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Mission Control: Inventing the Groundwork of Spaceflight
Brave astronauts, flaring rockets, and majestic launches are only one side of the story of spaceflight. Any mission to space depends on years--if not decades--of work by thousands of dedicated individuals on the ground. These are the people whose voices offer a friendly link to Earth in the void of ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Conquering Digital Overload: Leadership strategies that build engaging work cultures
This book examines the impact of the digital deluge on employees and organizations and sets out the leadership actions needed to create a corporate culture fit for the digital age. In the digital world executives are presented with exponentially more information than their predecessors were a gener... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Community-Based Monitoring in the Arctic (Alaska)
by Olivia Lee • Hajo Eicken • Finn Danielsen • Noor Johnson • Maryann Fidel • Lisbeth Iversen • Michael K. Poulsen • Ania Albin • Simone G. Hansen • Peter L. Pulsifer • Peter Thorne • Martin EnghoffCommunity Based Monitoring Programs in the Arctic explores the concept and use of community-based monitoring (CBM) of ecological conditions in the Arctic. The authors analyze current programs and determines that CBM, while widespread and effective, nonetheless still has untapped potential. Presentin... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
DaimlerChrysler Post-Merger Integration (A)
Describes the background, process, and aftermath of the merger between Daimler-Benz of Germany and Chrysler Corp. of America. Describes the economic structure and trends of the world automobile industry at the turn of the century as well as the individual histories and strategies of the two firms. F... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2002 -
The Future of Open Data (Law, Technology and Media)
by Peter Johnson • Tenille Brown • Michael Geist • Claus Rinner • Tracey Lauriault • Christine Varga • Elizabeth Judge • Fernando Perini • Haewon Chung • Ian Parfitt • Lisa Ward Mather • Renee Sieber • Sarah GreeneThe Future of Open Data est issu d’un projet de recherche en partenariat subventionné pendant plusieurs années par le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines (CRSH) qui vise à explorer les données gouvernementales géospatiales ouvertes dans une perspective interdisciplinaire. Les chercheurs assoc... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Thriving in the Workplace All-in-One For Dummies
by Susan Manning • Zig Ziglar • Sue Fox • Dirk Zeller • Peter Economy • Bob Nelson • Vivian Scott • Kevin Johnson • Marty Brounstein • Michael C. Donaldson • Allen Elkin • Malcolm Kushner • Mark MccormackPractical guidance on thriving-and surviving-in the workplace Are you worried about losing your job? Are you retired but forced to re-enter the workforce to keep up with the rising cost of living? Do you find yourself lucky to have a job at all, no matter how difficult or unpleasant the environment ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Business and Development Studies: Issues and Perspectives (Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology)
Business and Development Studies: Issues and Perspectives provides a comprehensive collection of cutting-edge theoretical and empirical contributions to the emerging field of business and development studies. Compared to more traditional business-school accounts of business in developing countries w... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Taking Aim
by Joyce Carol Oates • Will Weaver • Ron Koertge • Walter Dean Myers • Marc Aronson • Chris Crutcher • Francesca Lia Block • Alex Flinn • Gregory Galloway • Tim Wynne-Jones • Michael Cart • Chris Lynch • Peter Johnson • Edward Averett • Jenny Hubbard • Eric Shanower • Elizabeth Wein<P>Powerful, riveting, and real. Sixteen celebrated authors bring us raw, insightful stories that explore guns and teens in a fiction collection that is thought provoking and emotionally gripping. For fans of Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock and Give a Boy a Gun, and with an array of YA talent like the l... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
