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Aaron Marks' Complete Guide to Game Audio For Composers Sound Designers Musicians and Game Developers

Aaron Marks' Complete Guide to Game Audio For Composers Sound Designers Musicians and Game Developers

Whether trying to land that first big gig or working to perfect the necessary skills to fill a game world with sound Aaron Marks’ Complete Guide to Game Audio 3rd edition will teach the reader everything they need to know about the audio side of the multi-million dollar video game industry. This book builds upon the success of the second edition with even more expert advice from masters in the field and notes current changes within the growing video game industry. The tools of the trade excerpts will showcase what professionals like Marty O’Donnell Richard Jacques and Tom Salta use to create their work and to help newcomers in the field prepare their own sound studios. Sample contracts are reviewed within the text as well as helpful advice about contractual terms and negotiable points. These sample contracts can also be found as a downloadable zip for the reader’s convenience. Aaron Marks also explores how to set your financial terms and network efficiently along with examples of how projects can go completely awry and achieving the best results in often complicated situations. Aaron Marks’ Complete Guide to Game Audio serves as the ultimate survival guide to navigating an audio career in the video game industry. Key Features New full color edition with a complete update of information. Added and expanded coverage of field recording for games creating voiceovers adaptive and interactive audio and other cutting edge sound creation and implementation techniques used within games. Update/Replacement of interviews. Include interviews/features on international game audio professionals New and expanded interview features from game composers and sound designers of every experience level such as Keith Arem Bradley Meyer Christopher Tin and Rodney Gates including many international professionals like Pasi Pitkanen Henning Nugel and Christos Panayides. Expanded and updated game console coverage of the Wii Wii U Xbox 360 Xbox One PS3 and PS4. Includes new scripting and middleware concepts and techniques and review of powerful tools such as FMOD and Wwise. | Aaron Marks' Complete Guide to Game Audio For Composers Sound Designers Musicians and Game Developers

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Cartridges and Firearm Identification

Cartridges and Firearm Identification

At a time when crime scene television shows are all the rage amongst the civilian population knowledge of firearm forensics is of paramount importance to crime scene analysts police detectives and attorneys for both the prosecution and the defense. Cartridges and Firearm Identification brings together a unique multidisciplined approach to questions that arise regarding ammunition and firearms within the context of investigation. Supplying essential practical information about firearms and ammunition in a clear easy-to-follow format this volume:Defines and depicts photographically all varieties of firearms Presents investigative concerns of firearms evidence from the perspectives of evidence preservation and safe handling proceduresIntroduces readers to the standards of measurement used to classify ammunition including the significance of names adjectives and other descriptors used in conjunction with ammunition cartridgesCategorizes and identifies ammunition head stamps from cartridges produced around the worldProvides ammunition manufacturing practices for dozens of nationsThe text offers a methodology for the identification of unknown firearms as well as ammunition of questioned identity. The author explains the terminology and describes each group of firearms and the aspects that identify the weaponry—including property marks proof marks and patent dates. Lavishly illustrated this comprehensive reference includes case studies to support the text making it a premier reference for all those responsible for the complicated task of investigating firearms and cartridges.

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Evolutionary Naturalism in Victorian Britain The 'Darwinians' and their Critics

Evolutionary Naturalism in Victorian Britain The 'Darwinians' and their Critics

Scholars have tended to portray T. H. Huxley John Tyndall and their allies as the dominant cultural authority in the second half of the 19th century. Defenders of Darwin and his theory of evolution these men of science are often seen as a potent force for the secularization of British intellectual and social life. In this collection of essays Bernard Lightman argues that historians have exaggerated the power of scientific naturalism to undermine the role of religion in middle and late-Victorian Britain. The essays deal with the evolutionary naturalists especially the biologist Thomas Henry Huxley the physicist John Tyndall and the philosopher of evolution Herbert Spencer. But they look also at those who criticized this influential group of elite intellectuals including aristocratic spokesman A. J Balfour the novelist Samuel Butler and the popularizer of science Frank Buckland. Focusing on the theme of the limitations of the cultural power of evolutionary naturalism the volume points to the enduring strength of religion in Britain in the latter half of the 19th century. | Evolutionary Naturalism in Victorian Britain The 'Darwinians' and their Critics

