BOOKS with Alphabet T (Ta, Tb,Tc, Td, Te…... )

Overview: This volume looks at the influence of new technology in bioengineering and biotechnology on medical practice. It includes a section on medical education in biotechnology as well as reporting recent developments which are now having an impact on clinical medicine.

Overview: Builds a bridge between Games Studies and Children’s Literature Studies.Catalogues and critiques child characters in contemporary videogames.Demonstrates that videogames are key arenas in which defini.Drawing across Games Studies, Childhood Studies, and Children’s Literature Studies, this book redirects critical conversations away from questions of whether videogames are ‘good’ or ‘bad’ for child-players and towards questions of how videogames produce childhood as a set of social roles and rules in contemporary Western contexts. It does so by cataloguing and critiquing representation

Overview: Dit cahier gaat over jonge en volwassen thuislozen. De auteurs bespreken wie deze thuislozen zijn en hoe ze in die situatie zijn terechtgekomen. In de afgelopen decennia zijn allerlei voorzieningen voor thuislozen geïnitieerd. De huidige trend is om het gefragmentariseerde aanbod meer op elkaar af te stemmen en organisatorisch onder één noemer te brengen. Tegelijkertijd zijn er veranderingen aan de gang in de methodieken voor jongeren en volwassenen. Deze veranderingen zijn onder meer terug te vinden in de opleidingen voor hulpverleners en in de professionalisering van de zorg. Dit c

Overview: Accessible and comprehensive introduction to the nature of scientific knowledge and its relation to epistemology more generally.Explores both the individual and social dimensions of the nature of know.This book offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the epistemology of science. It not only introduces readers to the general epistemological discussion of the nature of knowledge, but also provides key insights into the particular nuances of scientific knowledge. No prior knowledge of philosophy or science is assumed by .The Nature of Scientific Knowledge.. Nevertheless, t

Overview: Compact introduction to Fermi liquid theory.Detailed, comprehensible calculations.Explanations of the physical basics.This essential offers a compact introduction to the theory of Fermi liquid for physics students in their main studies. It forms the basis for an understanding of theoretical solid state physics and is part of every introductory lecture on this topic. After a brief overview of the Sommerfeld model of metals, the concept of the quasiparticle is introduced. Important calculations characterizing a Fermi liquid are derived in detailed calculations. The essential concludes

Overview: Provides insights into kinematic theory.Discusses practical uses of applied theoretical mechanics.Incorporates both historical matter and recent advances.Includes supplementary material: .The Theory of the Top. Volume IV. .Technical Applications of the Theory of the Top. is the fourth and final volume in a series of self-contained English translations of the classic and definitive treatment of rigid body motion..Key features:.* Complete and unabridged presentation with recent advances and additional notes;.* Annotations by the translators provide insights into the nature of science a

Overview: Extremely broad coverage of tobacco-related problems - includes all papers from the conference.Organisers are involved in one of the WHO‘s major initiatives to reduce tobacco-related problemsThis book contains the full proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health, held 24-28 August 1997 in Beijing, China, and hosted by the Chinese Association on Smoking and Health and the Chinese Medical Association..Tobacco is now causing a worldwide epidemic of premature death and disability, affecting first men and then women in developed countries, and now increasingly affecting

Overview: the economics of exhaustible " assets presents a whole forest of intriguing problems." 1 Harald Hotelling ) The two energy price shocks in 1973/74 and 1979/80 have arosed interest in the new area of resource economics. The affluent societies of Europe, North America and Japan were confronted with the new scarcity paradigm of the "space ship earth" with only a limited supply of natural resources aboard whereas population is growing and the environment can­ not accomodate the increasing volume of pollutants. The problem of natural resource scarcity gives rise to the question how resour

Overview: 978-3-540-05453-5978-3-642-65229-5Series ISSN 0073-1684

Overview: Reviews ethical, legal, regulatory, and policy issues that can affect approaches to chronic pain.Presents successful models of chronic pain treatment as well as best practices.Includes strategies for .​This in-depth text addresseshow to approach and treat the chronic pain patient struggling with problematicopioid use.  It discusses the approach for patients who may be at highrisk of problematic use, such as those with a history of mental illness orsubstance use disorder. The first part covers diagnosis and treatment, focusingon common best practices that practitioners can adapt to an

Overview: Explores the role of language, teaching, and civil discourse in human evolution.Draws on recent findings in a range of disciplines including archaeology, cultural anthropology, and evolutionary biolog.This book traces the evolutionary trajectory of language and teaching from the earliest periods of human evolution to the present day. The author argues that teaching is unique to humans and our ancestors, and that the evolution of teaching, language, and culture are the inextricably linked results of gene-culture coevolutionary processes. Drawing on related fields including archaeology

