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The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty, Second Edition addresses the persistence of poverty across the globe while updating and expanding the landmark work, Encyclopedia of World Poverty, originally published in 2006 prior to the economic calamities of 2008. For instance, while continued high rates of income inequality might be unsurprising in developing countries such as Mexico, the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reported in May 2013 even countries with historically low levels of income inequality have experienced significant increases over the past decade, including Denmark, Sweden, and Germany. The U.N. and the World Bank also emphasize the persistent nature ...
Contributed papers presented at the 7th National Conference on Air Breathing Engines and Aerospace Propulsion, hosted at I.I.T., Kanpur.
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This volume seeks to offer balanced coverage of a controversial topic - alternative medicine. Leading authors of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the Archives Journals provide an assessment of a broad range of topics from the evaluation of treatment modalities to prevalence and use of alternative medicine therapies. The book includes overviews and guidance from expert physician-specialists, science-based findings, and objective references and perspectives from JAMA and Archives Journals.
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This volume reviews recent findings on the physiological, genetic, environmental and behavioural factors that predispose children and adolescents to obesity and explores clinical and public health strategies for treatment and prevention. Written by an international group of experts, the book provides a global perspective on the epidemic of childhood obesity and includes studies of children and adolescents in both industrialized and developing countries. A major focus of the book is on environmental factors - such as high energy density fast food, inadequate physical activity and excessive television viewing - that contribute to paediatric obesity.