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June 2021

Neurowissenschaft und Philosophie

Gehirn, Geist und Sprache

by Maxwell Bennett, Daniel C. Dennett, Peter Hacker, John R. Searle, Joachim Schulte, Daniel Robinson

Als der Neurowissenschaftler Maxwell Bennett und der Philosoph Peter Hacker den Klassiker Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience veröffentlichten, war dies die erste systematische Untersuchung der begrifflichen Grundlagen der Neurowissenschaften und der Startschuss für den bis heute intensiv geführten Kampf um die Deutungsmacht über den menschlichen Geist. Besonders kritisch fiel seinerzeit die Auseinandersetzung mit den einflussreichen Arbeiten von Daniel Dennett und John Searle aus – also mit jenen beiden Denkern, die von der neurowissenschaftlichen Seite gerne als philosophische Gewährsmänner herangezogen werden. In Neurowissenschaft und Philosophie diskutieren die vier kongenialen »Streithähne« miteinander.

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The environment

May 1997

Phosphorus Loss from Soil to Water

by Edited by H Tunney, P C Brookes, A E Johnston

Phosphorus is an essential element for plant growth and its input has long been recognised as necessary to maintain profitable crop production. However, phosphorus inputs can also increase the biological activity of surface waters and this can lead to the destruction of such aquatic ecosystems. Advanced eutrophication of surface water leads to problems with its use for fisheries, recreation, industry and drinking, due to the increased growth of undesirable algae and aquatic weeds, and oxygen shortages caused by their death and decomposition. It is therefore important to have a good understanding of the causes and mode of phosphorus loss from soil to water, to enable the problems to be controlled and managed. This book has been developed from an international workshop held in Ireland in late 1995. It is the first comprehensive consideration of the topic, and many leading researchers in the area have contributed to it. It is essential reading for all soil scientists and freshwater biologists, as well as for environmentalists, ecologists and agriculturalists concerned with sustainable land management and pollution. The book is also recommended to fisheries managers, fertilizer manufacturers and biologists working for water utilities.

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Fertilizers & manures

December 2000

Sustainable Management of Soil Organic Matter

by Edited by Robert M Rees, B Ball, C Watson, C D Campbell

Includes some fifty edited and revised papers from an international conference on Sustainable Management of Soil Organic Matter, held by the British Society of Soil Science in Edinburgh in September 1999. The book explores the results of recent research studies examining how organic matter functions in soils, factors affecting organic matter quality and quantity and how management of organic matter can be optimised in order to achieve sustainable farming practices.

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1975

Die Lederstrumpf-Erzählungen

by James F Cooper, O C Darley, C Kolb, R Drescher

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Humanities & Social Sciences

December 2018

British and Irish diasporas

by Donald MacRaild, Tanja Bueltmann, J. C. D. Clark, J. C. D. Clark, Eamonn Ciardha, Kathrin Zickermann, Donald MacRaild, David T. Gleeson, Graeme Morton, William Jones, Philip Payton

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Witchcraft

January 2013

The Malleus Maleficarum

by Maxwell-Stuart (P. G.)

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Microbiology (non-medical)

January 1963

Genera Scopulariopsis Bainier, Microascus Zukal and Doratomyces Corda

by F J Morton, G Smith

Mycological paper on the genera Scopulariopsis Bainier, Microscus Zukal and Doratomyces Corda

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June 2000

Festsitzende kieferorthopädische Apparaturen

by Cook, P A, Isaacson, K G, Thom, A R

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Literature & Literary Studies

June 2020

The Malleus Maleficarum

by P. G. Maxwell-Stuart

The Malleus Maleficarum is one of the best-known treatises dealing with the problem of what to do with witches. It was written in 1487 by a Dominican inquisitor, Heinrich Institoris, following his failure to prosecute a number of women for witchcraft, it is in many ways a highly personal document, full of frustration at official complacency in the face of a spiritual threat, as well as being a practical guide for law-officers who have to deal with a cunning, dangerous enemy. Combining theological discussion, illustrative anecdotes, and useful advice for those involved in suppressing witchcraft, its influence on witchcraft studies has been extensive. The only previous translation into English, that by Montague Summers produced in 1928, is full of inaccuracies. It is written in a style almost unreadable nowadays, and is unfortunately coloured by his personal agenda. This new edited translation, with an introductory essay setting witchcraft, Institoris, and the Malleus into clear, readable English, corrects Summers' mistakes and offers a lean, unvarnished version of what Institoris actually wrote. It will undoubtedly become the standard translation of this important and controversial late-medieval text.

