Author: Lori Johnson
Publisher: Raintree
Keywords: sci, specialization, function, cell
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2008-12-15
List price: $32.00
ISBN-10: 1410932389
ISBN-13: 9781410932389

How many cells are in the human body? How does a flagellum help a cell move? How does a cell get energy to function? The visually stimulating ’Sci-Hi’ books take learning science core curriculum to a whole new exciting level. Each title explores an area of

Author: Robert Efron
Publisher: Psychology Press
Keywords: communication, lea, specialization, hemispheric, decline
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1990-06-01
List price: $36.00
ISBN-10: 0805807160
ISBN-13: 9780805807165

Providing a personal overview of hemispheric differences in human cognitive activity, Professor Efron is selective in his presentation of significant issues. To ensure a balanced overview, references are made to many books, review articles, and research reports that present opposing positions. Although additional material has been included in this book, the informal style of the oral presentation has not been altered. This volume may be perceived as a report of one man’s opinion; however, the conclusions may reflect the views of a "silent majority" of cognitive neuroscientists.

Authors:David Dollar, Edward N. Wolff,
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: specialization, international, convergence, competitiveness
Number of Pages: 238
Published: 1993-03-04
List price: $48.00
ISBN-10: 0262041359
ISBN-13: 9780262041355

David Dollar and Edward Wolff look at claims that a deindustrialized United States is on the road to secondrate status in the global marketplace and find them to be both unfounded and simplistic. Their systematic and empirical investigation of the mechanisms through which countries like Japan and Germany have caught up with the United States in terms of productivity and standard of living will inform public debate about which government policies are likely to improve a nation’s competiti

Author: H. Forstner
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: trade, specialization, manufactures, study, empirical, global, economy, competing
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 1990-10-15
List price: $220.00
ISBN-10: 0044456190
ISBN-13: 9780044456193

The growth of world trade has been accompanied by a rapid increase in the number of products, suppliers, and buyers involved in international markets. A trading system increasingly composed of multiple buyers and sellers has compelled theoreticians to utilize more elaborate models and empiricists more econometric tools in their methods of representing the international economy, resulting in a void between theoretical and empirical analysis. This book fuses the compilation and analysis of quantitative material to particular elements of economic theory.

Author: Kelley Tilmo
Publisher: University of California Pre
Keywords: herbivorous, insects, biology, evolutionary, speciation, radiation, specialization
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2008-01-03
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0520251326
ISBN-13: 9780520251328

The intimate associations between plants and the insects that eat them have helped define and shape both groups for millions of years. This pioneering volume is a comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of the evolutionary biology of herbivorous insects, including their relationships with host plants and natural enemies. Chapters focus on the dynamic relationships between insects and plants from the standpoint of evolutionary change at different levels of biological organization--individuals, populations, species, and clades. Written by prominent evolutionary biologists, entomologists, and ecologi

Authors:Nickolas M. Waser, Jeff Ollerton,
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: generalization, specialization, interactions, pollinator, plant
Number of Pages: 488
Published: 2006-01-15
List price: $48.00
ISBN-10: 0226874001
ISBN-13: 9780226874005

Just as flowering plants depend on their pollinators, many birds, insects, and bats rely on plants for energy and nutrients. This plant-pollinator relationship is essential to the survival of natural and agricultural ecosystems. Plant-Pollinator Interactions portrays the intimate relationships of pollination over time and space and reveals patterns of interactions from individual to community levels, showing how these patterns change at different spatial and temporal scales. Nickolas M. Waser and Jeff Ollerton bring together experts from around the world to offer a comprehensive analysis of po

Authors:Elizabeth M. Brumfiel, Timothy K. Earle,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: directions, archaeology, new, societies, exchange, complex, specialization
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1987-02-27
List price: $78.99
ISBN-10: 0521321182
ISBN-13: 9780521321181

This book, the first comparative study of specialised production in prehistoric societies, examines both adaptionist and political approaches to specialisation and exchange using a worldwide perspective. What forms of specialisation and exchange promote social stratification, political integration and institutional specialisation? Can increases in specialisation always be linked to improved subsistence strategies or are they more closely related to the efforts of political elites to strengthen coalitions and establish new institutions of control? Are valuables as important as subsistence goods