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Implementing and Managing eGovernment: An International Text

Sage Publications, 2005

Check out the companion website at www.sagepub.co.uk/heeks

Implementing and Managing eGovernment fills an important gap. It provides comprehensive coverage of the e-government issues faced by managers, consultants and other practitioners.

Richard Heeks draws on international examples to guide readers through...

Fundamentals of Air Pollution, Fourth Edition

Academic Press, 2007

A compendium for all involved directly or indirectly in decision making about air pollution control-regulatory or engineering.

Fundamentals of Air Pollution is an important and widely used textbook in the environmental science and engineering community. Written shortly after the passage of the seminal Clean Air Act...

Art Matters: A Critical Commentary on Heideggers The Origin of the Work of Art (Contributions To Phenomenology)

Springer, 2009

In recent years there has been a great deal of talk about a possible death of art. As the title of Heidegger’s “The Origin of the Work of Art” suggests, the essay challenges such talk, just as it in turn is challenged by such talk, talk that is supported by the current state of the art-world. It was Hegel, who most profoundly...

Data Mining and Medical Knowledge Management: Cases and Applications (Premier Reference Source)

Medical Information Science Reference, 2009

The healthcare industry produces a constant flow of data, creating a need for deep analysis of databases through data mining tools and techniques resulting in expanded medical research, diagnosis, and treatment.

Data Mining and Medical Knowledge Management: Cases and Applications presents case studies on applications of various...

Culture of Human Stem Cells (Culture of Specialized Cells)

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

The first book to collect the most effective and cutting-edge methods and protocols for deriving and culturing human embryonic and adult stem cells—in one handy resource

This groundbreaking new book follows the tradition of previous books in the Culture of Specialized Cells series—each methods and protocols chapter is laid out...

The Ethics of Research Biobanking

Springer, 2009

Biobanking, i.e. storage of biological samples or data emerging from such samples for diagnostic, therapeutic or research purposes, has been going on for decades. However, it is only since the mid 1990s that these activities have become the subject of considerable public attention, concern and debate. This shift in climate is due to several...

Psychiatric Genetics: Applications in Clinical Practice

American Psychiatric Publishing, 2008

Psychiatric Genetics is the first book to focus on clinical applications of genetics in psychiatry. It covers issues involved in genetic counseling, the interpretation of familial and genetic information for clinical use, information regarding risks associated with specific psychiatric disorders, and the uses of genetic testing. Written...

How Do I Save My Honor?: War, Moral Integrity, and Principled Resignation

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009

"A fascinating and urgently needed exploration of moral responsibility in wartime, focusing on the complex realities and demands since 9/11. This engagingly written and well-researched study challenges each of us to honor our better selves." --Richard Falk, University of California, Santa Barbara

"Felice has written the...

Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking (8th Edition)

Prentice Hall, 2006

The habits and attitudes associated with critical thinking are transferable to consumer, medical, legal, and general ethical choices. When our surgeon says surgery is needed, it can be life sustaining to seek answers to the critical questions encouraged in Asking the Right Questions This popular book helps bridge the gap between simply memorizing...

Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+ Certification Passport, Third Edition

McGraw-Hill, 2009

What do you mean, you don’t have a passport? Why, it’s sitting right in your hands, even as you read! This book is your passport to a very special place.You’re about to begin a journey,my friend: a journey toward that magical place called certification! You don’t need a ticket, you don’t need a suitcase—just...

Chips, Clones, and Living Beyond 100: How Far Will the Biosciences Take Us?

FT Press, 2009

"A stimulating and exciting look at how we got to the present state of health care and where we can potentially go. A unique perspective and a great read." David Lester, Ph.D., President, ITHW Inc.; formerly Director, Human Health Technologies, Pfizer Inc. "The explosion of new knowledge in the biosciences will raise important...

Methodology of Longitudinal Surveys (Wiley Series in Survey Methodology)

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Longitudinal surveys are surveys that involve collecting data from multiple subjects on multiple occasions. They are typically used for collecting data relating to social, economic, educational and health-related issues and they serve as an important tool for economists, sociologists, and other researchers.

Focusing on the design,...

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