Authors:Rosa Margesin, Rosa Margesin, Franz Schinner, Jean-Cl
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: biotechnolgy, biodiversity, psychrophiles
Number of Pages: 462
Published: 2007-12-18
List price: $299.00
ISBN-10: 3540743340
ISBN-13: 9783540743347

The majority of the Earth s biosphere is cold and exposed to temperatures below 5°C throughout the year. Having evolved special mechanisms to overcome the life-endangering influence of low temperatures, psychrophiles, i.e. cold-adapted microorganisms, have successfully colonized these environments. Cold adaptation includes a complex range of structural and functional adaptations at the level of all cellular constituents, and these adaptations render cold-adapted organisms particularly useful for biotechnological applications. This book presents the most recent knowledge of (i) boundary cond

Author: Rosa Margesin
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: biology, soil, soils, permafrost
Number of Pages: 348
Published: 2008-12-08
List price: $229.00
ISBN-10: 354069370X
ISBN-13: 9783540693703

Vast areas of the soil ecosystem are permanently frozen or are unfrozen for only a few weeks in summer. Permafrost soils are of global interest since a significant increase in temperature is predicted for polar regions. This volume summarizes recent knowledge on various aspects of permafrost and permafrost-affected soils, including typical properties of these soils, the distribution and biodiversity of permafrost microorganisms, examples for microbial activity in frozen soils and genomic and proteomic insights into cold adaptation of permafrost bacteria. The impact of global warming on microb

Authors:Rosa Margesin, Franz Schinner,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: soil, bioremediation, biology, assessing, monitoring, analysis, manual
Number of Pages: 366
Published: 2005-09-01
List price: $209.00
ISBN-10: 3540253467
ISBN-13: 9783540253464

Reliable methods for monitoring and assessing soil quality are a prerequisite for successful soil bioremediation projects. The fifth volume of Soil Biology presents detailed descriptions of selected methods for evaluating, monitoring and assessing bioremediation treatments of soils contaminated with organic pollutants or heavy metals. Traditional soil investigation techniques, including chemical, physical and microbiological methods, are complemented by the most suitable modern methods, such as the use of bioreporter technology, immunological, ecotoxicological or molecular assays. Feasibility

Authors:Rosa Margesin, Franz Schinner,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: enzymology, molecular, biology, physiology, ecology, adapted, organisms, cold
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 1999-06-11
List price: $389.00
ISBN-10: 3540649735
ISBN-13: 9783540649731

Major parts of the oceans and lands of our planet are permanently, or temporarily, exposed to temperatures below 10 C. Microorganisms, plants and animals living under these conditions have adapted to their environments in such a way that metabolic processes, reproduction and survival strategies are optimal for their natural biotopes. This book presents the most recent knowledge of the ecology and the physiology of cold-adapted microorganisms, plants and animals, and explains the mechanisms of cold-adaptation on the enzymatic and molecular level, including results from the first crystal structu

Authors:Charles J. Colbourn, Alex Rosa, Alexander Rosa,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: monographs, mathematical, oxford, systems, triple
Number of Pages: 576
Published: 1999-07-29
List price: $299.00
ISBN-10: 0198535767
ISBN-13: 9780198535768

Among the simplest combinatorial designs, triple systems have diverse applications in coding theory, cryptography, computer science, and statistics. This book provides a systematic and comprehensive treatment of this rich area of mathematics.

Authors:Luiz Pinguelli Rosa, Luiz Pinguelli Rosa, Mohan Muna
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
Keywords: climate, change, negotiations, international, equity, ethics
Number of Pages: 181
Published: 2003-01-31
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 1843760487
ISBN-13: 9781843760481

Climate change is an issue in which every human being on the planet is a potential stakeholder. Therefore, equity and ethical considerations have an important role to play in determining a climate change response strategy that will prevent the worst case scenario. In this context, the authors of this important new book attempt to provide a better understanding of the practical and analytical issues surrounding climate change negotiations. Each of the chapters reflects on an issue linked to the concepts of ethics, equity and climate change such as economics, morality, politics, rights and law,

Authors:María Rosa Menocal, Maria Rosa Menocal, Michael Sell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: andalus, literature
Number of Pages: 520
Published: 2000-11-06
List price: $189.00
ISBN-10: 0521471591
ISBN-13: 9780521471596

The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature: The Literature of Al-Andalus explores the culture of Iberia from the eighth to the thirteenth century, and to the centuries following the Christian conquest, when Arabic continued to be used. While the focus is on literature, the study extends to the related fields of philosophy, art, architecture and music. Edited by an Arabist, a Hebraist and a Romance scholar, with individual chapters by a team of the world’s leading experts in the field, this is a truly interdisciplinary and comparative work offering a radical new approach.