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Style Bible What to Wear to Work

A Practical Guide to Engineering Procurement and Construction Contracts

Go Green for Environmental Sustainability An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Theory and Applications

Go Green for Environmental Sustainability An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Theory and Applications

This book highlights topics ranging from green chemistry and engineering to bioremediation smart technologies and sustainable business practices. The common threads running through this volume are the need for urgent action a vision for a sustainable future and the awareness that solutions must be widely accessible and advance the welfare of all nations especially in the face of climate change. The authors delineate how we can protect and restore natural ecosystem potential to achieve environmental sustainability. They provide a clear idea of today’s environmental challenges and solutions focus on energy use patterns and the reduction of energy consumption advocate for increased environmental awareness and discuss environmental monitoring systems. The book contains many domestic and international case studies and showcases visionary ideas in action to illustrate sustainability principles. This volume provides an in-depth reference for stakeholders from academia government and industry on the latest research in environmental sustainability solutions. Inspired by the common wisdom that we do not inherit this Earth from our ancestors but instead borrow it from our children the authors offer solutions to emergent problems. This research comprises an important contribution to the global effort to build a more sustainable tomorrow. | Go Green for Environmental Sustainability An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Theory and Applications

GBP 105.00
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A Machine That Would Go of Itself The Constitution in American Culture

A Machine That Would Go of Itself The Constitution in American Culture

In this volume Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Michael Kammen explores the U. S. Constitution's place in the public consciousness and its role as a symbol in American life from ratification in 1788 to our own time. As he examines what the Constitution has meant to the American people (perceptions and misperceptions uses and abuses knowledge and ignorance) Kammen shows that although there are recurrent declarations of reverence most of us neither know nor fully understand our Constitution. How did this gap between ideal and reality come about? To explain it Kammen examines the complex and contradictory feelings about the Constitution that emerged during its preparation and that have been with us ever since. He begins with our confusion as to the kind of Union we created especially with regard to how much sovereignty the states actually surrendered to the central government. This confusion is the source of the constitutional crisis that led to the Civil War and its aftermath. Kammen also describes and analyzes changing perceptions of the differences and similarities between the British and American constitutions; turn-of-the-century debates about states' rights versus national authority; and disagreements about how easy or difficult it ought to be to amend the Constitution. Moving into the twentieth century he notes the development of a cult of the Constitution following World War I and the conflict over policy issues that persisted despite a shared commitment to the Constitution. | A Machine That Would Go of Itself The Constitution in American Culture

GBP 130.00
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Dangerous Patients A Psychodynamic Approach to Risk Assessment and Management

Lean Leadership for Healthcare Approaches to Lean Transformation

Lean Leadership for Healthcare Approaches to Lean Transformation

Healthcare organizations that have already applied Lean thinking to their processes with the diligence of effective management and strong leadership support are now realizing the benefits of their efforts. And many of those benefits surpass what was thought possible just a few years ago. To be successful these organizations had to provide the leadership to arrive at their future state. Written by a Shingo Prize-winning author and Lean sensei Lean Leadership for Healthcare: Approaches to Lean Transformation explains how to apply Lean improvement to both clinical and non-clinical processes. It presents valuable lessons learned by the author over the years of leading improvements in this complex industry and lays out a clear roadmap for initiating your Lean improvements. Illustrating the leadership behaviors required to achieve sustainable success the book is ideal for leaders in the healthcare industry looking to initiate Lean improvements to clinical and non-clinical processes. It reviews the fundamentals of Lean and explains how to link a strategy of continuous improvement to corporate strategy to achieve operational excellence. It also describes how to mitigate the risk of failure when undergoing large-scale corporate change including what can go wrong and how to prevent these failures. The book includes case studies that share the time-tested insights of healthcare team members and leaders. It outlines a management system for sustaining your Lean improvements and provides the Lean leadership approaches thoughts and visual tools you‘ll need to guide your organization along the path toward world-class healthcare performance. | Lean Leadership for Healthcare Approaches to Lean Transformation

GBP 175.00
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Everyday Life and the Unconscious Mind An Introduction to Psychoanalytic Concepts

Autism The Way Forward A Self-Help Guide to Teaching Children on the Autistic Spectrum

Animate to Harmony The Independent Animator's Guide to Toon Boom

Plasma Applications for Material Modification From Microelectronics to Biological Materials

Plasma Applications for Material Modification From Microelectronics to Biological Materials

