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Moving Boxes by Air The Economics of International Air Cargo

Moving Boxes by Air The Economics of International Air Cargo

Air cargo is a key element of the global supply chain. It allows outsourcing of manufacturing to other countries and links production in both multinational and smaller enterprises. It has also been the most important driver of certain export industries in countries such as South Africa Kenya and Chile. As a component of the air transport industry air cargo makes the crucial difference between profit and loss on many long-haul routes. This second edition of Moving Boxes by Air offers a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the business and practices of air cargo with chapters dedicated to key issues such as current trends market characteristics regulation airport terminal operations pricing and revenues and environmental impacts. The book illustrates the recent emphasis on mergers at the expense of alliances which have not had the impact that they had on passenger operations. The section on security has been expanded to assess in more depth the threats to aircraft from terrorists particularly in the lower cargo and passenger baggage compartments. Surcharges are examined and the book considers whether all airlines will follow the lead of some to do away with both fuel and security surcharges. The book concludes with a summary of the latest industry forecasts. Fully updated throughout this edition is the definitive guide to air cargo for professionals within both the aviation and freight industries. | Moving Boxes by Air The Economics of International Air Cargo

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Care Planning A guide for nurses

Care Planning A guide for nurses

This clear and intuitive introduction to care planning for nurses explains the benefits of holistic individualised care planning from a professional and clinical perspective. Using the ASPIRE model it guides the reader step-by-step through a problem-solving approach to care from assessing patients and identifying their needs to planning goals and interventions and evaluating progress. The book is structured to explain the theory of care planning in relation to a number of common nursing models and then show how the theory can best be put into practice. It draws on recent research to show how nurses can develop individualised care plans from scratch or use and adapt a range of ‘off-the-shelf’ tools. It is written in a clear succinct and down-to-earth writing style which will put students immediately at their ease and is rich with pedagogic features including: ‘Stop and think’ boxes to check understanding; boxed ‘Practice examples’ to illustrate points made; ‘Research summary’ boxes to highlight relevant and important studies; ‘What have you learnt so far?’ features to recap on key points of discussion; mini care plans; regular activities to encourage the reader to apply what they have learnt to particular practice scenarios. This is a go-to text for all pre-registration nursing students taking courses on the theory and practice of effective healthcare delivery. | Care Planning A guide for nurses

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Introducing English for Specific Purposes

Introducing English for Specific Purposes

Introducing English for Specific Purposes presents the key concepts and practices of ESP in a modern balanced and comprehensive way. This book defines ESP and shows how the approach plays a crucial role in the world of English language teaching. Explaining how needs analysis language and learning objectives materials and methods and evaluation combine to form the four main pillars of ESP the book includes: practical examples that illustrate how the core theories and practices of ESP can be applied in real-world academic and occupational settings; discussion of some of the most hotly debated issues in ESP; insights on how ESP courses can be organized and integrated to form a complete program; reflection boxes practical tasks extension research questions and resources for further reading in each chapter. Introducing English for Specific Purposes serves as an ideal textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students studying courses on English for Specific Purposes or English for Academic Purposes as part of degrees in English for Specific Purposes Education ELT Applied Linguistics TESOL or TEFL. This comprehensive publication is also an invaluable reference resource for pre-service and in-service teachers of ESP and for English program managers and administrators.

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Intensive Care Nursing A Framework for Practice

Intensive Care Nursing A Framework for Practice

Especially written for qualified nurses working in intensive care units this comprehensive text has been developed to be as accessible as possible. This fourth edition has been revised throughout to ensure the evidence base is completely up to date and the content reflects contemporary best practice. Intensive Care Nursing is structured in user-friendly sections. The chapters contain sections outlining the fundamental knowledge needed to understand key chapters implications for practice boxes further reading and resources overviews time out sections for revision and clinical scenarios with questions included. Reviewed throughout by experienced practitioners and teachers it covers: patient-focused issues of bedside nursing; the technical knowledge necessary to care safely for ICU patients; the more common and specialised disease processes and treatments encountered; how nurses can use their knowledge and skills to develop their own and others' practice. Written by a practice development nurse with a strong clinical background in intensive care nursing and experience of teaching nursing Intensive Care Nursing is essential reading for nurses and health professionals working with seriously ill patients particularly those undertaking post-registration training in the area. | Intensive Care Nursing A Framework for Practice