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Microbiology (non-medical)

January 1992

Mycorrhizas in Ecosystems

by Edited by D J Read, D H Lewis, A Fitter, I Alexander

This work discussed what effect mycorrhizas have on plant and human ecosystems.

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Literature & Literary Studies

August 2013

Alan Moore and the Gothic tradition

by Matthew J. A. Green

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Botany & plant sciences

December 1994

Azuki Bean

Botany, Production and Uses

by Thomas A Lumpkin, Dean C McClary

Azuki is one of the twelve most important grain legumes in the world and is grown widely in China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. It has also been produced or studied in several other countries, including the USA (Minnesota and Washington States), Argentina and Australia. In Japan, azuki is an essential ingredient of both seki-han, a festive rice dish, and an, a sweetened bean paste. Botanically, it formerly belonged to the genus Phaseolus, but it has recently been transferred to the genus Vigna with relatives such as mungbean, black gram and rice bean. This book is the first comprehensive work on this crop. It draws extensively on the Chinese, Japanese and other East Asian literature and is based on a review of approximately 800 published references. It is a definitive reference work that should greatly enhance interest in the crop. It is aimed at researchers throughout the world working on grain legumes, as well as others in agronomy and plant science.

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May 2013

Militär- und Sicherheitsunternehmen in bewaffneten Konflikten und Friedenssicherungsoperationen.

by Fischer, Andrea A.-K.

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Aquaculture & fish-farming: practice & techniques

November 2005

Periphyton

Ecology, Exploitation and Management

by Edited by M E Azim, Marc C J Verdegem, Anne A van Dam, Malcolm C M Beveridge

The first comprehensive monograph on periphyton, this book contains contributions by scientists fromaround the globe. Multi-disciplinary in nature, it covers both basic and applied aspects of periphyton,and is applicable worldwide in natural, extensive and intensive managed systems.Periphyton, as described in this book, refers to the entire complex of attached aquatic biota on submergedsubstrates, including associated non-attached organisms and detritus. Thus the periphyton communitycomprises bacteria, fungi, protozoa, algae, zooplankton and other invertebrates. Periphyton is importantfor various reasons: as a major contributor to carbon fixation and nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystems;as an important source of food in aquatic systems; as an indicator of environmental change. It can alsobe managed to improve water quality in lakes and reservoirs; it can greatly increase aquaculture production;it can be used in waste water treatment.The book provides an international review of periphyton ecology, exploitation and management. Theecology part focuses on periphyton structure and function in natural systems. The exploitation part coversits nutritive qualities and utilization by organisms, particularly in aquaculture. The final part considersthe use of periphyton for increasing aquatic production and its effects on water quality and animal healthin culture systems. This book will help scientists and entrepreneurs further understand the ecology andproduction of aquatic systems and venture into new and promising areas.

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Animal husbandry

October 1998

Response in the Yield of Milk Constituents to the Intake of Nutrients by Dairy Cows

by P C Thomas, David E Beever, P J Buttery, J C MacRae, J D Oldham. Edited by Geoffrey Alderman.

This report reviews the energy and protein requirement systems for dairy cows currently used in Britain and presents a new approach, along with the outline of a model for its implementation. Current systems give little consideration to the responses of the animal to changes in the nutrient supply, or to interactions between dietary constituents in their effects on digestion and metabolism. Neither do they predict any effect on the partition of nutrient use between milk and body, or changes in the yields of milk fat, protein and lactose, which determine the commercial value of the milk. Therefore the systems, although not inaccurate, lack relevance to the current needs of UK milk producers. Models which embody concepts of nutrient supply and utilization are reviewed and their development as viable alternatives is considered. It is concluded that a new diet formulation system for dairy cows should aim to predict voluntary feed intake, the partition of nutrient use between milk production and tissue deposition, and the short and long-term of effects of nutrition on fat, protein and lactose yields. The physical and biological characteristics of the cow must also be recognized and incorporated into any model for response prediction. The report is also published in Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews - Series B: Livestock Feeds and Feeding. It is an authoritative review for advanced students, research workers and advisors in animal nutrition and in dairy science and technology.

