https://novapublishers.com Publisher of Books and Journals in Medicine and Health, Science and Technology and Social Sciences Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:12:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://novapublishers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-nova-favicon-32x32.jpg https://novapublishers.com 32 32 https://novapublishers.com/shop/progress-in-economics-research-volume-47/ Wed, 27 Apr 2022 12:00:07 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=104494 Albert Tavidze (Editor) Series: Progress in Economics Research BISAC: BUS069000 DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/GGPS1250 This edited volume comprises six chapters, each detailing a recent advancement in economics research. Chapter One addresses the idiosyncratic labor markets of Spain and Andalusia. Chapter Two deals with the development and qualitative renewal of Kazakhstan’s human capital in the context of innovative development. Chapter Three analyzes big companies and the relationship between capital and labor in contemporary society, supporting the research agenda of economic sociology and political economy. Chapter Four clarifies the concepts of green finance and identifies trends, challenges, and opportunities for the financial sector’s role in the fight against climate change. Chapter Five sets out to determine whether livestock productivity can increase through bioeconomic management. Finally, Chapter Six studies the economy of crypto assets, comparing it to well-established financial markets and contemplating whether cryptocurrency network structure evolves and the importance of vertices changes.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/caring-for-the-newborn-a-comprehensive-guide-for-the-clinician-second-edition/ Tue, 01 Mar 2022 14:18:32 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=98041 Series: Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Health BISAC: MED070000 This book summarizes the state of cognoscibility regarding normal newborn care that has been accumulated over the past centuries, especially the 20th and now 21st century. The preface/introduction details historical concepts that have followed newborns over the millennia of Homo sapiens sapiens’ existence, such as infanticide, breast feeding, swaddling, neonatal resuscitation, and principles of caring for newborns. The mortality rate of newborns has been reduced in many parts of the world in the past two centuries, and we have learned much about how to keep increasing numbers of newborns alive and healthy. This is especially seen when healthcare providers and society collaborate in this important endeavor that includes emphasizing known preventive principles. Current modern pediatric and perinatal treatments allow newborns in the current 21st century America to have a start on an overall life expectancy of 78.5 years (up to 76 years in males and 80.9 years in females) if they receive meticulous medical care, and even if they are born into a penurious state. Such deserved care and inevitable medical discoveries will only lengthen these life trajectories. This second edition updates principles of caring for the newborn that were identified in the first edition. It considers the newborn examination, newborn screening, safe-sleep concepts, mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact, effects of prenatal drug use, mental health issues in the newborn, maternal mood disorders, infant feeding, circumcision, anticipatory guidance, and concepts of surgery in the newborn. Also considered are selective disorders found in some newborns that includes newborn neurology, cardiology, pulmonology, nephrology, gastroenterology, endocrinology and dermatology.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/emergent-literacy-spectrum-of-bilingual-children-in-india/ Thu, 10 Feb 2022 14:22:25 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=87299 Series: Languages and Linguistics BISAC: LAN010000 DOI: 10.52305/EXFV4454 "Quality of Education" is the buzz word that one keeps hearing across the globe. One can never undermine the fact that the quality of education can be enhanced only when we gain knowledge of the underlying skills that help children to be literate. Even today, education of children has been viewed within the framework of the school curriculum which is neither true nor fair. Pratham, a non-governmental organization has proved beyond doubt that children begin to learn literacy skills much before formal schooling. Pratham's preschool package for 3 to 5 year- old is based on themes from the child's immediate environment. The program also has the end goal of preparing children with enough school readiness skills so that the transition to schools will be a smooth and easy experience. In my opinion, the Monograph on Emergent Literacy Spectrum of Bilingual Children in India is the right piece of work at the most appropriate time. The Monograph opens up a vista of thoughts, research questions, ideas, and activities for educational practice in both monolingual and bilingual contexts. Since bilingual children are facilitated in their cognitive development, the thrust given by the author to the spectrum of skills should be taken into cognizance by the educational authorities, teachers, professionals, and parents. I wish there would be more books in the future to gear up our focus on Quality of Education, RPwD Act, and NEP, 2020. -  Padmini, T. PhD, (Former) Emeritus Professor of Education, Department of Studies in Education, University of Mysore, Mysore, India

