Author John E. Weinrich directed a study concerning environmental pollution in Macau and identified ways to minimize it. The study was concerned with various industries and sectors in Macau including
Examining the interaction of liturgical function and musical style in various historical contexts, this monograph devotes chapters to the general readership of music and liturgy, the church calendar a
Allometry, the study of the growth rate of an organism's parts in relation to the whole, has produced exciting results in research on animals. Now distinguished plant biologist Karl J. Niklas has writ
Providing an introduction to the way health policies are made and who influences them, this book combines a comparative analytical framework for understanding health policy with a wide range of exampl
Providing an introduction to the way health policies are made and who influences them, this book combines a comparative analytical framework for understanding health policy with a wide range of exampl
This powerful book reveals how modern strategies of punishment—and, by all accounts, their failure—relate to political and economic transformations in society at large. Jonathan Simon uses the practic
The ultimate objective of any controls text is to teach students how to achieve the best possible design. In this new text, Wolovich integrates classical and modern techniques, systematically develops
Can knowledge of financial policies in developing countries over four decades help the socialist economies of Asia and Eastern Europe become open market economies in the 1990s? In all these countries
A comprehensive discussion of risks involved with electronic data interchange, the computer-to-computer mode by which more and more companies conduct business with each other worldwide. Identifies the
In light of the growing importance and availability of intense x-ray sources and position-sensitive detectors, this book offers comprehensive treatment of the principles, instrumentation, and applicat
A holistic presentation of the known results about PMC, presented under a common notation, with the aim of accelerating the integration of the beneficial features of this criterion into the mainstream
This book offers a state-of-the-art look at modern water management. The sixth edition has been improved with new material on the EPANET model for analyzing water distribution systems, on the processi
Criminologists agree that crime has its roots at the level of the local neighborhood, but many criticize social disorganization theory for its fairly narrow view of the community dynamics related to c
In light of research during the 1980s on new ways of representing and performing computations, this book provides a reexamination of computer organization and computer architecture. It investigates th
From about 1960, the author and his colleagues in the MIT Man-Machine Systems Laboratory have been carrying out experimental research in the area of teleoperation, telerobotics, and supervisory contro
This seminal book presents a fundamental reconsideration of modern American administrative law. According to Christopher Edley, the guiding principle in this field is that courts should apply legal do
Genetic algorithms are playing an increasingly important role in studies of complexadaptive systems, ranging from adaptive agents in economic theory to the use of machine learningtechniques in the des
This history of the political economy of Kenya is the first full length study of the development of the colonial state in Africa.Professor Berman argues that the colonial state was shaped by the contr
Why do majority congressional parties seem unable to act as an effective policy-making force? They routinely delegate their power to others—internally to standing committees and subcommittees within e
In the four decades following the end of World War II, Morris Janowitz (1919-88) published major works in macrosociology, urban and political sociology, race and ethnic relations, and the study of arm
Even after the Civil War, blacks despaired of being treated as equals in a white man's world. They were deprived of many of the most basic rights of citizenship, and were often cheated and exploited.
In this profound work, Vittorio Guidano expands upon his earlier seminal contributions on the application of cognitive and developmental principles to individuals struggling with various forms of psyc
A revision of Energy technologies & the environment (1980), published by the US Dept. of Energy. The information included is from Energy technologies & the environment environmental informa