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Firearms the Law and Forensic Ballistics

Firearms the Law and Forensic Ballistics

While gun design has undergone only minimal change over the centuries investigative tools surrounding firearm use have grown significantly in sophistication. Now in its third edition Firearms the Law and Forensic Ballistics has been updated to reflect recently published research and new technology developed since the last volume. Beginning with a discussion of the development of arms and ammunition from the fourteenth century to the present day this book examines:Firearms laws around the world including legal challenges raised in the U. S. by the Daubert decisionFirearms manufacturing processes the mechanisms of various firearms and the linking of a particular bullet or spent cartridge with a suspected weaponThe origins and development of new science in firearms including controversies pioneers and an exposé of the quack purveyors of pseudo-scienceInternal external and terminal (wound) ballisticsThe nature composition and analytical detection of discharge residue left on a suspectThe role of the ballistics expert at all stages of a case ranging from the scene of the shooting incident the post mortem examinations the examination and testing of exhibits at the laboratory and the presentation of evidence in courtRecently introduced computer search techniques applied to captured and digitally stored images of marks left on fired bullets and spent cartridge casesManual microscopic comparison work and computer-based searches on digital images of bullet and cartridge case marks to determine if a particular weapon has been fired in previous casesWritten by an expert with more than 50 years of experience using and handling firearms this text is enhanced with nearly 250 illustrations making it a premier guide to the fundamentals of firearms and related evidentiary considerations.

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Fingerprints and Other Ridge Skin Impressions

Fingerprints and Other Ridge Skin Impressions

Since its publication the first edition of Fingerprints and Other Ridge Skin Impressions has become a classic in the field. This second edition is completely updated focusing on the latest technology and techniques—including current detection procedures applicable processing and analysis methods—all while incorporating the expansive growth of literature on the topic since the publication of the original edition. Forensic science has been challenged in recent years as a result of errors courts and other scientists contesting verdicts and changes of a fundamental nature related to previous claims of infallibility and absolute individualization. As such these factors represent a fundamental change in the way training identifying and reporting should be conducted. This book addresses these questions with a clear viewpoint as to where the profession—and ridge skin identification in particular—must go and what efforts and research will help develop the field over the next several years. The second edition introduces several new topics includingDiscussion of ACE-V and research results from ACE-V studiesComputerized marking systems to help examiners produce reportsNew probabilistic models and decision theories about ridge skin evidence interpretation introducing Bayesnet toolsFundamental understanding of ridge mark detection techniques with the introduction of new aspects such as nanotechnology immunology and hyperspectral imagingOverview of reagent preparation and applicationChapters cover all aspects of the subject including the formation of friction ridges on the skin the deposition of latent marks ridge skin mark identification the detection and enhancement of such marks as well the recording of fingerprint evidence. The book serves as an essential reference for practitioners working in the field of fingermark detection and identification as well as legal and police professionals and anyone studying forensic science with a view to understanding current thoughts and challenges in dactyloscopy.

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Fermented Foods Part I Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Fermented Foods Part I Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Traditional fermented foods are not only the staple food for most of developing countries but also the key healthy food for developed countries. As the healthy functions of these foods are gradually discovered more high throughput biotechnologies are being used to promote the fermented food industries. As a result the microorganisms process biochemistry manufacturing and down-streaming processing as well as the bioactive metabolites released by the fermenting organisms and above all the healthy functions of these foods were extensively researched. The application and progress of biotechnology and biochemistry of traditional fermented food systems are different from each other as the microorganisms and the food matrices vary widely. Part I (Biochemistry and Biotechnology) of this book (Fermented Foods) discusses the general aspects of biochemistry and biotechnological application of fermented foods involving acetic acid bacteria lactic acid bacteria ethanolic yeasts and fungi in accelerating the many and variable functional factors in the fermented foods as well as metagenomics of fermented foods. The detailed technological interventions involved in different categories of fermented foods such as fermented cereals (bread and sourdough) fermented milk products (yogurt cheese) fermented sausages fermented vegetables (kimchi sauerkraut) fermented legumes (tempeh natto) and coffee and cocoa fermentations and fermented beverages (animal- and plant-based) with their potential and actual health benefits are discussed in Part II (Fermented Foods: Technological Interventions). | Fermented Foods Part I Biochemistry and Biotechnology

