Kategoria BISAC: Science >> Research & Methodology

This contributed volume provides an in-depth examination of entomopathogenic fungi, focusing on their diversity, ecological roles, and potential as biocontrol agents. It brings together contributions from leading scholars and practitioners to explore key research and applications in this dynamic field.

The chapters cover a wide range of topics, including classification and evolutionary dynamics of entomopathogenic fungi, their genomic and molecular determinants, and their interactions with insect hosts. The book also explores the role of secondary metabolites in fungal virulence,...

Science in the Study of Ancient Egypt takes an innovative and integrated approach to the use of scientific techniques and methodologies within the study of ancient Egypt. Accessibly demonstrating how to integrate scientific methodologies into Egyptology broadly, and in Egyptian archaeology in particular, this volume will help to maximise the amount of information that can be obtained within a study of ancient Egypt, be it in the field, museum, or laboratory.

Using a range of case studies which exemplify best practice within Egyptian archaeological science,...

Coverage includes:

• The role of field data acquisition in the broader disciplines of glaciology and glacial geomorphology
• Logistical preparations for fieldwork
• Field techniques in glaciology such as investigations on ice and meltwaters
• Field techniques in glacial geomorphology ranging from investigations on glacial landforms and sediments
• International case studies show each method in...

Most viruses that infect plants need an intermediary (vector) for their spread between plants. This book describes, for the main vector groups, the current state of knowledge of what happens to viruses in their passage through their vectors and what interactions within the vector determine whether or not they are passed on to new plants. This volume of Advances in Botanical Research brings together current research on virus-vector interactions, with chapters on aphids, fungi, whitefly, beetles, nematodes, thrips, leafhoppers, treehoppers, and planthoppers, and other vectors.

Why should researchers be interested in their feelings and emotions as they carry out research? Emotion is what it is to exist, to be human, and is present in every sphere of our lives. All activities are infused with emotion, even those that are constructed as rational, because rationality and emotionality are interpenetrated and entwined because all thinking is tinged with feeling, and all feeling is tinged with thinking.

This book illuminates the emotional processes of doing social and organizational research, and the implications of this for the outcomes of research. With...

Research in the College Context, 2^nd Edition provides faculty, students, practitioners, and researchers in the college environment with a manual of diverse approaches and methods for researching higher education and college students. The text offers the reader a variety of qualitative and quantitative research tools including interviewing, surveys, mixed methods, focus groups, visual methods, participatory action research, policy analysis, document analysis and historical methods, secondary data analysis, and use of large national data sets. This revised edition...