BOOKS with Alphabet R (Ra, Rb,Rc, Rd, Re…... )

Overview: Breaks novel scholarly ground and represents a major advance on current levels of knowledge.Brings together leading international scholars and PhD students.Explores the interconnections between globalThis book examines Religious Education (RE) in over ten countries, including Australia, Indonesia, Mali, Russia, UK, Ireland, USA, and Canada. Investigating RE from a global and multi-interdisciplinary perspective, it presents research on the diverse past, present, and possible future forms of RE. In doing so, it enhances public and professional understanding of the complex issues and de

Overview: This volume contains the proceedings of the Third Castiglioncello International Conference on "Nuclear Arsenals Reduction - Perspectives and Consequences" which took place in Livorno, Italy, from 22 to 25 September 1989.978-1-349-12180-9

Overview: Relates Steiner’s educational thought to present day philosophy of education and educational research.Refers to present day theoretical and empirical research on Waldorf education.Gives an account of .This book covers Rudolf Steiner’s biography, presented from an educational point of view and also unfolds the different aspects of Steiner’s educational thought in Waldorf Education. His point of view is unique in that it relates education to a wide horizon of different contexts, such as social, pedagogical, evolutionary and spiritual aspects. His ideas are philosophical (ethical, epist

Overview: This book examines the Whig theory of resistance that emerged from the Revolution of 1688 in England, and presents an important challenge to the received opinion of Whig thought as confused and as inferior to the revolutionary principles set forth by John Locke. While a wealth of Whig literature is analyzed, Rudolph focuses upon the work of James Tyrrell, presenting the first full-length study of this seminal Whig theorist, and friend and colleague of John Locke. This book provides a compelling argument for the importance of Whig political thought for the history of liberalism.978-1-

Overview: Provides comprehensive information cooling processes and how to achieve safe water.Offers a host of illustrations, figures and diagrams to highlight the adsorption techniques.Acts as a guidebook and t.This book provides a cross-disciplinary, multi-scale assessment of the development of adsorption-based refrigerants and super-adsorbent-based wastewater purification.  The book covers two major aspects from the 21st century, including the development of an environmentally benign adsorption cooling system and the preparation of a super-adsorbent for water purification.   Although work ha

Overview: Discusses the ambiguous nature of the state in Russia, focusing on elite networks and their role in policy processes. This book examines the paradoxical dualism of state institutions and ruling networks, providing answers as to why some decisions are not implemented, and why the state exists despite the systemic inefficiency of its institutions.978-1-349-32083-7978-0-230-30670-7

Overview: 978-3-663-20084-0978-3-663-20444-2

Overview: Recent developments with respect to the biology and clinical use of retinoids in cancer therapy and prevention are comprehensively covered by experts in this new field. Newer aspects of molecular mechanisms of retinoid effects, the cellular biology and the developmental effects of these compounds are presented together with a comprehensive description of the latest findings of retinoid pharmacology, toxicology and clinical effects in a wide range of hematological and solid malignancies.978-3-642-79708-8978-3-642-79706-4

Overview: International concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental communities over traces of xenobiotics in foods and in both abiotic and biotic environments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published research papers and progress reports, and archival documentations. These three international publications are inte­ grated and scheduled to provide the coherency essential for nonduplicative and current progress in a field as dynamic and complex as environmental contamina­ tion and toxicology. This series is

Overview: Written by experts, Gives a modern approach, Comprehensive in ScopeThis book records the stories of doctoral study experiences of the twenty-two writers.These research degree experiences are embedded in the lives and careers of the writers and the twenty-two distinctive projects draw from those individual lives and careers. The authors write about meeting the continuing demands of older and younger family members and of their struggles with ill health and work place demands while working through their studies. There is also the joy of coming to see themselves and being seen as resear

