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pH Responsive Membranes Biomedical Applications

pH Responsive Membranes Biomedical Applications

This book provides an application-oriented approach for pH responsive membranes and types of stimuli-responsive membranes and their applications in the biomedical field including initial development and recent use. It explains types modes and modification methods of membranes along with membrane usage in applications such as drug delivery hemodialysis chemical sensing and so forth. pH Responsive Membranes: Biomedical Applications explores recent research carried out in the area as well as the future outlook and provides deeper insight for readers on the subject ranging from the basics to advanced levels on the topic. Features Describes preparation characterization and applications of pH responsive membranes in biomedical applications Introduces theoretical understanding of pH responsiveness Covers development of advanced techniques regarding pH responsive membranes Provides insight into development of new materials and membranes Discusses advancements in drug delivery hemodialysis antibodies and enzyme production chemical sensing and selective ionic transport using pH responsive membranes This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers involved in membrane and chemical engineering/polymer exploration and medical researchers. | pH Responsive Membranes Biomedical Applications

GBP 105.00
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Biosafety and Bioethics in Biotechnology Policy Advocacy and Capacity Building

Biosafety and Bioethics in Biotechnology Policy Advocacy and Capacity Building

This book covers a range of important topics in biotechnology policy advocacy and education bioethics biosafety regulations for genetically modified organisms and gene-edited products and biotechnology manpower development. Throughout the book the contributors review biosafety and bioethical guidelines that could enhance adoption of biotechnology in alignment with national priorities and research agendas. They also discuss the importance of current biotechnology policy advocacy enlightenment and public engagement with stakeholders and policy makers. The book will be useful reference material for scientists and researchers working in the fields of food and agricultural biotechnology biopharmaceuticals and medical biotechnology environmental biotechnology biotechnology policy and advocacy biotechnology communication and manpower development biosafety and bioethics etc. Emphasizes recent advances in biotechnology that could ameliorate the high-level global food insecurity through the deployment of the technology in Nigeria Provides detailed information on how to domesticate biotechnology and boost training of the biotechnology workforce in the universities and research institutes Introduces new frontiers in the area of organizing informal biotechnology capacity building courses and professional certification Reviews biosafety and bioethical guidelines that could enhance adoption of biotechnology in alignment with national priorities and research agendas Discusses current biotechnology policy advocacy enlightenment and public engagement with stakeholders and policy makers Sylvia Uzochukwu Ph. D. is a Professor of Food Science and Biotechnology and Director Biotechnology Centre Federal University Oye-Ekiti Nigeria. Arinze Stanley Okoli Ph. D. is an Associate Professor at Genoek – Centre for Biosafety Universitetet II Breivika Tromsoe Norway. Nwadiuto (Diuoto) Esiobu Ph. D. is a Professor of Microbiology and Biotechnology at Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton FL USA and the President and Founder of Applied Biotech Inc. and ABINL. Emeka Godfrey Nwoba Ph. D. is currently at the Algae Research & Development Centre Murdoch University Western Australia. Christpeace Nwagbo Ezebuiro Ph. D. is a Project Manager Renewable Energy Expert and Head of Clean Technology Division at the National Biotechnology Development Agency Abuja Nigeria. Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji Ph. D. is an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Biotechnology and the Director of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Edo State University Uzairue Nigeria. Abdulrazak B. Ibrahim Ph. D. is a Capacity Development Expert at the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and Associate Professor of Biochemistry Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Nigeria. Benjamin Ewa Ubi Ph. D. is a Professor of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology and Director Biotechnology Research and Development Centre Ebonyi State University Abakaliki Nigeria. | Biosafety and Bioethics in Biotechnology Policy Advocacy and Capacity Building

GBP 115.00
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Microbiomes and Emerging Applications

