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HANDBOOK OF BIOLOGICAL CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY

Pawley, James B. (Springer, 2006)

Once the second edition was safely off to the printer, the 110 authors breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed, secure in the belief that they would “never have to do that again.” That lasted for 10 years. When we ﬁnally ...

Handbook of Cardiac Anatomy, Physiology, and Devices

Iaizzo, Paul A. (Springer, 2015)

Personalized medicine, clinical imaging, and the medical device industry continue to grow at an incredibly rapid pace. Further, our overall understanding of the molecular basis of diseases steadily increases, as does the ...

Handbook of Consumer Finance Research

Xiao, Jing Jian (Springer, 2016)

The fi rst edition of the book was published in 2008, during which American consumers were experiencing the great recession (2007–2009). After 6 years, the American economy is still recovering, and consumers are facing ...

Handbook of Disaster Research

Rodríguez, Havidán; Quarantelli, Enrico L.; Dynes, Russell R. (Springer, 2007)

Disasters create difﬁculties, even for those who study disasters. Much of that difﬁculty stems from the necessity to deal with concepts, which have popular meanings, and some of those meanings evoke moral and emotional ...

Handbook of Evolutionary Research in Archaeology

Prentiss, Anna Marie (Springer, 2019)

Evolutionary archaeology has developed from a marginal discussion to a mainstream focus in modern archaeology. Archaeologists have become widely aware that the rigorous procedures developed in the guise of evolutionary ...

Handbook of LGBT Elders

Harley, Debra A.; Teaster, Pamela B. (Springer, 2016)

As editors of this text, Pamela and I have over 40 years of combined experience in service delivery; education; and research in aging, human rights, disability, and social services. Beginning in 2013, we collaborated ...

Handbook of Marriage and the Family

Peterson, Gary W.; Bush, Kevin R. (Springer, 2013)

Before describing the history, purpose, and structure of this book, it seems appropriate to identify an unintentional and latent theme in this Handbook of Marriage and the Family, 3rd Edition . As we edited these ...

Handbook of Quantitative Criminology

Piquero, Alex R.; Weisburd, David (Springer, 2010)

Quantitative criminology has certainly come a long way since I was ﬁrst introduced to a largely qualitative criminology some 40 years ago, when I was recruited to lead a task force on science and technology for the President’s ...

Handbook of Sociological Theory

Turner, Jonathan H. (Springer, 2001)

One of the most obvious trends in sociology over the last 30 years is differentiation of substantive specialties. What is true in the discipline as a whole is particularly evident in sociological theory. Where once there ...

Handbook of the Life Course

Mortimer, Jeylan T.; Shanahan, Michael J. (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003)

The development of the life course as a field of study parallels in some respects another prominent subfield of sociology, social psychology. In his now-classic assessment, House (1977) observed that social psychology’s ...

Handbook of the Sociology of Gender

Chafetz, Janet Saltzman (Springer, 2006)

During the past three decades, feminist scholars have successfully demonstrated the ubiquity and omnirelevance of gender as a sociocultural construction in virtually all human collectivities, past and present. Intrapsychic, ...

Handing over ceremony of the outgoing Principal, Prof. Godfrey S. Mse and the incoming Principal Prof. Francis Mathooko

Machakos University (2014-01-21)

Harnessing Educational Technology to Stimulate Critical Thinking among Secondary School Learners for Sustainable Development in Kenya

Njoka, Johannes N.; Githui, Perminus (Machakos University, 2018-04)

Critical thinking (CT) isan essential life skill that education should seek to equip learners with in order to actualize the attainment of Kenya’s vision 2030 and the sustainable development goals (SDGS). Psychologists ...