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by R.F. Klein, R.B. Schiffer, R.C. Sider
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
One of the fascinations of psychiatry is that it is amenable to many different approaches. In seeking to account for mental disorder, for example, it is pos sible to explore the meaning and significance of symptoms in the psychody namic sense, to examine the social determinants of illness, or...
Work Design
A Systematic Approach
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Work is all around us and permeates everything we do and everyday activities. Not all work is justified, not all work is properly designed, or evaluated accurately, or integrated. A systems model will make work more achievable through better management. Work is defined as a process of performing a...
City-County Consolidation and Its Alternatives: Reshaping the Local Government Landscape
Reshaping the Local Government Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
City-country consolidation builds upon the Progressive tradition of favoring structural reform of local governments. This volume looks at some important issues confronting contemporary efforts to consolidate governments and develops a theoretical approach to understanding both the motivations for...
Learning ACT
An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills Training Manual for Therapists
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is among the most remarkable developments in contemporary psychotherapy. This second edition of the pioneering ACT skills-training manual for clinicians provides a comprehensive update—essential for both experienced practitioners and those new to using ACT...
by F. Eckstein, B. Merz, C.R. Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The objective of the present work is to review the existing literature on joint incongruity, cellular mechano-transduction, and computer simulations of mechano-adaptive bone remodelling, and to quantitatively assess the effect of incongruity on load transmission and subchondral mineralisation. Idealised...
by C. Ruyer-Quil, M. G. Velarde, S. Kalliadasis
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2011
Falling Liquid Films gives a detailed review of state-of-the-art theoretical, analytical and numerical methodologies, for the analysis of dissipative wave dynamics and pattern formation on the surface of a film falling down a planar inclined substrate. This prototype is an open-flow hydrodynamic instability,...
Risk and Crisis Communication
Navigating the Tensions between Organizations and the Public
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Risk and Crisis Communication addresses how the interaction between organizations and their stakeholders manifests during a risk or crisis situation.Littlefield and Sellnow contend that when best practices are considered, there are certain tensions to which an organization responds. These tensions...
by T. C. Hu, Andrew B. Kahng
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
This textbook provides concise coverage of the basics of linear and integer programming which, with megatrends toward optimization, machine learning, big data, etc., are becoming fundamental toolkits for data and information science and technology. The authors’ approach is accessible to students...
Reading and Writing in Science
Tools to Develop Disciplinary Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
Engage your students in scientific thinking across disciplines!
Did you know that scientists spend more than half of their time reading and writing? Students who are science literate can analyze, present, and defend data – both orally and in writing. The updated edition of this...
Harnessing The Dynamics of Public Education
Preparing for a Return to Greatness
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Harnessing the Dynamics of Public Education: Preparing for a Return to Greatness is a comprehensive look at the American public education system. Building on the current system, the book takes on the War on Education in an effort to rethink, redesign and develop a new state-of-the-art system of learning...
by Trin Aiyara, Alvin Cheng-Hin Lim, Ngeow Chow-Bing
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2018
In 2012, the Communist Party of China (CPC) inaugurated the Xi Jinping era when it elected him to be the General Secretary of the CPC. The following year Xi was elected President of the People’s Republic of China. The Xi Jinping era has seen a remarkable transformation of Chinese foreign policy,...
Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies
Global Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
We know that since the end of the Cold War, conflicts in non-Western countries have been frequent, frequently violent, largely intra-state, and protracted. But what do we know about conflict management and resolution strategies in these societies? Have the dominant Western approaches been transplantable,...
by S. M. Gandhi, B. C. Sarkar
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Essentials of Mineral Exploration and Evaluation offers a thorough overview of methods used in mineral exploration campaigns, evaluation, reporting and economic assessment processes. Fully illustrated to cover the state-of-the-art exploration techniques and evaluation of mineral assets being practiced...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize Volume 1
From improved varieties to local applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Maize is one of the most important and widely grown cereal crops in the world and is a staple food for almost a billion people, particularly in the developing world. It has been estimated that maize yields need to increase by 60% by 2050. There is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such...