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The Electronic Communications Code and Property Law: Practice and Procedure

Routledge, 2018

Life now without access to electronic telecommunications would be regarded as highly unsatisfactory by most of the UK population. Such ready access would not have been achieved without methodical and ultimately enforceable means of access to the land on which to install the infrastructure necessary to support the development of an...

Bioinformatics with Python Cookbook: Learn how to use modern Python bioinformatics libraries and applications to do cutting-edge research in computational biology, 2nd Edition

Packt Publishing, 2018

Discover modern, next-generation sequencing libraries from Python ecosystem to analyze large amounts of biological data

Key Features

Perform complex bioinformatics analysis using the most important Python libraries and applications

Implement next-generation sequencing,...

Knowledge-Based Virtual Education: User-Centred Paradigms

Springer, 2005

Virtual learning plays an important role in providing academicians, educators and students alike, with advanced learning experiences. At the forefront of these current technologies are knowledge-based systems that assess the environment in which such learning will occur and are adaptive by nature to the individual needs of the user (Grossman et...

HIV, Resurgent Infections and Population Change in Africa (International Studies in Population)

Springer, 2007

Forty years ago, the age-old battle against infectious diseases as a major threat to human health was believed close to being won. However, by the late twentieth century, the increase of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases was evident in both low and high income countries. About 30 new infectious diseases have been identified in the...

Nutrition and Well-being a To Z; 2V.

Macmillan Technical, 2004

Nutrition is one of the most important factors that impact health in all areas of the lifecycle. Pregnant women need adequate food and health care to deliver a healthy baby who has a good birth weight and a fighting chance for survival. In many regions of the world, the infant mortality rate is very high, meaning that many...

Multi-Objective Swarm Intelligent Systems: Theory & Experiences (Studies in Computational Intelligence)

Springer, 2009

Recently, a new class of heuristic techniques, the swarm intelligence has emerged. In this context, more recently, biologists and computer scientists in the field of “artificial life” have been turning to insects for ideas that can be used for heuristics. Many aspects of the collective activities of social insects,...

Design of Assistive Technology for Ageing Populations (Intelligent Systems Reference Library)

Springer, 2019

This book focuses on various aspects of research on ageing, including in relation to assistive technology; dignity of aging; how technology can support a greater understanding of the experience of physically aging and cognitive changes; mobility issues associated with the elderly; and emerging technologies.

The 80+ age group...

Multicultural Manners: Essential Rules of Etiquette for the 21st Century

John Wiley & Sons, 2005

Basically, this is still a how-to book—how to get along with others who are culturally different. As before, it is not targeted just to those who travel or conduct international business. Cultural information has many applications: To help interact more effectively with new populations from East Africa, the San Diego Police Department has...

Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Adults

John Wiley & Sons, 2005

A complete and current overview of preventive interventions and programs for adults

More than at any time in our history, people are living longer. Yet, in many cases, individuals are beset by emotional, physical, and social problems that can erode their quality of life. Whether the issue is obesity, anxiety, or partner violence, all of these...

Encyclopedia of World Cultures: Europe (Encyclopedia of World Cultures)

Macmillan Technical, 1992

Europe is in tremendous flux. Political boundaries and designations are changing with dizzying speed. Population mobility is altering the human landscape in astonishing and unpredictable ways. To publish this volume on European cultures at this particular historical juncture provides both a wonderful opportunity to offer a much-needed resource to...

Interface Science in Drinking Water Treatment, Volume 10: Theory and Applications (Interface Science and Technology)

Academic Press, 2006

It is difficult to imagine anything more important to the human population than safe drinking water. Lack of clean drinking water is still the major cause of illness and death in young children in developing countries. In more fortunate communities, where water treatment is practiced, the primary aim of water authorities is to provide water that is...

Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health

Springer, 2013

This book is an introduction to health care as a complex adaptive system, a system that feeds back on itself. The first section introduces systems and complexity theory from a science, historical, epistemological, and technical perspective, describing the principles and mathematics. Subsequent sections build on the health applications of...

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