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Military intervention has emerged as one of the greatest challenges
facing the West. This book explores how the West has reacted to
this challenge. In particular it examines the question of how
military power has and might be used to help protect those
elsewhere who are in danger. It looks at how force is used, the
limits on the use of force, and how monitoring and verification of
ceasefires can be effectively implemented to stop force being used.
It also examines the political context in which force is used,
including the West's intolerance for casualities, the role of the
media and the gender dimensions of intervention.
Hormone measurement is necessary for the diagnosis of a wide range
of clinical conditions and is essential for monitoring the
effectiveness of treatment. As the number of hormone requests in
the clinical field rises exponentially, it has become imperative to
create hormone assays accessible to researchers with a varied range
of equipment. Hormone Assays in Biological Fluids, Second Edition
reviews common techniques used to measure hormones as well as
relatively new methods such as tandem mass spectrometry.
Additionally, subsequent chapters detail methods for a broad range
of hormones; Techniques and principles covered are transferable to
a wide range of substances across species. Written in the
successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters
include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the
necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily
reproducible protocols, and notes on troubleshooting and avoiding
known pitfalls. Authoritative and easily accessible, Hormone Assays
in Biological Fluids, Second Edition will serve students,
technologists, laboratory scientists, and researchers looking to
apply, or attain a greater understanding of, methods for measuring
hormones.
Hormone measurement is necessary for the diagnosis of a wide range
of clinical conditions and is essential for monitoring the
effectiveness of treatment. As the number of hormone requests in
the clinical field rises exponentially, it has become imperative to
create hormone assays accessible to researchers with a varied range
of equipment. Hormone Assays in Biological Fluids, Second Edition
reviews common techniques used to measure hormones as well as
relatively new methods such as tandem mass spectrometry.
Additionally, subsequent chapters detail methods for a broad range
of hormones; Techniques and principles covered are transferable to
a wide range of substances across species. Written in the
successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters
include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the
necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily
reproducible protocols, and notes on troubleshooting and avoiding
known pitfalls. Authoritative and easily accessible, Hormone Assays
in Biological Fluids, Second Edition will serve students,
technologists, laboratory scientists, and researchers looking to
apply, or attain a greater understanding of, methods for measuring
hormones.
Expert researchers who have developed and applied significant new
assays describe in step-by-step detail a variety of methods for
measuring a broad variety of hormones, related peptides, and
synthetic steroids in various biological fluids. The hormones
measured range from glucocorticoids in biological fluids, urinary
steroids, aldosterone in blood, and plasma renin activity, to gut
hormones in plasma, melatonin, prolactin, 6-sulfatoxymelatonin, and
androgens in blood, saliva, and hair. The emphasis is on
noncommercial assays so that investigators can set up novel methods
suited to their special needs. Commercial assays are also described
for comparative purposes. Tutorials on radioimmunoassay, gas
chromatography-mass spectrometry, high-performance liquid
chromatography, and PCR techniques help the reader to choose the
best method for his or her purpose.
Presented in an accessible, user-friendly format, this atlas
sets out all the major features revealed during one of the largest
ever deep-sea mapping campaigns. A unique insight into the
morphology of the seabed along the continental margin of the
North-East Atlantic, it reveals for the first time many features
that have hitherto been hidden beneath the waves. It is organised
both thematically and by region, with the sea floor and its
biological hotspots - areas of high biodiversity such as seamounts
- shown at a resolution not possible before. The atlas presents
everything from submarine canyons to coral carbonate mounds, using
digital terrain models generated from multibeam data and
photographs taken from unmanned deep-water vehicles (ROVs).
The full-colour imagery includes digital three-dimensional
seabed maps as well as the photographs, with concise text
descriptions and topic boxes used to highlight and explain the
geological, biological and hydrographical features, in addition to
their importance and context in the deep-sea realm. Alongside the
wealth of background information and topic boxes on special
highlights, extensive on-line resources link the reader to full
data sets and GIS locations, while suggestions for further reading
point to ongoing research highlights. This is a fascinating
resource that will be of use to anyone involved in off-shore and
underwater activities, whether scientific or commercial.
This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the
historical, social, psychological, technological, and political
aspects that form the broad arena of homeland defence and security.
The text provides a view of past events and their evolution,
allowing the audience to gain a detailed knowledge of government
response and policy implications.
"Understanding Homeland Security: Policy, Perspectives, and
Paradoxes" provides the first truly comprehensive analysis of the
historical, social, psychological, technological, and political
aspects that form the broad arena of homeland defense and security.
Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach, the text provides a view
of past events and how they formed the terrain for current events,
allowing the audience to gain a detailed knowledge of government
response and policy implications. With both the public and private
sectors investing heavily in protection efforts, this text offers
the essential starting point for the dynamic and emerging homeland
defense arena.
Understanding Homeland Security: Policy, Perspectives, and
Paradoxes provides the first truly comprehensive analysis of the
historical, social, psychological, technological, and political
aspects that form the broad arena of homeland defense and security.
Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach, the text provides a view
of past events and how they formed the terrain for current events,
allowing the audience to gain a detailed knowledge of government
response and policy implications. With both the public and private
sectors investing heavily in protection efforts, this text offers
the essential starting point for the dynamic and emerging homeland
defense arena.
