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Defamed: How Physicians Pursue Justice

A Primer for Unjustified Legal Actions Against Innocent Practitioners

by Dr. Manuel Fuentes ...

It Could Happen to YouYou're a capable, caring, innocent physician. One day, seemingly out of the blue, you get an email and a knock at the door: Suspended. Your life on pause, pending an investigation. At the mercy of the full power of hospital administrators, nurse unions, competing physicians on the medical executive committees, and the retaliation of the hospital's legal team. What do you do ... Read more

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It Could Happen to YouYou're a capable, caring, innocent physician. One day, seemingly out of the blue, you get an email and a knock at the door: Suspended. Your life on pause, pending an investigation. At the mercy of the full power of hospital administrators, nurse unions, competing physicians on the medical executive committees, and the retaliation of the hospital's legal team. What do you do
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The Global Pitch

Why Soccer Matters in a Changing World

by Professor Kirk Bowman, Dr. Felipe Arocena, Dr. Alberto Fuentes ...

Why does a simple game inspire such passion across continents, shape national identities and illuminate some of society's most enduring questions? Drawing on examples from around the world, this engaging study uses football as a lens through which to examine politics, economics, sociology, culture and international relations. From inequality and migration to democracy, gender, nationalism and ... Read more

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Why does a simple game inspire such passion across continents, shape national identities and illuminate some of society's most enduring questions? Drawing on examples from around the world, this engaging study uses football as a lens through which to examine politics, economics, sociology, culture and international relations. From inequality and migration to democracy, gender, nationalism and
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Central America, 1821-1871

Liberalism before Liberal Reform

by Hector Lindo-Fuentes, Dr. Lowell Gudmundson ...

Reassessing the foundations of liberalism, nation-building, and economic change in nineteenth-century Central America.Central America and its ill-fated federation (1824-1839) are often viewed as the archetype of the “anarchy” of early independent Spanish America. This book consists of two interrelated essays dealing with the economic, social, and political changes that took place in Central ... Read more

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Reassessing the foundations of liberalism, nation-building, and economic change in nineteenth-century Central America.Central America and its ill-fated federation (1824-1839) are often viewed as the archetype of the “anarchy” of early independent Spanish America. This book consists of two interrelated essays dealing with the economic, social, and political changes that took place in Central
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Achieving sustainable crop nutrition

by Dr A. J. Schlegel, Dr Sidsel Birkelund Schmidt, Prof Søren Husted, Dr Aruna Nandety, Dr Ali M. Missaoui, Dr Frederikke N. Mikkelsen, Dr Maria M. Rieckmann, Dr Kristian H. Laursen, Prof. Bijay Singh, Dr Ali M. Ali, Prof Bryan G. Hopkins, Dr Qifu Ma, Dr Markus Weinmann, Prof Günter Neumann, Dr Asher Bar-Tal, Dr Uri Yermiyahu, Dr Alon Ben-Gal, Dr Victoria Fernández, Dr Héctor A. Bahamonde, Dr Sylvia Kratz, Dr Kerstin Panten, Prof Ewald Schnug, Prof Richard Bell, Dr Elke Bloem, Dr Kaushik Majumdar, Dr Meenu Rani, Dr T. Scott Murrell, Dr Sudarshan Dutta, Dr T. Satyanarayana, Dr V. K. Singh, Dr Jagadish Timsina, Dr David Pilbeam, Dr B. S. Dwivedi, Dr Milan Mesic, Dr Zeljka Zgorelec, Dr Aleksandra Percin, Dr Igor Bogunovic, Dr Darija Bilandzija, Dr O. Urrutia, Dr M. Fuentes, Dr M. Olaetxea, Dr M. Garnica, Dr Ajit S. Nehe, Dr R. Baigorri, Dr A. M. Zamarreño, Dr M. Movila, Dr D. De Hita, Prof J. M. Garcia-Mina, Dr Yashbir Singh Shivay, Dr Sunil Mandi, Prof Gokhan Hacisalihoglu, Dr Matthew W. Blair, Prof Heiner E. Goldbach, Prof M. John Foulkes, Prof J. F. Angus, Dr Timothy S. George, Prof. Philip J. White, Prof Andrew N. Sharpley, Dr J. Erro, Professor John Havlin ...

