Henry Carter Hull

Rich with detail, bold and original, Mike Davis's Ecology of Fear is a gripping reconnaissance into the urban future, an essential portrait of America at the millennium. Los Angeles has become a magnet for the American apocalyptic imagination. Riot, fire, flood, earthquake...only locusts are missing from the almost biblical list of disasters that have struck the city in the 1990s. From Ventura to Laguna, more than one million Southern Californians...

Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) are important causes of morbidity and mortality, especially in immunocompromised patients. Cryptococcosis is one of these major fungal diseases and it is caused by Cryptococcus neoformans. In order to adapt and survive in diverse ecological niches, such as the animal host and environment, this opportunistic pathogen relies on its ability to uptake nutritional elements, such as carbon, nitrogen, iron, phosphate, sulfur,...

As defined in many scientific texts “An aquifer is an underground layer of water bearing permeable rock, rock fractures or unconsolidated material from which groundwater can be extracted using water well”. Related terms used are aquitard, which is a bed of low permeability along an aquifer, and aquiclude, which is a solid, impermeable area underlying or overlying an aquifer, making an aquifer confined or unconfined. Aquifer system is a series...

Research on radiation-tolerant electronics has increased rapidly over the past few years, resulting in many interesting approaches to modeling radiation effects and designing radiation-hardened integrated circuits and embedded systems. This research is strongly driven by the growing need for radiation-hardened electronics for space applications, high-energy physics experiments such as those on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and many terrestrial...

This is a Project Gutenberg edition released in 2010. A small collection of Mexican reptiles and amphibians recently acquired by the University of Kansas Natural History Museum contains five specimens of a species of the genus Hyla (sensu lato) which is here described as new.

Zentanglements - The Three Laws of Consciousness For Smarties explains the culmination of thousands of years of human evolution and scientific discoveries. When you finish reading this book - and if you've absorbed the lessons therein, you will know more than Albert Einstein did when he died in 1957. We say that everything is Zentangled and that means everything and everyone. If you have ever been stirred by the creative forces inside you or wanted...

The United States is currently the largest empire the world has ever known. Be it by military conquest, blackmail, or intimidation, the United States has extended its influence to every corner of the earth.As the United States government focuses so much of its resources and energy towards world domination, the needs of the people the government is supposed to represent are being neglected.The purpose of this book is to look at the reality. You can't...

"Nature's Wonders: Animals' Mass Migrations" is a mesmerizing exploration into the incredible journeys undertaken by various species across our planet. From the vast plains of Africa to the icy Arctic tundras, this book delves deep into the reasons, routes, and remarkable feats of endurance displayed by animals during their annual treks.The book takes readers on a journey alongside some of the most awe-inspiring creatures. Witness the thunderous spectacle...

The Structure of the Universe by Paul Halpern, Ph.D., originally published in 1996, is a tour of the knowledge of the deep reaches of space and predictions for its future. Technological marvels such as the Hubble Space Telescope are revealing a wealth of information about the deepest reaches of space. After decades of research, scientists now believe they are closer to discovering the 'missing matter,' the invisible stuff left over from the Big Bang...

This landmark volume brings together some of the titans of social movement theory in a grand reassessment of its status. For some time, the field has been divided between a dominant structural approach and a cultural or constructivist tradition. The gaps and misunderstandings between the two sides-as well as the efforts to bridge them-closely parallel those in the discipline of sociology at large. This book aims to further the dialogue between these...