Richard Brian: 88 books
Pediatric Orthopedics
A Guide for the Primary Care Physician
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Many residency programs in primary care specialties do not provide the education in pediatric orthopedics necessary to effectively deal with the field's challenges. Here, the authors present a framework for the effective evaluation of childhood musculoskeletal problems in a practical and problem-based manner. The volume contains case studies and over 200 illustrations.
by Brian Richard James
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Set in the near future, a hardened team of combat engineers endure harrowing times amidst the rise of an emerging city while battling the mystery behind the United World Order's quest for territorial dominance.
Episode 1 follows the heroic progression of MCEC84 (pronounced /'emsek eit for/)...
Critical Materials
Present Danger to U.S. Manufacturing
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2013
A high percentage of many raw and semi-finished materials critical to U.S. manufacturing are imported. China is the controlling producer of 11 of these materials and has instituted export restrictions that have led to two-tier pricing, creating pressure to move manufacturing to China. This report suggests...
Paths of Innovation in Warfare
From the Twelfth Century to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Innovation shapes wars, and twelve studies by former faculty members of West Point’s United States Military Academy examine specific cases of past and present military innovation. The complex, competitive, and dynamic environment that defines war drives combatants to seek solutions to potentially...
Heroes, Heroines, and Everything in Between
Challenging Gender and Sexuality Stereotypes in Children's Entertainment Media
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
Current characters in children’s entertainment media illustrate a growing trend of representations that challenge or subvert traditional notions of gender and sexuality. From films to picture books to animated television series, children’s entertainment media around the world has consistently...
A Theology for Pastoral Psychotherapy
God's Play in Sacred Spaces
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
The role of the pastoral psychotherapist requires balance between the individual, the community, and God. Are you ready to take on this challenge?
This unique book examines the role of pastoral psychotherapy as it relates to the individual, the community, and God, and describes the process...
Dispensing Justice Locally
The Implementation and Effects of the Midtown Cummunity Court
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
This book shows the significant impact and success that can be accomplished when courts are designed to meet the needs of the community regardless of traditional proceedings. The presentation of this unique approach marks the way for courts and ancillary justice agencies of all sizes to work together to build community confidence and assure not only quality of life but quality of justice.
Re-Thinking Autism
Diagnosis, Identity and Equality
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Challenging existing approaches to autism that limit, and sometimes damage, the individuals who attract and receive the label, this book questions the lazy prejudices and assumptions that can surround autism as a diagnosis in the 21st Century.
Arguing that autism can only be understood through...
Applied Ethics in Mental Health Care
An Interdisciplinary Reader
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
Discussions of key ethical dilemmas in mental health care, including consent, trauma and violence, addiction, confidentiality, and therapeutic boundaries.
This book discusses some of the most critical ethical issues in mental health care today, including the moral dimensions of addiction, patient...
by Richard C. Aster, Brian Borchers, Clifford H. Thurber
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2011
Parameter Estimation and Inverse Problems, Second Edition provides geoscience students and professionals with answers to common questions like how one can derive a physical model from a finite set of observations containing errors, and how one may determine the quality of such a model. This book takes...
Bridging the High School-College Gap
The Role of Concurrent Enrollment Programs
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Concurrent enrollment programs offer high-achieving high school students the opportunity to take college credit-bearing courses taught by college-approved high school teachers. This low-cost, scalable model brings accelerated coursework to urban, suburban, and rural students. In this book, scholars...
Strategies for Successful Classroom Management
Helping Students Succeed Without Losing Your Dignity or Sanity
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2007
Help difficult students change negative behaviors with these strategies for teaching conflict resolution and anger management, handling power struggles successfully, helping students prevent bullying, and more.
by F. Brian Eddy, Richard D. Handy
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Fishes have evolved to colonise almost every type of aquatic habitat and today they are a hugely diverse group of over 25,000 species. The evolution of this great diversity of species has resulted in a myriad of solutions to the demands posed by the aquatic environment. Ecological and Environmental...
MRI
Basic Principles and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
This fifth edition of the most accessible introduction to MRI principles and applications from renowned teachers in the field provides an understandable yet comprehensive update.
Accessible introductory guide from renowned teachers in the field
Provides a concise yet thorough introduction for...