Step into the epic military history of enslaved warriors who rose to conquer and rule a sweeping medieval Islamic empire. Perfect for an engrossing commute or a focused afternoon of armchair exploration, this dramatic narrative captures the brutal clash between fierce Crusaders, invading Mongols, and the unstoppable military caste that outlasted them all.Immerse yourself in a gripping saga of palace coups, brilliant statecraft, and shifting global power dynamics. As you listen, you...

Conquer research design and beat geography thesis stress with this step-by-step educational survival guide. Turn broad spatial curiosity into focused questions that drive real-world impact. Stop feeling overwhelmed and execute a confident strategy from literature review to the final write-up.Perfect for deep focus study sessions or your campus commute, this reassuring audio walkthrough acts as a personal mentor. It replaces deadline anxiety with structured progress, helping you nav...

Dive into a gripping historical mystery centered on a fierce archaeological debate: genuine Viking relic or clever hoax? When a carved stone surfaced in 1898 Minnesota, it ignited a century-long war between devoted amateurs and rigorous scholars. Perfect for an inquisitive daily commute, this captivating narrative tracks the treacherous linguistic and scientific battlegrounds surrounding an alleged 14th-century Norse inscription.Delve into a suspenseful and thought-provoking invest...

Medical technology broadly defined to include all aspects of the process of treating disease (e.g., pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and surgical procedures) is profoundly important for individual health and, consequently, also for general welfare. Advances in medical technology convey the prospect of both improved population health and increased general welfare. However, because of the extensive regulation of the markets for healthcare goods and services, the development and application ...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Government, EGOV 2017, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, in September 2017, in conjunction with the 9th International Conference on eParticipation, ePart 2017.The 34 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 74 submissions. The papers are clustered under the following topical sections: Smart Governance, Government and Cities; Service delivery; Organizatio...

A snapshot of ecocriticism in action, Coming into Contact collects sixteen previously unpublished essays that explore some of the most promising new directions in the study of literature and the environment. They look to previously unexamined or underexamined aspects of literature's relationship to the environment, including swamps, internment camps, Asian American environments, the urbanized Northeast, and lynching sites. The authors relate environmental discourse to practice, in...

Stop letting chronic snoring destroy your sleep quality and strain your most important relationships. Far from a harmless nighttime habit, those noisy disruptions are your body's urgent signal that airway mechanics and oxygen levels need immediate attention. If daytime fatigue and brain fog haunt your mornings, understanding the science of nighttime breathing is your first step toward true vitality.Whether you are the exhausted partner pushed into a separate bedroom or the frustrat...

Human capital is embodied in human beings. It embraces the individual’s capacity to perform and enjoy activities that provide money and/or psychic income. Health behaviour affects human capital and is itself affected by the individual’s human capital. This volume consists of original theoretical and empirical contributions to our knowledge of the interdependence between Human Capital and Health Behaviour.

This practical text offers the ideal introduction to the economic techniques used in public health.

The problems of medical care confront us daily: a bureaucracy that makes a trip to the doctor worse than a trip to the dentist, doctors who can't practice medicine the way they choose, more than 40 million people without health insurance. "Medical care is in crisis," we are repeatedly told, and so it is. Barely one in five Americans thinks the medical system works well. Enter David M. Cutler, a Harvard economist who served on President Clinton's health care task force and later advised pre...

What new theories, evidence, and policies have shaped health economics in the 21st century? Editors Mark Pauly, Thomas McGuire, and Pedro Pita Barros assemble the expertise of leading authorities in this survey of substantive issues. In 16 chapters they cover recent developments in health economics, from medical spending growth to the demand for health care, the markets for pharmaceutical products, the medical workforce, and equity in health and health care. Its global perspective, includi...

The Oxford Handbook of Health Economics provides an accessible and authoritative guide to health economics, intended for scholars and students in the field, as well as those in adjacent disciplines including health policy and clinical medicine. The chapters stress the direct impact of health economics reasoning on policy and practice, offering readers an introduction to the potential reach of the discipline. Contributions come from internationally-recognized leaders in health econ...