Microbiomes and Emerging Applications

This book covers a range of important topics and recent advances in metagenomics microbiomes and their emerging applications including microbiota transplantation and its health implications. It also discusses microbiome composition and development in humans. The contributors of this volume provide detailed information on prebiotics and probiotics for enhanced human health. They also introduce microbiomes as the next frontiers in medicine agriculture industry and environment. A chapter is presented that discusses probiotic research studies in Nigeria and Canada that led to the discovery of Lactobacillus pentosus KCA1. The book contains timely knowledge and will be useful reference material for scientists and researchers working in the fields of food and agricultural biotechnology biopharmaceuticals and medical biotechnology fermentation technology environmental biotechnology microbiomes and microbial biotechnology and health care. Emphasizes recent advances in metagenomics and microbiomes and their emerging applications in medicine agriculture industry and environment Provides detailed information on prebiotics and probiotics for enhanced human health Introduces microbiomes as the next frontiers in medicine agriculture industry and environment Reviews microbiota transplantation health implications and the way forward Discusses microbiome-epigenetic-host interactions essential for the physiological functions of the body in health and disease Nwadiuto (Diuto) Esiobu Ph. D. is a Professor of Microbiology and Biotechnology at Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton FL USA and the President and Founder of Applied Biotech Inc. and ABINL. James Chukwuma Ogbonna Ph. D. is a Professor of Microbiology and Biotechnology and Director National Biotechnology Development Agency South East Zonal Biotechnology Centre University of Nigeria Nsukka Nigeria. Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji Ph. D. is an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Biotechnology and Director of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Edo State University Uzairue Nigeria. Olawole O. Obembe Ph. D. is a Professor of Plant Biotechnology and UNESCO Chair Plant Biotechnology Covenant University Ota Nigeria. Ifeoma Maureen Ezeonu Ph. D. is a Professor of Medical Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in the Department of Microbiology University of Nigeria Nsukka Nigeria. Abdulrazak B. Ibrahim Ph. D. is a Capacity Development Expert at the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and Associate Professor of Biochemistry Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Nigeria. Benjamin Ewa Ubi Ph. D. is a Professor of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology and Director Biotechnology Research and Development Centre Ebonyi State University Abakaliki Nigeria. . | Microbiomes and Emerging Applications

GBP 115.00
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International Competitiveness in Latin America and East Asia

International Competitiveness in Latin America and East Asia

First published in 1993. Latin America is undergoing a process of profound economic and social change. The industrial import substitution that continued for several decades was quantitatively successful in terms of industrialization but - like inward-oriented industrialization in the socialist countries - failed to raise the economies of the region to international productivity levels. The attempt at catch-up industrialization outside the reference frame of the world market led to economic stagnation social crises serious environmental degradation and the obstruction of social development. The following papers included in this book show that the development of competitive advantages is initially determined by the new macro policy and by modernization at enterprise level. | International Competitiveness in Latin America and East Asia

GBP 175.00
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Instant DVD Workshop 2

Instant DVD Workshop 2

Ulead DVD Workshop is DVD-authoring software designed for video professionals and enthusiasts working on the Windows platform. It permits users to import video from digital or analog sources with sophisticated MPEG capture and conversion tools and build professional looking still or motion menus using an extensive set of design tools. Instant DVD Workshop 2. 0 presents carefully detailed screen shots and step-by-step directions illustrating how to use DVD Workshop software. Beginning with the proper installation of the application it covers the full scope of functions including managing media importing stills and graphics editing video inserting audio files creating menus and finish authoring with professional tips and techniques covering workflow and other topics provided along the way.

GBP 175.00
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Seemings New Arguments New Angles

Seemings New Arguments New Angles

This volume presents new research on the epistemology of seemings. It features original essays by leading epistemologists on the nature and epistemic import of seemings and intuitions. Seemings and intuitions are often appealed to in philosophical theorizing. In fact epistemological theories such as phenomenal conservatism and dogmatism give pride of place to seemings. Such views insist that seemings are of central importance to theories of epistemic justification. However there are many questions about seemings that have yet to be answered satisfactorily. What kinds of seemings are there? How do seemings justify? Are seemings connected to truth? Do they play a significant role in inquiry? The chapters in this volume offer a range of useful arguments and fresh ideas about seemings the nature of justification and evidential support intuitions inquiry and the nature of inference. Seemings: New Arguments New Angles will be of interest to researchers and advanced students working in epistemology and philosophy of mind. | Seemings New Arguments New Angles

