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Peterson sees his correspondence with Paul Meehl as a privilege and would like to give others a chance to see the intellectual sparkle, erudition, human kindness, and moral passion that Paul Meehl brought to his everyday exchanges.

Urban tourism refers to travelling for pleasure. It involves strategies for attracting tourists and hospitality practices. Cruise shipping, wellness tourism, culinary tourism, wildlife tourism, etc. are some popular forms of urban tourism. This book is compiled in such a manner, that it will provide an in-depth knowledge about the theory and practice of urban tourism. While understanding the long-term perspectives of the topics, the book makes...

Globalization refers to the expanded movement of goods, services, ideas, etc. to all parts of the globe. The phenomenon of globalization has impacted the tourism industry to a great extent. Globalization has led to the development of more easy, efficient and state-of-the-art machines for travel as well as allowed for trouble-free transfer of different currencies. Economic booms across the world has led to the establishment of various leisure c...

As the second volume of The Biomedical Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition, this book covers broad areas such as biomedical sensors, medical instrumentation and devices, rehabilitation engineering, and clinical engineering.

This book draws on material from the biomechanics section of The Biomedical Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition, and includes additional chapters containing highly relevant, cutting-edge material dealing with cellular mechanics.

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Offers coverage of musculoskeletal mechanics including hard- and soft tissue and joint mechanics and their applications to human function.This book explores several aspects of biofluid mechanics and cover a wide range of circulatory dynamics such as blood vessel and blood cell mechanics and transport.

Tourism has emerged as a significant contributor to world economies. This book provides a detailed analysis of the emerging trends, strategies and challenges of the tourism industry. It is considered a good business practice for the tourism industry to support their micro and macro environment via strategic perspectives. This is essential because we cannot consider companies existing without their environment. If companies do not engage themse...

Tourism has evolved as a self-sustaining industry around the globe with a huge turnover. We have been witnessing huge competition among the organizations in the business world. Companies are looking for resourceful methods to participate in the global tourism market. In business, the major objective is to make profit. However, if the focus is only on profit, it will not to be easy for them to succeed. It is more significant for organizations t...

Tourism is a major economic contributor. This book provides extensive information regarding the strategies adopted by stake holders in the tourism industry. We have been witnessing huge competition among the organizations in the business world. Companies are looking for resourceful methods to participate in the global tourism market. In business, the major objective is to make profit. However, if the focus is only on profit, it will not to be ...

The decade of the 1960s witnessed early attempts to create a unified science-profession of clinical psychology. Following in the path of these efforts - and the behavioral revolution in clinical psychology, which occurred around the same time - Donald Peterson set out to write what he describes in his new introduction as a "manifesto" for a "scientifically grounded, practically effective professional psychology." Originally published by Applet...

Tourism and hospitality is swiftly advancing as a significant economic industry. The traditional form of tourism has diversified into various forms of tourism such as ecotourism, educational tourism, etc. The present book discusses the various principles and strategies in different forms of tourism. Some of the studies included in this text revolve around health tourism, human resource management, electronic marketing, sustainable tourism, adv...

Tourism industry is one of the most important part of the global economy. This book compiles some of the most significant concepts and strategies in tourism industry. Some of the topics included in the book are destination and heritage tourism, tourism economics and revenue generation, entrepreneurship and new business enterprises in tourism, etc. The students and professionals engaged in tourism industry will find this book full of innovative...

Tourism is one of the most rapidly progressing sectors of economies across the globe. Thus, research in this area has expanded beyond traditional approach. This extensive book comprises the diverse aspects of tourism and destination management such as tourism supporting infrastructure, tourism policies, strategies for tourism development, information, promotion, communication in tourism, ecotourism, etc. The case studies presented in this book...

This book draws on material from the biomechanics section of The Biomedical Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition, and includes additional chapters containing highly relevant, cutting-edge material dealing with cellular mechanics. Edited by Donald R. Peterson and Joseph D. Bronzino, it brings together contributions by world-class experts in the field. Offering an overview of major research topics in biomechanics, this is a useful resource for p...

Tourism falls under the service industry and refers to the practice of travelling for pleasure. It is a rapidly growing industry and plays a significant role in the economy of a country. It involves stimulating interest, entertaining and accommodating tourists from all over the world. International tourism brings in foreign exchange and good reputation for a country. Destination management is an important part of tourism and includes business ...