Springer
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Science Education in the 21st Century
Tang Wee Teo, Aik-Ling Tan, Yann Shiou Ong
- Springer
- 29 Juin 2020
- 9789811551550
This book reflects on science education in the first 20 years of the 21st century in order to promote academic dialogue on science education from various standpoints, and highlights emergent new issues, such as education in science education research. It also defines new research agendas that ...
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The University in its Place
John Brennan, Allan Cochrane, Yann Lebeau, Ruth Williams
- Springer
- 27 Février 2018
- 9789402412963
This book sets out to understand the significance of geographical context - place - for universities in the globalised setting of the twenty-first century. It examines their social impact on the regions in which they are situated, both from the perspectives of the universities themselves and from th...
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School Memories
Cristina Yanes-Cabrera, Juri Meda, Antonio Vinao
- Springer
- 15 Septembre 2016
- 9783319440637
This book reveals how school memories offer not only a tool for accessing the school of the past, but also a key to understanding what people today know (or think they know) about the school of the past. It describes, in fact, how historians' work does not purely and simply consist in exploring scho...
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Taxing Soda for Public Health
Yann Le Bodo, Marie-Claude Paquette, Philippe De Wals
- Springer
- 17 Août 2016
- 9783319336480
This timely reference analyzes the rationale, impact, and feasibility of taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) as a public health measure to contribute curbing obesity and diabetes rates, specifically in Canada. It presents the pros and cons of taxing soda, with the latest data on adverse hea...
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Modeling and Control of Hybrid Propulsion System for Ground Vehicles
Yuan Zou, Yann Chamaillard, Xiaosong Hu, Junqiu Li
- Springer
- 2 Juillet 2018
- 9783662536735
This book focuses on the systematic design of architectures, parameters and control of typical hybrid propulsion systems for wheeled and tracked vehicles based on a combination of theoretical research and engineering practice. Adopting a mechatronic system dynamics perspective, principles and method...
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This book outlines risk assessments for 28 diseases and medical conditions including the following aspects: genetics, biochemistry, serology, past medical history, family history, co-morbidities, age, gender, ethnicity, nutrition and lifestyle. Recommendations are made for how to avoid, eliminate or...
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The Problem of Catalan
Yuri F. Bilu, Yann Bugeaud, Maurice Mignotte
- Springer
- 9 Octobre 2014
- 9783319100944
In 1842 the Belgian mathematician Eugène Charles Catalan asked whether 8 and 9 are the only consecutive pure powers of non-zero integers. 160 years after, the question was answered affirmatively by the Swiss mathematician of Romanian origin Preda Mihailescu. In other words, 32 - 23 = 1 is the only s...
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Reconfigurable RF Power Amplifiers on Silicon for Wireless Handsets
Eric Kerherve, Laurent Leyssenne, Yann Deval
- Springer
- 11 Janvier 2011
- 9789400704251
Reconfigurable RF Power Amplifiers on Silicon for Wireless Handsets is intended to designers and researchers who have to tackle the efficiency/linearity trade-off in modern RF transmitters so as to extend their battery lifetime. High data rate 3G/4G standards feature broad channel bandwidths, high d...
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Human-Robot Intimate Relationships
Adrian David Cheok, Emma Yann Zhang
- Springer
- 12 Février 2019
- 9783319947303
The idea of humans falling in love with artificial beings is not a modern conception. Our relationship with artificial partners has come a long way since Pygmalion and his ivory lover. In recent years, there has been a strong upsurge of interest and discussions in the various aspects of intimate rel...
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Halophiles and Hypersaline Environments
Aharon Oren, Antonio Ventosa, Yanhe Ma
- Springer
- 24 Juin 2011
- 9783642201981
This book presents the latest results in the exploration of halophilic bacteria, archaea, fungi and viruses. Basic and molecular aspects as well as possible biotechnological applications of halophiles are highlighted by leading scientists. Topics include: the family Halomonadaceae; the hypersaline l...
