Filter by
Against All Odds: An Empirical Study about the Situative Pedagogical Ethos of…
It is nearly impossible to overestimate the significance of a professional ethos in pedagogical situations. Most theories of education understand ethos and ethical acting as belonging to the core of the pedagogical profession. Despite this evidence, remarkably few empirical studies exist on ethos. This book has three main aims: 1) to conceptualize the pedagogical ethos at the theoretical level,…
- Edition
- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-94-6209-941-8
- Collation
- XVIII, 330
- Series Title
- Moral Development and Citizenship Education
- Call Number
- 658 FOR a
After Ethics: Ancestral Voices and Post-Disciplinary Worlds in Archaeology
While books on archaeological and anthropological ethics have proliferated in recent years, few attempt to move beyond a conventional discourse on ethics to consider how a discussion of the social and political implications of archaeological practice might be conceptualized differently. The conceptual ideas about ethics posited in this volume make it of interest to readers outside of the discip…
- Edition
- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-4939-1689-4
- Collation
- XVII, 140
- Series Title
- Ethical Archaeologies: The Politics of Social Justice
- Call Number
- 301 AFT a
Biochemical Roles of Eukaryotic Cell Surface Macromolecules
Consists of critical reviews and original research papers from the 2014 International Symposium on the "Biochemical Role of Eukaryotic Cell Surface Macromolecules". Topics covered include: · neurochemical and biochemical analysis of cell surface glycoconjugates · membrane skeletal organization · GPCRs and other receptors · biophysical approaches to study membrane interactions · glycoconjug…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-11280-0
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 610.28
Biobetters : Protein Engineering to Approach the Curative
“Biobetters: Protein Engineering to Approach the Curative” discusses the optimization of protein therapeutic products for treatment of human diseases. It is based on the fact that though numerous important therapeutic protein products have been developed for life threatening and chronic diseases that possess acceptable safety and efficacy profiles, these products have generally not been ree…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- -
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 610.28
Biobanking in the 21st Century
Biobanking, an emerging field supported by academia, industry and health administrators alike, is distinctly different today from the practice that once defined it. The science of Biobanking, which initially involved simply storing blood or tissue samples in a freezer, is now a highly sophisticated field of research, and expected to grow exponentially over the next decade or two. This book aims…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-20579-3
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 332.1
Mostly Harmless Statistics
This text is for an introductory level probability and statistics course with an intermediate algebra prerequisite. The focus of the text follows the American Statistical Association’s Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE).
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- -
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 500 WEB m
Handbook of Evolutionary Thinking in the Sciences
The Darwinian theory of evolution is itself evolving and this book presents the details of the core of modern Darwinism and its latest developmental directions. The authors present current scientific work addressing theoretical problems and challenges in four sections, beginning with the concepts of evolution theory, its processes of variation, heredity, selection, adaptation and function, and …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-94-017-9013-0
- Collation
- XIX, 910
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 570 HAN
Handbook of Financial Econometrics and Statistics
The Handbook of Financial Econometrics and Statistics provides, in four volumes and over 100 chapters, a comprehensive overview of the primary methodologies in econometrics and statistics as applied to financial research. Including overviews of key concepts by the editors and in-depth contributions from leading scholars around the world, the Handbook is the definitive resource for both class…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-4614-7749-5
- Collation
- CXII, 2897
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 330 HAN
Biobanking and Cryopreservation of Stem Cells
Biobanking is considered to be one of the ten ideas changing the world with an estimated value of $45 billion by 2025. Despite the challenges, as the climate for innovation in the biobanking industry continues to flourish around the world, it is certain that amazing discoveries will emerge from this large-scale method of preserving and accessing human samples; biobanking is no longer just a pla…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- -
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 332.21
Universities, Rankings and the Dynamics of Global Higher Education Perspecti…
Global university rankings are now more than a decade old and this book uses the data they have produced to examine how the international landscape of universities has changed over the years. It offers new insights into the power and limits of league tables, a key element of globalized higher education that can be deplored but hardly ignored. Case studies from Asia, Europe and North America are…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-137-46999-1
- Collation
- 3 b/w illustrations
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography