This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Research has shown that young babies - well before they form their first bond to a caring adult - enjoy participating in groups and group processes. Babies in Groups examines the consequences of these findings for science, for early education practice and...

A comprehensive overview of clinically important infections of the urinary tract Urinary tract infections (UTIs) continue to rank among the most common infectious diseases of humans, despite remarkable progress in the ability to detect and treat them. Recurrent UTIs are a continuing problem and represent a clear threat as antibiotic-resistant organisms and infection-prone populations grow.Urinary Tract Infections: Molecular Pathogenesis and Clinical Management brings the s...

JESUS presents a unified, chronological account of Jesus' life, drawn faithfully from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Rather than treating the four accounts as parallel biographies, this book weaves them into a single, continuous narrative, allowing Jesus' life to unfold with clarity, movement, and historical flow. The story begins in a world marked by expectation and longing, shaped by ancient promises and Roman rule. Jesus enters quietly—born into obscurity, raised within o...

During the twentieth century, the relationship between the Church of England and the British state was transformed. The character and dynamics of the connections shifted as politics became more democratic and society more secular,as the role of the Crown and parliament in Church government was curtailed, and as the Christian foundations of secular law were weakened. Yet the increasing formal separation of Church and state was not accompanied by ecclesiastical disengagement from politics an...