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Birds of Peru
Revised and Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
Birds of Peru is the most complete and authoritative field guide to this diverse, neotropical landscape. It features every one of Peru's 1,817 bird species and shows the distinct plumages of each in 307 superb, high-quality color plates. Concise descriptions and color distribution maps are located...
by Laura F. González García, Javier Fernández- Río, Jesús C. Iglesias Muñiz
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Los cambios sociales tan profundos que se han venido produciendo en estos últimos años en todos los países desarrollados están modificando significativamente las condiciones en las que se llevan a cabo los procesos de escolarización del alumnado y los propios modelos de enseñanza-aprendizaje...
by Julio Iglesias de Ussel, Antonio Trinidad Requena, Rosa María Soriano Miras
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 17, 2019
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 17, 2019
La sociedad desde la sociología constituye una obra novedosa y didáctica, pensada y diseñada para las generaciones de estudiantes del siglo XXI, cuyo objetivo es ofrecer una amplia, rigurosa introducción al apasionante mundo de la sociología a través de veinticuatro capítulos. Esta obra es...
Practical Approaches to Cancer Invasion and Metastases
A Compendium of Radiation Oncologists’ Responses to 40 Histories
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In the United States in 1993 the American Cancer Society estimated that there were about 1,300,000 new cases of invasive cancer diagnosed. At the time of presentation about 70% of those patients represented limited local regional disease without evidences of distant dissemination. About 30% of the...
by Pat Adams, American Association of Museums, Association of Science-Technology Centers
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
There has been, and continues to be, an explosion of interest in developing new small science centers that is changing the world of museums. This handbook is designed to be a one-stop source for future and current centers, and anyone interested in the important roles these institutions play in their...
Standards for Thermal Comfort
Indoor air temperature standards for the 21st century
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Current Standards for Indoor Air Temperature are inappropriate in many regions of the world. This forces designers to use highly serviced buildings to achieve air temperatures that accord with the standards to the detriment of the local and global environment. Standards for Thermal Comfort brings...
Play Therapy in Action
A Casebook for Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1994
This book brings together in a single volume concrete applications of play therapy by seasoned clinicians from various theoretical perspectives. The goal is to reflect the broad spectrum of approaches that now exist in the field. The major psychopathologies in children present the therapist with different...
Middleton's Allergy E-Book
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
This best-selling resource has a worldwide reputation as the leader in its field. Focusing on human immunology and biology, while also reporting on scientific experimentation and advancement, it provides comprehensive coverage of state-of-the-art basic science as well as authoritative guidance on...
Renewable Resources for Functional Polymers and Biomaterials
Polysaccharides, Proteins and Polyesters
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
This book details polysaccharides and other important biomacromolecules covering their source, production, structures, properties, and current and potential application in the fields of biotechnology and medicine. It includes a systematic discussion on the general strategies of isolation, separation...
by Neyla Graciela Pardo Abril, Marta Casaús Arzú, Carlos Belvedere
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009
Racism and Discourse in Latin America investigates how public discourse is involved in the daily reproduction of racism in Latin America. The essays examine political discourse, mass media discourse, textbooks and other forms of text, and talk by the white symbolic elites, looking at the ways these...
School Buildings Rehabilitation
Indoor Environmental Quality and Enclosure Optimization
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2015
This book discusses the effect of different school building rehabilitation strategies on the classrooms’ indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and presents a multi-objective methodology for school building enclosure optimization combining artificial neural networks and lifecycle costs. The special...
by F. W. S. O'Neill,
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Those who are determined to find the beliefs of other people altogether wrong are recommended not to read this book. No one indeed would care openly to avow such a determination. At the same time, there are very few of us who are able to preserve an unwavering attitude of trust in all assorts of conditions...
Colorectal Cancer
Textbook for General Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The "Europe against Cancer" programme has, from its inception, emphasised the key role which general practitioners must play in the actions necessary to achieve its aim of reducing the incidence and the mortality from cancer in the European Community. General practitioners, because of their...
Ancient African Metallurgy
The Sociocultural Context
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2000
Gold. Copper. Iron. Metal working in Africa has been the subject of both public lore and extensive archaeological investigation. Here, four of the leading contemporary researchers on this topic attempt to provide a complete synthesis of current debates and understandings: Where, how, and when was...