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Introductory mathematics for the life sciences
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Cleveland, C. J. (ed.) (2004) Encyclopedia of Energy. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Subject Coverage:
Coal
Electricity
Nuclear Power
Oil and Natural Gas
Renewable and Alternative Sources
Sources:
Encyclopaedias, handbooks and dictionaries
Full text availability:
This is a full text resource.
Caballero, B. (ed.) (2003) Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 2nd edn. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Searches over 1000 specially commissioned articles.
Subject specific encylopedia covering food science, food technology, and nutrition.
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Subject Coverage:
Food science
Food technology
Nutrition
Dietetics
Food manufacture
Public health
Alcohol
Antioxidants
Body composition
Contamination
Diabetes
Emulsifiers
Enzymes
Exercise
fat substitutes
fatty acids
Food additives
Food poisoning
Food labelling
Food safety
Functional foods
Genetically modified foods
packaging
Parasites
pasteurization
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Full text availability:
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Springer Reference Works
1. Ecology and the Environment
2. Encyclopedia of Agrophysics
3. Encyclopedia of Biophysics
4. Encyclopedia of Entomology
5. Encyclopedia of Entomology
6. Encyclopedia of Geropsychology
7. Encyclopedia of Metagenomics
8. Encyclopedia of Metalloproteins
9. Encyclopedia of Systems Biology
10. Extremophiles Handbook
11. Glycoscience: Biology and Medicine
12. Handbook of Glycosyltransferases and Related Genes
13. Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology
14. Handbook of Marine Natural Products
15. Handbook of Paleoanthropology
16. Host Plant Catalog of Aphids
17. Molecular Biology
18. Strasburger's Plant Sciences: Including Prokaryotes and Fungi
19. Sustainable Food Production
20. The Prokaryotes: Actinobacteria
21. The Prokaryotes: Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria
22. The Prokaryotes: Applied Bacteriology and Biotechnology
23. The Prokaryotes: Deltaproteobacteria and Epsilonproteobacteria
24. The Prokaryotes: Firmicutes and Tenericutes
25. The Prokaryotes: Gammaproteobacteria
26. The Prokaryotes: Other Major Lineages of Bacteria and The Archaea
27. The Prokaryotes: Prokaryotic Biology and Symbiotic Associations
28. The Prokaryotes: Prokaryotic Communities and Ecophysiology
29. The Prokaryotes: Prokaryotic Physiology and Biochemistry
30. The Prokaryotes: Volume 1: Symbiotic associations, Biotechnology, Applied Microbiology
31. The Prokaryotes: Volume 2: Ecophysiology and Biochemistry
32. The Prokaryotes: Volume 3: Archaea. Bacteria: Firmicutes, Actinomycetes
33. The Prokaryotes: Volume 4: Bacteria: Firmicutes, Cyanobacteria
34. The Prokaryotes: Volume 5: Proteobacteria: Alpha and Beta Subclasses
35. The Prokaryotes: Volume 6: Proteobacteria: Gamma Subclass
36. The Prokaryotes: Volume 7: Proteobacteria: Delta, Epsilon Subclass
37. The Prokaryotes:: Human Microbiology
38. Tropical Forestry Handbook
39. Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook
