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• Part 1: Ancient grains in important growing regions
• A series of cereals: a global archaeology of domestication, cereal agriculture and staple foods / Dorian Q. Fuller
• Endemic wheat and ancient grains in Georgia / Marine Mosulishvili
• Ancient grains of Turkey / Ufuk Kaea Çalişkan and Ceylan Donmez
• Ancient rice, domestication and traditional and indigenous rice (Oryza sativa L.) of Sri Lanka / Walimuni K. S. M. Abeysekera, Walimuni P. K. M. Abeysekera, Galbada A. S. Premakumara and Wanigasekara D. Ratnasooriya
• Part 2: Genetics and hybrids
• Wild emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccoides) from Israel: an important source for improving the nutritional value of wheat grains / Tamar Krugman, Andrei Fatiukha, Diane Beckles, and Tzion Fahima
• Pre-breeding: hybridizing the ancient with modern wheat / Philip M. Howell
• Part 3: Phytochemicals and germination inhibitors of ancient wheat
• Phytochemicals in ancient wheat / Raymond Cooper
• Part 4: Some ancient and pseudo-grains and their health benefits
• Einkorn: nutritional and health benefits / Alyssa Hidalgo and Andrea Brandolini
• Ancient grains for functional food: from ancient Khorasan to the KAMUT brand / Mattia Di Nunzio, Elena Chiarello and Alessandra Bordoni
• Ancient grains and pseudocereals: nutritional value and food applications / Fatma Boukid and Elena Vittadini
• Potential of quinoa ( Chenopodium quinoa Willd) and Canihua (Chenopodium pallidicaule Aellen) for healthy food products / Regine Schoenlechner and Denisse Bender
• Part 5. Milling of ancient grains and baking traits
• Spelt (Triticum aestivum ssp. Spelta): properties and dehulling / Ewelina Kolankowska and Dariusz Choszcz
• Ancient grains used for flatbreads, pasta and snacks: amaranth, buckwheat, quinoa and teff / Talwinder S. Kahlon, Jenny L. Brichta and Ashwinder K. Kahlon
• Ancient bread in modern ovens / Vanessa Kimbell
• One hundred years of industrial baking: the past, present and future / Stefan Cappelle
• Part 6. Future trends from ancient grains to planet Mars / SergeAmeye

This comprehensive volume has been written by international experts on the cultivation, properties, and use of ancient grains, pseudo-grains, and rice in modern agriculture and consumption. The chapters focus on unique properties including genetics and hybrids, phytochemicals, and implications for milling and baking.
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"Comprehensive, contemporary, and engaging, Animal Physiology provides evolutionary and ecological context to help students make connections across all levels of physiological scale"-- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction: Haliaeetus Leucocephalus: the species
• Part One: A bird for a new nation
• Part Two: Predator, symbol, and divine messenger
• Part Three: New science and new attitudes
• Part Four: Restoration
• Epilogue: Reconciliation.

"The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you're not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as "majestic" and "noble," yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher of babies. Taking us from before the nation's founding through inconceivable resurgences of this enduring all-American species, Jack E. Davis contrasts the age when native peoples lived beside it peacefully with that when others, whether through hunting bounties or DDT pesticides, twice pushed Haliaeetus leucocephalus to the brink of extinction. Filled with spectacular stories of Founding Fathers, rapacious hunters, heroic bird rescuers, and the lives of bald eagles themselves -- monogamous creatures, considered among the animal world's finest parents -- "The Bald Eagle" is a much-awaited cultural and natural history that demonstrates how this bird's wondrous journey may provide inspiration today, as we grapple with environmental peril on a larger scale"-- Provided by publisher.

• 1. What is behavioral neuroscience?
• Part I. Neural foundations of behavior: the basic equipment
• 2. Communication within the nervous system
• 3. The organization and functions of the nervous system
• 4. The methods and ethics of research
• Part II. Motivation and emotion: what makes us go
• 5. Drugs, addiction, and reward
• 6. Motivation and the regulation of internal states
• 7. The biology of sex and gender
• 8. Emotion and health
• Part III. Interacting with the world
• 9. Hearing and language
• 10. Vision and visual perception
• 11. The body senses and movement
• Part IV. Complex behavior
• 12. Learning and memory
• 13. Intelligence and cognitive functioning
• 14. Psychological disorders
• 15. Sleep and consciousness

• Publishers Note
• Introduction
• Profiles: Agricultural Engineer
• Agricultural/Food Science Technician
• Agricultural/Food Scientist
• Anthropologist/Archeologist
• Biochemist/Biophysicist
• Bioengineer/Biomedical Engineer
• Biological Technician
• Chemical Engineer
• Chemist/Materials Scientist
• Clinical Laboratory Technologist/Technician
• Conservation Scientist/Forester
• Dietitian/Nutritionist
• Environmental Engineer
• Environmental Engineering Technologist/Technician
• Environmental Science/Protection Technician
• Environmental Scientist/Specialist
• Epidemiologist
• Exercise Physiologist
• Forensic Science Technician
• Forest/Conservation Worker
• Genetic Counselor
• Mathematician/Statistician
• Medical Scientist
• Microbiologist
• Natural Sciences Manager
• Physician/Surgeon
• Postsecondary Teacher
• Radiologic/MRI Technologist
• Registered Nurse
• Veterinarian
• Zoologist/Wildlife Biologist
• Appendix A: Holland Code
• Appendix B: General Bibliography
• Appendix C: List of Organizations and Resources
• Index.

A comprehensive framework for understanding species coexistence Coexistence is the central concept in community ecology, but an understanding of this concept requires that we study the actual mechanisms of species interactions. Coexistence in Ecology examines the major features of these mechanisms for species that coexist at different positions in complex food webs, and derives empirical tests from model predictions. Exploring the various challenges species face, Mark McPeek systematically builds a model food web, beginning with an ecosystem devoid of life and then adding one species at a time. With the introduction of each new species, he evaluates the properties it must possess to invade a community and quantifies the changes in the abundances of other species that result from a successful invasion. McPeek continues this process until he achieves a multitrophic level food web with many species coexisting at each trophic level, from omnivores, mutualists, and pathogens to herbivores, carnivores, and basic plants. He then describes the observational and experimental empirical studies that can test the theoretical predictions resulting from the model analyses. Synthesizing decades of theoretical research in community ecology, Coexistence in Ecology offers new perspectives on how to develop an empirical program of study rooted in the natural histories of species and the mechanisms by which they actually interact with one another.
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• Where is Amanda Eller?
• Pink seahorses
• In the firing fields
• The perception of doors
• The obligate symbolists
• Dead reckoning
• Somewhere east of Timbuktu
• Your brain, my brain, his brain, her brain
• The future
• What happened to Amanda Eller

Inside our heads we carry around an infinite and endlessly unfolding map of the world. Navigation is one of the most ancient neural abilities we have-older than language. In Dark and Magical Places, Christopher Kemp embarks on a journey to discover the remarkable extent of what our minds can do. Fueled by his own spatial shortcomings, Kemp describes the brain regions that orient us in space and the specialized neurons that do it. Place cells. Grid cells. He examines how the brain plans routes, recognizes landmarks, and makes sure we leave a room through a door instead of trying to leave through a painting. From the secrets of supernavigators like the indigenous hunters of the Bolivian rainforest to the confusing environments inhabited by people with place blindness, Kemp charts the myriad ways in which we find our way and explains the cutting-edge neuroscience behind them. How did Neanderthals navigate? Why do even seasoned hikers stray from the trail? What spatial skills do we inherit from our parents? How can smartphones and our reliance on GPS devices impact our brains? In engaging, engrossing language, Kemp unravels the mysteries of navigating and links the brain's complex functions to the effects that diseases like Alzheimer's, types of amnesia, and traumatic brain injuries have on our perception of the world around us. A book for anyone who has ever felt compelled to venture off the beaten path, Dark and Magical Places is a stirring reminder of the beauty in losing yourself to your surroundings. And the beauty in understanding how our brains can guide us home.
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• Part One : Origin
• Saying No to Bad Genes : The Birth of the Genesis Machine
• A Race to the Starting Line
• The Bricks of Life
• God, a Church, and a (Mostly) Woolly Mammoth
• Part Two : The Bioeconomy
• The Biological Age
• Nine Risks
• The Story of Golden Rice
• Part Three: Futures
• Exploring the Recently Plausible
• Scenario One : Creating Your Child with Wellspring
• Scenario Two : What Happened When We Canceled Aging
• Scenario Three : Akira Gold's "Where to Eat"
• Scenario Four : The Underground
• Scenario Five : The Memo
• Part Four : The Way Forward
• A New Beginning
• Epilogue

Synthetic biology will revolutionize how we define family, how we identify disease and treat aging, where we make our homes, and how we nourish ourselves. This fast-growing field-which uses computers to modify or rewrite genetic code-has created revolutionary, groundbreaking solutions such as the mRNA COVID vaccines, IVF, and lab-grown hamburger that tastes like the real thing. It gives us options to deal with existential threats: climate change, food insecurity, and access to fuel. But there are significant risks. Who should decide how to engineer living organisms? Whether engineered organisms should be planted, farmed, and released into the wild? Should there be limits to human enhancements? What cyber-biological risks are looming? Could a future biological war, using engineered organisms, cause a mass extinction event? Amy Webb and Andrew Hessel's riveting examination of synthetic biology and the bioeconomy provide the background for thinking through the upcoming risks and moral dilemmas posed by redesigning life, as well as the vast opportunities waiting for us on the horizon.
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• Prologue
• An intricate dance
• Winners and losers
• "Zero insect days"
• The peak of the pesticide
• In the teeth of the climate emergency
• The labor of honeybees
• A monarch's journey
• The inaction plan
• A human emergency.

