Academic Press imprint: 6422 books
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Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
This informative book focuses on newly developed functional materials and their applications for electronic and spintronic devices. Electronic devices have become a part of our daily modern life, involving mobile phones, data storage, computers, and satellites, and there is relentless growth in microelectronics....
Higher Mathematics for Engineering and Technology
Problems and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
Based on and enriched by the long-term teaching experience of the authors, this volume covers the major themes of mathematics in engineering and technical specialties. The book addresses the elements of linear algebra and analytic geometry, differential calculus of a function of one variable, and...
Dorothy Stopford Price
Rebel Doctor
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
Dorothy Stopford Price was arguably the most instrumental individual in eradicating the TB epidemic within Ireland. She introduced BCG to its shores which, to this day, prevent children from catching tuberculosis. This illuminating biography uncovers the importance of her medical work and of occasionally...
by Ramasamy Santhanam
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2018
This comprehensive volume focuses exclusively on sea snails (or gastropods), which are popular food items and occupy an important role in the commercial shell craft industry. Familiar examples include conchs (highly sought after due to their mild flavor) and escargot, abalone, and periwinkle snails.
This...
Careers Work in Schools
Cost Effective Career Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
It is important that schools deliver career education and career services to all students in order to develop the capacity of students to adapt to a changing world of work. From ethical and accountability viewpoints, school career education programs and career services should be evidence-based, known...
by Vivienne Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Research tell us that 60% of women and 35% of men are dissatisfied with some part of their bodies.
For youth aged 14 to 25 years old, body image is their number one concern — more important than family, friends and school.
A negative body image can lead to anxiety and depression, affecting...
by
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
This volume reflects the huge breadth and diversity in research and the application of industrial and engineering chemistry and cheminformatics. The book presents cutting-edge research developments and new insights that emphasize the vibrancy of industrial and engineering chemistry and cheminformatics...
The Future of Organizations
Workplace Issues and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
This volume provides valuable insights into how organizations are changing and evolving and how human resource personnel, employers, and employees are reacting to these emerging workplace transitions. Today’s successful organizations must be learning organizations in that they must keep abreast...
Assembly Instructions for Polypeptide Models
Academic Press/Molecular Design Inc. Precision Molecular Models
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2014
Assembly Instructions for Polypeptide Models provides assembly procedures for? polypeptide chains and for modeling the ?-helix and the parallel and antiparallel ?-pleated sheets.
This text is divided into nine chapters and starts with a brief introduction to the basic unit of polypeptide or...
Legitimizing ESS
Big Science as a Collaboration Across Boundaries
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
"Big Science" is a broad epithet that can be associated with research projects that involve huge budgets, big facilities, complex instrumentation, years of planning, and large multidisciplinary teams of researchers. Legitimizing the ESS examines the complexity of the cultural, social,...
Theoretical Models and Experimental Approaches in Physical Chemistry
Research Methodology and Practical Methods
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
This new volume presents an up-to-date review of modern materials and physical chemistry concepts, issues, and recent advances in the field. It presents a modern theoretical and experimental approach in applied physical chemistry. The volume discusses the developments of advanced chemical products...
Leishmaniasis
Biology, Control and New Approaches for Its Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
This new volume provides exhaustive knowledge on a wide range of natural products and holistic concepts that have provided promising in the treatment of leishmaniasis. Including the major natural therapies as well as traditional formulations, over 300 medicinal plants and 150 isolated compounds that...
Crime, Culture and Violence
Understanding How Masculinity and Identity Shapes Offending
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
From prison interviews with violent offenders and a wealth of experience and research, psychologist Dr Katie Seidler explores the complex interaction between crime and culture. Featuring the voices of the offenders themselves, 15 convicted adult male violent offenders from various ethnic cultural...
Underexploited Spice Crops
Present Status, Agrotechnology, and Future Research Directions
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
Spices provide our food with nutraceutical value rather than actual nutrition. But apart from the popular and major spices, there are several other spices, which, in spite of their enormous contribution to human health, remain underexploited or underutilized. This new volume, Underexploited Spice...