GBP 130.00
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Price Analysis of China's Carbon Emissions

Price Analysis of China's Carbon Emissions

This book explores the determination of China’s carbon emission targets especially with regard to the allocation of responsibility of China’s import and export carbon emissions and carbon emission quota allocations across different time periods industries and regions. Research outside of China tends to focus on methods and approaches of carbon emission reduction policies and the impact of their implementation. Instead within China the focus has been on discussion of the necessity and conditions for China's development of a low-carbon economy as well as its introduction as a concept in the light of overseas comparisons. This book utilizes game theory mechanism design input-output theory econometric theory and other methods to scrutinize China's carbon emissions and carbon emissions targets across different periods industries and regions. The result is a detailed theoretical and empirical investigation of carbon emission issues in the Chinese context. The book will be essential reading for students and scholars of economics especially those with a focus on Chinese economic development and policymakers in the low-carbon economy sphere. | Price Analysis of China's Carbon Emissions

GBP 120.00
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Nietzsche and the Clinic Psychoanalysis Philosophy Metaphysics

Nietzsche and the Clinic Psychoanalysis Philosophy Metaphysics

Nietzsche and the Clinic reimagines what a sustained engagement with Nietzsche's thinking has to offer psychoanalysis today. Beyond the headlines that continue to misrepresent Nietzsche's project this book portrays Nietzsche as a thinker of tremendous practical import for those treating the emergent pathologies of the twenty-first century with an interpretive approach. The more pressing wager of the book is that by introducing Nietzsche's thinking into contemporary debates about the nature and function of the psychoanalytic clinic the future of that clinic can be better secured against attempts to discredit its claims to therapeutic efficacy and to scientific legitimacy. Combining a close textual reading with examples drawn from concrete clinical practice Nietzsche and the Clinic integrates philosophy and psychoanalysis in ways that move past a merely theoretical attitude demonstrating how the relationship between philosophy and psychoanalysis can be expanded in ways that are both clinically specific and post-Freudian in orientation. Chapters include extended meditations on Nietzsche's relation to key themes in the work of Helene Deutsch Wilfred Bion Melanie Klein Donald Winnicott and Jacques Lacan. | Nietzsche and the Clinic Psychoanalysis Philosophy Metaphysics

GBP 130.00
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Labour and Capital Use in Indian Manufacturing Structural Aspects

Labour and Capital Use in Indian Manufacturing Structural Aspects

This book strengthens our understanding of Indian manufacturing. It argues that structural transformation should be guided by the given factor endowments. The book undertakes detailed empirical scrutiny to provide inputs for guiding the future industrial policy in India. The book recognises the differential structure of organised and unorganised manufacturing with their distinguished response to the use of labour and capital. The analytical framework consists of an economy-wide approach and structural relationships at the industry level. The underlying sectoral interdependence highlights the job creation potential of domestic manufacturing which spreads into the non-manufacturing sectors through the essential accounting of the embodied effects. The impact of import utilisations underscores the leakages in the domestic economy in terms of the employment forgone and capital use thereby highlighting the need to strengthen domestic production. The book clearly identifies the labour- and capital-intensive categories of manufacturing for empirical investigations. A comprehensive read on labour and capital use in Indian manufacturing this book in the series Sustainable Industrial Development will appeal to scholars and researchers of economics applied industrial economics Indian economy and business studies. It will also be of interest to professionals and practitioners in policy circles and research think tanks. | Labour and Capital Use in Indian Manufacturing Structural Aspects

GBP 130.00
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The End of Economic Man The Origins of Totalitarianism

