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Colitis
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic condition that has a number of long-term complications and creates certain short-term problems for the sufferer. Michael Kelly, himself a sufferer, describes the experience of ulcerative colitis from the perspective of men and women who have had the disease and examin... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1992 -
A State In Disarray: Conditions Of Chad's Survival
Although independent since 1960, Chad has proved to be one of the least viable African states. Sustained politically and financially by other countries from the outset, Chad's internal warfare has made it the prey of external powers. Yet Chad has survived–an integral element of the Organization of A... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1986 -
Healthy Cities: Research and Practice
The growth of health promotion as a topic for discussion and a principle for practice is widespread, and affects all groups of health professionals. The Healthy Cities project, like Health for All, was inaugurated by the World Health Organization and has informed policy throughout the world. Healthy... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1993 -
Evaluating Evidence of Mechanisms in Medicine: Principles and Procedures (SpringerBriefs in Philosophy)
by Beth Shaw • Phyllis Illari • Veli-Pekka Parkkinen • Christian Wallmann • Michael Wilde • Brendan Clarke • Michael P Kelly • Charles Norell • Federica Russo • Jon WilliamsonThis book is open access under a CC BY license. This book is the first to develop explicit methods for evaluating evidence of mechanisms in the field of medicine. It explains why it can be important to make this evidence explicit, and describes how to take such evidence into account in the evidence ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Knowledge Communities in Teacher Education: Sustaining Collaborative Work (Palgrave Studies on Leadership and Learning in Teacher Education)
This book traces the origins and activities of the longest-standing collaborative teacher group in education, the Portfolio Group. Each chapter documents, historically and conceptually, the main intellectual moments in the evolution of the idea of knowledge communities. Authors illuminate the expans... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
United Arab Emirates Keys to Soil Taxonomy
by Shabbir A. Shahid • Mahmoud A. Abdelfattah • Michael A. Wilson • John A. Kelley • Joseph V. ChiarettiCentral to human life and civilization, soils are an integral part of the physical and cultural environment. Although we may take them for granted, the rise and fall of civilizations is closely linked with the use and abuse of soil and water resources. It is therefore important to evaluate soils f... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Fuzzy Social Choice Models
by Peter C. Casey • Michael B. Gibilisco • Carly A. Goodman • Kelly Nelson Pook • John N. Mordeson • Mark J. Wierman • Terry D. ClarkThis book explores the extent to which fuzzy set logic can overcome some of the shortcomings of public choice theory, particularly its inability to provide adequate predictive power in empirical studies. Especially in the case of social preferences, public choice theory has failed to produce the se... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Tourism Management in Warm-water Island Destinations (Cabi Series In Tourism Management Research Ser.)
by Frederic Dimanche • Michael Sadowski • Rachel Dodds • Michelle McLeod • Robertico Croes • David Airey • Professor Noel Scott • Donna Chambers • Sheree-Ann Adams • Anne P. Crick • Brigitte Joubert • Jorge Ridderstaat • Manuel Rivera • Neelu Seetaram • Kelly J. SemradWarm-water islands are a cohesive group of islands distinguished by their geography and remoteness, history as former colonial territories, and dependence on external stakeholders for their economic and social development. Warm-water island destinations also have a year-round tourism industry. The... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Two Tickets to Paradise
by Jl Merrow • B. G. Thomas • Dar Mavison • Jamie Lowe • Claire Russett • Jana Denardo • Anna Martin • Sean Michael • Susan Laine • Zee Kensington • Chelle Dugan • Eric Renner • G. R. Richards • Cecilia Ryan • Mal PetersA vacation is exactly what these men need to find love in their lives. It may be about looking for a little fun, gaining a fresh perspective after a breakup, or building up the nerve to take the plunge. Whether they travel by plane, train, or automobile, none of them want to go it alone. They'r... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
