Filled with illustrations, practice questions, and case studies, this definitive guide brings you fully up to date on important concepts and issues, including outbreak managementA Doody's Core Title for 2026!Since 1954, students, instructors, and clinicians have hailed Jawetz, Melnick & Adelberg’s Medical Microbiology as the single-best resource for understanding the roles microorganisms play in human health and illness. I...

Understand the clinically important aspects of microbiology with this full-color reviewIncludes more than 20 case studiesThe twenty-seventh edition of Jawetz, Melnick & Adelberg’s Medical Microbiology delivers a concise, up-to-date overview of the roles microorganisms play in human health and illness. Linking fundamental principles with the diagnosis and treatment of microbial infections, this classic text has been updated...

A Dan Josselyn Memorial PublicationDiscover the stories, structures, and spirit that shaped life along America’s greatest river.Specialists from archaeology, ethnohistory, physical anthropology, and cultural anthropology bring their varied points of view to this subject in an attempt to answer basic questions about the nature and extent of social change within the time period. The scholars' overriding concerns include presentation ...

Encouraging students to engage in the challenges and complexity of sustainability, this text considers not only the theories underlying sustainability, but more importantly how theories are translated into practice and the difficulties of achieving this in the world in which we live. This pragmatic focus gives students a greater understanding of the practice of sustainability and highlights the challenges involved. Models and theories are illustrated throughout with real world examples to ...

This book makes indicators more accessible, in terms of what they are, who created them and how they are used. It examines the subjectivity and human frailty behind these quintessentially ‘hard’ and technical measures of the world.To achieve this goal, The Rise and Rise of Indicators presents the world in terms of a selected set of indicators. The emphasis is upon the origins of the indicators and the motivation behind their creation and evolution. The ideas and assumption...

This book explores how social groups in the urban fringe of Abuja, Nigeria, engaged with a series of development projects spanning 15 years (2003 to 2018) which focused on the enhancement of food security for farming households. The groups were at the heart of these development projects and the book presents the many insights that were gained by farmers and project agents working within these partnerships and provides advice for those seeking to do the same. The book also explores how the ...

We all view the ubiquitous term ‘sustainability’ as a worthwhile goal. But how can we apply the principles of sustainability in the real world, at the sharp end of communities in developing nations where income insecurity is the troubled norm? This volume provides some practical answers, explaining the precepts of the ‘sustainable livelihood approach’ (SLA) through the case study of a microfinance scheme in Africa.The case study, centered around the work of the Catholic Church’s Di...

Stakeholder or public participation has become something of a modern mantra employed in all sorts of contexts to give people a voice. There are many variants on this 'participation' but traditionally they all share a desire to maximise involvement and provide desired 'outputs' of a required quality as quickly and as cheaply as possible. Difference tends to be reduced and compromise encouraged as the outputs or even just the appearance of participation are emphasised.This book explo...

THE The Story of Portugal possesses a peculiar interest from the fact that it is to its history alone that the country owes its existence as a separate nation Geographically, the little kingdom is an integral portion of the Iberian peninsula, with no natural boundaries to distinguish it from that larger portion of the peninsula called Spain; its inhabitants spring from the same stock as the Spaniards, and their language differs but slightly from the Spanish. Its early history is merged in ...

This book attempts to give a short chronological history of Portugal. "The Story of Portugal possesses a peculiar interest from the fact that it is to its history alone that the country owes its existence as a separate nation Geographically, the little kingdom is an integral portion of the Iberian peninsula, with no natural boundaries to distinguish it from that larger portion of the peninsula called Spain; its inhabitants spring from the same stock as the Spaniards, and their language dif...

"Rulers of India: Albuquerque" by H. Morse Stephens is a detailed exploration of the life and legacy of Afonso de Albuquerque, a key figure in the establishment of Portuguese power in India during the early 16th century. The book delves into Albuquerque's military strategies, administrative reforms, and his vision for a Portuguese empire in the East. Through meticulous research, Stephens paints a vivid picture of the political landscape of the time, highlighting Albuquerque's role in shapi...

H. Morse Stephens' A History of the French Revolution is an expansive work; the first volume contains 16 chapters and nearly 200,000 words. Volume 1 covers the period from 1789 to 1791. Heraklion Press has included a linked table of contents.