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This book deals with the multi-omics approaches to investigate the diversity of endophytes and their interaction with plants in diversified…
ecological systems. This book helps to integrate the omics approaches to understand the detailed structure of plant-microbial interactions and the mechanism of plant-microbe responses under various environmental conditions. It discusses different omics technologies including metabolomics, genomics, metagenomics, and volatilomics in plant disease. It also incorporates parts of the ecology and genetics of fungal endophytes, particularly how they identify with the host genome and the synthesis of significant and beneficial products. The proteomic trends of fungal endophytes is scrutinized, offering valuable insights for biotechnological applications. The book further explores the impact of fungal endophytes on nutrient cycling within the rhizosphere microbiome, providing a holistic view of their influence on nutrient dynamics and related microbialcommunities. This book serves as a reference resource for researchers and practitioners working towards advancements in agriculture, environmental science, and biotechnology.
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Die überarbeitete Neuauflage dieses modernen Lehrbuchs vermittelt wichtige materialtechnische und technologische Grundlagen in verschiedenen technischen Systemen und angewandten geowissenschaftlichen Bereichen.…
Ausgehend von der Mineralogie ausgewählter nichtmetallischer Rohstoffe und Industrieminerale werden Zusammenhänge zwischen Eigenschaften und industriellen Einsatzmöglichkeiten dargelegt, sowie umweltrelevante Aspekte bis hin zu Problemen der Biomineralogie diskutiert. Eine Einführung in wichtige mineralogische und physikalisch-chemische Aspekte technischer keramischer Massenprodukte wie Silikatkeramik, Glas, Zement, Feuerfestmaterialien, Hartstoffen oder der Materialsynthese wird gegeben. Damit ist es das erste Lehrbuch, das in kompakter Form die Grundlagen der Angewandten Mineralogie als materialbezogene Geowissenschaft präsentiert und wichtige Brücken zu industriellen Fragestellungen und Lösungsansätzen aufzeigt. Es richtet sich vor allem an Bachelor-Studenten der Geo- und Materialwissenschaften und ist auch für angrenzende Fachdisziplinen geeignet.
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Medicine
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Dieses essential enthält umfassende Diagnosestrategien und Therapieoptionen für das komplexe Krankheitsbild von Post-Covid-Erkrankungen. Es dient als detaillierter Leitfaden, um die…
komplexen Krankheitsbilder von Post-Covid und Long-Covid präzise zu differenzieren und typische Stolpersteine in Anamnese und Behandlung zu vermeiden. Das Krankheitsbild Myalgische Enzephalomyelitis/Chronisches Fatigue-Syndrom (ME/CFS) und seine Ähnlichkeiten zu Post-Covid werden klar abgegrenzt, um ein besseres Verständnis dieser Erkrankungen zu fördern. Darüber hinaus wird das Verständnis für die Vielseitigkeit von Covid19 sensibilisiert.
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Environment, Science and technology
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In the course of evolution, insects have developed an almost unbelievable variety of shapes and functional sophistication. The design of…
their exoskeleton is so imaginative and unusual, often even bizarre, that one can only marvel. The fact that insects can find design solutions for any problem, no matter how special, makes them extremely successful. They have thus become crucial links in the complex networks of nature. Impressive macro photographs and informative scanning electron-optical images provide an insight into the wealth of forms, beauty and function of the six-legged creatures. Fascinating texts accompany the pictures and explain, among other things, how the great diving beetle uses vertebrate hormones as knock-out drops when attacked by fish, the pine moth beetle locates distant forest fires, the bombardier beetle emits pulsed explosions with its firing apparatus or the blue butterfly caterpillar glamours ants. Insects play a crucial role in the ecosystems of our planet. Man-made environmental destruction is interfering with these cycles in a sensitive way. This endangers the survival of insects, with dramatic consequences for us humans as well.
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Computers and internet, Science and technology
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This book presents selected research papers on current developments in the fields of soft computing and signal processing from the…
Seventh International Conference on Soft Computing and Signal Processing (ICSCSP 2024), organized by Malla Reddy College of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, India. The book covers topics such as soft sets, rough sets, fuzzy logic, neural networks, genetic algorithms and machine learning and discusses various aspects of these topics, e.g., technological considerations, product implementation and application issues.
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Business and economics, Science and technology
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This book deals with a question that decisively influences and drives companies, regulators, banks, and investors in the 21st century.…
What significance do changes in social discourse and the relationship with social stakeholders have concerning the legitimacy and success of companies? Stakeholder expectations and more strictly defined sustainability regulations require companies to address the social domain and become more transparent and professional in sustainability reporting. Based on an empirical analysis over different industries, the author shows that social stakeholder orientation and topic salience does not only affect sustainability, but also financial performance metrics. Findings that should evoke a more strategic understanding of sustainability disclosure and corporate legitimacy.
