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Drug Delivery Approaches and Nanosystems, Volume 2
Drug Targeting Aspects of Nanotechnology
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
This volume is a thorough presentation of the state-of-the-art research and developments in drug delivery systems using nanotechnology and its applications. The second of this two-volume set, it addresses the applications of nanotechnology or nano-sized materials in the medical field and the real-world...
Employees and Employers in Service Organizations
Emerging Challenges and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
With the increasing globalization and fast-paced technological advances in business today, service organizations must to respond to the changing business dynamic between employers and employees. The service industry has metamorphosed into a revolution not only in United States but in developed and...
Effective School Librarianship
Successful Professional Practices from Librarians around the World: (2-volume set)
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
These volumes provide a series of informative interviews with school/teacher librarians practicing in different parts of the world. The 2-volume set showcases the resilience, creativity, and best practices from successful school librarians from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and North and South...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
The internationalisation of higher education in the 20th century, built on an unprecedented expansion of transport and communication networks and the scope of international scholarly activities, triggered a massive flow of people across countries and continents. Geographically remote countries, such...
by J. A. Callow
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 1998
Advances in Botanical Research is a multi-volume publication that brings together reviews by recognized experts on subjects of importance to those involved in botanical research. For more than thirty years, Advances in Botanical Research has earned a reputation for excellence in the field. For those...
Plant Food By-Products
Industrial Relevance for Food Additives and Nutraceuticals
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
This volume takes an eco-friendly approach to examining the advantages of using plant food by-products as food additives and nutraceuticals, turning solid wastes into value-added items. The chapters, written by researchers and professionals working in the plant food industry, look at ways to make...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
Plant secondary metabolites are organic compounds that aid in the growth and development of plants but are not required for the plant to survive by fighting off herbivores, pests, and pathogens. These plant secondary metabolites have been used since early times in various medicines and food products for beneficial health purposes and are still r
Morton Deutsch
A Life and Legacy of Mediation and Conflict Resolution
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
“An individual with Morton Deutsch’s theoretical brilliance comes along maybe two or three times a century.”
David Johnson, University of Minnesota
“The richness of Morton Deutsch’s work is like a goldmine that has barely begun to be mined.”
Susan Opotow, University of Massachusetts
Morton...
Culture Unbound
Americanization & Everyday Life in Sweden
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Explaining the mechanisms behind the larger processes of globalization, modernization, and cultural imperialism, this book explores the realms of daily life in Sweden and how cultural impulses are actually integrated in the lives of ordinary people. The dreams, opinions, actions, and consumption desires...
Channel Coding: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications
Academic Press Library in Mobile and Wireless Communications
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
This book gives a review of the principles, methods and techniques of important and emerging research topics and technologies in Channel Coding, including theory, algorithms, and applications.
Edited by leading people in the field who, through their reputation, have been able to commission...
The Financial Universe
Planning Your Investments Using Astrological Forecasting
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Written by one of the world's foremost financial astrologers, this work highlights the periods to maximize investment returns while minimizing portfolio losses through exposure to geopolitical events and circumstances and financial market hotspots. This important new and revised text maps out potential...
Divided Cities
Governing Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Combining peace and conflict studies with public administration research, Divided Cities critically investigates the roles of public administration and civil servants in resolving issues that are potentially conflictual in divided societies. Zooming in on nine cities with very different legacies and...
Values and Vulnerabilities
The Ethics of Research with Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Forced migration is a global issue. About 34 million of the world’s inhabitants were identified in 2010 by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as either refugees, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers or stateless people. Systematic inquiries are urgently needed to understand...
by Nikolas Glover
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
In Stockholm in January of 1945, an assembly of Swedish diplomats and businessmen initiated an organization that was to improve the country’s reputation abroad. The new, semi-governmental Swedish Institute was charged with explaining Sweden’s policy of neutrality during the war, with encouraging...