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Humanities & Social Sciences

January 2020

Mary and Philip

by Alexander Samson, Penny Roberts, William G. Naphy, Joseph Bergin

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1989

Der Lederstrumpf

Der Wildtöter - Der letzte Mohikaner - Der Pfadfinder - Die Ansiedler - Die Prärie

by James F Cooper, Peter Härtling, O C Darley

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1989

Der letzte Mohikaner

by James F Cooper, Peter Härtling, O C Darley, C Kolb, Rudolf Drescher

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November 1995

Der letzte Mohikaner

by James Fenimore Cooper, O. C. Darley, C. Kolb, Peter Härtling

Peter Härtling, geboren 1933, veröffentlichte Romane, Essays, Gedichte und Bücher für Kinder.

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Forestry & related industries

July 1998

Heterobasidion annosum

Biology, Ecology, Impact and Control

by Edited by Steven Woodward, J Stenlid, R Karjalainen, A Hüttermann

The fungus Heterobasidion annosum is, in economic terms, the most important causal agent of disease and of yield loss in coniferous trees in northern temperate regions. This is the first book which brings together and summarises the considerable amount of knowledge which has been gathered about all aspects of this disease. It has been prepared and published with support from the European Union, under the Agriculture and Agro- Industrial Research (AAIR) programme. Drawing on over 2,000 research papers and books published from the early nineteenth century to the present day, the book covers topics which include the history, detection, biology, taxonomy and distribution of H. annosum. It provides the latest information on infection, host resistance, the biochemistry of the host-parasite interaction, molecular and genetic regulation of the host response and methods of control. It concludes with a series of case studies from Europe and North America. This book is an indispensable source of information for all those involved in the management of coniferous forests and plantations wishing to reduce the impact of this disease on yields. It should also become the accepted text for students of forestry and plant pathology studying H. annosum, and an invaluable reference manual for scientists researching this, and other fungal tree diseases.

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Gehirn, Geist und Sprache

by Maxwell Bennett, Daniel C. Dennett, Peter Hacker, John R. Searle, Joachim Schulte, Daniel Robinson

by Edited by H Tunney, P C Brookes, A E Johnston

by Edited by Robert M Rees, B Ball, C Watson, C D Campbell

by James F Cooper, O C Darley, C Kolb, R Drescher

by Donald MacRaild, Tanja Bueltmann, J. C. D. Clark, J. C. D. Clark, Eamonn Ciardha, Kathrin Zickermann, Donald MacRaild, David T. Gleeson, Graeme Morton, William Jones, Philip Payton

by Maxwell-Stuart (P. G.)

by F J Morton, G Smith

by Cook, P A, Isaacson, K G, Thom, A R

by P. G. Maxwell-Stuart

by Edited by D J Read, D H Lewis, A Fitter, I Alexander

by Matthew J. A. Green

Botany, Production and Uses

by Thomas A Lumpkin, Dean C McClary

by Fischer, Andrea A.-K.

Ecology, Exploitation and Management

by Edited by M E Azim, Marc C J Verdegem, Anne A van Dam, Malcolm C M Beveridge

by P C Thomas, David E Beever, P J Buttery, J C MacRae, J D Oldham. Edited by Geoffrey Alderman.

by Alexander Samson, Penny Roberts, William G. Naphy, Joseph Bergin

Der Wildtöter - Der letzte Mohikaner - Der Pfadfinder - Die Ansiedler - Die Prärie

by James F Cooper, Peter Härtling, O C Darley

by James F Cooper, Peter Härtling, O C Darley, C Kolb, Rudolf Drescher

by James Fenimore Cooper, O. C. Darley, C. Kolb, Peter Härtling

Biology, Ecology, Impact and Control

by Edited by Steven Woodward, J Stenlid, R Karjalainen, A Hüttermann

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