"A devastating exploration of how the collapse in insect populations around the world threatens everything from wild birds to the food on our plate. From the ants scurrying under leaf litter to the bees able to fly higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, insects are seemingly everywhere. Three out of four of the planet's known species are insects, but a torrent of recent evidence suggests this kaleidoscopic group of creatures is suffering the greatest existential crisis in its remarkable 400-million-year history. Oliver Milman delves into why insect numbers are plummeting and outlines the dire consequences of losing the tiny empires that hold life aloft on Earth. Along the way, readers encounter a researcher who collects insect guts from the windshields of cars, the bees sent on long-haul truck journeys to prop up our food supply, and a desperate attempt to move trees up mountains to save an iconic butterfly. The mounting losses threaten to unpick the web of life we rely upon. Illuminating and inspiring, The Insect Crisis is a wake-up call for all of us"-- Provided by publisher.

• Maxwellʼs Equations
• Electromagnetic Waves
• Jump and Boundary Conditions
• Two Fundamental Polarizations
• References
• Diffraction Grating Theory
• Perfectly Conducting Gratings
• Dielectric Gratings
• Biperiodic Gratings
• Perfect Electric Conductors
• Dielectric Media
• References
• Variational Formulations
• The Dirichlet Problem
• The Transmission Problem
• Biperiodic Structures
• Function Spaces
• The Transparent Boundary Condition
• The Variational Problem
• References
• Finite Element Methods
• The Finite Element Method
• Finite Element Analysis for TE Polarization
• Finite Element Analysis for TM Polarization
• Adaptive Finite Element PML Method
• The PML Formulation
• Transparent Boundary Condition for the PML Problem
• Error Estimate of the PML Solution
• The Discrete Problem
• Error Representation Formula
• A Posteriori Error Analysis
• Numerical Results
• Adaptive Finite Element DtN Method
• The Discrete Problem
• A Posteriori Error Analysis
• TM Polarization
• Numerical Results
• Adaptive Finite Element PML Method for Biperiodic Structures
• The PML Formulation
• Transparent Boundary Condition for the PML Problem
• Convergence of the PML Solution
• The Discrete Problem
• A Posteriori Error Analysis
• Numerical Results
• References
• Inverse Diffraction Grating
• Uniqueness Theorems
• The Helmholtz Equation
• Maxwellʼs Equations
• Local Stability
• The Helmholtz Equation
• Maxwellʼs Equations
• Numerical Methods
• References
• Near-Field Imaging
• Near-Field Data
• The Variational Problem
• An Analytic Solution
• Convergence of the Power Series
• The Reconstruction Formula
• Error Estimates
• Numerical Results
• Far-Field Data
• The Reduced Problem
• Transformed Field Expansion
• The Reconstruction Formula
• A Nonlinear Correction Scheme
• Numerical Results
• Maxwellʼs Equations
• The Reduced Model Problem
• Transformed Field Expansion
• The Zerolh Order Term
• The First Order Term
• The Reconstruction Formula
• Numerical Results
• References
• Related Topics
• Method of Boundary Integral Equations
• Model Problems
• Quasi-periodic Greenʼs Function
• Boundary Integral Operators
• Boundary Integral Equations
• Integral Formulas for Rayleighʼs Coefficients
• Time-Domain Problems
• Problem Formulation
• Time-Domain Transparent Boundary Condition
• The Reduced Problem
• A Priori Estimates
• Nonlinear Gratings
• SHG Model
• TE-TE Polarization
• TM-TE Polarization
• Optimal Design Problems
• The Model Problem
• The Optimal Design Problem
• Homogenization of the Design Problem
• The Relaxed Problem
• References
• Appendices
• Index

This book addresses recent developments in mathematical analysis and computational methods for solving direct and inverse problems for Maxwell's equations in periodic structures. The fundamental importance of the fields is clear, since they are related to technology with significant applications in optics and electromagnetics. The book provides both introductory materials and in-depth discussion to the areas in diffractive optics that offer rich and challenging mathematical problems. It is also intended to convey up-to-date results to students and researchers in applied and computational mathematics, and engineering disciplines as well.
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This book honors the remarkable science and life of Shoucheng Zhang, a condensed matter theorist known for his work on topological insulators, the quantum Hall effect, spintronics, superconductivity, and other fields. It contains the contributions displayed at the Shoucheng Zhang Memorial Workshop held on May 2-4, 2019 at Stanford University.
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• How to Use This Book
• Introduction
• Ecoregions of Texas
• Native Host Plant Species Accounts
• Wildflowers
• Trees
• Shrubs
• Vines
• Ferns and Grasses
• Appendix: Texas Moth and Native Host Plant Associations
• Glossary of Botanical Terms
• References
• Native Host Plant Index
• Moth Index

While day-flying butterflies have long captured the attention of nature enthusiasts, moth species outnumber butterfly species by about fifteen to one, with many being overlooked due to their mostly nocturnal habits. Although they are far less noticeable to us, moths are essential to many other species, including the plants they pollinate and the animals they nourish. In their caterpillar or larval form they provide a primary source of sustenance for birds, and as adults they feed everything from tiny bats to large mammals.Native plants are of utmost importance for moths, as they evolved alongside them, and they are the principal factor for dictating moth species range and distribution. Like butterflies, moths require native plant species they recognize in order to lay their eggs. This user-friendly, heavily illustrated follow-up to Lynne and Jim Weber's highly successful Native Host Plants for Texas Butterflies describes over 100 native, larval host plants for moths in Texas. More than 150 moth species are illustrated in the book, both larval and adult phases, with one to two species for each of the larval host plants. Today there are about 4,700 species of moths recognized in Texas, with new species and their host plant associations still being discovered. Native Host Plants for Texas Moths will prove to be an informative introduction to this less widely known world of moths and their host plants, providing a better understanding of how to discover, support, and protect these important insects.
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• S. Bartels, S. Hertzog, Error Bounds for Discretized Optimal Transport and its Reliable Efficient Numerical Solution.- H. G. Bock, E. Kostina, M. Sauter, J. P. Schloeder, M. Schloeder, Numerical Methods for Diagnosis and Therapy Design of Cerebral Palsy by Bilevel Optimal Control of Constrained Biomechanical Multi-Body Systems.- S. Banholzer, B. Gebken, M. Dellnitz, S. Peitz, S. Volkwein, ROM-Based Multiobjective Optimization of Elliptic PDEs via Numerical Continuation.- S. Dempe, F. Harder, P. Mehlitz, G. Wachsmuth, Analysis and Solution Methods for Bilevel Optimal Control Problems.- M. Herrmann, R. Herzog, S. Schmidt, J. Vidal-Nunez, A Calculus for Non-Smooth Shape Optimization with Applications to Geometric Inverse Problems.- R. Herzog, D. Knees, C. Meyer, M. Sievers, A. Stoetzner, S. Thomas, Rate-Independent Systems and Their Viscous Regularizations: Analysis, Simulation, and Optimal Control.- D. Ganhururu, M. Hintermuller, S.-M. Stengl, T. M. Surowiec, Generalized Nash Equilibrium Problems with Partial Differential Operators: Theory, Algorithms, and Risk Aversion.- A. Alphonse, M. Hintermuller, C. N. Rautenberg, Stability and Sensitivity Analysis for Quasi-Variational Inequalities.- C. Grassle, M. Hintermuller, M.Hinze, T. Keil, Simulation and Control of a Nonsmooth Cahn-Hilliard Navier-Stokes System with Variable Fluid Densities.- C. Kanzow, V. Karl, D.Steck, D. Wachsmuth, Safeguarded Augmented Lagrangian Methods in Banach Spaces.- M. Hahn, C. Kirches, P. Manns, S. Sager, C. Zeile, Decomposition and Approximation for PDE-Constrained Mixed-Integer Optimal Control.- C. Christof, C. Meyer, B. Schweizer, S. Turek, Strong Stationarity for Optimal Control of Variational Inequalities of the Second Kind.- A. Hehl, M. Mohammadi, I. Neitzel, W. Wollner, Optimizing Fracture Propagation Using a Phase-Field Approach.- A. Schiela, M. Stoecklein, Algorithms for Optimal Control of Elastic Contact Problems with Finite Strain.- O. Weiss, A. Walther, S.Schmidt, Algorithms based on Abs-Linearization for Nonsmooth Optimization with PDE Constraints.- V. Schulz, K.Welker, Shape Optimization for Variational Inequalities of Obstacle Type: Regularized and Unregularized Computational Approaches.- J. Becker, A.Schwartz, S.Steffensen, A. Thunen, Extensions of Nash Games in Finite and Infinite Dimensions with Applications.
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Many of the most challenging problems in the applied sciences involve non-differentiable structures as well as partial differential operators, thus leading to non-smooth distributed parameter systems. This edited volume aims to establish a theoretical and numerical foundation and develop new algorithmic paradigms for the treatment of non-smooth phenomena and associated parameter influences. Other goals include the realization and further advancement of these concepts in the context of robust and hierarchical optimization, partial differential games, and nonlinear partial differential complementarity problems, as well as their validation in the context of complex applications. Areas for which applications are considered include optimal control of multiphase fluids and of superconductors, image processing, thermoforming, and the formation of rivers and networks. Chapters are written by leading researchers and present results obtained in the first funding phase of the DFG Special Priority Program on Nonsmooth and Complementarity Based Distributed Parameter Systems: Simulation and Hierarchical Optimization that ran from 2016 to 2019.
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• A probabilistic averaging technique
• First constructions of Epsilon-nets
• Refining random samples
• Complexity of set systems
• Packings of set systems
• Epsilon-nets: combinatorial bounds
• Epsilon-nets: an algorithm
• Epsilon-nets: weighted case
• Epsilon-nets: convex sets
• VC-dimension of k-fold unions: basic case
• VC-dimension of k-fold unions: general case
• Epsilon-approximations: first bounds
• Epsilon-approximations: improved bounds
• Epsilon-approximations: relative case
• Epsilon-approximations: functional case
• A summary of known bounds

Understanding the behavior of basic sampling techniques and intrinsic geometric attributes of data is an invaluable skill that is in high demand for both graduate students and researchers in mathematics, machine learning, and theoretical computer science. The last ten years have seen significant progress in this area, with many open problems having been resolved during this time. These include optimal lower bounds for epsilon-nets for many geometric set systems, the use of shallow-cell complexity to unify proofs, simpler and more efficient algorithms, and the use of epsilon-approximations for construction of coresets, to name a few. This book presents a thorough treatment of these probabilistic, combinatorial, and geometric methods, as well as their combinatorial and algorithmic applications. It also revisits classical results, but with new and more elegant proofs. While mathematical maturity will certainly help in appreciating the ideas presented here, only a basic familiarity with discrete mathematics, probability, and combinatorics is required to understand the material.
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"Birds are capable of detecting scents, and those scents and the microbiome that creates them are pivotal drivers of avian evolution. The author explains how birds produce complex chemical signals that are important to their social and reproductive behavior"-- Provided by publisher.

