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The book introduces the basic concepts and methods that are useful in the statistical analysis and modeling of DNA-based marker and phenotypic data that arise in agriculture, forrestry, experimental biology, and other fields. It concentrates on the linkage analysis of markers, map construction and quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping and assumes a background in regression analysis and maximum likelihood approaches. The strengths of this book...

This study shows how she sought to reconcile her attachment to the Victorian past with her recognition of a new society that undermined established order and in doing so gave more opportunities to women, confused class-boundaries, extended tolerance, allowed the cult of pleasure and self-assertion and revealed the ambiguities of respectability.

Why is Shrek one of the greatest selling DVDs of all time? Why are shampoo advertisements based on Sleeping Beauty? Why is it that the same simple stories keep being told? This study attempts to explain why fairy tales keep popping up in the most unexpected places and why the best storytellers begin their tales with 'once upon a time'.

Paul Cooke looks at Hollywood's interaction with national and transnational cinemas, from German Expressionism to Bollywood and Chinese film. While Hollywood has had a huge impact on the medium - doing all the talking in the 'dialogue' - world cinema's economic, aesthetic and political relationship with Hollywood is of profound importance.

In this updated third edition, expert physicians assemble user-friendly, clinically-oriented guides to aid in the day-to-day management of the allergic patient. With an emphasis on common allergic diseases and the pharmacological tools to control them, this book disseminates the practical knowledge that practitioners have accumulated through practice and teaching. Three new chapters focus on antihistamines, antileukotrienes, and children exper...

Excellent . . . honest and realistic . . . Edward Murphy's meticulous research is unflawed and his writing style is novel-like."-San Antonio Express-News"A no-holds barred account . . . highly recommended."-Military magazineIn June 1967, General William Westmoreland sent the 173d Airborne Brigade to Dak To, a mountainous region in the deadly Central Highlands. Here the 173d found itself locked in mortal combat, facing tremendous odds against a...

Jack "King" Kirby's "Silver Star" is collected in full color at last! Chronicling the rise of Homo-Geneticus, the New Breed of humanity that spawns both Silver Star and the nefarious Darius Brumm, "Silver Star" was Kirby's final creation and one of only two creator-owned projects published by Pacific Comics in the early '80s. Featuring lovingly reconstructed color work, this deluxe hardcover is a must-have for any Kirby fan!

The first novel in a dramatic trilogy set in eleventh-century France about the lives and loves of three daughters of the great Talmud scholar In 1068, the scholar Salomon ben Isaac returns home to Troyes, France, to take over the family winemaking business and embark on a path that will indelibly influence the Jewish world, writing the first Talmud commentary, and secretly teaching Talmud to his daughters. Joheved, the eldest of his three girl...

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Piano Action Regulating covers the regulating requirements for the BTEC Advanced Diploma in Piano Action Regulating that was first taught at the Royal National College.

Inhaltsangabe:Problemstellung: ¿Die Suche nach Betafaktoren ¿ hat die Literatur geprägt.¿ Die Unternehmensbewertung erfordert einen zweckadäquaten Vergleich mit einer alternativen Anlageform. Bei Verwendung der Risikozuschlagsmethode wird die Unsicherheit im Kapitalkostensatz berücksichtigt, der zur Abzinsung der Ertrags- und Zahlungsströme verwendet wird. Der Beta-Faktor nimmt bei der Diskussion um die marktgestützte Bestimmung der Kapitalk...

Inhaltsangabe:Gang der Untersuchung: Um die Denkweise und das Verhalten der chinesischen Gesellschaft zu verstehen, ist die Einbeziehung der Vergangenheit unumgänglich. Das erste Kapitel beinhaltet deshalb einen groben Überblick über die chinesische Geschichte der letzten zwei Jahrhunderte. Die Bearbeitung des zweiten Abschnitts widmet sich der wirtschaftlichen Öffnung des Landes und dem schrittweisen Übergang von der Plan- zur Marktwirtscha...

First extensive publication of an accessible and enjoyable poet in translations doing justice to those qualities.

Nature First combines the Scandinavian approach to creating a relationship with nature (known as friluftsliv) with efforts by Canadian and international educators to adapt this wisdom and apply it to everyday life experiences in the open air. The word friluftsliv literally refers to "free-air life" or outdoor life. A word saturated with values, the concept can permeate deeply and playfully into ones cultural being and personal psyche, thus inf...

A comprehensive survey of the work of one of America's greatest living playwrights, Edward Albee.

Since the 1950s there has been a persistent shortage of sci-tech librarians, and as more librarians retire or change positions, the prospect looms that the profession will only depopulate further. Tackling this difficult challenge, Recruiting, Training, and Retention of Science and Technology Librarians gathers together into one source the perspectives of top library administrators and managers as well as front-line librarians who present the ...

Looks into the minds of the top twenty worst killers in criminal history and reveals the awful truth of their abominable acts. This book presents the extreme nature of their violence and their shocking lack of remorse. It examines various types of psychopaths, from obsessive sexual predators and extreme sadists, to cannibals and head hunters.

An interdisciplinary study of the fundamental normative issues underpinning immigration policy.

Lucie Miller's been headhunted to join the staff of Hulbert Logistics, a respectable blue-chip firm in Telford. But wasn't she made for better things, like travelling by TARDIS through time and space? The Doctor, meanwhile, has been fired...

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