Category: E-Books

Human beings evolved in the company of others. Mutually reinforcing connections between brains, minds, and societies have profound effects for physical and emotional health. Social Neuroscience: Brain, Mind, and Society (PDF) provides a comprehensive new framework for studying human brain development and human behavior in their social context. NOTE: The

The Gap Between Weather and Climate Forecasting: Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Prediction (PDF) is an ideal reference for practitioners and researchers across the range of disciplines involved in the modeling, science, forecasting and application of this new frontier in sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) prediction. It provides an accessible, yet rigorous, introduction

Over the past decades, infectious disease epidemics have come to increasingly pose major global health challenges to humanity. The Anthropology of Epidemics (PDF) approaches epidemics as total social phenomena: processes and events which encompass and exercise a transformational impact on social life whilst at the same time functioning as catalysts

Charles Stewart’s Interviewing: Principles and Practices, 15th edition (PDF), the most widely used textbook for the interviewing course, continues to reflect the growing sophistication with which interviewing is being approached, incorporating the ever-expanding body of research in all types of interview settings, recent communication theory, and the importance of equal

Disseminated intravascular coagulation is a devastating syndrome characterized by the systemic activation of widespread activation of the coagulation cascade and thrombosis, which may result in severe bleeding and may lead to organ failure. Recent studies have shown that the incidence of DIC is decreasing, especially in men. Despite the improvements