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Molecular Motors in Bionanotechnology

By: Keith Firman,James Youell

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Molecular Motors in Bionanotechnology

By: Keith Firman,James Youell

Biological molecular motors provide most cells with the dynamic systems required for their day-to-day existence. Examples occur in even the simplest organism (e.g. a bacteria virus), and the range of tasks that they carry out is vast. Over the last few years, there has been a large increase in the study of these motors, and it is becoming apparent that many motors will find uses in either bionanotechnology or synthetic biology. Molecular Motors in Bionanotechnology describes a wide range of molecular motors, ranging from chemical motors to biological motors, in a manner that updates, or reviews, both classification of the type of motor and the grouping into families. Many techniques have evolved to study and characterise molecular motors at the single-molecule level (e.g. use of molecular tweezer devices for single-molecule studies). The text introduces the reader to the concepts and benefits of these techniques. In addition, it looks at the structural information and how this helps understand function and, finally, how some of these motors are being used or may be used in the future as part of a synthetic biology approach to building devices and sensors.

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CRC Press

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9814267023

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9789814267021

Creoles of Color in the Bayou Country

By: Carl A. Brasseaux,Claude F. Oubre,Keith P. Fontenot

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Creoles of Color in the Bayou Country

By: Carl A. Brasseaux,Claude F. Oubre,Keith P. Fontenot

Creoles of Color are rightfully among the first families of southwestern Louisiana. Yet in both antebellum and postbellum periods they remained a people considered apart from the rest of the population. Historians, demographers, sociologists, and anthropologists have given them only scant attention. This probing book, focused on the mid-eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries, is the first to scrutinize this multiracial group through a close study of primary resource materials. During the antebellum period they were excluded from the state's three-tiered society—white, free people of color, and slaves. Yet Creoles of Color were a dynamic component in the region's economy, for they were self-compelled in efforts to become an integral part of the community. Though not accepted by white society, they were unwilling to be classified as black. Imitating their white neighbors, many were Catholic, spoke the French language, and owned slaves. After the Civil War, some Creoles of Color, being light-skinned, passed for white. Others relocated to safe agricultural enclaves, becoming even more clannish and isolated from general society.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1628468181

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9781628468182

Revival: A Constitutional History of India (1936)

1600-1935

By: Arthur Berriedale Keith

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Revival: A Constitutional History of India (1936)

1600-1935

By: Arthur Berriedale Keith

This book, first published in 1926, provides a comprehensive description and analysis of every constitutional aspect of British rule in India from 1600 to 1936. Beginning with a description of the East India Company before Plassey, its constitution, administration of settlements, and relation to the Indian states, the book closes with an account of the reforms of the 1930s, the events leading up to the White Paper and an analysis and elucidation of the Government of India Act 1935.

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Routledge

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135135003X

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9781351350037

Computing Ethics

A Multicultural Approach

By: Don Gotterbarn,Keith W. Miller,John Impagliazzo,Ahmad Zaki Bin Abu Bakar

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Computing Ethics

A Multicultural Approach

By: Don Gotterbarn,Keith W. Miller,John Impagliazzo,Ahmad Zaki Bin Abu Bakar

This textbook emphasizes a diversity of values from different cultures, religions, and geographical locations. The book is designed to assist students, computing professionals, and faculty members to act in a more professional and ethical manner. Compelling case studies, ethical reasoning, and cultural perspectives will be included throughout the book, and the authors will apply lessons learned over many years of intense involvement in computing ethics. The text is appropriate either as a main text in a stand-alone ethics course or as a supplementary text for other related courses.

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484

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0415621550

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9780415621557

The Near East

Archaeology in the 'Cradle of Civilization'

By: Charles Keith Maisels

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The Near East

Archaeology in the 'Cradle of Civilization'

By: Charles Keith Maisels

Charles Maisels follows the course of discovery of 'the land between the rivers' over more than a century, to our present conclusions - very different from the first discoveries.

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Routledge

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1134664699

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9781134664696

The Romanians, 1774-1866

By: Keith Hitchins

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The Romanians, 1774-1866

By: Keith Hitchins

This original and ground-breaking work examines the building of the European nation which became Romania in 1859. The evolution of the Romanians in the century between the 1770s and the 1860s was marked by a transition from long-established agrarian economic and social structures, locked into an essentially medieval political system, to a society moulded by urban and industrial values and held together by allegiance to the nation-state. This fascinating analysis of the building of a European nation-state is the first detailedf account of the Romanians during this dramatic period.