Overview: First book ever that recounts the story of Venus’ moon and provides it the place in the history of astronomy that it deserves.Meticulously documented and based on a large collection of primary sourcesThe planet Venus is the closest neighbour to the Earth and in several respects similar to our globe. It revolves around the Sun at an average distance of 0. 72 astronomical units, in an elliptical orbit of eccentricity 0. 007. The corresponding 3 numbers for the Earth are 1 and 0. 017. The mean density of Venus is 5. 2 g/cm , 3 that of the Earth 5. 5 g/cm . Venus’ acceleration of gravity

Overview: Covers the topic of cosmic life from a philosophical as well as multidisciplinary and intercultural angle.Creates the foundations of consciousness for a peaceful and long-term sustainable planetary ci.Just as the six branches of a snow crystal converge in regular proportions toward their common center, the six contributions to this book point toward a future philosophy of cosmic life. In this sense, this edited volume represents a multidisciplinary and transcultural polylogue of distinguished authors from three continents, which aims to establish highly innovative perspectives and op

Overview: Einführung des Herausgebers Die Deutschen sind ein Volk der Reise-Weltmeister und der Sport-Interessierten. Auf Reisen spielt der Sport als eine Urlaubsaktivität unter mehreren eine ernst zu neh­ mende Rolle. Hingegen ist das aktive Sport treiben als Hauptmotiv einer Reise, be­ trachtet man den Marktanteil dieser Art von "Sporturlaub", eher von untergeordneter Bedeutung. Ausnahmen stellen die VOlkssportarten Wandern, Rad fahren und viel­ leicht noch der Skisport dar. Geprägt ist der Sportreisemarkt aber nicht nur durch diese, sondern vielmehr durch eine großes Spektrum unterschiedlic

Overview: A historical and comparative analysis of English and German Admistrative law.Includes supplementary material: .Administrative legal systems are based on national constitutional legal traditions and cultural values. English judges have for centuries applied the common law. In Germany, judges have developed administrative legal principles for the protection of the individual against state action. However, over the last few decades’ Administrative legal systems have become less isolated. This is the result of fundamental developments in the European legal landscape and of the increasing

Overview: Offers an indispensible tool for all academics, legislators and policymakers working in this field.Provides a comparative approach on insurance contract law in many different jurisdictions.Preface by .This Volume of the AIDA Europe Research Series on Insurance Law and Regulation focuses on transparency as the guiding principle of modern insurance law. It consists of chapters written by leaders in the respective field, who address transparency in a range of civil and common law jurisdictions, along with overview chapters. Each chapter reviews the transparency principles applicable in

Overview: The phenomenon of international seaport administration is the subject of this book. As a Ph.D.-student at the Delft University of Technology (period 1993 - 1997) I had the opportunity to develop and exercise my hobby on a full time base. The result was a Ph.D.-dissertation which was defended in December 1997. Unfortunately, these research results were published in Dutch while the majority of the interviewees and employees in the world of international seaport administration are English speaking people. Both for the reason of high international relevance of the results I felt the nece

Overview: There is currently a proliferation of private telecommunications networks in al­ most every country of the world. More and more companies are setting up own privately managed and controlled telecommunications networks. Some observers fear that this development may lead to a fragmented telecommunications infra­ structure in which communication becomes increasingly difficult. Thus, the "net­ working" of private firms raises questions which resemble certain arguments in the classical "monopoly versus competition" debate in telecommunications. The central problem is whether the creation

Overview: Presents a comprehensive overview of the multiple factors influencing wearable device usage.Offers researchers a well-founded basis for further studies.Provides executives with a comprehensive basis fThisbook collects multiple research articles studying the factors influencing wearabledevice usage. Based on multiple empirical studies, which research differentkinds of wearable devices such as smartwatches, activity trackers, andsmartglasses, potential drivers of wearable device usage are identified andevaluated. Overall, the book provides novel and important insights for bothpractitio

Overview: Engages with current debates among policy makers about inequality and the efficacy of economic growth in poorer countries.Provides the historical and theoretical background to the demands made during This book analyses the struggle for social justice in São Paulo, Brazil. It takes the wave of protests that began in the city in 2013 as a starting point, and grounds them in the history of social movement mobilisation in urban Brazil. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with a federation of housing movements, this work demonstrates the ongoing relevance of the concept of the right to the