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Functional Plant Genomics

Functional Plant Genomics

J F Morot-Gaudry; P Lea; J.F. Briat

Science Publishers,U.S.
2007
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The openings offered by functional genomics reconciles organism biology and molecular biology, in order to define an integrative biology that should allow new insights about how a phenotype is built up from a genotype in interaction with its environment. This book covers a wide area of concepts and methods in genomics. This range from international genome sequencing projects to invaluable bioinformatics tools, analytical methods of gene expression, including final metabolic products, and their specific tissue to cellular compartmentalization. This new knowledge enables readers to understand the integration of basic physiological functions, and developmental programs. Also, the establishment of tight relationships between genomics, and genetics and plant breeding reveals synergies for exploiting molecular markers, for analysing genetic variation, or for studying quantitative traits. The integration that is now feasible by these new approaches also effects ecophysiology, and opens up new perspectives for the us
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Alternative Futures Following a Great Power War

Alternative Futures Following a Great Power War

Miranda Priebe; Bryan Frederick; Anika Binnendijk; Alexandra T Evans; Karl P Mueller; Cortez A Cooper; James Benkowski; Asha Clark; Stephanie Anne Pillion

RAND Corporation
2023
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The Department of Defense has become increasingly focused on competition with China and Russia and the possibility of great power war. RAND researchers generated four plausible near-term war scenarios and assessed how they could shape the postwar strategic environment. These scenarios show the complex relationship between wartime and postwar goals, highlighting the importance of considering postwar outcomes in prewar planning.
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Live Theatre: Six Plays from the North East

Live Theatre: Six Plays from the North East

Alan Plater; C. P. Taylor; Julia Darling; Lee Hall; Sean O'Brien; Tom Hadaway

Methuen Drama
2003
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Published to tie in with the legendary Live Theatre's thirtieth birthday celebrations Spanning three generations, Live Theatre is a celebration of the finest playwrights from the North East. In The Filleting Machine (Tom Hadaway), a fishing family's way of life faces extinction; in You Are My Heart's Delight (C.P. Taylor), the lights are switched out in the house of a gamekeeper and his sister who have resisted change for years; Shooting the Legend (Alan Plater) is a comedy of cultural errors in which two women prepare to make a documentary about the 'socially deprived' of Gateshead; in Wittgenstein on Tyne (Lee Hall), Wittgenstein is caught red-handed when working as a hospital porter on Tyneside; Laughter When We're Dead (Sean O'Brien) is a modern revenge tragedy set around the politics of old versus new labour while Cold Calling (Julia Darling) is a dark comedy about a door-to-door salesman.
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At the Heart of Texas

At the Heart of Texas

Richard B. McCaslin; J.P. Bryan

Texas State Historical Association,U.S.
2007
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History like that of Texas is rare...Is it not discreditable to the people of Texas, that they should leave the collection of material for the history of the State to the great endowed Northern libraries?...Let Texas arouse herself for very shame, and begin at once the discharge of her filial duty. So wrote George Pierce Garrison in the first issue of the ""Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association"", published in July 1897, just months after the establishment of the organization. Earlier attempts to organize historical societies in Texas, traced in the opening chapter, illuminate the factors that came ultimately to be decisive in the success of the Association: the wisdom in linking the organization with the University of Texas, the inclusion of lay historians, and the continued insistence on high academic standards. And, from the beginning, the Association has established a tradition for publishing in the Quarterly, in addition to the Anglo story, the stories of the Indians, the Spanish, and the French. The text is organized in chronological chapters by the tenures of the seven directors, George Garrison to Ron Tyler. Within the larger framework of the directors, the programs, and the publications, Richard McCaslin gives shape to the unique interaction of forces - university, political, and the academic/lay membership - that has accorded the Association a character and suppleness that continues to ensure its long endurance. For those who have long been members of the Association, there is nostalgic delight in hearing again those long-ago voices of Eugene Barker, Walter Webb, Bailey Carroll, Joe Frantz, and Tuffly Ellis and new appreciation for how much thought, energy, and commitment have gone into the guidance and stability of this organization.
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The De Soto Chronicles Vol 1 Volume 1

The De Soto Chronicles Vol 1 Volume 1

Charles Hudson; John E. Worth; Eugene Lyon; Jeffrey P. Brain; John H. Hann; Frances G. Crowley; David Bost; Rocio Sanchez Rubio; Charmion Shelby; Eduardo Kortright; James A. Robertson; Paul Hoffman