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A Creative Primary Curriculum for All

A Creative Primary Curriculum for All

The curriculum in many primary schools in recent history became worryingly narrowed such that children were being prepared for tests more than their lives were being enriched with a variety of knowledge skills and experiences. It is clear that it is the latter that enables them to perform well in tests and in life so the time for change is now! This book seeks to empower teachers and school leaders to better understand what is meant by 'curriculum' and what a creative educational diet might look like in each individual school. The book explores curriculum intent implementation and impact. It includes leaders' reflection boxes and practical suggestions for busy teachers. Emma L. Palastanga analyses the need for a broad and balanced curriculum against the limitations of cramming for success and delves deep into the process of curriculum planning delivery and evaluation using Ofsted’s terminology. Examples of lessons and a range of different approaches are shared throughout the book. A Creative Primary Curriculum for All will give all subject leaders classroom teachers and teacher trainees the confidence to provide a rich exciting and varied curriculum meeting the needs of learners whilst also letting the craft of teaching and individual inspiration shine.

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Reading Intervention Case Studies for School Psychologists Evidence-Based Implementation and Analysis

Reading Intervention Case Studies for School Psychologists Evidence-Based Implementation and Analysis

Reading Intervention Case Studies for School Psychologists provides vivid real-world examples of school-based interventions targeting students’ phonological awareness phonics fluency and comprehension in reading. This book offers a rich variety of applied reading interventions in school settings spanning strategies such as incidental teaching word boxes peer tutoring taped words story mapping and beyond. Each case includes thorough descriptions of the specific area of concern detailed intervention protocols data collection and analysis methods and tips for ensuring social acceptability and treatment integrity. School psychologists along with related professionals in special education general education and speech-language pathology will come away with new insights into this comprehensive set of well-researched and frequently applied reading interventions. | Reading Intervention Case Studies for School Psychologists Evidence-Based Implementation and Analysis

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Evidence-based Care for Breastfeeding Mothers A Resource for Midwives and Allied Healthcare Professionals

Evidence-based Care for Breastfeeding Mothers A Resource for Midwives and Allied Healthcare Professionals

Mapped to the UNICEF Baby Friendly Learning Outcomes this new edition of Pollard’s essential textbook ensures readers are equipped with the essential knowledge and skills to eff ectively promote and support breastfeeding mothers. Breastfeeding is a major public health issue. Not only does breastmilk provide all the nutrients a baby needs for their fi rst six months but research shows it also helps to protect infants from infection and reduce obesity as well as helping to protect mothers from some diseases in later life. Although many women want to breastfeed rates drop rapidly in the fi rst days and weeks after giving birth. Women need the support of their midwives and health visitors when establishing breastfeeding and throughout their children’s infancy. This comprehensive and accessible text covers: anatomy and physiology building relationships essential skills and good practice guidance dealing with common problems public health considerations mothers needing additional support babies with special needs; and complementary feeding and weaning. Suitable for midwifery and nursing students as well as practitioners undertaking continuing professional development Evidence-based Care for Breastfeeding Mothers is designed to aid learning. Each chapter begins with specific learning outcomes linked to the Baby Friendly Learning Outcomes key fact boxes clinical scenarios and activities. | Evidence-based Care for Breastfeeding Mothers A Resource for Midwives and Allied Healthcare Professionals

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Expanding Reading Comprehension in Grades 3–6 Effective Instruction for All Students

Expanding Reading Comprehension in Grades 3–6 Effective Instruction for All Students

Students in grades 3–6 need to use increasingly sophisticated comprehension skills and strategies as they read and build knowledge across disciplinary content areas. Grounded in research this book presents effective practices for integrating literacy instruction with literature science and social studies. Chapters address text selection vocabulary development strategy instruction discussion formats writing to express and expand comprehension assessment and more. Ways to meet the needs of emergent bilingual and culturally diverse students are highlighted throughout. Ideal for preservice and inservice teachers and professional staff development the book includes classroom vignettes text boxes with easy-to-read instructional procedures and curriculum resources. Helpful reproducible forms can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. See also the authors' related book on the primary grades: Developing Reading Comprehension: Effective Instruction for All Students in PreK-2. | Expanding Reading Comprehension in Grades 3–6 Effective Instruction for All Students

