Virginia Valian uses concepts and data from psychology, sociology, economics, and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women. Why do so few women occupy positions of power and prestige? Virginia Valian uses concepts and data from psychology, sociology, economics, and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women. Accordi…
Examines the social uses of architectural drawing: how it acts to direct architecture; how it helps define what is important about a design; and how it embodies claims about the architect's status and authority. Case study narratives are included with drawings from projects at all stages.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
The Routledge Handbook of Taxation and Philanthropy ventures into a territory that is still widely unexplored. It contains 30 academic contributions that aim to provide a better understanding of whether, why, and how philanthropic initiatives, understood as voluntary contributions for the common good, can and should be fostered by states through tax incentives. The topic has been addressed from…
https://mts.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/methods-of-protein-detection-in-cancer-for-diagnosis-prognosis-and-therapyEmerging proteomic technologies offer new insight in the study of malignant tumor to identify protein biomarkers for early detection, stratification, prediction and monitoring of treatment, as well as to detect target molecules for therapy. The tumor protein biomarker is resp…
https://mts.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/particle-filter-based-approach-for-remaining-useful-life-prediction-of-high-speed-shaft-bearing-in-wThis work involves a novel data-driven procedure using vibration analysis for bearing health prognosis. In this work, we investigate the time-domain features and applying spectral kurtosis features in order to extract the damage indicators which even…
https://mts.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/phytocosmetics-and-phytopharmaceuticals-from-african-medicinal-plantsAfrica contains some of the richest biodiversity in the world, blessed with bountiful plants of economic importance and plants of medicinal importance which when developed would reduce our expenditure on imported drugs to meet our health needs. Plants are source of phytochemicals …
https://mts.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/critical-studies-on-the-kinetics-isotherms-and-activation-energy-of-sorption-phenomenon-for-optimizeThe secondary effect discovery of synthetic sorbents opened another research direction for many field of studies. However, the sorption parameters of lignocellulosic sorbents are rarely reported most importantly, kenaf shive. This paper centered at t…
https://mts.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/phenotypic-analysis-of-pigeon-pea-reveal-genotypic-variability-under-different-environmental-interacPigeon pea is one of the most important leguminous crop globally. However it is a neglected pulse crops in South Africa in terms of research and production. Most farmers grow local landraces with low yields and there is lack of diverse material. The …
https://mts.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/computational-applications-for-the-evaluation-and-simulation-of-the-thermal-treatment-of-canned-foodThroughout this chapter we will explore the computational applications that can help us in the evaluation, calculation and simulation of the thermal treatment of canned foods. Although some basic principles of microbial death kinetics will be recalle…
https://mts.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/entrepreneurship-in-a-different-eraWith the development of technology, and the change in economy, population etc. the Industrial economy, internet economy and intelligent economy present different characteristics, and entrepreneurship under these different era varies greatly, and there are great differences in the characteristics and value creation…