Series Book 76 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Focus on integrating research on nutrient cycling, crop nutrient processing and the environmental impact of fertiliser use to identify ways of improving nutrient use efficiency (NUE) in the use of particular fertilisersIncludes research on a range of secondary macronutrients and micronutrients including: calcium, magnesium, zinc, boron, manganese and molybdenumReviews a wide range of options for ... Read more

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Focus on integrating research on nutrient cycling, crop nutrient processing and the environmental impact of fertiliser use to identify ways of improving nutrient use efficiency (NUE) in the use of particular fertilisersIncludes research on a range of secondary macronutrients and micronutrients including: calcium, magnesium, zinc, boron, manganese and molybdenumReviews a wide range of options for
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Advances in Conservation Agriculture Volume 2

Practice and Benefits

by Prof Amir Kassam, Dr Angelica Galieni, Dr Theodor Friedrich, Dr Fabio Stagnari, Dr Fernando Teixeira, Dr A. W. Murage, Dr J. O. Pittchar, Dr C. A. O. Midega, Dr Stephane Boulakia, Dr Florent Tivet0, Dr Olivier Husson1, Dr Lucien Séguy2, Prof João Carlos M. Sá3, Prof Rattan Lal4, Dr Ademir de Oliveira Ferreira5, Dr Clever Briedis6, Dr Thiago Massao Inagaki7, Dr Daniel Potma Gonçalves8, Dr Laila Kassam9, Dr Jucimare Romaniw0, Mr Scott Day1, Dr Ademir Calegari2, Dr Alessandra Santos3, Dr Marcus Cremonesi4, Dr Lilianne Maia5, Dr Wilian Demetrio6, Dr Marie L. C. Bartz7, Dr Oscar Veroz-Gonzalez8, Dr Muhammad Farooq9, Dr Manuel Morena-Garcia0, Dr Rafaela Ordoñez-Fernandez1, Dr Jesus A. Gil-Ribes2, Dr Julio Roman-Vazquez3, Dr Antonio Holgado-Cabrera4, Dr Gordon Conway5, Dr Saidi Mkomwa6, Dr Paula Triviño-Tarradas7, Dr Antonio Miranda-Fuentes8, Dr Francisco Marquez-Garcia9, Dr Ahmad Nawaz0, Dr Rosa M. Carbonell-Bojollo1, Dr Patrick C. Wall2, Dr Christian Thierfelder3, Dr Peter Hobbs4, Dr Jon Hellin5, Dr Bram Govaerts6, Prof Rafael Fuentes Llanillo7, Dr Tiago Santos Telles8, Dr Dimas Soares Junior9, Dr Sara Kaweesa0, Dr Yashpal Singh Saharawat1, Dr Anne-Marie B. Mayer2, Dr Tom Goddard3, Dr Hongwen Li4, Dr Ivo Mello5, Dr Francis Shaxson6, Prof Telmo Jorge Carneiro Amado7, Dr Carlos Alexandre Costa Crusciol8, Dr Claudio Hideo Martins da Costa9, Dr Otávio dos Anjos Leal0, Dr Luan Pierre Pott1, Dr Timothy Reeves2, Prof Michele Pisante3, Professor Kadambot Siddique4, Professor Gottlieb Basch5, Professor Sjoerd W. Duiker6, Professor Emilio J. González-Sánchez7, Dr Zeyaur R. Khan8 ...

Series Book 62 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Summarises current research on optimising CA system practices and their ecological, economic and social benefits.Elaborates on how CA systems make efficient use of production inputs such as water, nutrients, energy and addresses challenges in such areas as weed, insect pest and disease management.Reviews the central issues of improvement in yield, profitability and ecosystem services as well as ... Read more

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Summarises current research on optimising CA system practices and their ecological, economic and social benefits.Elaborates on how CA systems make efficient use of production inputs such as water, nutrients, energy and addresses challenges in such areas as weed, insect pest and disease management.Reviews the central issues of improvement in yield, profitability and ecosystem services as well as
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Biopesticides for sustainable agriculture

by Dr Inmaculada Garrido-Jurado, Dr Tejas Rao, Dr Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, Dr Salvatore Arpaia, Dr Luca Ruiu, Dr Martin Erlandson, Dr Albrecht M. Koppenhöfer, Dr David Shapiro-Ilan, Dr Ivan Hiltpold, Dr Aurélien Tartar, Dr Anamika Sharma, Dr Angel Guerrero, Prof Toby Bruce, Dr Lin Bao, Dr Robert M. Kennedy, Dr Kyle Schneider, Dr Alvar Carlson, Dr Andy Renz, Dr Barbara Thuerig, Dr Susan M. Boyetchko, Dr Lucius Tamm, Dr József Kiss, Dr Marc Delos, Prof Wyn Grant, Dr Roma Gwynn, Prof Enrique Quesada-Moraga, Dr Meelad Yousef-Naef, Dr Gadi Reddy ...

