The 1997-8 Asian financial crisis exposed weaknesses in the region’s national financial systems, but since then East Asia has become the world’s most dynamic economic region. Domestic financial systems have…

The purpose of this study was to explore and evaluate the extent to which a formal mentoring relationship could transition into an informal mentoring relationship after geographically separating a formal…

Papers presented at the Second International Workshop on Behavior of Pollutants in Porous Media, sponsored by IUPAC and IAHS and held at Bet Dagan, Israel, during June, 1987

This book provides an up-to-date account of the design, problems, and performance of the precise experiments used to explore the nature of universal gravitation that can be performed in a…

Against the long-standing and prevalent belief that Mesopotamian Flood traditions came from very early time in Mesopotamian cultural history, this book argues that the traditions emerged relatively late in Sumerian…

Part of the Oxford Cultural Psychiatry series, this unique resource focuses on the evidence and methods of intervention. Readers are provided with a clear understanding of current health care pathways…

Providing a broad overview of the microbial pathogens associated with hospital-acquired human illness, Techniques for the Study of Hospital Acquired Infection examines the cost-effective use of laboratory techniques in nosocomial…

Covers bioengineering of several body systems, organs, tissues, and cells, integrating physiology at these levels with engineering concepts and approaches. This book includes topics on developments in tissue engineering, regenerative…