• The stardust revolution
• A star's fingerprint
• The origin of the elements
• The atoms of life
• Dust to diamonds
• The cosmos goes green
• Catching stardust
• Other worlds
• Darwin and the cosmos

Three great scientific revolutions have shaped our understanding of the cosmos and our relationship to it. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed the Copernican Revolution, which bodychecked the Earth as the pivot point of creation and joined us with the rest of the cosmos as one planet among many orbiting the Sun. Three centuries later came the second great scientific revolution: the Darwinian Revolution. It removed us from a distinct, divine biological status to place us wholly in the ebb and flow of all terrestrial life. This book describes how we're in the midst of a third great scientific revolution, five centuries in the making: the Stardust Revolution. It is the merging of the once-disparate realms of astronomy and evolutionary biology, and of the Copernican and Darwinian Revolutions, placing life in a cosmic context. The Stardust Revolutiontakes readers on a grand journey that begins on the summit of California's Mount Wilson, where astronomers first realized that the universe is both expanding and evolving, to a radio telescope used to identify how organic molecules-the building blocks of life-are made by stars. It's an epic story told through a scientific cast that includes some of the twentieth century's greatest minds-including Nobel laureate Charles Townes, who discovered cosmic water-as well as the most ambitious scientific explorers of the twenty-first century, those racing to find another living planet. Today, an entirely new breed of scientists-astrobiologists and astrochemists-are taking the study of life into the space age. Astrobiologists study the origins, evolution, and distribution of life, not just on Earth, but in the universe. Stardust science is filling in the missing links in our evolutionary story, ones that extend our family tree back to the stars.
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• Chapter. 1.- Long-term hydrological research in the humid tropics.- Chapter. 2.- The forests of the Danum Valley Conservation Area.- Chapter. 3.- The Danum hydrology project: origins, aims, context.- Chapter. 4.- The regional physiographical and land management context of the hydrology of Danum Valley.- Chapter. 5.- Rainfall and its interception by the forest.- Chapter. 6.- Overland flow.- Chapter. 7.- Infiltration, soil water and pipeflow.- Chapter. 8.- Origins of stream flow.- Chapter. 9.- Sediment supply and movement on slopes.- Chapter. 10.- Water, sediment and solutes in channels.- Chapter. 11.- Periodicity of Processes (Impact of extreme events: floods and drought).- Chapter. 12.- The lessons from the natural forest.- Chapter. 13.- The disturbance caused by logging.- Chapter. 14.- Impact of logging on interception and soil water.- Chapter. 15.- Changes to erosion rates and sediment yields during and after logging.- Chapter. 16.- Logging, stream flow, stream chemistry and sediment transport.- Chapter. 17.- Extreme events and the dynamics of logged catchments.- Chapter. 18.- Conclusions on the impacts of logging at Danum.- Chapter. 19.- Mitigating the effects of logging.- Chapter. 20.- The significance of hydrological and geomorphological processes for lowland tropical rainforest ecology.- Chapter. 21.- Conclusions from the Long-Term Ecological Research on hydrology at Danum.
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This volume synthesizes and analyzes thirty years of hydrological research in the Danum Valley Conservation Area, a lowland dipterocarp rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia. Ian Douglas explores the role of water in the rainforest ecosystem, setting out the ecological, climatological and geological context of present-day hydrological processes, soil erosion and stream sedimentation. He emphasizes the role of extreme events and natural disturbances in sediment supplies and the evolution of drainage pathways and explains the pathways of rainfall and stream sediment. Douglas then explores the impacts caused by logging, the extreme pulses of sedimentation and the effects of log removal and logging road construction, examining the effects of major storms in the 20 years after tree harvesting. Methods of minimizing logging damage to soils and streams are discussed and the effects on flora and fauns are considered.
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• Part 1. The Adams ₂-term :
• 1. Minimal resolutions
• 2. The Davis-Mahowald spectral sequence
• 3. \Ext over (2)
• 4. \Ext with coefficients
• Part 2. The Adams differentials :
• 5. The Adams spectral sequence for \tmf
• 6. The Adams spectral sequence for \tmf/2
• 7. The Adams spectral sequence for \tmf/
• 8. The Adams spectral sequence for \tmf/
• Part 3. The abutment :
• 9. The homotopy groups of \tmf
• 10. Duality
• 11. The Adams spectral sequence for the sphere
• 12. Homotopy of some finite cell \tmf-modules
• 13. Odd primes
• Appendix A. Calculation of ᵣ(\tmf) for =3,4,5
• Appendix B. Calculation of ᵣ(\tmf/2) for =3,4,5
• Appendix C. Calculation of ᵣ(\tmf/ ) for =3,4
• Appendix D. Calculation of ᵣ(\tmf/ ) for =3,4,5

The connective topological modular forms spectrum, $tmf$, is in a sense initial among elliptic spectra, and as such is an important link between the homotopy groups of spheres and modular forms. A primary goal of this volume is to give a complete account, with full proofs, of the homotopy of $tmf$ and several $tmf$-module spectra by means of the classical Adams spectral sequence, thus verifying, correcting, and extending existing approaches. In the process, folklore results are made precise and generalized. Anderson and Brown-Comenetz duality, and the corresponding dualities in homotopy groups, are carefully proved. The volume also includes an account of the homotopy groups of spheres through degree 44, with complete proofs, except that the Adams conjecture is used without proof. Also presented are modern stable proofs of classical results which are hard to extract from the literature. Tools used in this book include a multiplicative spectral sequence generalizing a construction of Davis and Mahowald, and computer software which computes the cohomology of modules over the Steenrod algebra and products therein. Techniques from commutative algebra are used to make the calculation precise and finite. The $H$-infinity ring structure of the sphere and of $tmf$ are used to determine many differentials and relations.
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• New Horizons in Biology EssayMarjorie Grene's Essay
• Introduction
• PART 1: Adolf Portmann in the Light of History: Antecedents, Contemporaries, and Followers
• 1. Adolf Portmann (1897-1982): Life, Roots, and Thoughts
• 2. Portmann and Jung: Eranos Meetings and Discussions of the Instinct-archetyp Relations
• 3. Appearance and Self-presentation: Goethe's Influence on Adolf Portmann's View of Biology
• PART 2: Adolf Portmann as a Classic of Philosophical Anthropology
• 4. Die Grenze der Innerlichkeit. On Philosophical Background of Portmanns Theoretical Biology
• 5. Ptolemaic and Copernican Man
• PART 3: Adolf Portmann as an Inspirator for Biosemiotics
• 6. Living Form Beyond Survival: The Functional Explanation of Life and its Limits
• 7. If What is Searched for is Not There: A Mismatch of the Animals' Cognitive Schemata and Environmental Affordances
• 8. Animal Communication and Human Culture: Portmann's View on Anthropological Difference
• 9. Self-domestication as a Source of Human Neoteny: Towards a Portmannian Perspective
• PART 4: Adolf Portmann in the Light of Biological Aesthetics
• 10. Portmann's Aesthetic Morphology
• 11. Playing Appearances: Adolf Portmann's Legacy and Aesthetics.
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This edited volume is the first specialized book in English about the Swiss zoologist and anthropologist Adolf Portmann (1897-1982). It provides a clarification and update of Portmann's theoretical approach to the phenomenon of life, characterized by terms such as "inwardness" and "self-presentation." Portmann's concepts of secondary altriciality and the social uterus have become foundational in philosophical anthropology, providing a benchmark of the difference between humans and animals. In its content, this book brings together two approaches: historical and philosophical analysis of Portmann's studies in the life sciences and application of Portmann's thought in the fields of biology, anthropology, and biosemiotics. Significant attention is also paid to the methodological implications of his intended reform of biology. Besides contributions from contemporary biologists, philosophers, and historians of science, this volume also includes a translation of an original essay by Portmann and a previously unpublished manuscript from his most remarkable English-speaking interpreter, philosopher Marjorie Grene. Portmann's conception of life is unique in its focus on the phenomenal appearance of organisms. Confronted with the enormous amount of scientific knowledge being produced today, it is even clearer than it was during Portmann's lifetime that although biologists employ physical and chemical methods, biology itself is not (only) physics and chemistry. These exact methods must be applied according to what has meaning for living beings. If biology seeks to understand organisms as autonomous agents, it needs to take display and the interpretation of appearances as basic characteristics of life. The topic of this book is significantly relevant to the disciplines of theoretical biology, philosophy, philosophical anthropology, and biosemiotics. The recent epigenetic turn in biology, acknowledging the interconnections between organismal development, morphology and communication, presents an opportunity to revisit Portmann's work and to reconsider and update his primary ideas in the contemporary context.
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• Part I: Review of Recent Developments in AI, Computational Models for Complex Data Analysis, and Data Science.-
• 1. Recent Developments in AI.-
• 2. Recent Developments in Computational Models for Data Analysis.-
• 3. Recent Developments in Data Science.- Part II: Applications in Medicine and Physiology.-
• 4. Cancer.-
• 5. Neuroscience.-
• 6. Cardiology.-
• 7. Critical Care.-
• 8. Health Care.-
• 9. Digital Pathology.- Part III: Applications in Life Science.-
• 10. Systems Biology.-
• 11. Cell Biology.-
• 12. Biochemistry.-
• 13. Chemo-metrics.-
• 14. Food Technology.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has become pervasive in most areas of research and applications. While computation can significantly reduce mental efforts for complex problem solving, effective computer algorithms allow continuous improvement of AI tools to handle complexity-in both time and memory requirements-for machine learning in large datasets. Meanwhile, data science is an evolving scientific discipline that strives to overcome the hindrance of traditional skills that are too limited to enable scientific discovery when leveraging research outcomes. Solutions to many problems in medicine and life science, which cannot be answered by these conventional approaches, are urgently needed for society. This edited book attempts to report recent advances in the complementary domains of AI, computation, and data science with applications in medicine and life science. The benefits to the reader are manifold as researchers from similar or different fields can be aware of advanced developments and novel applications that can be useful for either immediate implementations or future scientific pursuit. Features: Considers recent advances in AI, computation, and data science for solving complex problems in medicine, physiology, biology, chemistry, and biochemistry Provides recent developments in three evolving key areas and their complementary combinations: AI, computation, and data science Reports on applications in medicine and physiology, including cancer, neuroscience, and digital pathology Examines applications in life science, including systems biology, biochemistry, and even food technology This unique book, representing research from a team of international contributors, has not only real utility in academia for those in the medical and life sciences communities, but also a much wider readership from industry, science, and other areas of technology and education. .
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• 1. Advances in rice production technologies
• 2. Advances in wheat and barley production technologies
• 3. Advances in maize production technologies
• 4. Improved technologies for pearl millet cultivation
• 5. Advances in pulses production technologies
• 6. Advances in oilseeds production technologies
• 7. Advance production technologies of sugarcane
• 8. Advances in vegetable production technologies
• 9. Advances in medicinal and aromatic crop production technologies
• 10. Advances in forage crop production technologies
• 11. Restoration of degraded sodic lands through agroforestry practices
• 12. Advances in farm mechanization in India
• 13. Resource conservation techniques for sustaining crop production in rainfed foothills under changing climate
• 14. Advances in reclamation and management of salt affected soils for sustainable crop production
• 15. Physio-molecular mechanisms of drought tolerance in crop
• 16. Soil biodiversity and its management for sustainable agriculture
• 17. Impact of climate change in crop protection
• 18. Analysis of field experiments data using statistical calculator.
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This book has comprehensive coverage and advances in agriculture for sustainable development and is expected to provide valuable sources for scholars and researchers, as well as serve as a guide book to the farmer's community and development agencies. The book is organized into 18 chapters, which include advances in production technologies of crops e.g. rice, wheat, barley, maize, pearl millet, pulses and oilseeds; sugarcane; medicinal and aromatic plants; vegetable crops; fodder crops; resource conservation technologies; management of degraded and sodic lands; soil biodiversity; farm mechanization, etc. The text is illustrated with tables, figures and photographs to bring out the significant findings. The book provides cutting-edge scientific knowledge as well as solid background information that are accessible for those who have a strong interest in agricultural research and development and want to learn more on the challenges facing the global agricultural production systems. Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This title is co-published with New India Publishing Agency.
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This volume contains papers which were presented at the XV Latin American Congress of Probability and Mathematical Statistics (CLAPEM) in December 2019 in Merida-Yucatan, Mexico. They represent well the wide set of topics on probability and statistics that was covered at this congress, and their high quality and variety illustrates the rich academic program of the conference.
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• Intro
• Preface
• Contents
• About the Editors
• Chapter 1: Probiotics and Their Potential Applications: An Introduction
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Classification: Probiotics, Prebiotics, Synbiotics and Postbiotics
• 1.2.1 Probiotic
• 1.2.1.1 Lactobacillus Species
• 1.2.1.2 Bifidobacterium Species
• 1.2.1.3 Bacillus Species
• 1.2.1.4 Saccharomyces Species
• 1.2.2 Prebiotic
• 1.2.2.1 Types of Prebiotics
• 1.2.2.2 Mechanisms of Action of Prebiotics
• 1.2.3 Synbiotic
• 1.2.4 Postbiotics
• 1.3 Colonization and Alterations of Gut Microflora

