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Evidence based or empirically supported psychotherapies are becoming more and more important in the mental health fields as the users and financers of psychotherapies want to choose those methods whose effectiveness are empirically shown. Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapies are shown to have empirical support in the treatment of a wide range of psychological/psychiatric problems. As a cognitive-behavioral mode of action, Problem Solving Therapy has been shown to be an effective psychotherapy approach in the treatment and/or rehabilitation of persons with depression, anxiety, suicide, schizophrenia, personality disorders, marital problems, cancer, diabetes-mellitus etc. Mental health problems cause personal suffering and constitue a
burden to the national health systems. Scientific evidence show
that effective problem solving skills are an important source of
resiliency and individuals with psychological problems exhibit a
deficiency in effective problem solving skills. Problem solving
therapy approach to the treatment and/or rehabilitation of
emotional problems assumes that teaching effective problem solving
skills in a therapeutic relationship increases resiliency and
alleviates psychological problems.The book, in the first chapters,
gives information on problem solving and the role of
problem-solving in the etiology and the treatment of different
forms of mental health problems. In the later chapters, it
concentrates on psychotherapy, assessment and procedures of problem
solving therapy. At the end it provides a case study. This book integrates theory, research & practiceand provides a comprehensive appreciation of problem solving therapy.Itcontains empirical evidence and applied focus for problem solving therapy which provides a scientific base and best practices.The bookalso highlights the problem solving difficulties of persons with specific disorders and provides a better understanding of the relevance of problem solving therapy to a broad range of emotional problems. "
In this collection of 17 articles, top scholars synthesize and
analyze scholarship on this widely used tool of policy analysis,
setting forth its accomplishments, difficulties, and means of
implementation. Though CGE modeling does not play a prominent role
in top US graduate schools, it is employed universally in the
development of economic policy. This collection is particularly
important because itpresents a history of modeling applications and
examines competing points of view.
One major example of the synergy of bioactive foods and extracts is their role as an antioxidant and the related remediation of cardiovascular disease. There is compelling evidence tosuggest that oxidative stress is implicated in the physiology of several major cardiovascular diseases including heart failure and increased free radical formation and reduced antioxidant defences. Studies indicate bioactive foods reduce the incidence of these conditions, suggestive of a potential cardioprotective role of antioxidant nutrients. BioactiveFood as Dietary Interventions for Cardiovascular
Diseaseinvestigates the role of foods, herbs and novel extracts in
moderating the pathology leading to cardiovascular disease. It
reviews existing literature, and presents new hypotheses and
conclusions on the effects of different bioactive components of the
diet.
The remarkable evolution of econophysics research has brought the
deep synthesis of ideas derived from economics and physicsto
subjects as diverse as education, banking, finance, and the
administration of large institutions. The original papers in this
collection present a broad summary of these advances, written by
interdisciplinary specialists. Included are studies on subjects in
the development of econophysics; on the perspectives offered by
econophysics on large problems in economics and finance, including
the 2008-9 financial crisis; and on higher education and group
decision making. The introductions and insights they provide will
benefit everyone interested in applications of this new
transdisciplinary science.
"International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities "is an ongoing scholarly look at research into the causes, effects, classification systems, syndromes, etc. of developmental disabilities. Contributors come from wide-ranging perspectives, including genetics, psychology, education, and other health and behavioral sciences. Volume 42 of the series offers chapters on a variety of
themes.
Advances in Quantum Chemistry presents surveys of current topics
in this rapidly developing field that has emerged at the cross
section of the historically established areas of mathematics,
physics, chemistry, and biology. It features detailed reviews
written by leading international researchers. This series provides
a one-stop resource for following progress in this
interdisciplinary area.
Obesity is a continuing issue around the world and in many
contexts. The growing number of obese people is an increasing
concern for those in the medical profession, and obesity can pose
specific challenges in relation to fertility and pregnancy.
Patients who are obese require specific considerations and
knowledge. Bringing together experts from a variety of specialties
to examine the issues and challenges of obesity, this book
discusses how obesity affects fertility, reproduction, and
pregnancy. Beginning with an exploration of the epidemiology of
obesity, further chapters focus on specific issues related to
obesity and both male and female reproduction, the complications of
obesity during pregnancy and labour, and the long term effects of
obesity. This is the most comprehensive resource to examine the
topic of obesity and reproductive issues, making it invaluable for
medical students, professionals, and researchers in public policy
and medicine.