ECML PKDD 2020 Workshops: Workshops of the European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML PKDD 2020): SoGood 2020, PDFL 2020, MLCS 2020, NFMCP 2020, DINA 2020, EDML 2020, XKDD 2020 and INRA 2020, Ghent, Belgium, September 14–18, 2020, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1323)
by Peter Christen • Annalisa Appice • Donato Malerba • Michelangelo Ceci • Corrado Loglisci • Giuseppe Manco • Elio Masciari • Zbigniew W. Ras • Erich Schubert • João Gama • Riccardo Guidotti • Anna Monreale • Pedro M. Ferreira • Ricard Gavaldà • Michael Kamp • Yamuna Krishnamurthy • Rita P. Ribeiro • Albrecht Zimmermann • Jon Atle Gulla • Arthur Zimek • Przemyslaw Biecek • Irena Koprinska • Luiza Antonie • Özlem Özgöbek • Linara Adilova • Ibéria Medeiros • Eirini Ntoutsi • Salvatore Rinzivillo • Benjamin Kille • Andreas LommatzschThis volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops which complemented the 20th Joint European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD, held in September 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference and workshops were held online. The 43 pape... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Parthenium Weed: Biology, Ecology and Management (CABI Invasives Series)
by Michael Day • Arne Witt • Stephen Adkins • Asad Shabbir • Kunjithapatham Dhileepan • Muhammad H Ali • Sally Allan • Ali Ahsan Bajwa • Amalia Belgeri • Shane Campbell • Nimal Chandrasena • Naeem Khan • Ian A Macdonald • Alec McClay • Andrew McConnachie • Rachel McFadyen • Adusumilli Narayana Rao • Boyang Shi • Bharat B. Shrestha • Lorraine Strathie • Sushil Kumar • Tamado Tana • Saichun Tang • Colette Terblanche • Nguyen Thi Thi • Wayne D. VoglerThis book explores the most important aspects of the biology, ecology and management of what is one of the world's worst weeds. Originally regarded as a major weed in Australia and India, Parthenium weed is now widespread in around 48 countries in Africa, Asia and the South Pacific, and has the pote... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Parthenium Weed: Biology, Ecology and Management (CABI Invasives Series #7)
by Michael Day • Arne Witt • Muhammad H Ali • Sally Allan • Ali Ahsan Bajwa • Amalia Belgeri • Shane Campbell • Nimal Chandrasena • Naeem Khan • Ian A Macdonald • Alec McClay • Andrew McConnachie • Rachel McFadyen • Adusumilli Narayana Rao • Boyang Shi • Bharat B. Shrestha • Lorraine Strathie • Sushil Kumar • Tamado Tana • Saichun Tang • Colette Terblanche • Nguyen Thi Thi • Wayne D. VoglerThis book explores the most important aspects of the biology, ecology and management of what is one of the world's worst weeds. Originally regarded as a major weed in Australia and India, Parthenium weed is now widespread in around 48 countries in Africa, Asia and the South Pacific, and has the pote... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Tourism Transformations in Protected Area Gateway Communities
by Gianna Moscardo • C. Michael Hall • Kynda R. Curtis • Professor Chris Ryan • Dorothee Bohn • Andrea Zita Botelho • Kelly S. Bricker • Robert S. Bristow • Karina H. Casimiro • Rosa Suárez Chaparro • Ana Cristina Costa • Margaret J. Daniels • Edieser Dela Santa • Manuel Ramón Herrera • Russell M. Hicks • Julie Judkins • N. Qwynne Lackey • Natalya Lawrence • Gustavo C. Machado • Jake Powell • Sidnei Raimundo • Mary Anne Ramos-Tumanan • Milena Manhães Rodrigues • Renato De Santos • Jessica A. Schottanes • Ole R. Sleipness • Maria Anunciação Ventura • Therez B. WalkerGateway communities that neighbour parks and protected areas are impacted by tourism, while facing unique circumstances related to protected area management. Economic dependency remains a serious challenge for these communities, especially in a climate of neoliberalism, top-down policy environments,... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Keywords for Children's Literature, Second Edition (Keywords #9)
