Nourish your mind with UNDERSTANDING NORMAL AND CLINICAL NUTRITION, 12th Edition! Start by learning about normal nutrition, including the effects of food and nutrients on your mental and physical health, and then turn your focus to the clinical side of nutrition and the therapeutic care of people with health problems. Packed with practical information and resources, this text is designed to help you understand and apply nutrition concepts to your daily life as well as to clinical settings. Fe...

A new edition of the widely used guide to the key ideas, languages, and technologies of the Semantic Web The development of the Semantic Web, with machine-readable content, has the potential to revolutionize the World Wide Web and its uses. A Semantic Web Primer provides an introduction and guide to this continuously evolving field, describing its key ideas, languages, and technologies. Suitable for use as a textbook or for independent study by professionals, it concentrates on undergraduate-...

Providing the ocular anatomy and physiology content needed for a thorough comprehension of this complex field, Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of the Visual System, 4th Edition, offers a solid foundation for recognizing and understanding specific clinical situations and how they relate to anatomic structure. This concise, well-referenced resource covers the clinical anatomy of the eye, its adnexa and visual pathways, and histologic information-the information you need for success in coursewor...

Storms, floods, fires, tsunamis, earthquakes, tornadoes, and other disasters seem not only more frequent but also closer to home. As the world faces this onslaught, we have placed our faith in sustainable development's which promises that we can survive and even thrive in the face of climate change and other risks. Yet while claiming to go green we have instead created new risks, continued to degrade nature, and failed to halt global warming.

Unnatural Disasters offers a new perspective on ou...

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...

Based on a former popular course of the same title, Concepts of Chemical Engineering for Chemists outlines the basic aspects of chemical engineering for chemistry professionals. It clarifies the terminology used and explains the systems methodology approach to process design and operation for chemists with limited chemical engineering knowledge. The book provides practical insights into all areas of chemical engineering with well explained worked examples and case studies.

The new edition con...

The current, second edition of this book reflects the 15 years of practical experience with the Six Sigma+Lean toolbox. It is a comprehensive collection of all the tools necessary for project work and running workshops when improving processes. All tools have been illustrated in a clear and comprehensible structure with examples and tips for applying the tools included.

The chronology corresponds to the procedure of an improvement project comprising the steps D(efine), M(easure), A(nalyze), I...

• Standaardwerk voor de kennismaking met het logistieke vakgebied;

• toegankelijk en heldere structuur;

• praktijkgerichte benadering.

Werken met logistiek is de afgelopen 30 jaar uitgegroeid tot hét standaardwerk voor het logistieke vakgebied. Het boek besteedt niet alleen aandacht aan de traditionele logistieke trajecten binnen productie en distributie, maar ook aan zaken als inkooplogistiek en retourlogistiek. De theorie wordt toegelicht aan de hand van recente praktijkvoorbeelden u...

Asser 6-I De verbintenis in het algemeen, eerste gedeelte geeft systematisch, weloverwogen en grondig commentaar op het eerste deel van de verbintenis in het algemeen. Aan de orde komen onder meer het begrip verbintenis, de verschillende typen verbintenissen, de bronnen van verbintenissen, pluraliteit van schuldeisers en schuldenaren, nakoming en niet-nakoming van verbintenissen (waaronder begrepen opschortingsrechten en schuldeisersverzuim). Deze onderwerpen zijn geregeld in de afdelingen 1 ...

‘Business model shifts’ zijn veranderingen in je businessmodel naar meer waarde en relevantie voor klanten. Laat je inspireren door bedrijven als Netflix, Amazon en Alibaba en maak je eigen shift!

Amazon ging van het verkopen van boeken over op het leveren van ‘gemak’. Netflix liet zich leiden door het kijkgedrag van haar klanten en stapte over van het verhuren van dvd’s op online streamen en het produceren van originele televisieseries. Alibaba ging van aparte winkels naar een were...