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA PRESS
1995
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1993 Choice Outstanding Academic Book, sponsored by Choice Magazine. The De Soto expedition was the first major encounter of Europeans with North American Indians in the eastern half of the United States. De Soto and his army of over 600 men, including 200 cavalry, spent four years traveling through what is now Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. For anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians the surviving De Soto chronicles are valued for the unique ethnological information they contain. These documents, available here in a two volume set, are the only detailed eyewitness records of the most advanced native civilization in North America—the Mississippian culture—a culture that vanished in the wake of European contact.
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The De Soto Chronicles Vol 2 Volume 2

The De Soto Chronicles Vol 2 Volume 2

Charles Hudson; John E. Worth; Eugene Lyon; Jeffrey P. Brain; John H. Hann; Frances G. Crowley; David Bost; Rocio Sanchez Rubio; Charmion Shelby; Eduardo Kortright; James A. Robertson; Paul Hoffman

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA PRESS
1995
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1993 Choice Outstanding Academic Book, sponsored by Choice Magazine. The De Soto expedition was the first major encounter of Europeans with North American Indians in the eastern half of the United States. De Soto and his army of over 600 men, including 200 cavalry, spent four years traveling through what is now Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. For anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians the surviving De Soto chronicles are valued for the unique ethnological information they contain. These documents, available here in a two volume set, are the only detailed eyewitness records of the most advanced native civilization in North America—the Mississippian culture—a culture that vanished in the wake of European contact.
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Limited Intervention

Limited Intervention

Stephen Watts; Patrick B Johnston; Jennifer Kavanagh; Sean M Zeigler; Bryan Frederick; Trevor Johnston; Karl P Mueller; Astrid Stuth Cevallos; Nathan Chandler; Meagan L Smith; Alexander Stephenson; Julia A Thompson

RAND
2018
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The foreign policy and defense communities have intensively debated the efficacy of low-cost and small-footprint military options for crises such as those in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen. This report provides a statistical analysis of hundreds of cases, supplemented by case studies, to evaluate the strategic effects of each option across a range of irregular warfare operations and in a range of operational environments.
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Innovation and Liability in Biotechnology

Innovation and Liability in Biotechnology

Stuart J. Smyth; A. Bryan Endres; Thomas P. Redick; Drew L. Kershen

Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
2010
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Innovation and Liability in Biotechnology introduces and articulates an innovative framework, the Liability Analysis Framework (LAF), which offers a new perspective from which stakeholders and society can assess, manage and communicate about liability in relation to innovation. This path-breaking book provides a detailed description of the relationship between risk and liability. Risk and liability are not synonymous and the fact that, at times, the terms have been used in very close proximity has resulted in confusion and misunderstandings. The book begins with an overview of risk and the development of the Risk Analysis Framework, describing how it has evolved from initial concepts to present day form. It highlights the need for a LAF and provides a diverse examination of the LAF as a means to stimulate further debate. The authors conclude that risk is concerned with hypothetical probabilities whereas liability relates to actual marketplace externalities.Offering a new conceptualization for the analysis of liability, this book will appeal to academics involved in the fields of law, innovation and business, as well as federal regulators and industry representatives. Agricultural organizations and their lawyers who are attempting to understand the legal liability issues involved in growing and marking transgenic crops and their products, will also find this book of great interest.
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Instant Insights: Fertiliser Use in Agriculture

Instant Insights: Fertiliser Use in Agriculture

Lidia Sas Paszt; Slawomir Gluszek; Bijay Singh; Bryan G. Hopkins; Dhahi Al-Shammari; Patrick Filippi; James P. Moloney; Niranjan S. Wimalathunge; Brett M. Whelan; Tom Bishop; Victoria Fernández; Héctor A. Bahamonde

Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
2021
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This collection features five peer-reviewed literature reviews on fertiliser use in agriculture.The first chapter examines the role of biofertilizers and consortia of microorganisms to improve the effectiveness of organic fertilization, before moving on to consider the use of animal excrement, including manures, slurry and guano.The second chapter assesses the management of mineral fertilisers and organic manures in relation to its effects on soil health in terms of soil organic carbon and nitrogen, soil acidification and soil microbiology.The third chapter discusses the history, current status, and future needs of fertilizer developments in light of the goal of achieving global sustainability. It reviews developments in using efficient fertilizer sources to meet the needs of advancing yields of modern crop cultivars/hybrids.The fourth chapter reviews some of the approaches used by decision support systems to determine fertiliser application decisions. The chapter highlights direct methods and indirect techniques: simulation models, yield forecasts using data-driven approaches and yield forecasts based on water supply.The final chapter explores the implementation of foliar fertilizer sprays in agriculture for improving crop yield and quality, as well as improving plant performance under abiotic and/or biotic stress threats.
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Stabilizing Great-Power Rivalries

