Whose Book is it Anyway? is a provocative collection of essays that opens out the copyright debate to questions of open access, ethics, and creativity. It includes views – such as artist’s perspectives, writer’s perspectives, feminist, and international perspectives – that are too often marginalized or elided altogether. The diverse range of contributors take various approaches, from t…
This book provides the current updated knowledge on all essential aspects in the rapidly evolving area of Helicobacter pylori research. H. pylori is a class I carcinogen and one of the most common infections in the world. While most people colonized by H. pylori will remain asymptomatic, up to 20 % of them may develop serious gastroduodenal disease such as peptic ulcers or gastric cancer. H. py…
This critical review volume explores the theme of ABC transporters in the context of basic cancer research and its role in drug-resistant tumors. The chapters provided complement basic research by including investigations from translational applications to clinical oncology. The development of resistance is a major obstacle in cancer chemotherapy and the field has been moving rapidly in terms o…
This volume details our current understanding of the architecture and signaling capabilities of known canonical and non-canonical inflammasome complexes and highlights their action, in particular in response to infection with important bacterial model organisms and the corresponding disease pathologies. The first chapters review new insights into the assembly and structures of inflammasome comp…
This book explores the formation and evolution of Scandinavian central banks. It begins by defining the nature of “central banking” in general, before moving on to investigate how and when it became meaningful to regard today’s Scandinavian central banks as such. It also explores how Scandinavian central banks have conformed to the defined ideals of “central banks” over the last 100 y…
As the purported site of the resurrection of Jesus, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre has been a centre of pilgrimage since at least the fourth century CE. The church has survived through fire, invasion, neglect and near-destruction. The result of such a turbulent history is an extraordinarily intricate and intriguing building. George Jeffery's 1919 book, compiled from his own meticulous scrutin…
The rise to prominence of the service sector - heralded over half a century ago as the great hope for the twenty-first century - has come to fruition. In many cases, employment in the service sector now outnumbers that in manufacturing sectors, and it is accepted that in all developed countries, the service sector is the only one in which employment will grow in future. The reasons for this is …
Chapter 1: Conventional Treatment Review Chapter 2: Biological Treatment Overview Chapter 3: Tertiary Treatment Chapter 4: Water Recycling Chapter 5: Solids Handling Processes Chapter 6: Biosolids Stabilization Chapter 7: Biosolids Treatment
Orang tua yang membawa seorang anak ke rumah sakit untuk diagnosis dan pengobatan berharap dapat sembuh dan memulihkan kualitas hidup yang normal di masa depan. Mereka takut akan banyak hal, mulai dari yang terburuk-kematian anak-melalui rasa sakit dan penderitaan mereka hingga ketidakpastian tentang bagaimana mengelola kompleksitas hidup mereka sendiri, yang tiba-tiba terganggu. Apa yang merek…
Perawatan Jantung Pediatrik dan kerusakan katup bawaan, Volume 2: Peningkatan Kualitas dan Keselamatan Pasien Gagasan bahwa data klinis dapat dianalisis oleh beberapa pusat jantung bawaan dibagikan oleh banyak individu tercerahkan yang meramalkan kegunaan struktur organisasi semacam itu pada awal 1980-an. Diskusi mengarah pada gagasan yang menghasilkan sistem pengumpulan data primitif yang meng…