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Farmers' Bounty: Locating Crop Diversity in the Contemporary World
Over the course of generations, pre-industrial human agriculture left a bounty of crop diversity across the earth. Bringing together a quarter century of research on the subject and his own field work in the Peruvian Andes, Mexico, and Turkey, Brush (agricultural and environmental science, U. of C... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
Biodiversity in Agriculture
by Robert L. Bettinger • Paul Gepts • Stephen B. Brush • Patrick E. Mcguire • Thomas R. Famula • Calvin O. Qualset • Ardeshir B. DamaniaThe introduction of plant and animal agriculture represents one of the most important milestones in human evolution. It contributed to the development of cities, alphabets, new technologies, and ultimately to civilizations, but it has also presented a threat to both human health and the environment.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: Components of Evidence-Based Treatments for Youth and their Parents
Every day, millions of children experience serious mental health issues such as symptoms related to autism, psychosis, mania, depression, and anxiety. Moreover, many youth struggle with issues related to trauma, eating, sleep, disruptive behavior, and substance use. Most of these youth do not receiv... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Behavior, Health, and Aging (Perspectives on Behavioral Medicine Series)
A dramatic shift in the average age of the U.S. population and the increasing number of elderly Americans has introduced new and challenging healthcare dilemmas. This book addresses these issues with contributed chapters by the leading authorities in the field of behavioral medicine. It deals with h... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2000 -
1, 2, and 3 John
by Bruce M. Metzger • Ralph P. Martin • David Allen Hubbard • Glenn W. Barker • John D. Watts • Stephen S. Smalley<P>The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Genetic Epidemiology
by Stephen Schwartz • Kelly Edwards • Terri Beaty • Muin Khoury • W Dotson • Ruth Ottman • Stephanie Fullerton • Deborah Nickerson • Janet Stanford • Bruce Psaty • Melissa A Austin • Marta Gwinn • John Stamatoyannopolous • Barbara Mcknight • Timothy ThorntonGenetic epidemiology plays a key role in discovering genetic factors influencing health and disease, and in understanding how genes and environmental risk factors interact. There is growing interest in this field within public health, with the goal of translating the results into promoting health a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Precision Radiation Oncology (Current Precision Oncology)
by Sharad Goyal • Sanjay Aneja • Randall J Kimple • Zachary S Morris • Ke Nie • Rahul R Parikh • Ryan Rhome • Stephen A Rosenberg • Charles B Simone • Min-Ying Lydia Su • Vivek Verma • James B Yu • Bruce G. HafftyPrecision medicine is a rapidly-evolving field in the management of cancer. The use of novel molecular or genetic signatures in local-regional management is still in its infancy. Precision Radiation Oncology demystifies this state-of-the-art research and technology. <P><P>By describing current ex... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Professional Spiritual and Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain's Handbook
by Willard W. C. Ashley • George Fitchett • Brian Hughes • Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts • Bill Gaventa • H. Rafael Godstein • Daniel Grossoehme • Norma Gutierrez • George Handzo • Curtis W. Hart • Martha R. Jacobs • Gerald L. Jones • Nancy K. Anderson • Robert A. Kidd • Yoke Lye Kwong • Michele J. Guest Lowrey • Marcia Marino • Lynne M. Mikulak • Nancy Osborne • Jon Overvold • Brent Peery • Linda F. Piotrowski • David B. Plummer • Glenn A. Robitaille • Dane R. Sommer • Timothy G. Serban • Teresa E. Snorton • Shira Stern • Sue WIntz • Jo Clare Wilson • Nancy Berlinger • W. L. Bill Bross • Robin C. Brown-Haithco • Zahara Davidowitz-Farkas • Paula DeAngelo • D. W. DonovanThe first comprehensive resource for spiritual and pastoral caregivers―a vital resource for clergy, seminarians, chaplains, pastoral counselors and caregivers of all faith traditions. <P><P>This essential resource integrates the classic foundations of pastoral care with the latest approaches to s... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Aphids as Crop Pests
by Mark Stevens • Jeremy Pritchard • Jacques Brodeur • Rosemary Rosemary • Rufus Isaacs • Christophe Lacomme • Jean-Philippe Deguine • Robert R Martin • Caroline S Awmack • Sebastiano Barbagallo • Chris Bass • James R Bell • A Nicholas Birch • Roger Blackman • Thierry Brévault • Toby J Bruce • Mauricio G Chang • Giuseppe Massimino Cocuzza • Piero Cravedi • T G Davies • Charles-Antoine Dedryver • Ian Denholm • Gregor Devine • Alan Devonshire • Alan M Dewar • Angela E Douglas • Victor Eastop • Owain Edwards • Frédéric Fabre • Alberto Fereres • Linda M Field • Stan Finch • Stephen P Foster • Michael P Garratt • Robert T Glinwood • Fiona L Goggin • Geoff Gurr • Ann E. Hajek • Thierry Hance • Jim Hardie • Udo Heimbach • George E. Heimpel • Gemma L Hough • Maurice Hullé • Michael E. Irwin • Gail E. Kampmeier • Fatemeh Kohandani-Tafresh • Shinkichi Komazaki • Simon R Leather • Samuel G Leigh • Hugh D Loxdale • Manfred Mackauer • J P Michaud • Françoise Munaut • Xinzhi Ni • Judith K. Pell • Jan Pettersson • John A. Pickett • Jon Pickup • Jean-Sébastien Pierre • Hans-Michael Poehling • Sharron S. Quisenberry • Pierre J. Silvie • John J. Sloggett • Denis Tagu • Mark Tatchell • Thomas Thieme • W Fred Tjallingii • Jason M Tylianakis • Laura H Vickers • Christoph Vorburger • Susan E Webb • Martin S Williamson • Steve Wratten • Jing-Jiang ZhouAphids are among the major global pest groups, causing serious economic damage to many food and commodity crops in most parts of the world. This revision and update of the well-received first edition published ten years ago reflects the expansion of research in genomics, endosymbionts and semiochem... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017