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Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
Drug addiction remains one of the most important public health problems in western societies and is a rising concern for developing nations. Over the past 3 decades, experimental research on the neurobiology and psychology of drug addiction has generated a torrent of exciting data, from the molecular...
by Josefino Comiso
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2010
Only a few centuries ago, we knew very little about our planet Earth. The Earth was considered flat by many although it was postulated by a few like Aristotle that it is spherical based on observations that included the study of lunar eclipses. Much later, Christopher Columbus successfully sailed...
A Natural Experiment on Electoral Law Reform
Evaluating the Long Run Consequences of 1990s Electoral Reform in Italy and Japan
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
In the early 1990s, major electoral reforms took place in both Italy and Japan; each replaced a form of “proportional representation” (in which voters cast a ballot for a party list) with a “mixed member” system (in which voters cast ballots for individual candidates and party lists). The...
Principles of Ecosystem Stewardship
Resilience-Based Natural Resource Management in a Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2009
The world is undergoing unprecedented changes in many of the factors that determine its fundamental properties and their in- ence on society. These changes include climate; the chemical c- position of the atmosphere; the demands of a growing human population for food and ?ber; and the mobility of...
Case Studies in Food Engineering
Learning from Experience
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2009
This volume presents case studies in food engineering. It is organized in three broad sections. The first concerns processes that are primarily physical, such as mixing, and the second processes that also involve biochemical changes, such as thermal sterilization. While the third section addresses...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
The biomass based energy sector, especially the one based on lignocellulosic sources such as switchgrass Miscanthus, forest residues and short rotation coppice, will play an important role in our drive towards renewable energy. The biomass feedstock production (BFP) subsystem provides the necessary...
Nutrition and Skin
Lessons for Anti-Aging, Beauty and Healthy Skin
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
The book will educate and decode the role of vitamins, essential fatty acids and other nutraceuticals on skin health and their tremendous impact to the current needs of the skin care industry. Focus on conditions, as acne, dermatitis, dry scaly skin or alopecia will provide a comprehensive knowledge...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2009
In Advanced ULSI interconnects – fundamentals and applications we bring a comprehensive description of copper-based interconnect technology for ultra-lar- scale integration (ULSI) technology for integrated circuit (IC) application. In- grated circuit technology is the base for all modern electronics...
Hispanic Families at Risk
The New Economy, Work, and the Welfare State
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2009
In the United States, work is the key to economic success, as well as the major source of health care coverage and retirement security. While Europeans look to the State for these benefits, Americans for the most part do not. This system of employment-based benefits means that those disadvantaged...
by Timothy G. Townsend, Jon Powell, Pradeep Jain
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Solid waste management is a global concern, and landfilling remains the predominant management method in most areas of the world. This book provides a comprehensive view of state-of-the-art methods to manage landfills more sustainably, drawing upon more than two decades of research, design, and...
Handbook of Natural Language Processing and Machine Translation
DARPA Global Autonomous Language Exploitation
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011
This comprehensive handbook, written by leading experts in the field, details the groundbreaking research conducted under the breakthrough GALE program--The Global Autonomous Language Exploitation within the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), while placing it in the context of previous...
by Michael O. Finkelstein
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2009
When as a practicing lawyer I published my ?rst article on statistical evidence in 1966, the editors of the Harvard Law Review told me that a mathematical equa- 1 tion had never before appeared in the review. This hardly seems possible - but if they meant a serious mathematical equation, perhaps they...
Prehistoric Archaeology on the Continental Shelf
A Global Review
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
The chapters in this edited volume present multi-disciplinary case studies of prehistoric archaeological sites located on now-submerged portions of the continental shelf. Each chapter represents an extension of the known prehistoric record beyond the modern shoreline. Case studies represent central...
Trekking the Shore
Changing Coastlines and the Antiquity of Coastal Settlement
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2011
Human settlement has often centered around coastal areas and waterways. Until recently, however, archaeologists believed that marine economies did not develop until the end of the Pleistocene, when the archaeological record begins to have evidence of marine life as part of the human diet. This has...