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 Tom M. Apostol, Mamikon A. Mnatsakanian, "New Horizons in Geometry" English | 2013 | pages: 526 | ISBN: 088385354X, 147044335X | PDF | 5,8 mb The collaborative work of Tom Apostol and Mamikon Mnatsakanian has been lauded for its clarity and originality. In this volume the authors present an impressive collection of geometric results that reveal surprising connections between lengths, areas and volumes in various shapes, and allow one to compute difficult integrals, all using intuitive visual calculations. One noteworthy idea that the reader will encounter is Mamikon's Sweeping Tangent Theorem from which the authors obtain a visual derivation of the property that the length of an arc of a catenary is proportional to the area under the arc. This is one of many 'proofs without words' contained within. In addition, a variety of results are derived visually for cycloids, conic sections, and many more geometric objects. As befits a book that emphasises visual thinking, the text is beautifully illustrated. This is a book that will inspire students and enrich any geometry or calculus course.  New Delivery Systems for Controlled Drug Release from Naturally Occurring Materials By Nicholas Parris, LinShu Liu, Cunxian Song, and V. Prasad Shastri (Eds.) 2008 | 315 Pages | ISBN: 084127424X | PDF | 36 MB Content: Efficacy assessment of hyaluronan vehicles for sustained release of pDNA / Weiliam Chen ... [et al.] -- A new soy-based hydrogel: development, viscoelasic properties and application for controlled drug release / Zengshe Liu and Sevin Z. Erhan -- Application of lipases to develop novel acyltransferase substrates / Thomas McKeon ... [et al.] -- Controlled release of indomethacin from spran-dried chitosan microspheres containing microemulsion / Jun Bae Lee ... [et al.] -- Synbiotic matrices derived from plant oligosaccharides and polysaccharides / Arland T. Hotchkiss ... [et al.] -- Significant role of naturally occurring materials in drug delivery technology for tissue regeneration therapy / Yasuhiko Tabata -- PH and temperature sensitive block copolymer hydrogels based on poly(ethylene glycol) and sulfamethazine / Doo Sung Lee, Woo Sun Shim, and Dai Phu Huynh -- Engineering of solid lipid nanoparticles / Jie Huang Peng ... [et al.] -- Antibody modified collagen matrix for site-specific gene delivery / Xu Jin ... [et al.] -- A review: controlled release systems for agricultural and food applications / LinShu Liu, Marshall F. Fishman, and Kevin B. Hicks -- State of the art mass spectrometric and chromatographic techniques for residue analysis / Katerina Mastovska.  Hannah Jones, "Negotiating Cohesion, Inequality and Change: Uncomfortable Positions in Local Government" English | ISBN: 1447310047 | 2015 | 248 pages | EPUB | 2 MB How are multiculturalism, inequality and belonging understood in the day-to-day thinking and practices of local government? Examining original empirical data, this book explores how local government officers and politicians negotiate 'difficult subjects' linked with community cohesion policy: diversity, inequality, discrimination, extremism, migration, religion, class, power and change. The book argues that such work necessitates 'uncomfortable positions' when managing ethical, professional and political commitments. Based on first-hand experience of working in urban local government and extensive ethnographic, interview and documentary research, the book applies governmentality perspectives in a new way to consider how people working within government are subject to regimes of governmentality themselves, and demonstrates how power operates through emotions. Its exploration of how 'sociological imaginations' are applied beyond academia will be valuable to those arguing for the future of public services and building connections between the university and wider society, including scholars and students in sociology, social policy, social geography, urban studies and politics, and policy practitioners in local and central government. Winner of the BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2014  Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Mitigation: Environmental and Socio-Economic Aspects by Carla S. S. Ferreira English | EPUB | 2022 | 512 Pages | ISBN : 3030775046 | 124.9 MB This book provides an overview of the typical nature-based solutions (NBS) used for flood mitigation at different scales and in different areas (e.g. from catchment to hillslope scale; from urban to coastal areas).  Nature is not a place to live: What makes nature dangerous? by Emma William English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0B4NTDCN2 | 205 pages | EPUB | 2.62 Mb It is hypocritical to consider nature dangerous. We are a product of nature. Nature is not static. It is dynamic. When they are able to produce trillions of different organisms all from one source, over billions of years and ensure that they are able to live and reproduce successfully, we don't consider them dangerous. It is the dynamic of maturation that causes the constant changes. When we cannot deal with these changes, we call them dangerous. When we deal with nature successfully, we consider ourselves successful as living beings. But in some cases nature is a dangerous and uninhabitable place.  William Seager, "Natural Fabrications: Science, Emergence and Consciousness" English | 2012 | pages: 272 | ISBN: 3642295983, 3642435211 | PDF | 1,8 mb The spectacular success of the scientific enterprise over the last four hundred years has led to the promise of an all encompassing vision of the natural world. In this elegant picture, everything we observe is based upon just a few fundamental processes and entities. The almost infinite variety and complexity of the world is thus the product of emergence. But the concept of emergence is fraught with controversy and confusion. This book ponders the question of how emergence should be understood within the scientific picture, and whether a complete vision of the world can be attained that includes consciousness.  Nanobiotechnology for Safe Bioactive Nanobiomaterials English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032108452 | 200 Pages | PDF (True) | 14 MB This book begins with an introduction of nanobiotechnology, followed by biosyntheses of AgNPs, development of silver/chitosan (Ag/CS) polymer nanocomposites, synthesis of silver/chitosan-g-poly acrylamide (Ag/CS-g-PAAm) nanocomposite hydrogel and silver/chitosan/poly vinyl chloride (Ag/CS/PVC) blend. Finally, it presents novel bioengineering of polyfunctional metallic nanostructures other than Ag, emphasizing biomass utilization and value-added conversion over an extended span, including life cycle assessment of the synthesized nanostructures.  NFTs: The Future of the Financial Industry: How to Invest in Non Fungible Tokens by Dag Cephas English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0B49CQW1L | 62 pages | EPUB | 0.4 Mb A potential investor should carefully consider whether the Cryptocurrency's value is determined partially through utility, or fully through speculation. Bitcoin, for example, is valued partially through utility because it provides an in-demand service: affordable, fast, and decentralized monetary transfers.  Imran Kozgar, "Mutation Breeding in Chickpea: Perspectives and Prospects for Food Security" English | 2014 | pages: 151 | ISBN: 8376560700 | PDF | 6,0 mb The book by M. Imran Kozgar aims to cover the problems of mutation breeding in pulse crops in the light of issues related to food insecurity and malnutrition, which according to FAO are the major threats at the present time. So far the research on induction of mutation in pulse crops is negligible compared to cereal crops, though the pulse crops and especially the chickpea are the largest grown crops in India. The main objective of the book is to reveal and explore the possibility of inducing genetic variability in early generations of mutated chickpea, describe the positive aspects of mutagenic treatments, evaluate the content of mineral elements (iron, manganese, zinc and copper) and physiological parameters of isolated high yielding mutant lines. The author hopes that his book will help to advance studies on pulse crops, and that in the long term it will help to reduce the food insecurity and malnutrition problems presently persisting in various developing countries, including India.  Yoshinori Yasuda, "Multidisciplinary Studies of the Environment and Civilization: Japanese Perspectives " English | ISBN: 1138728845 | 2017 | 184 pages | EPUB, PDF | 5 MB + 9 MB Multidisciplinary Studies on the Environment and Civilization draws on research from a diverse range of fields across the humanities, social and natural sciences to discover what is needed to develop an affluent, sustainable and resilient world for the twenty-first century and beyond. |
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