Thomas A : 872 books
Nanoscience
Volume 4
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
The field of nanoscience continues to grow at an impressive rate and, with such a vast landscape of material, careful distillation of the most important discoveries will help researchers find the key information they require. Nanoscience Volume 4 provides a critical and comprehensive assessment of...
How Did You Get Here?
Students with Disabilities and Their Journeys to Harvard
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
When their children were young, several parents interviewed in this book were told “you can’t expect much from your child.” As they got older, the kids themselves often heard the same thing: that as children with disabilities, academic success would be elusive, if not impossible, for them.
How...
by David G. Nathan, MD, Stuart H. Orkin
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009
To address the growing complexities of childhood cancer, Nathan and Oski’s Hematology and Oncology of Infancy and Childhood has now been separated into two distinct volumes. With this volume devoted strictly to pediatric oncology, and another to pediatric hematology, you will be on the cutting edge...
Esophageal Cancer
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2009
Gastroesophageal cancers are the most common form of cancer incidents, and the second most common cause of death among cancer patients. In 2000, it was estimated that over one million new cases of gastroesophageal cancers were diagnosed worldwide, and over 900,000 individuals died from the disease.
Using...
The Missing American Jury
Restoring the Fundamental Constitutional Role of the Criminal, Civil, and Grand Juries
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
Criminal, civil, and grand juries have disappeared from the American legal system. Over time, despite their significant presence in the Constitution, juries have been robbed of their power by the federal government and the states. For example, leveraging harsher criminal penalties, executive officials...
Collaborative Parish Leadership
Contexts, Models, Theology
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
Collaborative Parish Leadership draws on the experience, strengths, challenges, and insights of the long-term pastoral-academic partnerships out of which it has grown. These include “Project INSPIRE,” a pastoral team-formation project sponsored by Loyola University and the Archdiocese of Chicago...
by James A Burns, Thomas J Hayes
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
With rising financial difficulties and declining enrollments, many colleges and universities are finding that they need new and better ways to present and promote themselves to potential students and the general public. New Strategies in Higher Education Marketing contains practical, “how-to”...
by Markus A Höllerer, Theo van Leeuwen, Dennis Jancsary
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
This volume brings together two hitherto disparate domains of scholarly inquiry: organization and management studies on the one hand, and the study of visual and multimodal communication on the other. Within organization and management studies it has been recognized that organizational reality and...
Preventing Catastrophe
The Use and Misuse of Intelligence in Efforts to Halt the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2009
Preventing Catastrophe is written by two authors who are experienced "Washington hands" and who understand the interplay between intelligence and policymaking. Both have been personally involved, in the United States and overseas, in pursuing national and international measures to stop the...
Pediatric Anesthesiology Review
Clinical Cases for Self-Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
Based on a program of study developed at the Children's Hospital Boston, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiology Review: Clinical Cases for Self-Assessment provides essential medical information for the subspecialty of pediatric anesthesiology. Illustrating...
Native Americans: 22 Books on History, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies
History of the Great Tribes, Military History, Language, Customs & Legends of Cherokee, Iroquois, Sioux, Navajo, Zuñi, Apache, Seminole and Eskimo
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2018
Native American Studies collection is formatted to the highest digital standards. The edition incorporates an interactive table of contents, footnotes and other information relevant to the content which makes the reading experience meticulously organized and enjoyable. "Native American Studies"...
Interwoven Lives
Adolescent Mothers and Their Children
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2001
Despite a growing body of scholarship on the phenomenon of adolescent parenting, minimal attention has been given to investigating systematic changes in adolescent mothers' and their children's psychological functioning over time. This book reports on a longitudinal study conducted to examine the...
by Thomas E. Scruggs, Margo A. Mastropieri
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
The focus of this volume is to identify and review issues and outcomes associated with behavioral concerns of students with learning and behavioral disabilities. Students must navigate a number of environmental conditions, task demands, and social interactions with peers and adults throughout the...
Tibetan Subjectivities on the Global Stage
Negotiating Dispossession
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2018
Tibetan Subjectivities on the Global Stage: Negotiating Dispossession explores the many ways Tibetans are reimagining their cultural identity since the communist takeover of Tibet in the 1950s. Focusing on developments taking place in Tibet and the diaspora, this collection of essays addresses a wide...