John D : 1272 books

The Supreme Court against the Criminal Jury: Social Science and the Palladium of Liberty is an analysis of the United States Supreme Court decisions in what has come to be called the “jury-size” and “jury-decision rule” cases. In Williams v. Florida (1970) and Ballew v. Georgia (1978), a majority...

Whether the concept being studied is job satisfaction, self-efficacy, or student motivation, values and attitudes--affective characteristics--provide crucial keys to how individuals think, learn, and behave. And not surprisingly, as measurement of these traitsgains importance in the academic and corporate...

The Power of Personal Achievement ...to Fast Track Your Career. 'How to win the game of Personal Improvement.' Five Power Steps to Routine Power Achievement 21 Day Game Plan taking the career climb to unlimited levels of income New Scientific Applications Eliminating Self-Doubt A Quick-Read Success...

"‹Die Bakchen (Pussy Riot)› ist ein moderner Text, unter dessen Oberfläche das Raunen alter Zeiten zu vernehmen ist. Es sind immerwährende Themen: Glauben und Wahn, Freiheit und Gewalt, Eros und Macht, Führung und Verführung. Und stets konvergieren das Politische und das Private … Euripides'...

Dr. Zannis has produced a fascinating and relevant review of modern plastic surgery procedures intertwined within a rarely told historical context. - Louis C. Argenta, MD Prior Chairman - Plastic Surgery Dept. WFUBMC Inventor of the V.A.C. Plastic Surgery comes from the Greek word plastikos, meaning...

In contrast to the second edition, the third edition of ‘‘Fungi and Food Spoilage’’ is evolutionary rather than revolutionary. The second edition was intended to cover almost all of the species likely to be encountered in mainstream food supplies, and only a few additional species have been...

Linear and Complex Analysis for Applications aims to unify various parts of mathematical analysis in an engaging manner and to provide a diverse and unusual collection of applications, both to other fields of mathematics and to physics and engineering. The book evolved from several of the author’s...

In this book, Bowes and Krutilla bring together what is known and relevant about valuing the nonmarket services of the public forests and propose a new theoretical framework that allows multiple uses, the biological dynamics of the forest, and the institutional and economic realities of public forest...

This book is the result of several years of enthusiastic planning and effort. Much of this enthusiasm came from the experience of devel{)ping Critical Care Consultant, a large BASIC program for critical care applications (St. Louis, C. V. Mosby, 1985). Working with clinicians showed me that many were...

Covers all major modifications, including phosphorylation, glycosylation, acetylation, ubiquitination, sulfonation and and glycation Discussion of the chemistry behind each modification, along with key methods and references Contributions from some of the leading researchers in the field A valuable...

Administering the National Health Service (NHS) is asking to navigate without reliable and sufficient information. It is amazing how a national service costing more than £15,OOOM (1984) and employing more than 1 million has existed since 1948. It is likely that with better appropriate data there...

Practical Endocrinology and Diabetes in Children is the ideal bench-side companion for the practising paediatrician and endocrinologist, bridging the gap between large reference books and short reviews of aspects of endocrinology. This third edition contains a variety of new features such as...

Together with the development of transformative technologies that epitomize globalization, the ongoing movements of people across borders and other socio-economic pressures are creating a fast-changing business environment that is difficult for business to understand, let alone control. Dominant social...