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Other People's Kids
Social Expectations and American Adults? Involvement with Children and Adolescents
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
According to the study conducted by Gallup Organization, only a minority of Americans experience consistent normative motivation for engaging with other people's children. Social norms theory suggests that adults are more likely to get deeply involved if that involvement is viewed as highly important,...
System Dynamics
Modeling, Simulation, and Control of Mechatronic Systems
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
An expanded new edition of the bestselling system dynamics book using the bond graph approach
A major revision of the go-to resource for engineers facing the increasingly complex job of dynamic systems design, System Dynamics, Fifth Edition adds a completely new section on the control of mechatronic...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane Volume 2
Breeding, pests and diseases
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Sugarcane is the source of over three quarters of the world’s sugar, and is grown widely in the tropics and sub-tropics. Despite rising demand, average yields have not increased significantly, partly because of continued vulnerability to pests and diseases. In addition, cultivation has been seen...
Responsible Research and Innovation Actions in Science Education, Gender and Ethics
Cases and Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
This book gathers case studies presented at the International Conference on Responsible Research and Innovation in Science, Innovation and Society (RRI-SIS2017). It highlights European initiatives and projects in various domains and contexts, each of which explores how to create guidelines and good...
Achieving sustainable production of poultry meat Volume 3
Health and welfare
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
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by C.L.G. Solomon
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Forty five years in white uniforms From the pen of the same writer of the book Natural Bread Is Not Enough comes a partial biographical account of her forty-five-year nursing career. Seventeen years were spent working in various disciplines of nursing, while the final twenty-eight years were spent...
by T. C. Edwin Cheng, Jian Li, C. L. Johnny Wan
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Postponement strategy is one of the major supply chain management (SCM) pr- tices that has a discernible impact on rms’ competitive advantage and organi- tional performance. Postponement is a mass customization strategy that captures the advantages of both mass production and mass customization....
Black Women and Popular Culture
The Conversation Continues
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
With the emergence of popular culture phenomena such as reality television, blogging, and social networking sites, it is important to examine the representation of Black women and the potential implications of those images, messages, and roles. Black Women and Popular Culture: The Conversation Continues...
Technology Tools for Students With Autism
Innovations that Enhance Independence and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
Technology holds great promise for helping students with autism learn, communicate, and function effectively in the modern world. Start leveraging that power today with this forward-thinking book, your in-depth guided tour of technologies that support learners with autism and help them fully participate...
by Rodrigo C. Barros, Alex A. Freitas, André C.P.L.F de Carvalho
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2015
Presents a detailed study of the major design components that constitute a top-down decision-tree induction algorithm, including aspects such as split criteria, stopping criteria, pruning and the approaches for dealing with missing values. Whereas the strategy still employed nowadays is to use a 'generic'...
by Olek C Zienkiewicz, Robert L Taylor, P. Nithiarasu
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
The Finite Element Method for Fluid Dynamics offers a complete introduction the application of the finite element method to fluid mechanics. The book begins with a useful summary of all relevant partial differential equations before moving on to discuss convection stabilization procedures, steady...
Radical Psychology
Multicultural and Social Justice Decolonization Initiatives
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
Radical Psychology discusses psychological factors that shape multicultural competency and social justice effectiveness, such as implicit and explicit biases, difficulties in accurate self-assessment of cultural competency and social justice skills, and the historical colonial biases that still shape...
Corneal Sensitivity
Measurement and Clinical Importance
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
We in ophthalmology are fortunate to be able to measure quantitatively many aspects of ocular morphology and visual function. These measurements are either objective (e. g. electroretinography, tonometry, electromyography, visually evoked responses, etc.) or subjective and psychophysical (e. g. visual...
by Subhash C. Basak, Subhash C. Basak, Guillermo Restrepo
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014