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Literacy is an individual’s ability to read and write. The complexities of skills required to be literate raise an intriguing question: “how does one become literate?” Literacy skills emerge during early childhood (known as emergent literacy) and lead a child towards the path of reading. Many precursors such as oral language skills, phonological awareness skills, and written language (print) awareness skills facilitate the development of emergent literacy. The subcomponents within each of these precursors have a very intricate relationship with one another. The attempts made over the last few decades to understand the components of literacy, the stages of literacy acquisition in children, and literacy failure in school children are evident in research reports, but the focus appears to be skewed towards monolingual children. As a result, a void exists when one encounters a bilingual child for assessment. However, studies from linguistically diverse countries in recent years highlight the differences in early literacy behaviors of monolingual children and bilingual children. As a consequence, the knowledge gap is slowly narrowing to recognize the emergent literacy spectrum in bilingual children who are known to have cognitive advantages. Since cognition, language, and literacy fall on a continuum, there are bound to be advantages for bilingual/multilingual children in the development of early literacy behaviors. The available information supports the idea of cognitive benefits derived through exposure to languages, emphasizing that communication is more important than the specific linguistic units used by the teachers. Emergent Literacy Spectrum of Bilingual Children in India describes the concepts, components, and dimensions of literacy and emergent literacy; bilingualism; language and script–diaspora in the Indian context; the continuum of language and literacy; language policy for education in India; challenges for identification, assessment, and promotion of emergent literacy skills in India; and typical examples in Indian languages with research evidence for understanding the spectrum of emergent literacy in bilingual children. A theoretical rationale is given for each of the concepts followed by simple descriptions, examples, and illustrations. The book provides crucial knowledge and useful tips for professionals, teachers, and informed parents in their teaching-learning activities with children. Researchers may explore the ideas discussed in the monograph by pursuing studies to augment our knowledge of the acquisition of literacy in bilingual children. The author’s many years of experience as a speech-language pathologist in the Indian subcontinent suggests that there is scanty information on emergent literacy in Indian bilingual children. Several interactions held with professionals and preschool teachers during workshops and seminars have indicated that there is a great need to enhance the knowledge base on emergent/early literacy, its development, and the likelihood of failures in literacy acquisition in children. The publication is useful to all professionals working with young children, educational administrators as well as policymakers.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/essential-sleep-medicine-and-surgery/ Sun, 16 Jan 2022 16:59:31 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=106551 Maria V. Suurna, MD, FACS (Editor); Stacey L. Ishman, MD (Editor); Josephine H. Nguyen, MD (Assistant Editor) Series: KJ Lee Essential Medicine Series BISAC: HEA043000 DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/YFBM3093 This textbook presents a succinct yet comprehensive overview of the current essential topics in sleep medicine. Each chapter, written by experts in the many fields that make up sleep medicine, provides a unique, multidisciplinary perspective on the diagnosis and management of sleep disorders. Information is presented in outline format to optimize the learning experience with multiple choice questions to consolidate learning and practice guidelines to further one’s grasp of the topics while presenting the opportunity for efficient reference. Finally, this textbook’s outline format, clear and concise language, and rich set of practice guidelines make it a trusted resource for non-medical professionals hoping to learn more about sleep disorders and their treatments.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/total-hip-arthroplasty-procedures-and-potential-complications/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 17:17:49 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=106332 Series: Orthopedic Research and Therapy BISAC: BUS070120 DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/NEPN3706 This volume presents an up-to-date appraisal of the important issues which are encountered in the practice of modern total hip arthroplasty. The information presented is evidence-based but also contains valuable insights from the contributing authors who are all experts in their fields. This will be of value to practicing surgeons at all levels as well as those in medicolegal practice.