Catálogo de libros: Ciencias de la vida: cuestiones generales

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  • Mountain Tourism and Ecological Impacts
    The Himalayas, with their grandeur and cultural richness, magnetize global travelers searching for an escape from the ordinary. However, behind this allure lies an ecological responsibility and sustainability imperative. Many involved with the tourism industry in mountainous regions have been confronting the stark realities of tourism’s impact on these delicate ecosystems. Ther...
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    259,22 €

  • Social and environmental impacts of Maryland Oil Palm plantations
    Nornor N Bee / Richard N. Sam / Sampson Williams
    In May 2022, a program team from the Sustainable Development Institute, Friends of the Earth Liberia researched the social and environmental impacts of Maryland Oil Palm Plantations in Liberia. The research finds that land conflict and deforestation have several negative impacts on communities. MOPP has not respected land tenure rights or followed Free Prior and Informed Consen...
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    60,13 €

  • Agro-ecology or organic farming in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Mélanie Blanchard / Yao Jeannot Kouakou
    The way biomass is managed on mixed crop-livestock farms is very important for the production of a sufficient quantity of organic manure. In organic farming, producers have no other solution than the production and application of organic manure to ensure the sustainability and productivity of their farming systems, as mineral fertilisers are not authorised and other alternative...
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    54,90 €

  • Fertility and Edaphic Fauna of soil under reforestation
    Antonio Pereira / Lourdes Ruivo
    Life is made up of fights, battles, wars, etc. The best doesn’t always win, but the victories that come from personal and professional struggles have a greater academic connotation. I was fortunate enough to receive guidance for both my undergraduate and master’s degrees from two excellent professionals from the Emilio Goeldi Museums of Pará. Today, as a university professor, I...
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    77,75 €

  • Payments for environmental services in a water catchment
    Roberta Miguel Kiska
    The aim of this work is to assess the impacts of the Oasis Project, a programme of payments for environmental services, on the operation of the Vila Regina Water Treatment Plant in the municipality of Apucarana. In the evaluation of the Oasis Project, the influence of turbidity on the consumption of chemical products for water treatment was verified, but it was not possible to ...
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    69,66 €

  • Impacts of gold mining on vegetation and soil at Perkoa
    Yameogo Augustin
    This research was carried out with the aim of understanding the impact of traditional gold mining on the vegetation and soil in Perkoa. The soaring price of gold, climatic hazards and poverty have led to a rush by the population, especially in rural areas, to engage in gold panning. There are over 600 gold panning sites in Burkina Faso. Through documentary research, site observ...
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    92,99 €

  • Ecological soap
    Filipe Siqueira / Juliene Siqueira / Maria Walter
    1- Filipe Silva Siqueira : Biology teacher at the Educafro-Mg network. PhD student in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (UFOP/2018), Master in Industrial Biotechnology Microbiology (UFOP/2015) and Degree in Biological Sciences (UFOP/2013). 2- Juliene Soto Borges Siqueira: Graduated in Biological Sciences (UNIBH-2017) Technician in clinical analysis (Poliec/2013). 3- Maria Elen...
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    49,68 €

  • Diversity of Lepidoptera in APP BR-116 from Mafra to Papanduva, SC
    Kelen Schelbauer
    The order Lepidoptera is a good tool for conservation biology, as it is sensitive to environmental variations. They also play an important role in many pollination processes and make up important trophic levels in the food chain. They are important in ecosystems due to their interactions with vegetation and fauna. The aim of this study was to determine the families of butterfli...
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    49,74 €

  • Disposal of CRT waste
    Deolinda Lucianne Ferreira Garcia / Maria Olivia A. R. Simão / Vicente Q. Nogueira
    This paper presents the results of a research project carried out at the Centre for Environmental Sciences at the Federal University of Amazonas (CCA/UFAM). The data was provided by a company in the industrial centre of Manaus, which has taken a proactive initiative to correctly eliminate the environmental liabilities accumulated in the company’s warehouses. It’s a topic that h...
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    49,87 €

