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Defense Resource Planning Under Uncertainty
Defense planning faces significant uncertainties. This report applies robust decision making (RDM) to the air-delivered munitions mix challenge. RDM is quantitative, decision support methodology designed to inform decisions under conditions of deep uncertainty and complexity. This proof-of-concept ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Choices for America in a Turbulent World: Strategic Rethink
by Robert J. Lempert • James Dobbins • Jeffrey Martini • F. Stephen Larrabee • Howard J. Shatz • Michael S. Chase • David Ochmanek • Richard H. Solomon • Ryan Henry • Andrew M. LiepmanThe first in a series exploring the elements of a national strategy for U. S. foreign policy, this book examines the most critical decisions likely to face the next president. The book covers global and regional issues and spotlights the long-term policy issues and organizational, financial, and d... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Karl Marx (Fifth Edition)
Isaiah Berlin's intellectual biography of Karl Marx has long been recognized as one of the best concise accounts of the life and thought of the man who had, in Berlin's words, a more "direct, deliberate, and powerful" influence on mankind than any other nineteenth-century thinker. A brilliantly luci... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1948 -
The Palgrave Handbook of Motivation for Language Learning
This handbook offers an authoritative, one-stop reference work for the dynamic and expanding field of language learning motivation. The 32 chapters have been specially commissioned from the field’s most influential researchers and writers. Together they present a compelling picture of the motivation... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Sport and the Neoliberal University: Profit, Politics, and Pedagogy
by Susan Searls Giroux • Joshua I. Newman • Michael D. Giardina • Ryan King-White • Henry Giroux • Neal C. Ternes • Jaime DeLuca • Callie Batts Maddox • Matthew G. Hawzen • Lauren C. Anderson • Ellen J. Staurowsky • Richard M. Southall • Crystal Southall • Oliver Rick • Adam Beissel • Jacob J. Bustad • Ronald L. MowerCollege students are now regarded as consumers, not students, and nowhere is the growth and exploitation of the university more obvious than in the realm of college sports, where the evidence is in the stadiums built with corporate money, and the crowded sporting events sponsored by large conglomera... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Plant Stress Physiology
by Philip White • Vadim Demidchik • Peter Ryan • Michael Wisniewski • Lakshmi Praba Manavalan • Henry Nguyen • Rana Munns • Eric Ruelland • Anjana Jajoo • Suleyman I Allakhverdiev • Chiara Pucciariello • Pierdomenico Perata • Emmanuel Delhaize • André Läuchli • Stephen R Grattan • Jill Farrant • Keren Cooper • Joanne Bentley • Amelia Hilgart • Marcel Jansen • Ian R Willick • Lawrence Gusta • Paula Ponrac • Halford J DaceCompletely updated from the successful first edition, this book provides a timely update on the recent progress in our knowledge of all aspects of plant perception, signalling and adaptation to a variety of environmental stresses. It covers in detail areas such as drought, salinity, waterlogging, ox... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Animal Welfare in a Changing World
by Andrew Butterworth • Rebecca Aldworth • Shelley M. Alexander • Regina Asmutis-Silvia • Panayiotis Panos Azmanis • Prof Daniel Berckmans • Lotta Berg • Harry Blokhuis • Xavier Boivin • John Bradshaw • Prof. Victoria Braithwaite • Stijn Bruers • Henry Buller • Joyce D’Silva • Sarah Dolman • Chris Draper • David A. Fennell • Charles Foster • Taryn Glass • Temple Grandin • Adam Hart • Sophia Hepple • Kristof Hermans • Elly Hiby • Miel Hostens • Mark Jones • Michael J Kuba • Philip Lymbery • Miriam Martin • Tomas Norton • Geert Opsomer • Maria Panagiotopoulou • Paul C. Paquet • Conor Ryan • Mark Simmonds • Kalliopi Stara • Rigas Tsiakiris • Bonny Ranst • Paul Whittington • James YeatesContemporary and challenging, this thought-provoking book outlines a number of the key dilemmas in animal welfare for today's, and tomorrow's, world. The issues discussed range from the welfare of hunted animals, to debates around intensive farming versus sustainability, and the effects of climate a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Animal Welfare in a Changing World