by Michael Joseph • Beverly Lyon Clark • Michelle Martin • Peter Hunt • Karen Sánchez-Eppler • Colleen Glenney Boggs • Elizabeth Marshall • Clémentine Beauvais • Lynne Vallone • Philip Nel • Lissa Paul • Robin Bernstein • Evelyn Arizpe • Katharine Capshaw • Vanessa Joosen • Patricia Crain • Kerry Mallan • Kenneth Kidd • Kimberley Reynolds • Mavis Reimer • Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair • Clare Bradford • JonArno Lawson • Nicole Markotić • Ute Dettmar • Karen Coats • Louise Joy • Naomi Hamer • Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer • Jacqueline Reid-Walsh • Joseph T. Thomas • Hugh Crago • Debra Dudek • Claudia Nelson • Derritt Mason • Zoe Jaques • Charles Hatfield • Anna Stemmann • Sandra L. Beckett • Kelly Hager • Mike Cadden • Boel Westin • Lydia Kokkola • Marah Gubar • Victoria Ford Smith • Nina Christensen • Sarah Park Dahlen • Eric L. Tribunella • Richard Flynn • B. j. McDaniel • Ebony Elizabeth Marshall • Elisabeth Lies Wesseling • Deirdre Baker • Karin E. Westman • Peter Hollindale • Michael Heyman • Kevin Shortsleeve • William Moebius • Stine Liv Johansen • Cathryn M. Mercier • Åse Marie Ommundsen • Emer O’SullivanIntroduces key terms, global concepts, debates, and histories for Children's Literature in an updated editionOver the past decade, there has been a proliferation of exciting new work across many areas of children’s literature and culture. Mapping this vibrant scholarship, the Second Edition of Keywo... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Climate, Ticks and Disease (CABI Climate Change Series #18)
by Charles Hart • Peter Cox • A. Townsend Peterson • Nicholas Johnson • Wei Liu • Jianhong Wu • Richard Wall • Domenico Otranto • Agustín Estrada-Peña • Jeremy Gray • Abdul Jabbar • Jolyon M. Medlock • Sunit Kumar Singh • Giovanni Benelli • Peter Irwin • Richard Bishop • Xue Zhang • Hao Li • DeMar Taylor • Deborah Hemming • Saeed Alasmari • Neil Alexander • Abdelghafar Alkishe • Reiko Arai • Armanda Bastos • Gervasio Henrique Bechara • John Beier • Joshua Benoit • Dennis Bente • Adrien Blisnick • René Bødker • Fernando Boinas • Sarah Bonnet • Nathalie Boulanger • Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz • Alexandre Rodrigues Caetano • Cyril Caminade • Jirí Cerny´ • Roxanne Albertha Charles • Ali Reza Chavshin • Rosalind Cornforth • Neil Coughlan • Lauren Culler • Milan Daniel • Vlasta Danielova • Mona Dehhaghi • Maria Diuk-Wasser • James P Duffy • Olivier Duron • Lars Eisen • Rebecca Eisen • Jana Elsterová • Koray Ergünay • Li-Qun Fang • Natalia Fernández-Ruiz • Erol Fikrig • Serhii Filatov • Durland Fish • Janet Foley • José De Fuente • Roman Ganta • Aysen Gargili Keles • Robin Beat Gasser • Abdul Ghafar • Naftaly Githaka • Lucy Gilbert • Maryna Golovchenko • Yuval Gottlieb • Ernest Gould • Libor Grubhoffer • Gilles J. Guillemin • Kayleigh M. Hansford • John E. Healy • Stephen Higgs • Andrew Hoodless • Yan-Jang S. Huang • Bernard Hudson • Chris Huntingford • Esther Kanduma • Sirri Kar • Maria Kazimirova • Neil Kaye • Thomas C. Kelly • Lene Jung Kjaer • Agatha Onyemowo Kolo • Eduard Korenberg • Nina Król • Chi-Chien Kuo • Timothy J. Kurtti • Xavier De Lamballerie • Patrick A. Leighton • L. Robbin Lindsay • Geoffrey E. Lynn • Ilya Maclean • Ben J. Mans • Maristela Martins de Camargo • Karen D. McCoy • Ulrike G. Munderloh • Atle Mysterud • Sukanya Narasimhan • Anna Obiegala • Dasiel Obregón Alvarez • Nick H. Ogden • Mari H. Ogihara • Stefan Vilges Oliveira • Charlotte Oskam • Kennan J. Oyen • Neha Pandey • Hamed Kazemi Panahi • John H. Pettersson • Martin Pfeffer • L. Paul Phipps • Heather J. Plumpton • Tatjana Pustahija • Ram Raghavan • Ryan O.M Rego • Annapaola Rizzoli • Isobel Ronai • Franz Rubel • Natalie Rudenko • Benjamin Ruiwen • Rufus Sage • Abdallah M. Samy • Gustavo Seron Sanches • Isabel Kinney Santos • Marcello Otake Sato • Megumi Sato • Richard Schloeffel • Seyyed Javad Seyyed-Zadeh • Ladislav Šimo • Daniel E. Sonenshine • Morgan Sparey • Frederic Stachurski • Snorre Stuen • Matias Pablo Szabó • Mike Teglas • Sam R. • Saravanan Thangamani • Georgia Titcomb • Attila J. Trájer • Michael Turell • Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji • Dana L. Vanlandingham • Laurence Vial • Margarita Villar • André B. Wilke • G. R. Wint • Zbigniew ZajacThis book brings together expert opinions from scientists to consider the evidence for climate change and its impacts on ticks and tick-borne infections. It considers what is meant by 'climate change', how effective climate models are in relation to ecosystems, and provides predictions for changes i... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022