The Survival of Dulles: Reflections on a Second Century of Influence
by Elizabeth Johnson • Terrence W. Tilley • Michael M. Canaris • H. Ashley Hall • Anne-Marie Kirmse O.P. • Joseph Lienhard • Most Rev. James Massa • Michael C. McCarthy • Peter Phan • Stephanie Puen • Patrick J. Ryan S.J. • Katherine Schmidt • Vincent L. Strand • Mary Beth YountThis collection, marking the centenary of Avery Dulles’s birth, makes an entirely distinctive contribution to contemporary theological discourse as we approach the second century of the cardinal’s influence, and the twenty-first of Christian witness in the world. Moving beyond a festschrift, the vol... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Plant Stress Physiology
by Philip White • Vadim Demidchik • Peter Ryan • Michael Wisniewski • Lakshmi Praba Manavalan • Henry Nguyen • Rana Munns • Eric Ruelland • Anjana Jajoo • Suleyman I Allakhverdiev • Chiara Pucciariello • Pierdomenico Perata • Emmanuel Delhaize • André Läuchli • Stephen R Grattan • Jill Farrant • Keren Cooper • Joanne Bentley • Amelia Hilgart • Marcel Jansen • Ian R Willick • Lawrence Gusta • Paula Ponrac • Halford J DaceCompletely updated from the successful first edition, this book provides a timely update on the recent progress in our knowledge of all aspects of plant perception, signalling and adaptation to a variety of environmental stresses. It covers in detail areas such as drought, salinity, waterlogging, ox... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Mountain Tourism: Experiences, Communities, Environments and Sustainable Futures
by Michael Hall • Peter Williams • John Hull • Kathleen Scherf • Michael Lück • Lluis Prats • Harold Richins • Aurelia Kogler • Marit Engeset • Joel Schmidt • Senija Causevic • Farhad Moghimehfar • Umberto Martini • Baikuntha Acharya • Simon Milne • Anne Terwiel • Tracey J Dickson • Emmanuelle George-Marcelpoil • Sydney Johnsen • Michael Volgger • Billy Colins • Elizabeth Halpenny • Peet van der Merwe • Axel Dreyer • Anita Zehrer • Robin Reid • Sanjay Nepal • Robert Hood • Thorvardur AransonMountains have long held an appeal for people around the world. This book focusses on the diversity of perspectives, interaction and role of tourism within these areas. Providing a vital update to the current literature, it considers the interdisciplinary context of communities, the creation of moun... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Mountain Tourism: Experiences, Communities, Environments and Sustainable Futures
by Michael Hall • Peter Williams • Kathleen Scherf • Michael Lück • Lluis Prats • Aurelia Kogler • Marit Engeset • Joel Schmidt • Senija Causevic • Farhad Moghimehfar • Umberto Martini • Baikuntha Acharya • Simon Milne • Anne Terwiel • Tracey J Dickson • Sydney Johnsen • Michael Volgger • Billy Colins • Elizabeth Halpenny • Peet van der Merwe • Axel Dreyer • Anita Zehrer • Robin Reid • Sanjay Nepal • Robert Hood • Thorvardur Aranson • Emmanuelle GeorgeMountains have long held an appeal for people around the world. This book focusses on the diversity of perspectives, interaction and role of tourism within these areas. Providing a vital update to the current literature, it considers the interdisciplinary context of communities, the creation of moun... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Poultry Health: A Guide for Professionals
by Michael Jones • Chris Morrow • David Parsons • Peter Cargill • Scott Reid • Patrick Garland • Paul F McMullin • Filip Van Immerseel • Damer Blake • Janet M Bradbury • Andrew Broadbent • Ian H Brown • Vanessa Ceeraz • Jens Peter Christensen • Jane K. Cook • Vivien Coward • Annatachja DeGrande • Fien DeMeyer • Evelien Dierick • Richard Ducatelle • Kannan Ganapathy • Evy Goosens • Hafez Mohamed Hafez • Rowena Hansen • Rüdiger Hauck • Grant Hayes • Rikke Heidemann Olsen • Richard Jennison • Richard C. Jones • Roberto LaRagione • Jade Passey • Androniki Psifidi • Joan A. Smyth • Victoria Smyth • Barry Thorp • Fiona Tomley • Paul WigleyPoultry are a major source of valuable high-quality protein for much of the world's population, so food security is heavily dependent on maintaining poultry health. They are also increasingly important as specialist hobby animals in back-yard flocks. Despite this, veterinarians specializing in the c... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Livestock Handling and Transport: Principles And Practice
