Dive into the world of omics sciences. This guide explores the interdisciplinary realm of genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, revealing their transformative potential in medicine, agriculture, and environmental science to shape the future of science and society.
Gender and National Development
Women are the unsung heroes driving national development, yet their stories are seldom told. Stereotyped and marginalized, their voices are taken away, leading to gender inequality. This book highlights how to actualize social justice, proving women are vital to social change.
This book explores Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer’s fictional world as a lifetime battle against apartheid. A crusader for human rights, Gordimer fictionalized her activism to fight the regime’s censorship and depict the denial of basic rights to Black people.
A groundbreaking exploration of N-heterocycles, from their historical significance to diverse biological applications. This crucial reference connects the past, present, and future of these remarkable compounds, inspiring innovation and serving as a vital educational resource.
This textbook presents the first systematic exposition of the new X-ray optics. Once limited to electronic density, the X-ray reflectivity method now detects magnetic and electronic depth-profiles. It develops the theory for students, postgraduates, and researchers.
Gynocritics and the Traversals of Women’s Writing
This volume’s scholarly articles use feminist approaches to re-read male-centered narratives, revealing how women’s rights and roles have been historically undermined. The book offers a space for scholars to contribute to the development of a more egalitarian world.
This book examines the key contributions of the Apostles John and Paul to the New Testament. In light of recent scholarship, it finds new perspectives on enduring questions about Jesus and the Church by re-considering the Gospel of John and the Letters and Theology of Paul.
Epistemological Theory in Classical Chinese Philosophy
This book explores the epistemological frameworks of Chinese intellectual history from ancient times to the Song Dynasty. By examining classical texts, it brings to light unique Chinese approaches to knowledge, setting them against Western thought to bridge East and West.
Ancient Warfare, Volume II
This volume demonstrates the wide array of topics in ancient warfare. Arranged chronologically in Greek and Roman sections, it covers topics from battle narratives and logistics to the ideology of women in war, showcasing innovative new ideas in the field.
What is evidence-based practice in human services, and how do you do it? This book addresses these questions through the insights of policy-makers, clinicians, researchers, and a consumer, exploring the definition, history, development, and challenges of this crucial approach.
Global Investments, Sustainable Returns
Explore how foreign direct investment (FDI) can drive sustainable growth in a changing world. This book offers practical tools for policymakers, investors, and business leaders to implement FDI strategies that align with global sustainability goals and build a resilient economy.
Forced Migration to Bordering Countries
This book offers a comparative analysis of forced migration, examining Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, Syrians in Türkiye, and Ukrainians in the EU. It provides fresh insights into the varied geopolitical, legal, and humanitarian responses shaped by various ‘pull factors.’
This book presents a theory of nonlinear response in charged media, yielding Burnett transport coefficients to model heat and mass flows. It applies these methods to extreme scenarios, from gas-phase nuclear reactors to a spacecraft landing on Mars. For specialists.
This book explores tectonic affects in architecture, where building technology and aesthetics are not separated. Affects are preconscious feelings that can generate aesthetic value and meaning. The book adopts a practical position, concentrating on these tectonic affects.
Community Forestry in Western Indian Himalaya
Born from resistance to British colonial rule, the Van Panchayat is India’s unique community forest management system. For the first time, this book compiles all published work on the institution, exploring its history, policy, ecology, and social dimensions.
This monograph analyses skeletal rearrangements, which are of exceptional importance in synthetic organic chemistry. It details the mechanisms for synthesizing valuable natural bioactive compounds, with over 100 examples. Essential for chemists, researchers, and students.
Geographies of Memory and Postwar Urban Regeneration in British Literature
This book explores London’s literary representations using geocriticism and memory studies. Analyzing works by authors like Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan, it investigates how gentrification, immigration, and terrorism reshape the urban imaginary, revealing London as a palimpsest.
This study engages the Afropolitan debate through the literary flâneur—an aimless city wanderer. Analyzing texts set in African and global cities, it addresses issues of belonging and gestures towards new ways of understanding what it means to be an African in the world today.
Next Generation Peer-to-Peer Engineering
This book provides a history of peer-to-peer technology and defines the “peer-to-peer spectrum,” which expands the idea of a P2P network. It also clarifies overlay networks and provides the in-depth technical description of security and protocols to implement a P2P system.
This book reviews gem corundum origins worldwide, exploring the formation of rubies and sapphires. Using key evidence like trace elements and mineral inclusions, it is a valuable reference for geologists, gemmologists, and traders to identify gemstone origins.