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The Easy Guide to Focused History Taking for OSCEs

The Easy Guide to Focused History Taking for OSCEs

This straightforward guide to taking patient history comprehensively covers all of the commonly seen OSCE scenarios within the current undergraduate medical curriculum. The Easy Guide to Focused History Taking for OSCEs includes introductory chapters with general OSCE guidance mapping onto the Calgary-Cambridge model. These include tips from recently qualified doctors and highly respected physicians and surgeons who commonly examine OSCEs as well as a sample OSCE marking scheme. The book then covers 56 histories based on presenting complaints - more than any other text on the market - thoroughly testing both knowledge and examination technique. Each history is based around the exam requirements with mnemonics ‘red flag’ symptom boxes and list-based breakdowns to aid prompt recall. Common and serious differentials are highlighted as well as investigations to help rule out the serious conditions. Each section concludes by outlining key aspects for each differential diagnosis as well as a list of investigations and management options. With this book every student will be well equipped to tackle any clinical problem in the OSCE examination and also in their continued professional practice.

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Recipes for Science An Introduction to Scientific Methods and Reasoning

Recipes for Science An Introduction to Scientific Methods and Reasoning

Today scientific literacy is an essential aspect of any undergraduate education. Recipes for Science responds to this need by providing an accessible introduction to the nature of science and scientific methods reasoning and concepts that is appropriate for any beginning college student. It is designed to be adaptable to a wide variety of different kinds of courses such as introductions to scientific reasoning or critical thinking philosophy of science and science education. In any of these different uses the book helps students better navigate our scientific 21st-century world. Key Features Contemporary and historical examples of science from many fields of physical life and social sciences. Visual aids to clarify and illustrate ideas. Text boxes to explore related topics. Plenty of exercises to ensure full student engagement and mastery of the information. Annotated 'Further Reading' sections at the end of each chapter. Final glossary with helpful definitions of key terms. A companion website with author-developed and crowdsourced materials including syllabi for courses using this textbook bibliography of additional resources and online materials sharable PowerPoint presentations and lecture notes and additional exercises and extended projects. | Recipes for Science An Introduction to Scientific Methods and Reasoning

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Supporting Literacies for Children of Color A Strength-Based Approach to Preschool Literacy

Supporting Literacies for Children of Color A Strength-Based Approach to Preschool Literacy

A comprehensive theory-to-practice guidebook Supporting Literacies for Children of Color argues for a new strength-based view of teaching to support the literacy talents and abilities of preschool-aged children of Color. The early childhood field is at a critical juncture in preschool literacy education as educators confront an ever-changing array of curricular approaches and assessment measures while still trying to meet the social cultural language and literacy needs of individual children. By integrating parent and teacher literacy perspectives as well as calling on the author’s own decades of teaching this book offers practical tools and strategies for culturally responsive pedagogy and demonstrates effective methods for using oral language and multilingualism to celebrate and deepen the literacy capabilities of children of Color. Featuring examples of children’s literacy processes and products both at home and in preschools to illustrate effective instructional strategies as well as boxes noting important ideas and strategies in each major section this text will guide students and educators toward creating a supportive learning environment for children of Color. | Supporting Literacies for Children of Color A Strength-Based Approach to Preschool Literacy

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IBM SPSS for Introductory Statistics Use and Interpretation Sixth Edition