The End of Economic Man The Origins of Totalitarianism

In The End of Economic Man long recognized as a cornerstone work Peter F. Drucker explains and interprets fascism and Nazism as fundamental revolutions. In some ways this book anticipated by more than a decade the existentialism that came to dominate the European political mood in the postwar period. Drucker provides a special addition to the massive literature on existentialism and alienation since World War II. The End of Economic Man is a social and political effort to explain the subjective consequences of the social upheavals caused by warfare. Drucker concentrates on one specific historical event: the breakdown of the social and political structure of Europe which culminated in the rise of Nazi totalitarianism to mastery over Europe. He explains the tragedy of Europe as the loss of political faith resulting from the political alienation of the European masses. The End of Economic Man is a book of great social import. It shows not only what might have helped the older generation avert the catastrophe of Nazism but also how today's generation can prevent another such catastrophe. This work will be of special interest to political scientists intellectual historians and sociologists. The book was singled out for praise on both sides of the Atlantic and is considered by the author to be his most prescient effort in social theory. | The End of Economic Man The Origins of Totalitarianism

GBP 145.00
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Innovation and Application of Engineering Technology Proceedings of the International Symposium on Engineering Technology and Application (I

Innovation and Application of Engineering Technology Proceedings of the International Symposium on Engineering Technology and Application (I

Innovation and Application of Engineering Technology contains the proceeding of International Symposium of Engineering Technology and Application Convocation (ISETA 2017 25-28 May 2017 Montreal Canada). The Symposium provided an international forum for discussion and communication of engineering technology and application of Civil and Environmental Engineering Mining Engineering Risk and Occupational Engineering and other fields related to engineering. Sponsored by Concordia University International Joint Research Laboratory of Henan Province for Underground Space Development Henan Polytechnic University and IJSS Innovation and Application of Engineering Technology will be useful for researchers engineers and graduate and Ph. D. students in related Engineering fields. | Innovation and Application of Engineering Technology Proceedings of the International Symposium on Engineering Technology and Application (I

GBP 140.00
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Banach Limit and Applications

Banach Limit and Applications

Banach Limit and Applications provides all the results in the area of Banach Limit its extensions generalizations and applications to various fields in one go (as far as possible). All the results in this field after Banach introduced this concept in 1932 were scattered till now. Sublinear functionals generating and dominating Banach Limit unique Banach Limit (almost convergence) invariant means and invariant limits absolute and strong almost convergence applications to ergodicity law of large numbers Fourier series uniform distribution of sequences uniform density core theorems and functional Banach limits are discussed in this book. The discovery of functional analysis such as the Hahn-Banach Theorem and the Banach-Steinhaus Theorem helped the researchers to develop a modern rich and unified theory of sequence spaces by encompassing classical summability theory via matrix transformations and the topics related to sequence spaces which arose from the concept of Banach limits all of which are presented in this book. The unique features of this book are as follows: All the results in this area which were scattered till now are in one place. The book is the first of its kind in the sense that there is no other competitive book. The contents of this monograph did not appear in any book form before. The audience of this book are the researchers in this area and Ph. D. and advanced master’s students. The book is suitable for one- or two-semester course work for Ph. D. students M. S. students in North America and Europe and M. Phil. and master’s students in India.

GBP 130.00
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A History of Ecological Economic Thought

A History of Ecological Economic Thought

Contributing to a better understanding of contemporary issues of environmental sustainability from a historical perspective this book provides a cohesive and cogent account of the history of ecological economic thought. The work unearths a diverse set of ideas within a Western and Slavic context from the Renaissance and the Enlightenment to the late 1940s to reveal insights firmly grounded in historiographical research and of import for addressing current sustainability challenges not least by means of improving our grasp on how humans and nature can generously coexist in the long term. The history of ecological economic thought offered in this volume is rich and diverse encompassing views that are bound by the observance of the tenets of the natural sciences but which differ significantly in terms of the role of energy and materials to cultural development and the normative aspects involving resource distribution social ideals and policy-making. Combining the approaches of independent scholarly figures and scientific communities from different historical periods and nationalities the book brings elements that are still missing in the scarce literature on the history of ecological economic thought and highlights the underlying threads which unite such initiatives. The book brings a fresh look into the historical development of ecological economic ideas and will therefore be of great interest to scholars and students of ecological economics environmental economics sustainability science interdisciplinary studies and history of economic thought. | A History of Ecological Economic Thought