by Temple Grandin • David A. Fennell • Tomas Norton • Paul C. Paquet • Andrew Butterworth • Elly Hiby • Mark Jones • Conor Ryan • Philip Lymbery • Rebecca Aldworth • Shelley M. Alexander • Regina Asmutis-Silvia • Panayiotis Panos Azmanis • Prof Daniel Berckmans • Lotta Berg • Harry Blokhuis • Xavier Boivin • John Bradshaw • Prof. Victoria Braithwaite • Stijn Bruers • Henry Buller • Joyce D’Silva • Sarah Dolman • Chris Draper • Charles Foster • Taryn Glass • Adam Hart • Sophia Hepple • Kristof Hermans • Miel Hostens • Michael J Kuba • Miriam Martin • Geert Opsomer • Maria Panagiotopoulou • Mark Simmonds • Kalliopi Stara • Rigas Tsiakiris • Bonny Ranst • Paul Whittington • James YeatesContemporary and challenging, this thought-provoking book outlines a number of the key dilemmas in animal welfare for today's, and tomorrow's, world. The issues discussed range from the welfare of hunted animals, to debates around intensive farming versus sustainability, and the effects of climate a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Letters from the Grief Club: How we live with loss
by Helen • Will • Tom Leonard • Lisa • Kim • Rebecca • Martin • Ellen • Alison • Faith • Tim Callen • Chloe • Rachel Clarke • Sasha • Steph • Karl Knights • Saijal • Bridget Hamilton • Lottie Hawkins • Gavin Breen • Henry Hodges • Anna Kate Blair • Adelana Luken • Anne Marie • Molly Lloyd • Kate Dickinson • Jermaine Omoregie • Phil Hargreaves • Tulasi Das • Etain • Amy Burnside • Kylie Noble • Jerena • Milly Stubbs • Kerrie Bridges • Eloïse • Jessi Parrott • Shirin Shah • Chanelle • Lily Grace Blank • Ryan Davies • Lucy E. Wakefield • Nic Norton • Henika Patel • Joel Baker • Francesca Hopkins • Ali Pritchard • Abbie Mitchell • Fred-Garratt-Stanley • Megan Abernethy-Hope • Marie-Teresa Hanna • EilishWelcome to the club you never wanted to join. When someone you love dies, it may seem impossible to know what will happen next and how you will cope. Losing someone in early adulthood, you may feel even more alone, when no-one around you seems to have had the same experience. Our letters don't have... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Almonds: Botany, Production and Uses (Botany, Production and Uses)
by Patrick Brown • Gregory Reighard • Mariano Cambra • James Adaskaveg • Robert Curtis • Vicente Pallás • José M Alonso • José M Ansón • Octavio Arquero • Roger A Baldwin • Ignasi Batlle • Mireia Bordàs • Miguel A. Cambra • Joseph H. Connell • Federico Dicenta • David A. Doll • Henri Duval • Iban Eduardo • Daniel Esmenjaud • José L Carbó • Maria T Espiau • Antonio J. Felipe • Angel Fernández i Martí • Carolina Font i Forcada • Helga Förster • Luis Iannamico • Santiago Izquierdo • Sat Darshan Khalsa • Ossama Kodad • Maria M. López • Carmen Martínez • Pedro Martínez-Gómez • Saiful Muhammad • Eva Núñez Seoane • Antonio Olmos • Ana Palacio-Bielsa • Katherine Pope • Maria J Rubio-Cabetas • Ned T. Ryan • Sebastián Sáa Silva • Raquel Sánchez-Pérez • Francisco J. Vargas • Steve Weinbaum • Michelle Wirthensohn • Shu-Biao Wu • Frank G Zalom • Alexis VerdúThis book provides a comprehensive overview of almond growing from a scientific and horticultural perspective, covering botany, production, processing and industrial uses. Almonds are an important crop; they are highly regarded for their flavour, nutritional properties and culinary uses, and almond ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017