IBM SPSS for Introductory Statistics Use and Interpretation Sixth Edition

IBM SPSS for Introductory Statistics is designed to help students learn how to analyze and interpret research. In easy-to-understand language the authors show readers how to choose the appropriate statistic based on the design and to interpret outputs appropriately. There is such a wide variety of options and statistics in SPSS that knowing which ones to use and how to interpret the outputs can be difficult. This book assists students with these challenges. Comprehensive and user-friendly the book prepares readers for each step in the research process: design entering and checking data testing assumptions assessing reliability and validity computing descriptive and inferential parametric and nonparametric statistics and writing about results. Dialog windows and SPSS syntax along with the output are provided. Several realistic data sets available online are used to solve the chapter problems. This new edition includes updated screenshots and instructions for IBM SPSS 25 as well as updated pedagogy such as callout boxes for each chapter indicating crucial elements of APA style and referencing outputs. IBM SPSS for Introductory Statistics is an invaluable supplemental (or lab text) book for students. In addition this book and its companion IBM SPSS for Intermediate Statistics are useful as guides/reminders to faculty and professionals regarding the specific steps to take to use SPSS and/or how to use and interpret parts of SPSS with which they are unfamiliar. | IBM SPSS for Introductory Statistics Use and Interpretation Sixth Edition

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The Early Years Handbook for Students and Practitioners An Essential Guide for the Foundation Degree and Levels 4 and 5

The Early Years Handbook for Students and Practitioners An Essential Guide for the Foundation Degree and Levels 4 and 5

The Early Years Handbook for Students and Practitioners is a comprehensive and accessible course text for all degree level students undertaking programmes related to early years and childhood studies. Designed and written by the SEFDEY Professional Association and a team of new expert contributors this text provides a balanced approach to the subjects discussed and encourages you to consider and challenge perceptions of early years and to promote good professional practice. This edition has been extended to cover the learning and development of children from birth to 8 years and features new chapters on research risk neuroscience the environment and more. Divided into four parts - The Student-Practitioner-Professional; The Learning and Development of Children 0-8; The Child Family and Society; and The Senior Practitioner-Professional - the book covers all aspects of working with young children and engages you with theory that is explicitly linked to your practice. In each chapter the book seeks to help you develop your professional identity and includes: Activities to help you to reflect on your own practice Debates and dilemmas to promote discussion between students and colleagues Real-life case studies and photographs to illustrate key points Extended reflective thinking boxes outlining key research in the field and implications for practice Suggestions for key projects to help those looking for research topics The book is supported by a companion website featuring for students links to useful websites and video material and an interactive flashcard glossary. Online support for lecturers includes ideas for tasks and activities to use in class and the diagrams and images in the book available to download. | The Early Years Handbook for Students and Practitioners An Essential Guide for the Foundation Degree and Levels 4 and 5

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Teaching Practices from America's Best Urban Schools A Guide for School and Classroom Leaders

Teaching Practices from America's Best Urban Schools A Guide for School and Classroom Leaders

Discover the teaching practices that make the biggest difference in student performance! The new edition of this practical research-based book gives leaders and teachers an even closer look at instructional practices from top award-winning urban schools. With refreshed examples from high-performing teachers and detailed analyses of these practices the authors demystify the achievement of these schools while offering a practical guide to help educators apply these practices in their contexts. Teaching Practices from America's Best Urban Schools is a valuable tool for any educator in both urban and non urban schools that serve diverse student populations including English language learners and children from low-income families. What’s New: Additional What It Is/What It Isn’t boxes help educators distinguish the subtle differences in the implementation of practices that lead to impressive learning results Practice Guides and Practical Next Steps for each of the 8 Success Factors encourage self-assessment and collaboration Expansion of topics address current developments in education and additional examples from award-winning elementary middle and high schools provide new insights. | Teaching Practices from America's Best Urban Schools A Guide for School and Classroom Leaders

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Making Learning-Centered Teaching Work Practical Strategies for Implementation