This edited collection is intended as a primer for core concepts and principles in research ethics and as an in-depth exploration of the contextualization of these principles in practice across key disciplines. The material is nested so that readers can engage with it at different levels and depths. It is unique in that it combines an analysis of complex ethical debates about the nature of research and its governance with the best of case-based and discipline-specific approaches. It deals with the following topics in depth: in the natural
sciences, it explores the scientific integrity of the researcher
and the research process, human cloning as a test case for the
limits to research, and the emerging ethical issues in
nanotechnology; in the health sciences, it takes up the question of
consent, assent and proxies, research with vulnerable groups and
the ethics of clinical trials; in the social sciences, it explores
the issues that arise in qualitative research, interviews and
ethnography; and in the humanities, it examines contested
archaeologies and research in divided societies. Overview of Research Ethics Principles Full text papers from experienced researchers across many disciplines Dialogue with ethicists
Acquiring access to mental health treatments can be difficult
for those who are not near mental health facilities. The growing
field of telemental health addresses this problem by using video
and telephone conferencing to provide patients with access to
psychiatric professionals. However, the process faces challenges to
gain adoption into mainstream medical practice and to develop an
evidence base supporting its efficacy. In this comprehensive text,
leading professionals in the field provide an introduction to
telemental health and explore how to construct a therapeutic space
in different contexts when conducting telemental health, how to
improve access for special populations, and how to develop an
evidence base and best practice in telemental health. In the past
15 years, implementation of telemental health has seemed to follow
more from need than from demonstrated efficacy. The thorough and
insightful chapters within this book show the importance of
continued research and thoughtful development of ethical and
responsible practice that is needed in the field and begin to lay
out steps in constructing this process. Telemental Health will be
an essential book for all clinical practitioners and researchers in
mental health fields. Information in this bookis focused on
the clinical practice of telemental health, no other text is
similarly oriented to clinical practice. Limited options for
interested audience makes this text a top choice.The Editors are
experienced in multiple aspects of e-health across diverse clinical
settings, and the authors are national leaders who are most
knowledgeable regarding developments in the field. Emphasis is on
providing evidence-based care, and telemental health emerges as
comparable to usual care, not a "second best" option; material is
not esoteric but relevant to clinical practice. Readers will be
able to readily find the equipment and other technology to
establish their practice.
"
This insightful book is a synoptic presentation of Causes and
Treatment of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction. It gives an insight
into Alcoholism and Drug Addiction genetic and/or acquired
etiologies through researched studies that draw the conclusion that
Addiction is a disease/ medical condition. It features the
treatment from detox followed by psychotherapy with evidence based
practices and supported by Aftercare programs to maintain sobriety
and recovery. This book includes: An insight into Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Psychotherapy with evidence based practices Aftercare programs .Classification and effects of psychoactive drugs Drug screening proceduresMotivational InterviewingCauses and Treatment of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Life and clinical experiencesCulture and Drug AddictionLevels of Care in Structured Programs"
Coal power is a major cause of air pollution and global warming and has resulted in the release of toxic heavy metals and radionuclides, which place communities at riskfor long-term health problems. However, coal-fired power plants also currently fuel 41% of global electricity. "Clean Electricity Through Advanced Coal Technologies" discussesthe environmental issues caused by coal power, such as air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and toxic solid wastes. This volume focuses on increasingly prevalent newer generation technologies with smaller environmental footprints than the existing coal-fired infrastructure throughout most of the world. These technologies include fluidized-bed combustion and gasification. It also provides an overview of carbon capture and sequestration technologies and closely examines the 2008 Kingston TVA spill, the largest fly ash release ever to have occurred in the United States. Each volume of the "Handbook of Pollution Prevention and Cleaner
Production" covers manufacturing technologies, waste management,
pollution issues, methods for estimating and reporting emissions,
treatment and control techniques, worker and community health
risks, cost data for pollution management, and cleaner production
and prevention options.
"Advances in the Study of Behavior" was initiated over 40 years
ago to serve the increasing number of scientists engaged in the
study of animal behavior. That number is still expanding. This
volume makes another important "contribution to the development of
the field" by presenting theoretical ideas and research to those
studying animal behavior and to their colleagues in neighboring
fields. "Advances in the Study of Behavior" is now available online
at ScienceDirect full-text online from volume 30 onward.
The third edition of this innovative work again provides a unique
perspective on the clinical discovery process by providing input
from experts within the NIH on the principles and practice of
clinical research. Molecular medicine, genomics, and proteomics
have opened vast opportunities for translation of basic science
observations to the bedside through clinical research. As an
introductory reference it gives clinical investigators in all
fields an awareness of the tools required to ensure research
protocols are well designed and comply with the rigorous regulatory
requirements necessary to maximize the safety of research subjects.
Complete with sections on the history of clinical research and
ethics, copious figures and charts, and sample documents it serves
as an excellent companion text for any course on clinical research
and as a must-have reference for seasoned researchers.
