Biology, life sciences (500)

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:This volume conveys some of the surprises, puzzles and success stories in high-dimensional and complex data analysis and related fields. Its peer-reviewed contributions showcase recent advances in variable selection, estimation and prediction strateg...

publisher: Springer
year: 2016
description:This contributed volume explores the emerging intersection between big data analytics and genomics. Recent sequencing technologies have enabled high-throughput sequencing data generation for genomics resulting in several international projects which ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:The book proposes a systematic approach to big data collection, documentation and development of analytic procedures that foster collaboration on a large scale. This approach, designated as “data factoring” emphasizes the need to think of each indivi...

publisher: Springer
year: 2016
description:This volume looks at the impact that different cropping systems and tillage have on soil’s biologically active substances. It considers how phytotoxins accumulate and can inhibit the development of cultivated plants. Coverage explores the continuous ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:David Schmidt überprüft, ob der molekulare Schaltmechanismus, der kürzlich in Connexin 26 als rotameres Glu47 mit Fixierung an Lys188 identifiziert wurde, über Aminosäurenaustauschexperimente auf den Kaliumkanal KcsA übertragen werden kann. Die Unter...

publisher: Springer
year: 2016
description:Biobanking is considered to be one of the ten ideas changing the world with an estimated value of $45 billion by 2025. Despite the challenges, as the climate for innovation in the biobanking industry continues to flourish around the world, it is cert...

publisher: Springer
year: 2019
description:This book presents in-depth information on the state of the art of global biodiesel production and investigates its impact on climate change. Subsequently, it comprehensively discusses biodiesel production in terms of production systems (reactor tech...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:This book provides complete, comprehensive, and broad subject-based reviews for students, teachers, researchers, policymakers, conservationists, and NGOs interested in the biodiversity and conservation of woody plants.Forests cover approximately 31 p...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:This book deals with the new concept of biodiversity offsets. The aim of offsetting schemes is to achieve no let loss or even net gain of biodiversity. Offsets obey a mitigation hierarchy and reflect the precautionary and polluter-pays principle in r...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:This book offers a timely overview and synthesis of biogeographic patterns of plants and fungi and their mycorrhizal associations across geographic scales. Written by leading experts in the field, it provides an updated definition of mycorrhizal type...

publisher: Springer
year: 2016
description:This book reviews the structure of different biological adhesives and the mechanisms by which they achieve interfacial adhesion, cohesive strength, and fracture toughness. These adhesives include cements, strongly adherent fibrous holdfasts, tough an...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:The book discusses invasive-species problems in agriculture, forests and aquatic ecosystems, highlighting the invasive mechanisms and management of the selected invasive species. Biological invasion has become a serious global ecological and economic...