Category: E-Books

Pediatric epidemiology differs significantly from general epidemiology especially when it comes to societal, ethical developmental aspects. Pediatric Epidemiology (PDF) addresses biological considerations and legal and ethical questions in dealing with pediatric and adolescent populations. Classic topics, like how to recruit representative samples, how to deal with confounding variables, and how

The literature explaining social conditions during the post–World War II Allied occupation of Germany has been divided between seemingly incompatible assertions of prolonged criminal chaos and narratives of strict martial rule that precluded crime. In The Art of Occupation (ePub/PDF), Thomas J. Kehoe takes a different view on this history,

Written by the renowned expert in the field, this textbook reviews the major new developments in envelope models and methods An Introduction to Envelopes: Dimension Reduction for Efficient Estimation in Multivariate Statistics (PDF) provides an outline of the theory and methods of envelopes, a class of procedures for increasing efficiency

This ebook presents Fractography and Failure Analysis (PDF) at a level that is accessible for non-expert readers, without losing scientific rigor. It offers a comprehensive description of fracture surfaces in engineering materials, with an emphasis on metals, and of the methodology for the observation of fracture surfaces. It also discusses

Help college students understand how culture impacts development – and why it matters. Human Development: A Cultural Approach 2nd edition (PDF) leads university students to examine all stages of development through the engaging lens of culture. The very first author to take a wholly cultural approach to th etopic of