By K. Butler

A serious Humanitarian Intervention process explores methods of reconceptualizing defense by way of Ken Booth’s idea of global protection. This technique, focusing on human improvement extra largely can enhance upon the theoretical and functional obstacles of solidarist theories as regards to humanitarian intervention.

By Sharad Kumar, Loretta Dorstyn (auth.), Peter Erhardt, Ambrus Toth (eds.)

The skill to notice and quantify apoptosis, to appreciate its biochemistry, and to spot its regulatory genes and proteins is essential to biomedical study. In Apoptosis: tools and Protocols, moment Edition, specialist researchers describe the strategies to most sensible examine the serious steps taken with the apoptotic technique. offered from a number of diversified learn views, the quantity comprises sections protecting detection of apoptosis, detection of non-apoptotic mobile dying, adjustments of apoptotic proteins in the course of apoptosis, the research of its significant regulators, in addition to research of apoptosis in numerous organs and in version organisms. Written within the hugely profitable Methods in Molecular Biology™ sequence layout, chapters contain introductions to their respective issues, lists of the required fabrics and reagents, step by step, conveniently reproducible protocols, and notes on troubleshooting and heading off recognized pitfalls.

Comprehensive and state-of-the-art, Apoptosis: tools and Protocols, moment Edition constitutes a key technical connection with the numerous methodologies utilized in the sector, and gives rookies and skilled researchers robust instruments to light up the phenomena of programmed mobile death.

By Shelby J. Haberman (auth.), Neil J. Dorans, Sandip Sinharay (eds.)

In 2006, Paul W. Holland retired from academic checking out provider (ETS) after a profession spanning 5 many years. In 2008, ETS backed a convention, Looking Back, honoring his contributions to utilized and theoretical psychometrics and information. Looking Back attracted a wide viewers that got here to pay homage to Paul Holland and to listen to shows by way of colleagues who labored with him in specific methods over these forty+ years. This publication comprises papers according to those shows, in addition to vignettes supplied through Paul Holland sooner than each one section.

The papers during this booklet attest to how Paul Holland's pioneering rules stimulated and proceed to steer a number of fields resembling social networks, causal inference, merchandise reaction idea, equating, and DIF. He utilized statistical pondering to a vast variety of ETS actions in try out improvement, statistical research, try out safeguard, and operations. the unique papers contained during this publication offer ancient context for Paul Holland’s paintings along remark on a few of his significant contributions by means of noteworthy statisticians operating today.

By Merja Pentikäinen

By Peter Chrisp

This advent to paleontology weaves jointly evidence approximately fossil looking with fictionalized first-person money owed from dinosaur detectives.

By Gayle Callen

Who's this guy? The Duke of Thanet could have employed her as a governess to his six-year-old son, yet there's something . . . diversified concerning the devilish rogue status ahead of her at the present time. He turns out to review her with an depth she by no means spotted ahead of, and he's definitely extra fascinating than the final time they encountered one another. used to be there continually an pleasing glint in his darkish eyes? however the duke has a notoriously scandalous attractiveness, and Meriel won't enable herself succumb. Masquerading because the duke used to be no longer the straightforward resolution Richard O'Neill had anticipated. whilst his ill half-brother, the genuine duke, requested him to guard his younger inheritor from a grasping enemy, Richard agreed. yet he by no means idea he'd be interested in the inquisitive governess, or that every second in her intoxicating presence could tempt him past all cause. And letting down his shield may possibly end up harmful . . . specifically to Richard's personal middle.

By Ross MacDonald

By Derek Chen-Becker, Marius Danciu and Tyler Weir

By Virginia Stark-Vance

No matter if you??re a newly clinically determined mind tumor sufferer, a survivor, or a chum or relative of both, this booklet deals aid. the second one version of a hundred Questions & solutions approximately mind Tumors keeps an analogous doctor-patient collaboration, delivering authoritative, sensible solutions on your questions relating to diagnostic trying out, healing procedures, scientific trials, and masses extra. Dr. Stark-Vance and M.L. Dubay speak about the most recent mind tumor remedies, together with the recent anti-angiogenesis medicines and mind tumor vaccines. New illustrations during the e-book, from pathology to puppy scans, support the reader achieve a transparent figuring out of the way mind tumors fluctuate and why those alterations are vital in making remedy judgements. a hundred Questions & solutions approximately mind Tumors, moment variation is a useful source for an individual dealing with the actual and emotional turmoil of this scary affliction.