GBP 130.00
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Video Editing with Avid: Media Composer Symphony Xpress

Video Editing with Avid: Media Composer Symphony Xpress

This is the first comprehensive guide to editing on Avid from a PAL standpoint also including NTSC information where appropriate making this book a worldwide manual. If you are already using Media Composer Symphony or Xpress and want to improve and consolidate your basic methods or if you need to learn these systems from scratch then this book is for you. This invaluable reference source explains from beginner to intermediate level the similarities and differences of these three packages and will ensure you get the most out of your Avid system. Based on his experience as a film and video editor and trainer Roger Shufflebottom imparts all the information you need in a clear accurate and easy to follow format. He provides a comprehensive guide to all the main editing tools of Media Composer Symphony and Xpress. The text covers Media Composer versions 7-10 Xpress versions 2-4 and Symphony versions 1-3. Extra information is also included on Media Composer version 10. 5 Symphony version 3. 5 and Xpress version 4. 5. Specific Apple Mac and Windows NT information is included. Moving beyond basic editing 2D effects 3D effects and graphic import are explained in detail. By working through the text you will be able to complete an Avid project competently and intuitively and you will learn some efficient and powerful working techniques. Roger Shufflebottom has been an editor since 1974 began training in 1993 and has run courses for major broadcasters including the BBC Carlton BskyB Pearson Television and the American Forces Network as well as many facility companies. He is an Avid Certified Instructor and has written many articles for 'Avid User' magazine. | Video Editing with Avid: Media Composer Symphony Xpress

GBP 175.00
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Microbial Surfactants Volume I: Production and Applications

Microbial Surfactants Volume I: Production and Applications

Biosurfactants are the surface-active biomolecules produced by microorganisms. Biosurfactants have gained commercial significance due to their unique properties such as high surface activity high specificity low toxicity tolerance to pH temperature and ionic strength biodegradability excellent emulsifying and demulsifying ability antimicrobial activity ability to work under extreme conditions and relative ease of preparation. Biosurfactants are used in several industries including organic chemicals petroleum petrochemicals mining metallurgy (mainly bioleaching) agrochemicals fertilizers foods beverages cosmetics pharmaceuticals and many others. The aim of this book is to highlight key aspects from basics to advanced concepts classifications production and applications in various fields such as agriculture health bioremediation industries pharmaceutical oil recovery environment and nanotechnology. It also serves as an excellent and expansive literature on fermentation recovery genomics and metagenomics of biosurfactant production. The book focuses on the biosurfactant production from bacteria the diversity of biosurfactant producing bacteria and industrial need of biosurfactant. | Microbial Surfactants Volume I: Production and Applications

GBP 115.00
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Advances in Processing Technology

Advances in Processing Technology

The present book is an amalgamation of various topics which are quite relevant to academics pertaining to food science and technology. Sincere attempts have been made to map consumer's perception in terms of sensory evaluation of processed foods and their role on quality determination. To cover food safety the topic of advancement in the traceability and transparency of food supply chain is discussed in length. Besides providing basic nutrition food has become an essential source of health promoting phyto-ingredients too. To take care of the concerned population therapeutic foods have also been discussed with their future trends. Similarly recent trends in functional and Nutraceutical foods were also discussed in detail so as to give an exhaustive overlook of such subject matter. To give impetus to the growing and aged generations the importance of the technology of weaning and geriatric foods is described in detail. Bio-preservation of various food products including fermentation had always attracted researchers for various reasons inclusive of its novel and chemical free approach of preservation which has been aptly covered under current expansions in microbiology for food preservation and also under progression in biotechnology and its application in food processing. The cross linkage of advance technologies inclusive of nano-science is elaborated as technological advances in nano- science for specific food and nutrition delivery. Oil and spice commerce are two giants pillars in food processing industries and readers would surely be wishing to understand the developments in the technology of oils refineries and condiments. Smart and intelligent packing systems always extend an upper hand as far as shelf life monitoring of any processed food is concerned especially when these are import worthy products. The science and technological approach of these packing innovations is also well covered. Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the hardback in India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This title is co-published with NIPA. | Advances in Processing Technology

