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View book details for The Medical Marijuana Guide
Cannabis and Your Health
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
After decades of misinformation about cannabis largely due to the well-funded propaganda campaign in the 1930s, public attitudes toward the drug have finally begun to evolve. In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana and since then, …
The second edition of this comprehensive volume presents methods for nonverbal assessment of diverse individuals, such as persons with speech or hearing deficits, limited English skills, or emotional problems. Chapters provide a contemporary context for nonverbal evaluations, accompanied by descriptions …
View book details for Clinical Cases in Skin of Color
Medical, Oncological and Hair Disorders, and Cosmetic Dermatology
This book identifies the most common presentations and essential features of top dermatological conditions in patients with skin of color. It presents practical information in a case-based organization to assist dermatologists in clinical decision making, and discusses important cultural beliefs …
View book details for Prevention Science in School Settings
Complex Relationships and Processes
This straightforward volume makes a strong, practical, research-based case for integrating prevention programs into middle and high schools. Written by experts in prevention science and education, it examines educational goals and prevention of risky behaviors as parallel and complementary processes …
View book details for Endometriosis
A Comprehensive Update
This SpringerBrief provides an update on endometriosis research -- from the underlying mechanisms, predisposing factors, role of environmental pollutants, treatment options, impact on quality of life, and biomarkers, to emerging treatment modalities in order to help clinicians to pursue a …
This book provides up-to-date, user-friendly and comprehensive guidance on the evaluation, diagnosis, and medical and surgical treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. This ensures that that this title aids every trainee and practicising cardiologist, cardiac electrophysiologist, cardiac surgeon, vascular surgeon, diabetologist, cardiac …
View book details for CSR und Beschaffung
Theoretische wie praktische Implikationen eines nachhaltigen Beschaffungsprozessmodells
Beschaffungspolitisches Handeln tragt mageblich zum Unternehmenserfolg bei. Traditionell versteht sich diese Funktion aber als Kostenoptimierer, strategisches Handeln setzt sich nur langsam durch. Dieser Sammelband beleuchtet den gesamten strategischen nachhaltigen Beschaffungsprozess und zeigt anhand praktischer Unternehmensbeispiele auf, wo CSR eine Rolle …
This book provides a practically oriented overview of internet-based treatments in psychiatry and mental health care, which represent a relatively new research area and offer a novel clinical approach. The principal focus is on internet-based cognitive behavior therapy, as this …
View book details for Marriage and Fertility Behaviour in Japan
Economic Status and Value-Orientation
This monograph examines the influence of ideational and socio-economic factors on Japanese marriage and fertility behaviour. It also investigates the historical change in attitudes toward partnership and family in Japan, which, if current trends continue, can lead to population shrinkage …
View book details for Das Kopftuch als Visitenkarte
Eine qualitative Fallstudie zu Stil- und Ausdrucksformen Berliner Musliminnen
Juliane Kanitz geht in ihrem Buch nicht nur der bereits vielfach gestellten Frage nach, warum muslimische Frauen ein Kopftuch tragen, sondern konzentriert sich darauf, wie es getragen wird. Dabei geht es ihr um die kulturell-asthetischen und modischen Praferenzen der Frauen …
"Research Progress in Oligosaccharins" is a valuable tool for students and researchers who want to learn about this unique class of bioactive compounds. This book provides important insight into the complex roles of oligosaccharins in plant immunity, physiology, and protection.Oligosaccharins …
The first part of this book provides an elementary and self-contained exposition of classical Galois theory and its applications to questions of solvability of algebraic equations in explicit form. The second part describes a surprising analogy between the fundamental theorem …
This book provides an introduction to symplectic field theory, a new and important subject which is currently being developed. The starting point of this theory are compactness results for holomorphic curves established in the last decade. The author presents a …
This textbook reviews the novel techniques employed in corneal transplantation. It will assist fellows and corneal surgeons in using these techniques to best effect and in selecting patients for surgical procedures, taking into account the benefits and risks. Until 15 …
Dart for Absolute Beginners enables individuals with no background in programming to create their own web apps while learning the fundamentals of software development in a cutting edge language. Easily digested chapters, while comprehensive enough to explore the whole domain, …
View book details for Covenants and Third-Party Creditors
Empirical and Law & Economics Insights Into a Common Pool Problem
This book adds to the debate on the effects of covenants on third-party creditors (externalities), which have recently become a focus of discussion in the contexts of bankruptcy law, corporate law and corporate governance. The general thrust of the debate …
Using newly-discovered documentation from the French military archives, A History of Violence in the Early Algerian Colony offers a comprehensive study of the forms of violence adopted by the French Army in Africa. Its coverage ranges from detailed case studies …
View book details for Public Prosecutors in the United States and Europe
A Comparative Analysis with Special Focus on Switzerland, France, and Germany
This research examines the role of prosecutors within the United States and in Switzerland and is completed by an overview of the prosecution institutions in France and Germany. The research recognizes that despite seemingly very different legal traditions and structures, …
View book details for Rationality and Emotion
Comparative Studies of the Franco-German and Sino-Japanese Reconciliations
Reconciliation is an important agenda for postwar countries. It plays a major role in harmonizing bilateral and regional relations. Lin Ren compares reconciliations between the Sino-Japanese and the Franco-German dyads. Each dyad shares a deep-rooted historic antagonism. Nevertheless, France and …
Modified Cyclodextrins for Chiral Separation offers a review of the latest advances in developing modified cyclodextrins as chiral selectors for various chromatographic and electromigration techniques. Over the years, many descriptions of chiral separation have appeared in academic journals and books, …
Our capacity to reshape the future has never been more powerful. Yet our ability to foresee the consequences of what we do has not kept pace. Is the idea that we have responsibilities to future generations therefore meaningful? This book …
View book details for Eine Einladung in die Mathematik
Einblicke in aktuelle Forschung
Diese Einladung zur Mathematik besteht aus 14 Beitragen, viele davon von weltweit fuhrenden Mathematikern geschrieben, die die Leser in spannende Aspekte aktueller mathematischer Forschung einfuhren. Die Artikel sind so vielfaltig wie die Personlichkeiten ihrer Autoren und zeigen, wie reich und …
This book is the first to summarize the current knowledge of the cell biology of lens epithelial cells in relation to and in the development of posterior capsular opacification (PCO). PCO remains the most common long-term complication of modern cataract …
An overview of all the available literature on the various aspects of the regulation of the cardiovascular system`s function and physiology by the adrenergic neurohormonal system, i.e. the catecholamines norepinephrine and epinephrine. Although there are several books describing the adrenergic …
View book details for Form and Dialectic in Georg Simmel's Sociology
A New Interpretation
This book shows that a dialectical conceptual model underpins Georg Simmel's writings. The book provides key examples of social forms including fashion, the secret and money as exemplifications of this method. The volume concludes with a reassessment of Simmel's relevance …
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