Revitalizing Endangered Languages: A Practical Guide

Dari sekitar 7,000 bahasa-bahasa di dunia, setidaknya setengahnya mungkin tidak lagi digunakan pada akhir abad kedua puluh satu.Bahasa terancam oleh sejumlah faktor, termasuk globalisasi, kebijakan pendidikan, dan marginalisasi politik, ekonomi, dan budaya kelompok minoritas. Buku panduan ini memberikan ide dan strategi, serta beberapa latar belakang, untuk membantu revitalisasi bahasa yang ter…

The Evolution of the Eye

With fascinating, spectacularly beautiful images, the book piques readers’ curiosity about the diversity of visual organs. This book is the result of a dual approach – scientific as well as aesthetic. The compelling images are accompanied by an easy-to-read, understandable text, aimed at both scientists and the educated public, and generally anyone interested in the beauty of nature. Thanks…

Reversing the Arrow of Time

This is a book about the arrow of time, that curious asymmetry that distinguishes the future from the past. My aim is to answer two philosophical questions: what is the arrow of time, and how can we come to know about it? These questions depend on a remarkable concept of twentieth-century physics called ‘time reversal’.

Advances in Salivary Diagnostics

This book reviews the progress made in salivary diagnostics during the past two decades and identifies the likely direction of future endeavors. After an introductory section describing the histological and anatomical features of the salivary glands and salivary function, salivary collection devices and diagnostic platforms are reviewed. The field of “salivaomics” is then considered in deta…

The Evolution of Sexuality

The Evolution of Sexuality collects stimulating new empirical findings and theoretical concepts regarding both familiar themes and emerging areas of interest. Following earlier titles in this series, an interdisciplinary panel of contributors examines topics specific to the whys of male and female sex-related behavior, here ranging from biological bases for male same-sex attraction to the seemi…

Rethinking Evidence in the Time of Pandemics: Scientific vs Narrative Rationa…

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Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors: Proceedings of the AHFE 2016…

This book discusses the latest findings towards ensuring people’s safety, health, and welfare at work. It crosses different disciplines, such as work physiology, health informatics, workplace design, injury prevention, and occupational psychology. It presents new strategies for safety management, including accident prevention methods, such as performance testing and participatory ergonomics. …

The Evolution of Innovation Networks

Tobias Buchmann analyzes innovation network dynamics in the German automotive industry. The study is based on a model for analyzing the complex evolution of innovation networks and the driving mechanisms underlying network evolution derived from theoretical and empirical findings in innovation economics, economic geography and management science. The author uses established social network analy…

The Biology and Treatment of Myeloid Leukaemias

There has been an observed decrease in the global mortality from cancer, mostly atributable to improved, particularly early, detection and prevention. For many carcinomas and leukaemias in adults, once the disease has reached a certain stage there are no therapies that are able to erradicate the cancer cells and cure patients. There has been progress in the treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia …

Resource Extraction and Arctic Communities: The New Extractivist Paradigm

Ini mengeksplorasi kawasan Arktik dalam menyediakan berbagai macam sumber daya alam seperti: mineral, energi fosil, dan elemen tanah jarang. Selain itu juga kaya akan pemandangan wisata hutan belantara, dan pengetahuan ilmiah tentang perubahan iklim.