  • Quality of Life and Climate Change
    Quality of Life and Climate Change: Impacts, Sustainable Adaptation, and Social-Ecological Resilience delves into the pressing concerns surrounding climate change and its profound impacts on the quality of life (QoL) experienced by individuals and communities worldwide. This book explores the intricate relationship between climate change, variability, and QoL in both rural and ...
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    328,38 €

  • Quality of Life and Climate Change
    Quality of Life and Climate Change: Impacts, Sustainable Adaptation, and Social-Ecological Resilience delves into the pressing concerns surrounding climate change and its profound impacts on the quality of life (QoL) experienced by individuals and communities worldwide. This book explores the intricate relationship between climate change, variability, and QoL in both rural and ...
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    249,46 €

  • Regression Modeling in R
    Écio Souza Diniz / Jan Thiele
    In times of rapid change in the environment such as the one we live in, increasing knowledge of the interaction between organisms and their ecosystems is fundamental to generating information that can be translated into protection and conservation practices. Ecology is a crucial science for understanding the occurrence, distribution and evolution of living organisms, especially...
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    50,07 €

  • Tourism and Recreation an Environmental Impact Assessment
    Mauro do Nascimento
    The focus of this study was the tourism and recreation activities carried out on a stretch of the Rio Negro near the city of Manaus. The main objective was to assess the extent to which these activities are directly or indirectly responsible for impacts on the environment and to describe the environmental quality of this stretch of the Rio Negro. A bibliographical review was ca...
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    70,14 €

  • Extracting RNA from the hippocampus of wistar rats
    João Henrique Diniz Brandão Gervásio
    In this book you can find information on the history of the discovery of nucleic acids, with an emphasis on RNA. There is also an introduction to the structure and functions of this molecule. The emphasis of the book is on different techniques used to extract RNA from the hippocampus of Wistar rats, from commercial methods to a technique carried out in house. Analyses were carr...
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    49,68 €

  • MAGNETIC-CAVITATION CLEANING AND CHANGING WATER PROPERTIES
    Baran Bogdan / Hanzyuk Andriy / Hordieiev Anatoly
    A unified approach is proposed to explain the set of phenomena that accompany the influence of hydrocavitation and magnetic field on water systems. The mechanism of influence of the magnetic field on the kinetics of biochemical reactions was investigated. The magnetic field significantly affects the kinetics of those physicochemical processes in aqueous solutions, in the mechan...
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    119,32 €

  • Agronomic Assessment of the Life Cycle and Carbon Footprint of
    Manuel Reis Lopes
    Elaies guiniensis (palm oil) is an important commodity that contributes to the livelihoods of many communities, to the GDP of governments and to the achievement of several sustainable development goals (SDGs), biodiversity and climate change However, its continuous cultivation and expansion, due to high and growing demand, has led to many negative effects and subsequent calls t...
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    85,84 €

  • Eco-Bytes
    Kidmo Kaoga Dieudonné / Mr. Kitmo / Sima Das
    This book illuminates the nexus of computer science and environmental responsibility, guiding individuals, industries, and policymakers toward a sustainable digital future. Exploring renewable energy integration, green computing, and innovative technologies, the book unveils a transformative journey. It navigates energy-efficient hardware, software sustainability, and the symbi...
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    106,58 €

  • Artificial Intelligence and the Human Mind
    B. K.
    AI is dazzling, but the human mind is unmatched.This work is an urgent call to action for human minds. AI has entered the domain of intelligence, a realm where human beings reigned supreme until recently. This development elicits both enthusiasm and fear. Yet, it also provides an epochal opportunity to focus on the most exquisite phenomenon known to us: the human mind. The huma...
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    19,06 €

  • BIOCOMPUTING 2024
    LAWRENCE HUNTER MARYLYN RUSS B ALTMAN
    The Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB) 2024 is an international, multidisciplinary conference for the presentation and discussion of current research in the theory and application of computational methods in problems of biological significance. Presentations are rigorously peer reviewed and are published in an archival proceedings volume. PSB 2024 will be held on January 3...
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    244,45 €

  • Structural connectivity analysis in eastern Antioquia
    Daniel A Martinez Castano
    Biological connectivity is understood as those 'corridors' that allow the connection between two or more natural elements of interest at a landscape scale. These corridors indicate, for example, how two patches of forest can be linked and which is the most appropriate path to achieve this connection, so that animal and plant species can use them and pass through them to get fro...
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    54,90 €

