Crc Press imprint: 4124 books
Biological Variation in Health and Illness
Race, Age, and Sex Differences
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Specifically for the health professional, this book contains an extensive compilation of research findings on biologic variation by race, age, and gender relating to health and illness. Completely rewritten, revised, and updated, the Second Edition includes an increased discussion of biologic variation...
MicroRNA
Perspectives in Health and Diseases
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
This book explores the role of miRNA as therapeutic agents, the progress made in this direction and the problems that need to be addressed for miRNA based therapies to become successful. It also discusses the basic biology of miRNA sythesis, regulation, and their role in disease biology.
Green Polymer Composites Technology
Properties and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
This book is a comprehensive introduction to "green" or environmentally friendly polymer composites developed using renewable polymers of natural origin such as starch, lignin, cellulose acetate, poly-lactic acid (PLA), polyhydroxylalkanoates (PHA), polyhydroxylbutyrate (PHB), etc., and...
by J. Lewis Blackburn
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Emphasizing a practical conception of system unbalances, basic circuits, and calculations, this essential reference/text presents the foundations of symmetrical components with a review of per unit (percent), phasors, and polarity--keeping the mathematics as simple as possible throughout. According...
Ecosystems and Human Health
Toxicology and Environmental Hazards, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
Since the second edition of this text was published, many new environmental incidents have occurred, including another nuclear disaster, a mine disaster in the United States, and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Updated throughout the text, Ecosystems and Human Health: Toxicology and Environmental Hazards, Third Edition explores the broad range of env
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Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
A science-based text, New Developments in Biological and Chemical Terrorism Countermeasures presents research that addresses the growing threat of chemical and biological terrorism as well as the need for improvements in the implementation of countermeasures. This new textbook building upon Advances...
Oscillations and Waves
An Introduction, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
Emphasizing physics over mathematics, this popular, classroom-tested text helps advanced undergraduates acquire a sound physical understanding of wave phenomena. This second edition of Oscillations and Waves: An Introduction contains new widgets, animations in Python, and exercises, as well as updated...
Who Decides Who Decides?
Enabling Choice, Equity, Access, Improved Performance and Patient Guaranteed Care
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
This book makes the case for 'ordinary' people to get the health and social care which the state has promised them for over 60 years but which has not been delivered. What is the case for choice? How can choice be made real for the individual? What impact can genuine, individually financially-empowered...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Defines the psychology of human-computer interaction, showing how to span the gap between science & application. Studies the behavior of users in interacting with computer systems.
by Aly I. El-Kadi
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Written by renowned experts in the field, this book assesses the status of groundwater models and defines models and modeling needs in the 21st century. It reviews the state of the art in model development and application in regional groundwater management, unsaturated flow/multiphase flow and transport,...
Advancing Food Integrity
GMO Regulation, Agroecology, and Urban Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Key features:
Presents summaries of key points after each chapter and includes color graphs to visualize the big-picture concepts
Demonstrates how urban rooftop farms (URFs) can contribute to city greening and climate change mitigation worldwide while providing fresh locally-sourced...
by J. Glinski
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
This book is a specialized monograph on soil physical conditions and root-system relations. It attempts to explain the importance of physical properties of soil by showing how they affect root growth and functions; and on the other hand, how roots themselves change their environment. Emphasis is placed...
Driving Strategy to Execution Using Lean Six Sigma
A Framework for Creating High Performance Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2012
Many organizations develop strategic plans that gather dust on bookshelves. Many other organizations employ Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to eliminate waste and reduce process variation only to find they are not moving the big bars that measure success for the organization. Driving Strategy to...
by James Reason
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents introduced the notion of an ’organizational accident’. These are rare but often calamitous events that occur in complex technological systems operating in hazardous circumstances. They stand in sharp contrast to ’individual accidents’ whose damaging...