Academic Press imprint: 6422 books
Handbook of Research for Fluid and Solid Mechanics
Theory, Simulation, and Experiment
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2017
This valuable volume provides a broad understanding of the main computational techniques used for processing reclamation of fluid and solid mechanics. The aim of these computational techniques is to reduce and eliminate the risks of mechanical systems failure in hydraulic machines. Using many computational...
Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Volume 2
Principles, Methodology, and Evaluation Methods
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
This book covers many important aspects of applied chemistry and chemical engineering, focusing on three main aspects: principles, methodology and evaluation methods. It presents a selection of chapters on recent developments of theoretical, mathematical, and computational conceptions, as well as...
Animal Vigilance
Monitoring Predators and Competitors
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
Animal Vigilance builds on the author’s previous publication with Academic Press (Social Predation: How Group Living Benefits Predators and Prey) by developing several other themes including the development and mechanisms underlying vigilance, as well as developing more fully the evolution and function...
Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Volume 5
Research Methodologies in Modern Chemistry and Applied Science
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
This volume, Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Volume 5: Research Methodologies in Modern Chemistry and Applied Science, is designed to fulfill the requirements of scientists and engineers who wish to be able to carry out experimental research in chemistry and applied science using modern...
Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Volume 3
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Theory and Modeling with Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
Understanding mathematical modeling is fundamental in chemical engineering. This book reviews, introduces, and develops the mathematical models that are most frequently encountered in sophisticated chemical engineering domains. The volume provides a collection of models illustrating the power and...
by Megh R. Goyal
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2018
This immensely valuable book provides a comprehensive, easy-to-understand, and up-to-date glossary of technical and scientific terms used in the fields of bioengineering and biotechnology, including terms used in agricultural sciences. The volume also includes terms for plants, animals, and humans,...
Understanding Crime Prevention
The Case Study Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
Crime prevention benefits everyone, including would-be criminals saved from the negative consequences of offending. Yet much of today’s policy on preventing crime is driven by political ideology and anecdotal evidence, with insufficient planning and evaluation. Improving the practice of crime prevention...
Understanding Literacy in Its Historical Contexts
Socio-Cultural History and the Legacy of Egil Johansson
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
In this detailed study of the history of universal literacy in Sweden, a group of renowned scholars review and explore the possibilities for the wider circulation and broader application of central dimensions of the early literacy studies, expounding upon the work of the Swedish Lutheran pastor and...
Crop Production Technologies for Sustainable Use and Conservation
Physiological and Molecular Advances
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2019
Crop Production Technologies for Sustainable Use and Conservation:Physiological and Molecular Advances presents an abundance of research on important and new production technologies for the successful sustainable production of major crops. The volume covers most of the major crops used the production...
Plant Biotechnology, Volume 2
Transgenics, Stress Management, and Biosafety Issues
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
This volume is the second of the new two-volume Plant Biotechnologyset. This volume covers many recent advances in the development of transgenic plants that have revolutionized our concepts of sustainable food production, cost-effective alternative energy strategies, microbial biofertilizers and biopesticides,...
by Robert K. Poole
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2013
Advances in Microbial Physiology is one of the most successful and prestigious series from Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier. It publishes topical and important reviews, interpreting physiology to include all material that contributes to our understanding of how microorganisms and their component...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Comprehensive and concise, this account details the agrarian history of Sweden-as it is defined by its present national borders-from the Neolithic times to present day. Key historical concepts and events are discussed, including the introduction of planned agriculture alongside the domestication of...
Ethnobotany of India, Volume 3
North-East India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Ethnobotany of India: Volume 3: North-East India and Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the third of a five-volume set of Ethnobotany of India. Bringing together in one place the important information on the ethnobotany of the North-East India and Andaman and Nicobar Island region of India, this informative...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
A systematic approach to analyzing some of the transient aspects of war and peace with empirical cases that include Iraq, Israel-Palestine, Sri Lanka, and the Armenian genocide, this book discusses some of the critical and transformative issues in war and peacemaking. Considering subjects such as...