While growing disparities in wealth and income are well-documented across the globe, the role of intellectual property rights is often overlooked. This volume brings together leading commentators from around the world to interrogate the interrelationship between intellectual property and economic inequality. Interdisciplinary and globally oriented by design, the book features economists, legal scholars, policy analysts, and other experts. Chapters address the impact of intellectual propert...

Alpha entanglements, supernatural secrets, and heroines who bite back.Sink your teeth into three full-length werewolf urban fantasy novels packed with slow-burn romance, hidden magic, and fated mates gone rogue:Matebranded: Infiltrating a rotten pack is easy for petite enforcer Elspeth—until she forms a fated mate bond with the alpha werewolf she’s meant to take down.Full Moon Saloon: Fox shifter Kira is clawing her way up the ladd...

A surprising look at how ancestry still determines social outcomesHow much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does it influence our children? More than we wish to believe. While it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favor of greater social equality, The Son Also Rises proves that movement on the social ladder has changed little over eight centuries. Using a novel technique—tracking family nam...

Note to Readers: Publisher does not guarantee quality or access to any included digital components if book is purchased through a third-party seller.Now in its second edition, this practical guide to clinical radiation oncology is the ideal pocket companion for the practicing physician during rounds and other clinical settings. Organized by site-specific diseases, chapters present the must-know key points, including treatment options by stage, technical considerati...

Pocket Guide to Radiation Oncology is an efficient, no-frills guide to the basics of clinical radiation oncology. The chapters are packed with clinical pearls and tables covering treatment options, doses, side effects, target delineations, treatment planning, and other essentials.Chapters are organized by site-specific disease. Each chapter presents the must-know key points, including treatment options by stage, relevant technical considerations, and important items for fo...

In this book, recent developments in our understanding of fundamental vortex ring and jet dynamics will be discussed, with a view to shed light upon their near-field behaviour which underpins much of their far-field characteristics. The chapters provide up-to-date research findings by their respective experts and seek to link near-field flow physics of vortex ring and jet flows with end-applications in mind. Over the past decade, our knowledge on vortex ring and jet flows has grown by leap...

Today China is a major player in advancing the frontiers of biomedicine, yet previous accounts have examined only whether medical ideas and institutions created in the West were successfully transferred to China. This is the firstbook to demonstrate the role China played in creating a globalized biomedicine between 1850 and 1950. This was China's "Century of Humiliation" when imperialist powers dominated China's foreign policy and economy, forcing it to join global trends that included lim...

There is no shortage of explanations for the longevity of Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, which has been interpreted as both religious allegory and frontier myth, with Crusoe seen as an example of the self-sufficient adventurer and the archetypal colonizer and capitalist. Defoe’s original has been reimagined multiple times in legions of Robinsonade or castaway stories, but the Crusoe myth is far from spent. This wideranging collection brings together eleven scholars who suggest new and u...

Clinical Problems in Oncology: A Practical Guide to Management is an easy-to-use, compactreference with essential, practical information on managing oncological emergencies, as well asthe side effects and complications of cancer and its treatment. Because patient responses can varywidely, depending on the type of treatment prescribed, this resource offers medical professionalsthe specific information they need to improve the evaluation and treatment of ...

Check out the new series conjured from the pages of Legend of Isis. TidalWave introduces its newest female force-- Cleopatra. From the swirling mists of time, an ancient queen emerges, besieged by a host of modern problems. The clock is ticking as Cleo and her hard-as-nails bodyguard, Tony, discover a murderous plot by a mysterious threat. Meanwhile, a demented killer makes his presence known in the bowels of the city.

Conjured from the pages of The Legend of Isis, TidalWave introduces its newest female force-- Cleopatra. From the swirling mists of time emerges an ancient queen besieged by a host of modern problems. The clock is ticking as Cleo and her hard-as-nails bodyguard, Tony, discover a murderous plot by a mysterious threat. Meanwhile, a demented killer makes his presence know in the bowels of the city. The book included the two "Legend of Isis" issues that started off the hit series.

n this final installment, Cleo's modern origins are revealed. A funeral is held for a dear old friend, and there's enough blame to go around for everyone. Matilda leaves on bad terms. Tony tries to keep Cleo from descending into a deep depression. And right when things get about as bad as they possibly can, the Heart Shaped Killer moves in to finish the job he started. Cleo faces the fight of her life, and a new TidalWave hero is born.