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Biology of Stress in Farm Animals: An Integrative Approach
A seminar in the CEC programme of coordination research on animal welfare, held on April 17–18, 1986, at the Pietersberg Conference Centre, Oosterbeek, The Netherlands
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book contains the contributions to a workshop on stress in farm animals held on April 17-18,1986 at the Pietersberg Con ference Centre Oosterbeek. The workshop was financed by the Commis sion of the European Communities from its budget for the coordina tion of Community Agricultural Research...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The extension of conventional M-mode to two-dimensional echocardiography has been a major advance for the evaluation and management of cardiac disease. Their combined use is optimal for a comprehensive analysis of anatomy and structure function and thus best serving the patient. This book critically...
by C. Dekker, H. Soly, J. H. van Stuijvenberg
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Volume VIII of Acta Historiae Neerlandicae again presents studies on the history of the Low Countries which it is hoped will be of interest to foreign scholars. The intention has been to deal with a fairly long period, and many differing aspects, of the subject. So institutional, political, economic,...
Acta Historiae Neerlandicae
Studies on the History of The Netherlands VII
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The editors of the seventh volume of Acta Historiae Neerlandicae have followed the same lines as those adopted for its predecessor. Studies have again been selected which throw light on the history of the Low Countries, the choice again being directed to subjects likely to be of interest to foreign...
by Russell Wanhill, Simon Barter, Loris Molent
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
This book provides a concise discussion of fatigue crack growth (FCG) failure and lifing analysis methods for metallic aircraft structures and components. After a reasonably concise historical review, surveys are made of (i) the importance of fatigue for aircraft structural failures and the sources...
Adjustment After Migration
A longitudinal study of the process of adjustment by refugees to a new environment
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
People are not so firmly rooted as they used to be. The greater frequency, at least in the Western world, with which people move house can be seen from the statistics. Many migrate voluntarily, or under compulsion, to build up new existences in other parts of the country or in other parts of the world....
The Heart of the Good Institution
Virtue Ethics as a Framework for Responsible Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
This book addresses the question: how can institutions develop and maintain a good purpose? And how can managers contribute to this endeavour? Twelve contributions explore this question, using MacIntyrean inquiry as a basis for exploring four main themes: Can management be considered a practice in...
Landscapes and Societies
Selected Cases
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
This book contains case histories intended to show how societies and landscapes interact. The range of interest stretches from the small groups of the earliest Neolithic, through Bronze and Iron Age civilizations, to modern nation states. The coexistence is, of its very nature reciprocal, resulting...
by Constantin A. Rebeiz
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Heme and chlorophyll (Chl) are porphyrins. Porphyrins (also referred to as tetrapyrroles) are essential for life in the biosphere. Chlorophyll catalyzes the conversion of solar energy to chemical energy via the process of photosynthesis. Organic life in the biosphere is made possible by consumption...
Introduction to the Logical Investigations
A Draft of a Preface to the Logical Investigations (1913)
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
TO THE LOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS A DRAFT OF A PREFACE TO THE LOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS ( 1913) Edited by EUGEN FINK Translated with Introductions by PHILIP J. BOSSERT and CURTIS H. PETERS • MARTINUS NIJHOFF THE HAGUE 1975 © I975 by Martinus Nijhoff. The Hague. Netherlands All rights reserved. including...
The Effectiveness of Policy Instruments for Energy-Efficiency Improvement in Firms
The Dutch Experience
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2004
How can governments stimulate energy-efficiency improvement? This book analyzes environmental policy in the Netherlands to present a wealth of empirical results on the successes and failures of governmental initiatives in environmental policy. Discussion extends to such topics as free-rider effects...
Adoption of Environmental Innovations
The Dynamics of Innovation as Interplay between Business Competence, Environmental Orientation and Network Involvement
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
How do small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) adopt environmental innovations? Do they have the necessary internal competence? Is any support offered by external parties (i.e. network involvement)? What are the policy implications? This book is based on extensive fieldwork, conducted in four traditional...
Critical Success Factors in Biomedical Research and Pharmaceutical Innovation
The joint impact of management control and contingencies on performance and effectiveness in research laboratories in medical faculties, health research institutes and innovative pharmaceutical companies
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Is talent the only key to scientific success? In fact, the answer is: `No'. Management and organisation do make a real, significant difference between success and failure in science. This book presents a clear survey of the critical success factors in biomedical research laboratories. Based on an...
Integrated Governance and Water Basin Management
Conditions for Regime Change and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2012
This book examines water management integration in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy and Switzerland, based on the European research project EUWARENESS. Coverage includes 12 country-specific case studies, examining theory on water governance, institutional regimes, and property rights,...