Five ships against hundreds?the fledgling American Navy versus the greatest naval force the world had ever seen? America in 1775 was on the verge of revolution?or, more likely, disastrous defeat
From Robert D. Kaplan, named one of the world’s Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine, comes a penetrating look at the volatile region that will dominate the future of geopolitical confli
Introduces information on water safety through the story of a little girl who invites a teddy bear-toting, fire-breathing dragon to spend the day at the beach.
This text is the fourth volume (in two parts) of a six-volume set of books that provides a comprehensive and integrated treatment of all the major rivers and estuaries of the contiguous United States.
Discover how the vital war at sea was fought, from the first battle to the last.As soon as World War II broke out in September 1939, the conflict at sea began and was fought with fury until the uncond
"It was a technological crisis in an alien realm: a blown-out oil well in mile-deep water in the Gulf of Mexico. For the engineers who had to kill the well, this was like Apollo 13, a crisis no one sa
Chile and the South American Games of Santiago 2014 offers an interesting case to examine an event of sizeable magnitude in a country with little history of hosting sport mega-events (SMEs). This case
This book showcases powerful new hybrid methods that combine numerical and symbolic algorithms. Hybrid algorithm research is currently one of the most promising directions in the context of geoscience
Orthopedic rehabilitation –See, Understand, Apply This practical guide tells you everything you need to know about interdisciplinary aftercare and rehabilitation following orthopedic op
For fifty years, Medicare and Medicaid have stood at the center of a contentious debate surrounding American government, citizenship, and health care entitlement. In Medicare and Medicaid at 50, leadi
Viruses that primarily target the lung are very significant causes of death and in the past decade have been responsible for major outbreaks of severe adult respiratory distress syndrome and H1N1 infl
The primary goal of this book is to present the research findings and conclusions of physicists, economists, mathematicians and financial engineers working in the field of "Econophysics&q
IAENG Transactions on Engineering Technologies contains forty-nine revised and extended research articles, written by prominent researchers participating in the conference. Topics covered include circ
This volume, the ninth volume in the Handbook of Research in Middle Level Education, is a compilation of research studies focusing on the use and implementation of common planning time (CPT) in middle
???A memorial conference for Leon Ehrenpreis was held at Temple University, November 15-16, 2010. In the spirit of Ehrenpreis’s contribution to mathematics, the papers in this volume, written by promi
This volume provides an overview of the occurrence and fate of emerging contaminants, discusses advanced chemical analysis methods, toxicological and ecotoxicological effects as well as human exposure
Social scientists offer a reference and a textbook for a graduate seminar on using interviews in research. Though they include traditional approaches--for example the strict roles of interviewer and i
The rationale for using intraoperative irradiation (IORT) is based on the realization that tolerable doses of eternal beam radiation are often insufficient to achieve control of locally advanced malig
Helping you use program evaluation standards most effectively The Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (JCSEE.org) is an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited sta
The first full examination of the legal role of public guardianship in 25 years, comparing current conditions to those when the last study was published in 1981.
The esteemed and enduring Handbook of Zoology, a German work initiated in the 1920s, treats the whole animal kingdom, from single-celled organisms to mammals, in eight volumes, offering overviews on a
Written for plastic surgeons, otolaryngologists, head and neck surgeons, and oral and maxillofacial surgeons, this volume outlines the science, clinical problems and treatment methods, and future ther
Advances over the past two decades have enabled physicians to revolutionize the manner in which they can assess and manage children's pain. Thirty years ago it was thought that young children did not
What is leadership? Not only has that question been debated since the beginning of human culture and society, but it's a moving target based on the definer, and the epoch. The definition can be thoug
Groundwater is the most important source of domestic, industrial, and agricultural water and also a finite resource. Population growth has created an unprecedented demand for water, with the situation
In The Handbook of Forensic Rorschach Assessment, editors Carl B. Gacono and Barton Evans underscore the unique contribution the Rorschach makes to forensic practice. The chapters, all of which includ
Chernyi (scientific advisor, Institute of Mechanics, Moscow State University) presents models and formulas produced over the past ten years by scientists at the AVAGADRO Laboratory of Moscow State Uni
The aim of this series is to provide the necessary data to mathematically model the processes occurring in devices, instruments, or other objects in which the working body is a gas or plasma. In this
In light of growing realization that the sustainable development everyone seems to be for these days depends fundamentally on soil management, scientists from many countries examine the role organic m
This volume completes the translation of Ibn Battuta's narrative. Volume III ended with Ibn Battuta's appointment by the Sultan of Delhi to accompany an embassy to China. In Volume IV he describes his
