Subject(s): Video games | Video games -- Social aspects Summary: "Video gaming is economically, educationally, culturally, socially and theoretically important, and has, in a relatively short period of time, firmly cemented its place within contemporary life. It is fair to say, however, that the majority of research to date has focused most

Subject(s): Biomedical materials Summary: "The second edition of this popular text includes seven new chapters that provide a comprehensive and up-to-date educational framework for biomaterials education. A new chapter on the biology of wound healing sets the stage for the basic requirements of standardized biomaterials testing and explains

Subject(s): Architecture, Tropical | Architect-designed houses -- Tropics | Interior architecture -- Tropics Summary: Tropical Experience introduces a series of design stories with provocative story lines around some of de Reus Architects' most prominent projects. Each of the stories reveals the search that is inherent in the architectural

Subject(s): Performance technology | Performance | Personnel management Summary: "Fundamentals of Performance Improvement is a practical how-to guide designed to help practitioners and students understand the science of performance technology and successfully implement organizational change. Using the Human Performance Technology (HTP) mode

Subject(s): Corporate governance | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 Summary: "Over the last two decades there has been a notable increase in the number of corporate governance codes and principles, as well as a range of improvements in structures and mechanisms. Despite this, corporate governance failed to prevent a widespread default of

Subject(s): Marsh Arabs -- Social life and customs | Marshes -- Iraq Summary: "The people of the Iraqi Marshlands are heirs to a culture that can be traced back thousands of years, and prior to the 1970s (i.e. before they were systematically desiccated by Saddam Hussein), these marshes comprised the largest wetland ecosystem in the Middle E

Subject(s): Culture -- Philosophy | Culture -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain | Culture -- Study and teaching | Popular culture -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain | Popular culture -- Study and teaching Summary: "Doing Cultural Theory is a textbook and a toolkit that teaches the basics of cultural theory, unpacks its complexities w

Subject(s): Economic forecasting -- United States | Economic indicators -- United States | Business cycles -- United States | United States -- Economic conditions Abstract: "Executives and managers hear or read headlines about recent economic data nearly every business day. Most important economic statistics are the products of programs des

Subject(s): Sustainable buildings | Sustainable construction Summary: "Three broad sectors of the economy are generally recognised as key to a low carbon future: energy, construction and transportation. Of these, carbon management in the built environment remains the least well-studied.This much-needed book brings together the latest develo

Subject(s): Business logistics | Just-in-time systems | Physical distribution of goods -- Management | Industrial procurement | Business -- Decision-making | Industrial efficiency Summary: Supply chain planning is concerned with making decisions about how many goods to procure, make, and deliver before knowing exactly what the demand for produc