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/emotional-intelligence-and-the-leaders-role/ Sun, 19 Dec 2021 17:53:43 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=102399 Series: Management Science - Theory and Applications BISAC: BUS041000 DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/BFNL5819 The message of this book, Emotional Intelligence and the Leader’s Role, by Cam Caldwell and Verl Anderson confirms that a leader’s emotional intelligence is more important than how much he or she knows.  The challenge of this book to existing and would-be leaders is to look within and to recognize the power of emotional intelligence as an opportunity to honor the people who leaders are obligated to lead and serve. We believe that emotional intelligence asks leaders to genuinely love those with whom they labor and provides a basis for treating people so well that they become the best version of themselves.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/holy-men-of-god-kings-priests-and-monks-in-eastern-orthodoxy/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 07:25:45 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=107312 Series: Religion and Spirituality BISAC: REL108020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/IVZR9071 Holy Men of God is a history of the kings, priests, and monks of Eastern Orthodoxy, an intriguing subject especially for Western readers. It focuses on the violent and luxuriant worlds of Byzantium and medieval Russia, taking its readers from the Iconoclastic crisis, the last church fathers, the Bogomil heretics, the God-intoxicated Hesychasts, and the flowering of Russian saints under the Mongol yoke, to the quarrel between the Possessors and the Non-Possessors, the bizarre persecution of the Old Believers, the twilight of the Ottoman Empire, the spiritual classic The Way of a Pilgrim, and the death on a Greek peninsula of the solitary monk Silouan. Central to its plot are the quarrelsome figure Symeon the New Theologian and the final schism between the Eastern and Western churches in AD 1054. Throughout the book the quiet sanctity of the Eastern church is contrasted with the neurosis and sadism of the Russian and Byzantine monarchs. This interplay helps the reader better appreciate the strength and resilience of a church that has been repeatedly exposed to chaos and catastrophe up to the present day.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/digital-twin-and-the-construction-industry-dissected-conceptual-lenses-benefits-opportunities-challenges-capacity-building-and-annotated-paths-2/ Wed, 15 Dec 2021 20:40:29 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=107042 George Brown College, Toronto, Canada Series: Construction Materials and Engineering BISAC: COM039000; BUS070160 This study examines the benefits, challenges and the manifest and latent concepts of digital twins (DT). It also explores emerging DT platforms/tools, deployment frameworks and capacity building issues to inform construction practitioners. These contributions are tailored to fill part of the extant knowledge gaps in the literature. The study applies a mix of literature-based study methods to examine the topic. Hybrid methods including exploratory knowledge scanning, keywords searches of databases, forward and backward searches and continuous iterative searches are applied to search for relevant materials and they are analyzed to distill fresh knowledge on the examined concepts. The study distills 7 basic reasoning tools and 8 lenses that underpin the first and second order definitions of digital twins to deepen understanding of digital twins. The research gives detailed analytical insights of the opportunities, benefits and challenges in the use of digital twins in the construction industry. The study also provides an annotated guide of a sample of extant digital twin technologies that can be deployed to enhance value delivery. The research offers directed insights that can inform future research on the topic and provides integrated frameworks to support deployment and capacity building in the use of digital twins for value delivery in practice. Additionally, the information in this research can guide practitioners to make informed decisions on the value and challenges in adopting digital twin technologies to support construction value delivery. The potential opportunities from the use of digital twins can be significant. Yet, as it is an emerging technology, there are a number of challenges associated with its use. But research, technological advances, and accumulated lessons from practice can strengthen its use for value delivery transformation over time.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/essays-from-the-history-of-georgia-xix-xxi-centuries/ Tue, 14 Dec 2021 21:39:23 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=107319 Faculty of Humanities, Gori State Teaching University, Gori, Georgia BISAC: HIS037000; HIS032000 DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/XUFM7028 The presented book, which includes 21 essays, covers the cardinal issues of the new and the modern history of Georgia in the South Caucasus. One part of the essay discusses the Russian conquest of Georgia in the first half of the 19th century and the evolution of the country's interests in the Caucasus region; the second part describes the vicissitudes of the life of the Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1918-1921 and is dedicated to showing its domestic life and relations with the outside world; and the rest of the text reflects certain aspects of Georgian reality in the Soviet and post-Soviet periods. This work is based on numerous primary sources, including archival documents, periodicals, memoirs, and special literature. The book is intended for numerous readers interested in the recent past and modern reality of Georgia.