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From Machinery to Mobility
Government and Democracy in a Participative Age
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
The Westminster-stylized model of Parliamentary democratic governance is out of step with today’s digitally and socially networked world. The resulting context for public sector governance brings both promise and peril – with profound consequences for public servants, elected officials, and citizens...
The Sea of Galilee Boat
An Extraordinary 2000 Year Old Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Interpreting the Early Modern World
Transatlantic Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2010
This volume is based on a session at a 2005 Society for Historical Archaeology meeting. The organizers assembled historical archaeologists from the UK and the US, whose work arises out of differing intellectual traditions. The authors exchange ideas about what their colleagues have written, and construct...
Lutheran Reformers Against Anabaptists
Luther, Melanchthon and Menius and the Anabaptists of Central Germany
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
This book discusses the latest developments in plant-mediated fabrication of metal and metal-oxide nanoparticles, and their characterization by using a variety of modern techniques. It explores in detail the application of nanoparticles in drug delivery, cancer treatment, catalysis, and as antimicrobial...
Managing and Breeding Wheat for Organic Systems
Enhancing Competitiveness Against Weeds
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Genetically uniform cultivars in many self-pollinated cereal crops dominate commercial production in high-input environments especially due to their high grain yields and wide geographical adaptation. These cultivars generally perform well under favorable and high-input farming systems but their optimal...
Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect
A Practical Guide for Social Workers
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2008
"[A] concise and detailed description of a very complex issue...rich in detail and insight."
--Leslie J. Temme, LCSW
School of Social Work, Adelphi University
"[A] 'must have' resource for practicing professionals and an invaluable teaching tool for social work students....This...
American Catholicism
And Now Where?
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2013
THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC church is a remarkable institu tion. Its people worship in numbers that dwarf figures from elsewhere. It has one of the most vibrant of Cath olic school systems, perhaps the most vibrant. It is by and large an obedient church, some would say docile controversies of recent...
Church Reform in 18th Century Italy
The Synod of Pistoia, 1786
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The European Landscape Convention
Challenges of Participation
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
This important and insightful book provides, for the first time, a broad presentation of ongoing research into public participation in landscape conservation, management and planning, following the 2000 European Landscape Convention which came into force in 2004. The book examines both the theory...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
This book presents a flavour of activities focussed on the need for sustainably produced biomass to support European strategic objectives for the developing bioeconomy. The chapters cover five broad topic areas relating to the use of perennial biomass crops in Europe. These are: ‘Bioenergy Resources...
by Gerd Aage Gillhoff
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Gastrointestinal Physiology
A Clinical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
This volume provides a practical hands on guide to gastrointestinal physiology. The book emphasizes an appreciation of basic physiological concepts and their application to novel clinical situations. It exposes the physician-in-training to fundamental principles that are useful in treating patients...
Respiratory Nursing
A Core Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2008
By the 1990s, it became clear to many in the nursing community that certification for respiratory nursing practice was desirable, even necessary, but that this could not take place without a carefully designed CORE Curriculum. This book, nearly a decade in the making, sets out such a curriculum. Put...