• 1.4 Immune System and Gastrointestinal Response to Probiotics
• 1.5 Potential Applications of Probiotics
• 1.5.1 Antimicrobial Activities of Probiotics
• 1.5.2 Anti-inflammatory Intestinal Activity of Probiotics
• 1.5.3 Anti-cancer Activity of Probiotics
• 1.5.4 Anti-allergic Activities of Probiotics
• 1.5.5 Anti-obesity Activity of Probiotics
• 1.5.6 Effect of Probiotics on Brain and Central Nervous System
• 1.6 Commercial Potential of Probiotics
• 1.6.1 Dairy Based Probiotic Products
• 1.6.2 Non-dairy Based Probiotic Products
• 1.6.2.1 Fruit Based Probiotic Products

• 1.6.2.2 Vegetable Based Probiotic Products
• 1.6.2.3 Cereal Based Probiotic Product
• 1.6.2.4 Soy Based Probiotic Products
• 1.6.2.5 Meat Based Probiotic Products
• 1.6.2.6 Herbal Probiotic Formulations
• 1.6.3 Pharmaceutical Probiotic Formations
• 1.7 Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 2: Sources and Selection Criteria of Probiotics
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Sources of Probiotics
• 2.3 Selection Criteria for the Probiotics
• 2.4 Conclusion
• References
• Chapter 3: Indigenous Fermented Foods as a Potential Source of Probiotic Foods
• 3.1 Introduction

• 3.2 Food Fermentation: Socio-Economic Importance
• 3.3 Probiotics: Concept and Health-Improving Properties
• 3.4 Probiotics: Global Perspective on the Usages
• 3.5 Probiotic: Application in Fermented Foods
• 3.6 Fermented Foods and Beverages
• 3.7 Fermented Foods: Nutritional and Health Benefits
• 3.7.1 Fermented Milk Products
• 3.7.2 Fermented Soy/Cereal Products
• 3.7.3 Fermented Fruits and Vegetables
• 3.7.4 Bio-Preservation
• 3.7.5 Shelf Life of Probiotics
• 3.8 Conclusions and Future Prospects
• References
• Chapter 4: Prebiotics for Probiotics
• 4.1 Introduction

• 4.2 Prebiotics (PreBs)
• 4.3 How PreBs Qualify as Functional Foods?
• 4.4 Types and Sources of PreBs
• 4.4.1 Lactulose
• 4.4.2 Lactosucrose
• 4.4.3 Inulin and Fructo-Oligosaccharide (FOS)
• 4.4.4 Galacto-Oligosaccharide (GOS)
• 4.4.5 Soybean-Oligosaccharide (SOS)
• 4.4.6 Xylo-Oligosaccharide (XOS)
• 4.4.7 Isomalto-Oligosaccharide (IOS)
• 4.4.8 Resistant Starch
• 4.5 Therapeutic Effects of PreBs
• 4.5.1 Enhancing the Gut Health
• 4.5.2 Immunological Effects
• 4.5.3 Reducing the Risk of Colon Cancer
• 4.5.4 Bioavailability and Mineral Absorption

This book focuses on probiotics as sustainable foods and medicines, discussing issues such as screening and identification of probiotics, health claims, and advances in processing technologies, as well as food safety. Based on sound scientific research, the book is a unique reference resource for food scientists interested in development of probiotic based functional foods and their marketing. It will also appeal to those working in the area of regulations regarding the use of and health claims for fermented foods, both locally and globally.
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In The Alchemy of Us, scientist and science writer Ainissa Ramirez examines eight inventions--clocks, steel rails, copper communication cables, photographic film, light bulbs, hard disks, scientific labware, and silicon chips--and reveals how they shaped the human experience. Ramirez tells the stories of the woman who sold time, the inventor who inspired Edison, and the hotheaded undertaker whose invention pointed the way to the computer. She describes, among other things, how our pursuit of precision in timepieces changed how we sleep; how the railroad helped commercialize Christmas; how the necessary brevity of the telegram influenced Hemingway's writing style; and how a young chemist exposed the use of Polaroid's cameras to create passbooks to track Black citizens in apartheid South Africa. These fascinating and inspiring stories offer new perspectives on our relationships with technologies. Ramirez shows not only how materials were shaped by inventors but also how those materials shaped culture, chronicling each invention and its consequences--intended and unintended. Filling in the gaps left by other books about technology, Ramirez showcases little-known inventors--particularly people of color and women--who had a significant impact but whose accomplishments have been hidden by mythmaking, bias, and convention. Doing so, she shows us the power of telling inclusive stories about technology. She also shows that innovation is universal--whether it's splicing beats with two turntables and a microphone or splicing genes with two test tubes and CRISPR. Provided by publisher