Making Learning-Centered Teaching Work Practical Strategies for Implementation

This is a substantially expanded and enhanced revision of Phyllis Blumberg’s acclaimed and bestselling book Developing Learner-Centered Teaching: A Practical Guide for Faculty (Jossey-Bass 2009). This easy to follow how-to-guide provides faculty with both a thorough introduction to this evidence-based approach to teaching and practical guidance on how to progressively implement it to strengthen the impact of their teaching. It demonstrates how they can integrate learning-centered teaching into their classroom practice without sacrificing content and rigor and how to positively engage students in the process by demonstrating its impact on their mastery and recall of key concepts and knowledge. An added outcome given that learning-centered teaching is correlated with improved student learning is the resulting assessment data that it provides faculty with the measures to meet the increased demands by accreditors legislators and society for evidence of improved teaching and learning outcomes. Phyllis Blumberg demonstrates how to use rubrics to not only satisfy outside requirements and accreditation self-studies but more importantly for faculty to use for the purposes of self-improvement or their teaching portfolios. She provides examples of how the rubrics can be used to ascertain whether college-wide strategic plans for teaching excellence are being met for program review and to determine the effectiveness of faculty development efforts. The book includes the following features: ·Boxes with easy-to-implement and adaptable examples covering applications across disciplines and course types ·Worksheets that foster easy implementation of concepts ·Rubrics for self- assessment and peer assessment of learning-centered teaching ·Detailed directions on how to use the rubrics as a teaching assessment tool for individuals courses and programs ·List of examples of use classified by discipline and type of course Phyllis Blumberg offers Making Learning Centered Teaching Course Design Institutes and workshops on this and other teaching and assessment topics. Half day to multiple day modules. For more information or questions contact blumbergphyllis@gmail. com or IntegrateEd. com | Making Learning-Centered Teaching Work Practical Strategies for Implementation

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Designed for Habitat New Directions for Habitat for Humanity

Designed for Habitat New Directions for Habitat for Humanity

Designed for Habitat: New Directions for Habitat for Humanity presents 12 new projects designed and built via collaborations between architects and Habitat for Humanity®. The ways in which we think about affordable housing are being challenged by designers and not-for-profit housing advocates such as Habitat for Humanity and its affiliates. The projects chronicled in this book consider home affordability through the lens of monthly homeownership expenses energy efficiency and residential energy use and issues of designed resilience to natural events ranging from aging and accessibility concerns to natural disasters and climate change. New to this edition the projects reflect new approaches to building scale construction technology energy and affordability and design and context. Illustrated with over 100 color images the case studies include detailed plans and photographs to show how these projects came about the strategies used by each team to approach the design and construction process and the obstacles they overcame to realize a successful outcome. The lessons and insights presented will be a valuable resource whether you’re an architect an architecture student a Habitat affiliate leader or an affordable housing advocate. | Designed for Habitat New Directions for Habitat for Humanity

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Psychology and Behavioral Economics Applications for Public Policy

Psychology and Behavioral Economics Applications for Public Policy

Psychology and Behavioral Economics offers an expert introduction to how psychology can be applied to a range of public policy areas. It examines the impact of psychological research for public policymaking in economic financial and consumer sectors; in education healthcare and the workplace; for energy and the environment; and in communications. Your energy bills show you how much you use compared to the average household in your area. Your doctor sends you a text message reminder when your appointment is coming up. Your bank gives you three choices for how much to pay off on your credit card each month. Wherever you look there has been a rapid increase in the importance we place on understanding real human behaviors in everyday decisions and these behavioral insights are now regularly used to influence everything from how companies recruit employees through to large-scale public policy and government regulation. But what is the actual evidence behind these tactics and how did psychology become such a major player in economics? Answering these questions and more this team of authors working across both academia and government present this fully revised and updated reworking of Behavioral Insights for Public Policy. This update covers everything from how policy was historically developed to major research in human behavior and social psychology to key moments that brought behavioral sciences to the forefront of public policy. Featuring over 100 empirical examples of how behavioral insights are being used to address some of the most critical challenges faced globally the book covers key topics such as evidence-based policy a brief history of behavioral and decision sciences behavioral economics and policy evaluation all illustrated throughout with lively case studies. Including end-of-chapter questions a glossary and key concept boxes to aid retention as well as a new chapter revealing the work of the Canadian government’s behavioral insights unit this is the perfect textbook for students of psychology economics public health education and organizational sciences as well as public policy professionals looking for fresh insight into the underlying theory and practical applications in a range of public policy areas. | Psychology and Behavioral Economics Applications for Public Policy

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Creating Your Dream Elementary Classroom from the Inside Out A Practical Guide for Teachers

