J John: 1441 books
The Changing Role of Schools in Asian Societies
Schools for the Knowledge Society
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2007
Walk into a classroom in Tokyo, New York, London or Rotterdam, and the similarities in structure, activity, purpose and style will outweigh differences in language, dress and ethnic characteristics. Learning is regulated and rationed, teaching is a process or one-way transmission of knowledge, students...
by John F. Callahan, J.D.
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
This text is A Model Environmental Code: The Dubai Environment Law
A Guide to MATLAB
For Beginners and Experienced Users
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2006
This is a short, focused introduction to MATLAB, a comprehensive software system for mathematical and technical computing. It contains concise explanations of essential MATLAB commands, as well as easily understood instructions for using MATLAB's programming features, graphical capabilities, simulation...
by William J. Dally, John W. Poulton
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2008
What makes some computers slow? Why do some digital systems operate reliably for years while others fail mysteriously every few hours? How can some systems dissipate kilowatts while others operate off batteries? These questions of speed, reliability, and power are all determined by the system-level...
by John A. Kershaw Jr., Mark J. Ducey, Thomas W. Beers
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Forest mensuration – the science of measurement applied to forest vegetation and forest products – holds value for basic ecology as well as sustainable forest management. As demands on the world’s forests have grown, scientists and professionals are increasingly called on to quantify forest...
by John DeCarlo, Michael J. Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
This Brief examines the role of Police Unions in law enforcement policy development. It provides an overview of the historical and political background of police labor unions, and takes a critical look at the shifting perception of labor unions from generally positive to somewhat negative, to compare...
by Buddy D. Ratner, Allan S. Hoffman, Frederick J. Schoen
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009
A one-stop Desk Reference, for Biomedical Engineers involved in the ever expanding and very fast moving area; this is a book that will not gather dust on the shelf. It brings together the essential professional reference content from leading international contributors in the biomedical engineering...
Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai
Maritime East Asia in Global History, 1550–1700
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai traces the roots of modern global East Asia by focusing on the fascinating history of its seaways. The East Asian maritime realm, from the Straits of Malacca to the Sea of Japan, has been a core region of international trade for millennia, but during the long seventeenth...
Math Tools, Grades 3–12
60+ Ways to Build Mathematical Practices, Differentiate Instruction, and Increase Student Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
Teach to the Common Core, differentiate instruction, and keep students engaged—all at the same time!
With new Common Core–aligned tools and strategies, this second edition of a bestseller is an all-in-one math classroom management resource. Covering everything from lesson design to math-specific...
Psychiatric Criminology
A Roadmap for Rapid Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
Since the shutdown of our public psychiatry system, the seriously mentally ill are now mostly managed by public safety officers, school officials, emergency first responders and social workers with little experience in recognizing symptoms, triggers and issues. This book addresses the need to recognize...
Culture, Intricacies, and Obsessions in Academia
Why Colleges and Universities are Struggling to Deliver the Goods
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Unfortunate obsessions dominate the culture of colleges and universities and shortchange students and everyone else. Professors have become an obstacle to learning. They are not interested in or rewarded for teaching. They scramble to survive in a surreal world of nonsense scholarship and obscure...
Hooligans Abroad (RLE Sports Studies)
The Behaviour and Control of English Fans in Continental Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
This book traces international developments in the hooligan phenomenon since the Heysel tragedy of 1985. The authors make special reference to the troubled European championships in West Germany in 1988 and look critically at political responses to the problem. The authors used ‘participant observation’...
by Bonaventure Hammer, John J. Burke
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
The contents of this book is based on the Catholic doctrine of the veneration and invocation of the saints, and of the efficacy of the prayer of intercession. The legends of the individual "Holy Helpers" were compiled from authors whose writings have the approval of the Church. It offers...
Fuzzy Social Choice Models
Explaining the Government Formation Process
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
This book explores the extent to which fuzzy set logic can overcome some of the shortcomings of public choice theory, particularly its inability to provide adequate predictive power in empirical studies. Especially in the case of social preferences, public choice theory has failed to produce the set...