• 1. Evolution, adaptation, cognition, and behaviour: an introduction on minds, thought, and intelligence in animals.-
• 2. Other ways of seeing the world.-
• 3. Concept formation.-
• 4. Time and number.-
• 5. Cause and effect.-
• 6. Reasoning.-
• 7. Navigation.-
• 8. Social cognition and self-awareness.-
• 9. Social learning.-
• 10. Remembering.-
• 11. Animal communication in the wild.-
• 12. Language.-
• 13. Conclusions and comparisons.
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Thoroughly updated for its third edition with the latest research in the field, this innovative text delivers an apt and comprehensive introduction to the rich and complex world of animal behaviour and cognition. Discover pivotal case studies and experiments that have irrevocably shaped how we view the psychological and social lives of animals and discover such key cognitive topics as memory, communication and sensory perception. Projecting an insightful scope into the cognitive world of animals, from considering the use of tools in birds to the dance communication system of the honey bee, Wynne and Udell analyse and explain the importance of the observations and studies that have led to the greater understanding of how animals learn, perceive social relations, form concepts, experience time and navigate space. Written by two leading researchers in the field, including the author of the best-selling popular science book Dog is Love, this textbook is a complete resource for students of animal cognition, animal behaviour or comparative psychology.
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• Micro-Heterogeneity of Antibody Molecules / Yusuke Mimura, Radka Saldova, Yuka Mimura-Kimura, Pauline M. Rudd, and Roy Jefferis
• Analytical Methods
• Lectin and Liquid Chromatography-Based Methods for Immunoglobulin (G) Glycosylation Analysis / Tea Petrović and Irena Trbojević-Akmačić
• Mass Spectrometry-Based Methods for Immunoglobulin G N-Glycosylation Analysis / Siniša Habazin, Jerko Štambuk, Jelena Šimunović, Toma Keser, Genadij Razdorov, and Mislav Novokmet
• Capillary (Gel) Electrophoresis-Based Methods for Immunoglobulin (G) Glycosylation Analysis / Samanta Cajic, René Hennig, Robert Burock, and Erdmann Rapp
• Automation of Immunoglobulin Glycosylation Analysis / Jenifer L. Hendel, Richard A. Gardner, and Daniel I. R. Spencer
• Bioinformatics in Immunoglobulin Glycosylation Analysis / Frédérique Lisacek, Kathirvel Alagesan, Catherine Hayes, Steffen Lippold, and Noortje de Haan
• Biosynthesis and Regulation
• N-Glycan Biosynthesis : Basic Principles and Factors Affecting Its Outcome / Teemu Viinikangas, Elham Khosrowabadi, and Sakari Kellokumpu
• Genetic Regulation of Immunoglobulin G Glycosylation / Azra Frkatovic, Olga O. Zaytseva, and Lucija Klaric
• Epigenetics of Immunoglobulin G Glycosylation / Marija Klasić and Vlatka Zoldoš
• Immunoglobulin G Glycosylation Changes in Aging and Other Inflammatory Conditions / Fabio DallʼOlio and Nadia Malagolini
• Estrogen-Driven Changes in Immunoglobulin G Fc Glycosylation
• Kaitlyn A. Lagattuta and Peter A. Nigrovic
• Effector Functions and Diseases
• Sweet Rules : Linking Glycosylation to Antibody Function / Falk Nimmerjahn and Anja Werner
• Immunoglobulin G Glycosylation in Diseases / Marija Pezer
• Immunoglobulin A Glycosylation and Its Role in Disease / Alyssa L. Hansen, Colin Reily, Jan Novak, and Matthew B. Renfrow
• Applications
• Importance and Monitoring of Therapeutic Immunoglobulin G Glycosylation / Yusuke Mimura, Radka Saldova, Yuka Mimura-Kimura, Pauline M. Rudd, and Roy Jefferis
• Glycosylation of Plant-Produced Immunoglobulins / Kathrin Göritzer and Richard Strasser
• The Rapidly Expanding Nexus of Immunoglobulin G N-Glycomics, Suboptimal Health Status, and Precision Medicine / Alyce Russell and Wei Wang
• Glycosylation of Antigen-Specific Antibodies : Perspectives on Immunoglobulin G Glycosylation in Vaccination and Immunotherapy / Pranay Bharadwaj and Margaret E. Ackerman

This book summarizes recent advances in antibody glycosylation research. Covering major topics relevant for immunoglobulin glycosylation - analytical methods, biosynthesis and regulation, modulation of effector functions - it provides new perspectives for research and development in the field of therapeutic antibodies, biomarkers, vaccinations, and immunotherapy. Glycans attached to both variable and constant regions of antibodies are known to affect the antibody conformation, stability, and effector functions. Although it focuses on immunoglobulin G (IgG), the most explored antibody in this context, and unravels the natural phenomena resulting from the mixture of IgG glycovariants present in the human body, the book also discusses other classes of human immunoglobulins, as well as immunoglobulins produced in other species and production systems. Further, it reviews the glycoanalytical methods applied to antibodies and addresses a range of less commonly explored topics, such as automatization and bioinformatics aspects of high-throughput antibody glycosylation analysis. Lastly, the book highlights application areas ranging from the ones already benefitting from antibody glycoengineering (such as monoclonal antibody production), to those still in the research stages (such as exploration of antibody glycosylation as a clinical or biological age biomarker), and the potential use of antibody glycosylation in the optimization of vaccine production and immunization protocols. Summarizing the current knowledge on the broad topic of antibody glycosylation and its therapeutic and biomarker potential, this book will appeal to a wide biomedical readership in academia and industry alike. Chapter 4 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
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Applied Statistics I: Basic Bivariate Techniques has been created from the first half of Rebecca M. Warner's popular Applied Statistics: From Bivariate Through Multivariate Techniques. The author's contemporary approach differs from some of the well-worn texts in the market, and reflects current thinking in the field. It spends less time on statistical significance testing, and moves in the direction of the "new statistics" by focusing more on confidence intervals and effect size. Instructors of upper undergraduate or beginning graduate level courses will find that the greater focus on basic concepts such as partition of variance and effect size is more useful to students, particularly as preparation for more advanced courses. Spending less time on statistical significance testing allows for more time to be devoted to more interesting and useful statistics that students will see in journal articles (such as correlation and regression). This introductory statistics text includes examples in SPSS, together with datasets on an accompanying website. A companion study guide reproducing the exercises and examples in R will also be available.
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Rebecca M. Warner's bestselling Applied Statistics: From Bivariate Through Multivariate Techniques has been split into two volumes for ease of use over a two-course sequence. This new multivariate statistics text, Applied Statistics II: Multivariable and Multivariate Techniques, Third Edition is based on chapters from the second half of original book, but with much additional material. This text now provides a distinctive bridge between earlier courses and advanced topics through extensive discussion of statistical control (adding a third variable), a new chapter on the "new statistics", a new chapter on outliers and missing values, and a final chapter that provides an introduction to structural equation modeling. This text provides a solid introduction to concepts such as statistical control, mediation, moderation, and path modeling necessary to students taking intermediate and advanced statistics courses across the social sciences. Examples are provided in SPSS with datasets available on an accompanying website. A companion study guide reproducing the exercises and examples in R will also be available.
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• Foreword / by Sylvia A. Earle
• Ten tips of field biology for every aspiring astronaut
• Prologue: How to see the world tree (and what that means for the forest)
• From wildflower to wallflower : a girl naturalist in rural America
• Becoming a forest detective : first encounter with temperate trees from New England to Scotland
• One hundred feet in the air : finding a way to study leaves in the Australian rain forests
• Who ate my leaves? : tracking
• and discovering!
• Australian insects
• Dieback in the outback : juggling marriage and investigations of gum tree death in Australia's sheep country
• Hitting the glass canopy : how Strangler figs and Tall poppies taught me to survive as a woman in science
• Arbornauts for a week : citizen scientists explore the Amazon jungles
• Tiger tracks, tree leopards, and Vedippala fruits : exporting my toolkit to train arbornauts in India
• A treetop bioblitz : counting 1,659 species in Malysia's tropical forests in ten days
• Building trust between priests and arbornauts : saving the forests of Ethiopia, one church at a time
• Classrooms in the sky
• for everyone! : wheelchairs and water bears in the treetops
• Can we save our last, best forests? : promoting conservation through Mission Green

"Biologist, botanist, and conservationist Meg Lowman-aka "Canopy Meg"-takes us on an adventure into the "eighth continent" of the world's treetops, along her journey as a tree scientist, and into climate action"-- Provided by publisher
As a graduate student exploring the rain forests of Australia, Lowman sewed a harness from an old seat belt, gathered hundreds of feet of rope, and found a tool belt for her pencils and rulers. Up she went, into the trees, in order to be a better monitor. Over the years she planned one of the first treetop walkways, and helped create more of these bridges through the eighth continent all over the world. Here she launches us into the life and work of an ecologist and conservationist, and offers hope, specific plans, and recommendations for actions that will make an immediate and lasting impact against climate change. -- adapted from jacket