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Business and economics, Economics, Politics and government
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This Palgrave Pivot is immensely relevant to current policy debates on poverty, welfare policy, monetary policy, and the impact of…
automation. Geoff Crocker offers a radical re-interpretation of economic theory, specifically of income, money, and technology. The book explores alternative economic paradigms, focusing on the urgent need to get adequate income to all households, whilst reducing national debt. Technology is essential for the understanding of economic outcomes, since consumption, production, employment, distribution, and transactions all shift radically with technological change. Major policy proposals include hybrid welfare schemes with reduced conditionality, an element of universal income, and a proposal for direct money financing of government expenditure, all without stoking inflation. This book will appeal to economists, policy analysts, economic journalists, and others who are interested in radical restructuring of the economy.
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Science and technology
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This contributed volume covers recent advancements in the development of climate-resilient agriculturally important crops by focusing on climate change, crop…
cultivation, crop breeding, and the application of novel biotechnological approaches in line with attaining second Sustainable Development Goal of zero hunger. Climate-smart agriculture is a concept aimed at transforming and reorienting agricultural production systems to ensure food security in the ever-evolving situation of climate change. Widespread alterations in rainfall and temperature patterns have threatened agricultural production and elevated the vulnerability of human dependency on agriculture for food, feed, and fiber. Additionally, global food demand is estimated to increase to feed the estimated global population of 9.7 billion by the year 2050. Climate change, food, and nutritional insecurity pose the greatest challenges for the farming community, researchers, the private sector, civil society, and policymakers to develop more sustainable solutions ensuring food security, plant adaptability, and the mitigation of adverse effects on sustainable food production systems. This book will cover three pillars defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for climate-smart agriculture: sustainable increase in agricultural production, adaptation, and plant resilience under climate change, and mitigation of environmental degradation through intensive agricultural practices. Furthermore, the book also highlights technological innovations taking place across different disciplines of agriculture to cater to both biotic and abiotic factors in agronomically important crops. This book serves as a useful resource documenting all recent developments made to achieve sustainable crop production. It is an interesting read for master&’s and doctoral-level students, academics, scientists, and researchers in the field of agronomy and agricultural biotechnology.
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Law and crime, General non-fiction
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What role does coercion play in women’s involvement in crime? This is the first book to explore coercion as a…
pathway into crime for co-offending women. Using newspaper articles and case and court files, it analyses four cases of women co-accused of a crime with their partner who suggested that coercive techniques had influenced their involvement in the offending. Based on a feminist perspective, it highlights the importance of gender role expectations and gendered discourses in how the trials were conducted, and the ways in which the media framed the trials (and the women). Considering the legal and social construction of coercion, this fascinating book concludes by exploring the implications for public understanding of coercion and female offending more broadly.
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Politics and government
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After a meteoric rise, China's once inexorable growth has come to a screeching halt. With it ends China's dream of…
establishing a new tianxia (‘harmonious order’) in Asia with China at its centre. Salvatore Babones provides an up-to-date assessment of China's economic problems and how they are undermining China's challenge to the Western-dominated world order. As China's neighbours and many of its own most talented people look to the United States to ensure their security and prosperity, global power is slowly but surely consolidating in a twenty-first century American Tianxia. A closely argued antidote to defeatist accounts of Western decline, this book tells the story of how liberal individualism has become the leitmotif of the American Tianxia, an emerging world-system in which people of all nationalities seek a share in the economic, cultural, and political system that is America writ large.
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Philosophy, Law and crime, General non-fiction
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It is well known that the social definition of individuals and ethnic groups helps legitimize how they are addressed by…
law enforcement. The philosophy of the social construction of crime and criminal behaviour reflects how individuals, such as police officers, construct meaning from the perspective from which they emerge, which in turn influences their law enforcement outlook. In the field, this is generally viewed through a positivist frame of reference which fails to critically examine assumptions of approach and practice. Written by an international specialist in this area, this is the first book which attempts to situate the social construction of crime and criminal behaviour within the philosophical context of phenomenology and how these constructions help inform, and ultimately justify, the policies employed to address them. Challenging existing thinking, this is essential reading for academics and students interested in social theory and theories of criminology.