GBP 99.99
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The Anarchists

The Anarchists

In his new introduction to The Anarchists Horowitz points out that anarchism is an ideology in search of a movement and also a psychology in search of a polity. While this seems to be a paradox the fact is that anarchism has more than one hundred thousand entries on electronic search engines but one can search high and low for a society that embraces its essential anti-Statist vision. At the same time anarchism continues to attract people to its premises seemingly generation after generation. Despite similarities in values and goals anarchism seems especially attractive to those for whom individualism rather than collectivism provides a way of life. In this it stands at the opposite pole from Behemoth from the gods of political order. The Anarchists is a rich collection of theories and practices in the words of those who have rebelled against the restrictive institutions and oppressive conditions imposed by state power upon the individual. Idealists and self-seekers saints and assassins they have often served as the conscience of the world and have expressed with eloquence and convictions the deep-seated sense of anarchy that resides to a greater or lesser degree in most human beings. Anarchism is not simply a European import; it is deeply rooted in the American political experience. The volume gives strong representation to this side of the anarchist tradition. Thomas Paine wrote Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil. This was a sentiment echoed by Ralph Waldo Emerson who said the less government we have the better. The Anarchists offers the most thoughtful and comprehensive selection of writings by and about those who protest against all rule by man over man particularly that embodied in the State. As such this anthology presents the history and philosophy of anarchism in the words of thirty-five of its greatest students observers and proponents.

GBP 130.00
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Integration of WSNs into Internet of Things A Security Perspective

Integration of WSNs into Internet of Things A Security Perspective

The Internet has gone from an Internet of people to an Internet of Things (IoT). This has brought forth strong levels of complexity in handling interoperability that involves the integrating of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) into IoT. This book offers insights into the evolution usage challenges and proposed countermeasures associated with the integration. Focusing on the integration of WSNs into IoT and shedding further light on the subtleties of such integration this book aims to highlight the encountered problems and provide suitable solutions. It throws light on the various types of threats that can attack both WSNs and IoT along with the recent approaches to counter them. This book is designed to be the first choice of reference at research and development centers academic institutions university libraries and any institution interested in the integration of WSNs into IoT. Undergraduate and postgraduate students Ph. D. scholars industry technologists young entrepreneurs and researchers working in the field of security and privacy in IoT are the primary audience of this book. | Integration of WSNs into Internet of Things A Security Perspective

GBP 130.00
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Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education A Practical Approach

Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education A Practical Approach

The global adoption of technology in education is transforming the way we teach and learn. Artificial Intelligence is one of the disruptive techniques to customize the experience of different learning groups teachers and tutors. This book offers knowledge in intelligent teaching/learning systems and advances in e-learning and assessment systems. The book highlights the broad field of artificial intelligence applications in education regarding any type of artificial intelligence that is correlated with education. It discusses learning methodologies intelligent tutoring systems intelligent student guidance and assessments intelligent education chatbots and artificial tutors and presents the practicality and applicability implications of AI in education. The book offers new and current research along with case studies showing the latest techniques and educational activities. The book will find interest with academicians which includes teachers students of various disciplines higher education policymakers who believe in transforming the education industry and research scholars who are pursuing their Ph. D. or Post Doc. in the field of Education Technology Education and Learning etc. and those working in the area of Education Technology and Artificial Intelligence such industry professionals in education management and e-learning companies. | Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education A Practical Approach

GBP 105.00
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A History of Child Welfare