This book is an up-to-date review of the most important plasma-based techniques for material modification from microelectronics to biological materials and from fusion plasmas to atmospheric ones. Each its technical chapters is written by long-experienced internationally recognised researchers. The book provides a deep and comprehensive insight into plasma technology and its associated elemental processes and is illustrated throughout with excellent figures and references to complement each section. Although some of the topics covered can be traced back several decades care has been taken to emphasize the most recent findings and expected evolution. The first time the word ‘plasma’ appeared in print in a scientific text related to the study of electrical discharges in gases was 1928 when Irving Langmuir published his article ‘Oscillations in Ionized Gases’. It was the baptism of the predominant state of matter in the known universe (it is estimated that up to 99% of matter is plasma) although not on earth where the conditions of pressure and temperature make normal the states of matter (solid liquid gas) which in global terms are exotic. It is enough to add energy to a solid (in the form of heat or electromagnetic radiation) to go into the liquid state from which gas is obtained through an additional supply of energy. If we continue adding energy to the gas we will partially or totally ionise it and reach a new state of matter plasma made up of free electrons atoms and molecules (electrically neutral particles) and ions (endowed with a positive or a negative electric charge). | Plasma Applications for Material Modification From Microelectronics to Biological Materials

GBP 116.00
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An Introduction to Quantum Mechanics From Facts to Formalism

An Introduction to Quantum Mechanics From Facts to Formalism

The core content of even the most intricate intellectual edifices is often a simple fact or idea. So is it with quantum mechanics; the entire mathematical fabric of the formal description of quantum mechanics stems essentially from the fact that quantum probabilities interfere (i. e. from the superposition principle). This book is dedicated to substantiating this claim. In the process the book tries to demonstrate how the factual content of quantum mechanics can be transcribed in the formal language of vector spaces and linear transformations by disentangling the empirical content from the usual formal description. More importantly it tries to bring out what this transcription achieves. The book uses a pedagogic strategy which reverse engineers the postulates of quantum mechanics to device a schematic outline of the empirical content of quantum mechanics from which the postulates are then reconstructed step by step. This strategy is adopted to avoid the disconcerting details of actual experiments (however simplified) to spare the beginner of issues that lurk in the fragile foundations of the subject. In the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics the key idea is measurement. But measurement carries an entirely different meaning from the connotation that the term carries elsewhere in physics. This book strives to underline this as strongly as possible. The book is intended as an undergraduate text for a first course in quantum mechanics. Since the book is self contained it may also be used by enthusiastic outsiders interested to get a glimpse of the core content of the subject. Features: Demonstrates why linear algebra is the appropriate mathematical language for quantum mechanics. Uses a reconstructive approach to motivate the postulates of quantum mechanics. Builds the vocabulary of quantum mechanics by showing how the entire body of its conceptual ingredients can be constructed from the single notion of quantum measurement. | An Introduction to Quantum Mechanics From Facts to Formalism

GBP 105.00
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Social Cohesion and Welfare States From Fragmentation to Social Peace

Social Cohesion and Welfare States From Fragmentation to Social Peace

Aiming to go beyond reiterating the stereotypical narrative of the rise of welfare states this interdisciplinary book examines the long-run historical processes of the development of the welfare state. It focuses on the complex political social economic and institutional transformations which give rise to these peaceful and cohesive societies. Welfare is crucial to the story of peaceful social integration and this book explores and explains this vital connection taking a non-linear view of the history of moving from fragmentation to peace with comprehensive welfare institutions. Chapters collectively focus on three central areas: (a) types of socio-political fragmentation (b) the interconnection of social political and economic forces that led to the institutionalisation of integrationist processes and policies (including re-distributional welfare systems) and (c) how this new institutional development helped achieve or failed to achieve social peace and welfare. The international panel of expert contributors provide case studies from a rich variety of country contexts including Germany South Africa the Netherlands Austria and the Nordic Countries. This thought-provoking collection of essays is well suited for advanced students and researchers in social history economic history political economy and social policy. Chapter 2 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4. 0 license. | Social Cohesion and Welfare States From Fragmentation to Social Peace

GBP 130.00
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A History of Rwanda From the Monarchy to Post-genocidal Justice

From Mesopotamia To Modernity Ten Introductions To Jewish History And Literature

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Introduction to Environmental Toxicology Molecular Substructures to Ecological Landscapes Fifth Edition

