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Philosophical Devices introduces the technical ideas that are taken for granted in contemporary philosophical writing. It offers simple explanations and covers a wealth of material that is normally available only to specialists. This original, distinctive book will appeal to anyone who is curious about the technical infrastructure of philosophy.

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have become a major public health concern due to increasing numbers of patients with this diagnosis and the level of disability from which they suffer. ASD symptoms over the life span can be synthesised into communication difficulties, awkward social relationships, unusual stereotypes and preoccupations, emotion regulation difficulties, and an unfavourable self-concept. In this book, the authors present new rese...

Astrocytes are the main glial cell type in the central nervous system. These cells were originally regarded as supportive cells of the brain, but increasing evidence indicates they play fundamental roles in many brain functions, such as: neurotransmitters uptake, energy homoeostasis, neurogenesis, myelination, immunomodulation, neurotrophic factor releasing and blood-brain-barrier maintenance. This book summarises the latest discoveries, from ...

Looking back over the course of the three-plus decades of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, scholars and researchers have made many significant strides in understanding and responding to HIV and AIDS. From the inception of the HIV/AIDS epidemic during the early 1980s until the mid-1990s, when highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) was introduced as an innovative and highly-effective way of controlling HIV and HIV-related diseases, the "average" p...

This book organises and presents a comprehensive review of the multiple benefits of clean energy, together with an analytical framework that states can use to assess those benefits during the development and implementation of clean energy policies and programs. State clean energy initiatives can produce significant savings in fuel and electricity costs, the environment and public health and the economy.

THE SPRITE SISTERS - FOUR SISTERS - FOUR ELEMENTS - FOUR POWERS The Magic Unfolds is the second title in Sheridan Winn's Sprite Sisters series. Aimed at girl readers aged 7-11 years, the stories have been bestsellers in Germany where Fischer Verlag has sold over 550, 000 books. A film is being produced and will be released in German cinemas in 2019. The title was originally published by Piccadilly Press in the UK. This is the author's own edit...

A new adventure for Oluwalase Babatunde Benson, the no. 1 car spotter in his African village.

Rumoured for years, Drawn Together charts the daily exploits and erotic craziness of the first couple of comics.

Punjab, Pakistan, June 2009. The temperature is 45° and Asia has been out picking fruit for several hours. It's exhausting, sweaty work, but Asia and her husband have five children to feed. At midday she goes to the nearest well, picks up a cup and takes a long drink of cool water. She refills the cup, drinks some more and then offers it to another woman.Suddenly one of her fellow workers cries out that the water belongs to the Muslim women an...

This book presents original results on the leading edge of computer science research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed include online impairment aware routing and wavelength assignment in WDM optical networks, data fusion in ad-hoc networks, NCTUns distributed network emulator, wireless mesh sensor networks and fully adaptive wormhole router...

This continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed include abscisic acid-inducible genes during salinity and drought stress, medical device related infections, the effect of opiates on pregnancy and breastfeeding, using primate models to study vagina...

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. This book reviews research on the effectiveness of teaching intervention programs for children with autism spectrum disorders in Greece, psychometrics in science and STEM education research, trauma-related guilt and its psychometric properties, cognitive behavioural therapy techniques, materialism and human motivation behaviours, male body image, viole...

The second book in the Copper Tree Class series finds the children visiting a care home for the elderly where they discover that the elderly residents all have interesting lives to relect upon.

Asthma is a complex disorder characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, airflow obstruction, bronchial hyper-responsiveness, and underlying inflammation. Although asthma is commonly thought of as a disease of children and young adults, a significant percentage of the older adult population is affected and carry a higher rate of morbidity and mortality from the disease. This book examines the causes, complications and treatment of asthma...

Sixteen cutting edge explorations of key themes in history across the globe by leading scholars, essential to an understanding of the current state of historical scholarship and to envisaging the future of the discipline.

The human brain and its behaviour present one of the most challenging, but at the same time, one of the most fascinating endeavours among the scientific and philosophical inquiries. Therefore, from a comprehensive perspective, every heuristic approach (epistemological, philosophical and scientific) to the study of the human brain and mind should be understood not as an exclusive paradigm, but rather as a perspective from which these complex an...

Today's marketers are confronted with a spate of differing opinions and conflicting information about the changing consumer in the era of globalization. This book, Consumer Cosmopolitism in the Age of Globalization offers authoritative answers to the following questions: "What marketing opportunities are associated with consumer cosmopolitanism?" How do trends in consumer cosmopolitanism affect long-range planning?" "What are the best communic...

After an upbringing of proper behaviour and oppressive expectations, Aralorn fled her noble birthright for a life of adventure as a mercenary spy. But her latest mission involves more peril than she ever imagined.Agents of Sianim have asked her to gather intelligence on the increasingly popular and powerful sorcerer Geoffrey ae'Magi. Soon Aralorn comes to see past the man's striking charisma - and into a soul as corrupt and black as endless ni...

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This book presents current research in the study of the ecology, economic uses and environmental impacts of algae. Topics include ultraviolet irradiation to control algal proliferation in the environment, alga Trachydiscus minutus as a new source of polyunsaturated fatty acids, systematics and taxonomic keys for the marine green algal family monostromataceae, the ecophysiology of soil algae, and an evaluation of the total phenolic content and ...