The question of the relation between human and non-human animals in theoretical, ethical and political regards has become a prominent topic within the philosophical debates of the last two decades.
Major issues on assessment and some excellent examples are presented as a useful resource to university teachers in enhancing teaching and students' learning.
Although the project has long since lost count of the number of implem- tations of the model,... Læs mere
From time immemorial, concern with timing of life has been crucial for the regulation of human praxis as well as for the philosophical quest to understand existence by seeking its meaning.
As for other disciplines concerning plant protection, nematology is now in a mature stage in which the optimism initially underlining the widespread use of chemicals and fumigants lent space to a more pragmatic, comprehensive and integrated vision of control.
Disciplines like IPM/IDM (integrated pest management / integrated disease management) are now central to the science and technology of crop... Læs mere
"If major advances are to be made in coping with most of the major arthropod pest problems, then the tactics and strategies for managing such insects, ticks and mites must change.
Agricultural research is one of the most widespread forms of organized research in the world, in both developed and developing countries.
This book focuses on the spatial transformations in the most dynamically evolving urban areas... Læs mere
Several approaches, such as microarray hybridization, have become extremely popular tools for specialists in biochemistry and biomedicine, while the... Læs mere
This international scientific event was organized by the University of Padova and the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa and took place on the premises of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna.
The project had its origins in a small analysis of a few structural aspects of English truncated names that I did as part of the requirements for a graduate se- nar on Prosodic Morphology at the University of Marburg, taught by Ingo Plag and Birgit Alber.