As retailers have become more powerful and global, they have increasingly focused on their own brands at the expense of manufacturer brands. Rather than simply selling on price, retailers have transformed private labels into brands. Consequently, manufacturers such as Johnson & Johnson, Nestle, and [...]

Given the abundance of open education initiatives that aim to make educational assets freely available online, the time seems ripe to explore the potential of open education to transform the economics and ecology of education. Despite the diversity of tools and resources already available--from well[...]

"An understanding of rock mechanics is fundamental to a number of civil engineering applications, including tunneling, foundation engineering, slope stabilization and petroleum engineering. Giving you coverage of all the most commonly studied areas of rock mechanics, this book is the ideal introduct[...]

People who worry focus on problems and potential disasters, while people who ruminate focus on regrets and mistakes. Common topics for worry and rumination include fears about interpersonal relationships, guilt, decision-making, and unsatisfied life goals. Worriers fear the future and ruminators dwe[...]

The use of immunopathological techniques has become increasingly widespread due to their ability to not only diagnose infectious and immunodeficiency disorders, but also haematological, oncological and gastroenterological diseases. This manual is a practical guide to immunopathological techniques fo[...]