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English-Russian Russian-English Medical Dictionary and Phrasebook

English-Russian Russian-English Medical Dictionary and Phrasebook

The Routledge English-Russian Russian-English Medical Dictionary and Phrasebook is the first full-size English-Russian bilingual Medical Dictionary that covers a broad range of up-to-date medical terminology. Key features:Includes a phrasebook appendix consisting of 22 sections including areas such as Emergency Medical Terminology and Medical Insurance Terms. Expressions included in the phrasebook taken from authentic medical documents. English-Russian list of medical rootsSuffixes and prefixes that are predominately used in medical terminology formationBilingual list of the most used medical abbreviations Russian words provided with stress marks for proper pronunciation. This dictionary has been designed to cater to the needs of Russian-English English-Russian interpreters and translators bilingual medical professionals libraries universities educators and students both in English and in Russian-speaking countries. Yuliya Baldwin is a linguist and a specialist in English-Russian interpretation/translation and teaches Russian at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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Explaining Post-Soviet Patchworks Volume 1: Actors and Sectors in Russia Between Accommodation and Resistance to Globalization

Explaining Post-Soviet Patchworks Volume 1: Actors and Sectors in Russia Between Accommodation and Resistance to Globalization

This title was first published in 2001: Based on extensive research this trilogy provides new insights into Post-Soviet transformations without taking refuge in the traditional assumption that Russia is unique. Using powerful analytical tools this trilogy marks the re-integration of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) into the main current of political science. An invaluable resource for all those interested in Russia and the Post-Soviet states. This first volume focuses on state sectoral and transnational actors from a predominantly rational choice perspective. The book includes an extensive introduction by the editor which uses additional material gathered by the project team on two polls 1999 and 2000 which in addition to the individual studies provide sufficient data to obtain unprecedented insights into the basic preferences and the logic of action of the main players in Russia. The outcomes of this research will be particularly relevant for students researchers journalists and decision-makers interested in Russia and the Post-Soviet states’ politics international relations economics social policy and sociology. | Explaining Post-Soviet Patchworks Volume 1: Actors and Sectors in Russia Between Accommodation and Resistance to Globalization

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A History of Jesuit Missions in Japan Evangelization Miracles and Martyrdom 1549–1614

A History of Jesuit Missions in Japan Evangelization Miracles and Martyrdom 1549–1614

In the aftermath of the religious crisis triggered by the Protestant Reformation the Catholic Church set out to conquer faithful in new territories. The first missionaries to arrive in Japan were the Jesuits who were forced to adopt a different type of evangelization with a bottom-up rather than a top-down approach. This volume shows that Japan turned out to be a land of experimentation and development of a global Catholicism as well as an unprecedented laboratory of encounter between political scientific and religious cultures in the age of the first globalization. It analyzes the different conversion strategies developed by the Jesuit fathers toward various groups including samurai Buddhist bonzes and Japanese peasants. A key step was the appropriation of sacred space by the missionaries: first in a violent way with the construction of large crosses and the destruction of temples pagodas and pagan idols then through strategies more flexible and accommodating of replacing pre-existing cultural practices. To be attractive the Jesuit fathers had to compromise with local culture and spirituality but they were also forced in some way to simplify and modify their very way of understanding and living Christianity. This book also reflects on the reasons for the failure of this ambitious Catholic conversion project: the hostility of the Japanese ruling class the irreducibility of a different culture and spirituality but also if not above all the rise of internal rivalries in Catholicism between Jesuits Franciscans and Dominicans. This book marks a significant contribution to the literature on the history of the Jesuits Catholic missions and Christianity in Japan. | A History of Jesuit Missions in Japan Evangelization Miracles and Martyrdom 1549–1614

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Sound and Image Aesthetics and Practices