• Preface.- Regulator of hypergeometric fibrations.- Two recent p-adic approaches towards the (effective) Mordell conjecture.- The syntomic regulator for K2 of curves with arbitrary reduction.- Toric regulators.- Higher displays arising from filtered de Rham-Witt complexes.- Orbifold submersion and analytic torsions.- Analytic torsions, regulators and arithmetic hyperbolic manifolds.- A local re nement of the Adams-Riemann-Roch theorem in degree one.- Analytic torsion and dynamical flow: a survey on the Fried conjecture.- A survey of the additive dilogarithm.
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This book is an outgrowth of the conference "Regulators IV: An International Conference on Arithmetic L-functions and Differential Geometric Methods" that was held in Paris in May 2016. Gathering contributions by leading experts in the field ranging from original surveys to pure research articles, this volume provides comprehensive coverage of the front most developments in the field of regulator maps. Key topics covered are: * Additive polylogarithms * Analytic torsions * Chabauty-Kim theory * Local Grothendieck-Riemann-Roch theorems * Periods * Syntomic regulator The book contains contributions by M. Asakura, J. Balakrishnan, A. Besser, A. Best, F. Bianchi, O. Gregory, A. Langer, B. Lawrence, X. Ma, S. Muller, N. Otsubo, J. Raimbault, W. Raskin, D. Roessler, S. Shen, N. Triantafi llou, S. UEnver and J. Vonk.
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• 1. Introduction
• 2. Fundamentals of Plant Tissue Culture
• 3. Gelling Agents and Additives
• 4. Artificial Seeds Preparation Technology
• 5. Propagules for Encapsulation
• 6. Uses of Artificial Seeds
• 7. Hardening of Artificial Seed Derived Plantlets
• 8. Achievements
• 9. Genetic Stability of Artificial Seed
• 10. Limitations
• 11. Future Scenarios.
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The artificial seed technology is a rousing and fast growing area of research in plant tissue culture. This technology is currently considered as an efficient alternative technique for plant propagation of commercially important plant materials. This technology also facilitates the way of handling cells and tissues, protecting them from external gradients, short-term and long-term storage under low temperature and ultra-low temperature, respectively and as an efficient system of delivery.The information in the areas of synthetic seed preparation technology, its implications, achievements and limitations are lying unorganized in different articles of journals and edited books. Those information is presented in this book in organized way with up-to-date citations, which will provide comprehensive literature of recent advances. Note: T& F does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This title is co-published with New India Publishing Agency.
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• Introduction
• Wave Equation in Domains with Edges
• Dirichlet Problem for the Wave Equation
• Function Spaces in a Wedge and in a Cone
• Problem in a Wedge : Problem with Parameter in a Cone : Existence of Solutions
• Weighted Combined Estimates
• Operators in the Scale of Weighted Spaces
• Asymptotics of Solutions Near the Vertex of a Cone or Near the Edge of a Wedge
• Explicit Formulas for the Coefficients in Asymptotics
• Problem in a Bounded Domain with Conical Points
• Problem in a Bounded Domain : Asymptotics of Solutions Near an Internal Point
• Neumann Problem for the Wave Equation
• Statement of the Problem : Preliminaries
• Weighted Combined Estimates for Solutions to Problem (2.138), (2.139)
• Operator of the Boundary Value Problem in a Cone
• Boundary Value Problem in a Cone in the Scale of Weighted Spaces
• Asymptotic Expansions of Solutions to the Problem in a Cone
• Problem in a Wedge
• Explicit Formulas for the Coefficients in Asymptotics
• Problem in a Bounded Domain with Conical Points
• Hyperbolic Systems in Domains with Conical Points
• Cauchy-Dirichlet Problem
• Combined Estimate for Solutions of the Problem in a Cone
• Operator of the Boundary Value Problem in a Cone : The Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions
• The Boundary Value Problem in a Cone in the Scale of Weighted Spaces
• Asymptotics of Solutions of the Problem in a Cone
• The Problem in a Wedge
• Neumann Problem
• The Model Problems in a Cone : A Strong Solution
• Weighted Estimates of Solutions of the Problem with Parameter in a Cone
• The Problem with Parameter in a Cone : A Scale of Weighted Spaces
• The Asymptotics of Solutions
• A Bounded Domain with a Conical Point
• Elastodynamics in Domains with Edges
• Introduction
• Homogeneous Energy Estimates on Solutions of Boundary Value Problems with Parameter in a Wedge
• Nonhomogeneous Energy Estimates for Solutions of Boundary Value Problems with Parameter in a Wedge
• Estimates on Solutions with Dirichlet Boundary Condition
• Estimates on Solutions with Neumann Boundary Condition
• Strong Solutions
• The Dirichlet Problem with Homogeneous Energy Estimate in a Wedge
• The Dirichlet Problem with Nonhomogeneous Energy Estimate in a Wedge
• The Neumann Problem in a Wedge
• Weighted a priori Estimates for Solutions of Boundary Value Problems with Parameter in a Wedge
• Estimates of Solutions with Dirichlet Boundary Condition
• Estimate on Solutions with Neumann Boundary Condition in the Case dimK > 2
• Estimates of Solutions with Neumann Boundary Condition for dimK=2
• Boundary Value Problem in a Cone in a Scale of Weighted Spaces
• On the Asymptotics of Solutions of Elliptic Problems in a Cone
• Strong Solutions
• The Operator of Problem (4.105), (4.106) in a Scale of Weighted Spaces
• Asymptotics of Solutions of the Problem in a Cone
• On the Time-Dependent Problem in a Wedge
• Energy Estimates on Solutions in a Bounded Domain
• Weighted Estimates in a Bounded Domain with Edge
• On Dynamic Maxwell System in Domains with Edges
• The Problems in a Cone and in a Bounded Domain with Conical Point
• Preliminaries : Statement of the Problem
• Operator Pencil
• A Global Energy Estimate
• A Combined Weighted Estimate
• The Operator of Problem in a Scale of Weighted Spaces
• The Asymptotics of Solutions
• Nonstationary Problem in the Cylinders ... and Q
• Explicit Formulas of ws, k and Ws, k for the Problem in K
• The Problem in a Wedge
• Preliminaries : Statement of the Problem
• Operator Pencil
• On Properties of the Operator A(D)
• Estimates of Solutions to Problems in a Wedge and in an Angle
• The Operators of Problems in K
• The Problem in the Cylinder T
• Explicit Formulas for the Coefficients in the Asymptotics of Solutions of the Problem in T
• Connection Between the Augmented and Non-augmented Maxwell Systems
• Schroedinger and Germain-Lagrange Equations in a Domain with Corners
• Schroedinger Equation
• Germain-Lagrange Equation with Simply Supported Boundary Conditions
• Combined Estimates
• Asymptotics of Solutions
• Germain-Lagrange Equation with Clamped Boundary Conditions
• Problem in the Wedge : Problem with Parameter in a Sector-Existence of Solutions
• Weighted Combined Estimates

• Operators in the Scale of Weighted Spaces
• Asymptotics of Solutions
• Problem in a Bounded Domain with Corners
• Asymptotics of Solutions to Wave Equation in Singularly Perturbed Domains
• Asymptotics of Solutions to Wave Equation in a Domain with Small Cavity
• Statement of Problem : Principal Term of Asymptotics
• Estimate of the Remainder
• Full Asymptotic Expansion
• Asymptotics of Solutions to Wave Equation in a Domain with "Smoothed" Conical Point
• Asymptotics of Solutions to Non-stationary Maxwell System in a Domain with Small Cavities
• Elliptic Extension of Maxwell System with Parameter ...
• Operator Pencil
• The First Limit Problem
• The Second Limit Problem
• Asymptotics Principal Term of Solution to Extended Problem
• Asymptotic Series for Solution to Extended Problem
• Asymptotics for Solutions to Non-extended Maxwell System
• Non-stationary Maxwell System
• Statement of Problem
• Preliminary Description of Asymptotics for Solutions to Extended Problem
• Principal Term of Asymptotics for Solutions to Problem (8.111), (8.112)
• Proof of Theorem 8.7.4
• Estimate of the Remainder ũ₁(·, ...) for ...
• Estimate of the Functions u(·, ...) and u₀(·, ...) for ...
• Return to Extended Hyperbolic Problem
• Return to Non-stationary Maxwell System Under Compatibility Conditions
• Asymptotic Series as ... 0 for Solutions to Hyperbolic Problem
• Estimates of Coefficients and Remainders in (8.88), (8.89)
• Estimate, Uniform with Respect to ..., of the Remainder ũN+1(·, ...) in the Expansion (8.100)
• Return to Non-extended Maxwell System (8.1) in (8.100), (8.101)
• Complete Asymptotic Expansion of Solutions to Problem (8.111), (8.112)
• Stationary Maxwell System with Impedance Boundary Conditions
• Asymptotics for Solutions to Problem (8.192), (8.193)
• Principal Term of Asymptotics
• Estimate of the Remainder
• Complete Asymptotic Expansion
• Return to the Non-extended Maxwell System
• Non-stationary Maxwell System with Impedance Boundary Conditions
• Generalization to the Case of a Domain with Several Small Cavities
• Bibliographical Sketch
• References

