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Water, Technology and Development

Upgrading Egypt's Irrigation System

By: Martin Hvidt

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Water, Technology and Development

Upgrading Egypt's Irrigation System

By: Martin Hvidt

Egyptian agriculture is uniquely dependent on water, with over 95 per cent of agricultural production originating from land irrigated by the Nile. The improvement of irrigation systems and better control over water by farmers is therefore crucial to the drive to raise productivity in the current ocntext of scarce water resources, rich but underutilized land and changes in the institutional environment of the economy after "liberalization". This text evaluates the ambitious state-of-the-art Irrigation Improvement Project (IIP) and should be of interest to all those concerned with issues of water and development in the Middle East.

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I.B.Tauris

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1860642160

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9781860642166

Sacred Revolt

The Muskogees' Struggle for a New World

By: Joel W. Martin

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Sacred Revolt

The Muskogees' Struggle for a New World

By: Joel W. Martin

The Muskogees' Struggle for a New World 'In Sacred Revolt Joel Martin places the 1813-1814 revolt of the people who were called 'Creek Indians' in the context of world history while forsaking nothing of the texture of their own culture. With a deft use of multiple perspectives, he has rewritten a chapter in the history of the Old South. His book will do much to freshen stale ways of thinking about a valiant people.' -Charles Hudson, author of The Southeastern Indians

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260

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Beacon Press

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0807054038

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9780807054031

Spinach On The Ceiling: The Multifaceted Life Of A Theoretical Chemist

By: Martin Karplus

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Spinach On The Ceiling: The Multifaceted Life Of A Theoretical Chemist

By: Martin Karplus

Karplus's tales of a turbulent graduate school experience at Caltech will inspire readers to muster fortitude when everything seems to be spinning out of control. Karplus balances rigorous scientific discussions with refreshing chapters expounding his passion for photography and gastronomy.'Nature Chemistry, May 2020Nobel Laureate Martin Karplus was eight when his family fled Nazi-occupied Austria via Switzerland and France for the United States. He would later credit his life as a refugee as a decisive influence on his world view and approach to science.Spinach on the Ceiling is an autobiographical telling of Karplus' life story, and how it led him to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2013. The book captures pivotal moments in Martin's life — from his escape to Switzerland in 1938 shortly after Hitler's entrance into Austria; to memorable moments like when his parents gave him a microscope which opened his eyes to the wonders of science; to his education in New England and California; and his eventual scientific career which took him to England, Illinois, Columbia, Strasbourg, and Harvard. It relates how Martin's optimistic outlook and belief in his vision made it possible for him to overcome setbacks in his life, and turn a subject of study his colleagues considered a waste of time into a central part of chemistry and structural biology. It is his hope to inspire and aid young readers, in particular, to have a successful trajectory in their own lives. Although research and teaching have been his primary focus, he has traveled the world photographing people and places with a Leica IIIC and has had numerous exhibitions of the photographs. He has also enjoyed a lifelong interest in cooking and worked in some of the best restaurants in France and Spain.

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313

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World Scientific

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1786348047

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9781786348043

Merchants of Labor

Recruiters and International Labor Migration

By: Philip Martin

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Merchants of Labor

Recruiters and International Labor Migration

By: Philip Martin

Some 10 million migrant workers cross national borders each year and, if they pay an average $1,000 to recruiters, moving workers over borders is a $10 billion a year business. Merchants of Labor examines the businesses that move low-skilled workers over national borders, asking how much they collect from migrant workers and what can be done to reduce worker-paid migration costs. For-profit recruiters are likely to be an enduring feature of international labor migration, which makes developing tools to improve the management of their activities ever more crucial. The UN recognized in the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 the need to measure what workers pay to get jobs in other countries with the goal of reducing worker-paid costs so that workers and their families can benefit more from international labor migration. Using cost data from over 3,000 workers, Merchants of Labor examines the often murky world of labor brokers, travel agents, and others who move low-skilled workers from one country to another in order to explore lower worker-paid migration costs. It explains the three core functions of labor markets— recruitment, remuneration, and retention— and shows how national borders increase recruitment costs. New data on what workers pay to get jobs in other countries are presented, and incentives to complement enforcement are explored as a way to induce recruiters to protect migrant workers.

