This handbook covers various areas of Higher Education (HE) in which operations research/management science (OR/MS) techniques are used. Key examples include: international comparisons, university rankings, and rating academic efficiency with Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); formulating academic strategy with balanced scorecard; budgeting and planning with linear and quadratic models; student f…
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Buku ini menelusuri bagaimana gagasan Montesquieu dan Jean-Jacques Rousseau memberikan dasar awal bagi lahirnya ilmu sosiologi modern. Émile Durkheim menunjukkan bahwa kedua filsuf tersebut tidak hanya pemikir politik, tetapi juga memberikan kontribusi penting dalam memahami hukum, masyarakat, dan relasi individu dengan komunitas. Montesquieu dipandang sebagai pelopor dalam menganalisis hukum …
Kecanggihan peradaban kita masa kini, telah membuat manusia menjadi seperti dewa yang bisa mengutak-atik bumi dan segala isinya. Namun, apakah dengan itu kehidupan di bumi ini terasa semakin lebih nyaman dan bahagia? Apakah kecanggihan peradaban kita telah memakmurkan para penghuni planet ini? Kalau, ya, mengapa manusia yang hidup melarat di muka bumi ini semakin membludak, sementara segelint…
Buku ini merupakan salah satu karya paling berpengaruh dari Jean-Jacques Rousseau, di mana ia mengulas asal-usul dan perkembangan ketidaksetaraan di antara manusia. Rousseau menegaskan bahwa manusia pada mulanya hidup sederajat dalam kondisi alami, namun ketidaksetaraan muncul bersamaan dengan kepemilikan pribadi dan pembentukan struktur sosial. Rousseau menyoroti bagaimana ketidaksetaraan ekon…
The Encyclopedia of Plant Viruses and Viroids provides an up-to-date information on the viruses and viroids infecting all types of cultivated and weed plants at global level; and is unique among plant virology texts as it is organized alphabetically by the genus name of the host plant infected. It allows the reader to readily determine all of the different viruses currently reported naturally i…
Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress, continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their effects on plants and crops have resulted in the compilation of a large volume of the latest discoveries. Following its predecessors, this fourth edition offers a unique and comprehensive collection of topics in the fields o…
Handbook of Plant Disease Identification and Management presents the fundamentals of plant diseases identification based on symptomology and management focusing mainly on integrated pest management approach. It discusses a variety of techniques for the diagnosis of crop disease, losses due to crop diseases, and theories behind disease management. It describes how society is constraining the pos…
Covering the most important pathogens, this handbook provides clear, concise descriptions of the symptoms and cycles of diseases and disorders, and the pests that commonly prey on potato crops, their distribution and importance, and advice on their control. The text is illustrated with some 235 superb color photographs of affected crops to aid in the rapid and accurate identification of disease…