Chapter Schistosomiasis: Setting Routes for Drug Discovery

Schistosomiasis is the second most prevalent parasitic disease in the world. Currently, the treatment of this disease relies on a single drug, praziquantel, and due to the identification of resistant parasites, the development of new drugs is urged

What Difference Does a Railroad Make? Transportation and Settlement in the B…

The two statements above refer to the same town, Tynda, a place in East Siberia that has been called the capital of the BAM, or the Baikal-Amur Mainline, a railroad line running parallel to the Trans-Siberian Railroad and north of Lake Baikal

A Short History of Transport in Japan; from Ancient Times to the Present

Buku ini menyajikan studi pionir sebagai karya pertama dari sarjana Barat yang secara komprehensif mengintegrasikan sejarah panjang infrastruktur Jepang dengan analisis ekonomi politik yang dinamis. Dengan menggunakan kerangka kerja Ekonomi Institusional Baru (New Institutional Economics), penulis menawarkan kritik berbasis sejarah terhadap praktik perencanaan kontemporer. Penelitian ini mengid…

Biocultural Rights, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities: Protecting Cult…

This volume presents a comprehensive overview of biocultural rights, examining how we can promote the role of indigenous peoples and local communities as environmental stewards and how we can ensure that their ways of life are protected. With Biocultural Community Protocols (BCPs) or Community Protocols (CPs) being increasingly seen as a powerful way of tackling this immense challenge, this …

Active Commuting and Active Transportation

This book focuses on active transport as a way to increase physical activity levels. Active commuting and active transportation on foot or by bicycle create opportunities for physical activity, provide transportation options for those without a car, encourage social cohesion, and reduce contributions to air pollution.

After the An­thro­po­cene: Time and Mo­bil­ity

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A Vehicle for Change

An Open Access edition of this book will be available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library. Since its invention, the automobile has been systematically 'consumed', to become part of the fabric of twentieth- and twenty-first-century society, its impact and perception making the car an accurate gauge of changing cultural norms and values. As it grew in popularity, the a…

Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility = Proceed…

This is an open access book. It gathers the proceedings of the 10th edition of Transport Research Arena (TRA 2024), held on 15-18 April, 2024, in Dublin, Ireland. Contributions cover a wide range of research findings, methodological aspects, technologies and policy issues that are currently reshaping the transport and mobility system in different parts of Europe. Bridging between academic rese…

Transport Transitions : Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility = Procee…

This is an open access book. It gathers the proceedings of the 10th edition of Transport Research Arena (TRA 2024), held on 15-18 April, 2024, in Dublin, Ireland. Contributions cover a wide range of research findings, methodological aspects, technologies and policy issues that are currently reshaping the transport and mobility system in different parts of Europe. Bridging between academic rese…

Shared Mobility Revolution; Pioneering Autonomous Horizons

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