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First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

L'adolescenza ha assunto forme di manifestazione diverse nelle diverse epoche storiche. Solo nell'ultimo secolo, tuttavia, sono stati fatti tentativi e proposte teorie, soprattutto dal punto di vista psicologico, per comprenderne la natura. Questo saggio intende ripercorrere la storia dell'adolescenza...

What is a model? How do you construct one? What are some common models in the social sciences? How can models be applied in new situations? What makes a model good? Focusing on answers to these and related questions, this multidisciplinary introduction to model building in the social sciences formulates...

An excellent, concise, and interdisciplinary overview of different classes of emerging pollutants arising, for example, from pharmaceuticals, pesticides, personal care products, and industrial chemicals and their impact on water, soil, and air. Following an introduction to chemical pollutants, with...

Laser-enabled measurements are valuable tools for the investigation of surfaces and interfaces or for the in situ investigation of interfacial processes including electrode processes. The understanding of the thermodynamics of solid/liquid surfaces is important for surface science and electrochemistry....

This book discusses the theoretical and practical issues of glaciokarsts. After a research history, a general description of glaciokarsts is provided. Thereafter, the glacial erosion on karst, the karstic features of glaciokarsts, the development of these features, the karstic zones of glaciokarsts,...

Precision agriculture is based on the ability to identify inter and intra-field variability and to use this information for more targeted crop management. By using resources more efficiently, precision agriculture can make agriculture more productive and sustainable. This volume reviews the key elements...

The book Advances in Scientific Interventions to Enhance Bovine Production” consists of 18 chapters. These are specialized chapters by experts in their respective fields. Most of chapters have undergone significant revisions and discussions with updated information and thereby enriched the knowledge....

Wulf, the hero of this 1895 historical adventure, is a young warrior in the service of Earl Harold (who becomes King of England).  Fighting at Harold's side in Wales and against invading Norsemen and Normans, Wulf grows to manhood, winning glory and fame for his prowess and nobility.

Cuthbert, a fifteen-year-old English boy who follows King Richard to the Holy Land, finds his wits and his valor tested in the crucible of the Crusades in this fast-moving Robin Hood–style adventure. 

An Introduction to the Statistical Theory of Classical Simple Dense Fluids covers certain aspects of the study of dense fluids, based on the analysis of the correlation effects between representative small groupings of molecules. The book starts by discussing empirical considerations including the...

As an addition to the European postgraduate training system for young neurosurgeons we began to publish in 1974 this series of Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery which was later sponsored by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies. This series was first discussed in 1972...

This series of concise essays on Enteroceptors is designed to interest the gradu­ ate student and to stimulate research. Even before the advent of electrophysiological studies, classical physiological techniques had shown the essence of the role of many of the enteroceptors. Thus the monitoring influence...

Despite decades of extensive research and application, commercial aluminum alloys are still poorly understood in terms of the phase composition and phase transformations occurring during solidification, cooling, and heating. Multicomponent Phase Diagrams: Applications for Commercial Aluminum...