Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Solutions Using R and Bioconductor

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Solutions Using R and Bioconductor Author: Robert Gentleman,Vincent Carey,Wolfgang Huber,Rafael Irizarry,Sandrine Dudoit
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Summary: Full four-color book. Some of the editors created the Bioconductor project and Robert Gentleman is one of the two originators of R. All methods are illustrated with publicly available data, and a major section of the book is devoted to fully worked case studies. Code underlying all of the computatio...

Asymptotic Theory of Statistics and Probability

Asymptotic Theory of Statistics and Probability Author: Anirban DasGupta
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Summary: This unique book delivers an encyclopedic treatment of classic as well as contemporary large sample theory, dealing with both statistical problems and probabilistic issues and tools. The book is unique in its detailed coverage of fundamental topics. It is written in an extremely lucid style, with an...

Host Communities and Pilgrimage Tourism

Host Communities and Pilgrimage Tourism Author: Ricardo Nicolas Progano,Joseph M. Cheer,Xosé Manuel Santos
Publisher: Springer Nature
Summary: This book delves into topics on pilgrimage travel and communities from a variety of perspectives through academic research based on the Middle East, Northeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and Europe, where sacred sites have become of great importance for both international and domestic tourism. In...

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle Author: Hugh Lofting
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
Summary: When his colleague Long Arrow disappears, Dr. Dolittle sets off with his assistant, Tommy Stubbins, his dog, Jip, and Polynesia the parrot on an adventurous voyage over tropical seas to floating Spidermonkey Island....

Ireland and the Council of Europe

Ireland and the Council of Europe Author: Michael Kennedy,Eunan O'Halpin,Council of Europe
Publisher: Council of Europe
Summary: The Council of Europe (CoE) has played a central but neglected role in the definition of Irish attitudes to European integration. Ireland was a founder member of the Council in 1949 and participation in the work of the Council changed Irish attitudes towards broader European integration by demonstra...

Social Innovation

Social Innovation Author: A. Nicholls,A. Murdock
Publisher: Springer
Summary: Focusing on social innovation broadly conceived in the context of social entrepreneurship and social enterprise in their global context this book is organised to address three of the most important themes in social innovation: strategies and logics, performance measurement and governance, and finall...

Building Great Customer Experiences

Building Great Customer Experiences Author: Colin Shaw,John Ivens
Publisher: Springer
Summary: This book is about building and delivering great customer experiences. Many companies neglect this, but the physical execution and emotional impact of customer experiences, companies and brands may ultimately determine customer satisfaction and loyalty and commercial success. With the use of compell...

The Political Economy of Microfinance

The Political Economy of Microfinance Author: Philip Mader
Publisher: Springer
Summary: According to the author, rather than alleviating poverty, microfinance financialises poverty. By indebting poor people in the Global South, it drives financial expansion and opens new lands of opportunity for the crisis-ridden global capital markets. This book raises fundamental concerns about this ...

The Wounded Minister

The Wounded Minister Author: Guy Greenfield
Publisher: Baker Books
Summary: Every church deals with personality conflicts and intermittent discord. But in some churches, what should be normal clashes has become a devastating form of abuse-pastoral abuse. A growing phenomenon that cuts across denominational lines and impacts every level of ministry, pastoral abuse leaves in ...

Love and the World

Love and the World Author: Robert Sardello
Publisher: SteinerBooks
Summary: In this guide to conscious soul practice, a psychotherapist reveals the importance of making one's life open and receptive to the spiritual realms....