"Fundamentals of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine" provides a complete overview of the state of the art in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Tissue engineering has grown tremen
This all-new replacement for Developments in European Politics?brings together?specially commissioned chapters by leading authorities on European politics -- East and West -- to provide a systematic a
From Capitalistic to Humanistic Business is a ground-breaking new book that addresses the challenges to shareholder capitalism. By firstly beginning with a set of contributions that restitutes fair pl
The central focus of this book is the concept of higher education reform in the light of an international and global comparative perspective. After decades of far-reaching reform, higher education aro
The current contribution can be seen as a sequel of the Springer books "Occultations for Probing Atmosphere and Climate", edited by G. Kirchengast, U. Foelsche, and A.K. Steiner, published in 2004, an
This book discusses how teaching and research have been weighted differently in academia in 18 countries and one region, Hong Kong SAR, based on an international comparative study entitled the Changin
Between a tribute to Posner, a pioneer in researching the relationship between the mind and the brain, and his account of how he got where he is, former students, colleagues, and others present 10 pap
The Flora of Tropical East Africa is a descriptive, extensively illustrated account of the flowering plants and ferns native and naturalized in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, together with information o
The current and final volume of this cross-cultural study connects both young people’s lifeperspectives and their religious attitudes and practices. This book gives detailed and new insights in the pu
This ground-breaking and exhaustive analysis of university ranking surveys scrutinizes their theoretical bases, methodological issues, societal impact, and policy implications, providing readers with
The core of Volume 3 consists of lecture notes for seven sets of lectures Hilbert gave (often in collaboration with Bernays) on the foundations of mathematics between 1917 and 1926. These tex
This all-new replacement for Developments in European Politics?brings together?specially commissioned chapters by leading authorities on European politics -- East and West -- to provide a systematic a
This volume reports on a large scale survey of a site in Egypt's eastern desert, one hitherto little explored. Specialist reports cover the geology of the region, the prehistoric finds, the numerous p
Social security systems are experiencing a profound change all over Europe, due to internal as well as to external reasons: changes in society, in the labour markets and globalisation. The normative d
Until recently, the body has been largely ignored in theories and empirical research in psychology, particularly in developmental psychology. Recently however, several conceptions of the relation betw