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Politics and government
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This book examines the challenges in delivering a participatory planning agenda in the face of an increasingly neoliberalised planning system…
and charts the experience of Planning Aid England. In an age of austerity, government spending cuts, privatisation and rising inequalities, the need to support and include the most vulnerable in society is more acute than ever. However, forms of Advocacy Planning, the progressive concept championed for this purpose since the 1960s, is under threat from neoliberalisation. Rather than abandoning advocacy, the book asserts that only through sustained critical engagement will issues of exclusion be positively tackled and addressed. The authors propose neo-advocacy planning as the critical lens through which to effect positive change. This, they argue, will need to draw on a co-production model maintained through a well-resourced special purpose organisation set up to mobilise and resource planning intermediaries whose role it is to activate, support and educate those without the resources to secure such advocacy themselves.
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General non-fiction
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This book examines the evolving relationship between multiculturalism, religion and diversity in Western Europe, proposing a shift towards a post-multicultural…
approach to address religious and secular pluralism. The author responds to criticisms of multiculturalism's approach to public religion, including perceived group reification and limited focus on intra-group domination, gender and sexuality equalities. Through a critical dialogue between multicultural theory and political theology, the book offers an original framework for post-multicultural recognition. Enriching multiculturalism by integrating religious reason and institutional pluralism, this book contributes crucial new insights to debates on religion, equality and diversity in public life.
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Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Using the analytical framework of reproductive justice, this book examines migrant women’s experiences…
of pregnancy and maternity care within the broader context of gendered and racialised discourses and policies around health, reproduction and citizenship, austerity and an expanding border regime. Based on interviews and focus groups with migrant mothers, third sector workers and NHS staff, it explores how immigration policies impact reproductive practices and unevenly distribute access to essential resources and support. The book provides valuable insights into the underlying social causes behind migrant women’s relatively poor maternal outcomes and contributes significantly to scholarship on the intersections of citizenship, reproduction and expanding border controls.
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General fiction, LGBTQ+ fiction, Contemporary romance, Romance
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"We want to wrap this book up with a bow and leave it under everyone's tree this year. Lindsay Maple…
delivers a confection of holiday charm, small town quirk, tenderly sketched characters, and scorching heat." —Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone, USA TODAY bestselling authors of A Merry Little Meet CuteIt's the hottest Christmas on record...Like naughty and nice, Mariah and Ellie are complete opposites. Small-time actress Ellie is thrilled to be back on set of a cozy holiday film, while makeup artist Mariah only views the low-budget project as a stepping stone on her way to more serious movies. The pair definitely don't hit it off when they're introduced, but if they want to survive the summer heat—and Mariah's stifling Canadian hometown—they've got to keep it professional. Luckily, holiday cheer is Ellie's specialty, and she's determined to win stubborn Mariah over.Mariah finds one bright spot in her forced second Christmas: hot hookups with an edgy local bartender. The romance even has her opening up to Ellie—who admits to crushing on her wholesome cottage-rental host. But when Ellie and Mariah realize the guys are cheating on them, they band together to get revenge. It's fun planning their own Home Alone–inspired pranks…until Ellie and Mariah realize they're actually falling for each other.But the film shoot is too short to get serious, so they&’ll have to decide: Was their romance simply a holiday fling or a real Christmas-in-July miracle?&“Full of hilarious hijinks and tenderness in equal measure, this holiday romance had me flipping the pages late into the cozy night. Come for the revenge, stay for the true love." —Ashley Herring Blake, USA TODAY Bestselling Author of Delilah Green Doesn't CareWhat you can expect in HOLLY JOLLY JULY: Grumpy x Sunshine Forced Proximity Bisexual / Sapphic Romance Friends to Lovers Workplace Romance Open Door Spice Revenge Pranks Festive Feels
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General fiction, Family stories, Serious and literary fiction
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*A Today Best Upcoming Book*"Hazel Blum, please report to the principal's office. Hazel Blum."When Hazel Blum&’s father gets a tenured job…
at a prestigious college, she and her family relocate from the hustle and bustle of Brooklyn to a middle-of-nowhere college town in Maine. With her mother, Claire, a clothing designer, and her father, Gus, an American Studies professor, Hazel and her eleven-year-old brother, Wolf, spend the summer at the town pool, where they acclimate to their new lives and connect with the town&’s close-knit community. That is, until a dramatic fallout on the very first day of her senior year tips the fickle balance of idyllic Riverburg and impacts everyone in her family.Tracking through the perspectives of each member of the Blum family, this relatable fish-out-of-water story handles big issues with great empathy and humor, capturing the love that unites one unforgettable family and the essence of life in small-town Maine. Emotionally deft, authentic, and compulsively readable, Hazel Says No is a debut novel not to be missed.
