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Nanoscience is of central importance in the physical and biological sciences and is now pervasive in technology. However nanomagnetism has a special role to play as magnetic properties depend uniquely on both dimensionality and lengthscales. Nanomagnetism is already central to data storage, sensor...

Virtue theory, natural law, deontology, utilitarianism, existentialism: these are the basic moral theories taught in “Ethics,” “History of Philosophy,” and “Introduction to Philosophy” courses throughout the United States. When the American philosopher William James (1842 – 1910) find...

The fifth volume in this series is focused on the chemical and physical interactions between rocks undergoing metamorphism and the fluids that they generate and that pass through them. The recognition that such pro­ cesses can profoundly affect the course of metamorphism has resulted in a number...

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Sorghum is one of the world’s major cereals, cultivated in the semi-arid tropics for a growing range of uses. Like other crops it faces the need to meet rising demand whilst reducing its environmental impact and adapting to the challenges of climate change. This volume summarises the wealth of research...

Morfogénesis, la tercera y última parte de la saga de Lía D’acosta, nos narra la historia de un tiempo que avanza entre mundos paralelos, donde mirar lo que sucederá en el futuro es la imagen de un pasado, que nos enrostra la mayor opción. Así, las decisiones que van trazando la vida de los...

LES FICTIONS :  « Les Précieuses Minuscules », de Natasha Beaulieu ; « Projection privée », de Pierre-Luc Lafrance ; « Objets intelligents », de Jean-Noël Lafargue ; « Les Raisins de Gournah », de Célia Chalfoun ; « Pour que s'anime le ciel factice », de Frédérick Durand....

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to Hodge theory—one of the central and most vibrant areas of contemporary mathematics—from leading specialists on the subject. The topics range from the basic topology of algebraic varieties to the study of variations of mixed Hodge...

My name is Sadie.I’m fourteen years old.One day, out of frustration of my mother’s overprotectiveness, I agreed to meet my online guy friend at the mall. He took me for a ride in his beautiful car and sold me into a nightmare. Drugged, used, and abused, my life became a living hell – the kind...

The southeastern United States has one of the richest records of early human settlement of any area of North America. This book provides the first state-by-state summary of Paleoindian and Early Archaic research from the region, together with an appraisal of models developed to interpret the data....

Recent technological developments have broadened considerably the role of magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of liver pathology. Today, MR imaging is not looked upon merely as a problem-solving technique but is widely considered the principal imaging modality for both the detection and accurate...

Back a Sister Up By: Denise L. Folks, Ph.D.   God called women to preach and prophesy in Jesus Christ name, giving them visions, prophecies, and dreams. But Satan doesn’t want women in the pulpit, and too many women feel the same way.   In Back a Sister Up, Dr. Folks calls on all women...

This case-based clinical text is an exhaustive review of orthodontic problems in the vertical dimension, with evidence-based guidelines for successful diagnosis and treatment. A total of 21 cases address dental deep bites, skeletal deep bites, dental open bites, skeletal open bites, and posterior...

LITERATURA E MATEMÁTICA Vencer o falso abismo que separaria o pensamento humanístico da matemática é tema constante das novas epistemologias, que não acreditam mais no demônio aparente do número contra as letras. Há um approach permanente de um só mundo supostamente partido, em todas as línguas...