OAPEN Library: Recent submissions

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    • Leadership and Governance in Primary Healthcare
      Anasel, Mackfallen G.; Kapologwe, Ntuli A.; Kalolo, Albino (2023)
      Good leadership and governance at all levels of the healthcare system is necessary for better performance of the system and health outcomes. Lack of good leadership and governance practices can lead to misuse of health ...
    • Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Handbook
      Mitra, Sushanta K.; Chakraborty, Suman (2016)
      This comprehensive handbook presents fundamental aspects, fabrication techniques, introductory materials on microbiology and chemistry, measurement techniques, and applications of microfluidics and nanofluidics. The second ...
    • Ecology and Applied Environmental Science
      Hadjibiros, Kimon (2013)
      Ecology and Applied Environmental Science addresses the impact of contemporary environmental problems by using the main principles of scientific ecology. It offers a brief yet comprehensive explanation of ecosystems based ...
    • Cities' Identity Through Architecture and Arts
      Catalani, Anna; Nour, Zeinab; Versaci, Antonella; Hawkes, Dean; Bougdah, Hocine; Sotoca, Adolf; Ghoneem, Mahmoud; Trapani, Ferdinando (2018)
      Every city has its unique and valuable identity, this identity is revealed through its physical and visual form, it is seen through the eyes of its residents and users. The city develops over time, and its identity evolves ...
    • Damage to Concrete Structures
      De Schutter, Geert (2017)
      Serious degradation mechanisms can severely reduce the service life of concrete structures: steel reinforcement can corrode, cement matrix can be attacked, and even aggregates can show detrimental processes. Therefore, it ...
    • Antioxidants in Health and Disease
      Zampelas, Antonis; Micha, Renata (2015)
      Antioxidant use in health promotion and disease prevention either through dietary intake or supplementation is controversial. This book reviews the latest evidence-based research in the area, principally through prospective ...
    • Hydroxyapatite Coatings for Biomedical Applications
      Zhang, Sam (2013)
      Hydroxyapatite coatings are of great importance in the biological and biomedical coatings fields, especially in the current era of nanotechnology and bioapplications. With a bonelike structure that promotes osseointegration, ...
    • Geosynthetics: Leading the Way to a Resilient Planet
      Biondi, Giovanni; Cazzuffi, Daniele; Moraci, Nicola; Soccodato, Claudio (2023)
      This volume contains the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Geosynthetics (12 ICG), held in Roma, Italy, 17-21 September 2023. About 750 Authors - Academics, Researchers, Students, Practitioners, Contractors ...
    • Soil Erosion and Carbon Dynamics
      Roose, Eric J.; Lal, Rattan; Feller, Christian; Barthes, Bernard; Stewart, B.A. (2005)
      The most complete, nonpartisan source of information on this hot agronomic topic available today, this book brings together a diverse group of papers and data to resolve the debate between sedimentologists and soil scientists ...
    • Rethinking IT in Construction and Engineering
      Alshawi, Mustafa (2007)
      How could the potential of IT be realised to improve business performance in architecture, construction and engineering organisations? How could organisations unleash the potential of IT to achieve a sustainable competitive ...
    • Construction Supply Chain Economics
      London, Kerry (2007)
      This is the first comprehensive investigation of the industrial sourcing and procurement practices throughout sixty-eight construction industry supply channels across seven major commodity sectors at all levels. London ...
    • The COST Manual of Laboratory Animal Care and Use
      Howard, Bryan; Nevalainen, Timo; Perretta, Gemma (2016)
      COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) is an intergovernmental initiative in science and research intended to promote the coordination of nationally funded research in Europe. Four ...
    • North American Cornucopia
      Small, Ernest (2013)
      Many North American plants have characteristics that are especially promising as candidates for expanding our food supply and generating new economically competitive crops. This book is an informative analysis of the top ...
    • Drug-Acceptor Interactions
      Bindslev, Niels (2017)
      Drug-Acceptor Interactions: Modeling theoretical tools to test and evaluate experimental equilibrium effects suggests novel theoretical tools to test and evaluate drug interactions seen with combinatorial drug therapy. The ...
    • Engineering Systems Integration
      Langford, Gary O. (2016)
      The first book to address the underlying premises of systems integration and how to exposit them into a practical and productive manner, this book prepares systems managers and systems engineers to consider their decisions ...
    • Improving Assessment and Evaluation Strategies on Online Learning
      Wonorahardjo, Surjani; Karmina, Sari (2022)
      ICLI is an annual International Conference on Learning Innovation (ICLI) hosted byUniversitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and Indonesian Consortium for Learning ...
    • Internal Combustion Engines and Powertrain Systems for Future Transport 2019
      (2020)
      With the changing landscape of the transport sector, there are also alternative powertrain systems on offer that can run independently of or in conjunction with the internal combustion (IC) engine. This shift has actually ...
    • The Social Properties of Concrete
      Elinoff, Eli; Rubaii, Kali (2025)
      Concrete is a ubiquitous part of our world. It composes our dwellings and shapes our infrastructures. It unites and divides urban space and is used to wage both war and peace. Concrete is simultaneously an indicator of ...
    • Diseases of Edible Oilseed Crops
      Chattopadhyay, Chirantan; Kolte, S. J.; Waliyar, Farid (2015)
      This book presents an unprecedentedly thorough collection of information on the diseases of cultivated annual oilseed crops, including peanut, rapeseed-mustard, sesame, soybean, sunflower, and safflower. It covers and ...
    • Ecological Causal Assessment
      Norton, Susan B.; Cormier, Susan M.; Suter II, Glenn W. (2014)
      Edited by experts at the leading edge of the development of causal assessment methods for more than two decades, Ecological Causal Assessment gives insight and expert guidance on how to identify cause-effect relationships ...