A trio of experts on high-tech business strategy and innovation reveal the principles that have made platform businesses the most valuable firms in the world and the first trillion-dollar companies. Managers and entrepreneurs in the digital era must learn to live in two worlds-the conventional economy and the platform economy. Platforms that operate for business purposes usually exist at the level of an industry or ecosystem, bringing together individuals and organizations so they can innovat...

This new edition is revised throughout and includes new and expanded information on natural resource damage assessment, the latest emerging contaminants and issues, and adds new international coverage, including case studies and rules and regulations. The text details key environmental contaminants, explores their fates in the biosphere, and discusses bioaccumulation and the effects of contaminants at increasing levels of ecological organization. Vignettes written by experts illustrate key th...

The Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology: a life course approach is the latest edition of the Dutch Textbook Obstetrie en Gynaecologie, de voortplanting van de mens, which has been the leading handbook in Dutch medical and midwifery schools since 1993. 

In this current edition, for the first time, a life course approach to women’s health is applied to the clinical practice of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Life is considered a continuum ‘from the cradle to the grave’, where...

Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine is the world-leading title in sports and exercise medicine, providing an authoritative foundation for clinicians and students. This complete practical guide to physiotherapy and musculoskeletal medicine covers all aspects of diagnosis and contemporary management of sports-related injuries. The Fifth Edition has been expanded to accommodate a much higher level of evidence-based content. It reflects the huge amount of new research and significant change...

Wat is onderscheidend aan de forensische psychiatrie?

Dit eerste Leerboek forensische psychiatrie is tot stand gekomen vanuit de vraag wat onderscheidend is aan de forensische psychiatrie. Het gaat daarbij in elk geval om een viertal aspecten, die elkaar niet uitsluiten, sterker nog: die elkaar in belangrijke mate kunnen overlappen.

Omdat forensisch psychiaters en andere zorgverleners zich bewegen op de grens van psychiatrie en recht, is kennis van het straf(proces)recht en de (praktische) wi...

Sprookjes, prentenboeken, bijbelverhalen, gedichten, nog steeds zijn ze in staat iets binnenin ons te raken. De gebeurtenissen in die vertellingen associëren we met ervaringen die we zelf op onze levensweg hebben opgedaan.

Als mensen leven we in verhalen. We zijn de hoofdpersoon in het verhaal van ons eigen leven waarin we anderen ontmoeten, die op hun beurt de hoofdpersonen in hún levensverhaal zijn. Deze ‘geleefde verhalen’ met hun hoogte- en dieptepunten, vertellen we aan elkaar en a...

Big History is de eerste Nederlandstalige lesmethode voor het nieuwe schoolvak Big History. Dit vak behandelt 13,8 miljard jaar geschiedenis in één schooljaar: het begint met de oerknal en het eindigt in het hier en nu. Big History is het eerste schoolvak dat de leerlingen leert interdisciplinair te denken en vakken te verbinden die in het traditionele curriculum los van elkaar staan. Het hoofddoel van Big History is een oriëntatie en voorbereiding op de wetenschappen, verhoging van de alg...

Learn how to understand normal body functions before learning about the mechanisms of veterinary disease. Cunningham's Textbook of Veterinary Physiology, 6th Edition approaches this vast subject in a practical, user-friendly way that helps you grasp key concepts and learn how they relate to clinical practice. From cell physiology to body system function to homeostasis and immune function, this comprehensive text provides the solid foundation needed before advancing in the veterinary curriculum.

Expanded resources on the companion Evolve website include state-of-the-art 3D animations, practice tests, a glossary, and Clinical Correlations. Clinical Correlations boxes present case studies that illustrate how to apply physiology principles and concepts to the diagnosis and treatment of veterinary patients. Practice questions at the end of each chapter test your understanding of what you've just read and provide valuable review for exam...

Demonstrates that the search for oral origins in African literature is a quest for African authenticity. In a critique and revision of the conceptual category of orality as it has been understood and used by scholars, this title stresses the transformation of narrative genres as an index of sociopolitical relations and authorial vision.

"This is an extremely well written and carefully argued book that is quite persuasive. It should be essential reading for every scholar in African literature....

Praise for the Second Edition:"The author has done his homework on the statistical tools needed for the particular challenges computer scientists encounter... [He] has taken great care to select examples that are interesting and practical for computer scientists. ...

The content is illustrated with numerous figures, and concludes with appendices and an index. The book is erudite and … could work well as a required text for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course." ---Computing ReviewsP...