Overview: Covers the use of RCTs in each of the dental specialties.Describes a step-by-step approach to the conduct of RCTs.Identifies solutions to challenges when performing RCTsThis book reviews the role of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in clinical dentistry, explains how to successfully conduct RCTs related to dentistry, and provides detailed information on the use of RCTs within each of the dental specialties. Although RCTs represent the gold standard in evidence-based dentistry for evaluation of the effects of an intervention, a textbook on the subject has to date been lacking. .Ran

Overview: Cutting edge research in the field of human environment interactions.Broad geographic appeal.Includes supplementary material: The Holocene is unique when compared to earlier geological time in that humans begin to alter and manipulate the natural environment to their own needs.  Domestication of crops and animals and the resultant intensification of agriculture lead to profound changes in the impact humans have on the environment.  Conversely, as human populations began to increase geologic and climatic factors begin to have a greater impact on civilizations.  To understand and recon

Overview: Presents a clear and concise method for the tuning of PID control of unstable scalar and multivariable systems.Develops tuning rules based on ultimate values (improved Ziegler-Nichols method) for unst..This book presents comprehensive information on the relay auto-tuning method for unstable systems in process control industries, and introduces a new, refined Ziegler-Nichols method for designing controllers for unstable systems. The relay auto-tuning method is intended to assist graduate students in chemical, electrical, electronics and instrumentation engineering who are engaged in a

Overview: 978-3-540-16421-0978-3-642-71143-5

Overview: In diesem Band werden die verschiedensten Aspekte im Management der Schizophrenie zusammengefaßt. Die praxisnahen Beiträge reichen von neurobiochemischen Grundlagen über psychopharmakologische Strategien, Aspekte der stationären und ambulanten Behandlung bis hin zu Fragen und Problemen des rehabilitativen Settings. Erstmals kommen in einem Sammelband Praktiker aus allen Berufsgruppen, die mit dem Management der Schizophrenie befaßt sind, zu Wort. Dadurch werden einerseits verschiedene Gesichtspunkte kompetent dargestellt, andererseits in einem Werk die unterschiedlichen Blickpunkte v

Overview: Reviews the latest research on 3D point cloud generation, feature extraction, point cloud registration, feature selection and 3D scene analysis.Introduces a new framework for advanced point cloud procThis unique work presents a detailed review of the processing and analysis of 3D point clouds. A fully automated framework is introduced, incorporating each aspect of a typical end-to-end processing workflow, from raw 3D point cloud data to semantic objects in the scene. For each of these components, the book describes the theoretical background, and compares the performance of the propo

Overview: The study of consumer demand is important for a number of reasons. First, as total consumption absorbs more than 70 percent of GDP in most countries, it is the largest of the macroeconomic aggregates, thus having great significance for the state of the economy as a whole and business conditions. Second, the pattern of consumption contains a wealth of useful information regarding economic welfare and living standards. Closely allied to this is that as consumption (both current and future) is the ultimate objective of all economic activity and economic systems (mercantilists notwithsta

Overview: Summarizes the recent advancement in cervical cancer treatment.Discusses strategies of cancer screening and prevention of cervical cancer.Examines multimodal therapy for cervical cancer.This book provides a practical overview of a central topic in cervical cancer concerning human papillomavirus (HPV), prevention, cervical cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment. Since the finding of human papillomavirus (HPV) being the cause of cervical cancer and its precursor symptoms, effective screening based on HPV DNA testing and prevention methods by HPV vaccination are established. Further

Overview: 978-3-662-38599-9978-3-662-39449-6

Overview: Das Sozialversicherungsrecht ist durch eine beispiellose Vielzahl und Vielfalt untergesetzlicher Regelwerke geprägt. Die Untersuchung bietet eine weit ausgreifende Bestandsaufnahme und erstmals eine systematische Ordnung der untergesetzlichen Rechtsquellen des Rechts der gesetzlichen Kranken-, Renten- und Unfallversicherung, der sozialen Pflegeversicherung sowie der Arbeitslosenversicherung und Arbeitsförderung. Ausgehend von den Prinzipien der Demokratie und der Autonomie entwickelt der Verfasser zudem ein Konzept der Legitimation, das eine kritische Überprüfung der ermittelten norm