The introduction explains the rationale for focusing on education reform in relation to the tackling of social inequality in Southern contexts. The aim of the book is to bring together the analysis of past evidence of social inequality and the associated reforms that attempted to reduce it, with contemporary research evidence that highlights the ongoing challenges faced by disadvantaged groups …
Black Gold and Blackmail seeks to explain why great powers adopt such different strategies to protect their oil access from politically motivated disruptions. In extreme cases, such as Imperial Japan in 1941, great powers fought wars to grab oil territory in anticipation of a potential embargo by the Allies; in other instances, such as Germany in the early Nazi period, states chose relatively s…
Rosemary Zumwalt examines the split between the literary folklorists and the anthropological folklorists during the period from 1888, when the American Folklore Society was founded, to the early 1940s, when control of the Journal of American Folklore by the anthropologists was ended. At the center of the conflict were concerns of professionalism, science, and academic discipline. For the litera…
Few modern materials have been as central to histories of environmental toxicity, medical ignorance, and legal liability as asbestos. A naturally occurring mineral fibre once hailed for its ability to guard against fire, asbestos is now best known for the horrific illnesses it causes. This book offers a new take on the established history of asbestos from a literary critical perspective, showin…
Dokumen ini bertujuan untuk merangkum konsensus ilmiah terkait setiap langkah alur kerja lapangan dan laboratorium yang terlibat dalam jenis sampel dan analisis yang paling umum. Kami tidak membahas secara rinci mengenai bioinformatika (pemrosesan komputasi data sekuens) dan analisis data karena ini adalah topik yang luas. Kami secara unik menempatkan langkah-langkah lapangan dan laboratorium d…
Kumpulan artikel ini memberikan gambaran umum tentang metode saat ini dan di masa depan untuk menerapkan pendekatan pengobatan yang dipersonalisasi pada diagnosis, pengelolaan, dan pengobatan gangguan spektrum autisme. ;;; Gangguan Spektrum Autisme (Autism Spectrum Disorder - ASD) ditandai dengan heterogenitas klinis dan biologis yang sangat luas, sehingga pendekatan diagnosis dan intervensi "s…
Buku ini membahas tentang keragaman filogenetik sebagai pendekatan untuk mengurangi kehilangan keanekaragaman hayati di periode kepunahan massal ini. Bab-bab dalam bagian pertama membahas pertanyaan-pertanyaan seperti cara kita menghargai keragaman filogenetik di antara kriteria lain untuk konservasi keanekaragaman hayati; pilihan ukuran; hilangnya keragaman filogenetik akibat kepunahan; pentin…
Volume ini merupakan kumpulan esai ilmiah dan wawasan kritis yang disusun sebagai bentuk penghormatan (tribute) atas dedikasi dan kontribusi luar biasa Randall J. Cohrs dalam bidang virologi, khususnya penelitian mengenai virus herpes manusia. Karya ini mempertemukan para ilmuwan terkemuka dunia untuk merefleksikan terobosan-terobosan ilmiah yang dipelopori oleh Cohrs selama masa kariernya. Tuj…
This book contains a collection of different research activities that include the biodegradation compounds with contaminant characteristics and special products of different interests as an added value product or that allows following up various biological processes. The chapters consider the degradation of contaminant compounds generated by industrial activities, i.e., oil industry by-product …
This book contains a collection of research works focused on the biodegradation of different types of pollutants, both in water and solids. The book is divided in three major sections: A) Biodegradation of organic pollutants in solids and wastewater, B) Biodegradation of complex pollutants, and C) Novel technologies in biodegradation and bioremediation.