Sound and Image Aesthetics and Practices

Sound and Image: Aesthetics and Practices brings together international artist scholars to explore diverse sound and image practices applying critical perspectives to interrogate and evaluate both the aesthetics and practices that underpin the audiovisual. Contributions draw upon established discourses in electroacoustic music media art history film studies critical theory and dance; framing and critiquing these arguments within the context of diverse audiovisual practices. The volume’s interdisciplinary perspective contributes to the rich and evolving dialogue surrounding the audiovisual demonstrating the value and significance of practice-informed theory and theory derived from practice. The ideas and approaches explored within this book will find application in a wide range of contexts across the whole scope of audiovisuality from visual music and experimental film to narrative film and documentary to live performance sound design and into sonic art and electroacoustic music. This book is ideal for artists composers and researchers investigating theoretical positions and compositional practices which bring together sound and image. | Sound and Image Aesthetics and Practices

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Reindeer and Caribou Health and Disease

Reindeer and Caribou Health and Disease

This book is a comprehensive presentation of health and diseases in reindeer and caribou or just Rangifer a key Circumarctic species with broad social and ecological value. It is an essential reference for anyone interested in the biology and health of wild or semi-domesticated reindeer and caribou and is more broadly relevant for those with interests in other species of free-ranging and captive cervids. Beginning with a general introduction to Rangifer as a species it then focuses on Rangifer health as a concept and describes the determinants of health at an individual and population level. Chapters cover a range of topics from nutrition and feeding to stress non-infectious and infectious diseases meat hygiene capture and restraint diagnosis and treatment of health issues and finally potential impacts of climate change on health of Rangifer. Reindeer and Caribou: Health and Disease compiles extensive research and experience-based information on issues ranging from drug doses for chemical immobilization blood chemistry values and raising an orphaned calf. In addition it contains hundreds of high quality colour illustrations that contribute to its value as a diagnostic resource for recognizing various parasites pathogens and signs of disease both in live and dead animals. Each chapter is followed by a comprehensive list of references and a list of contact information for all the contributors identifying world experts in the different areas of health for this circumpolar and fascinating species. This book is compulsory reading and an indispensable resource for anyone dealing with health in reindeer and caribou including veterinarians wildlife biologists and managers reindeer herders/game ranchers zoological husbandry personnel and students with wildlife health. | Reindeer and Caribou Health and Disease

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Sound and Recording Applications and Theory

Sound and Recording Applications and Theory

Providing vital reading for audio students and trainee engineers Sound and Recording is the essential guide for anyone who wants a solid grounding in both theory and industry practices in audio sound and recording. This updated and comprehensively restructured edition includes new content on DAW configuration effects processing 3D/immersive audio systems object-based audio and VR audio technology. This bestselling book introduces you to the principles of sound perception audio technology and systems. Sound and Recording is the ideal audio engineering text for students an accessible reference for professionals and a comprehensive introduction for hobbyists. | Sound and Recording Applications and Theory

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Nutrition and Diabetes Pathophysiology and Management

Nutrition and Diabetes Pathophysiology and Management

Diabetes occurs at such an alarming rate that it can be described as a global epidemic. Following its predecessor Nutrition and Diabetes: Pathophysiology and Management Second Edition is a comprehensive resource that describes various factors that drive the accumulation of excess body weight and fat resulting in obesity. The book discusses the metabolic aberrations found in obesity and how they lead to the association of obesity with diabetes. This new edition highlights the role played by diet and the interrelationships in the metabolism of key nutrients in the pathogenesis of obesity and diabetes which provides the scientific basis for treatment and management approaches. FeaturesHighlights the role of nutrition in the pathogenesis of obesity and diabetes Organized logically into two easy-to-use sections - Pathophysiology and Management of Obesity and Pathophysiology and Treatment of DiabetesFeatures emerging therapeutic approaches for management of obesity and diabetesDiscusses experience in the management of obesity and diabetes in developing countries Presents challenges in insulin therapy and provides guidelines to overcome themThe first section of the book retains key topics from the previous edition and contains new chapters including genetic determinants of nutrient processing; fat distribution and diabetes mellitus; combined effect of diet and physical activity in the management of obesity; pharmacologic treatment of obesity; and the role of gut microbiota in the pathogenesis and treatment of obesity. The second section features updated versions of most of the other chapters in the first edition comprising a modified chapter on oxidative stress and the effects of dietary supplements on glycemic control in Type 2 diabetes. In addition new chapters are added in this section and include the contribution of iron and transition metal micronutrients to diabetes; role of microbiota in the pathogenesis and treatment of diabetes; primary prevention of Type 2 diabetes; and the pathophysiology and management of Type 1 diabetes. | Nutrition and Diabetes Pathophysiology and Management