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/the-future-of-metabolic-engineering/ Tue, 14 Dec 2021 17:53:06 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=107278 Abhishek Sharma, PhD (Editor) - Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator, C. G. Bhakta Institute of Biotechnology, Uka Tarsadia University, Gujarat, India Dhruti Amin, PhD (Editor) - Assistant Professor, C. G. Bhakta Institute of Biotechnology, Uka Tarsadia University, Gujarat, India Series: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Post Genomic Era BISAC: SCI049000; SCI010000 DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/VEAH4499 The last two decades of scientific research have progressed to the point where metabolic engineering, which involves the modifying of metabolic pathways of animals, plants, and bacterial cells at biochemical and molecular levels, is feasible. Conceptually, metabolic engineering takes into account the identification of major blocks or control points in a metabolic pathway at the molecular level followed by removal of these limitations with the help of various cellular engineering interventions. Understanding the metabolic pathways requires appropriate experiment setup, molecular biology and biochemistry methods, computational modelling, data analysis, and interpretation to allow the researchers to manipulate them as per their needs. This book comprises a total of 12 chapters from multiple contributors of different countries around the world, including Brazil, Egypt, India, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. This book provides deep insight into the past, present, and future of metabolic engineering in the animal, microbial, and plant system, communicating interdisciplinary research and relevant results in biochemistry, molecular biology, applied microbiology, cellular physiology, cellular nutrition in health and disease, and biochemical engineering.]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/the-book-of-flavonoids/ Mon, 13 Dec 2021 20:05:04 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=107286 Series: Plant Science Research and Practices BISAC: SCI066000; SCI098000 DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/WGCH6543 In this book, two of the primary sources of flavonoids, i.e. plants and fruits (oranges to be specific) are comprehensively reviewed, along with their flavonoid content and antioxidant activity (including action against COVID-19) and toxicity. Besides, a general overview of the analytical techniques for flavonoids determination in their natural sources is provided. Finally, a detailed description of flow techniques and their evolution, together with their role in the automation of the sample pretreatment and its combination with separation techniques, is also included.  ]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/food-security-issues-and-challenges/ Fri, 10 Dec 2021 17:22:29 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=103605 Series: Food Science and Technology BISAC: SOC055000 DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/ABWP2684 It is clear that one of the most damaging global problems is hunger. There is still a high proportion of hungry people in the world, the number of human beings in this condition exceeding 690 million, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report (FAO 2020). Consequently, its eradication is extremely urgent. Nevertheless, it does not appear that Sustainable Development Goal number two, i.e. Zero Hunger, will be achieved by 2030. The United Nations itself admits this, stating that "the world is not on track to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030. If recent trends continue, the number of people affected by hunger would surpass 840 million by 2030". The problems facing food in the world today have increased considerably, as well as various factors and phenomena that augment the complexity of the issues or situations that fall within the scope of food security, such as: climate change, land grabbing, use of chemical fertilizers, loss of agrodiversity and other agricultural sustainability issues, obesity problems resulting from unhealthy diets, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the lack of justiciability of the right to food, the use of biotechnology in food, etc. In short, this book is a diverse compilation of the new manifestations of global food security seen from several angles and areas. The book aims to let visualize the main global problems and challenges that have a negative impact on food security, with the underlying objective of highlighting the need for reinforcing its full application in all contexts and countries. To this end, we believe that it is necessary to make its concept operational, and take it into consideration when applying policies and standards, especially in those areas and matters that may undermine said food security. In this sense, it is essential to strengthen its legal protection through a coherent and operational interpretation of the human right to food, so as to broaden its content and make it consistent with its pillars and foundations.]]>