Translations [from Gr. and Lat. authors], by R.C. Jebb, H. Jackson and W.E. Currey
Author : sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb
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Page : 456 pages
File Size : 21,75 MB
Release : 1885
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B.H. Blackwell
Author : B.H. Blackwell Ltd
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Page : 1478 pages
File Size : 21,39 MB
Release : 1926
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The Dynamics of Language
Author : Rajend Mesthrie
Publisher : Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 35,66 MB
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1775822273
Book Description
Linguistics – the close study of language and languages – is an indispensable foundation for all forms of knowledge. The African continent is blessed with hundreds of languages which act as local repositories of culture and interaction. South Africa alone has eleven official languages, plus Sign Language, many heritage languages, and new languages of global movements and migration. Part of the linguist’s business is to document, record and affirm languages and diversity. Applied linguists use their training to understand and enhance the role of language in education and upliftment, and the opportunities and challenges of new technologies of communication. The International Congress of Linguists meets every five years to reflect the development of the field and 2018 is the first time that the congress is being held in Africa. This book is a collection of the plenary and focus papers presented at the conference and thus represents current thinking in the major branches of language study as represented by leading local and international scholars. The papers discuss the history of languages, their structure, acquisition, diversity and use. At the same time due regard is paid to the African continent in connection with its linguistic diversity, multilingualism and educational and societal concerns. The Congress is meant to affirm the value of the languages of Africa, of languages and Linguistics in general, as well as to inspire and equip younger scholars to undertake advanced research into language in its many facets.
Global Change in the Holocene
Author : John Birks
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 36,69 MB
Release : 2014-02-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 1444119176
Book Description
The Holocene spans the 11,500 years since the end of the last Ice Age and has been a period of major global environmental change. However the rate of change has accelerated during the last hundred years, due largely to human impacts and this has led to a growing concern for the future of our environmental resources. Global Change in the Holocene demonstrates how reconstructing the record of past environmental change can provide us with essential knowledge about how our environment works and presents the reader with an informed viewpoint from which to project realistic future scenarios. The book brings together key techniques that are widely used in Holocene research, such as radiocarbon dating, dendrochronology and sediment analysis and offers a comprehensive analysis of various archives of environmental change including instrumental and documentary records, corals, lake sediments, glaciers and ice cores. This reference will be an informative and cutting-edge resource for all researchers in the fields of climate change, environmental science, geography, palaeoecology and archaeology.
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens
Author : Hazard Stevens
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Page : 542 pages
File Size : 40,50 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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Isaac Ingalls Stevens (March 25, 1818 - September 1, 1862) was the first governor of Washington Territory, a United States Congressman, and a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War until his death at the Battle of Chantilly.
Self-Assembled Nanostructures
Author : Jin Zhang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 17,71 MB
Release : 2006-04-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 0306479419
Book Description
Nanostructures refer to materials that have relevant dimensions on the nanometer length scales and reside in the mesoscopic regime between isolated atoms and molecules in bulk matter. These materials have unique physical properties that are distinctly different from bulk materials. Self-Assembled Nanostructures provides systematic coverage of basic nanomaterials science including materials assembly and synthesis, characterization, and application. Suitable for both beginners and experts, it balances the chemistry aspects of nanomaterials with physical principles. It also highlights nanomaterial-based architectures including assembled or self-assembled systems. Filled with in-depth discussion of important applications of nano-architectures as well as potential applications ranging from physical to chemical and biological systems, Self-Assembled Nanostructures is the essential reference or text for scientists involved with nanostructures.
Endocrine Conditions in Pediatrics
Author : Takara Stanley
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 22,80 MB
Release : 2020-09-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 3030522156
Book Description
This book is aimed at primary care providers who care for the pediatric age group (general pediatrician, the PCP working with pediatric patients, and family medicine providers) with the goal of covering the endocrine differential diagnosis of common signs and symptoms of possible endocrine disease as well as appropriate initial laboratory evaluation and interpretation. While multiple pediatric endocrine textbooks exist, most of them are heavy in coverage of physiology and rare diseases, with less discussion of practical steps in evaluation and diagnosis. This book distinguishes itself through a very practical approach. The first section is organized by presenting signs and symptoms, the second section is organized by laboratory interpretation, and the third section provides summaries of common pediatric endocrine disorders. Chapters are concise, providing critical clinical information including clinical pearls, common diagnoses and important points in patient counseling. Written by experts in the field, Endocrine Conditions in Pediatrics is a valuable resource that provides general pediatricians and other primary care providers with all of the information they need to provide superb patient care before transferring to a pediatric endocrinologist when necessary.