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Mysteries and crime stories, Gentle mysteries, Women sleuths
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Welcome to the Killer Lines Crime Fiction Festival, the place for stars of the genre to meet their adoring fans…
. . . But be careful: this year the murders aren’t just on the pageAuthor Jane Hepburn is determined to make her time at the Killer Lines festival worthwhile. This is her chance to change her fortunes and make her fictional Detective Baker a household name. And if she has to resort to sneaking into the book tent after hours to rearrange some books so hers are front and centre, so be it. But when Jane encounters the dead body of renowned (and reviled) literary agent Carrie Marks, the festival takes on a decidedly different tone. Joined by Carrie’s newest client, debut novelist Natasha Martez, and the agency’s hapless intern, Daniel Thurston, Jane decides to put her fictional sleuthing skills to use in the real world—by solving the murder. But the list of suspects is long: seemingly everyone at the festival had a motive to kill Carrie, and the more Jane and her new friends investigate, the closer they come to a dangerous truth—one that’s stranger than fiction.
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Fantasy, Serious and literary fiction, General fiction, Science fiction
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The haunting final chapter of the modern classic Vita Nostra trilogy. The Dyachenkos’ magical dark academia novel brings the story…
of Sasha to a revelatory climax as she learns to take control of her powers and reshape the world...or destroy it forever. Beautifully translated from Russian by Julia Meitov Hersey.The Institute of Special Technologies teaches students just one thing: the magic that allows them to become parts of speech, and in doing so, transforming into a specific piece of grammar (a verb, or an adjective, or an article) so they will be able to shape the world around them. As the new provost, though, Sasha is facing an enormous problem: the students in the world she just created, her “world without fear,” are unable to master the curriculum. Whether it’s the magic or the natural order of things, what they need to learn and become—Speech—is the basis of the material world.And if she can’t teach it, Sasha knows that matter will soon cease to exist.To protect the world, Sasha must collect fragments of her former reality. Only three people carry these fragments within themselves: her younger brother, Valya, and the Grigoriev twins, Arthur and Pashka, the sons of her former lover, Yaroslav Grigoriev. Sasha must lure these three to the Institute and make them learn—and understand—at any cost.But she knows how difficult the path is, even more so from the other side of the teacher’s desk. Forced to act ever more ruthlessly, Sasha also notices the faster the world around the Institute changes. It is a vicious circle.And one she must break.To do so, she will have to shape reality again, one in which communication doesn’t break down and Speech once again needs to evolve and grow and flourish.Sasha has already given up so much in pursuit of this dream—often her nightmare—and she might be asked to make one more sacrifice so that the world and Speech might live on.
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General fiction
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In this million-copy international bestseller from Korea, the owner of a corner store takes in an unhoused man who does…
a good deed, a kind soul whose presence will transform the whole neighborhood—a heartwarming tale of community and redemption reminiscent of the bestselling novels of Matt Haig and Gabrielle Zevin.Dok-go lives in Seoul Station. He can’t remember his past, and the only thing he knows for certain is that he could really use a drink. When he finds a lost wallet filled with documents, his life is drastically changed.Mrs. Yeom, a retired history teacher and current owner of her neighborhood’s corner store, is distraught over the loss of her purse, until she receives a mysterious call from the person who found it. To thank this down-on-his-luck stranger, she offers him a free meal from the convenience store. Seeing the joy the food brings him, Mrs. Yeom impulsively invites him to stop by for lunch every day.In a twist of fate, Dok-go saves the store from a robber—a brave act that propels Mrs. Yeom to offers the bear-like man a job working the night shift, despite the objections of her wary employees. The store’s new employee quickly wins over the quirky denizens of the neighborhood, becoming a welcoming ear and source of advice for his coworkers and neighbors’ problems, and helping his new boss save the store from financial ruin. But just when things are looking up for Dok-go, Mrs. Yeom's good-for-nothing son, eager to sell the store, hires a detective to dig into the mysterious man’s past and what he seems to be trying so hard to forget.The Second Chance Convenience Store is a moving and joyful story of a woman fighting for her community and a man who has lost everything except the will to try again.
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General fiction, School stories
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With more than 36 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! In this eighth book…
of the My Weirdtastic School arc, Mr. Plummer—the world’s weirdest plumber!—plays detective and tries to figure out if A.J. is responsible for flooding the boys’ bathroom.A.J. and his friends are listening to parents talk about their jobs during Career Day at Ella Mentry School, when suddenly the fire alarm goes off. But there’s no fire—there’s a flood in the boys’ bathroom!It’s way too big of a job for Miss Lazar, the custodian, so the principal calls for some help. Enter Mr. Plummer, plumber extraordinaire. But will Mr. Plummer be able to fix the bathroom and figure out who caused the flood in the first place?Perfect for reluctant readers and all kids hungry for funny school stories, Dan Gutman’s hugely popular My Weird School chapter book series has something for everyone. Don’t miss the hilarious adventures of A.J. and his friends!