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Taking Parenting Public
The Case for a New Social Movement
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2002
Taking Parenting Public makes a compelling case that parenting has become dangerously undervalued in America today. It calls for a new investment—both personal and public—into the work of raising children and argues that we are all 'stockholders' in the next generation. With a foreword by Sylvia...
by Edward S. Greenberg, Leon Grunberg, Sarah Moore
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
This timely book investigates the experiences of employees at all levels of Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) during a ten-year period of dramatic organizational change. As Boeing transformed itself, workers and managers contended with repeated downsizing, shifting corporate culture, new roles for women,...
by John S. Dryzek, Richard B. Norgaard, David Schlosberg
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
This book is an original, accessible, and thought-provoking introduction to the severe and broad-ranging challenges that climate change presents and how societies can respond. It synthesizes and deploys cutting-edge scholarship on the range of social, economic, political, and philosophical issues...
Value by Design
Developing Clinical Microsystems to Achieve Organizational Excellence
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
Value by Design is a practical guide for real-world improvement in clinical microsystems. Clinical microsystem theory, as implemented by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and health care organizations nationally and internationally, is the foundation of high-performing front line health care...
by Dr Joseph S. Sanfilippo, Dr Eric J. Bieber, Dr David G. Javitch
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2015
In a rapidly-changing healthcare industry, the American College of Physician Executives affirms: "These days, it isn't enough to be a good doctor. Whether you're working in a group practice or hospital, in insurance or any other health care setting, you also need business know-how and skills if you...
by B. S. Everitt, A. Skrondal
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
If you work with data and need easy access to clear, reliable definitions and explanations of modern statistical and statistics-related concepts, then look no further than this dictionary. Nearly 4000 terms are defined, covering medical, survey, theoretical, and applied statistics, including computational...
Utopic Dreams and Apocalyptic Fantasies
Critical Approaches to Researching Video Game Play
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2010
Few books have attempted to contextualize the importance of video game play with a critical social, cultural and political perspective that raises the question of the significance of work, pleasure, fantasy and play in the modern world. The study of why video game play is 'fun' has often been relegated...
by B Antonisamy, Prasanna S. Premkumar, Solomon Christopher
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Principles and Practice of Biostatistics emphasizes the basic aspects of biostatistics most often used in the teaching and research areas of medical, nursing and allied health sciences.
Written in a simple tone and chapters are organized in logical order to ease the process of understanding.
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Genetics
Science, Ethics, and Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2005
Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. Since its introduction, bioethics has become established as an academic discipline with journals and professional...
Engineering Maintainability:
How to Design for Reliability and Easy Maintenance
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 1999
This book provides the guidelines and fundamental methods of estimation and calculation needed by maintainability engineers. It also covers the management of maintainability efforts, including issues of organizational structure, cost, and planning processes. Questions and problems conclude each chapter.
by B. S. Dhillon
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Human reliability, error, and human factors in the area of power generation have been receiving increasing attention in recent years. Each year billions of dollars are spent in the area of power generation to design, construct/manufacture, operate, and maintain various types of power systems around...
The Truth About Big Medicine
Righting the Wrongs for Better Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Many Americans believe that their healthcare is second to none. Most patients, therefore, fail to appreciate the flaws and dangers present while receiving medical care. In fact, the American health care industry is one of the great tragedies of this country, which is now being brought to its knees...
I Hate Homework...
A Parents' Guide Making It Through The Night
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Another school year and another 180 days of fighting, yelling, and crying over homework. And you’re the parent! Frustration.“How are you going to make it?” “What bribes or treats can I give my son/ daughter to make them do their homework?” Well the following pages will bring you relief. The...
Worlds of Hungarian Writing
National Literature as Intercultural Exchange
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Worlds of Hungarian Writing responds to the rapidly growing interest in Hungarian authors throughout the English-speaking world. Addressing an international audience, the essays in the collection highlight the intercultural contexts that have molded the conventions, genres and institutions of Hungarian...