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by Derek F. Holt, Sarah Rees, Claas E. Röver
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Fascinating connections exist between group theory and automata theory, and a wide variety of them are discussed in this text. Automata can be used in group theory to encode complexity, to represent aspects of underlying geometry on a space on which a group acts, and to provide efficient algorithms...
Philosophy of Medicine
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2017
What kind of knowledge is medical knowledge? Can medicine be explained scientifically? Is disease a scientific concept, or do explanations of disease depend on values? What is "evidence-based" medicine? Are advances in neuroscience bringing us closer to a scientific understanding of the...
Impact Cratering
Processes and Products
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
Impact cratering is arguably the most ubiquitous geological process in the Solar System. It has played an important role in Earth’s history, shaping the geological landscape, affecting the evolution of life, and generating economic resources. However, it was only in the latter half of the 20th century...
When a Congregation Is Betrayed
Responding to Clergy Misconduct
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2005
Other books have been written about clergy misconduct and its effects on congregations. Some are by victims. Others are written by professionals for a professional audience. Until now, however, there hasn't been a book for the congregational leaders who must deal with the fallout of clergy misconduct....
Bringing Math Students Into the Formative Assessment Equation
Tools and Strategies for the Middle Grades
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
Make formative assessment work for you—and your math students!
Finally, formative assessment that adds up! This research-based, teacher-tested guide, written specifically for middle school mathematics teachers, will help you teach more effectively and turn your students into self-regulated...
The Illusion of Trust
Toward a Medical Theological Ethics in the Postmodern Age
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book is about trust and its implications for a medical theological ethics. Beginning with its earliest work, there has been attention to trust running through the bioethics literature in the United States, and much of this discussion has examined its theological elements. Clearly, trust is indispensable...
The Politics of Surveillance and Response to Disease Outbreaks
The New Frontier for States and Non-state Actors
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
The capacity to conduct international disease outbreak surveillance and share information about outbreaks quickly has empowered both State and Non-State Actors to take an active role in stopping the spread of disease by generating new technical means to identify potential pandemics through the creation...
The Forest Farms of Kandy
and Other Gardens of Complete Design
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Throughout the tropical world, especially in South and Southeast Asia, tropical America, Africa and Oceania, there exists a range of forest garden farming systems. These are small, low-input, but productive and sustainable family units of highly diversified trees, palms, bushes and vines, with few...
by Arthur A. Meyerhoff, I. Taner, A.E.L. Morris
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
TECTONlCS AND PHYSICS Geology, although rooted in the laws of physics, rarely has been taught in a manner designed to stress the relations between the laws and theorems of physics and the postulates of geology. The same is true of geophysics, whose specialties (seismology, gravimetIy, magnetics, magnetotellurics)...
Envisioning the Faculty for the Twenty-First Century
Moving to a Mission-Oriented and Learner-Centered Model
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
The institution of tenure—once a cornerstone of American colleges and universities—is rapidly eroding. Today, the majority of faculty positions are part-time or limited-term appointments, a radical change that has resulted more from circumstance than from thoughtful planning. As colleges and universities...
by Dilip R Patel, Robert J. Baker, Donald E. Greydanus
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
A treatment-focused guide for sports-related health issues in children and adolescents
JAMA REVIEW!
"The editors are outstanding, experienced physicians with a great wealth of knowledge as well as practical proficiency in this field. The other contributors are also first-rate authors,...
by E. R. Root
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Taken from the sixty-fifth annual report of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, this is an analysis of the importance of honey in the early twentieth century. It discusses how the demand for honey sharply increased in Europe with the outbreak of the First World War, and explores what this...
Public-Private Partnerships
Principles of Policy and Finance
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Over the last decade or so, private-sector financing through public-private partnerships (PPPs) has become increasingly popular around the world as a way of procuring and maintaining public-sector infrastructure, in sectors such as transportation (roads, bridges, tunnels, railways, ports, airports),...
Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure
Principles of Policy and Finance
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure - Principles of Policy and Finance, Second Edition explains how public private partnerships are prepared, procured, financed, and managed from both the public- and private-sector perspectives. As the use of public private partnerships continues to develop...