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The interaction of microorganisms with geological activities
results in processes influencing development of the Earth's geo-
and biospheres. In assessing these microbial functions, scientists
have explored short- and longterm geological changes attributed to
microorganisms and developed new approaches to evaluate the
physiology of microbes including microbial interaction with the
geological environment. As the field of geomicrobiology developed,
it has become highly interdisciplinary and this book provides a
review of the recent developments in a cross section of topics
including origin of life, microbial-mineral interactions and
microbial processes functioning in marine as well as terrestrial
environments. A major component of this book addresses molecular
techniques to evaluate microbial evolution and assess relationships
of microbes in complex, natural c- munities. Recent developments in
so-called 'omics' technologies, including (meta) genomics and
(meta)proteomics, and isotope labeling methods allow new insights
into the function of microbial community members and their possible
geological impact. While this book summarizes current knowledge in
various areas, it also reveals unresolved questions that require
future investigations. Information in these chapters enhances our
fundamental knowledge of geomicrobiology that contributes to the
exploitation of microbial functions in mineral and environmental
biotechn- ogy applications. It is our hope that this book will
stimulate interest in the general field of geomicrobiology and
encourage others to explore microbial processes as applied to the
Earth.
Recent improvements in the performance of light sources, i.e.,
reduction in pulse length and increases in wavelength range and
power levels, have led toultrafast technology becoming a basic tool
in a wide variety of scientific fields. This book presents the very
latest developments in the rapidly rxpanding field of ultrashofrt
lase pulses and their applications in physics, chemistry, biology,
and artificial devices. It provides the most up-to-date record of
current research and references in the field of ultrafast
phenomena. Contents: Elementary Dynamics: Chemistry, Biology and
Physics - Spectrospcopy and Advances in Measurements - Tools:
Sources and Amplifiers - High Intensity and Nonlinear Effects -
Semiconductors, Confinement and Opto-Electronics - Biology: Primary
Dynamics, Electron and Energy Transfer - Chemistry: Electron and
Energy Transfer, and Solvation Dynamics.
The interaction of microorganisms with geological activities
results in processes influencing development of the Earth's geo-
and biospheres. In assessing these microbial functions, scientists
have explored short- and longterm geological changes attributed to
microorganisms and developed new approaches to evaluate the
physiology of microbes including microbial interaction with the
geological environment. As the field of geomicrobiology developed,
it has become highly interdisciplinary and this book provides a
review of the recent developments in a cross section of topics
including origin of life, microbial-mineral interactions and
microbial processes functioning in marine as well as terrestrial
environments. A major component of this book addresses molecular
techniques to evaluate microbial evolution and assess relationships
of microbes in complex, natural c- munities. Recent developments in
so-called 'omics' technologies, including (meta) genomics and
(meta)proteomics, and isotope labeling methods allow new insights
into the function of microbial community members and their possible
geological impact. While this book summarizes current knowledge in
various areas, it also reveals unresolved questions that require
future investigations. Information in these chapters enhances our
fundamental knowledge of geomicrobiology that contributes to the
exploitation of microbial functions in mineral and environmental
biotechn- ogy applications. It is our hope that this book will
stimulate interest in the general field of geomicrobiology and
encourage others to explore microbial processes as applied to the
Earth.
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Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research - 16th International Conference, CPAIOR 2019, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 4-7, 2019, Proceedings (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
Louis-Martin Rousseau, Kostas Stergiou
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R1,679
Discovery Miles 16 790
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International
Conference on Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial
Intelligence, and Operations Research, CPAIOR 2019, held in
Thessaloniki, Greece, in June 2019. The 34 full papers presented
together with 9 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected
from 94 submissions. The conference brings together interested
researchers from Constraint Programming (CP), Artificial
Intelligence (AI), and Operations Research (OR) to present new
techniques or applications and to provide an opportunity for
researchers in one area to learn about techniques in the others. A
main objective of this conference series is also to give these
researchers the opportunity to show how the integration of
techniques from different fields can lead to interesting results on
large and complex problems.
Where would churches, ministries or businesses be without the
administrators, the directors of departments, or the executive
secretaries and administrative assistants? Those organizations who
have them know their value. Those who don't may or may not realize
what they are missing. It has been my desire to share a bit of what
I have experienced, and learned, over 40 years. Each one of you who
now serves in this capacity is very important to the "visionaries."
The work that you do, and the support that you consistently give,
enables the top leaders of the organization to do what they have
been given by the Lord to do. I like to think of our role as
similar to that of my Biblical heroes. Joshua assisted Moses and
Timothy served with Paul. May the Lord encourage you as you read my
thoughts and what has worked for me. I hope the stories and
suggestions will impart to you further measures of blessing, for
those you support and also to those you give direction to. Steve
Martin
Your kids love Harry Potter and Twilight - but what else will keep
young bookworms reading? Whether you're on the hunt for classic
kids' books or best sellers, our "best books" lists are full of
stories that are bound to spark kids' imagination and keep the
pages turning. Parents often ask to suggest good books for their
kids - ones that will engage, entertain, and maybe even enlighten
them. So we've scoured our recommendation lists and consulted with
teachers, librarians, and book critics to assemble what we consider
essential titles for your home bookshelves. Our goal in creating
this guide was to choose books that are proven to click with kids
9-12. Book genres listed in this guide: Adventure, Biography,
Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction,
Holiday, Humor, Literary Fiction, Magic and fantasy, Mystery,
Non-Fiction, School and Science Fiction. The guide also provides
advice, reviews and comments to help parents.
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