Series Book 89 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Reviews key steps in biopesticide product developmentComprehensive coverage of the range of biopesticides, from microbial to natural substance-based biopesticidesStrong focus on pheromone and allelochemical semiochemicals as well as peptide-based biopesticides ... Read more

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Reviews key steps in biopesticide product developmentComprehensive coverage of the range of biopesticides, from microbial to natural substance-based biopesticidesStrong focus on pheromone and allelochemical semiochemicals as well as peptide-based biopesticides
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Integrated management of diseases and insect pests of tree fruit

by Professor Xiangming Xu, Dr Leone Olivieri, Prof Baohua Li, Dr Imre Holb, Dr Karel Petrzik, Dr Manuel Rubio, Dr Federico Dicenta, Dr Pedro Martínez-Gómez, Dr Angela Berrie, Dr Vincent G. M. Bus0, Dr Joanna K. Bowen1, Dr Andrea Patocchi3, Dr Giovanni A. L. Broggini4, Dr Satish Kumar5, Dr François N. D. Laurens6, Prof Ioannis Tzanetakis7, Dr Robert Martin8, Dr Mengjun Hu9, Dr Jürgen Köhl0, Dr Simona Marianna Sanzani1, Prof Antonio Ippolito2, Dr Tom Passey3, Dr Giuseppe E. Massimino Cocuzza4, Dr Alan L. Knight5, Dr Gary J. R. Judd6, Dr Todd Gilligan7, Dr Eduardo Fuentes-Contreras8, Dr William B. Walker III9, Dr Rebecca A. Schmidt-Jeffris0, Dr Elizabeth H. Beers1, Dr Carlo Duso2, Dr Neil Audsley3, Dr Lorenzo Tonina4, Dr Nicola Mori5, Dr Matthew J. Grieshop6, Dr Slawomir Lux7, Dr Bart De Ketelaere8, Dr Dany Bylemans9, Prof Larry Gut0, Dr Christopher Adams1, Dr James Miller2, Dr A. Amiri3, Dr Peter McGhee4, Dr Donald Thomson5, Prof Claudio Ioriatti6, Dr Gino Angeli7, Dr Greg Krawczyk8, Dr L. Gañán9, Prof Zhiquan Mao0, Dr Yanfang Wang1, Dr Robert Saville2, Dr Tim Beliën3 ...

Series Book 68 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Comprehensive review of current research on the causes of major fungal, bacterial and viral diseases of tree fruitSummarises current understanding of the ecology of key insect pests of tree fruitAssesses ways of improving integrated disease and pest management, with a particular focus on biological control ... Read more

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Comprehensive review of current research on the causes of major fungal, bacterial and viral diseases of tree fruitSummarises current understanding of the ecology of key insect pests of tree fruitAssesses ways of improving integrated disease and pest management, with a particular focus on biological control
... Read more
Advances in Conservation Agriculture Volume 3

