M E S : 315 books
Nouveau Projet 06
Automne-hiver 2014
Language: French
Release Date: September 18, 2014
Nouveaux départs, recyclage et résilience sont au programme d’un dossier spécial sur le riche concept de «régénération»—qu’elle soit individuelle ou collective; sociale, urbaine ou environnementale. Cette édition automnale inclut également une fiction inédite de Stéphane Lafleur...
Planning Health Promotion Programs
An Intervention Mapping Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2016
The Intervention Mapping bible, updated with new theory, trends, and cases
Planning Health Promotion Programs is the "bible" of the field, guiding students and practitioners through the planning process from a highly practical perspective. Using an original framework called Intervention...
Viewpoints on Media Effects
Pseudo-reality and Its Influence on Media Consumers
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Viewpoints on Media Effects: Pseudo-reality and Its Influence on Media Consumers continues the ongoing research of media effects by illuminating not only the negative effects of media consumption, but also some of the pro-social aspects, with a special focus on social media. Recommended for scholars...
by Roger Frie, Bruce Ries, M Guy Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2005
This volume is the first concentrated effort to offer a philosophical critique of relational and intersubjective perspectives in contemporary psychoanalytic thought. The distinguished group of scholars and clinicians assembled here are largely preoccupied with tracing the theoretical underpinnings...
by E.M.S. Foray
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2016
Its the 1960s in Sierra Leone. A cultured city-girl, Massa Norman, is trying to figure what message God has sent her in a dream, when her beauty mesmerizes the richest man in Kandudiamond magnate Demba Bangura. A marriage is quickly arranged. But things go so bad Bangura is forced to consult his trusted...
The Presocratic Philosophers
A Critical History with a Selcetion of Texts
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 1983
Beginning with a long and extensively rewritten introduction surveying the predecessors of the Presocratics, this book traces the intellectual revolution initiated by Thales in the sixth century BC to its culmination in the metaphysics of Parmenides and the complex physical theories of Anaxagoras...
by Rui L. Reis, Nuno M. Neves, Joao F. Mano
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2008
Polymers from natural sources are particularly useful as biomaterials and in regenerative medicine, given their similarity to the extracellular matrix and other polymers in the human body. This important book reviews the wealth of research on both tried and promising new natural-based biomedical polymers,...
by P.E. Peters, I.P. Arlart, Georg Bongartz
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
A comprehensive overview of the current state of development in magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). After an initial outline of the basic principles of the technique and a general description of flow phenomena, the individual chapters are devoted to a full range of technical considerations. Practical...
In the Service of Learning and Empowerment
ServiceLearning, Critical Pedagogy, and the ProblemSolution Project
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Too often teachers and students doubt their own abilities to forge collective work and dynamic critical learning in the midst of education reform practices that limit their opportunities to do so. This doubt can be heightened for elementary school teachers or even their students who are led to believe...
Economics of Wildfire Management
The Development and Application of Suppression Expenditure Models
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014
In this age of climatic and financial uncertainty, it becomes increasingly important to balance the cost, benefits and risk of wildfire management. In the United States, increased wildland fire activity over the last 15 years has resulted in drastic damage and loss of life. An associated rapid increase...
Bayesian Models for Astrophysical Data
Using R, JAGS, Python, and Stan
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
This comprehensive guide to Bayesian methods in astronomy enables hands-on work by supplying complete R, JAGS, Python, and Stan code, to use directly or to adapt. It begins by examining the normal model from both frequentist and Bayesian perspectives and then progresses to a full range of Bayesian...
Wastewater Management for Coastal Cities
The Ocean Disposal Option
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Protection of coastal waters from direct pollution by coastal cities is a vital task in preserving marine ecosystems and promoting human health. This book, edited by two leading experts on wastewater management for coastal cities, delves deeply into the ecological and oceanographic fundamentals that...
Regional Dynamics
Studies in Adjustment Theory
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Originally published in 1986. This book is concerned with how regional economies adapt and respond to changing circumstances, and especially with the spatial system and processes of restructuring. Throughout the book there is a methodological commitment to adjustment theory - a unique analytical framework...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize Volume 1
From improved varieties to local applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Maize is one of the most important and widely grown cereal crops in the world and is a staple food for almost a billion people, particularly in the developing world. It has been estimated that maize yields need to increase by 60% by 2050. There is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such...