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Focusing primarily on Swedish, a Germanic language whose particles have not previously been studied extensively, this study develops a theory of non-projecting words in which particles are morphologically independent words that do not project phrases.

This book provides an introduction into physiology using the tools and perspectives of mathematical modeling and analysis. It contains a variety of physiological problems and the current and new mathematical techniques used in this area.

This book presents mathematical techniques for understanding sequence evolution. The theory is developed in close connection with data from more than 60 experimental studies that illustrate the use of these results.

This book examines how genetic parasites and addiction modules have been involved in the origin of toxins/antitoxins modules as systems of group identity. It traces the evolution of biological identity systems from molecules to human social structure.

This book is an overview of mathematical physiology. It contains a variety of physiological problems and the current and new mathematical techniques used in this area. Numerous exercises and models are included.

Details the experimental and theoretical aspects of ferroelectric devices, and their extensions to other ferroic systems such as: ferromagnetics, ferroelastics, piezoelectrics, and others. This work presents the theory and experimental results pertaining to non-homogeneous active ferroic devices and structures.

Finally, we learn about the modern study of interstellar matter: the discovery of complex organic molecules between the stars and how they may have seeded the early earth with the precursors for life, new insights into star formation, the structure of the Milky Way and the elusive interstellar magnetic field.

Clinical Physiology of the Venous System is a comprehensive overview of vein physiology. - Presents data in the fields of venous physiology, pharmacology and venous diseases as well as the field of phlebology, which has seen rapid and important progress in the last decade.

Environmental Systems Engineering and Economics emphasizes the application of optimization, economics, and systems engineering to problems in environmental resources management.

Describes a school's potential for improvement in new intrinsic terms, in terms of its internal intellectual capital; the resource that comes from relationships between the school and its stakeholders, from its ability to innovate and manage change, from its infrastructure, and from the knowledge and transferable competencies of its staff.

Proposes that fetal growth retardation and low-grade systemic inflammation can be prevented by perinatal supplementation of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs). This book presents and discusses evidence for this hypothesis, along with possible mechanisms by which these substances produce beneficial actions.

Dialogue and Learning in Mathematics Education is concerned with communication in mathematics class-rooms. Both are considered important for a theory of learning mathematics. Thus a theory of learning mathematics is developed which is resonant with critical mathematics education.

"Piezoelectric-Based Vibration-control Systems: Applications in Micro/Nano Sensors and Actuators" discusses recent developments in smart structures and emerging areas in micro and nanotechnology. There is specific emphasis on piezoelectric systems.

WIGs (Wing in Ground) are advanced hybrid air cushion crafts that offer a combination of speed, fuel efficiency, and ride smoothness. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the design, development and building of these vessels.

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unfavorable sites for plant growth, and an R- Five traits that are coordinated across species are axis (Ruderal species) reflects adaptation to leaf mass per area (LMA), leaf life-span, leaf N disturbance.

This book signals a paradigm shift in oral communication. Unlike mainstream psycholinguists, the authors approach spoken discourse as a dynamic process rich with with structures, patterns, and rules other than conventional grammar and syntax.

This sourcebook of electrochemical, engineering and economic principles involved in the development and commercialization of fuel cells offers a thorough review of applications and techno-economic assessment of fuel cell technologies, plus in-depth discussion of conventional and novel approaches for generating energy.

This history of science analyzes how we came to be. It starts with life's origins and tracks the universe to present day, covering astronomy, physics, chemistry and biology and offering biographical details of science's greatest thinkers.

This text views perinatal knowledge through the lens of public health practice and covers a vast array of issues regarding maternal and infant health. Its format facilitates quick and easy reference for the student and practitioner alike.

New models and techniques are developed in this text to analyse economic dynamics in an uncertain environment.

It provides a lucid, coherent analysis into the nature of categorization, labeling and discursive practices within official discourse and procedures as well as the positional relationships between space, place and identities in relation to the experience of marginalized people including disabled pupils and young people.

The first edition of this book introduced a coherence theory of law that influenced the development of non-monotonic logics for the analysis of legal reasoning. This edition contains a new Introduction that fully explores that development.

Anyone who can interpret decision diagrams using the spectral approach can advance both the utility and understanding of classical DD techniques.

From the attempts of early astronomers to reconcile solar and lunar and terrestrial reckonings, to the huge expansions and contractions of time consciousness brought on by scientists as diverse as Newton, Darwin, and Einstein, this book shows how time is as much a matter of human choice as it is a matter of scientific precision.

Offers a historical study of Quantum Theory, and the human struggles that accompanied it from the beginning.

Shortly after the end of World War II high-speed digital computing machines were being developed. We discovered, for example, that even Gaus sian elimination was not well understood from a machine point of view and that no effective machine oriented elimination algorithm had been developed.

With its mathematically rigorous presentation, this book is a detailed treatment of the approach from an inverse problems point of view. It is geared towards graduate students and researchers in applied mathematics and can serve as a text for graduate courses.

This book focuses on tools and techniques for building valid regression models using real-world data. A key theme throughout the book is that it only makes sense to base inferences or conclusions on valid models.

Intended to supplement the engineer's box of analysis and design tools and make optimization as commonplace as the finite element method in the engineering workplace.