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Oxford University Press

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0198205910

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The Classic British Telefantasy Guide

By: Paul Cornell,Martin Day,Keith Topping

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The Classic British Telefantasy Guide

By: Paul Cornell,Martin Day,Keith Topping

The Classic British Telefantasy Guide is derived from the second edition of The Guinness Book of Classic British TV with various corrections and a revised introduction to bring it up to date. It was written when the Internet barely existed, and at a time when few books had been published on the subject. This is, however, by no means a new or completely revised version of the original material - too much time has passed, and if we were to start reworking and correcting the text now, it would probably never be finished! Instead, Classic British Telefantasy is an electronic reprint of some of the authors' earliest work, repacked for a new format and, perhaps, a new age.

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Gateway

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057513352X

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A Constitutional History of India, 1600-1935

By: Arthur Berriedale Keith

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A Constitutional History of India, 1600-1935

By: Arthur Berriedale Keith

This book, first published in 1936, provides a comprehensive description and analysis of every constitutional aspect of British rule in India from 1600 to 1936. Beginning with a description of the East India Company before Plassey, its constitution, administration of settlements, and relation to the Indian states, the book closes with an account of the reforms of the 1930s, the events leading up to the White Paper and an analysis and elucidation of the Government of India Act 1935.

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1351978756

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9781351978750

La eugenesia y otras desgracias

By: Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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La eugenesia y otras desgracias

By: Gilbert Keith Chesterton

La eugenesia y otras desgracias recoge una serie de artículos escritos por Chesterton en torno a la aprobación de la Mental Deficiency Act de 1913, que limitaba los derechos y libertades de personas a quienes los «expertos», aplicando la selección natural darwiniana, clasificaban como «no aptas». Estas páginas suponen la resistencia intelectual del gran escritor inglés a la ideología eugenésica que se extendió por el mundo como un tsunami en la primera mitad del siglo XX. Con su sentido común característico, su alegre ironía y su profundo convencimiento de la dignidad humana, Chesterton desenmascara los sofismas utópicos de los eugenistas, deja al descubierto sus tretas de manipulación e ingeniería social y defiende al hombre real frente a quienes, invocando una supuesta ciencia y la mejora de la raza, querían -y quieren todavía- imponer la ley del más fuerte. A cien años de distancia, sus argumentos y razones no son sólo reflejo de su época, sino que, lejos de perder actualidad, parecen también casi proféticos de las oportunidades y los riesgos de nuestro tiempo. De La eugenesia y otras desgracias (1922) (Eugenics and Other Evils) los lectores de Chesterton en lengua española tenían poca o casi ninguna noticia, pues hasta la fecha solo se había publicado una traducción en Argentina en la década de los 60. De ahí el interés de esta nueva edición española ahora traducida por Aurora Rice y presentada con una extensa y documentada introducción de Salvador Antuñano. Se añade también un ensayo sobre la reforma social y la problemática del control de la natalidad que permanecía inédito en español y que Chesterton publicó separadamente en 1927. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (Londres, 1874-Beaconsfield, 1936). Una amplia parte de su tiempo y de su esfuerzo la dedicó a lo que para él era de suma importancia: la justicia social. Obras como Lo que está mal en el mundo o El perfil de la cordura recogen algunas de sus ideas políticas, económicas, culturales. En ellas aparecen también los principios de su filosofía aplicados a las situaciones concretas de la vida social. Y aunque no todos compartan la imagen de la realidad que allí expone, la mayoría suele apreciar su calidad como escritor, el esplendor de su ingenio, la hondura de sus ideas y su contundente sentido común. Y, por supuesto, todos encuentran en sus obras materia de reflexión, discusión y, como testimonia Borges, felicidad. La eugenesia y otras desgracias es una de estas obras. En el catálogo de Ediciones Espuela de Plata y Renacimiento pueden encontrarse una buena parte, además de una muy buena representación, de la obra de Chesterton. Entre ediciones de rescate, nuevas traducciones y libro inéditos en español sumamos ya una veintena de libros, entre los que destacan los siguientes: William Blake (2007, 2010), El color de España y otros ensayos (2007, 2009), Lectura y locura y otros ensayos imprescindibles (2008), Lo que vi en América (2009), Robert Browning (2010), Chaucer (2010), El hombre que fue Jueves (2010), La cosa y otros artículos de fe (2010) Enormes minucias (2010), Tipos diversos (2011), El acusado (2012).

