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Guideline for salinity assessment, mitigation and adaptation using nuclear an…
This open access book is an outcome of the collaboration between the Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, and the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), Dubai, UAE. The objective of this…
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- 9783319961903
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- xxvi, 164p. : ill.
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- 631.4 ZAM g
Metaliterary Layers in Finnish Literature
In international research, metafictionality and other metaliterary features have typically been regarded as phenomena related to postmodernist fiction, in particular – Metaliterary Layers in Finnish Literature, however, discusses the metalayers of Finnish literature from the early 20th century to the present. By analyzing different genres of Finnish literature in varying historical contexts M…
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- 9789522228048
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- 210p.
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- 894.54109113 MET m
Emerging technologies in distance education
A one-stop knowledge resource, Emerging Technologies in Distance Education showcases the international work of research scholars and innovative distance education practitioners who use emerging interactive technologies for teaching and learning at a distance. This widely anticipated book harnesses the dispersed knowledge of international experts who highlight pedagogical, organizational, cultur…
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- 9781897425770
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- xiv, 334p.; ill.
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- 371.358 EME e
Regime change and ethnic politics in Indonesia; Dayak politics of West Kalima…
When the Indonesian New Order regime fell in 1998, regional politics with strong ethnic content emerged across the country. In West Kalimantan the predominant feature was particularly that of the Dayaks. This surge, however, was not unprecedented. After centuries of occupying a subordinate place in the political and social hierarchy under the nominal rule of the Malay sultanates, Dayaks became …
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- xiv, 461 p.; 22 cm.
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- VERHANDELINGENVAN HET KONINKLIJK INSTITUUTVOOR TAAL-, LAND- EN VOLKENKUNDE278
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- 959.8 TAN r
The plant stem : a microscopic aspect
This unique and attractive open access textbook combines the beauty of macroscopic pictures of plant stems with the corresponding colorfully stained images of anatomical micro-structures. In contrast to most botanical textbooks, it presents all the stem characteristics as photographs and shows the microscopic reality. The amount of text is reduced to a minimum, and the scientific information i…
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- 9783319735245
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- vii, 207p. : ill.
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- 581.495 SCH p
Sago palm : multiple contributions to food security and sustainable livelihoods
This book addresses a wide variety of events and technologies concerning the sago palm, ranging from its botanical characteristics, culture and use to social conditions in the places where it is grown, in order to provide a record of research findings and to benefit society. It discusses various subjects, including the sago palm and related species; differentiation of species of starch-producin…
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- 9789811052699
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- xiii, 330p. : ill.
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- 634.974 SAG s
The delusion of knowledge transfer : the impact of foreign aid experts on pol…
With the rise of the ‘knowledge for development’ paradigm, expert advice has become a prime instrument of foreign aid. At the same time, it has been object of repeated criticism: the chronic failure of ‘technical assistance’ – a notion under which advice is commonly subsumed – has been documented in a host of studies. Nonetheless, international organisations continue to send advisor…
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- 9781928331391
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- XI, 383 p
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- 330.968 KOC d
The Heritage of Arung Palakka: a history of South Sulawesi (Celebes) in the s…
A History of South Sulawesi in the seventeeth century
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- 9789004287228
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- ix, 353 p., [9] p. of plates : maps ; 24 cm.
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- Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 91
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- 959.84 AND t
The lands west of the lakes; A history of the Ajattappareng kingdoms of South…
The period 1200-1600 CE saw a radical transformation from simple chiefdoms to kingdoms (in archaeological terminology, complex chiefdoms) across lowland South Sulawesi, a region that lay outside the ‘classical’ Indicized parts of Southeast Asia. The rise of these kingdoms was stimulated and economically supported by trade in prestige goods with other parts of island Southeast Asia, yet the …
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- 9789067183314
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- xvi, 377 p.
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- Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
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- 909 DRU l
At the edges of states : dynamics of state formation in the Indonesian border…
Set in West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, this study explores the shifting relationships between border communities and the state along the political border with East Malaysia. The book rests on the premises that remote border regions offer an exciting study arena that can tell us important things about how marginal citizens relate to their nation-state. The basic assumption is that central st…
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- 9789067183741
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- XVIII, 355 p.
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- Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
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- 959.832 EIL e
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