This book considers dynamic boundary value problems in domains with singularities of two types. The first type consists of "edges" of various dimensions on the boundary; in particular, polygons, cones, lenses, polyhedra are domains of this type. Singularities of the second type are "singularly perturbed edges" such as smoothed corners and edges and small holes. A domain with singularities of such type depends on a small parameter, whereas the boundary of the limit domain (as the parameter tends to zero) has usual edges, i.e. singularities of the first type. In the transition from the limit domain to the perturbed one, the boundary near a conical point or an edge becomes smooth, isolated singular points become small cavities, and so on. In an "irregular" domain with such singularities, problems of elastodynamics, electrodynamics and some other dynamic problems are discussed. The purpose is to describe the asymptotics of solutions near singularities of the boundary. The presented results and methods have a wide range of applications in mathematical physics and engineering. The book is addressed to specialists in mathematical physics, partial differential equations, and asymptotic methods.
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• 1. Introduction to Biological Concepts and Research. UNIT ONE: MOLECULES AND CELLS.
• 2. Life, Chemistry, and Water.
• 3. Biological Molecules: The Carbon Compounds of Life.
• 4. Cells.
• 5. Membranes and Transport.
• 6. Energy, Enzymes, and Biological Reactions.
• 7. Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy.
• 8. Photosynthesis.
• 9. Cell Communication.
• 10. Cell Division and Mitosis. UNIT TWO: GENETICS.
• 11. Meiosis: The Cellular Basis of Sexual Reproduction.
• 12. Mendel, Genes, and Inheritance.
• 13. Genes, Chromosomes, and Human Genetics.
• 14. DNA Structure, Replication, and Organization.
• 15. Gene Expression: From DNA to Protein.
• 16. Regulation of Gene Expression.
• 17. Bacterial and Viral Genetics.
• 18. DNA Technology: Making and Using Genetically Altered Organisms, and Other Applications.
• 19. Genomes and Proteomes. UNIT THREE: EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY.
• 20. The Development of Evolutionary Thought.
• 21. Microevolution: Genetic Changes within Populations.
• 22. Speciation.
• 23. Paleobiology and Macroevolution.
• 24. Systematic Biology: Phylogeny and Classification. UNIT FOUR: BIODIVERSITY.
• 25. The Origin of Life.
• 26. Prokaryotes and Viruses.
• 27. Protists.
• 28. Seedless Plants.
• 29. Seed Plants.
• 30. Fungi.
• 31. Animal Phylogeny, Acoelomates, and Protostomes.
• 32. Deuterostomes: Vertebrates and Their Closest Relatives. UNIT FIVE: PLANT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION.
• 33. The Plant Body.
• 34. Transport in Plants.
• 35. Plant Nutrition.
• 36. Reproduction and Development in Flowering Plants.
• 37. Plant Signals and Responses to the Environment. UNIT SIX: ANIMAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION.
• 38. Introduction to Animal Organization and Physiology.
• 39. Information Flow and the Neuron.
• 40. Nervous Systems.
• 41. Sensory Systems.
• 42. The Endocrine System.
• 43. Muscles, Bones, and Body Movements
• 44. The Circulatory System.
• 45. Defenses against Disease.
• 46. Gas Exchange: The Respiratory System.
• 47. Digestive Systems and Animal Nutrition.
• 48. Regulating the Internal Environment: Osmoregulation, Excretion, and Thermoregulation.
• 49. Animal Reproduction.
• 50. Animal Development. UNIT SEVEN: ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR.
• 51. Ecology and the Biosphere.
• 52. Population Ecology.
• 53. Population Interactions and Community Ecology.
• 54. Ecosystems.
• 55. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology.
• 56. Animal Behavior.
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This updated Fifth Edition of BIOLOGY: THE DYNAMIC SCIENCE is a readable and understandable foundation for introductory biology students. Clarity of presentation, thoughtful organization, a logical and seamless flow of topics within chapters, and carefully designed illustrations are hallmarks of this text. The accompanying MindTap for Biology includes multimedia instruction, assessments, videos, personalized study tools and more. With this easy-to-read, engaging text, you'll leave your introductory biology course armed with intellectual skills that will enable you to evaluate future knowledge with a critical eye.
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• 1. Invitation to Biology. UNIT I: HOW CELLS WORK.
• 2. Molecules of Life.
• 3. Cell Structure.
• 4. Energy and Metabolism.
• 5. Photosynthesis.
• 6. Releasing Chemical Energy. UNIT II: GENETICS.
• 7. DNA Structure and Function.
• 8. Gene Expression and Control.
• 9. How Cells Reproduce.
• 10. Patterns of Inheritance.
• 11. Biotechnology. UNIT III: EVOLUTION AND DIVERSITY.
• 12. Evidence of Evolution.
• 13. Processes of Evolution.
• 14. Prokaryotes, Protists, and Viruses.
• 15. Plants and Fungi.
• 16. Animal Evolution. UNIT IV: ECOLOGY.
• 17. Population Ecology.
• 18. Communities and Ecosystems.
• 19. The Biosphere and Human Effects. UNIT V: HOW ANIMALS WORK.
• 20. Animal Tissues and Organs.
• 21. How Animals Move.
• 22. Circulation and Respiration.
• 23. Immunity.
• 24. Digestion and Excretion.
• 25. Neural Control and the Senses.
• 26. Endocrine Control.
• 27. Reproduction and Development. UNITY VI: HOW PLANTS WORK.
• 28. Plant Form and Function.
• 29. Plant Reproduction and Development.
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Succeed in your biology course with this updated Sixth Edition of BIOLOGY TODAY AND TOMORROW WITH PHYSIOLOGY. Packed with real-world applications, the book offers chunked content in a clear, straightforward writing style, beautiful art and a variety of in-text learning tools. The accompanying MindTap for Biology includes multimedia instruction, assessments, videos, personalized study tools and more. With this easy-to-read, engaging text, you'll learn about biology from the perspective of issues relevant to your daily life.
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• Introduction: The Genesis of Biosemiotic Criticism: How the Future "Presents" the Past
• 1. Modeling "Nature-Texts" in Literature and Literary Criticism
• 2. Evolutionary Approaches to Biosemiotic Criticism
• 3. Communicative Approaches to Biosemiotic Criticism
• 4. Hierarchical Approaches to Biosemiotic Criticism
• 5. Significational Approaches to Biosemiotic Criticism
• 6. Analogical Approaches to Biosemiotic Criticism Conclusion: Hybrid Approaches to Biosemiotic Criticism: A Prospectus.
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This volume is based to a large extent on the understanding of biosemiotic literary criticism as a semiotic-model-making enterprise. For Jurij Lotman and Thomas A. Sebeok, "nature writing is essentially a model of the relationship between humans and nature" (Timo Maran); biosemiotic literary criticism, itself a form of nature writing and thus itself an ecological-niche-making enterprise, will be considered to be a model of modeling, a model of nature naturing. Modes and models of analysis drawn from Thomas A. Sebeok and Marcel Danesi's Forms of Meaning: Modeling Systems Theory and Semiotic Analysis as well as from Timo Maran's work on "modeling the environment in literature, " Edwina Taborsky's writing on Peircean semiosis, and, of course, Jesper Hoffmeyer's formative work in biosemiotics are among the most important organizing elements for this volume. .
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• Introduction: When you've seen one bird
• Dawn chorus
• Cause for alarm
• Superb parroting
• The scent of sustenance
• Hot tools
• Tracing the ant's path
• Birds of play
• Clowns of the mountains
• Sex
• Wild wooing
• Brain teasers
• Free-range parenting
• The world's best birdwatchers
• A childcare cooperative of witches and water boilers

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, a radical investigation into the bird way of being, and the recent scientific research that is dramatically shifting our understanding of birds -- how they live and how they think. "There is the mammal way and there is the bird way." But the bird way is much more than a unique pattern of brain wiring, and lately, scientists have taken a new look at bird behaviors they have, for years, dismissed as anomalies or mysteries -- What they are finding is upending the traditional view of how birds conduct their lives, how they communicate, forage, court, breed, survive. They are also revealing the remarkable intelligence underlying these activities, abilities we once considered uniquely our own: deception, manipulation, cheating, kidnapping, infanticide, but also ingenious communication between species, cooperation, collaboration, altruism, culture, and play. Some of these extraordinary behaviors are biological conundrums that seem to push the edges of, well, birdness: a mother bird that kills her own infant sons, and another that selflessly tends to the young of other birds as if they were her own; a bird that collaborates in an extraordinary way with one species-ours-but parasitizes another in gruesome fashion; birds that give gifts and birds that steal; birds that dance or drum, that paint their creations or paint themselves; birds that build walls of sound to keep out intruders and birds that summon playmates with a special call-and may hold the secret to our own penchant for playfulness and the evolution of laughter. Drawing on personal observations, the latest science, and her bird-related travel around the world, from the tropical rainforests of eastern Australia and the remote woodlands of northern Japan, to the rolling hills of lower Austria and the islands of Alaska's Kachemak Bay, Jennifer Ackerman shows there is clearly no single bird way of being. In every respect, in plumage, form, song, flight, lifestyle, niche, and behavior, birds vary. It is what we love about them. As E.O Wilson once said, when you have seen one bird, you have not seen them all.
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• Introduction
• Biography of Egypt and the Middle East
• Migration
• How to use this book
• Glossary
• Species descriptions
• Checklist of the Birds
• References and future reading
• Index.

"From the most trusted name in birding--beloved by millions, backyard enthusiast and expert alike--comes a completely new and definitive guide to the birds of North America: the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date work of its kind. Developed by the creators of the bestselling Audubon field guides, this master guide is the result of a collaboration between leading scientists, scholars, taxonomic and field experts, photo editors, and designers. An indispensable reference, it covers more than 800 species, with nearly 5,000 full-color photographs of birds in their natural habitat, often with four or five photographs for each species. For ease of use, the book includes a glossary and a robust index, and is arranged according to the American Ornithological Society's 2019 Birds of North and Middle America Checklist--with birds sorted by taxonomic orders and grouped by family, so that related species are presented together. Range maps, reflecting the impacts of climate change, accompany nearly every species, along with a physical description, information on voice, nesting, habitat, similar species, and an important new category on conservation status. Essays by leading scholars in each field provide holistic insights into the world of birds. Whether trying to determine which owl is interrupting your dinner, or tracking down all of the wood warblers that arrive in spring, readers will come to rely on this work of remarkable breadth, depth, and elegance. It is a must-have reference for the library of any birder, and is certain to become the number-one guide in the field"-- Provided by publisher

"A full colour natural history of the North American black bear, its evolution, biology, environment, history, human interaction, conservation and protection--with maps and photographs."-- Provided by publisher

Botany: A Lab Manual, Seventh Edition is mapped to match Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology, Seventh Edition but is the perfect companion for any botany course. Packed with hands-on activities, it engages students and broadens their understanding of plant biology. Now in full color and a convenient lay-flat format, it provides detailed examination of plant structure, plant groups, genetics, classification, and more. Featuring additional case studies and image labeling activities, Botany: A Lab Manual is the clear choice for students digging into this exciting science.
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Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology, Seventh Edition continues to set the standard for the fundamentals of plant science. No botany text better connects structure to function and does so with higher quality art and imagery. Combining strong scientific grounding with an approachable writing style, Botany teaches and engages. The essentials to a foundational understanding of plant science are all there, including structure, genetics and evolution, physiology and development, and ecology. Now in an updated seventh edition, the text continues to lead with the latest material on molecular biology, plant biotechnology, and the most recent coverage of taxonomy and phylogeny of plants to keep students on the forefront of cutting-edge botanical research. Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology, Seventh Edition is the clear choice for students digging into this exciting science.
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• Introduction
• The Green Representation Formula
• Boundary Potentials and Calderón's Projector
• Boundary Integral Equations
• The Dirichlet Problem
• The Neumann Problem
• Exterior Problems
• The Exterior Dirichlet Problem
• The Exterior Neumann Problem
• Remarks
• Boundary Integral Equations
• The Helmholtz Equation
• Low Frequency Behaviour
• The Lamé System
• The Interior Displacement Problem
• The Interior Traction Problem
• Some Exterior Fundamental Problems
• The Incompressible Material
• The Stokes Equations
• Hydrodynamic Potentials
• The Stokes Boundary Value Problems
• The Incompressible Material : Revisited
• The Biharmonic Equation
• Calderón's Projector
• Boundary Value Problems and Boundary Integral Equations
• Remarks
• Representation Formulae
• Classical Function Spaces and Distributions
• Hadamard's Finite Part Integrals
• Local Coordinates
• Short Excursion to Elementary Differential Geometry
• Second Order Differential Operators in Divergence Form
• Distributional Derivatives and Abstract Green's Second Formula
• The Green Representation Formula
• Green's Representation Formulae in Local Coordinates
• Multilayer Potentials
• Direct Boundary Integral Equations
• Boundary Value Problems
• Transmission Problems
• Remarks
• Sobolev Spaces
• The Spaces Hs (...)
• The Trace Spaces Hs (...)
• Trace Spaces for Periodic Functions on a Smooth Curve in IR²
• Trace Spaces on Curved Polygons in IR²
• The Trace Spaces on an Open Surface
• Weighted Sobolev Spaces
• Function Spaces H ( div, ...) and H(curl, ...)
• Variational Formulations
• Partial Differential Equations of Second Order
• Interior Problems
• Exterior Problems
• Transmission Problems
• Abstract Existence Theorems for Variational Problems
• The Lax-Milgram Theorem
• The Fredholm-Nikolski Theorems
• Fredholm's Alternative
• The Riesz-Schauder and the Nikolski Theorems
• Fredholm's Alternative for Sesquilinear Forms
• Fredholm Operators
• Gårding's Inequality for Boundary Value Problems
• Gårding's Inequality for Second Order Strongly Elliptic Equations in ...
• The Stokes System
• Gårding's Inequality for Exterior Second Order Problems
• Gårding's Inequality for Second Order Transmission Problems
• Existence of Solutions to Boundary Value Problems
• Interior Boundary Value Problems
• Exterior Boundary Value Problems
• Transmission Problems
• Solution of Integral Equations via Boundary Value Problems
• The Generalized Representation Formula for Second Order Systems
• Continuity of Some Boundary Integral Operators
• Continuity Based on Finite Regions
• Continuity of Hydrodynamic Potentials
• The Equivalence Between Boundary Value Problems and Integral Equations
• Variational Formulation of Direct Boundary Integral Equations
• Positivity and Contraction of Boundary Integral Op-erators
• The Solvability of Direct Boundary Integral Equations
• Positivity of the Boundary Integral Operators of the Stokes System
• Partial Differential Equations of Higher Order
• Remarks
• Assumptions on ...
• Higher Regularity of Solutions
• Mixed Boundary Conditions and Crack Problem
• Electromagnetic Fields
• Introduction
• Maxwell Equations
• Constitutive Equations
• Time Harmonic Fields
• Plane waves
• Electromagnetic potentials
• Transmission and Boundary Conditions
• Boundary Value Problems
• Scattering problems
• Eddy current problems
• Uniqueness
• The cavity problem
• Exterior problems
• The transmission problem
• Representation Formulae
• Boundary Integral Equations for Electromagnetic fields
• The Calderon projector and the capacity operators
• Weak solutions for a fundamental problem
• Application of the Electromagnetic Potentials to Eddy Current Problems
• The ʼ(A, ...) : (A) - (...)ʼ formulation in the bounded domain
• The ʹ(A, ...) : (...)ʹ formulation in an unbounded domain
• Electric field in the dielectric domain ...
• Vector potentials : revisited
• Applications of boundary integral equations to scattering problems