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Practicum and Internship Textbook and Resource Guide for Counseling and Psychotherapy

Practicum and Internship Textbook and Resource Guide for Counseling and Psychotherapy

Completely revised and updated the sixth edition of Practicum and Internship is a practical resource that provides students and supervisors with thorough coverage of all stages and aspects of the practicum and internship process. New to this edition are: Downloadable customizable online forms contracts and other materials Across-the-board updates that reflect 2016 CACREP standards Incorporation of contemporary research and literature that addresses recommended practices and ethical considerations regarding the use of technology in counseling New information on preparing students to run their first counseling and therapy groups A review of ethical standards and current perspectives on working with culturally diverse clients Current perspectives on managing self-care during practicum and internship and beyond A thoughtful presentation of trauma-informed approaches to counseling A revised final chapter including guidelines for preparing for licensure exams and for longevity in the profession With comprehensive information that spans across therapeutic approaches concerns and topics this remains an essential foundational text for counseling and psychotherapy students and their supervisors. | Practicum and Internship Textbook and Resource Guide for Counseling and Psychotherapy

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Memory Place and Identity Commemoration and remembrance of war and conflict

Memory Place and Identity Commemoration and remembrance of war and conflict

This book bridges theoretical gaps that exist between the meta-concepts of memory place and identity by positioning its lens on the emplaced practices of commemoration and the remembrance of war and conflict. This book examines how diverse publics relate to their wartime histories through engagements with everyday collective memories in differing places. Specifically addressing questions of place-making displacement and identity contributions shed new light on the processes of commemoration of war in everyday urban façades and within generations of families and national communities. Contributions seek to clarify how we connect with memories and places of war and conflict. The spatial and narrative manifestations of attempts to contextualise wartime memories of loss trauma conflict victory and suffering are refracted through the roles played by emotion and identity construction in the shaping of post-war remembrances. This book offers a multidisciplinary perspective with insights from history memory studies social psychology cultural and urban geography to contextualise memories of war and their ‘use’ by national governments perpetrators victims and in family histories. | Memory Place and Identity Commemoration and remembrance of war and conflict

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Tourism and Hospitality Issues and Developments

Tourism and Hospitality Issues and Developments

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. Tourism has become a key global economic activity as expectations with regard to our use of leisure time have evolved attributing greater meaning to our free time. Tourism is one of the world s largest industries and in many regions it is the single largest source of investment and employment. This new book provides a look at many important issues in the field of tourism and hospitality including understanding tourist preference satisfaction and motivation; tourism and hospitality education; rural tourism and its impact on local residents; the increasing popularity of cultural and heritage tourism; strategies for sustainable tourism; and more. | Tourism and Hospitality Issues and Developments

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Managing and Improving School Attendance and Behaviour New Approaches and Initiatives

Managing and Improving School Attendance and Behaviour New Approaches and Initiatives

This new book on school attendance and behaviour brings an international flavour to the field with contributions on some of the latest empirical research and thinking from around the world. It includes contributions from Canada and the USA Hong Kong Europe the United Kingdom and Ireland. Some of the interesting wide-ranging and often unique topics covered in the book include: truancy and well-being disaffection pupil absenteeism social mediation aggression in primary schools bullying emotional barriers to learning behaviour management training exclusion reintegration the role of educational psychologists and ethnic diversity and classroom disruption in the context of migration policies. The book should prove both helpful and useful for a wide range of professionals students and academics across a wide range of educational care and social policy disciplines. This book was originally published as a special issue of Educational Studies. | Managing and Improving School Attendance and Behaviour New Approaches and Initiatives

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Campaigns and Elections Players and Processes

