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Night School : The Life-Changing Science of Sleep
(Macmillan, 2014)
Almost a third of your whole life is spent asleep. Every night you close your eyes, become oblivious to your surroundings and waste hours flying, being chased or watching all your teeth fall out – and then you wake up. ...
Effects of different fungicides on the severity of phoma stem canker
(2014)
Phoma stem canker, a disease of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) caused by sibling pathogens Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa. Both pathogens follow a monocylic disease cycle that causes leaf spotting in autumn/winter ...
Relay-proof channels using UWB lasers
(Springer Nature, 2014)
Alice is a hand-held device. Bob is a device providing a service, such as an ATM, an automatic door, or an anti-aircraft gun pointing at the gyro-copter in which Alice is travelling. Bob and Alice have never met, but share ...
Understanding consumer responses to water efficiency strategies
(Wiley, 2014)
Understanding how consumers engage with and view their water usage is crucial to the design of more effective water demand management policies and programmes. This chapter argues that while consumers of water may be aware ...
Locally working patents and the grant of compulsory licences : the need for stronger statutory provisions in Africa
(2014)
According to a well-established legislative tradition of patent law, failure to work patents while exercising any rights over the patented inventions constitutes an abuse. Consequently, several countries impose affirmative ...
Parasol Kennels : Innovative Animal Housing
(Elsevier, 2014)
This case is designed to help veterinary students explore innovation and sustainability within the broader veterinary and related sectors. The business upon which this particular case focuses is situated within in a ...
The Concept of Subgame Perfection
(2014)
In mainstream game theory, the prominent solution concept for dynamic games is the “subgame perfect Nash equilibrium”. This concept combines the mathematical method of backward induction with the assumption of common ...