Underground facilities, such as tunnels, sewer, water and gas networks form the backbone of the economic life of the modern city. In densely populated areas where the demands for transportation and services are rapidly increasing and the construction of new roads and railways are prohibited, the construction of a tunnel might be the only alternative. Brief and readable, this reference is based on a combined 75 years of field experience and places emphasis is on simple practical rules for designing and planning, underground infrastructures. The books begins with a clear and rigorous exposition of the classification of underground space, important considerations such as geological and engineering and underground planning. This is followed by self-contained chapters concerning applications for underground water storage, underground car parks, underground metros & road tunnels and underground storage of crude oil, lpg and natural gas. The book has 15 chapters covering various usage of underground space. There are about 135 figures and tables. The book contains about 20 case histories/examples. One of the first book to address all of the major areas in which
this technology is used, this book deals with major topics such as:
hydroelectric projects with modern planning of complex underground
structures; underground storages of food items, crude oil and
explosives and highly cautious underground nuclear waste
repositories. Rail and road tunnels and TBM are described briefly.
Risk management in underground infrastructures is of vital
importance. Civil Engineers, Mining Engineers, and Geotechnical
Engineers will find this book a valuable guide to designing and
planning underground infrastructures both in terms of its
applications. Risk management method for underground infrastructures Vital tips for the underground storage of food, water, crude oil, natural gas and munitions Provides design tips for Underground Parking Facilities Instruction for the designing planning and construction for underground Metros and road tunnels Planning and design of underground nuclear waste repositories Clearly explains the benefits and drawbacks of underground facilities Quick guide to the various modern mechanical underground parking options Explanation of construction planning and Risk management Places expert advice for planning and constructing projects at the finger tips"
"Semiconductors and Semimetals" has distinguished itself through
the careful selection of well-known authors, editors, and
contributors. Originally widely known as the "Willardson and Beer"
Series, it has succeeded in publishing numerous landmark volumes
and chapters. The series publishes timely, highly relevant volumes
intended for long-term impact and reflecting the truly
interdisciplinary nature of the field. The volumes in
"Semiconductors and Semimetals" have been and will continue to be
of great interest to physicists, chemists, materials scientists,
and device engineers in academia, scientific laboratories and
modern industry.
This bookdescribes computational financetools. It covers
fundamental numerical analysis and computational techniques, such
asoption pricing, and givesspecial attention tosimulation and
optimization. Many chapters are organized as case studies
aroundportfolio insurance and risk estimation problems. In
particular, several chapters explain optimization heuristics and
how to use them for portfolio selection and in calibration of
estimation and option pricing models. Such practical examples allow
readers to learn the steps for solving specific problems and apply
these steps to others. At the same time, the applications are
relevant enough to make the book a useful reference. Matlab and R
sample code is provided in the text and can be downloaded from the
book's website.
Create affordable solid fuel blends that will burn efficiently while reducing the carbon footprint. Solid Fuel Blending Handbook: Principles, Practices, and Problems describes a new generation of solid fuel blending processes. The book includes discussions on such topics as flame structure and combustion performance, boiler efficiency, capacity as influenced by flue gas volume and temperature, slagging and fouling, corrosion, and emissions. Attention is given to the major types of combustion systems including stokers, pulverized coal, cyclone, and fluidized bed boilers. Specific topics considered include chlorine in one or more coals, alkali metals (e.g., K, Na) and alkali earth elements, and related topics. Coals of consideration include Appalachian, Interior Province,
and Western bituminous coals; Powder River Basin (PRB) and other
subbituminous coals; Fort Union and Gulf Coast lignites, and many
of the off-shore coals (e.g., Adaro coal, an Indonesian
subbituminous coal with very low sulfur; other off-shore coals from
Germany, Poland, Australia, South Africa, Columbia, and more).
Interactions between fuels and the potential for blends to be
different from the parent coals will be a critical focus of this of
the book. One stop source to solid fuel types and blending processes Evaluate combustion systems and calculate their efficiency Recognize the interactions between fuels and their potential energy out put Be aware of the Environmental Aspects of Fuel Blending "
Generally, welding produces welding deformation and residual
stress in the products, which influences the quality and
performance of the products. Although many engineers and
researchers have made great effort how to control these incidents,
they have still remained unresolved. "Welding Deformation and
Residual Stress Prevention" provides a unique computational
approach to the prediction of the effects of deformation and
residual stress on materials. The goal is to provide engineers and
designers with the ability to create their own computational system
for predicting and possibly avoiding the problem altogether. Online simulation software to perform basic analysis on welding mechanics Examples of strategic methods and procedures are illustrated to have solved various welding-related problems encountered in the process of construction. Appendices present data bases for welding residual stresses, temperature dependent material properties, etc. "
The Intelligent Systems Series comprises titles that present state of the art knowledge and the latest advances in intelligent systems. Its scope includes theoretical studies, design methods, and real-world implementations and applications." Service Science, Management, and Engineering" presents the latest issues and development in service science. Both theory and applications issues are covered in this book, which integrates a variety of disciplines, including engineering, management, and information systems. These topics are each related to service science from various perspectives, and the book is supported throughout by applications and case studies that showcase best practice and provide insight and guidelines to assist in building successful service systems. Presents the latest research on service science, management and
engineering, from both theory and applications perspectives
Cloud computing can provide virtually unlimited scalable high performance computing resources. Cloud workflows often underlie many large scale data/computation intensive e-science applications such as earthquake modelling, weather forecasting and astrophysics. During application modelling, these sophisticated processes are redesigned as cloud workflows, and at runtime, the models are executed by employing the supercomputing and data sharing ability of the underlying cloud computing infrastructures. "Temporal QOS Management in Scientific Cloud Workflow Systems"
focuses on real world scientific applications which often must be
completed by satisfying a set of temporal constraints such as
milestones and deadlines. Meanwhile, activity duration, as a
measurement of system performance, often needs to be monitored and
controlled. This book demonstrates how to guarantee on-time
completion of most, if not all, workflow applications. Offering a
comprehensive framework to support the lifecycle of
time-constrained workflow applications, this book will enhance the
overall performance and usability of scientific cloud workflow
systems.