Creating Your Dream Elementary Classroom from the Inside Out A Practical Guide for Teachers

What are the magic ingredients to a dream classroom and how can you create one for your own students? In this inspiring new book Becky Hunt shows you how to transform the elementary school classroom into a special place where students are excited to learn. You’ll gain practical strategies on key areas such as classroom environment community routines procedures expectations lessons and professionalism. You will discover how to: Design a classroom environment in which students feel safe happy and eager to learn; Arrange and facilitate regular class meetings so that students can express themselves freely without judgement; Maintain professionalism in and out of the workplace; Set guidelines rules and expectations that students will understand and respect; Construct a targeted lesson plan with a clear beginning middle and end; Approach each day with a positive attitude by managing health and wellness; And much more! Special features in each chapter include a Tips from the Pros section and Reflect and Write boxes to help you pause and apply the ideas as you go. There are also Discussion Questions and Notes to Trainers and Mentors so you can easily use the book for new teacher training induction book studies and PLCs. With the practical tools and heartwarming examples in this book you can have your own dream classroom starting today! | Creating Your Dream Elementary Classroom from the Inside Out A Practical Guide for Teachers

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Corpus Linguistics for Pragmatics A guide for research

Corpus Linguistics for Pragmatics A guide for research

Corpus Linguistics for Pragmatics provides a practical and comprehensive introduction to the growing field of corpus pragmatics. Taking a hands-on approach to showcase the applications of corpora in the exploration of core topics within pragmatics this book: • covers six key areas of corpus-pragmatic research including speech acts deixis pragmatic markers evaluation conversational structure and multimodality; • demonstrates the use of freely-available corpora corpus interfaces and corpus analysis tools to conduct original pragmatic analyses; • is accompanied by an e-resource which hosts multimodal data sets for additional exercises. Featuring case studies and practical tasks within each chapter Corpus Linguistics for Pragmatics is an essential guide for students and researchers studying or conducting their own corpus-based research in pragmatics. | Corpus Linguistics for Pragmatics A guide for research

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Linguistics for Language Teachers Lessons for Classroom Practice

Linguistics for Language Teachers Lessons for Classroom Practice

This book is an accessible introduction to linguistics specifically tailored for teachers of second language/bilingual education. It guides teachers stepwise through the components of language focusing on the areas of linguistics that are most pertinent for teaching. Throughout the book there are opportunities to analyze linguistic data and discuss language-related issues in various educational and social contexts. Readers will be able to identify patterns in actual language use to inform their teaching and help learners advance to the next level. A highly readable account of how language works this book is an ideal text for teacher education courses. | Linguistics for Language Teachers Lessons for Classroom Practice

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Advanced Automotive Fault Diagnosis Automotive Technology: Vehicle Maintenance and Repair

Advanced Automotive Fault Diagnosis Automotive Technology: Vehicle Maintenance and Repair

Diagnostics: Test don’t guess. Learn all the skills you need to pass Level 3 and 4 Vehicle Diagnostics courses from IMI City & Guilds and BTEC as well as ASE AUR and other higher-level qualifications. Along with 25 new real-life case studies this fifth edition of Advanced Automotive Fault Diagnosis includes new content on diagnostic tools and equipment: VCDS decade boxes scanners pass through sensor simulators break out boxes multimeter updates for HV use and more . It explains the fundamentals of vehicle systems and components and it examines diagnostic principles and the latest techniques employed in effective vehicle maintenance and repair. Diagnostics or faultfinding is an essential part of an automotive technician's work and as automotive systems become increasingly complex there is a greater need for good diagnostic skills. Ideal for students included throughout the text are useful definitions key facts and ‘safety first’ notes. This text will also assist experienced technicians to further improve their performance and keep up with recent industry developments. | Advanced Automotive Fault Diagnosis Automotive Technology: Vehicle Maintenance and Repair

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Screen Adaptation: Beyond the Basics Techniques for Adapting Books Comics and Real-Life Stories into Screenplays

Screen Adaptation: Beyond the Basics Techniques for Adapting Books Comics and Real-Life Stories into Screenplays

