Academic Press: 465 books
by
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Innovations in E-Systems for Business and Commerce presents some of the latest research and direction in the field of e-business and e-commerce. With up-to-date information for top researchers from around the world, the volume covers a wide selection of topics on innovations in e-business and e-commerce.
E-systems...
Medical Tourism and Wellness
Hospitality Bridging Healthcare (H2H)
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Medical Tourism and Wellness: Hospitality Bridging Healthcare (H2H) takes a systems approach to examining the growing field of medical tourism, one of the field’s hottest niches, with billions of dollars spent each year. This important book fills the need for a modern management book that looks...
by Aref Jeribi
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Linear Operators and Their Essential Pseudospectra provides a comprehensive study of spectral theory of linear operators defined on Banach spaces. The central items of interest in the volume include various essential spectra, but the author also considers some of the generalizations that have been...
No Body's Perfect
A helper’s guide to promoting positive body image in children and young people
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Body image doesn’t discriminate gender or age. Yet its importance to our health, both mental and physical, is vital. A negative body image in childhood can lead to a lifetime of struggle and self-doubt. In today’s image-conscious world it is important that we help children and youngsters feel better...
Climate Change and the Oceanic Carbon Cycle
Variables and Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.
This valuable compendium provides an overview of the variables and consequences of oceanic carbon cycling in the context of climate change. The chapters highlight the importance of marine plankton in carbon processing as well as the effects...
by Dr. Anna Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
A bag of tricks approach to parenting the 1 to 5 year old The early years of parenting are often a tricky and challenging time — a time when you will watch your baby fade and a child emerge, a time of amazing growth, development and change. Your ‘bag of tricks’ to deal with these changes must...
Evolutionary Computation
Techniques and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Edited by professionals with years of experience, this bookprovides an introduction to the theory of evolutionary algorithms and single- and multi-objective optimization, and then goes on to discuss to explore applications of evolutionary algorithms for many uses with real-world applications. Covering...
Air Quality
Monitoring, Measuring, and Modeling Environmental Hazards
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.
This new compendium provides a nuanced look at monitoring, measuring, and modeling air quality pollution in conjunction with its effects on public health and the environment. Air pollution has been proven to be a major environmental risk...
Conservation, Tourism, and Identity of Contemporary Community Art
A Case Study of Felipe Seade’s Mural "Allegory to Work”
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2017
This unique volume aims to promote new models of sustainable management in the field of contemporary mural art. Cultural heritage has become an essential tool for society, stressing the necessity to properly conserve cultural resources in order to maintain a socially, economically, and environmentally...
Bioactive Compounds of Medicinal Plants
Properties and Potential for Human Health
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2018
This volume sheds new light on the immense potential of medicinal plants for human health from different technological aspects. It presents new research on bioactive compounds in medicinal plants that provide health benefits, including those that have proven especially effective in treating and managing...
Micro Irrigation Engineering for Horticultural Crops
Policy Options, Scheduling, and Design
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
This book presents a variety of policy adoption methods, irrigation scheduling, and design procedures in micro irrigation engineering for horticultural crops. The chapters range from policy interventions to applications of systems for different crops and under different land conditions. Compiling...
Food Security and Child Malnutrition
The Impact on Health, Growth, and Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Food security and child malnutrition are at the forefront of our attention, both nationally and internationally. The chapters contained in this compendium include a range of methodologies—literature review, cross-sectional study, longitudinal study, case-control, and even a focus group!—all of...
by
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Technological Interventions in Processing of Fruits and Vegetables presents a wide selection of the latest concepts in the fast-changing field of processing of fruits and vegetables (FAV). It provides key information on many new and different techniques used for processing of fruits and vegetables...
Novel Dairy Processing Technologies
Techniques, Management, and Energy Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
Milk is nature’s perfect food (lacking only iron, copper, and vitamin C) and is highly recommended by nutritionists for building healthy bodies. New technologies have emerged in the processing of milk. This new volume focuses on the processing of milk by novel techniques, emphasizing the conservation...