovery principles, resource allocation...
Essentials of Celiac Disease and the Gluten-Free Diet
Living Gluten Free with Celiac / Coeliac Disease & Gluten Sensitivity
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center's mission is to cure celiac disease. As we focus on research toward a cure, we also strive to raise awareness and diagnosis rates through education and advocacy.Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder, which means the body "attacks itself",...
by Natesa G. Pandian, Itzhak Kronzon, Hans-Joachim Nesser
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2010
This atlas provides a comprehensive description of normal anatomy of the internal structures of the heart (natives valves, interatrial septum, left atrial appendage, left atrium etc..) as seen by this revolutionary ultrasound technique. Normal TEE cardiac structures are described and compared with...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of oil palm Volume 1
Introduction, breeding and cultivation techniques
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Oil palm is widely cultivated in tropical countries for use in food processing, personal care products and other applications such as biodiesel. Cultivation faces a range of challenges such as its environmental impact (e.g. in deforestation and biodiversity loss) as well threats from pests and diseases....
by Stefano Cagno
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 4, 2013
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 4, 2013
Il 1978 è un anno che ha lasciato il segno: nella sede dell’Unesco a Parigi, il 15 ottobre è stata sottoscritta la Dichiarazione Universale dei Diritti dell’Animale redatta dalla Lega Internazionale dei Diritti dell’Animale.
Per la prima volta nella storia dell’umanità e nella storia naturale...
Oranges, mandarins, cedars, lemons & bergamots...
Artistic engravings of Ferrari, Aldrovrandi, Volckhamer...
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2015
Curious and detailed collection of images of botanical subjects belonging to the citrus family, made by artists, scientists,biologists and anthropologists. Artists of the past engaged in the realization of real museums of natural history. One of them, among the best known, the bolognese Aldrovandi...
by Stefano Salvatore
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Metamaterials are artificially designed materials engineered to acquire their properties by their specific structure rather than their composition. They are considered a major scientific breakthrough and have attracted enormous attention over the past decade. The major challenge in obtaining an optical...
Organic Light-Emitting Transistors
Towards the Next Generation Display Technology
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Provides an overview of the developments and applications of Organic Light Emitting Transistors (OLETs) science and technology
This book discusses the scientific fundamentals and key technological features of Organic Light Emitting Transistors (OLETs) by putting them in the context of organic...
L'autismo
Dalla diagnosi al trattamento
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 1, 2014
I disturbi dello spettro autistico sono relativamente frequenti – colpiscono circa un bambino ogni 150 nati – e risultano più comuni in età pediatrica di tumori, del diabete e dell’AIDS messi insieme. Negli ultimi anni questo tipo di disturbi ha ricevuto crescente attenzione con diverse proposte...
Governance and Sustainability of Responsible Research and Innovation Processes
Cases and Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2018
This book provides methods and practical cases and experiences with the aim of stimulating Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) through the direct engagement of researchers, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), citizens, industry stakeholders, policy and decision makers, research funders and communicators....
by Matteo Radaelli, Luca Stefano Cristini
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 13, 2016
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 13, 2016
I Longobardi erano una popolazione germanica orientale, protagonista tra il II e il VI secolo di una lunga migrazione che la portò dal basso corso dell'Elba fino all'Italia. Il movimento migratorio ebbe inizio nel II secolo, ma soltanto nel IV l'intero popolo avrebbe lasciato il basso Elba; durante...
by Matteo Radaelli, Luca Stefano Cristini, Nadir Durand
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Bartolomeo Colleoni iniziò la sua carriera militare, come scudiero, all’età di 15 anni presso Filippo Arcelli signore di Piacenza. Nel 1424 era, al servizio del condottiero Jacopo Caldora, al comando di una squadra di 20 cavalli. Con il Caldora entrò nella corte di Giovanna II di Napoli; partecipò...
Sbirri, maledetti eroi
Storie vere di poliziotti e del loro coraggio
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 31, 2019
Una testimonianza del duro lavoro che le forze dell'ordine svolgono ogni giorno in prima linea, nel contrasto alla criminalità e al degrado sociale, con un'analisi approfondita delle difficoltà quotidiano di chi svolge questo mestiere. Una panoramica sulle condizioni della sicurezza in Italia, Francia,...
What is What in the Nanoworld
A Handbook on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
The third, partly revised and enlarged edition of this introductory reference summarizes the terms and definitions, most important phenomena, and regulations occurring in the physics, chemistry, technology, and application of nanostructures. A representative collection of fundamental terms and definitions...