Adoption and Spread

by Prof Amir Kassam, Dr Ariel Espinoza Salinas, Dr Armen Zakaryan, Dr Imran Jumshudov, Dr Yagub Guliyev, Dr Alena Abarava, Dr Allan Pineda Burgos, Dr Demna Martsvaladze, Dr Gulnaz Kaseeva, Dr Omurbek Mambetov0, Dr Cholpon Alibakieva1, Dr Boris Boincean2, Dr J. C. Juárez López3, Dr Mihail Rurac4, Dr Vadim Bandurin5, Dr Luidmila Orlova6, Dr Alexandr Toigildin7, Dr Khalil Safin8, Dr Muhammadi Muminov9, Dr Jamshed Sangynov0, Dr Shavkat Juraev1, Dr Askarsho Zevarshoev2, Dr Nicola Kosolap3, Dr Carlos Andrés Zelaya Elvir4, Dr Oksana Davis5, Dr Oleksandr Zhuravel6, Dr Michail Draganchuk7, Dr Alim Pulatov8, Dr Josef Kienzle9, Dr Sandra Corsi0, Dr Yashpal Singh Saharawat1, Dr Mushtaq Gill2, Dr Mahesh Gathala3, Dr Tika Bahadur Karki4, Dr Jose Escobar5, Dr D. B. T. Wijeratne6, Dr Sayed Samiullah Hakimi7, Dr Neelam Chaudhary8, Dr Md. Enamul Haque9, Prof Richard Bell0, Dr C. M. Parihar1, Dr Harisankar Nayak2, Dr Rajbir Singh3, Dr R. K. Malik4, Dr Upendra Singh5, Dr Rafael Fuentes-Llanillo6, Dr Raj Paroda7, Dr Yuji Niino8, Dr Victor B. Ella9, Dr Florent Tivet0, Dr Vira Leng1, Dr Hoa Tran Quoc2, Dr Pascal Lienhard3, Dr Pham thi Sen4, Dr Thatheva Saphangthong5, Dr Vang Seng6, Dr Marie L. C. Bartz7, Dr Lyda Hok8, Dr Manuel Reyes9, Dr Stephane Boulakia0, Dr Sim Choon Cheak1, Dr Hongwen Li2, Dr Jin He3, Dr Jean-Francois Rochecouste4, Dr John Baker5, Dr Bill Crabtree6, Dr Tiago Santos Telles7, Dr Ademir Calegari8, Dr Augusto Guilherme de Araújo9, Dr David Roggero0, Dr Dimas Soares Junior1, Dr Edgard Ramírez2, Dr Facundo Capandeguy3, Dr Herbert Arnold Bartz4, Dr Jaime Hernández-Zamora5, Dr Ken Moriya6, Dr Luciano Dabalá7, Dr María Cecilia Ginés8, Dr Martín Maria Cubilla9, Dr Ricardo Ralisch0, Dr Theodor Friedrich1, Dr Richard Trujillo Mendoza2, Dr Roberto Peiretti3, Prof Telmo Jorge Carneiro Amado4, Dr Julio Roman-Vazquez5, Dr Elizabeth Moreno-Blanco6, Dr Rachid Mrabet7, Dr Haithem Bahri8, Dr Rolf Derpsch9, Dr Omar Zaghouane0, Dr Sherif Ragab Mohamed El-Areed1, Dr Moamen Mohamed Abou El-Enin2, Dr Lamourdia Thiombiano3, Dr Kalifa Coulibaly4, Dr Saidi Mkomwa5, Dr Kofi Boa6, Dr Robert B. Zougmoré7, Dr Oumarou Balarabe8, Dr Tom Goddard9, Dr Traoré Salifou00, Dr Sylla Halimatu01, Dr Sepo Marongwe02, Dr Raymond Nazare03, Dr Weldone Mutai04, Dr Hendrik Smith05, Dr G. Trytsman06, Dr A. A. Nel07, Dr J. A. Strauss08, Dr E. Kruger09, Dr Adam Hayes10, Dr R. K. Mampholo11, Dr J. N. Van Coller12, Dr H. Otto13, Dr J. G. Steyn14, Dr I. D. Dreyer15, Dr D. Slabbert16, Dr R. Findlay17, Dr E. Zunckel18, Dr L. Visser19, Prof Isam Bashour20, Dr Roula Bachour21, Dr Nicolas Haddad22, Dr Razan Dbaibo23, Dr Kassem Jouni24, Dr Faten Adada25, Dr Yahya Shakhatreh26, Dr Yahya Bani-Kalaf27, Dr Abedaraheem Bawaliz28, Dr Iyad Musallam29, Dr Faddel Ismael30, Jose R. Benites31, Dr Mahmud Huwaian32, Dr Nabeel Bani Hani33, Dr Mina Devkota34, Dr Atef Haddad35, Dr Yaser Musa36, Dr Rabea Al Hayek37, Dr Abdulsattar Asmair Alrijabo38, Dr Irfan Gultekin39, Dr Mohammad Esmaeil Asadi40, Dr Aziz Nurbekov41, Dr Roberto Azofeifa Rodríguez42, Dr Alisher Mirzabaev43, Dr Muratbek Karabayev44, Dr Nurali Asozoda45, Dr Nasriddin Khalilov46, Dr Dossymbek Sydyk47, Dr Hafiz Muminjanov48, Dr Tatiana Semenova49, Dr Avetik Nersisyan50, Dr Turi Fileccia51, Dr Gagik Mkrtchyan52, Dr Hatem Cheikh M’Hamed53, Professor Sjoerd W. Duiker54, Professor Gottlieb Basch55, Professor Emilio J. González-Sánchez56, Dr Miguel A. Repullo-Ruiberriz de Torres57 ...

