O S F S : 73 books
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...
Carbon Responsibility and Embodied Emissions
Theory and Measurement
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2010
Climate change policy and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are currently discussed at all scales, ranging from the Kyoto Protocol to the increasingly frequent advertisement of ''carbon neutrality'' in consumer products. However, the only policy option usually considered is the reduction of...
Computed Tomography of the Gastrointestinal Tract
Including the Peritoneal Cavity and Mesentery
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Analytical Archaeometry
Selected Topics
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2016
Analytical Archaeometry describes this interesting and challenging field of research - on the border between natural sciences (chemistry, spectroscopy, biology, geology) and humanities (archaeology, (art-)history, conservation sciences). It fills the gap between these two areas whilst focussing on...
Research and Ethics for the Medical Profession
First Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
This seminal work, Research and Ethics for the Medical Profession, shares a common thread among all its contributing authors, and that the medical and nursing profession are obligated to act compassionately, honestly, and with respect for the betterment of their patients. Doctors have a moral duty...
The Psychology of Marriage
An Evolutionary and Cross-Cultural View
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
From their location in the heart of Detroit, Michigan, the Weisfelds’ lab has reached out for thirty years to couples in long-term partnerships around the world. In living rooms of Detroit, London, Moscow, Beijing, and beyond, couples of all types and ages have shared their insights into adult romantic...
by W.E. Adam, F. Bitter, U. Buell
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Neuropathology
A Guide for Practising Pathologists
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In commissioning this volume of Current Topics in Pathology, the editor of the series, Prof. Sir Colin Berry, asked me to produce something "which is aimed at the general pathologist but from the point of view of the neuropathologist who knows what is not being done well". This was easier...
by J. E. Sieber, H. F. O'Neil, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
First published in 1977. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by S. Boyarsky, F.Jr. Hinman, M. Caine
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
For more than 60 years, the Californian Family Hinman has exercised a very considerable influence on the development and practice of the highest grade of urology, not only in the American West but worldwide. The leitmotiv of the Hinman School has been honest and thoughtful consideration of the problems...
Jewish Men Pray
Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
A celebration of Jewish men's voices in prayer—to strengthen, to heal, to comfort, to inspire from the ancient world up to our own day.
"An extraordinary gathering of men—diverse in their ages, their lives, their convictions—have convened in this collection to offer contemporary,...
Political Campaign Communication
Theory, Method, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
Political Campaign Communication: Theory, Method, and Practice brings a diversity of issues, topics, and events on political campaign communication around the concepts of theory, method and practice. The volume contains studies of political campaign communication utilizing a wide range of empirical,...
Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context
Learning from the Sex Abuse Scandal in the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2005
Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context is the first book to provide a broadly interdisciplinary approach to understanding the leadership crisis in the Catholic Church in the wake of the sex abuse scandal and how it was handled. Well-known scholars, religious clergy, and laymen in the trenches...
by Astrid Arrarás, Luis Bitencourt, José Miguel Cruz
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
With contributions from leading experts, Culture and National Security in the Americas examines the most influential historical, geographic, cultural, political, economic, and military considerations shaping national security policies throughout the Americas. In this volume, contributors explore the...