Author: The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Nan
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: systems, physical, conference, focus, summaries, group, biomedical, interface, keck, academies, futures, initiative, nanostructures, designing, national
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 2005-06-01
List price: $31.00
ISBN-10: 0309096685
ISBN-13: 9780309096683
Last November, the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative held the Designing Nanostructures at the Interface Between Biomedical and Physical Systems conference at which researchers from science, engineering and medicine discussed recent developments in nanotechnology, directions for future research, and possible biomedical applications. The centerpiece of the conference was breakout sessions in which ten focus groups of researchers from different fields spent eight hours developing research plans to solve various problems in the field of nanotechnology. Among the challenges were: building
Author: The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Hea
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: medicine, evolution, bioengineering, task, summaries, group, demography, healthspan, keck, academies, futures, initiative, human, future, national
Number of Pages: 140
Published: 2008-04-24
List price: $34.50
ISBN-10: 0309115590
ISBN-13: 9780309115599
Book DescriptionAn individual’s healthspan can be defined as the length of time an individual is able to maintain good health. In 2007, over one hundred experts and researchers from public and private institutions across the nation convened to find new ways of addressing the human healthspan and the elusive nature of aging. Experts in public health, bioengineering, neuroscience and gerontology discussed how stress and lifestyle influence the decline of health at older ages. Other discussions focused on the integration of technology in the quality of life, gerontology, regenerative medici
Author: Great Britain
Publisher: Stationery Office Books (TSO)
Keywords: programme, academies
Number of Pages: 51
Published: 2007-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0102944423
ISBN-13: 9780102944426
Author: Frances A. Yates
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: century, sixteenth, academies, french
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 1989-02
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 0415002214
ISBN-13: 9780415002219
Shows how Florentine Neo-Platonism with its aim of reconciling not only philosophy and religion but religious factions and religions themselves, was transmitted to France.
Author: Joseph W. Wilson
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: academies, schools, algebra, elementary
Number of Pages: 244
Published: 2008-12-09
List price: $23.99
ISBN-10: 0559787456
ISBN-13: 9780559787454
Author: George Trumbull Ladd
Publisher: Rose Pre
Keywords: science, academies, colleges, mental, textbook, physiological, psychology, outlines
Number of Pages: 520
Published: 2008-06-27
List price: $33.45
ISBN-10: 1409766241
ISBN-13: 9781409766247
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Authors:Nancy Beadie, Kim Tolley,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: academies, united, states, independent, years, schools, hundred, chartered
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2002-04
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 0415931185
ISBN-13: 9780415931182
The authors of this volume look at the academy, America’s prevalent form of higher schooling in the 18th and 19th centuries, highlighting its role in the formation of middle-class social networks and culture during that period.