by Raymond Coppinger • Lorna Coppinger • Anna Johnson • Pete Goddard • Katherine A. Houpt • Clive Phillips • Donald Broom • Michael Cockram • Paul Hemsworth • Miriam Parker • Stella Maris Huertas • Edmond A. Pajor • Adrian Barber • Faith Baier • Keith Belk • Michelle S. Calvo-Lorenzo • Trevor DeVries • Roger Ewbank • Luigi Faucitano • Robert B. Freeman • Wendy K. Fulwider • Carmen Gallo • Arlene Garcia-Marquez • Geoffrey D. Hutson • Mateus J.R. Costa • Matthew J. Ritter • Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein • Meagan King • E. Bert Lambooij • Genaro C. Lama • Pol Llonch Obiols • Emma Fabreger Romans • Frank Tuyttens • Antonio Velarde • Kurt Vogel • Claire A. Weeks • Carissa L. WickensEdited by world-renowned animal scientist Dr Temple Grandin, this practical book integrates scientific research and industry literature on cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep, goats, deer, and horses, in both the developed and developing world, to provide a practical guide to humane handling and minimizing... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Advances in Broadband Communication and Networks
by David Johnson • David Burton • Li Li • Homayoun Nikookar • Mark Bishop • Peter Fischer • Evangelos Bekiaris • F. Zhang • Ming Xu • R. J. Evans • C. Lin • Z. Liu • Thomas Magedanz • Y. Li • J. I. Agbinya • O. Sevimli • S. Lal • S. Selvadurai • A. Al-Jumaily • S. Reisenfeld • Graham I Hooker • Ross Hennessey • Craig Lobsey • Andrew Maclean • Andrew D. Hellicar • Kieran Greene • Greg Hislop • Stephen Hanham • Nasiha Nikolic • Jia Dn • Greg P. Timms • John D. Bnnton • Michael L. Brothers • John W. Archer • Val Dyadyuka • Leigh Stokes • B. Yang • Y. Mo • B. Wicks • C. Ta-Minh • G. Felic • K. Wang • P. Nadagonda • T. Walsh • E. Skafidas • Kuan Lun Huang • Jinhong Yuan • Hajime Suzukia • Iain B. Collings • George Lam • Mark Hedley • Jian Andrew Zhang • Eu-Suk Shim • Jee-Hyun Kim • Hyoung-Kyu Song • Young-Hwan You • J. Renato Nascimento • Marius Iulian Corici • Fabricio Carvalho de Gouveia • Yaw Nkansah-Gyekye • Eugene Zilberg • Murad Karrar • Saroj Lal • Budi Thomas Jap • Sara Lal • Frank Chiang • Robin Braun • Bashar Ramadanny • Ibrahim S. Raada • Xiaojing Huang • Raad RaadBroadband communications has become the major focus for industry for offering rich multimedia IP services in next generation networks. This book deals with the state-of-the-art and the underlying principles of key technologies which facilitate broadband telecommunications including millimetre wave g... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln
by Frederick Douglass • James Smith • Julius Lester • Barack Obama • Clarence Thomas • Langston Hughes • Benjamin Quarles • John Hope Franklin • Daisy Bates • Elizabeth Keckley • Mary Frances Berry • Richard Carwardine • James Weldon Johnson • Paul Laurence Dunbar • T. Thomas Fortune • James Oakes • Douglas L. Wilson • Charles Chesnutt • Gwendolyn Brooks • W. E. Du Bois • George Washington • Vincent Harding • Jackie Robinson • Sojourner Truth • Henry Johnson • St. Clair Drake • Thomas Hamilton • Michael Burlingame • Matthew Pinsker • Kelly Miller • Elizabeth Thomas • Rodney O. Davis • Hannah Johnson • Walter White • John Proctor • Claude McKay • Booker T Washington • Martin Delany • Robert Hamilton • Henry Louis Gates • Henry Highland Garnet • Edna Greene Medford • Alice Dunbar-Nelson • Thurgood Marshall • Gerald J Prokopowicz • John R Sellers • Jennifer L Weber • H. Ford Douglas • Jabez P Campbell • Henry McNeal Turner • Daniel Alexander Payne • Philip A Bell • Edward M Thomas • Alfred P Smith • Frances Ellen Harper • George B Vashon • Thomas Strother • Ezra R Johnson • Alexander T Cps • Alexander T Augusta • Jeremiah B Sanderson • Osborne P Anderson • Thomas Morris Chester • James H Hudson • Robert