Once you understand the basics of screenwriting ideas for your next screenplay are everywhere. Whether it comes from a favorite children’s book a summer novel you discover accidentally a news story that catches your imagination or a chapter from your own life — advanced screenwriting strategies should now guide you through your first adaptation. In Screen Adaptation: Beyond the Basics award-winning screenwriter Eric Williams uses examples from award-winning screenplays to explain new storytelling techniques. His real-world examples illustrate a range of advanced approaches — including new ways to identify and craft tension how to reimagine structure and character and how to strengthen emotional depth in your characters and in the audience. Screen Adaptation: Beyond the Basics teaches readers new ways to engage with source material in order to make successful adaptation decisions regardless of the source material. The book offers: Three detailed examples of award-winning adaptations by the author including the complete short story and final scripts used in the Voices From the Heartland project; Breakout boxes highlighting modern and historical adaptations and providing examples for each concept discussed in the book; More than fifty charts providing easy-to-use visual representations of complex concepts; New screenwriting techniques developed by the author including the Triangle of Knowledge the Storyteller’s Parallax and the idea of Super Genres as part of a Screenwriters Taxonomy. | Screen Adaptation: Beyond the Basics Techniques for Adapting Books Comics and Real-Life Stories into Screenplays

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Designing for Kids Creating for Playing Learning and Growing

Designing for Kids Creating for Playing Learning and Growing

Designers especially design students rarely have access to children or their worlds when creating products images experiences and environments for them. Therefore fine distinctions between age transitions and the day-to-day experiences of children are often overlooked. Designing for Kids brings together all a designer needs to know about developmental stages play patterns age transitions playtesting safety standards materials and the daily lives of kids providing a primer on the differences in designing for kids versus designing for adults. Research and interviews with designers social scientists and industry experts are included highlighting theories and terms used in the fields of design developmental psychology sociology cultural anthropology and education. This textbook includes more than 150 color images helpful discussion questions and clearly formatted chapters making it relevant to a wide range of readers. It is a useful tool for students in industrial design interaction design environmental design and graphic design with children as the main audience for their creations. | Designing for Kids Creating for Playing Learning and Growing

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Foundations for Performance Training Skills for the Actor-Dancer

Foundations for Performance Training Skills for the Actor-Dancer

Foundations for Performance Training: Skills for the Actor-Dancer explores the physical emotional theoretical and practical components of performance training in order to equip readers with the tools needed to successfully advance in their development as artists and entertainers. Each chapter provides a fresh perspective on subjects that students of acting and dance courses encounter throughout their training as performing artists. Topics include: Equity diversity and inclusion in performance Mind/body conditioning for training rehearsal and performance Developing stage presence and spatial awareness Cultivating motivation and intention in performance Expanding repertoire and broadening skillset for performance Auditioning for film and stage Developing theatrical productions This book also offers experiential exercises journal writing prompts and assignments to engage readers enrich their learning experience and deepen their exploration of the material described in each chapter. Readers will grow as performing artists as they analyze the principles of both acting and dance and discover how deeply the two art forms are intertwined. An excellent resource for students of acting musical theatre and dance courses Foundations for Performance Training encourages a strong foundation in creative analysis technique artistic expression and self-care to cultivate excellence in performance. | Foundations for Performance Training Skills for the Actor-Dancer

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Strategies for Differentiating Instruction Best Practices for the Classroom

Strategies for Differentiating Instruction Best Practices for the Classroom

This updated edition of Strategies for Differentiating Instruction offers practical approaches that allow all students to make continuous progress and be appropriately challenged by focusing on their various levels of knowledge and readiness to learn. Written in an accessible teacher-friendly style chapters explore methods to tier learning experiences so that all students’ unique learning needs are met. The new edition updates the strategies complete with student examples and provides Developing and Assessing Products (DAP) tools for a variety of products as reproducible appendices. Full of research-supported examples and designed specifically for teachers who are new to differentiated instruction this book offers vetted practical advice for preassessing students implementing differentiation strategies and managing and assessing student learning. This new edition is a must read for teachers seeking to master the essentials on how to differentiate instruction and address all students' needs interests and abilities. | Strategies for Differentiating Instruction Best Practices for the Classroom

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