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On New Shores
Understanding Immigrant Fathers in North America
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2008
Over the past several decades, researchers as well as social policymakers and educators have acknowledged the importance that fathers play in their children's lives. A good deal of research on fathering has been conducted among Euro-American families in North America. However, our understanding of...
From a Culture of Dependency to a Culture of Success
Focusing on What's Right About America and the American People
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011
There is an old story of a famous business tycoon that was near death. His lifelong business partner approached him on his deathbed and asked if hed like to see his great grandchild. The business executive opened his eyes and whispered in his associates ear, No, my friend, I do not want to know what...
by APJ Abdul Kalam, Y S Rajan
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2018
Target 3 Billion: Innovative Solutions Towards Sustainable Development: The book talks about the 3 billion people across the globe who live in villages and are often deprived of basic resources. It integrates the challenges and opportunities of the present human civilization and elaborates on providing...
Water and Environment in the Selenga-Baikal Basin
International Research Cooperation for an Ecoregion of Global Relevance
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
The water resources of the Selenga River/Lake Baikal system are of fundamental importance for the ecosystems and socio-economic development of the region. In this large-scale river and lake basin, there are strong contrasts between regions of relatively pristine nature and massive anthropogenic impacts...
by W. L. Araújo, C. Nick, F. T. Delazari
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Tomatoes are the second most important vegetable crop in the world after potatoes. Originating in South America, they are now grown widely around the world. As the population continues to grow, there is a need to increase yields in the face of such challenges as climate change, threats from pests...
by G.H. Wolf, T. Brückel, S. Ghose
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The Meaning of My Neighbor’s Faith
Interreligious Reflections on Immigration
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2018
The Meaning of My Neighbor’s Faith addresses two of the most critical challenges of our time: immigration and religious diversity. The diverse group of contributors, representing a variety of religious traditions, disciplines, and methodologies, explore “the meaning of my neighbor’s faith”...
by Y.S. Rajan
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Human knowledge about Nature and its processes have accelerated many fold during the 20th Century; as also the human capabilities to engineer the Nature's resources on a mass scale for human consumption. Most of the dreaded diseases of past centuries have been eliminated. World population may touch 10...
Iraq in the Twenty-First Century
Regime Change and the Making of a Failed State
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Much has been written about the events surrounding the 2003 Anglo-American invasion of Iraq and its aftermath, especially about the intentions, principles, plans and course of action of US policy, but much less attention has been given to the consequences of US policy on Iraqi political and social...
by A.Y.C. Nee, S.K. Ong
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Written by experts from the world’s leading institutions in the field, this is the only book to cover virtual and augmented reality in manufacturing from a manufacturing perspective, rather than a computer science angle. It details applications of state-of-the-art technologies in real industrial situations.
Algodystrophy
Diagnosis and Therapy of a Frequent Disease of the Locomotor Apparatus
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
It is with great pleasure and ,much interest that I accepted to write the foreword to this book by Paul Doury, Yves Dirheimer, and Serge Pattin on the subject of "algodystrophy." First, because I know the extent of their personal experience, from which they have selected the best for this...
by S.E. Jorgensen, Y.M. Svirezhev
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2004
The book presents a consistent and complete ecosystem theory based on thermodynamic concepts. The first chapters are devoted to an interpretation of the first and second law of thermodynamics in ecosystem context. Then Prigogine's use of far from equilibrium thermodynamic is used on ecosystems to...
Knowledge Coupling
New Premises and New Tools for Medical Care and Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Knowledge Coupling discusses the premises upon which the coupling of knowledge to every action is based in the practice of medicine, as well as why these premises must change. In concrete terms, the volume explores the methods of structuring and using medical knowledge and medical records that enables...
by Jodi S. Dashe, Steven L. Bloom, Catherine Y. Spong
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
The world’s premier obstetrics guide–now updated with a greater focus on maternal-fetal medicine
A Doody’s Core Title for 2019!
The obstetrics text that has defined the discipline for generations of obstetrician-gynecologists is now more timely—and essential—than ever. Written...