Purvis • Leonard A Grimes • Jeremiah Asher • John Willis Menard • Henry African Civilization Society • William Florville • Thomas R Street • John H Morgan • Mattild Burr • Amos G Beman • Richard H Cain • Jean Baptiste Roudanez • Arnold Bertonneau • George E North Carolina Freedmen • Don Carlos Rutter • George E Stephens • James W.C Pennington • S. W. Africano" • Annie Davis • S. W. Chase • Isaac J Hill • Alexander H Newton • Jacob Thomas • Angeline R Demby • Henry O Wagoner • George W Le Vere • Paul Trevigne • Thomas N.C Liverpool • H Cordelia • Emmanuel K Love • William S Scarborough • John Mercer Langston • Peter H Clark • Ews Hammond • Charles W Anderson • Harriet Tubman • Julius F Taylor • Ida B Wells-Barnett • Archibald H Grimke • Elizabeth Keckly • William A Sinclair • Jesse Max Barber • Mary Church Terrell • Reverdy C Ransom • William Monroe Trotter • Maude K Griffin • Hightower T Kealing • Silas X Floyd • George L Knox • Thomas S Inborden • George W Henderson • William Pickens • Etta M. Cottin • John M Gandy • Fred R Moore • Sylvanie F Williams • Harry C Smith • James H Magee • James L Curtis • John W. Bowen • Cora J Ball • Thomas Nelson Baker • Josephine Silone Yates • William H Lewis • John H Murphy • Robert R Wright • Theophile T Allain • Oliva Ward Bush-Banks • Richard W Gadsden • Edward A Johnson • Hubert H Harrison • Carter G Woodson • Robert R Moton • Georgia Douglas Johnson • Lamar Perkins • Samuel A Haynes • William E Lilly • Robert L Vann • William Lloyd Imes • Eugene Gordon • Arthur W Mitchell • Grace Evans • Aaron H Payne • Roscoe Conkling Simmons • Joel A Rogers • Mary McLeod Bethune • Ella Baker • Luther Porter Jackson • Willard Townsend • Ralph J Bunche • Roy Wilkins • Mordecai W Johnson • Carl J Murphy • Martin Luther King • Edith Sampson • Charles H Wesley • Julius Malcolm X • Lerone Bennett • Henry Lee Moon • John H Sengstacke • Norman E. Hodges • Arvarh E. Strickland • Barbara Jeanne FieldsThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023 -
Invasive Birds: Global Trends and Impacts
by Matthew Burnett • Bill Pranty • Diederik Strubbe • Erik Matthysen • Matthieu Guillemain • Johan Elmberg • Iain Henderson • Ding Li Yong • Juan Carlos Reboreda • Alexander Cruz • Tim Adriaens • Craig R Allen • Michael L Avery • Alexander V Badyaev • Fabrice M Brescia • Sarah E Britton • Daniel M Brooks • Jessica L. Burnett • Corey T Callaghan • César Capinha • Jen Cele • Jameson F Chace • Jocelyn Champagnon • Alice Cibois • Andrew Close • Alyssa R Conn • Richard T Corlett • Adrian J Craig • Amy E Dunham • James A Eaton • David A Smith • Yvette C Smith • Mike W Eichholz • Cyril Eraud • Chris L Feare • Jason M Gleditsch • Guillaume G Gayet • Carlos Gutiérrez-Expósito • Haley E Hanson • Frank Huysentruyt • John G Innes • Salit Kark • Michael R Leven • Ricardo J Lopes • Jean-Francois Maillard • Ndivhuwo Maligana • Chloe I Marcheli • Lynn B Martin • Blake A Mathys • Myriam E Mermoz • Jean-Yves Meyer • Dai K Morgan • Katherine G Ohman • Claire Pernollet • Murray A Potter • Eileen C Rees • Luís Reino • Joana Ribeiro • Peter A Robertson • Andrew M Rogers • Philip D Round • Joana Santana • Cavin T Shivambu • Neftalí Sillero • Preshnee Singh • Pär Söderquist • Karina L Speziale • Martin J Sullivan • Jean-Claude Thibault • Martin Thibault • Berndt J van Rensburg • Eric Vidal • Joseph R Waas • Amy-Leigh Wilson • Katherine Winston • Kevin A Wood • Pierre Yésou • Jaime E ZolikExamining globally invasive alien birds, the first part of this book provides an account of 32 global avian invasive species (as listed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group, ISSG). It acts as a one stop reference volume; it assesses current invasive status for each bird species, including detail... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Climate, Ticks and Disease (CABI Climate Change Series #18)