  • Water from a Transdisciplinary Perspective
    Ana Isabel Pereira Cardoso / Teresinha M. Gonçalves
    Life in cities has distanced human beings from nature and made it difficult to understand the ecology of life dependent on the environment. Urban water collection and distribution processes contribute significantly to the fragmentation of knowledge and the vital recognition of the water cycle. Without the effective participation of the subject in environmental actions, it is no...
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    49,81 €

  • Appropriate Forest Species to Conserve Water Sources
    Yely Alexander Molina Pereira
    Nowadays the environmental situation should be a matter that concerns us all, but unfortunately it seems to matter to few, however, no matter how small the efforts are, collective work makes success and I am convinced that in the near future there will be more of us who feel committed and contribute in favour of environmental care and conservation, in order to mitigate and if p...
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    54,90 €

  • Extreme Biohacking
    SERGIO RIJO
    Dive into the groundbreaking world of 'Extreme Biohacking: Pushing the Human Body and Mind to the Limits.' This compelling exploration takes readers on a captivating odyssey through the diverse realms of biohacking, offering an in-depth look at the avant-garde techniques revolutionizing cognitive enhancement. From traditional nootropics to mind-bending technologies, each chapte...
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    12,20 €

  • POPULATION ECOLOGY OF SMALL MAMMALS
    Cajjora Eshchanova
    In the monograph at present, the study of small mammal populations in the ecosystem, as well as insufficient attention paid to such species from a scientific point of view, requires in-depth study as an indicator in the study of the state of the environment, not only in Uzbekistan, but in all developed countries. It is known that small mammals actively participate in the food c...
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    71,43 €

  • Innovative Marvels
    Mack Rafeal
    In the consistently developing scene of mechanical headway, a bunch of imaginative wonders is arising, promising to shape our future in manners beforehand unbelievable. These weighty innovations reclassify our regular routines as well as hold the possibility to address squeezing worldwide difficulties and change the actual texture of human life. At the bleeding edge of this mec...
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    29,35 €

  • Water Quality in the Dominican Republic
    Eleuterio Martinez
    The Dominican Republic, eastern portion of Hispaniola, Antilles Sea, has water resources and an ecological system that guarantee to meet current and projected water demands for the coming decades, however, it is one of the 10 nations most vulnerable to climate change. To guarantee the current pace of development and sustain the basis of agricultural productivity, tourism, expor...
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    78,93 €

  • Presence of bacteria from irrigation water in lettuce crops
    Diana Camila Moros Vargas
    It is an interdisciplinary work in which ecological issues such as the contamination of water sources and the exchange of knowledge through focus groups are merged with issues related to microbiology such as the identification of total and fecal coliforms and the risks they have on public health. In order to generate knowledge about the quality of water resources and the lettuc...
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    56,60 €

  • Biodiversity in Agriculture and Farming
    Edison Pascal
    Traditional agricultural activities have been developed without taking into account the conservation of the environment and biodiversity, therefore, it is necessary in rural agro-productive sectors to carry out an ecological territorial planning that benefits the community and the existing biodiversity in the sector, carrying out sustainable and environmentally friendly product...
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    56,27 €

  • Recycling of inorganic waste
    Flocelo D. Zea Perez / Rigoberto Antonio Morales Escandón / Rosa F. García Ozuna
    Recycling is important, because it allows us to reduce garbage, and consequently pollution, but this is not achieved without an ecological culture, which allows us not to continue polluting the environment, as well as the aquifers by the excess of garbage and its poor treatment. Recycling also allows the people who do it to obtain extra income for their survival. It is necessar...
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    89,70 €

  • Environmental Science and Biotechnology Theory and Techniques
    A. G. Murugesan / C. Rajakumari
    'Environmental Science and Biotechnology: Theory and Techniques' by A. G. Murugesan & C. Rajakumari is a comprehensive textbook that bridges the gap between fundamental concepts and practical applications in the intertwined fields of environmental science and biotechnology. The book is meticulously structured to unfold the theoretical frameworks of environmental biotechnology a...
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    36,07 €