This book focuses on the role and concept of participation. The contributors consider the various discourses and the diverse interests and intentions at the heart of current development thinking and p
An organization’s inventory budget is a financial amount set by the group’s board members. The decisions of what inventory to have in stock, how much, where, and when, are details handled by the mana
A key goal of fisheries management is to regulate extractive pressure on a resource, so as to maximise both economic returns and sustainability. This text provides an accessible entry point for studen
Nowadays approximately 6 billion people use a mobile phone and they now take a central position within our daily lives. The 1990s saw a tremendous increase in the use of wireless systems and the democ
Digital Humanities has become one of the new domains of academe at the interface of technological development, epistemological change, and methodological concerns. This volume explores how digital mat
Digital Humanities has become one of the new domains of academe at the interface of technological development, epistemological change, and methodological concerns. This volume explores how digital mat
The book is a basic text for courses in the engineering design of systems at both the upper undergraduate and beginning graduate levels. The book emphasizes the need todefine the design problem and to
Hydrogen exchange mass spectrometry is widely recognized for its ability to probe the structure and dynamics of proteins. The application of this technique is becoming widespread due to its versatilit
Written by active researcher and bestselling author, Frank E. Hagan,Introduction to Criminology, Ninth Edition is a comprehensive introduction to the study of criminology, focusing on the vital core o
As power and gas markets are becoming more and more mature and globally competitive, the importance of reaching maximum potential economic efficiency is fundamental in all the sectors of the value cha
This book will help researchers and engineers in the design of ethical systems for robots, addressing the philosophical questions that arise and exploring modern applications such as assistive robots
This text is designed for mathematical modeling courses that teach programming with MATLABR. Many examples show how to apply a model, select a numerical method, implement computer simulations, and ass
An extensive update and sequel to the successful title Renewables-Based Technology: Sustainability Assessment. Over the past decade, the field of renewable resources has grown tremendously and sustain
Cross-cultural and cultural research is a hallmark of modern times: decolonized nations are seeking their place in the world, indigenous communities are searching for their identities, immigrants are
This edited book is devoted to different electrochemical aspects of nano materials. This comprehensive reference text is basically divided in 3 parts: electrochemical synthesis routes for nanosized ma
Covering computational tools in drug design using techniques from chemoinformatics, molecular modelling and computational chemistry, this book explores these methodologies and applications ofin silico
This is the first book that provides detailed guidelines of how to conduct multi-disciplinary research to study people’s behaviors in different cultures. Readers are encouraged to look beyond discipli
This contributed volume contains a collection of articles on state-of-the-art developments on the construction of theoretical integral techniques and their application to specific problems in science
This groundbreaking text makes an intervention on behalf of disability studies into the broad field of qualitative inquiry. Ronald Berger and Laura Lorenz introduce readers to a range of issues involv
Since the 1950s, a substantial body of scholarship on cost uncertainty analysis has evolved. Published material appears in numerous industry and government technical reports, symposia proceedings, and
The study of dielectric properties of biological systems and their components is important not only for fundamental scientific knowledge but also for its applications in medicine, biology, and biotech
This detailed volume provides an overview of recent techniques employed in the field of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) to screen for new drugs and to derive information about their receptor struc
This book addresses in an integrated manner all the critical aspects for building the next generation of biorecognition platforms - from biomolecular recognition to surface fabrication. The most recen
This volume examines cell-cell interactions and stem cell renewal, two topics that are now inexorably linked as science strives to understand the stem cell niche and its function. Gathering a number o
"This book highlights the research behind the innovations and emerging practices being implemented within the journalism industry by focusing on key topics in social media and video streaming as a new
Inventory Management provides a step-by-step approach on how to achieve the critical linkage between the business budget decisions and the detail level. The authors look beyond the complexity and theo
This ground-breaking reference provides an overview of key concepts in dimensional analysis, and then pushes well beyond traditional applications in fluid mechanics to demonstrate how powerful this to
This volume collects a series of protocols describing the kinds of infrastructures, training, and standard operating procedures currently available to actualize the potential of stem cells for regener
This book provides readers with extensive information on path planning optimization for both single and multiple Autonomous Guided Vehicles (AGVs), and discusses practical issues involved in advanced
Provides educators with details on the latest national mandates, including amendments to ADA and IDEIA, discussing response to intervention, and how to adapt teaching strategies and curriculum.
Late antique sites are often excavated badly and are hardly ever published in full, especially in the East. This volume seeks to provide a critique of this situation and exemplars of best practice. It
The field of genetics is rapidly evolving, and new medical breakthroughs are occurring as a result of advances in our knowledge of genetics.Advances in Genetics continually publishes important reviews
James Brannan, one of the most well known names in mathematics, provides readers with a modern approach to differential equations. The modeling- and technology-intensive format allows readers who may
The Lie Theory Workshop, founded by Joe Wolf (UC, Berkeley), has been running for over two decades. At the beginning, the top universities in California and Utah hosted the meetings, which continue to
The book is addressed to statisticians working at the forefront of the statistical analysis of complex and high dimensional data and offers a wide variety of statistical models, computer intensive met