Campaigns and Elections Players and Processes

Stephen K. Medvic’s Campaigns and Elections is a comprehensive yet compact core text that addresses two distinct but related aspects of American electoral democracy: the processes that constitute campaigns and elections and the players who are involved. In addition to balanced coverage of process and actors it gives equal billing to both campaigns and elections and covers contests for legislative and executive positions at the national state and local levels including issue-oriented campaigns of note. The book opens by providing students with the conceptual distinctions between what happens in an election and the campaigning that precedes it. Significant attention is devoted to setting up the context for these campaigns and elections by covering the rules of the game in the American electoral system as well as aspects of election administration and the funding of elections. Then the book systematically covers the actors at every level—candidates and their organizations parties interest groups the media and voters—and the macro-level aspects of campaigns such as campaign strategy and determinants of election outcomes. The book concludes with a big-picture assessment of campaign ethics and implications of the permanent campaign. New to the Fourth Edition: • Fully updated through the 2020 elections looking ahead to the 2022 midterms • Covers the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 election as well as the January 6 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol • Adds new sections in Chapter 3 on election integrity and the assessment of election administration • Reviews recent Supreme Court cases on gerrymandering and faithless electors • Expands coverage of social media as a source of news of the increasingly partisan nature of the media and of the role of media fact-checking in campaigns and elections • Reorganizes the chapters on the various actors so that the chapter on candidates leads directly to the chapter on campaigns • Fully updates the resources listed at the end of each chapter | Campaigns and Elections Players and Processes

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Medical Instruments and Devices Principles and Practices

Medical Instruments and Devices Principles and Practices

Medical Instruments and Devices: Principles and Practices originates from the medical instruments and devices section of The Biomedical Engineering Handbook Fourth Edition. Top experts in the field provide material that spans this wide field. The text examines how biopotential amplifiers help regulate the quality and content of measured signals. It includes instruments and devices that span a range of physiological systems and the physiological scale: molecular cellular organ and system. The book chronicles the evolution of pacemakers and their system operation and discusses oscillometry cardiac output measurement and the direct and indirect methods of measuring cardiac output. The authors also expound on the mechanics and safety of defibrillators and cover implantable stimulators respiration and the structure and function of mechanical ventilators. In addition this text covers in depth: Anesthesia Delivery Electrosurgical Units and Devices Biomedical Lasers Measuring Cellular Traction Forces Blood Glucose Monitoring Atomic Force Microscopy Parenteral Infusion Devices Clinical Laboratory: Separation and Spectral Methods Clinical Laboratory: Nonspectral Methods and Automation Noninvasive Optical Monitoring An offshoot from the definitive bible of biomedical engineering Medical Instruments and Devices: Principles and Practices offers you state-of-the-art information on biomedical instruments and devices. This text serves practicing professionals working in the areas of medical devices and instrumentation as well as graduate students studying bioengineering instrumentation and medical devices and it provides readers with a practical foundation and a wealth of resources from well-known experts in the field. | Medical Instruments and Devices Principles and Practices

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Biodiversity and Conservation Characterization and Utilization of Plants Microbes and Natural Resources for Sustainable Development and Eco

Biodiversity and Conservation Characterization and Utilization of Plants Microbes and Natural Resources for Sustainable Development and Eco

This volume provides an enlightening and pragmatic approach to preserving biological diversity by gathering a wide range of peer-reviewed scientific content from biodiversity researchers and conservators from around the world. It brings comprehensive knowledge and information on the present status of conservation of biological diversity including floral faunal and microbial diversity. A detailed account of recent trends in conservation and applications under changing climate conditions focusing mainly on agriculturally and industrially important microbes and their sustainable utilization is presented as well. Over the past five decades extensive research work has been done on many aspects of biodiversity conservation and sustainable utilization of biological resources. This book examines this crucial issue. Chapters discuss biodiversity concepts benefits and values for economic and sustainable development; explores applications and strategies for biodiversity preservation; and considers the role of biodiversity conservation in public awareness services and cultural significance. The volume also examines the process of evolution and the future of biodiversity in conjunction with climate change factors with special reference to infectious diseases. | Biodiversity and Conservation Characterization and Utilization of Plants Microbes and Natural Resources for Sustainable Development and Eco

