Elsevier Science: 13458 books
Adapting to Climate Change in Europe
Exploring Sustainable Pathways - From Local Measures to Wider Policies
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Adapting to Climate Change in Europe: Exploring Sustainable Pathways - From Local Measures to Wider Policies is a scientific synthesis of a four-year project on adaptation activities in Europe. It combines scientific assessments with real-world case descriptions to present specific tools and methods....
Tribological Research and Design for Engineering Systems
Proceedings of the 29th Leeds-Lyon Symposium
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2003
These papers represent the proceedings from the 29th Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology, 'Tribological Research and Design for Engineering Systems' which was held in September 2002. Over 130 delegates from 18 countries attended the symposium, and the extensive discussions generated over 150 written...
Highlights in Helioclimatology
Cosmophysical Influences on Climate and Hurricanes
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Written by pioneers in the field, Highlights in Helioclimatology examines the scientific evidence related to the influence of solar activity on climate and the resulting atmospheric process that creates hurricanes. In addition to providing the science behind the phenomenon, this book also provides...
by E. Smolkova-Keulemansova, L. Feltl
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 1991
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 1991
Nowadays, there are increasing demands for the control and specification of all aspects of industrial manufacturing. There is also a growing need to understand various biological processes and conditions for agricultural production, and concern for protection of the environment and human health. These...
Microdialysis in the Neurosciences
Techniques in the Behavioral and Neural Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Techniques in the Behavioral and Neural Sciences, Volume 7: Microdialysis in the Neurosciences focuses on the neurochemical methods employed in behavioral and neural sciences.
The selection first elaborates on the introduction to intracerebral microdialysis, quantitative microdialysis, and...
Chemical Ecology and Phytochemistry of Forest Ecosystems
Proceedings of the Phytochemical Society of North America
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2005
The Phytochemical Society of North America held its forty-fourth annual meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from July 24-28, 2004. This year's meeting was hosted by the University of Ottawa and the Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre and was held jointly with the International Society...
by G.G. Khachatourians, Dilip K Arora
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2004
Research in the genomics of a handful of fungi has matured at an unprecedented rate allowing comprehensive review. Developments in fungal genomics should be of great significance to new strategies in fields where disciplinary crossovers of fungal genomics, genes and their regulation, expression, and...
by G.G. Khachatourians, Dilip K Arora
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2003
The purpose of this volume is to highlight wide-ranging applications of genomics in the area of applied mycology and biotechnology.
The volume covers: a brief overview on fungal genomics; meiotic recombination in fungi; molecular genetics of circadian rhythms; genome sequencing; transposable...
Antiviral Nucleosides
Chiral Synthesis and Chemotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2003
• Up-to-date review on the chemistry and biology of nucleosides
• Modern synthetic methodology
• Comprehensive coverage of antiviral nucleosides
This book summarizes the recent advances in nucleosides chemistry and chemotherapy over the past 10-15 years. It covers recently discovered...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
Alcohol is the most widely used drug in the world, yet alcoholism remains a serious addiction affecting nearly 20 million Americans. Our current understanding of alcohol's effect on brain structure and related functional damage is being revolutionized by genetic research, basic neuroscience, brain...
by OECD
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2005
In order to quantitatively predict the chemical reactions that hazardous materials may undergo in the environment, it is necessary to know the relative stabilities of the compounds and complexes that may be found under certain conditions. This type of calculations may be done using consistent chemical...
by H.T. Tien †, A. Ottova-Leitmannova
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2003
The lipid bilayer is the most basic structural element of cell membranes. A wide range of topics are covered in this volume, from the origin of the lipid bilayer concept, to current applications and experimental techniques. Each chapter in this volume is self-contained and describes a group's research,...
Phononics
Interface Transmission Tutorial Book Series
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
Phononics: Interface Transmission Tutorial Book Series provides an investigation of modern systems that includes a discrete matrix description. Classical continuous systems relying on the use of differential equations are recalled, showing that they generally have a specific limit on their corresponding...
by Roman F. Nalewajski
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2006
As well as providing a unified outlook on physics, Information Theory (IT) has numerous applications in chemistry and biology owing to its ability to provide a measure of the entropy/information contained within probability distributions and criteria of their information "distance" (similarity)...