Academic Articles & Research Papers

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND BUSINESS HISTORY

Six articles in this issue are papers read at the common-topics session of the ninth annual meeting of the Business History Society of Japan, held at Kobe University of Commerce on November 10 and 11, 1973.In the opening address, Kurita poi...

Human Resource Management Strategies in Achieving Competitive Advantage in Business Administration

Human Resource Management (HRM) is a very important aspect in the modern business world. Companies that manage their people effectively tend to have a greater competitive advantage over their competitors. This is due to the fact that HR is ...

Gerontology

Gerontology is the study of aging and old age. This remit is extremely broad, encompassing a large range of topics, disciplines, and methods, and requires a good understanding of the biological, clinical, economic, psychological, and social...

Feminist Gerontology and Old Men

This article outlines feminist gerontology and shows how its focus on power relations lends insight into the lives of those people disadvantaged by them as well as the people privileged by social inequalities. To illustrate the latter, I di...

Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology

Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology

This volume is a collection of reports dealing with geriatrics and gerontology. The first section provides an introduction to the common medical and non-medical problems of aging. The second section concentrates on one of the most devastati...

Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology.

Part 1 Human ageing. Part 2 Clinical medicine and old age: cardiovascular system central nervous system gastrointestinal system the endocrine system the respiratory system musculoskeletal system blood other clinical topics. Part 3 Medical a...

Gerontology - anthropology in gerontological research

Topics on gerontology are grossly under-represented in the German anthropological field of research. Nevertheless, new establishments of distinct research centres in the gerontological area indicate a trend towards innovative and interdisci...

An Introduction to Gerontology

With the world's population getting increasingly older, there has never been a more pressing need for the study of old age and ageing. An Introduction to Gerontology provides a wide-ranging introduction to this important topic. By assuming ...

Materials Science Foundations

Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering (FoMSE) is the successor journal of the former Materials Science Foundations (monograph series) Materials Science Foundations (monograph series) is the periodical edition which consists of se...

The Coming of Materials Science

The Coming of Materials Science , Robert W. Cahn Pergamon, New York, 2001. $64.00 (568 pp.). isbn 0-08-042679-4 If one takes the broadest view, a significant fraction of modern-day physicists are materials scientists. Similarly, many chemis...

First principles phonon calculations in materials science

Phonon plays essential roles in dynamical behaviors and thermal properties, which are central topics in fundamental issues of materials science. The importance of first principles phonon calculations cannot be overly emphasized. Phonopy is ...

Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Materials Science

This text presents a concise and thorough introduction to the main concepts and practical applications of thermodynamics and kinetics in materials science. It is designed with two types of uses in mind: firstly for one or two semester unive...

Dekker encyclopedia of nanoscience and nanotechnology

PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION The science of the ultra small nanoscience has dramatically exploded during the last few years, and the technologies operating with ultra small things the nanotechnologies acquired quickly a firm position in today ...

Tailoring the LiNbO3 coating of Ni-rich cathode materials for stable and high-performance all-solid-state batteries

The research and development of advanced nanocoatings for high-capacity cathode materials is currently a hot topic in the field of solid-state batteries (SSBs). Protective surface coatings prevent direct contact between the cathode material...

Nanotechnology-Based Cosmeceuticals

Cosmeceuticals are the fastest growing segment of the personal care industry, and a number of topical cosmeceutical treatments for conditions such as photoaging, hyperpigmentation, wrinkles, and hair damage have come into widespread use. In...

Archéologie(s) du Paysage et Paysage Archéologique dans la région du Danube inférieur. Histoire d'un projet, méthodologie, et sélection de quelques résultats

Landscape Archaeology(ies) and Archaelogical Landscape in the Danubes inferior region. A project history, methodology and a selection of some results. Archaeological practising has changed a lot with the new technologies and new intellec...

Adult Education and Globally Engaged Trainers: The Case of Vocational Training Institutes

Globalization provides access to people, services, goods, ideas, beliefs and values in a new way and poses fundamental challenges for all areas of education in every country. Education on global issues is a process of individual and collect...

Agricultural Transformations and Their Influential Factors Revealed by Archaeobotanical Evidence in Holocene Jiangsu Province, Eastern China

The development and adoption of agriculture has been investigated for decades, and remains a central topic within archaeology. However, most previous studies focus on the crop’s domestication centers, leading to gaps in knowledge, particula...

Cross-Cultural Narration in the Nineteenth Century: Jewish Folk Narratives Transcribed by a Polish Author<br>Medkulturna pripoved v 19. stoletju: Judovske ljudske zgodbe, ki jih je zapisal poljski avtor</br>

The authoress discusses “The Miracle in the Cemetery” (“Cud na kirkucie”) by the Polish author Klemens Junosza and uses it to examine an important topic related to folk literature and the circumstances of its narration. Considered are the b...