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Oxford University Press

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0192535226

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9780192535221

A Grammar of Creek (Muskogee)

By: Jack B. Martin

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A Grammar of Creek (Muskogee)

By: Jack B. Martin

Creek (or Muskogee) is a Muskogean language spoken by several thousand members of the Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole nations of Oklahoma and by several hundred members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. This volume is the first modern grammar of Creek, compiled by a leading authority on the languages of the southern United States. ø Intended for scholars, students, and Creek instructors, this reference grammar describes all the major morphological and syntactic patterns in the language. Special attention is given to pitch accent and tone, active agreement, locative prefixes, tense, aspect, and switch reference. The description covers several hundred years of documentation and draws heavily on materials written by Creek speakers. It is likely to be the definitive source on the language for years to come.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803211066

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9780803211063

Fundamentals of Neurodegeneration and Protein Misfolding Disorders

By: Martin Beckerman

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Fundamentals of Neurodegeneration and Protein Misfolding Disorders

By: Martin Beckerman

This unique text introduces students and researchers to the world of misfolded proteins, toxic oligomers, and amyloid assemblages, and the diseases of the brain that result. During the past few years the connections between failures in protein quality control and neurological disorders have been reinforced and strengthened by discoveries on multiple fronts. These findings provide novel insights on how amyloidogenic oligomers and fibrils form, interconvert from one state to another, and propagate from cell to cell and region to region. Starting with protein folding and protein quality control basics, the reader will learn how misfolded proteins can cause diseases ranging from prion diseases to Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease to Huntington’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Authoritative but written in a clear and engaging style, Fundamentals of Neurodegeneration and Protein Misfolding Disorders addresses one of today’s forefront areas of science and medicine. The text emphasizes the new groundbreaking biophysical and biochemical methods that enable molecular-level explorations and the conceptual breakthroughs that result. It contains separate chapters on each of the major disease classes. Special emphasis is placed on those factors and themes that are common to the diseases, especially failures in synaptic transmission, mitochondrial control, and axonal transport; breakdowns in RNA processing; the potential role of environmental factors; and the confounding effects of neuroinflammation. The book is ideal for use in teaching at the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels, and serves as a comprehensive reference for a broad audience of students and researchers in neuroscience, molecular biology, biological physics and biomedical engineering.

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Springer

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3319221175

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The Urbanism of Exception

By: Martin J. Murray

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The Urbanism of Exception

By: Martin J. Murray

This book argues that understanding global urbanism in the twenty-first century requires us to cast our gaze upon vast city-regions without an urban core.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107169240

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Models for Polymeric and Anisotropic Liquids

By: Martin Kröger

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Models for Polymeric and Anisotropic Liquids

By: Martin Kröger

Models should be as simple as possible, but no simpler. For the physics of polymeric liquids, whose relevant lengths and time scales are out of reach for first principles calculations, this means that we have to choose a minimum set of sufficiently detailed descriptors such as architecture (linear, ring, branched), connectivity, semiflexibility, stretchability, excluded volume, and hydrodynamic interaction. These 'universal' fluids allow the prediction of material properties under external flow- or electrodynamic fields, the results being expressed in terms of reference units, specific for any particular chosen material. This book provides an introduction to the kinetic theory and computer simulation methods needed to handle these models and to interpret the results. Also included are a number of sample applications and computer codes.

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256

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540262105

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9783540262107

Water, Technology and Development

Upgrading Egypt's Irrigation System

By: Martin Hvidt

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Upgrading Egypt's Irrigation System

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Water, Technology and Development

Water, Technology and Development

Sacred Revolt

Sacred Revolt

Spinach On The Ceiling: The Multifaceted Life Of A Theoretical Chemist

Spinach On The Ceiling: The Multifaceted Life Of A Theoretical Chemist

Merchants of Labor

Merchants of Labor

A Grammar of Creek (Muskogee)

A Grammar of Creek (Muskogee)

Fundamentals of Neurodegeneration and Protein Misfolding Disorders

Fundamentals of Neurodegeneration and Protein Misfolding Disorders

The Urbanism of Exception

The Urbanism of Exception

Models for Polymeric and Anisotropic Liquids

Models for Polymeric and Anisotropic Liquids

Water, Technology and Development

Water, Technology and Development

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