Series Book 104 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Summarises current research on the adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA) principles in different regions around the worldHighlights the emergence of CA as a key alternative to tillage-based agricultureReviews the challenges of effective implementation of CA in different contexts (e.g. drier conditions, poor soil quality) ... Read more

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Summarises current research on the adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA) principles in different regions around the worldHighlights the emergence of CA as a key alternative to tillage-based agricultureReviews the challenges of effective implementation of CA in different contexts (e.g. drier conditions, poor soil quality)
... Read more

Genetic Engineering, Biofertilisation, Soil Quality and Organic Farming

Edited by Eric Lichtfouse ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. Sustainable agriculture is a discipline that addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, poor-nation starvation, rich-nation obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control, and biodiversity depletion. ... Read more

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Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. Sustainable agriculture is a discipline that addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, poor-nation starvation, rich-nation obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control, and biodiversity depletion.
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Soil Microbiology and Sustainable Crop Production

Edited by Emma L. Tilston, Geoffrey R. Dixon ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Soils into which crop plants root and from which they obtain essential minerals and water contain huge arrays of microbes. Many have highly beneficial effects on crop growth and productivity, others are pathogens causing diseases and losses to yield and quality, a few microbes offer protection from these pathogenic forms and others have little or no effect. These intimate and often complex inter ... Read more

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Soils into which crop plants root and from which they obtain essential minerals and water contain huge arrays of microbes. Many have highly beneficial effects on crop growth and productivity, others are pathogens causing diseases and losses to yield and quality, a few microbes offer protection from these pathogenic forms and others have little or no effect. These intimate and often complex inter
... Read more
Improving soil health

by Professor William R. Horwath, Dr Songmei Shi, Dr Xin-Hua He, Dr Paula A. Misiewicz, Dr Magdalena Kaczorowska-Dolowy, Dr David R. White, Dr Edward Dickin, Dr Richard J. Godwin, Dr Alison Hamm, Dr Daniel K. Manter0, Dr Carmen M. Ugarte1, Dr Dane W. Hunter2, Dr Hero T. Gollany3, Dr Cristina Lazcano4, Dr Charlotte Decock5, Dr Connie T. F. Wong6, Dr Kamille Garcia-Brucher7, Dr Ashraf M. Tubeileh8, Prof. Michael J. Goss9, Dr Fiona A. Nicholson0, Dr Anne Bhogal1, Dr Alison Rollett2, Dr John R. Williams3, Dr M. J. Salomon4, Dr S. F. Bender5, Dr T. R. Cavagnaro6, Prof Marcel van der Heijden7, Dr Elisa Zampieri8, Dr Iakovos S. Pantelides9, Dr Raffaella Balestrini0, Dr Richard C. Hayes1, Dr Jason R. Condon2, Dr Guangdi D. Li3, Prof David D. Myrold4, Dr Muhammad Adnan5, Dr Fazli Wahid6, Dr Shah Fahad7, Dr Muhammad Arif8, Dr Regina O’Kelley9, Professor Sieglinde Snapp0, Professor Michelle M. Wander1 ...

Series Book 109 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Assesses the viability of management strategies implemented to improve soil health, e.g. intercropping and zero tillageProvides a comprehensive coverage of the dimensions of soil healthReviews the role of organic and other amendments in improving soil health ... Read more

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Assesses the viability of management strategies implemented to improve soil health, e.g. intercropping and zero tillageProvides a comprehensive coverage of the dimensions of soil healthReviews the role of organic and other amendments in improving soil health
... Read more
Integrated Pest Management

Current Concepts and Ecological Perspective

Edited by Dharam P. Abrol ...

Integrated Pest Management: Current Concepts and Ecological Perspective presents an overview of alternative measures to traditional pest management practices using biological control and biotechnology. The removal of some highly effective broad-spectrum chemicals, caused by concerns over environmental health and public safety, has resulted in the development of alternative, reduced risk crop ... Read more

$87.99 CAD

Integrated Pest Management: Current Concepts and Ecological Perspective presents an overview of alternative measures to traditional pest management practices using biological control and biotechnology. The removal of some highly effective broad-spectrum chemicals, caused by concerns over environmental health and public safety, has resulted in the development of alternative, reduced risk crop
... Read more

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