A number of people have given considerable time and effort in support of my research. I would like to express my sincere thanks to Professors Tadeusz Wallas, Roman Bäcker, and José Luis Orella MartÃnez for their unwavering support throughout preparing this book on its every stage, from the very idea through many drafts to the complete manuscript and giving me the benefit of their criti…
This book is about the Models of Engaged Learning and Teaching (or MELT for short), which fluidly connect to 100 years of educational research and 100,000 years of human learning and sophisticated thinking. The MELT are a family of models with an ancestry that shares common features and that necessarily evolve to fit new and emerging contexts. Because of their adaptability and shared features, …
Safe aeroplane operations during all types of weather conditions are of the utmost concern to all air carers, alrport authortles, alr traffic control and users of air transport services. A revlew of the history of aeroplane accidents In the alr transportation Industry revealed that a substantial number are related to winter operations. An examination of these accidents showed a need for formall…
This book introduces the most ancient and commonest mammalian life form, which is nonetheless largely overlooked – the muridoids, i.e., animals with mouse-like body structure. There are approximately two thousand mouse-like species, or about a third of all mammals, belonging to 9 different orders. The author explains the reason for the existence of mouse-like body structure, describes t…
ThepresentvolumeistheresultofaworkshopheldinShanghaion17–18 October 2019, bearing the title, “Emotions between China and Greece,†sponsored by New York University, Fudan University, and New York University—Shanghai, and co-organized by the editor of this volume and Yang Huang, of Fudan University. The workshop was the successor to another, titled “Emotions across…
Throughout my research career, I have witnessed the prosperity of the Danio rerio (zebrafish) in science. My first direct contact with the zebrafish as an experimental model was around 2015 when I was working in an environmental mutagenesis lab and some peers used it for toxicity screening. I have been working with fish since I was an undergraduate biology student, not surprisingly, since fishi…
The differences between “international health†and “global health†are not well defined; many use the terms interchangeably. Both fields seek to address health issues that cross borâ€ders and present hazards to diverse populations across the continents and the world. For some public health workers, international health addresses issues for all other countries exâ…