Bassi: 35 books

Modern ideas of freedom and human rights have been repeatedly contested and are hotly debated at the beginning of the third millennium in response to new theories, needs, and challenges in contemporary life. This volume offers culturally diverse contributions to the debate on freedom from the...

What does Western science know about the relationship between individual well-being and cultural trends? What can learn from other cultural traditions? What do the recent advancements in positive psychology teach us on this issue, particularly the eudaimonic framework, which emphasizes the connections...

Wheat is the most widely cultivated cereal in the world and a staple food for around 3 billion people. It has been estimated that demand for wheat could increase by up to 560% by 2050. There is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such challenges as climate change, threats from pests and...

Hypodontia: A Team Approach to Management provides specialist clinicians with a practical reference to the multidisciplinary management of patients with this condition. The book synthesises current information and best practice from specialties involved in the treatment of hypodontia into one comprehensive...

Our socio-economic systems continue to grow and evolve. We need to acknowledge that, consequently, our decisions often fail – they are ineffective and create unexpected side effects. The speed of execution is increasing constantly and markets and systems respond almost immediately, making decision-making...

Introducing this monograph by expressing our heartfeIt thanks to all those who have contributed to its success may seem no more than a rhetorical exercise. However, at the same time we feel duty bound to add our sincere apologies, for we know that many of the dis­ tinguished authors of the various...

Despite the growing critical relevance of Shakespeare's two Venetian plays and a burgeoning bibliography on both The Merchant of Venice and Othello, few books have dealt extensively with the relationship between Shakespeare and Venice. Setting out to offer new perspectives to a traditional topic,...

A solitary grave lies outside the walls of an old cemetery.An unseen woman is heard crying outside an old cottage at night.A strange light appears in the woods near that cottage.When Ken Ver Neer arrives to investigate his cousin’s death he finds himself the victim of an ancient...

In today's data driven biology, programming knowledge is essential in turning ideas into testable hypothesis. Based on the author’s extensive experience, Python for Bioinformatics, Second Edition helps biologists get to grips with the basics of software development. Requiring no prior knowledge...

Modern therapeutic strategies in the last decade have radically changed the approach to the oncologic patient with metastatic disease. Not infrequently today metastases are managed more aggressively and addressed in a multidisciplinary way with extremely encouraging results in terms of both survival...

Uncommon tumors of the pancreas are of increasing interest for clinicians: cross imaging techniques development makes it possible to detect small lesions in the pancreatic gland of asymptomatic patients, and in the last decades a more detailed and specific pathological classification definitivelyopened...

Una rapida occhiata ai testi disponibili sul mercato mostra chiaramente che abbondano i testi di tecnica chirurgica urologica, mentre c’è una sostanziale carenza di testi che trattano il tema delle complicanze nella chirurgia urologica, oggetto di questo ampio e approfondito manuale. Fino a oggi,...

Cosa scrissero e pensarono gli italiani a proposito dei libici al tempo delle colonie? L’immagine di un suddito arretrato ed “incivile” fu frequente, funzionale a dare legittimazione al dominio coloniale e nobilitare la sua presenza “civilizzatrice”. Ma al tempo stesso la percezione italiana...

Una sezione monografica di grande interesse, sullo stretto legame tra letterature e religioni, con interventi di importanti studiosi italiani e stranieri: Danilo Marino (Il Corano nella letteratura araba premoderna), Emma Mason (L'ecologia francescana di Christina Rossetti), Gonçalo Cordeiro (Harold...