This book asserts that language is a signaling system rather than a code, based in part on such research as the finding that 5-year-old English... Læs mere
This unique collation of material on data-driven decisions made in schools includes contributions from several countries to provide an informed perspective on effective policy and practice, and includes analysis of the interplay between the two.
Higher education internationally is in a state of transition and transformation, leading to an increase in the level of participation, and a consequent increase in number of non traditional and underprepared students.
This important reference is the first comprehensive resource worldwide that reflects research achievements in neglected and underutilized crop biotechnology, documenting research events during the last three decades, current status, and future outlook.
WiMAX Networks covers aspects of WiMAX quality of service (QoS), security, mobility, radio resource management, multiple input multiple output antenna, planning, cost/revenue optimization, physical layer, medium access control (MAC) layer, network layer, and so on.
In the years since the first edition of this book was published, an exceptional proliferation of interest in mycorrhizal biology has developed. It therefore became necessary to both update and expand the book's coverage in this new edition.
Cancer is one of the leading killers in the world and the incidence is increasing, but most cancer patients and cancer survivors suffer much from the disease and its conventional treatments’ side effects.
In the last couple of decades, conservation practitioners, working at all levels of governance and all spatial scales, have embraced the CARE principles of conservation planning – Comprehensiveness, Adequacy, Representativeness, and Efficiency.
Although the unique flora of the Socotra Archipelago with its high degree of endemism has received much attention recently, little information is available on the vegetation and related ecological aspects.
The approach of the book is to document the modern depositional... Læs mere
This book examines the application of geotechniques to address a wide range of issues facing urban water resources.
The classic conception of human transcendental consciousness assumes its self-supporting existential status within the horizon of life-world, nature and earth.