Sofia: 305 books

What are the key channels to change in blended instructional practice as they relate to the use of a learning management system (LMS)? What role LMS users’ profiles play in facilitating change in practice? Can we model users’ quality of interaction (QoI) with LMS? How inclusiveness and affectiveness...

A practical guide to network meta-analysis with examples and code In the evaluation of healthcare, rigorous methods of quantitative assessment are necessary to establish which interventions are effective and cost-effective. Often a single study will not provide the answers and it is desirable...

Le tecnologie digitali aprono inconsueti e innovativi scenari al mondo della comunicazione e della pubblicità. Permettono, in particolare, di entrare in relazione con gli utenti per comprenderne i bisogni, coinvolgerli e seguirne il percorso di fruizione del servizio/prodotto sino alla condivisione...

The main benefit of the book is that it explores available methodologies for both conducting in-situ measurements and adequately exploring the results, based on a case study that illustrates the benefits and difficulties of concurrent methodologies. The case study corresponds to a set of 25...

Die Innenhaftung der Organe ist streng. Literatur und Rechtsprechung formulieren stetig neue Anforderungen, die zu einer Steigerung des Haftungsrisikos führen. Das Buch setzt sich mit Ansätzen für Haftungserleichterungen auseinander. Die Autorin geht insbesondere der Frage nach, ob die sog. Business...

With contributions from experienced dementia practitioners and care researchers, this book examines the impact of culture and ethnicity on the experience of dementia and on the provision of support and services, both in general terms and in relation to specific minority ethnic communities. Drawing...

Worldwide child and youth poverty and deprivation remain the biggest barrier to achieving a better life in adulthood. Progress in lifting children out of poverty in the last decades has been slow and limited in the developing world, while the recent global economic crisis has exacerbated child poverty,...

Plural Masculinities offers a contemporary portrait of the plural dynamics and forms of masculinity, emphasizing the multiple, even contradictory, pathways through which men are remaking their identities. Proceeding from the premise that it is impossible to fully understand masculinity without considering...

Dreaming is common to everyone as it is their daily experience. Due to its rampant occurrence in the lives of people, almost everybody seems to have an opinion on this subject, or at least cling to a popular school of thought which could be psychological or religious. There are also a lot of myths about...

This handbook is a concise practical guide for residents and general radiologists that will offer reliable assistance during the performance and reporting of multidetector row computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in patients with Liver Bile Ducts and Pancreas conditions. It is organized...

Skin diseases are highly prevalent among indigenous people, leading to low mortality but greatly impacting their quality of life. Such diseases can be observed in indigenous people; both those living in isolated communities and those who have since been urbanized to some degree share a common characteristic...

This book discusses the main mechanical features of masonry buildings and the peculiarities that affect their structural behaviour. It also examines technical information regarding accidents that have occurred in recent years in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, along with the historical records...

When Ed inherits a small-town office from his late great-uncle, a doctor, he and Charmaine discover that all the unused equipment can be very titillating in the right hands. So many ways to play.

Three women, determined not to let marriage ruin their sex lives, set out to push the boundaries of their comfort zones. TIT FOR TAT – Shelby’s husband has put their marriage in jeopardy with a reckless one-night stand.  She wants to even the score, but her fling with a younger man...