Thomas S : 567 books
Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 2
Cultivation techniques
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Wheat is the most widely cultivated cereal in the world and a staple food for around 3 billion people. It has been estimated that demand for wheat could increase by up to 560% by 2050. There is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such challenges as climate change, threats from pests and...
Penn Clinical Manual of Urology E-Book
Expert Consult - Online
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2014
Concise and practical, the Penn Clinical Manual of Urology is an indispensable guide to the daily practice of urology. This one-volume medical reference book presents the key clinical information you need to diagnose and treat urologic disorders quickly and effectively, featuring brief, well-illustrated...
Epidemiologic Methods
Studying the Occurrence of Illness
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
This second edition of Epidemiologic Methods offers a rigorous introduction to the concepts and tools of epidemiologic research. Aimed chiefly at future epidemiologists, the book offers clear descriptions, practical examples, and question/answer sections for each of the science's key concepts. Authored...
Violence, Conflict, and World Order
Critical Conversations on State Sanctioned Justice
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2006
This is an ethnographic collection of 12 edited talks and conversations from a conference on violence, conflict, and the world order held at Eastern Kentucky University. The conference was organized by Carole Garrison, Chair of Criminal Justice and Police Studies at EKU, who arranged for video recording...
Responsible Research and Innovation Actions in Science Education, Gender and Ethics
Cases and Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
This book gathers case studies presented at the International Conference on Responsible Research and Innovation in Science, Innovation and Society (RRI-SIS2017). It highlights European initiatives and projects in various domains and contexts, each of which explores how to create guidelines and good...
by S.Thomas Greeley
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
TOM GREELEY knows too well how insidious alcoholism can be. He has experienced how the disease entraps not only the drinking person, but the entire family. He writes about the incredible isolation, the credit card debt, and the anguish over his children’s safety. In Tentacles..The Entanglement of...
Worship Ways
For the People Within Your Reach
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Accelerating diversity of lifestyles has created a crisis for worship designers. One size does not fit all. No worship service can be “blended” to address the complete needs of a congregation. Moreover, church “shopping” is ending as people are choosing a worship service that directly meets...
by Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Jennie W. Wenger, Jennifer Kavanagh
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
This study for the U.S. Marine Corps presents a historical overview of the integration of women into the U.S. military and explores the importance of cohesion and what influences it. The gender integration experiences of foreign militaries, as well as the gender integration efforts of domestic police...
Inquiry
A Districtwide Approach to Staff and Student Learning
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Connect inquiry to improved teaching and learning across your district!
Now that federal and state initiatives require school districts to provide job-embedded professional development, the next step is making it happen. This book helps districts define, develop, and implement a systematic...
by Sönke Johnsen, Thomas W. Cronin, N. Justin Marshall
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2014
Visual ecology is the study of how animals use visual systems to meet their ecological needs, how these systems have evolved, and how they are specialized for particular visual tasks. Visual Ecology provides the first up-to-date synthesis of the field to appear in more than three decades. Featuring...
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 Prof. Peter Von Fragstein und Niemsdorff, Prof. Bernhard Freyer, Dr Paul Mäder
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
Reviews key advances and best practice in cultivation techniques across the value chain of organic farming
Discusses ways of monitoring and improving the environmental impact of organic crop production
Particular focus on ways of supporting organic farming in the developing world
Pediatric Anesthesiology Review
Clinical Cases for Self-Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
Based on a program of study developed at the Children's Hospital Boston, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiology Review: Clinical Cases for Self-Assessment provides essential medical information for the subspecialty of pediatric anesthesiology. Illustrating...