Publications
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The Impacts of Skiing and Related Winter Recreational Activities on Mountain Environments
(2013)
This e-book reviews environmental impacts of ski tourism in mountain environments. Specifically, the book addresses skiing impacts on soils, vegetation, vertebrate and invertebrate animals living in such habitats. Additional ...
Grasping the Future: Advances in Powered Upper Limb Prosthetics
(2012)
The technological level of upper limb prostheses has always been fairly poor so far if compared with that of other analogous systems (e.g. lower limb prostheses, assistive robots). However, there is no doubt that in the ...
Consanguinity – Its Impact, Consequences and Management
(2014)
Consanguineous marriages have been practiced for hundreds of years, predominantly by Moslems. Although it is generally accepted among communities that the social advantages outweigh other, the rate of congenital malformations ...
Transforming Sexual Health in Scotland: Cultural, Organisational and Partnership Approaches
(2010)
This edited collection provides a unique insight into sexual health in Scotland. It sets out the challenges facing Scotland in terms of poor sexual health and inequalities, within devolved government arrangements and a ...
Health Policy in Ageing Populations: Economic modeling of chronic disease policy options in Australia
(2013)
In a global environment of rapid increases in health expenditures, health policies in Australia and in many other countries are currently undergoing major reforms. To contain future cost increases, accurate tools able to ...
Oocyte Maturation and Fertilization - A Long History for a Short Event
(2011)
Events of reproduction occurring from meiotic resumption of the immature oocyte up to its exit from the second meiotic block following activation will be revealed. Morphological modifications of the oocyte during maturation ...
The Role of Saliva Cortisol Measurement in Health and Disease
(2012)
This e-book is based on a critical evaluation of existing literature on salivary cortisol, aiming to evaluate the utility of salivary cortisol as a biomarker in various settings. It focuses on how different ways of evaluating ...
Ovarian Cancer – Challenges & Innovations
(2019)
This informative book provides a wealth of information on ovarian cancer. The book opens with a discussion of contemporary management of this disease with commentary on surgery and clinical trials: neoadjuvant, dose-dense, ...
Science TQM, New Quality Management Principle: The Quality Management Strategy of Toyota
(2012)
When we look at the quality management issues that have faced, both, in Japan and the rest of the world recently, it is clear that a next-generation quality management practice is required, featuring a rational approach ...
Drugs, Sex and Crime – Empirical Contributions
(2009)
This book covers some recent researches on the interface between drug misuse and crime and demonstrates that some types of violent crimes are more intimately related to alcohol and / or drug consumption. It is written for ...