Expert researchers who have developed and applied significant new
assays describe in step-by-step detail a variety of methods for
measuring a broad variety of hormones, related peptides, and
synthetic steroids in various biological fluids. The hormones
measured range from glucocorticoids in biological fluids, urinary
steroids, aldosterone in blood, and plasma renin activity, to gut
hormones in plasma, melatonin, prolactin, 6-sulfatoxymelatonin, and
androgens in blood, saliva, and hair. The emphasis is on
noncommercial assays so that investigators can set up novel methods
suited to their special needs. Commercial assays are also described
for comparative purposes. Tutorials on radioimmunoassay, gas
chromatography-mass spectrometry, high-performance liquid
chromatography, and PCR techniques help the reader to choose the
best method for his or her purpose.
Social Validity is a concept used in behavioral intervention
research. It focuses on whether the goals of treatment, the
intervention techniques used, and the outcomes achieved are
acceptable, relevant, and useful to the individual in treatment.
The Social Validity Manual, Second Edition, provides background on
the development of social validity, an overview of current research
in social validity, and guidelines for expanding the practice of
social validation. The book offers detailed information on scales
and methods for measuring social validity across the goals,
procedures, and effects of treatments utilized in various fields.
The second edition incorporates advances in research findings and
offers two new chapters on the use of social validity in the health
sciences and how social validity plays an important role in
increasing cultural awareness.
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Asia Inside Out, 1 (Hardcover)
Eric Tagliacozzo, Helen F. Siu, Peter C. Perdue; Contributions by Peter C. Perdue, Helen F. Siu, …
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R1,056
Discovery Miles 10 560
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The first of three volumes surveying the historical, spatial,
and human dimensions of inter-Asian connections, Asia Inside Out:
Changing Times "brings into focus the diverse networks and dynamic
developments that have linked peoples from Japan to Yemen over the
past five centuries.
Each author examines an unnoticed moment a single year or decade
that redefined Asia in some important way. Heidi Walcher explores
the founding of the Safavid dynasty in the crucial battle of 1501,
while Peter C. Perdue investigates New World silver s role in
Sino-Portuguese and Sino-Mongolian relations after 1557. Victor
Lieberman synthesizes imperial changes in Russia, Burma, Japan, and
North India in the seventeenth century, Charles Wheeler focuses on
Zen Buddhism in Vietnam to 1683, and Kerry Ward looks at trade in
Pondicherry, India, in 1745. Nancy Um traces coffee exports from
Yemen in 1636 and 1726, and Robert Hellyer follows tea exports from
Japan to global markets in 1874. Anand Yang analyzes the diary of
an Indian soldier who fought in China in 1900, and Eric Tagliacozzo
portrays the fragility of Dutch colonialism in 1910. Andrew
Willford delineates the erosion of cosmopolitan Bangalore in the
mid-twentieth century, and Naomi Hosoda relates the problems faced
by Filipino workers in Dubai in the twenty-first.
Moving beyond traditional demarcations such as West, East,
South, and Southeast Asia, this interdisciplinary study underscores
the fluidity and contingency of trans-Asian social, cultural,
economic, and political interactions. It also provides an
analytically nuanced and empirically rich understanding of the
legacies of Asian globalization."
Of all mankinds' vices, racism is one of the most pervasive and
stubborn. Success in overcoming racism has been achieved from time
to time, but victories have been limited thus far because mankind
has focused on personal economic gain or power grabs ignoring
generosity of the soul. This bibliography brings together the
literature providing access by subject groupings as well as author
and subject indexes.
The new edition of this highly illustrated volume on small animal
spinal disorders contains much more text than the previous edition,
and has been re-organised into an illustrated text. All possible
spinal disorders are covered - from trauma and disc disease to
neoplasia and much more. Introductory chapters on relevant
functional anatomy and clinical examination are followed by
chapters on diagnosis, differential diagnosis and pre-operative
assessment (including diagnostic aids and instrumentation). Each
spinal disorder is then reviewed, giving operative techniques where
necessary to enhance the detailed text. A discussion of
post-operative management, possible complications and outcome is
also included. Encompassing all aspects of spinal disorders, from
the presenting features of each spinal disorder to the outcomes
after surgery or other treatment, and packed full of colour and
black-and-white illustrations, Small Animal Spinal Disorders will
give you all the information you need to diagnose and treat these
complicated disorders. This edition moves from an atlas-style
presentation to that of a fully illustrated text. Lengthy figure
legends have been replaced with shorter, easier-to-digest figure
legends. 50 new color prints and line figures enhance coverage on
new spine surgery techniques. A description-rich presentation of
surgical procedures, outcomes, and complications makes this edition
a vital resource for every clinical practice. This edition moves
from an atlas-style presentation to that of a fully illustrated
text. Lengthy figure legends have been replaced with shorter,
easier-to-digest figure legends. 50 new color prints and line
figures enhance coverage on new spine surgery techniques. A
description-rich presentation of surgical procedures, outcomes, and
complications makes this edition a vital resource for every
clinical practice.
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