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The Terrorist Identity: Explaining the Terrorist Threat (Alternative Criminology #5)
Who would strap a bomb to his chest, walk into a crowded subway station and blow himself up? Only by examining how a terrorist understands his own identity and actions can this question be answered. The authors of The Terrorist Identity explore how the notion of self-concept combined with membership... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2006 -
Sustaining U.S. Nuclear Submarine Design Capabilities
Nuclear submarine design resources at the shipyards, their suppliers, and the Navy may erode for lack of demand. Analysis of alternative workforce and workload management options suggests that the U.S. Navy should stretch out the design of the next submarine class and start it early or sustain desig... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
Sources of Weapon System Cost Growth: Analysis of 35 Major Defense Acquisition Programs
This analysis uses data from Selected Acquisition Reports to determine the causes of cost growth in 35 mature major defense acquisition programs. Four major sources of growth are identified: (1) errors in estimation and scheduling, (2) decisions by the government, (3) financial matters, and (4) misc... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
The Routledge Handbook of Urban Ecology
This second edition covers recent developments around the world with contributors from 33 different countries. It widens the handbook’s scope by including ecological design; consideration of cultural dimensions of the use and conservation of urban nature; the roles of government and civil society; a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Plant Biodiversity: Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation
by Nishanta Rajakaruna • Tarique Hassan Askary • Mohammad Mobin • Munir Ozturk • Sanjeev Kumar • Zahid Khorshid Abbas • Subrata Trivedi • Hasibur Rehman • Anand Mohan • Volkan Altay • Shabir Ahmad Mir • Mohammad Maqbool Mir • Shalini Saggu • Maria Amélia Martins-Loução • Gisela Gaio-Oliveira • Umar Iqbal • Shafat Ahmad Banday • Sheikh Mehraj • Munib Ur Rehman • Ghulam Hasan Rather • Sunit Mitra • Sobhan Kumar Mukherjee • Kathryn E Barry • Stefan A Schnitzer • Salih Gucel • Syed Baker • K S Kavitha • P. Azmath • D Rakshith • B P Harini • S Satish • Asma-Hammami Semmar • Nabil Semmar • Otília Correia • Lia Ascensão • Sulaiman Mohammad Al-Ghanim • Fahad Mohammed Alzeibar • Mudasir Irfan Dar • Mohd Irfan Naikoo • Fareed Ahmad Khan • Farha Rehman • Fouzia Nousheen • H C Rao • Martin T Dokulil • Gopal Shukla • Nazir A Pala • Saikat Gantait • Sumit Chakravarty • Jyoti K Sharma • Saiful Islam • S M Sundarapandian • K Subashree • Pundarikakshudu Tetali • Sujata Tetali • Sankar K Ghosh • Anjula Pandey • K Pradheep • K S Negi • José Antonio González • Ana Maria Carvalho • Francisco Amich • Uma Rani Sinniah • Narayan Chandra Sahu • Abir Sarraj • Meg Trau • Robin Owings • Petros Ganatsas • Disha Jaggi • Mayank Varun • Saurabh Pagare • Niraj Tripathi • Meenal Rathore • Raghwendra Singh • Bhumesh KumarResults of regular monitoring of the species diversity and structure of plant communities is used by conservation biologists to help understand impacts of perturbations caused by humans and other environmental factors on ecosystems worldwide. Changes in plant communities can, for example, be a refle... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Without Bounds: A Scientific Canvas of Nonlinearity and Complex Dynamics
by Paolo Arena • Eugene G. Morozov • Alberto Ferrus • Alex A. Nepomnyashchy • Alexander P Chetverikov • Guo-Xiang Huang • Ramon G. Rubio • Victor M Starov • Yuri S. RyazantsevBringing together over fifty contributions on all aspects of nonlinear and complex dynamics, this impressive topical collection is both a scientific and personal tribute, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, by many outstanding colleagues in the broad fields of research pursued by Prof. Manuel G Ve... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
One Health: The Theory and Practice of Integrated Health Approaches
by Barbara Jones • Paul Coleman • Anna Dean • David Waltner-Toews • Michael Clarke • Iain J. Gordon • Rea Tschopp • Susan Cork • Susan C Welburn • Karin Hediger • Mahamat Bechir • Hung Nguyen-Viet • Marcel Tanner • Solveig Danielsen • Professor Craig Stephen • Esther Schelling • Angela Cassidy • Martin Bunch • Maxine Whittaker • Dennis C Turner • Abigail Woods • Michael Bresalier • Michel de Garine-Wichatitsky • Wiku Adisasmito • Cécile Aenishaenslin • Seid Mohamed Ali • Ian Allen • Silvia Alonso • Vilda Amir • Maurizio Aragrande • Sara Babo Martins • Zolzaya Baljinnyam • William Bazeyo • Andrea Beetz • Jeffrey Bender • Mónica Berger-González • Benjamin Blair • Barry Blakley • Massimo Canali • Nakul Chitnis • Guéladio Cissé • Kathryn C. Conlon • Lisa Crump • Soledad Cuevas • Paula Dominguez-Salas • Colleen Duncan • Kaylee Errecaborde • Patricia Farnese • Thomas Fries • Samuel Fuhrimann • Christa A. Gallagher • Ratna B. Gurung • Felix Hafner • Barbara Häsler • Jan Hattendorf • Joldoshbek Kasymbekov • Julia S. Lankton • Huong Le Thi • Henrik Lerner • Michael Mahero • Stephanie Mauti • Céline Mbilo • Hélène Meier • Mary Elizabeth Miranda • Vi Nguyen-Viet • Brigit Obrist • Peter Odermatt • Anna Okello • Christopher A.L. Oura • Katharine Pelican • Kristina Pelikan • Phuc Pham-Duc • Sue Pollock • Sangay Rinchen • Karma Rinzin • Felix Roth • Johanne Saint-Charles • Alexandra Shaw • Jonathan M. Sleeman • Woutrina Smith • Keira Spinner • Katharina D. Stärk • Arlette C. Szelecsenyi • Tenzin Tenzin • Jimmy Tickel • Karin Tschanz-Cooke • Hoang Van Minh • Alain Vandermissen • Tu Vu-Van • Daniel P. Walsh • Sylvia Wanzala • Lenke Wettlaufer • C. LeAnn White • Andreas F. Widmer • Hind Yahyaoui • Christian ZurbrüggOne Health, the concept of combined veterinary and human health, has now expanded beyond emerging infectious diseases and zoonoses to incorporate a wider suite of health issues. Retaining its interdisciplinary focus which combines theory with practice, this new edition illustrates the contribution ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021