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  • Theory of Silk Weaving

    A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Weaves, and the Decomposition and Calculation of Broad and Narrow, Plain, Novelty and Jacquard Silk Fabrics

    by Wolfensberger ...
    Theory of Silk Weaving: A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Weaves, and the Decomposition and Calculation of Broad and Narrow, Plain, Novelty and Jacquard Silk Fabrics is a comprehensive and authoritative guide that delves deeply into the intricate art and science of silk weaving. This seminal work offers a thorough exploration of the principles and techniques that underpin the ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Macular Edema

    Conference Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Macular Edema, Lausanne, 23–25 April 1998

    Edited by Thomas J. Wolfensberger ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This timely publication fills a large gap in the ophthalmic literature which has so far lacked a monograph on the clinically very important subject of macular edema. The book presents the most up-to-date scientific concepts concerning the etiology and pathogenesis of blood retinal barrier breakdown such as tight junction associated protein dysfunction, and changes in fluid transport properties of ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Talent Development in European Higher Education

    Honors programs in the Benelux, Nordic and German-speaking countries

    by Dr. Marca V.C. Wolfensberger ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book examines the much-debated question of how to unleash the potential of young people with promising intellectual abilities and motivation. It looks at the increasingly important topic of excellence in education, and the shift in focus towards the provision of programs to support talented students in higher education. It provides a systematic overview of programs for talented students at ... Read more

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  • Changing Cultures in Congress

    From Fair Play to Power Plays

    by Professor Donald R. Wolfensberger ...
    Series series Woodrow Wilson Center Series
    The United States Congress has been described as dysfunctional, gridlocked, polarized, hyperpartisan, chaotic, and do-nothing. In Changing Cultures in Congress, congressional scholar Donald R. Wolfensberger explains the institutional dynamics behind Congress’s devolution from a respected legislative institution to a body plagued by a win-at-any-cost mentality and a culture of perpetual campaigning ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Changing Cultures in Congress

    From Fair Play to Power Plays

    by Professor Donald R. Wolfensberger ...
    Series series Woodrow Wilson Center Series
    The United States Congress has been described as dysfunctional, gridlocked, polarized, hyperpartisan, chaotic, and do-nothing. In Changing Cultures in Congress, congressional scholar Donald R. Wolfensberger explains the institutional dynamics behind Congress’s devolution from a respected legislative institution to a body plagued by a win-at-any-cost mentality and a culture of perpetual campaigning ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Distrust, Fear, and Science-Denial in Medicine and Healthcare

    by Markus Wolfensberger, Anthony Wrigley ...
    Over recent decades, the decline of trust, mounting of fears, and increasing denial of science appear as a marked shift of societal attitudes towards many institutions and professionals. This book analyses these developments and looks at their role in medicine and healthcare, both in terms of the patient-physician relationship and for delivering high-quality healthcare, in order to establish why ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Trust in Medicine

    Its Nature, Justification, Significance, and Decline

    by Markus Wolfensberger, Anthony Wrigley ...
    Series series Cambridge Bioethics and Law
    Over the past decades, public trust in medical professionals has steadily declined. This decline of trust and its replacement by ever tighter regulations is increasingly frustrating physicians. However, most discussions of trust are either abstract philosophical discussions or social science investigations not easily accessible to clinicians. The authors, one a surgeon-turned-philosopher, the ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

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    Learning from current experiences in European urban regions

    Edited by Willem Salet, Enrico Gualini ...
    Presenting the findings of extensive research into the development of planning tools and strategies since the early 1970s, this book addresses key issues in urban development/governance and brings together a range of different national experiences.Helpfully divided into three sections, Framing Strategic Urban Projects sets out the study framework, with its social, policy and institutional contexts ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • The Architect as Worker

    Immaterial Labor, the Creative Class, and the Politics of Design

    Edited by Professor Peggy Deamer ...
    Directly confronting the nature of contemporary architectural work, this book is the first to address a void at the heart of architectural discourse and thinking. For too long, architects have avoided questioning how the central aspects of architectural “practice” (professionalism, profit, technology, design, craft, and building) combine to characterize the work performed in the architectural ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • The Sharing Economy in Europe

    Developments, Practices, and Contradictions

    Edited by Vida Česnuitytė, Andrzej Klimczuk, Cristina Miguel, Gabriela Avram ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This open access book considers the development of the sharing and collaborative economy with a European focus, mapping across economic sectors, and country-specific case studies. It looks at the roles the sharing economy plays in sharing and redistribution of goods and services across the population in order to maximise their functionality, monetary exchange, and other aspects important to ... Read more

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  • Rethinking the Law School

    Education, Research, Outreach and Governance

    by Carel Stolker ...
    Law, by its very nature, tends to think locally, not globally. This book has a broader scope in terms of the range of nations and offers a succinct journey through law schools on different continents and subject matters. It covers education, research, impact and societal outreach, and governance. It illustrates that law schools throughout the world have much in common in terms of values, duties, ... Read more

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  • Use Matters

    An Alternative History of Architecture

    Edited by Kenny Cupers ...
    From participatory architecture to interaction design, the question of how design accommodates use is driving inquiry in many creative fields. Expanding utility to embrace people’s everyday experience brings new promises for the social role of design. But this is nothing new. As the essays assembled in this collection show, interest in the elusive realm of the user was an essential part of ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD