Most of Kalamazoo County's early white settlers were fur traders from England or New York. The remainder came from Pennsylvania and Maryland. After 1845 the number of foreign immigrants increased rapidly especially with the coming of the Hollanders in 1850. The growth rate of the county's population reached its height between 1845-1860, when almost 8,000 newcomers settled there. That growth rate was not exceeded for 50 years when, between 1904-1920, the population grew to 214,000, quite an...

Vaccinology: An Essential Guide outlines in a clear, practical format the entire vaccine development process, from conceptualization and basic immunological principles through to clinical testing and licensing of vaccines. With an outstanding introduction to the history and practice of vaccinology, it also guides the reader through the basic science relating to host immune responses to pathogens.Covering the safety, regulatory, ethical, and economic and geographic...

A critical review of the literature on written expression disorders of individuals with learning disabilities. The purpose of the book is to shed light on issues concerning definition, assessment and interaction for individuals with writing disorders. The integrated model of written expression offered draws on the work of cognitive psychology, neurolinguistics and sociolinguistics. The model illustrates the interrelationship between cognitive and affective processing networks that influenc...

Surviving Divorce Bundle: 3 in 1 Bundle, Divorce Made Simple, Divorce Poison, and Children and DivorceNo one really spends their wedding day thinking that their marriage would one day end in divorce. Everyone wants their marriage to last. But statistics show that about 40-50% of marriages in the US ends in divorce. Marriage and divorce are both common experiences now especially in Western countries. Although no one wants a divorce at the start of any marriage, there are times where...

Divorce Made Simple: The Ultimate Guide on How to Survive Divorce, Learn the Best Approach and Useful Tips on How to Get Out of Your Divorce in One PieceNo one really spends their wedding day thinking that their marriage would one day end in divorce. Everyone wants their marriage to last. But statistics show that about 40-50% of marriages in the US ends in divorce. Marriage and divorce are both common experiences now especially in Western countries. Although no one wants a divorce ...

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From the eradication of smallpox to the ongoing battle against deadly contagions, The End of Plagues is a compelling exploration of humanity's fight against disease.At the turn of the twentieth century, smallpox claimed two million lives per year. By 1979, the disease had been eradicated, marking a global victory. Yet the story of smallpox remains an exception, as today a host of deadly contagions, from polio to AIDS, continue to threaten human health worl...

When a waiting world learned on April 12, 1955, that Jonas Salk had successfully created a vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis, he became a hero overnight. Born in a New York tenement, humble in manner, Salk had all the makings of a twentieth-century icon--a knight in a white coat. In the wake of his achievement, he received a staggering number of awards and honors; for years his name ranked with Gandhi and Churchill on lists of the most revered people. And yet the one group whose adulation h...

Written by experienced expeditioners, the handbook is organized in to eight main sections and includes information on fieldcraft, diagnosis and treatment of medical problems encountered during an expedition (divided anatomically), environmental hazards, crisis management and issues to be dealt with after returning home. It also covers basic information about how to plan for an expedition, how to keep the expedition members healthy, how to diagnose and manage their medical problems in remote e...

The English Language in Canada examines the current status, history and principal features of Canadian English, focusing on the 'standard' variety heard across the country today. The discussion of the status of Canadian English considers the number and distribution of its speakers, its relation to French and other Canadian languages and to American English, its status as the expressive medium of English Canadian culture and its treatment in previous research. The review of its history conc...

Heritage speakers are native speakers of a minority language they learn at home, but due to socio-political pressure from the majority language spoken in their community, their heritage language does not fully develop. In the last decade, the acquisition of heritage languages has become a central focus of study within linguistics and applied linguistics. This work centres on the grammatical development of the heritage language and the language learning trajectory of heritage speakers, synt...

Shortlisted for the Fage and Oliver Prize 2018From December 2013, the largest Ebola outbreak in history swept across West Africa, claiming thousands of lives in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. By the middle of 2014, the international community was gripped by hysteria. Experts grimly predicted that millions would be infected within months, and a huge international control effort was mounted to contain the virus. Yet paradoxically, by this point the disease was already goi...