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    • 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, ...
    • Human Chromosomes 

      Miller, Orlando J.; Therman, Eeva (Springer, 2000)
      This book presents a comprehensive introduction to the principles of human cytogenetics and provides examples of their applications, especially those that are important in diagnostic and preventive medicine. The authors ...
    • Integrated Neuroscience 

      Marcus, Elliott M.; Jacobson, Stanley (Springer, 2002)
      This textbook takes as a premise that, in order to make intelligent diagnosis and provide a rational treatment in disorders of the nervous system, it is necessary to develop the capacity to answer the basic questions of ...
    • Integrative Human Biochemistry 

      Da Poian, Andrea T.; Castanho, Miguel A. R. B. (Springer, 2015)
      Traditional lecture classes in biological sciences are being challenged by modern forms of communication. Modern communication tends to be more visual and less interpretative in nature. In lectures, the didactics are ...
    • Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology 

      Hobbie, Russell K.; Roth, Bradley J. (Springer, 2015)
      From the Preface to the Third Edition, by Russell K. Hobbie: Between 1971 and 1973 I audited all the courses medical students take in their first 2 years at the University of Minnesota. I was amazed at the amount of ...
    • International Business Management 

      Fatehi, Kamal; Choi, Jeongho (Springer, 2019)
      We are living in a world where the only certainty is the uncertainty in the human affairs. A few decades ago, it was common among the academicians to discuss a future where large multinational corporations would be in ...
    • International Handbook of Historical Archaeology 

      Majewski, Teresita; Gaimster, David (Springer, 2009)
      ‘‘Historical archaeology’’ is one of the most fast-changing and dynamic fields of study in the archaeological discipline.This collection of essays by researchers and practitioners from around the world charts the field’s ...
    • International Humanitarian Action 

      Heintze, Hans-Joachim; Thielb€orger, Pierre (Springer, 2018)
      NOHA (The Network on Humanitarian Action) is an international association of 12 European universities and five global partner universities. The aim of NOHA is to enhance professionalism in the humanitarian sector through ...
    • International Perspectives on Psychotherapy 

      Hofmann, Stefan G. (Springer, 2017)
      After returning from Wilhelm Wundt’s laboratory in Germany, Lightner Witmer introduced the term Clinical Psychology in an article published in The Psychological Clinic (Witmer, 1907). In this article, he explained: While ...
    • International Trade Theory and Policy 

      Gandolfo, Giancarlo (Springer, 2014)
      There is no lack of good international economics textbooks ranging from the elementary to the advanced, so that an additional drop in this ocean calls for an explanation. In the present writer’s opinion, there seems still ...
    • Internet of Things From Hype to Reality 

      Rayes, Ammar; Salam, Samer (Springer, 2019)
      Technology is becoming embedded in nearly everything in our lives. Just look around you and you will see how the Internet has affected many aspects of our existence. Virtually anything you desire can be ordered instantly, ...
    • Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 

      Ertel, Wolfgang (Springer, 2017)
      After 60 years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has now reached industry and the consciousness of the population. The impressive successes and new AI methods are now so relevant that they should be taught even in a basic ...
    • An Introduction to Biomechanics 

      Humphrey, Jay D.; O’Rourke, Sherry L. (Springer, 2015)
      We have very much appreciated the overwhelmingly positive response to this book by professors and students alike at universities across the USA and abroad. The goals and approach of this Second Edition thus remain as ...
    • Introduction to Data Science 

      Igual, Laura; Seguí, Santi (2017)
      In this era, where a huge amount of information from different fields is gathered and stored, its analysis and the extraction of value have become one of the most attractive tasks for companies and society in general. ...
    • Introduction to Deep Learning 

      Skansi, Sandro (Springer, 2018)
      This textbook contains no new scientific results, and my only contribution was to compile existing knowledge and explain it with my examples and intuition. I have made a great effort to cover everything with citations ...
    • Introduction to Digital Systems Design 

      Donzellini, Giuliano; Oneto, Luca; Ponta, Domenico; Anguita, Davide (Springer, 2019)
      The large and ever-growing complexity of today’s digital systems places heavy demands on educational systems that are in charge of training the new generations of designers or just providing a solid understanding of the ...
    • Introduction to Electronic Commerce and Social Commerce 

      Turban, Efraim; Whiteside, Judy; King, David; Outland, Jon (Springer, 2017)
      The global economic crisis of 2009–2014 forced organizations to reduce expenses in an environment of reduced economic activities. One of the most popular cost-reduction activities is conducting more business online. ...
    • Introduction to Embedded Systems 

      Jiménez, Manuel; Palomera, Rogelio; Couvertier, Isidoro (Springer, 2014)
      The first years of the decade of 1970 witnessed the development of the first microprocessor designs in the history of computing. Two remarkable events were the development of the 4004, the first commercial, single-chip ...
    • Introduction to Evolutionary Computing 

      Eiben, A.E.; Smith, J.E. (Springer, 2015)
      This is the second edition of our 2003 book. It is primarily a book for lecturers and graduate and undergraduate students. To this group the book offers a thorough introduction to evolutionary computing (EC), descriptions ...