Principles of Human Nutrition
Author : Martin Eastwood
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1088 pages
File Size : 41,45 MB
Release : 2013-06-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1118760530
Book Description
This exciting new book is the updated and revised second edition of an extremely popular and well-received textbook. Written by Martin Eastwood, well respected internationally in nutritional sciences, this important new edition provides students with a thorough book that should be adopted for course use on many courses worldwide. Taking into account constructive comments received by students and teachers who used and enjoyed the first edition, this new edition retains the original freshness of the 1st edition, looking at nutrition as an exciting discipline. Special features within the book to help students include summaries, boxes and questions. Carefully laid out to assist learning, the book is divided broadly into sections, providing in-depth coverage of the following subjects: food in the community metabolism of nutrients by an individual, dictated by genetic makeup, measurement of an individual’s nutritional status essential, non-essential and non-nutrients; their selection, ingestion, digestion, absorption and metabolism nutritional requirements in the normal individual and for specific diseases Principles of Human Nutrition, 2nd Edition is primarily written as a course text for those studying degree courses in nutrition and dietetics and for students on modular courses on nutrition within other degree courses, e.g. food studies, medicine, health sciences, nursing and biological sciences. It is also of great value as a reference for professional nutritionists and dietitians, food scientists and health professionals based in academia, in practice and in commercial positions such as within the food and pharmaceutical industries. Multiple copies of this valuable book should also be on the shelves of all universities, medical schools and research establishments where these subjects are studied and taught. For supplementary material associated with this textbook and its contents, please visit the web pages for this book, on the publishers’ website: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/eastwood/ Martin Eastwood was formerly consultant gastroenterologist at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, U. K. and Reader in Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, U. K.
Atherosclerosis, Hypertension and Diabetes
Author : Grant N. Pierce
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 39,90 MB
Release : 2003-04-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781402073113
Book Description
This volume is devoted to atherosclerosis, hypertension, anddiabetes, three of the most important disease conditions in the worldtoday. Nutritional intervention, cholesterol lowering agents, lipidsthemselves, particularly oxidized LDL, protein modification byADP-ribose, bone marrow study, endothelial cell dysfunction, angiotensin, and the role of infection and inflammation are alldiscussed in the context of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.The hypertension section focuses on factors that may be responsiblefor high blood pressure, such as genetic predisposition, vascularhyperplasia and remodeling, insulin resistance, neurological aspectssuch as hypothalamic peptides. Also discussed are the possiblecontributions of the cellular function of the endothelium, nutrition, kidney dysfunction, leptin, and the brain. Novel routes of drugdelivery for treatment of hypertension is also a focus.As for diabetes, the risk factors and mechanisms responsible fordiabetic vascular and cardiac dysfunction are discussed. Lipid profilechanges and fibrinolysis in diabetic patients is detailed, along withadipogenesis, diabetic cardiomyopathy, energy metabolism in thediabetic heart, vanadate as an alternative to insulin, insulinresistance mechanisms, and neurotransmitters as targets for theprevention of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.These manuscripts were invited from scientists who presented state ofthe art lectures at the XVII World Congress of the InternationalSociety for Heart Research held in Winnipeg in July 2001.
Seeing with Different Eyes
Author : Patrick Curry
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 33,94 MB
Release : 2009-05-05
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1443810886
Book Description
Seeing with Different Eyes: Essays in Astrology and Divination represents the cutting-edge of contemporary thought and research on divination. The thirteen authors come from a variety of academic disciplines, ranging from anthropology and classics to English literature and religious studies, and all address the question of divination, astrology and oracles in a spirit of critical but sympathetic inquiry. The emphasis is on a participatory and reflexive approach which is firmly post-positivist, seeking to understand the divinatory act on its own terms within widely varying contexts – ancient Greek and Chaldean philosophy and theurgy, Theravadan Buddhism, Biblical studies, Elizabethan Hermeticism, Jacobean drama, Heideggerian philosophy, Medieval scholasticism, 19th century occultism, contemporary Guatemalan divination and Western medical practice. The authors are all teachers or researchers in the area of divination and symbolism, which is a new disciplinary focus developing at the University of Kent, Canterbury under the aegis of the MA programme in the Cultural Study of Cosmology and Divination. The essays in this volume originally contributed to an international conference of the same name held there in April 2006.
