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Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery, Vol. 35: Low-Grade Gliomas. Edited by J. Schramm

Den1985s — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:59:11 GMT

Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery was conceived in 1972 by its founding fathers Jean Brihaye, Bernard Pertuiset, Fritz Loew and Hugo Krayenbuhl at a combined meeting of the Italian and German Neurosurgical Societies in Taormina. It was designed to complement the European post-graduate training system for young neurosurgeons and was first published in 1974 initially through sponsorship by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies. All contributions have been published in English to facilitate international understanding.

Fort Stanwix National Monument: Reconstructing the Past and Partnering for the Future

Den1985s — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:34:02 GMT

This book looks at the history of Fort Stanwix and documents how the people of Rome, New York, partnered with the National Park Service to create Fort Stanwix National Monument, a reconstructed log-and-sod Revolutionary War fort located in the center of the city. Initially undertaken as part of Rome's urban renewal effort to revive a failing economy through tourism, the fort's reconstruction exemplifies how a regional interest successfully engaged the National Park Service in achieving its goals.

Advances in Parasitology Volume 40: Opportunistic Protozoa in Humans

Den1985s — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:22:10 GMT

Due to the advent of AIDS, there is currently great interest in opportunistic infections in people with compromised immune systems. This special volume of Advances in Parasitology provides a detailed account of the pathogens associated with human enteric diseases. Cryptosporidium parvum, Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Cyclospora cayetanensis. This volume is essential for all parasitologists working on opportunistic protozoa.

Methods in Reproductive Aquaculture: Marine and Freshwater Species (Marine Biology)

Den1985s — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:52:02 GMT

Providing an overview of available techniques for fish farmers and researchers, Methods in Reproductive Aquaculture addresses ways to improve depleted stocks of endangered fish and other species. Written by international experts, this practical guide provides a highly readable review of gamete extraction, sperm collection, and egg stripping in different species. It then focuses on sperm and egg quality characteristics before presenting information on the materials and facilities required for gamete preparation and freeze-thawing procedures. It includes the first practical guidance on cryopreservation as a technique for gamete management. A final section reviews important aspects of gamete handling, before, during, and after fertilization and incubation.

Genetic Linguistic Archaeological Perspectives on Human Diversity in Southeast Asia

Den1985s — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:43:28 GMT

Southeast Asia is regarded as one of the birthplaces of modern humans. Recent genetic evidence shows that it was probably the entry point of modern humans from Africa into East Asia and Oceania. With the help of new markers - mostly from the Y-chromosome and mtDNA - several recent efforts have been made to study the populations of Southeast Asia, which have been somewhat neglected in the past. A new picture of the origin and migrations of modern humans in this region is quickly emerging. In this book, the leading researchers in the studies of Southeast Asian, East Asian, and Oceanian populations present the most up-to-date results of their research.

Perspectives in Operations Research: Papers in Honor of Saul Gass' 80th Birthday

Den1985s — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:54:33 GMT

The book is an edited volume from leading research scholars in the field of Operations Research, focusing on future perspectives in OR. Each of the contributors offers their perspective looking forward to the further development of the field. The theme will provide pivotal interest in the book because of prominence of the contributors and Saul Gass' position as one of the founders of OR and his involvement in writing about the history of OR. The history of operations research is of considerable interest and this book takes a pivotal perspective of OR's history by examining current trends and the future of the field.

A Guide to Port Sunlight Village

Den1985s — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:36:59 GMT

Port Sunlight was founded in 1888 by the industrialist Lord Leverhulme to house the workers from his prospering business—which would evolve into Unilever. Acclaimed for its planning and house design, Port Sunlight greatly influenced subsequent planned developments, as well as the garden city movement.

The Dessau Bauhaus Building 1926-1999

Den1985s — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:06:15 GMT

With the Bauhaus in Dessau, Walter Gropius created a building in 1925/26 that represented a "demonstration of architectural Modernism". (Wolfgang Pehnt). During the few years of its original use as a school with studios, until it was closed down by the Nazis in 1932, it had also become a center of crystalization for the creative forces of its times.

The North Carolina Birding Trail: Mountain Trail Guide

Den1985s — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:34:50 GMT

North Carolina harbors an incredible diversity of habitats that provide food and shelter for more than 440 bird species throughout the year, making the state a destination for birders and nature lovers. The North Carolina Birding Trail is a driving trail linking birders and tourists with great birding sites across the state and the local communities in which they are found.

A Home in the City (UN Millennium Project)

Den1985s — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:15:19 GMT

More than 900 million people currently live in urban slums and the number is growing as rapid urbanization continues in the developing world. This Millennium Project Task Force Report urges countries to strengthen their focus on the growing urban crisis and improving the lives of slum dwellers. Proposed are specific investments and policy changes required at local and national levels to create a vibrant, equitable and productive urban environment.

Breakwaters and Closure Dams

Den1985s — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:00:44 GMT

Breakwaters and closure dams belong to the most spectacular hydraulic structures. Design and construction of these structures are so interrelated that a proper understanding is not possible without a thorough knowledge of theory and a proper understanding of practical matters. This book offers this combination to the graduate student. It describes the functional requirements, discusses the relevant theory and shows the application of experience and theoretical knowledge to the design.

Infant Development: Ecological Perspectives (Msu Series on Children, Youth Andfamilies, 10)

Den1985s — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:33:27 GMT

This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field of childhood development focus on the critical issues and questions that need to be addressed at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Topics covered include the ecology of fetal development, birth and the newborn period, family ecology and infant development, infant care settings, gender influences on caregiving, culture, violence, poverty, substance abuse, social support, maternal age, risk and protective factors, the impact of legal and public policy, and historical, and future ecologies of infant development.