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Women and Travel Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Women and Travel Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Women and Travel: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives is a fascinating look at the behavior motivations experiences and needs of women as tourists and travellers drawing on both historic and contemporary eras. Surprisingly little research has explored key issues experiences and opportunities in the context of women’s travel. This revealing volume fills this gap exploring the discourses debates and discussions about women travel and tourism. With an international roster of contributors from diverse regions of the world the book celebrates a variety of women’s voices. Khoo-Lattimore and Wilson deliberately sought to include nontraditional and non-Western perspectives on women’s travel with inclusions of Asian solo female travelers; Islamic women travellers and the constraints placed on them; and women who cannot travel (or choose for whatever reason a ‘home holiday’). This enlightening volume brings together scholars from the broad areas of tourism hospitality geography and leisure studies to examine how and why women travel. The chapters bring light to perspectives from different countries cultures backgrounds and religions and utilize different methods approaches and styles of presentation. Women and Travel: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives will be of interest to academics and graduate students from a range of disciplines including tourism leisure studies sociology cultural geography anthropology feminist and gender studies business economics and management; as well as professionals working in the tourism industry particularly those with an interest in niche markets and segmentation. | Women and Travel Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

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Hepatitis B and C Management and Treatment

Hepatitis B and C Management and Treatment

Chronic hepatitis B and C affect 520 million people worldwide and are a major cause of chronic liver disease and of mortality despite the efficacy of the vaccine. Hepatitis B and C: Management and Treatment second edition provides a practical explanation of the natural history and management of the disease and examines the benefits of the most recent drugs and their effects whether used in isolation or as part of a combination therapy. This second edition expands the coverage of treatment of various difficult-to-treat patients and will be a welcome guide to the physician in both clinical decision-making and in explaining the benefits and side-effects to the patient. | Hepatitis B and C Management and Treatment

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Management and Engineering of Fire Safety and Loss Prevention Onshore and offshore

Management and Engineering of Fire Safety and Loss Prevention Onshore and offshore

The papers presented deal with the general methods and techniques from a range of disciplines as they can be applied to specific engineering and fire safety situations. The circumstances described include a variety of large scale plant applications in the petrochemical industry. As such this book is a valuable reference for fire engineers petroleum engineers and legislators working in today's multi-disciplinary design engineering team. These proceedings address five major areas of importance on and offshore: risk assessment operations and operational safety research risk reduction and design safety detection and control and protective systems. | Management and Engineering of Fire Safety and Loss Prevention Onshore and offshore

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Trust and Conflict Representation Culture and Dialogue

Trust and Conflict Representation Culture and Dialogue

Trust distrust and conflict between social groups have existed throughout the history of humankind although their forms have changed. Using three main concepts: culture representation and dialogue this book explores and re-thinks some of these changes in relation to concrete historical and contemporary events. Part I offers a symbolic and historical analysis of trust and distrust while Parts II and III examine trust distrust and conflict in specific events including the Cyprus conflict Estonian collective memories coping with HIV/AIDS in China Swedish asylum seekers the Cuban missile crisis and Stalinist confessions. With an impressive array of international contributors the chapters draw on a number of key concepts such as self and other ingroup and outgroup contact between groups categorization brinkmanship knowledge beliefs and myth. Trust and Conflict offers a fresh perspective on the problems that arise from treating trust distrust and conflict as simplified indicators. Instead it proposes that human and social sciences can view these phenomena within the complex matrix of interacting perspectives and meta-perspectives that characterise the social world. As such it will be of interest to undergraduates postgraduates and lecturers of human and social sciences especially social psychology sociology political science and communication studies. | Trust and Conflict Representation Culture and Dialogue

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Ethanol and the Liver Mechanisms and Management

Ethanol and the Liver Mechanisms and Management

Distilling the available knowledge on ethanol-induced liver damage and directly complementing the available bio-medical literature Ethanol and the Liver covers pathogenic and clinical aspects of alcoholic liver disease. Providing broader coverage of the subject than any available monograph the editors and their panel of experts relate basic science to pathogenesis and treatment modalities and explore future developments. Coverage includes:Histopathology-fatty liver alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosisEthanol metabolism and its consequencesMechanisms in the pathogenesis of ALD including genetics immunology and insulin-like growth factorsExtrahepatic effects of ALD and the role of alcohol in potentiating liver damage due to other etiologiesInteraction of alcohol with viral hepatitisEpidemiology diagnosis and treatmentManagement strategies including transplantationThe vast amount of knowledge and expertise gathered in this book make it an unparalleled resource. | Ethanol and the Liver Mechanisms and Management

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