Academic Press: 465 books
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Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Computational Chemistry Methodology in Structural Biology and Materials Sciences provides a selection of new research in theoretical and experimental chemistry, focusing on topics in the materials science and biological activity.
Part 1, on Computational Chemistry Methodology in Biological...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
School leaders play a critical role in shaping learners for the future. In Australia, some states have begun to establish programs to develop excellence in leadership through professional development programs, strategic initiatives, support, and networking opportunities for school leaders. And yet,...
Sustainable Viticulture
The Vines and Wines of Burgundy
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2017
Written by an expert of the ins and outs of viticulture in Burgundy and many other areas of the world, this new volume showcases the wine-growing culture of Burgundy. Sustainable Viticulture: The Vines and Wines of Burgundy covers the rich history and culture of the wine growing tradition of the region.
The...
Irish Women and the Vote
Becoming Citizens, New Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
This landmark book, reissued with a new foreword to mark the centenary of Irish women being granted the right to vote, is the first comprehensive analysis of the Irish suffrage movement from its mid-nineteenth-century beginnings to when feminist militancy exploded on the streets of Dublin and Belfast...
Environmental Biotechnology
Biodegradation, Bioremediation, and Bioconversion of Xenobiotics for Sustainable Development
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
With focus on the practical use of modern biotechnology for environmental sustainability, this book provides a thoughtful overview of molecular aspects of environmental studies to create a new awareness of fundamental biological processes and sustainable ecological concerns. It covers the latest research...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Plant physiology is now considered as an essential ingredient for improving crop productivity, a continuing necessity with today’s ever-increasing world population. This new volume provides an understanding of the physiological basis of the various plant processes and their underlying mechanisms...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
This new book presents the authors’ biomedical studies of natural degradable biopolymers (polyhydroxyalkanoates [PHAs]) and discusses the demand for medical-grade materials and modern trends, focusing on the present status and future potential of PHAs. The authors present and summarize their most...
Nanobiomaterials
Applications in Drug Delivery
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2018
This new volume focuses on the ever-growing and ever-sophisticated use of nanobiomaterials in drug delivery. There have been significant developments in the delivery of the active pharmaceutical ingredients to target sites, thereby sparing the normal functioning biological systems from damage, and...
Sonochemistry
An Emerging Green Technology
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2018
Traditionally heat and light are thought as energy sources to drive a particular chemical reaction, but now ultrasound is a promising energy source for this purpose. The collapse of a bubble generates a wide range of high temperatures and pressures, and therefore, use of ultrasound has a considerable...
The Phytopathogen
Evolution and Adaptation
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
So often new phytopathogens emerge and appear primarily in acute form and then take a chronic form; such populations, however, in general have a limited appearance because of the lack of suitable environmental conditions. The emergence of new pathogens needs to be explored in the light of their evolutionary...
Discovery of El Greco
The Nationalization of Culture versus the Rise of Modern Art (1860–1914)
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Originally published in Dutch and translated to Spanish for the fourth centenary celebration of the death of El Greco in 2014, this book is a comprehensive study of the rediscovery of El Greco – seen as one of the most important events of its kind in art history. The Nationalization of Culture versus...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
This new book focuses on nanomaterial development as well as investigations of combustion and explosion processes. It presents valuable information on the modeling of processes and on quantum chemical calculations and leading-edge research from around the world in this dynamic field, focusing on concepts...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
In agricultural education and research, the study of agricultural microbiology has undergone tremendous changes in the past few decades, leading to today’s scientific farming that is a backbone of economy all over the globe. Microorganisms in Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and the Environment fills...
Facing the Tiger
A Guide for Men with Prostate Cancer and the People Who Love Them
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
Prostate cancer is now the most common male cancer in the western world, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer. In the United States over 2.5 million men are living with a diagnosis of prostate cancer; in the UK over 250,000 men, and in Australia over 120,000 men. For each man who has had prostate cancer,...