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Sex determination, differentiation and gamete maturation are well organised molecular events in vertebrates. In vertebrates, sex determination and ...

Shipwrecks litter the coasts and reefs of New Zealand. Disasters at sea are no longer the regular occurrence they were in the days when sea travel ...

Changing a consumer's telephone service provider without his/her knowledge or consent is known as 'slamming'. This unauthorised change can occur fo...

The environment for public, educational, and governmental (PEG) cable channels is being roiled by public policy and budgetary changes at the federa...

Electric utilities have accelerated their deployment of smart meters to millions of homes across the United States with help from the Department of...

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This book addresses the rapid developments in the new field of solar resource knowledge as a reflection of growing needs of management of renewable...

The illegal press in Denmark opposing German occupation grew to impressive size and influence by the end of World War II. Buts its origins were mod...

The monograph presents the main results of the author's sixty-year activity in science and engineering fields regarding the application of various ...

Recent events have renewed long-standing congressional interest in safe management of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and other high level nuclear waste. ...

The Dodd-Frank Act includes numerous reforms to strengthen oversight of financial services firms and consolidate certain consumer protection respon...

Steel prices remain at historically elevated levels. The rapid growth of steel production and demand in China is widely considered as a major cause...

This book provides an overview of new developments and trends in the stock and securities markets in the United States. Topics discussed include th...

This text will be of interest to policy-makers, industry consultants and students of industrial economics and management alike who feel attracted a...

This book is a grand probe into the dynamic and evolving nature of strategic marketing in the hospitality and tourism industry. Strategic dimension...

To help prevent a repetition of the economic dislocation caused by the 1973-74 Arab oil embargo, Congress authorised the Strategic Petroleum Reserv...

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) was created in 1975 to help protect the U.S. economy from oil supply disruptions and it currently holds about...

Cyberspace provides a platform for innovation and prosperity and the means to improve general welfare around the globe. However, with the broad rea...

Structural steel is steel construction material, a profile, formed with a specific shape or cross section and certain standards of chemical composi...