Organic Structure Determination Using 2-D NMR Spectroscopy: A Problem-Based Approach, Second Edition, is a primary text for a course in two-dimensional (2-D) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques, with the goal to learn to identify organic molecular structure. It presents strategies for assigning resonances to known structures and for deducing structures of unknown organic molecules based on their NMR spectra. The book begins with a discussion of the NMR technique, while subsequent chapters cover instrumental considerations; data collection, processing, and plotting; chemical shifts; symmetry and topicity; through-bond effects; and through-space effects. The book also covers molecular dynamics; strategies for assigning resonances to atoms within a molecule; strategies for elucidating unknown molecular structures; simple and complex assignment problems; and simple and complex unknown problems. Each chapter includes problems that will enable readers to test their understanding of the material discussed. The book contains 30 known and 30 unknown structure determination problems. It also features a supporting website from which instructors can download the structures of the unknowns in selected chapters, digital versions of all figures, and raw data sets for processing. This book will stand as a single source to which instructors and students can go to obtain a comprehensive compendium of NMR problems of varying difficulty.
Since its inception in 1966, the series of numbered volumes known
as "Semiconductors and Semimetals" has distinguished itself through
the careful selection of well-known authors, editors, and
contributors. The "Willardson and Beer" Series, as it is widely
known, has succeeded in publishing numerous landmark volumes and
chapters. Not only did many of these volumes make an impact at the
time of their publication, but they continue to be well-cited years
after their original release. Recently, Professor Eicke R. Weber of
the University of California at Berkeley joined as a co-editor of
the series. Professor Weber, a well-known expert in the field of
semiconductor materials, will further contribute to continuing the
series' tradition of publishing timely, highly relevant, and
long-impacting volumes. Some of the recent volumes, such as
"Hydrogen in Semiconductors, Imperfections in III/V Materials,
Epitaxial Microstructures, High-Speed Heterostructure Devices,
Oxygen in Silicon, " and others promise that this tradition will be
maintained and even expanded. Reflecting the truly
interdisciplinary nature of the field that the series covers, the
volumes in "Semiconductors and Semimetals" have been and will
continue to be of great interest to physicists, chemists, materials
scientists, and device engineers in modern industry.
A selection of republished corporate finance articles and book
chapters that can serve as an advanced corporate finance
supplementary text for courses that use no textbooks. Combining
convenience and an affordable price with retypeset pages and a
high-quality index, the 600 pages of volume two, "Bidding
Strategies, Financing, and Corporate Control," focus on a range of
special topics, ranging from theories and evidence on strategic
bidding behavior (offer premiums, toeholds, bidder competition,
winner s curse adjustments, and managerial overconfidence), issues
arising when bidding for targets in bankruptcy auctions, effects of
deal protection devices (termination agreements, poison pills),
role of large shareholder voting in promoting takeover gains, deal
financing issues (such as raising the cash used to pay for the
target), managerial incentive effects of takeovers, governance
spillovers from cross-border mergers, and returns to merger
arbitrage. Including an index and new introduction, this volume
will simplify and facilitate students interaction with new concepts
and applications.
Published since 1959, International Review of Neurobiology is a
well-known series appealing to neuroscientists, clinicians,
psychologists, physiologists, and pharmacologists. Led by an
internationally renowned editorial board, this important serial
publishes both eclectic volumes made up of timely reviews and
thematic volumes that focus on recent progress in a specific area
of neurobiology research. In this volume, invited experts provide
authoritative reviews on various aspects of Monoamine Oxidase and
its Inhibitors.
Each chapter provides in-depth discussions and this volume
serves as an invaluable resource for Developmental or educational
psychology researchers, scholars, and students. |
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