by Charles Hart • Peter Cox • A. Townsend Peterson • Nicholas Johnson • Wei Liu • Jianhong Wu • Richard Wall • Domenico Otranto • Agustín Estrada-Peña • Jeremy Gray • Abdul Jabbar • Jolyon M. Medlock • Sunit Kumar Singh • Giovanni Benelli • Peter Irwin • Richard Bishop • Xue Zhang • Hao Li • DeMar Taylor • Deborah Hemming • Saeed Alasmari • Neil Alexander • Abdelghafar Alkishe • Reiko Arai • Armanda Bastos • Gervasio Henrique Bechara • John Beier • Joshua Benoit • Dennis Bente • Adrien Blisnick • René Bødker • Fernando Boinas • Sarah Bonnet • Nathalie Boulanger • Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz • Alexandre Rodrigues Caetano • Cyril Caminade • Jirí Cerny´ • Roxanne Albertha Charles • Ali Reza Chavshin • Rosalind Cornforth • Neil Coughlan • Lauren Culler • Milan Daniel • Vlasta Danielova • Mona Dehhaghi • Maria Diuk-Wasser • James P Duffy • Olivier Duron • Lars Eisen • Rebecca Eisen • Jana Elsterová • Koray Ergünay • Li-Qun Fang • Natalia Fernández-Ruiz • Erol Fikrig • Serhii Filatov • Durland Fish • Janet Foley • José De Fuente • Roman Ganta • Aysen Gargili Keles • Robin Beat Gasser • Abdul Ghafar • Naftaly Githaka • Lucy Gilbert • Maryna Golovchenko • Yuval Gottlieb • Ernest Gould • Libor Grubhoffer • Gilles J. Guillemin • Kayleigh M. Hansford • John E. Healy • Stephen Higgs • Andrew Hoodless • Yan-Jang S. Huang • Bernard Hudson • Chris Huntingford • Esther Kanduma • Sirri Kar • Maria Kazimirova • Neil Kaye • Thomas C. Kelly • Lene Jung Kjaer • Agatha Onyemowo Kolo • Eduard Korenberg • Nina Król • Chi-Chien Kuo • Timothy J. Kurtti • Xavier De Lamballerie • Patrick A. Leighton • L. Robbin Lindsay • Geoffrey E. Lynn • Ilya Maclean • Ben J. Mans • Maristela Martins de Camargo • Karen D. McCoy • Ulrike G. Munderloh • Atle Mysterud • Sukanya Narasimhan • Anna Obiegala • Dasiel Obregón Alvarez • Nick H. Ogden • Mari H. Ogihara • Stefan Vilges Oliveira • Charlotte Oskam • Kennan J. Oyen • Neha Pandey • Hamed Kazemi Panahi • John H. Pettersson • Martin Pfeffer • L. Paul Phipps • Heather J. Plumpton • Tatjana Pustahija • Ram Raghavan • Ryan O.M Rego • Annapaola Rizzoli • Isobel Ronai • Franz Rubel • Natalie Rudenko • Benjamin Ruiwen • Rufus Sage • Abdallah M. Samy • Gustavo Seron Sanches • Isabel Kinney Santos • Marcello Otake Sato • Megumi Sato • Richard Schloeffel • Seyyed Javad Seyyed-Zadeh • Ladislav Šimo • Daniel E. Sonenshine • Morgan Sparey • Frederic Stachurski • Snorre Stuen • Matias Pablo Szabó • Mike Teglas • Sam R. • Saravanan Thangamani • Georgia Titcomb • Attila J. Trájer • Michael Turell • Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji • Dana L. Vanlandingham • Laurence Vial • Margarita Villar • André B. Wilke • G. R. Wint • Zbigniew ZajacThis book brings together expert opinions from scientists to consider the evidence for climate change and its impacts on ticks and tick-borne infections. It considers what is meant by 'climate change', how effective climate models are in relation to ecosystems, and provides predictions for changes i... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Fish Viruses and Bacteria: Pathobiology and Protection
by Associate Professor Arun Dhar • Andrew Orry • F C Allnutt • Scott LaPatra • Richard Whittington • Jo-Ann Leong • Gael Kurath • John S Lumsden • Paul Hick • Ellen Ariel • Mamoru Yoshimizu • Hisae Kasai • Yoshihiro Sakoda • Nanako Sano • Motohiko Sano • Knut Falk • Maria Aamelfot • Peter Dixon • David Stone • Lester H. Khoo • Rodman G. Getchell • Geoffrey H. Groocock • Keith Way • Anna Toffan • Yasuhiko Kawato • Kuttichantran Subramaniam • Kazuhiro Nakajima • Thomas Waltzek • Marius Karlsen • Renate Johansen • Bjarnheidur K. Gudmundsdottir • Bryndis Bjornsdottir • Larry A. Hanson • Matt J. Griffin • Terence Greenway • David J. Wise • Thomas P. Loch • Mohamed Faisal • Esteban M. Soto • David T. Gauthier • Martha W. Rhodes • John P. Hawke • Jerri Bartholomew • Kristen D. Arkush • Diane G. Elliott • Craig A. Shoemaker • De-Hai Xu • Alicia E. Toranzo • Beatriz Magariños • Ruben Avendaño-Herrera • Timothy J. Welch • David P. Marancik • Christopher M. Good • Michael Ormsby • Robert DaviesTaking a disease-based approach, Fish Viruses and Bacteria: Pathobiology and Protection focuses on the pathobiology of and protective strategies against the most common, major microbial pathogens of economically important marine and freshwater fish. The book covers well-studied, notifiable piscine... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017