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  • Computed Tomography, Anatomy, and Morphometry of the Lower Extremity

    Series series Medicine (R0)
    When computed tomography (CT) was developed and introduced by Hounsfield (1973), a new era of clinical diagnostic potential began. At the same time CT created new difficulties, in that the physicians who had to deal with the CT images were not acquainted with their interpre tation. Therefore, it became necessary to compare CT scans with ana tomical sections, which gave additional information by ... Read more

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  • Time and Politics under Lethal Threats

    Futures We Know Something About

    by Furio Cerutti ...
    Series series Elgar Political Theory series
    This thought-provoking book examines the interactions between time, politics, scientific evidence and philosophy in order to understand how the emergence of lethal challenges to civilisation, such as nuclear weapons, climate change and possibly artificial intelligence, is already generating a fledgling ‘politics for the future’, based on rational fear rather than utopian hope. ... Read more

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  • Instant Insights: Sustainable forest management

    Series Book 56 - Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights
    This collection features five peer-reviewed literature reviews on sustainable forest management.The first chapter discusses the varying definitions of sustainable forest management (SFM) in tropical landscapes, as well as the trade-offs associated with SFM. The chapter also reviews the spatial scales of assessing SFM and explores expanding the scope of SFM from individual strands to forested ... Read more

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  • Managing Religious Tourism

    Series series CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Series
    Managing Religious Tourism provides a global view of the tools and resources used in demand and supply management, in the context of pilgrimage and religious tourism. With a focus on toolkits and best practices, the book reinforces the quality of service provision and offers a reflection on consumers' perspectives and what drives their purchasing decisions with regards to a variety of destinations ... Read more

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  • Sustainable Events Management

    This book introduces the reader to sustainable events management theory and practice, based on academic research and illustrated with empirical case studies. The book provides a comprehensive view of sustainable management and how it relates to the many sectors within the events industry. It emphasises the fundamental importance of local communities, businesses and stakeholders to events ... Read more

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  • The Politics of Religious Tourism

    Series series CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Series
    Addressing a dearth of literature in this area, this book provides a comprehensive overview and framework of study of the politics of religious tourism. Existing work shows awareness that politics is present but the approach has been one of benign neglect, and/or a priori assumptions about the role of politics in the management of sacred sites. Previous literature is fragmented into various ... Read more

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  • Transfers at the Limit

    A Quantum View of Art

    "Transfers at the Limit. A Quantum View of Art" breaks with the cliché of artificially sealed-off spaces and proposes a hybridization of verbal, pictorial, and volumetric language, through which Raúl Cerutti creates a counterpoint between word and image. This is not a matter of glossing or explaining the works, but of accompanying them so that this counterpoint becomes more fertile. A work of art ... Read more

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  • Housing Finance and Real-Estate Booms

    A Cross-Country Perspective

    Series Book 15 - IMF Staff Discussion Notes
    The recent global crisis highlighted the risks stemming from real estate booms. This has generated a growing literature trying to better understand the sources and the risks associated with housing and credit booms. This paper complements and supplements the previous work by (i) exploiting more disaggregated data on credit allowing us to dissociate between firm-credit and household (and in some ... Read more

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  • Conceptualizing Politics

    An Introduction to Political Philosophy

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    Politics is hugely complex. Some try to reduce its complexity by examining it through an ideological worldview, a one-size-fits-all prescriptive formula or a quantitative examination of as many 'facts' as possible. Yet politics cannot be adequately handled as if it were made of cells and particles: ideological views are oversimplifying and sometimes dangerous. Politics is not simply a moral matter ... Read more

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  • Plant Gene Silencing

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    Series series CABI Biotechnology Series
    Plant gene silencing is a crucially important phenomenon in gene expression and epigenetics. This book describes the way small RNA is produced and acts to silence genes, its likely origins in defence against viruses, and also its potential to improve plants. Plant gene silencing can be used to improve industrial traits, make plants more nutritious or more valuable to consumers, to remove allergens ... Read more

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  • Achieving sustainable management of tropical forests

    Series Book 80 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Explores the broader economic, political and environmental context in which management of tropical forests needs to operateParticular focus on management structures and techniques to achieve sustainable forest management (SFM) on the groundIncludes case studies of practical experience of managing tropical forests in South America, West Africa and Southeast Asia ... Read more

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  • Advances in Immunology

    Series Book 107 - Advances in Immunology
    Advances in Immunology, a long-established and highly respected publication, presents current developments as well as comprehensive reviews in immunology. Articles address the wide range of topics that comprise immunology, including molecular and cellular activation mechanisms, phylogeny and molecular evolution, and clinical modalities. Edited and authored by the foremost scientists in the field, ... Read more

    $169.19 USD