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Plants and Vegetation
Plants make up 99.9 percent of the world's living matter, provide food and shelter, and control the Earth's climate. The study of plant ecology is therefore essential to understanding the biological functions and processes of the biosphere. This vibrant introductory textbook integrates important classical themes with recent ideas, models and data. The book begins with the origin of plants and their role in creating the biosphere as the context for discussing plant functional types and evolutionary patterns. The coverage continues logically through the exploration of causation with chapters, amongst others, on resources, stress, competition, predation, and mutualism. The book concludes with a chapter on conservation, addressing the concern that as many as one-third of all plant species are at risk of extinction. Each chapter is enriched with striking and unusual examples of plants (e.g., stone plants, carnivorous plants) and plant habitats (e.g., isolated tropical tepui, arctic cliffs). Paul Keddy writes in a lively and thought-provoking style which will appeal to students at all levels.
Imagined Identities
How are identities being forged during the age of globalization? This collection of essays, by scholars from various disciplines and regions of the world, discusses both the construction and deconstruction of identity in its engagement with culture, ethnicity, and nationhood. The authors explore the tension resulting from the desire to create a new cultural space for identities that are at once national, regional, linguistic, and religious. Among the wide-ranging approaches, Tanja Stampfl looks at the elusiveness of cultural identity in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner; Dawn Morais investigates issues of ethnicity and nationality in Malaysia’s tourism advertising; and Cathy Waegner explores ethnic identities as globalized market commodities. Throughout the volume, identity is approached from a variety of sites—fiction, news analysis, film, theme parks, and field work—to contribute new insight and perspective to the well-worn debate over what identity signifies in societies where the existence of minorities, both indigenous and immigrant, challenges the dominant group.
Political Reforms in Turkey
Introduction 3 Legislative reform 3 The amendment of the Constitution 4 The new Civil Code 4 The First Harmonization Package 4 The Second Harmonization Package 5 The Third Harmonization Package 7 The Fourth Harmonization Package 10 The Fifth Harmonization Package 13 The Sixth Harmonization Package 13 The Seventh Harmonization Package 15 Since the harmonization packages 18 Mechanism for monitoring implementation 18 Enactment of secondary legislation 18 Administrative work undertaken 19 Follow-up of further developments in practice 20 Ratification of International Conventions 21 Legislation enacted since the entry into force of the harmonization packages 21 Conclusion 22.
Applied Logistic Regression, Second Edition: Book and Solutions Manual Set
From the reviews of the First Edition. "An interesting, useful, and well-written book on logistic regression models. . . Hosmer and Lemeshow have used very little mathematics, have presented difficult concepts heuristically and through illustrative examples, and have included references.
Surgery of the Prostate
Prostate disease accounts for over 70% of the average urologist's referrals. Surgery is a common treatment option, particularly for prostate cancer, and great skill and expertise is required to ensure complete removal of tumorous tissue without damage to the healthy surrounding organs. This book covers the very latest techniques, such as vaporization of the prostate. It will give readers all the know-how they need to treat both malignant and non-malignant prostate disease surgically.
State and Peasant in the Ottoman Empire
State and Peasant in the Ottoman Empire studies the dynamics of Ottoman peasant economy in the sixteenth century. First, it shows that contrary to the conventional wisdom about the 'stationariness'of the Asian agrarian economies, Ottoman peasant economy witnessed substantial growth in response to population increase, urban commercial expansion and to increased taxation demands. Second, the book argues that economic development did not take place independently of political structures, of the state. This meant that in the light of the fiscal and legitimation concerns of the Ottoman state and contrary to the assumptions of the models of economic development, changes in population and in commercial demand did not result in the disruption of the integrity of the small peasant holding as the primary unit of production. The book develops these arguments in the context of a detailed empirical study of the economic trends, of the state rules or institutions that embodied the relations of revenue extraction, and of exchange in Ottoman Anatolia.
Bacterial Diseases of Fish
Bacterial diseases are among the most important causes of losses among fish stocks. A full understanding of the aetiological agent, the pathogenesis, biochemistry, antigenicity, epizootiology and the inter-relationship of stress-related and environmental factors is essential for successful management and control. This book, which has been written as a standard text for students of aquaculture, veterinarians and microbiologists, brings these aspects together and reflects current international practices and incidence.
Ottoman Empire Unveiled (Yeditepe Yayınevi)
The Ottoman Empire, together with the Roman Empire and the British Empire, is one of the greatest three world empires. Through its reign of more than 600 years in the most important regions of the world like the Balkan, Middle East and the Caucasus the Ottoman Empire was one of major actors taking part in the formation of the present world. The Ottoman sovereignty lasting for centuries left behind deep traces, which impact is felt even in the present-day world policy. The political and religious policies of the Ottoman Empire played a great role in the formation of the present modern world. The Ottoman Empire with its history lasting for more than 600 years was the last world order, which could not be replaced by a new one up to date.
