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Many parents are quite willing to follow official recommendations for child immunization, while others avoid every vaccination for their children. This guide helps parents reach informed decision based on clear information. It explains the levels of danger of various diseases, which may related to a... More

Globalization creates more flexible labor markets; this produces economic uncertainty among individuals who suffer delays in gaining employment which creates delays in first marriage, birth of first children, and so forth.An impressive array of contributors examine how people in modern societies dea... More

This book comprehensively encapsulates for the first time the fundamentals of modeling Logistic Operating Curves for production and storage processes including how they can be derived and calculated based on standard operating data. In doing so, the authors clearly demonstrate the mutual dependencie... More

Considerable controversy exists among demographers, economists, and sociologists over the causes of fertility change in developing and developed countries. The neoclassical economic approach to fertility is embraced by its supporters because it facilitates the application of sophisticated consumer a... More

What was witchcraft? Were witches real? How should witches be identified? How should they be judged? Towards the end of the middle ages these were new questions, without answers hallowed by time and authority. Between 1430 and 1500, a number of learned "witch-theorists" attempted to provide the answ... More

This text examines the technology behind the plethora of modern industrial and domestic technologies which incorporate micro-optics eg. CDs, cameras, automated manufacturing systems, mobile communications etc. It includes a simple but comprehensive introduction to micro-optical developments design, ... More