Stabilizing Great-Power Rivalries

Michael J Mazarr; Samuel Charap; Abigail Casey; Irina a Chindea; Christian Curriden; Alyssa Demus; Bryan Frederick; Arthur Chan; John P Godges; Eugene Han; Timothy R Heath; Logan Ma; Elina Treyger; Teddy Ulin; Ali Wyne

RAND
2021
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The international system appears headed for a renewed era of intense competition among major powers. The authors sought to identify the factors that keep such rivalries stable and those that lead to conflictual outcomes. Leveraging theory and historical case studies, the authors created a framework for assessing the stability of a strategic rivalry, then applied it to the current U.S.-Russia and U.S.-China competitions.
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Kielhofners Model of Human Occupation : teori och tillämpning

Kielhofners Model of Human Occupation : teori och tillämpning

Renée R Taylor; Judith Abelenda; Patricia Bowyer; Susan M. Cahill; John Cooper; Nichola Duffy; Elin Ekbladh; Anette Erikson; Mandana Fallah Pour; Chia-Wei Fan; Gail Fisher; Kirsty Forsyth; Sylwia Gorska; Lena Haglund; Michele Harrison; Helena Hemmingsson; Carmen-Gloria de las Heras de Pablo; Roberta P. Holzmueller; Riitta Keponen; Jessica Kramer; Patricia Lavedure; Sun Wook Lee; Donald Maciver; Alice Moody; Jane Melton; Kelly Munger; Lauro Munoz; Hiromi Nakamura-Thomas; Louise Nygård; Jane C. O'Brien; Ay-Woan Pan; Sue Parkinson

Studentlitteratur AB
2020
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I den svenska översättningen av Kielhofner’s Model of Human Occupation (femte amerikanska upplagan, den andra i svensk översättning), presenteras teori, forskning och tillämpning av modellen i boken. Modellen förklarar hur aktivitet motiveras, inordnas i vardagens livsmönster, utförs och påverkas av aktuell miljökontext samt vad som händer när människan ställs inför svårigheter som sjukdom, skador och annat som leder till problem med att utföra aktiviteter. I boken diskuteras hur arbetsterapi med stöd av modellen kan möjliggöra för människor att engagera sig i aktiviteter som ger mening och tillfredsställelse och som gynnar deras fysiska och emotionella välbefinnande. MOHO är den internationellt mest spridda och använda aktivitetsfokuserade modellen inom arbetsterapi. Boken innehåller rikligt med exempel på hur MOHO kan användas vid personcentrerad arbetsterapi. Modellen grundar sig på omfattande forskning och det finns ett starkt evidensbaserat empiriskt stöd för modellen och dess användning, vilket framkommer i bokens rika referensmaterial. I denna femte upplaga av boken har nya kapitel med tillämpning av modellen inom olika områden tillkommit och miljöns betydelse för görande och aktivitet har utvecklats. Boken vänder sig främst till arbetsterapeuter, studenter och forskare inom arbetsterapi men även till andra som vill fördjupa sig kring människans engagemang och delaktighet i aktivitet.Den engelska originalupplagan är publicerad av Wolters Kluwer.
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Brian

Brian

Sadie Beckenridge

Archway Publishing
2021
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Brian: the Son, is the third book to Morgan: The family. Brian is the voice of forgotten memories. He is the middle child who is ignored, blending into the background of the family. No one could fathom the abuse he suffered as the only male child of Morgan. As he grows older, he finds himself pulled into drugs and alcohol, knowing full well the dangers of these habits, having seen first-hand his own father's destruction. Brian struggles with the reality of his own dark secrets dwelling within. Is he as bad as the lurking demons whispering lies in his ears? Has he become like the man he has hated most of his life? As he looks in the mirror, he questions who he is, why was he born, and how long he can carry the burdens of the unspoken truths?
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Brian

Brian

Jeremy Cooper

Fitzcarraldo Editions
2023
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Perennially on the outside, Brian has led a solitary life; he works at Camden Council, lunches every day at Il Castelletto café and then returns to his small flat on Kentish Town Road. It is an existence carefully crafted to avoid disturbance and yet Brian yearns for more. A visit one day to the BFI brings film into his life, and Brian introduces a new element to his routine: nightly visits to the cinema on London’s South Bank. Through the works of Yasujiro Ozu, Federico Fellini, Agnes Varda, Yilmaz Güney and others, Brian gains access to a rich cultural landscape outside his own experience, but also achieves his first real moments of belonging, accepted by a curious bunch of amateur film buffs, the small informal group of BFI regulars. A tender meditation on friendship and the importance of community, Brian is also a tangential work of film criticism, one that is not removed from its subject matter, but rather explores with great feeling how art gives meaning to and enriches our lives.
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