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  • Experimental Study and Remedial Technologies for Large Transverse Deformation in Shield Tunnel Structures

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book focuses on the study of deformation, particularly transverse deformation of the shield tunnel. The book begins with a theoretical analysis based on structural mechanics is introduced, followed by a full-scale model test conducted to monitor the deformation of the structure under gradually increasing loads.Most of the structure types existing in the Shanghai Metro system are researched in ... Read more

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  • Impact Analysis and Control Strategies of Overlying Loading/Unloading Effects on Soft Soil Shield Tunnels

    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book focuses on the influences on the shield tunnels (mainly metro tunnels) in typical soft soils in Shanghai Area caused by loading or unloading on the ground. Theoretical analysis, model test, and numerical analysis were adopted for figuring out the influence results. Based on the analysis results and the engineering experiences from the constructions and operations of metro tunnels in ... Read more

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  • Structural Safety Early Warning and Treatment Technology of Metro Tunnel in Soft Soils

    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book mainly focuses on two topics:• The early warning system of the metro structural safety, which includes the monitoring system and inspection system;• The treatment technology for the tunnel disease.In the discussion of the early warning system, several advanced sensing technologies were introduced, which could easily and rapidly detect the potential diseases of the tunnel lining structure ... Read more

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  • Instant Insights: Rust diseases of cereals

    Series Book 80 - Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights
    This collection features five peer-reviewed reviews on rust diseases of cereals.The first chapter provides an overview of the wheat rust pathogen lifecycle and discusses recent integration of basic biological knowledge and genomic-led tools within an epidemiological framework.The second chapter introduces stripe rust and provides an overview of its decimation of crop yields worldwide. The chapter ... Read more

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  • Sphingolipid Metabolism and Metabolic Disease

    Edited by Xian-Cheng Jiang ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides an up-to-date review of the fundamentals of sphingolipid metabolism and its role in metabolic diseases. Focusing on the sphingolipid de novo synthesis pathway, the effect of sphingomyelin, ceramide, and sphingosine-1-phosphate, and linkage between sphingolipids and other lipids, such as cholesterol, it covers serine palmitoyltransferase, ceramide synthases, ceramidases, ... Read more

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  • Achieving durable disease resistance in cereals

    Series Book 106 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Provides an authoritative review of the key developments in achieving durable disease resistance in cereal cropsComprehensive coverage of the major diseases that affect cereal crops (Fusarium head blight, Septoria tritici blotch, tan spot)Assesses the key challenges in breeding durable disease-resistant cereals faced globally, with dedicated chapters to the regional strategies established by North ... Read more

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  • Lipid Transfer in Lipoprotein Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease

    Edited by Xian-Cheng Jiang ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides an up-to-date review of the fundamentals of lipid metabolism and its role in cardiovascular diseases. Focusing on lipid transfer proteins in the circulation and cells, the role of important lipid transporters, the effect of recently discovered lipid binding proteins, and the link between lipid metabolism disorders and cardiovascular diseases, it covers phospholipid transfer ... Read more

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  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 1

    Breeding, quality traits, pests and diseases

    Series Book 5 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Discusses ways of ensuring genetic diversity, advances in wheat breeding and their use to improve properties such as drought resistance and cold tolerance;Summarises research on factors affecting nutritional and other aspects of wheat quality;Reviews advances in understanding wheat pests and diseases together with ways of controlling them such as disease-resistant varieties, integrated pest and ... Read more

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    Series Book 19 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Reviews key recent research on the main fungal diseases, their modes of infection and potential strategies for dealing with themSummarises the range of techniques for breeding more resistant varietiesAssesses ways to manage fungicide resistance and the range of methods in developing integrated disease management of cereals ... Read more

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  • Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistant Cereal Crops

    Edited by Chittaranjan Kole ...
    This book presents deliberations on molecular and genomic mechanisms underlying the interactions of crop plants to the biotic stresses caused by different diseases and pests that are important to develop resistant crop varieties. Knowledge on the advanced genetic and genomic crop improvement strategies including molecular breeding, transgenics, genomic-assisted breeding, and the recently emerging ... Read more

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  • Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources

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    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
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