• Scattering by a perfect electric conductor, EFIE and MFIE
• Scattering by a dielectric body
• Scattering by objects with impedance boundary conditions
• Introduction to Pseudodifferential Operators
• Basic Theory of Pseudodifferential Operators
• Elliptic Pseudodifferential Operators on ... IRn
• Systems of Pseudodifferential Operators
• Parametrix and Fundamental Solution
• Levi Functions for Scalar Elliptic Equations
• Levi Functions for Elliptic Systems
• Strong Ellipticity and Gårding's Inequality
• Review on Fundamental Solutions
• Local Fundamental Solutions
• Fundamental Solutions in IRn for Operators with Constant Coefficients
• Existing Fundamental Solutions in Applications
• Pseudodifferential Operators as Integral Operators
• Pseudohomogeneous Kernels
• Integral Operators as Pseudodifferential Operators of Negative Order
• Non-Negative Order Pseudodifferential Operators as Hadamard Finite Part Integral Operators
• Parity Conditions
• A Summary of the Relations between Kernels and Symbols
• Coordinate Changes and Pseudohomogeneous Kernels
• The Transformation of General Hadamard Finite Part Integral Operators under Change of Coordinates
• The Class of Invariant Hadamard Finite Part Integral Operators under Change of Coordinates
• Pseudodifferential and Boundary Integral Operators
• Pseudodifferential Operators on Boundary Manifolds
• Ellipticity on Boundary Manifolds
• Schwartz Kernels on Boundary Manifolds
• Boundary Operators Generated by Domain Pseudodifferential Operators
• Surface Potentials on the Plane IRn-1
• Pseudodifferential Operators with Symbols of Rational Type
• Surface Potentials on the Boundary Manifold ...
• Volume Potentials
• Strong Ellipticity and Fredholm Properties
• Strong Ellipticity of Boundary Problems and Integral Equations
• The Boundary Value and Transmission Problems
• The Associated Boundary Integral Equations of the First Kind
• The Transmission Problem and Gårding's inequality
• Remarks
• Integral Equations on ... IR³ Recast as Pseudodifferential Equations
• Newton Potential Operators for Elliptic Partial Differential Equations
• Generalized Newton Potentials for the Helmholtz Equation
• The Newton Potential for the Lamé System
• The Newton Potential for the Stokes System
• Surface Potentials for Second Order Equations
• Strongly Elliptic Differential Equations
• Surface Potentials for the Helmholtz Equation
• Surface Potentials for the Lamé System
• Surface Potentials for the Stokes System
• Invariance of Boundary Pseudodifferential Operato
• The Hypersingular Boundary Integral Operators for the Helmholtz Equation
• The Hypersingular Operator for the Lamé System
• The Hypersingular Operator for the Stokes System
• Derivatives of Boundary Potentials
• Derivatives of the Solution to the Helmholtz Equation
• Computation of Stress and Strain on the Boundary for the Lamé System
• Remarks
• Boundary Integral Equations on Curves in IR²
• Fourier Series Representation of the Basic Operators
• The Fourier Series Representation of Periodic Operators A ...
• Ellipticity Conditions for Periodic Operators on ...
• Scalar Equations
• Systems of Equations
• Multiply Connected Domains
• Fourier Series Representation of some Particular Operators
• The Helmholtz Equation
• The Lamé System
• The Stokes System
• The Biharmonic Equation
• Remarks
• Remarks on Pseudodifferential Operators for Maxwell Equations
• Introduction
• Symbols of P and the corresponding Newton potentials
• Representation formulae
• Symbols of the Electromagnetic Boundary Potentials
• Symbols of boundary integral operators
• Symbols of the Capacity Operators
• Boundary Integral Operators for the Fundamental Boundary Value Problems
• Coerciveness and Strong Ellipticity
• Gårding's inequality for the sesquilinear form A in (6.12.23)
• Existence Theorem 6.12.6 revisited
• Concluding Remarks
• Local Coordinates
• Vector Field Identities, Integration Formulae
• References
• Index

This book is devoted to the mathematical foundation of boundary integral equations. The combination of ?nite element analysis on the boundary with these equations has led to very e?cient computational tools, the boundary element methods (see e.g., the authors [139] and Schanz and Steinbach (eds.) [267]). Although we do not deal with the boundary element discretizations in this book, the material presented here gives the mathematical foundation of these methods. In order to avoid over generalization we have con?ned ourselves to the treatment of elliptic boundary value problems. The central idea of eliminating the ?eld equations in the domain and - ducing boundary value problems to equivalent equations only on the bou- ary requires the knowledge of corresponding fundamental solutions, and this idea has a long history dating back to the work of Green [107] and Gauss [95, 96]. Today the resulting boundary integral equations still serve as a major tool for the analysis and construction of solutions to boundary value problems.
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This is the second edition of the book which has two additional new chapters on Maxwell's equations as well as a section on properties of solution spaces of Maxwell's equations and their trace spaces. These two new chapters, which summarize the most up-to-date results in the literature for the Maxwell's equations, are sufficient enough to serve as a self-contained introductory book on the modern mathematical theory of boundary integral equations in electromagnetics. The book now contains 12 chapters and is divided into two parts. The first six chapters present modern mathematical theory of boundary integral equations that arise in fundamental problems in continuum mechanics and electromagnetics based on the approach of variational formulations of the equations. The second six chapters present an introduction to basic classical theory of the pseudo-differential operators. The aforementioned corresponding boundary integral operators can now be recast as pseudo-differential operators. These serve as concrete examples that illustrate the basic ideas of how one may apply the theory of pseudo-differential operators and their calculus to obtain additional properties for the corresponding boundary integral operators. These two different approaches are complementary to each other. Both serve as the mathematical foundation of the boundary element methods, which have become extremely popular and efficient computational tools for boundary problems in applications. This book contains a wide spectrum of boundary integral equations arising in fundamental problems in continuum mechanics and electromagnetics. The book is a major scholarly contribution to the modern approaches of boundary integral equations, and should be accessible and useful to a large community of advanced graduate students and researchers in mathematics, physics, and engineering.
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• 1: Introduction
• 2: The ventral visual system
• 3: The dorsal visual system
• 4: The taste and flavour system
• 5: The olfactory system
• 6: The somatosensory system
• 7: The auditory system
• 8: The temporal cortex
• 9: The hippocampus, memory, and spatial function
• 10: The parietal cortex, spatial functions, and navigation
• 11: The orbitofrontal cortex, amygdala, reward value, and emotion
• 12: The cingulate cortex
• 13: The motor cortical areas
• 14: The basal ganglia
• 15: Cerebellar cortex
• 16: The prefrontal cortex
• 17: Language and syntax in the brain
• 18: Noise in the cortex, stability, psychiatric disease, and aging
• 19: Computations by different types of brain, and by artificial neural systems Appendix A: Introduction to linear algebra for neural networks Appendix B: Neuronal network models Appendix C: Information theory, and neuronal encoding Appendix D: Simulation software for neuronal network models, and information analysis of neuronal encoding.
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In order to understand how the brain works, it is essential to know what is computed by different brain systems, and how those computations are performed. Brain Computations: What and How elucidates what is computed in different brain systems and describes current computational approaches and models of how each of these brain systems computes. This approach has enormous potential for helping us understand ourselves better in health. Potential applications of this understanding are to the treatment of the brain in disease, as well as to artificial intelligence, which will benefit from knowledge of how the brain performs many of its extraordinarily impressive functions. Pioneering in its approach, Brain Computations: What and How will be of interest to all scientists interested in brain function and how the brain works, whether they are from neuroscience, or from medical sciences including neurology and psychiatry, or from the area of computational science including machine learning and artificial intelligence, or from areas such as theoretical physics.
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