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This book describes interactions of plant viruses with hosts and transmission vectors in an agricultural context. Starting with an overview of virus biology, economics and management, chapters then address economically significant plant diseases of tropical and subtropical crops. For each disease, ... More

This book describes interactions of plant viruses with hosts and transmission vectors in an agricultural context. Starting with an overview of virus biology, economics and management, chapters then address economically significant plant diseases of tropical and subtropical crops. For each disease, ... More

This book covers the biotechnology of all the major perennial fruit and nut species. Since the publication of the first edition of this book in 2005, there has been significant progress in cell culture, genomics and genetic transformation for many of these species. This book covers these biotechnolo... More

Adolfo Cerceda (1923-79) was a talented Argentinian magician and an exceptionally gifted origamist. Many of his creations -- such as the Arab on horseback, baseball player, bullfighter, and flamenco singer -- are now origami classics.This book of remarkably original and inventive projects, presented... More

Origami enthusiasts at all levels of experience will delight in these imaginative animals. Created by expert paperfolder Vicente Palacios, the simple but detailed folding instructions include helpful two-color illustrations of each step. Twenty charming creatures range from simple versions of a swan... More

When we talk about clusters, it's the fabulous destiny of Silicon Valley that first comes to mind – the place where entrepreneurs and policymakers alike flock. But do we really understand the complex mechanics of these clusters? What tools can economics and other related disciplines use to analyze t... More

This book addresses the study of the gaseous state of granular matter in the conditions of rapid flow caused by a violent and sustained excitation. In this regime, grains only touch each other during collisions and hence, kinetic theory is a very useful tool to study granular flows. The main differe... More

¿How long will we remain frustrated knowing what we want and not taking action to achieve it? ¿How long will we keep repeating the same mistakes? ¿How long will we continue to leave everything halfway, for lack of knowledge, energy, motivation and understanding to conclude it? Surely it will be u... More

By repeating the statements on a daily basis, your mind will be conditioned to think positive rather than negative.  You will increase your self esteem and your confidence.  Your mind will make you feel worthy of winning in life; and most of all, it will make you feel able to win in life and b... More

Includes articles which offer an alternative view of the political and economic causes of substandard health care in the underdeveloped societies of the Third World.... More

Since U.S. President Reagan and U.K. Prime Minister Thatcher, a major ideology (under the name of economic science) has been expanded worldwide that claims that the best policies to stimulate human development are those that reduce the role of the state in economic and social lives: privatizing publ... More

A collection of papers that challenge the conventional analyses of the problems facing health, medicine and medical care in Western societies in general, and North America in particular.... More

Like sunshine reflected on snow, the purpose of this small book of wisdom is an invitation to optimism, to self-confidence. “More men are good due to habits than due to nature,” says the Greek philosopher Critias. This book came to me from Denmark as an embryo of an idea that can be counted among di... More

This book shows how the insurance industry and the medical industrial complex are the major influences in the health policy of the United States. They, and not the people, are those who determine the policies of the U.S. government. The volume shows how the United States could indeed provide compreh... More

This analysis of the political and social forces that shape the well-being and quality of life of populations in developed capitalist countries is written by scholars based in several different countries. The book shows how the varying political traditions in the developed world - social democratic,... More

¿Have I ever told you the story of Pier? Pier was a boy with a mouse nose, dreamy look, and hedgehog hair. He believed he could do anything he set out to be, he was that innocent. —I would like to jump like the jumpstones— he said one day, almost without Knowing why, loud enough for others to hear... More

"There is no riskier thing than not to take risk" A year ago, I was interviewing Mr. Francisco Javier Lopez Navarro, founding president of the international institute of Self- Employment. He is a successful entrepreneur, yet he wanted to know to improve his work. I was very surprised that this ma... More

A report from the International Monetary Fund.... More

Flaca's chanclet, or flip flop, has gone missing! She prepares to investigate the theft: "Pencil and notepad: in hand. Straw hat for disguise: on. Magnifying glass: Check. " She interviews each of her family members, all of whom are suspects. Oddly, their stories check out, so Flaca will have to ... More

"From time immemorial," says the author, "sages from diverse cultures have passed on enduring solutions to the dilemmas of living. Yet their insights are not as known to the world as they ought to be." This deep, wise, and practical guide intends to make them more so.It is the harvest of the popular... More

Vicente Aleixandre presents a collection of poems in English and Spanish.... More

In Motherless Tongues, Vicente L. Rafael examines the vexed relationship between language and history gleaned from the workings of translation in the Philippines, the United States, and beyond. Moving across a range of colonial and postcolonial settings, he demonstrates translation's agency in the m... More

In this wide-ranging cultural and political history of Filipinos and the Philippines, Vicente L. Rafael examines the period from the onset of U.S. colonialism in 1898 to the emergence of a Filipino diaspora in the 1990s. Self-consciously adopting the essay form as a method with which to disrupt epic... More

In an innovative mix of history, anthropology, and post-colonial theory, Vicente L. Rafael examines the role of language in the religious conversion of the Tagalogs to Catholicism and their subsequent colonization during the early period (1580-1705) of Spanish rule in the Philippines. By tracing thi... More

In the past, determination of bone maturity relied on visual evaluation of skeletal development in the hand and wrist, most commonly using the Greulich and Pyle atlas. The Gilsanz and Ratib digital atlas takes advantage of digital imaging and provides a more effective and objective approach to asses... More