Introduction to Gifted Education

The Psychology of Teaching Physical Education From Theory to Practice

The Psychology of Teaching Physical Education From Theory to Practice

This book weaves together theory research and practical information related to the psychological aspects of physical education. Unlike other exercise/sport psychology books on the market The Psychology of Teaching Physical Education is written especially for future and practicing physical educators and focuses on the psychological principles and strategies that are most relevant to them. The book covers the important topics of motivation reinforcement feedback modeling prosocial behaviors/moral development and self-perception. In each chapter narratives about real practicing teachers show how they apply the principles and theories of psychology to physical education and particularly to actual situations that readers are likely to encounter professionally. Each chapter contains three main sections: following an opening scenario in which Blankenship captures the reader's attention with a real-life problem the author then (1) highlights theories related to the subject matter of the chapter (2) summarizes the research that has been conducted on the theories and the chapter topic and (3) gives examples of practical applications of the theory and research to physical education. Throughout the chapter as the theory research and application of the topic are discussed Blankenship presents possible solutions to the challenge presented in the chapter-opening vignette. The classroom applications and real-world examples are relevant to many different physical education settings including those at the elementary middle and high school levels in both urban and rural schools representing various geographical regions of the country. These examples bring the theories to life and help readers envision how their own classes will benefit as they apply what they­ve learned about the psychology of teaching physical education. Key Features of the Book A theory-to-research-to-practice approach. An author whose background in both sport psychology and physical education makes her uniquely qualified to write this book. Chapter-ending application exercises that encourage readers to go beyond rote memorization of concepts and principles to apply what they learned in various specific examples. Sample instructional models and guidelines to enable readers to incorporate concepts discussed in the chapter into their own classes. A comprehensive glossary. | The Psychology of Teaching Physical Education From Theory to Practice

GBP 145.00
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Introduction to Christian Ethics

Motivation to Work

Motivation to Work

Quality work that fosters job satisfaction and health enjoys top priority in industry all over the world. This was not always so. Until recently analysis of job attitudes focused primarily on human relations problems within organizations. While American industry was trying to solve the unsolvable problem of avoiding interpersonal dissatisfaction problems with the potential for solution such as training and quality production were ignored. When first published 'The Motivation to Work' challenged the received wisdom by showing that worker fulfillment came from achievement and growth within the job itself. In his new introduction Herzberg examines thirty years of motivational research in job-related areas. Based on workers' accounts of real events that have made them feel good or bad on the job the findings of Herzberg and his colleagues have stimulated research and controversy that continue to the present day. The authors surprisingly found that while a poor work environment generated discontent improved conditions seldom brought about improved attitudes. Instead satisfaction came most often from factors intrinsic to work: achievements job recognition and work that was challenging interesting and responsible. The evidence marshaled by this volume called into question many previous assumptions about job satisfaction and worker motivation. Feelings about intrinsic and extrinsic factors could not be validly averaged on a single scale of measurement. Motivation and performance are not merely dependent upon environmental needs and external rewards. Frederick Herzberg and his staff based their motivation—hygiene theory on a variety of human needs and applied it to a strategy of job enrichment that has widely influenced motivation and job design strategies. 'Motivation to Work' is a landmark volume that is of enduring interest to sociologists psychologists labor studies specialists and organization analysts.

GBP 145.00
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Italy From Revolution to Republic 1700 to the Present Fourth Edition

Guide to Research Projects for Engineering Students Planning Writing and Presenting

Guide to Research Projects for Engineering Students Planning Writing and Presenting

Presents an Integrated Approach Providing Clear and Practical Guidelines Are you a student facing your first serious research project? If you are it is likely that you‘ll be firstly overwhelmed by the magnitude of the task and secondly lost as to how to go about it. What you really need is a guide to walk you through all aspects of the research project from planning and conducting your research project to writing and presenting it. Guide to Research Projects for Engineering Students: Planning Writing and Presenting is the guide you need to do the job efficiently. Specifically Designed with Engineering and Technical Science Students in Mind The book is organized into three sections broken down into concise chapters that focus on a specific topic and the skills required. The section on planning shows you how to choose a project research a topic write a project proposal plan the project select methods and methodologies and keep records. The section on writing provides help on writing the different sections of a research report as well as introduces you to the strategies and language conventions required for writing an effective research report. Finally the section on presenting covers creating effective figures and layout preparing for a project presentation and the dos and don ts in delivering a presentation. Advice on how to use IT tools effectively is given throughout the book. Contains highly practical content includes tips on how to conduct research write it up effectively and avoid common errors and pitfalls in grammar and style Offers guidance on using IT tools (which are indispensable in research) Includes pertinent examples of best practices on conducting research and research writing The authors have drawn on their many years of experience teaching | Guide to Research Projects for Engineering Students Planning Writing and Presenting

GBP 175.00
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