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Espuela de Plata

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8415177674

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9788415177678

Slavery, Diplomacy and Empire

Britain and the Supression of the Slave Trade, 1807-1975

By: Keith Hamilton

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Slavery, Diplomacy and Empire

Britain and the Supression of the Slave Trade, 1807-1975

By: Keith Hamilton

Throughout the nineteenth century, British governments engaged in a global campaign against the slave trade. They sought through coercion and diplomacy to suppress the trade on the high seas and in Africa and Asia. This collection of essays examines the role played by individuals and institutions in the diplomacy of suppression.

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Liverpool University Press

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1836242123

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9781836242123

Romania

By: Keith Hitchins

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Romania

By: Keith Hitchins

Hitchins traces how Rumania's political and intellectual élites attempted to create an independent state before the advent of communist rule in 1947.

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Oxford University Press

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0198221266

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Human Settlements and Planning for Ecological Sustainability

The Case of Mexico City

By: Keith Pezzoli

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Human Settlements and Planning for Ecological Sustainability

The Case of Mexico City

By: Keith Pezzoli

In many areas of the world, environmental degradation in and around human settlements is undermining prospects for both socioeconomic justice and ecological sustainability. To explore the issues involved in this worldwide problem, Keith Pezzoli focuses on a dramatic instance of conflict that grew out of the unauthorized penetration of human settlements into the Ajusco greenbelt zone, a vital part of Mexico City's ecological reserve. The heart of the book is the story of what happened when residents of the Ajusco settlements fought relocation by proposing that the areas be transformed into productive ecology settlements. Pezzoli draws upon urban and regional planning theory and practice to examine biophysical as well as ethical and social sides of the story, and he uses the Mexican experience to identify planning strategies to link economy, ecology, and community in sustainable development. -- Publisher description.

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MIT Press

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0262661144

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9780262661140

Politicians, Diplomacy and War in Modern British History

By: Keith Robbins

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Politicians, Diplomacy and War in Modern British History

By: Keith Robbins

The aspirations of democracy and the requirements of diplomacy have always coexisted uneasily. The politicians discussed in this book, in particular the appreciation of the careers of John Bright and James Bryce, reflect obliquely or directly on the problems of politicians who seek the 'high moral ground' either in domestic or international politics. There is also a discussion of the relationship between politicians and the press, as well as of the difficult link between cultural and political assumptions on the one hand and the facts of economic performance on the other.

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A&C Black

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082646047X

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9780826460479

The Avengers Dossier

By: Paul Cornell,Martin Day,Keith Topping

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The Avengers Dossier

By: Paul Cornell,Martin Day,Keith Topping

More than any other series, THE AVENGERS typified the Swinging Sixties - beginning in 1961 with Patrick Macnee starring with Ian Hendry in a grainy, realistic spy thriller, and ending in 1969 with Macnee and the glamorous Linda Thorson blasting off into space in a surreal episode appropriately entitled 'Bizarre'. Meanwhile we had seen the memorable Honor Blackman and Diana Rigg in roles unusually progressive for British television. THE NEW AVENGERS in the mid-seventies reflected changing times but retained the essence of the show - as Macnee returned to play alongside another strong, independent heroine in the form of Joanna Lumley's Purdey. And then there was the film... THE AVENGERS DOSSIER is a uniquely comprehensive yet humorous survey of all the show's incarnations. As well as a remarkably detailed episode guide to both series - even covering the kinkiness factor and champagne count in both - this volume gives behind the scenes insights and revelations about every aspect of the programme. The film and its production are examined, and critical essays look at the history behind the cult.

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Gateway

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057513321X

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9780575133211

A Concise History of Romania

By: Keith Hitchins

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A Concise History of Romania

By: Keith Hitchins

A comprehensive and engaging new history charting Romania's development over 2000 years from its establishment to the present day.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521872383

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9780521872386

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Molecular Motors in Bionanotechnology

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Creoles of Color in the Bayou Country

Creoles of Color in the Bayou Country

Revival: A Constitutional History of India (1936)

Revival: A Constitutional History of India (1936)

Computing Ethics

Computing Ethics

The Near East

The Near East

The Romanians, 1774-1866

The Romanians, 1774-1866

The Classic British Telefantasy Guide

The Classic British Telefantasy Guide

A Constitutional History of India, 1600-1935

A Constitutional History of India, 1600-1935

La eugenesia y otras desgracias

La eugenesia y otras desgracias

Slavery, Diplomacy and Empire

Slavery, Diplomacy and Empire

Romania

Romania

Human Settlements and Planning for Ecological Sustainability

Human Settlements and Planning for Ecological Sustainability

Politicians, Diplomacy and War in Modern British History

Politicians, Diplomacy and War in Modern British History

The Avengers Dossier

The Avengers Dossier

A Concise History of Romania

A Concise History of Romania

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