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Caffeine is known to stimulate the central nervous system but what other functions does it have? This book covers the latest scientific knowledge in a uniquely structured format and is specifically designed to link chemistry with health and nutrition to provide a broad, appealing book. Coverage begins...

Simbiosis es la continuación de la historia de Verónica, la nostálgica joven- ahora convertida en mujer-que posee el extraño poder de viajar en el tiempo. En esta segunda entrega, la protagonista se enfrenta a la difícil elección de continuar su vida en el bucólico pueblo de Santa Carla del...

The first part of a family saga inspired by events actually occurred in the communist Russia of Joseph Stalin, on the one hand, and on the other in a Galician town known by the name of "A Guarda". It contains narration and description of scenes of crimes, torture, humiliations, facts and...

Principles of Optics is one of the classic science books of the twentieth century, and probably the most influential book in optics published in the past 40 years. The new edition is the first ever thoroughly revised and expanded edition of this standard text. Among the new material, much of which...

This collection of fully peer-reviewed papers were presented at the 26th Leeds-Lyon Tribology Symposium which was held in Leeds, UK, 14-17 September, 1999. The Leeds-Lyon Symposia on Tribology were launched in 1974, and the large number of references to original work published in the Proceedings over...

During the past few years, a considerable number of monographs on bone tumors have been published. They are mainly restricted to bone tumors as clinical-pathological entities, since their diagnosis, more than that of other tumors, requires the interdisciplinary cooperation between orthopedic specialist,...

El objetivo del libro es proporcionar un amplio panorama sobre los grupos de interés en España y, por lo tanto, contribuir al conocimiento de un tema tan complejo como la toma de decisiones en las Instituciones Públicas y los actores intervinientes. La transparencia en la actuación de las Administraciones...

La presente edición, que incluye adenda de actualización 2013, contiene junto con el Código Civil otras cuarenta leyes especiales convenientemente anotadas y actualizadas a la fecha de cierre de la obra. Se trata de un completo compendio legislativo que abarca seis grandes apartados. La primera...

El juicio de amparo, garante de los derechos humanos frente al poder de la autoridad, es la mejor institución jurídica en México. Sin embargo, a pesar de sus alcances, tuvo que lidiar y sobrevivir a varias formas de gobierno y a una revolución, lo que significó que transitara no sólo por distintos...

Both genetic and environmental factors play important roles in one’s life. Genetics remains a fixed entity, whereas environment is a variable. Environmental experiences in life can have a positive or negative influence upon the genetic makeup of a given individual. Decision-making in the preschool...

Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title! Doody's Medical Reviews Score: 92, 4 Stars! "[This book] is well written and achieves its aim of exploring the meaning of quality from a range of perspectives. It has a welcome focus on the views of residents, and the authors are to be congratulated...

Some 13,000 years ago, humans were drawn repeatedly to a small valley in what is now Central Texas, near the banks of Buttermilk Creek. These early hunter-gatherers camped, collected stone, and shaped it into a variety of tools they needed to hunt game, process food, and subsist in the Texas wilderness....