L Alexander: 656 books

198 pages, 601 images, 9 contributors Skin injuries are among the most common, and, certainly, the most visible, symptoms of physical abuse in children. Because professionals working with children will, at times, encounter such injuries, it is vital they be able to recognize abusive burns, bruises,...

600 pages, 1177 images, with 32 contributors The first volume in the fourth edition of Chadwick’s Child Maltreatment provides an overview of the signs and effects of physical abuse and neglect toward children. The clinical text includes essential information for professionals who work to identify,...

456 pages, 350 images, with 36 contributors Volume two in the fourth edition of Chadwick’s Child Maltreatment series provides an overview of the signs and effects of sexual abuse and psychological maltreatment toward children. The clinical text includes new and revised content on topics that are...

258 pages, 606 images, 28 contributors Of the injuries inflicted on physically abused children, head injuries are, in many cases, among the most damaging and potentially lethal. First responders and medical practitioners encountering children with head injuries may need to take quick and decisive...

At present, the marketplace for professionals, researchers, and graduate students in solid-state physics and materials science lacks a book that presents a comprehensive discussion of ferroelectrics and related materials in a form that is suitable for experimentalists and engineers. This book proposes...

Are children playing less than they used to? Are rising obesity rates linked to a decline in children’s time to play freely? These and other related questions have filled the pages of newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals for the past decade. Researchers and journalists have attributed these...

This is the first of two volumes written to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of EFMD. Through an open-ended interview research process, it seeks to explore the perspectives and views of a wide range of experts drawn not only from the European environment but also from the United States and other global...

A comprehensive exposition of micro and nanofiber forming, this text provides a unified framework of all these processes (melt and solution blowing, electrospinning, and so on) and describes their foundations, development and applications. It provides an up-to-date, in-depth physical and mathematical...

A collection of works, each artistically rich and exploring the inner life. Contains “Sándor and Shivaswara,” a story of an orientalist's journey to India; The Book of Shiva, a dialogue between the Hindu god and a sage; "The Harrowing of Hell," a tale of Christ's descent into Hades;...

Die Außenpolitik des Deutschen Kaiserreiches ist fraglos eines der zentralen und bis heute umstrittensten Themenfelder der Neueren Geschichte. Die europäischen Rivalitäten, das imperiale Ringen um überseeische Besitzungen und die zunehmende Bedeutung der eigenen Öffentlichkeit für das außenpolitische...

How an individual responds to crises and critical incidents at work, both immediately and subsequent to the event, is heavily influenced both by personality characteristics and their use of coping strategies. These can, in turn, be affected by levels of education, gender and even the profession within...

With the establishment of optometry as the primary eye care profession, and significant reforms under way in health care, the opportunity exists now to add value to an independent eye care practice for both the doctor and the patient. The favorable geographic distribution of optometrists in rural...

A comprehensive account of the physical foundations of collision and impact phenomena and their applications in a multitude of engineering disciplines. In-depth explanations are included to reveal the unifying features of collision phenomena in both liquids and solids, and to apply them to disciplines...

The Book of Shiva is a dialogue between the Hindu god Shiva and the sage Vyasa. Divided into sections, each explores an aspect of the spiritual life, or else topics such as art, reincarnation, men and women, wisdom, and symbolism. The Book of Shiva concludes with a vision of remarkable optimism, with the union of Shiva with his celestial spouse, Shakti.