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Earth Stewardship
This book advances Earth Stewardship toward a planetary scale, presenting a range of ecological worldviews, practices, and institutions in different parts of the world and to use them as the basis for considering what we could learn from one another, and what we could do together. Today, inter-hemispheric, intercultural, and transdisciplinary collaborations for Earth Stewardship are an imperati…
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- 978-3-319-12132-1
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- XIX, 457
Behavioral Neurobiology of Huntington's Disease and Parkinson's Disease
Motor dysfunction and cognitive impairment are major symptoms in both Huntington’s Disease (HD) and Parkinson’s Disease (PD). A breakthrough in HD research was the identification of the gene that causes this devastating monogenetic illness. Similarly, several genes were found to cause familial forms of PD. With their identification, a plethora of genetic animal models has been generated and…
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- 978-3-662-46344-4
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- XIII, 397
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- 616.8
Neural Stem Cells in Development, Adulthood and Disease
This comprehensive volume is the first to specifically target developing, adult and diseased neural stem cells. It explores recent advances in the understanding of neural stem cell biology along with strategies that use these cells to tackle neurological diseases and brain aging. Ten inclusive chapters discuss a wide range of topics including neurogenesis, neurodegeneration, demyelinating disea…
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- 978-1-4939-1907-9
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- XXI, 202
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- Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
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Early Study-Abroad and Identities
Mun Woo Lee is an Assistant Professor in the department of English Education at Hanyang University, South Korea. She worked as a high school teacher at a public high school in Seoul after she got her B.A. and M.A. in English Language Education at Seoul National University. She completed her Ph.D. in the department of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education at Indiana University Bloomington as…
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- 978-981-287-908-0
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- XIII, 99
Early Nutrition and Lifestyle Factors
This book highlights the impact of nutrients on early placentation processes and their relevance for fetal growth and pregnancy outcome. The role of maternal nutrition on fetal growth and development has been evidenced in many epidemiological studies that included infamous Dutch famine, Helsinki Birth cohort and others. Fetal programming hypothesis states that the nutritional and other envir…
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- 978-3-319-38802-1
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- X, 159
Behavioral Interactions, Markets, and Economic Dynamics : Topics in Behaviora…
This book collects important contributions in behavioral economics and related topics, mainly by Japanese researchers, to provide new perspectives for the future development of economics and behavioral economics. The volume focuses especially on economic studies that examine interactions of multiple agents and/or market phenomena by using behavioral economics models. Reflecting the diverse fiel…
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- 978-4-431-55501-8
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- XVIII, 669
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- 332
Early Geometrical Thinking in the Environment of Patterns, Mosaics and Isomet…
This book discusses the learning and teaching of geometry, with a special focus on kindergarten and primary education. It examines important new trends and developments in research and practice, and emphasizes theoretical, empirical and developmental issues. Further, it discusses various topics, including curriculum studies and implementation, spatial abilities and geometric reasoning, as well …
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- 978-3-319-44271-6
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- VII, 50
Teaching Health Professionals Online Frameworks and Strategies
Teaching Health Professionals Online is a must-read for professionals in the health care field who strive to deliver excellence in their online classes. Intended for a wide range of professionals, including nurses, social workers, occupational and radiation therapists, chiropractors, dietitians, and dental hygienists, this compendium of teaching strategies will inspire both new and experienced …
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- 978-1-927356-66-1
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- 173 pages
Behavioral Economics of Preferences, Choices, and Happiness
This book is a collection of important contributions by Japanese researchers and their coauthors to present current advances in behavioral economics and finance, particularly in relation to decision making and human well-being. The topics covered in this volume include decision making under the conditions of inter-temporal choices, risk and social relations, happiness and the neuro-scientific/b…
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- 978-4-431-55402-8
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- XX, 717
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- 330
Evolutionary Ethnobiology
Ethnobiology is a fascinating science. To understand this vocation it needs to be studied under an evolutionary point of view that is very strong and significant, although this aspect is often poorly approached in the literature. This is the first book to compile and discuss information about evolutionary ethnobiology in English.
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- 978-3-319-19917-7
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- VIII, 204
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