The Koala: Natural History Conservation and Management (Australian Natural History Series)

Den1985s — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:10:11 GMT

In the ten years since the previous Koala book was published in the Australian Natural History Series by Lee and Martin, a great deal of basic research has been done on the koala. The conservation status of wild populations has been a topic of much debate and this new edition includes maps of the current distribution of the species and a commentary on the status of wild populations. Other recent studies have enhanced our knowledge in the areas of reproductive biology, endocrinology, energetics, and growth. Facts from all these studies have been woven into the narrative of this new natural history of the species. Headway has also been made in our understanding of koala disease, particularly Chlamydia, and this new information has caused a revision in our thinking as to its role and impact on koala populations.

Discovering Fossil Fishes

Den1985s — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:47:54 GMT

Fishes have a unique evolutionary history that stretches back in time more than 450 million years. They are incredibly ancient-older than the dinosaurs-and include the ancestors of all limbed vertebrates living on land, even humans.In Discovering Fossil Fishes, John Maisey traces the evolution of fishes over the course of nearly half a billion years, describing the discovery of their extraordinary fossil remains and explaining what these ancient animals tell us about our own place in the history of life. Combining current scientific information with entertaining tales about historic and contemporary fieldwork, Maisey brings to life the development of armored fishes, monster sharks, and fishes with arms as he reveals the subtleties of evolution's greatest success story.

Michael Van Valkenburgh/Allegheny Riverfront Park: Source Books in Landscape Architecture

Den1985s — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:45:13 GMT

In the field of landscape architecture, there is no more distinguished voice than Michael Van Valkenburgh, and it therefore seems appropriate that we begin this new Source Books in Landscape series with his recently completed Allegheny Riverfront Park project for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As part of the city’s efforts to restore its downtown district and riverfront, Van Valkenburgh, along with artists Ann Hamilton and Michael Mercil, developed an ambitious plan to reform the wasted land along the river into an urban refuge. The celebrated collaboration between landscape architect and artist produced a thoughtful, useful, and beautiful park that has successfully renewed the city’s core.

Indigenous Peoples, Consent and Benefit Sharing: Lessons from the San-Hoodia Case

Den1985s — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:00:22 GMT

Indigenous Peoples, Consent and Benefit Sharing is the first in-depth account of the Hoodia bioprospecting case and use of San traditional knowledge, placing it in the global context of indigenous peoples’ rights,consent and benefit-sharing. It is unique as the first interdisciplinary analysis of consent and benefit sharing in which philosophers apply their minds to questions of justice in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), lawyers interrogate the use of intellectual property rights to protect traditional knowledge, environmental scientists analyse implications for national policies, anthropologists grapple with the commodification of knowledge and, uniquely, case experts from Asia, Australia and North America bring their collective expertise and experiences to bear on the San-Hoodia case.

Introduction to Syndemics: A Critical Systems Approach to Public and Community Health

Den1985s — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:54:28 GMT

This book explains the growing field of syndemic theory and research, a framework for the analysis and prevention of disease interactions that addresses underlying social and environmental causes. This perspective complements single-issue prevention strategies, which can be effective for discrete problems, but often are mismatched to the goal of protecting the public's health in its widest sense.

Invented Edens: Techno-Cities of the Twentieth Century (Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation)

Den1985s — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:21:19 GMT

Industrialization created cities of Dickensian squalor that were crowded, smoky, dirty, and disease-ridden. By the beginning of the twentieth century, urban visionaries were looking for ways to improve living and working conditions in industrial cities. In Invented Edens, Robert Kargon and Arthur Molella trace the arc of one form of urban design, which they term the techno-city: a planned city developed in conjunction with large industrial or technological enterprises, blending the technological and the pastoral, the mill town and the garden city. Techno-cities of the twentieth century range from factory towns in Mussolini's Italy to the Disney creation of Celebration, Florida. Kargon and Molella show that the techno-city represents an experiment in integrating modern technology into the world of ideal life. Techno-cities mirror society's understanding of current technologies and, at the same time, seek to regain the lost virtues of the edenic pre-industrial village.

Cracking Under Pressure: Narrating the Decline of the Amsterdam Squatters' Movement (Solidarity and Identity)

Den1985s — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:37:02 GMT

What goes up must come down, and social movements are not immune to this rule. Yet most academic studies have focused almost exclusively on the emergence of movements, paying less attention to decline. But decline is an important, and active, period for any mobilisation, as all activists know. This book broadens and enriches social movement theory through a close investigation of the fate of the squatters' movement inAmsterdam . Responding to the housing shortage of the 1960s, the movement emerged in the late 1970s, peaked in the early 1980s, before falling into a period of prolonged decline. Owens explores how the movement declines, focusing on the subjective experience and culture of decline.

Deciphering Growth (Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions)

Den1985s — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:08:10 GMT

In mammals, the major factors involved in the regulation of body growth are known: insulin-like growth factors (IGF) are key regulators of somatic growth. Growth hormone (GH), secreted by the pituitary gland, directly regulates circulating levels of IGF-I, which is the major coordinator of spatio-temporal growth of the organism. In humans, growth is even more complex, involving a number of specific characteristics not found in other species. These include rapid intrauterine growth, deceleration just after birth, a mid-childhood growth spurt, a second deceleration before puberty, an adolescent growth spurt, and finally full statural growth, which is seen somewhat later. The combined knowledge concerning the endocrine and paracrine aspects of growth have led to the introduction of treatment regimens, most effective in GH-deficient children. However, size depends on the combination of a number of genetic factors, and there remain several aspects of this complex process still poorly understood.