A History of Child Welfare

As we approach the year 2000 infant mortality rates child placement dilemmas and appropriate socialization of children continue to challenge the field of child welfare. It is thus especially significant to reflect on the history of child welfare. The carefully selected topics explored in this volume underscore the importance of recovering past events and themes still relevant. It is the aim of this volume to illumine current issues by a review of past struggles and problems. A History of Child Welfare offers many examples of practices that have direct import for those who struggle to support children. Who is not bothered by what seem to be increasing acts of violence by children against children? The role of hidden cruelty to children in perpetuating violence is illuminated by studying the past. Historians and social researchers have gone far in examining the family and by implication their revelations greatly increase society's complex responses to children over time from early assumptions that children were little more than miniature adults to the discovery of childhood as a special developmental period. At the start of this century women still did not have universal suffrage and brutal child labor was not unusual. Harsh legal codes separating the races were widespread and those bent on improving the lot of children knew that reform meant commitment to an uphill struggle. By the end of the century much has changed: child labor while still present has been outlawed in most industries women vote and hold many high offices; and de jure racial segregation is largely a memory. Yet the state of children remains precarious with poverty a persistent theme throughout the century. The fifteen articles in this volume cover a wide range of social conditions public policies and approaches to problem solving. Though history does not repeat itself precisely problems controversies about solutions and certain themes do. A History of Child Welfare takes up social and economic conditions that correlate with increasing rates of child abuse and neglect and an increasing number of children in out-of-home care. This volume distinguishes approaches that have been useful from those that have failed. In this way these serious reflections help build on past successes and avoid previous errors.

GBP 145.00
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Towards a New Philosophy The Unpublished Writings of K. Satchidananda Murty

Towards a New Philosophy The Unpublished Writings of K. Satchidananda Murty

Kotta Satchidananda Murty (1924–2011) was a vociferous writer and an iconoclast. In recognition of his contribution in the field of Philosophy he was awarded the highly coveted BC Roy Award in Philosophy and Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India. This volume is a collection of his unpublished writings. It presents Murty’s unpublished keynote addresses papers presented in seminars and lectures which show his reflections and arguments in contrast to contemporary philosophers with regard to recent developments in philosophy. The writings reveal Murty’s rejection of established theories by well-known eastern and western philosophers as well as his arguments in their support and present a new interpretation of their contention in the contemporary idiom. Murty critically evaluates the contemporary arguments of Malcolm James Ross Alvin Plantinga Charles Hawthorne Jean-Paul Sartre Anthony Flew EH Madden and PH Hare. An important contribution the book assesses K. Satchidananda Murty’s contribution to philosophy during sixty-one years of his engagement with active writing and teaching. It will be of great interest to scholars teachers and students of Indian philosophy Hindu philosophy Vedāntic philosophy Advaita Vedānta comparative philosophy religious studies and South Asian studies. | Towards a New Philosophy The Unpublished Writings of K. Satchidananda Murty

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Lactic acid fermentation of human excreta for agricultural application

Lactic acid fermentation of human excreta for agricultural application

Human excreta is a valuable fertilizer for improving soil quality and crop productivity with a potential to replace or complement the mineral fertilizers. The main challenges related to human excreta regarding agricultural applications are microbial contamination risks loss of nutrients and odor issues. Fertilization by lacto-fermented faeces supplemented by biochar has benefits such as improved soil bulk density nitrate and potassium concentrations as well as the yield and yield components of corn compared to untreated simple stored faeces urine cattle manure and unfertilized controls. Even though the mineral fertilizer produced corn with significantly higher height and leaf length it did not add significantly higher yields than lacto-fermented faeces supplemented by biochar. A faeces treatment process by combined lacto-fermentation with thermophilic composting and biochar supplementation had better reduction of coliforms Escherichia coli Enterococcus faecalis and Clostridium perfringens and higher germination of radish and growth of tomatoes than combined lacto-fermentation with vermicomposting. Urine lacto-fermentation contributed to a pH reduction below 4 a decrease in the ammonium concentration and odor strength as well as an increase in the germination rates compared to untreated stored urine. The results of this study provide important information that can set the basis for scaling up a sustainable technology for the treatment of source separated human excreta while improving its potential for resource recovery. | Lactic acid fermentation of human excreta for agricultural application

