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UNICAMPANIASUN0033946 |
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Autore |
Jury, William A. |
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Titolo |
Transfer functions and solute movement through soil : theory and applications / William A. Jury, Kurt Roth |
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Basel, : Birkhäuser, 1990 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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UNINA9910960182103321 |
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Autore |
Prins Herschel |
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Titolo |
Psychopaths : an introduction / / Herschel Prins |
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Hampshire, England, : Waterside Press, c2013 |
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9781908162335 |
1908162333 |
9781908162328 |
1908162325 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (176 pages) |
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Psychopaths |
Mentally ill offenders |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Preface: A Brief Historical Perspective -- The |
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Purpose of this Book -- References, Further Reading and Food for Thought -- Origins and Orientation -- Pioneers - and a Little Social History -- Literary Allusions -- Clinical Accounts -- Therapeutic Communities -- Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder -- Neuro-physio-psychological and Other Approaches -- Emerging Themes -- Mind Over Matter -- A Selection of Hazards -- What Is Personality? -- Is it All in the Mind? -- Some Further Developments in the Neurosciences -- Family Constellation and Psychopathy -- Concluding Comments -- Aspects of Management -- Introduction -- Close Encounters of an Uncomfortable Kind -- An Australian Illustration -- The Michael Stone Case and DSPD -- What Followed -- Concluding Comments -- Services and Procedures - Further Considered -- Hospital Disposals -- Secure Provision -- Penal provisions -- Supervision in the community -- Other National Decision-making and Advisory Bodies -- Concluding Comments -- Ill or Evil? -- An Eye to the Future -- Select Bibliography -- Chronological List of Key Statutes -- Glossary -- Index -- Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know -- Back cover. |
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A highly intriguing exploration of the history and development of psychopathy, asking what is a psychopath, how can we tell, and are we at risk? Examines the many different types of psychopaths, the underlying causes, and the key provisions for dealing with criminal psychopaths, with examples. ***JUNE STOP PRESS*** |
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UNINA9910144665703321 |
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Titolo |
Origins and development of adaptation |
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London, : Pitman |
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Newark, N.J., : Distributed in North America by CIBA Pharmaceutical Co., Medical Education Division, 1984 |
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9786613694539 |
9781280784149 |
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9780470720837 |
0470720832 |
9780470718537 |
0470718536 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (284 p.) |
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Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 102 |
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"Symposium on Origins and Development of Adaptation held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 12-14 April 1983"--P. v. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Origins and development of adaptation; Contents; Chairman's introduction; Adaptation of plants to soils containing toxic metals-a test for conceit; Discussion; Adaptation of plants to mineral stress in problem soils; Discussion; Plant-plant interactions; Discussion; Adaptation of plants to atmospheric pollutants; Discussion; Evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds; Discussion; GENERAL DISCUSSION Relative fitness and the stability of resistance; Phytoalexins and disease-resistance mechanisms from a perspective of evolution and adaptation; Discussion |
Insect-plant interactions: endocrine defencesDiscussion; Insect-plant adaptations; Discussion; Adaptation of insects to insecticides; Discussion; Biochemical mechanisms of resistance to insecticides; Discussion; Adaptation of fungi to fungitoxic compounds; Discussion; Bacterial resistance to antibiotics; Discussion; Evolutionary relationships among genes for antibiotic resistance; Discussion; |
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Accessory DNAs in the bacterial gene pool: playground for coevolution; Discussion; FINAL GENERAL DISCUSSION; Chairman's closing remarks; Index to contributors; Subject index |
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The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world. |
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UNINA9911020112803321 |
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Autore |
Day Adrian |
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Titolo |
Investing in resources [[electronic resource] ] : how to profit from the outsized potential and avoid the risks / / Adrian Day |
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Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2010 |
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0-470-89031-2 |
1-119-20023-7 |
1-282-81691-8 |
9786612816918 |
0-470-89029-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (354 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Investments |
Saving and investment |
Speculation |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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pt. 1. Comnmodities : why they're going up -- pt. 2. Gold : in good and bad times -- pt. 3. Investing in resources -- pt. 4. Top sectors. |
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How to analyze and understand investment opportunities in the resources market Investing in resource markets is quite different from other sectors-extreme cyclicality; very long cycles; huge corrections; continual mergers and acquisitions; and, huge capital needs. Written by |
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industry pioneer Adrian Day, Investing in Resources: How to Profit from the Outsized Potential and Avoid the Outsized Risks details the factors that affect investing in resource markets, and how, if an investor understands those factors, the resource market can be a great place to realize very strong gains. |
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