Mark Thomas: 285 books
Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood
International Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
The transition from care into adulthood is a difficult step for any young person, but young people leaving care have a high risk of social exclusion, both in terms of material disadvantage and marginalisation.
In Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood leading academics gather together...
Designing Healthcare That Works
A Sociotechnical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
Designing Healthcare That Works: A Sociotechnical Approach takes up the pragmatic, messy problems of designing and implementing sociotechnical solutions which integrate organizational and technical systems for the benefit of human health. The book helps practitioners apply principles of sociotechnical...
by John A. Kershaw Jr., Mark J. Ducey, Thomas W. Beers
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Forest mensuration – the science of measurement applied to forest vegetation and forest products – holds value for basic ecology as well as sustainable forest management. As demands on the world’s forests have grown, scientists and professionals are increasingly called on to quantify forest...
Japan’s Quest for Nuclear Energy and the Price It Has Paid
Accidents, Consequences, and Lessons Learned for the Global Nuclear Industry
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2019
Japan’s Quest for Nuclear Energy and the Price it has Paid: Accidents, Consequences, and Lessons Learned for the Global Nuclear Industry identifies major accidents in Japan that have happened at different stages of the nuclear fuel cycle in Japan, assesses the underlying causes of nuclear accidents,...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes Volume 1
Advances in breeding and cultivation techniques
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Reviews key developments in understanding crop physiology and genetic diversity and how they have informed advances in breeding new varieties
Coverage of advances across the value chain for grain legume cultivation, from variety selection to post-harvest storage
Discusses the latest trends in disease, insect pest and weed management
Implementing Collaboration Technologies in Industry
Case Examples and Lessons Learned
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book provides practitioners with detailed experiences from industry on the implementation and use of collaboration technologies. Despite the increasing range of applications available - such as video and desktop conferencing systems, workflow management systems and on-line meeting schedulers...
by Thomas Lam, Luc Lapointe, Jennifer Morse
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
This book gives an introduction to the very active field of combinatorics of affine Schubert calculus, explains the current state of the art, and states the current open problems. Affine Schubert calculus lies at the crossroads of combinatorics, geometry, and representation theory. Its modern development...
By a Maine River
A Year of Looking Closely
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2008
In this book, the authors document in photos and words the experience of looking closely, through the passage of one year, at their 70 acres of Maine woods. Readers who loved Our Point of View will learn how the couple fared when they moved from a lighthouse keeper's house to their wooded riverside....
Navigating the Medical Maze with a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder
A Practical Guide for Parents
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
This comprehensive guide enables parents of children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to play an active and effective role in their child's medical care from diagnosis to early adulthood. With a focus on working with health care providers to ensure the best treatment for your child's unique...
by Mark Mitchell, DVM, MS
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
This brand-new, full-color reference is a foundational text for veterinarians and veterinary students learning about companion exotic animal diseases. Organized by body system, Current Therapy in Exotic Pet Practice walks students through the most relevant information concerning the diagnosis and...
by Simona Turini, Torsten Exter, Mark G. Rummel
Language: German
Release Date: November 9, 2016
Language: German
Release Date: November 9, 2016
Lovecraft ist tot, aber sein vielarmiges Monster Cthulhu ist lebendiger denn je. Das grausige alte Wesen aus der Tiefe regt sich überall da, wo man nicht mit schleimigen Tentakeln rechnen würde - selbst im amerikanischen Wahlkampf mischt Cthulhu munter mit. Auch unsere Autoren haben sich von ihm...
Biobased Aerogels
Polysaccharide and Protein-based Materials
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
Aerogels have been in use for over 80 years and have been utilised in a wide variety of applications, in particular, there has been growing use of insulating nanoporous materials in the aerospace industry. Recent awareness of the environmental implications of materials has driven researchers to develop...
Educating Monks
Minority Buddhism on China’s Southwest Border
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Most studies of Buddhist communities tend to be limited to villages, individual temple communities, or a single national community. Buddhist monastics, however, cross a number of these different framings: They are part of local communities, are governed through national legal frameworks, and participate...
by Mark W. Onaitis, MD, Thomas A. D’Amico
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics of North America focuses on Pulmonary Metastasectomy. Articles will include: Biology of Pulmonary Metastases; Preoperative Evaluations and Indications for Metastasectomy; Open Approaches to Pulmonary Metastases: Thoracotomy and Sternotomy; Ablative Approaches...