Publications
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Counseling and Therapy
(2020)
This book, Counselling and Therapy, aims to equip students, life skills teachers, counselors, psychologists, academics, and other health practitioners with the most practical counselling and therapy basic skills, different ...
Mars Exploration
(2020)
More than 50 years after the Mariner 4 flyby on 15 July 1965, Mars still represents the next frontier of space explorations. Of particular focus nowadays is crewed missions to the red planet. Over three sections, this book ...
Education, Human Rights and Peace in Sustainable Development
(2020)
The aim of sustainable development is to balance our economic, environmental and social needs, allowing prosperity for current and future generations. Countries must be allowed to meet their basic needs of employment, food, ...
The Eye and Foot in Diabetes
(2020)
In order to fully understand any disease, it is important to understand not only the potential end results of the condition, but how and why it develops to that point and the stages it passes through getting to that end. ...
Lactose and Lactose Derivatives
(2020)
Lactose is a unique disaccharide found exclusively in the milk of mammals. This sugar has a crucial role in nourishing newborn and young mammals; however, some adults have difficulties in fully metabolizing lactose. Despite ...
Sudden Cardiac Death
(2020)
Sudden cardiac death is a global health threat for which we have only partial answers. With growing elucidation of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of sudden cardiac death, better patient identification and ...
Selected Topics in Plasma Physics
(2020)
This book is planned to introduce the advances topics of plasma physics for research scholars and postgraduate students. This book deals with basic concepts in plasma physics, non-equilibrium plasma modeling, space plasma ...
Linked Open Data
(2020)
This book intends to provide the reader with a comprehensive knowledge of the latest developments within the Linked Open Data (LOD) framework and the benefits of supported systems. The book covers the entire spectrum of ...
Platelets
(2020)
Mammalian platelets are small (2–4 um), discoid, short-lived fragments derived from megakaryocyte precursors. They play a crucial role not only in the formation of a normal hemostatic plug but they also play a key role in ...
Landslides
(2020)
Landslides - Investigation and Monitoring offers a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of mass movements and landslide hazards. Chapter authors use in situ measurements, modeling, and remotely sensed ...
Rheumatoid Arthritis
(2020)
Rheumatoid Arthritis - Other Perspectives towards Better Practice sheds light on the disease process of rheumatoid arthritis as well as the disease’s related comorbidities. Chapters cover such topics as immune-pathogenic ...
Computer and Network Security
(2020)
In the era of Internet of Things (IoT), and with the explosive worldwide growth of electronic data volume and the associated needs of processing, analyzing, and storing this data, several new challenges have emerged. ...
Perspectives on Economic Development
(2020)
Among the most discussed and contested areas of policy are those that surround economic development. Among the wide universe that is public policy, those policies that claim to enhance economic development have long been ...
Cryopreservation
(2020)
Cryopreservation - Current Advances and Evaluations sheds light on storage of cells at subzero temperatures while ensuring that biological functionality is not compromised. Cryopreservation presents a perfect technique by ...
Low-temperature Technologies
(2020)
Low-temperature technologies include the area of refrigeration and cryogenics. Since the beginning of theoretical developments and practical application, these technologies become a part of our life. Low temperatures have ...
Perovskite Materials, Devices and Integration
(2020)
Perovskites have attracted great attention in the fields of energy storage, pollutant degradation as well as optoelectronic devices due to their excellent properties. This kind of material can be divided into two categories; ...
Innovation in Global Green Technologies 2020
(2020)
In the last fifty years, the Earth has experienced rapid changes in climate, increasingly severe droughts, rising seawater levels, seawater acidification, increased depletion of groundwater reserves, and global rise of ...
Hybrid Nanomaterials
(2020)
Two of the hottest research topics today are hybrid nanomaterials and flexible electronics. As such, this book covers both topics with chapters written by experts from across the globe. Chapters address hybrid nanomaterials, ...
Coffee
(2020)
Coffee – Production and Research presents a diversity of important issues related to coffee, with an emphasis on the science of coffee growing. Coffee is one of the highest value commodities traded worldwide. Cultivated ...
Novel Imaging and Spectroscopy
(2020)
Imaging and spectroscopy are the most important and challenging techniques for not only research on materials science, chemistry, and biology, but also medical diagnoses. In this book, we have collected information on ...