GBP 89.99
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The Ideal of the University

The Ideal of the University

The Ideal of the University is a lucid comprehensive analysis of the rationale principles and presuppositions that make contemporary universities what they are. The book begins with four sharp carefully delineated models of a university. After analyzing such controversial issues as the role of grading in the university and the myth of value neutrality. Wolff turns to the crucial question of how the university should be governed. He argues for a radical reconstruction based on a social contract that would place ultimate authority in the hands of the faculty and students. The book concludes with a series of practical proposals for Utopian reform including such provocative recommendations as a variable-length ungraded undergraduate program and elimination of the Ph. D. degree. In his introduction to this new edition Wolff expands upon his original speculations to argue in substantive detail for the liberating potential of the liberal arts. Drawing upon Freud and Marcuse Wolff proposes that literature art and philosophy embody a promise of gratification that engenders a negative critique of the social and cultural status quo. The rationale for the liberal arts university is society's need for a reservoir of critical thinking that is the motor of social economic and political progress. Elegantly written and passionately argued; The Ideal of the University is essential reading for educators and sociologists.

GBP 130.00
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Pencils of Cubics and Algebraic Curves in the Real Projective Plane

Pencils of Cubics and Algebraic Curves in the Real Projective Plane

Pencils of Cubics and Algebraic Curves in the Real Projective Plane thoroughly examines the combinatorial configurations of n generic points in RP². Especially how it is the data describing the mutual position of each point with respect to lines and conics passing through others. The first section in this book answers questions such as can one count the combinatorial configurations up to the action of the symmetric group? How are they pairwise connected via almost generic configurations? These questions are addressed using rational cubics and pencils of cubics for n = 6 and 7. The book’s second section deals with configurations of eight points in the convex position. Both the combinatorial configurations and combinatorial pencils are classified up to the action of the dihedral group D8. Finally the third section contains plentiful applications and results around Hilbert’s sixteenth problem. The author meticulously wrote this book based upon years of research devoted to the topic. The book is particularly useful for researchers and graduate students interested in topology algebraic geometry and combinatorics. Features: Examines how the shape of pencils depends on the corresponding configurations of points Includes topology of real algebraic curves Contains numerous applications and results around Hilbert’s sixteenth problem About the Author: Séverine Fiedler-le Touzé has published several papers on this topic and has been invited to present at many conferences. She holds a Ph. D. from University Rennes1 and was a post-doc at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley California.

GBP 115.00
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Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science Volume 2 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Manag

Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science Volume 2 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Manag

Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science contains the selected papers resulting from the 2022 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Management Science (ICUEMS 2022). Covering a wide range of topics the Proceedings of ICUEMS 2022 presents the latest developments in: (i) Architecture and Urban Planning (Architectural design and its theory Urban planning and design Building technology science Urban protection and regeneration Urban development strategy Ecological construction and intelligent control Sustainable infrastructure); (ii) Logistics and supply chain management (Warehousing and distribution Logistics outsourcing Logistics automation Production and material flow Supply chain management technology Supply chain risk management Global service supply chain management Supply Chain Planning and Inventory Management Coordination and collaboration of supply chain networks Governance and regulatory aspects affecting supply chain management); (iii) Urban traffic management (Smart grid management Belt and Road Development Intelligent traffic analysis and planning management Big data and transportation management). The Proceedings of ICUEMS 2022 will be useful to professionals academics and Ph. D. students interested in the above-mentioned fields. Emphasis was put on basic methodologies scientific development and engineering applications. ICUEMS 2022 is to provide a platform for experts scholars engineers and technical researchers engaged in the related fields of urban engineering management to share scientific research achievements and cutting-edge technologies understand academic development trends broaden research ideas strengthen academic research and discussion and promote the industrialization cooperation of academic achievements. Experts scholars business people and other relevant personnel from universities and research institutions at home and abroad are cordially invited to attend and exchange. | Advances in Urban Engineering and Management Science Volume 2 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Engineering and Manag

GBP 140.00
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