This book provides a practical approach to the use of medicinal plants to increase immunity and treat various diseases, including high-risk ones such as cancer. It is a requisite reference for students and professionals of medicinal chemistry courses.
Music as a Spandrel of Evolutionary Adaptation for Speech
Music makes no sense in the light of evolution. This book reveals it as an innate language that unlocks our imagination, allowing us to transcend reality and create. Not bad for what began as a spandrel of speech.
This book makes scientific knowledge on psychosis and schizophrenia accessible to patients and their loved ones. It offers a comprehensive summary of symptoms, causes, and treatment to help in understanding the disorders and making informed decisions about care.
A Military History of Victoria, Australia 1803-1945
Discover why Victoria was known as the Gibraltar of the South. This untold story charts the evolution of Australia’s most complex defences, from a lone 19th-century sand fort to a formidable shield of air, sea, and land power armed with secret technology by 1945.
Economic Analyses of Prehistoric Greece
This collection of essays uses economic theory to investigate Greek archaeology, from the Neolithic to the Early Iron Age. Topics include the urbanization of Crete, Bronze Age shipping, the post-Mycenaean population collapse, the Sea Peoples, and piracy.
This book offers HR practitioners and researchers a hands-on guide to measuring workplace diversity with Simpson’s diversity index. With examples from real employment data, it illustrates how to analyze demographic diversity and use regression to assess its influencing factors.
This practical theological and homiletical study for scholars and preachers explores the rhetorical appeal of the Biblical text. Focusing on Matthew’s Gospel and the Hebrew sermon, it offers inter-disciplinary perspectives on literary forms to enrich any homiletical practice.
This book clearly describes engineering simulation methods for biomechanics and biological processes. It covers numerical methods like the Finite Element Method and presents relevant applications, from lung airflow to mechanobiology. For students, academics, and professionals.
Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) transforms students into active investigators. With research-informed strategies and transformative tools, this book showcases real theories to practice stories across disciplines. Perfect for educators, this is your guide to student empowerment.
Large Dam and River Dynamics
This book explores fluvial geomorphology and its role in floodplain management. It details quantitative and statistical techniques for analyzing river dynamics and highlights applications in managing land and water resources. For researchers, planners, and policy makers.
This book offers a comprehensive delineation of Persian syntax using the Principles & Parameters approach. It examines Universal Grammar and its significant implications for first and second language acquisition, translation, and language typology.
This book explores the politics and aestheticization of the Ugly in contemporary Malayalam cinema. Analyzing unconventional characters and raw storytelling, it challenges conventional notions of beauty and highlights societal realities through the lens of identity and gender.
Fracture at weak interfaces is a key vulnerability in layered materials and thin films. This book gathers significant research advancements to provide theoretical tools and experimental applications for researchers, engineers, and postgraduate students.
This book delves into neurodegenerative illnesses like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, exploring molecular targets for therapy. By analysing neural circuits, protein misfolding, and genetics, it unravels the mind’s complexities, offering optimism for millions worldwide.
An accessible guide to the basic concepts of atomic & molecular quantum structure and how we probe it using light. These ideas underpin modern science. Ideal for undergraduates, this book includes in-chapter examples, questions, workbooks, and accompanying online videos.
The Shakespearean Linkages in Unnayi Warrier’s Nala Charitham
Unnayi Warrier’s ‘Nala Charitham’ is a popular Kathakali drama of romance, treachery, and banishment. Drawing from Hindu mythology, this book insightfully compares the story’s complex characters with Shakespeare’s plays, giving the captivating tale a new perspective.
Exploring Nanostatistics
Explore Nanostatistics, where data science, nanotechnology, and machine learning converge. This guide uses advanced statistical models and AI to address real-world challenges in sustainability, healthcare, and technology, equipping you to shape the future at the nanoscale.
This book uses Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness to question the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. It contrasts the logic of linear growth with the Buddhist approach of “Respect all Sentient Beings”—a model centered on community, compassion, and inner peace for all life.
Ovid’s Heroides are fictional letters from heroines to their absent lovers. This unique volume presents a comprehensive collection of all medieval and renaissance manuscript readings for poems 9-15, vital for understanding how the established text was created.
Hydrodynamic and aerodynamic bearings guide rotating machines like turbines under severe conditions. This book provides a numerical analysis of how textured surfaces improve their hydrodynamic, tribological, and structural performance under these demanding operating parameters.