Tabla de Contenidos: “…Institutions and the Thirst for ‘Prestige’ Transport Infrastructure (Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Riccardo Crescenzi, Mario Di Cataldo) -- Chapter 13. Studying Entrepreneurship as an Institution (Pamela S. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…About the Special Issue Editors . v Preface to "Bioinspired Catechol-Based Systems: Chemistry and Applications" . vii Chapter 1: Chemistry of Catechol-Based Systems Vincenzo Barone, Ivo Cacelli, Alessandro Ferretti and Giacomo Prampolini Noncovalent Interactions in the Catechol Dimer Reprinted from: Biomimetics 2017, 2(3), 18; doi: 10.3390/biomimetics2030018 . 1 Orlando Crescenzi, Marco d'Ischia and Alessandra Napolitano Kaxiras's Porphyrin: DFT Modeling of Redox-Tuned Optical and Electronic Properties in a Theoretically Designed Catechol-Based Bioinspired Platform Reprinted from: Biomimetics 2017, 2(4), 21; doi: 10.3390/biomimetics2040021 . 14 Riccardo Amorati, Andrea Baschieri, Adam Cowden and Luca Valgimigli The Antioxidant Activity of Quercetin in Water Solution Reprinted from: Biomimetics 2017, 2(3), 9; doi: 10.3390/biomimetics2030009 . 42 Chapter 2: Catechol-Based Biomechanisms and Bioactivity Natalie A. …”

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“…This book includes 11 chapters written by Nils Petter Gleditsch, Dina A Zinnes, Ron Smith, Paul F Diehl, Kelly Kadera, Mark Crescenzi, Michael D Ward, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Nils B Weidmann, Jürgen Scheffran, Niall MacKay, Aaron Clauset, Michael Spagat and Stijn van Weezel. …”

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