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Increasingly, in the field of earth observation imagery, there is a
need for image quality to be assessable in traceable Standard
International Units (SIU), and for the standardization of common
mapping projections. These two needs, plus the increased usage of
combinations of data and image types, provided the stimuli for the
development of this important volume.
Prepared by members of the Joint ISPRS/CEOS WGCV Task Force on
Radiometric and Geometric Calibration, this book is a valuable text
for those in the fields of remote sensing technology, calibration,
Earth observation, and electro-optical sensor parameters.
By detailing current calibration procedures and the latest 'best
practices', this latest addition to the ISPRS Series addresses the
need for consistency throughout the discipline, and encourages the
development of coherent, high-quality Earth observation imagery.
A revelatory biography of the first Black woman to be elected Vice
President of the United States. In Kamala's Way, longtime Los
Angeles Times reporter Dan Morain charts how the daughter of two
immigrants born in segregated California became one of this
country's most effective power players. He takes readers through
Harris's years in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office,
explores her audacious embrace of the little-known Barack Obama,
and shows the sharp elbows she deployed to make it to the US
Senate. He analyses her failure as a presidential candidate and the
behind-the-scenes campaign she waged to land the Vice President
spot. And along the way, Morain paints a vivid picture of her
family, values and priorities, as well as the missteps, risks and
bold moves she's made on her way to the top. Kamala's Way is a
comprehensive account of the Vice President-Elect and her
history-making career.
Build a positive mindfulness habit with Daily Calm. The Daily Bell
is a mindfulness reminder - a sort of 'thought of the day' - that
mindfulness expert Padraig O'Morain sends out to his 15,000
subscribers every morning, and he has done so for the last 5 years.
Following on from the success of this, Padraig has compiled 100
brand new reminders and easy exercises into Daily Calm. By picking
up the book and dipping into the short exercises, you will learn to
integrate mindfulness into your life, improve personal resilience
and build up a regular mindfulness habit. As a psychotherapist,
trained counsellor and mindfulness teacher with over 25 years'
experience, Padraig understands the importance of taking time out
of your busy day to find moments of calm. 'Padraig is extremely
well read and his knowledge of the subject of mindfulness is vast.
He has a great ability to explain concepts in simple terms. This
book will be a valuable addition to my own practice, and to my work
as a psychologist in elite sport.' - Dr Kate Kirby, Olympic sport
psychologist and Head of Psychology, Sport Ireland Institute 'A
plethora of practical and ingenious insights to help the most
stressed amongst us to embrace the rewards of feeling calm. If you
want to lead a calmer life, this book is for you. A very clever
concept packed full of mindful solutions to help you cultivate
inner tranquility in a chaotic world.' Fiona Brennan, clinical
hypnotherapist and author of Irish Times bestseller, The Positive
Habit 'We need little moments and skills that can bring us from a
state of overwhelm to one of calm, courageousness and compassion
now, more than ever. Daily Calm will give you such moments and
skills in simple, accessible, easily digestible chunks in a few
short minutes per day. The practices within this book could change
the trajectory of your day, and indeed your life when practiced
consistently over time.' Aisling Leonard-Curtin, chartered
psychologist, co-author No. 1 Irish Times bestseller, The Power of
Small, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Trainer
Times book of the week 'Dan Morain is a fair-minded biographer with
enough access - he is a veteran journalist who has worked for the
Los Angeles Times and The Sacramento Bee - to make this more than a
cuttings job. The Kamala Harris who emerges from these pages is
accomplished and politically savvy, perhaps to a fault.' The Times
'This story about how she ran the gauntlet of American politics
will leave readers admiring Harris for how she has not only
survived but thrived' - The Washington Post 'All her life, Harris
has made a habit of exceeding expectations. This book suggests she
will do that again as vice-president - and that one day she might
also excel as America's first woman, first Indian and second Black
president. ' The Guardian 'Meticulously reported' USA Today A
revelatory biography of the first Black woman to be elected Vice
President of the United States. In Kamala's Way, longtime Los
Angeles Times reporter Dan Morain charts how the daughter of two
immigrants born in segregated California became one of this
country's most effective power players. He takes readers through
Harris's years in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office,
explores her audacious embrace of the little-known Barack Obama,
and shows the sharp elbows she deployed to make it to the US
Senate. He analyses her failure as a presidential candidate and the
behind-the-scenes campaign she waged to land the Vice President
spot. And along the way, Morain paints a vivid picture of her
family, values and priorities, as well as the missteps, risks and
bold moves she's made on her way to the top. Kamala's Way is a
comprehensive account of the Vice President-Elect and her
history-making career.
This book presents an innovative model for strengthening and
developing executive function in any student, including those with
attention, memory, organization, planning, inhibition, initiative,
and flexibility difficulties. It provides guidance on how to
support each student's evolving executive function, and how to
encourage those who are ready to develop self-advocacy and become
more responsible for the development of his or her own executive
function skills. The author advocates a student-centred approach in
which educators first explore eight key 'ingredients' with the
student: relationships; strengths and weaknesses; self-advocacy and
responsibility; review and preview; motivation and incentive;
synthesis and analysis; rhythm and routine; and practice and
repetition. She provides step-by-step explanations of how the
educator and student can then explore and use these 'ingredients'
in different ways and in different combinations to successfully
address particular areas of difficulty. The approach is clearly
explained, and the author provides many useful examples,
tried-and-tested practical tips and strategies; suggested
conversation starters; sample time management plans; and other
tools that can be adapted to meet the particular needs and
abilities of each individual student. Original and effective, the
approach outlined in this book will be of interest to teachers and
other professionals involved in supporting executive function in
students of all ages, as well as parents and carers.
Understand and support executive function in individuals with
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with this fully-explained,
innovative model. Showing how to use an individual's strengths to
address executive functioning weaknesses, this approach will also
help to build a strong foundation for social and communication
skills. Advocating a person-centred approach, the author describes
the importance of identifying the individual's preferred style of
engagement and communication, and how sensory experiences impact
their thoughts, feelings, and actions. She explains how to use this
information to identify the individual's strengths and weaknesses
across eight key areas which are the building blocks of executive
functions: attention; memory; organization; time management;
initiative; behavior; goal setting and flexibility. These areas can
be used daily to establish predictability and offer a foundation
for interpreting, processing and understanding the world with
flexibility. Professionals and parents can also use them as the
basis of an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), or to create
personalized interventions and support at school or at home.
Satellite imagery and data are widely used in public health
surveillance to provide early warning of disease outbreaks and for
averting pandemics. Convergence of these technologies began in the
1970s and has gained wide acceptance in the 21st Century.
Environmental Tracking for Public Health Surveillance focuses on
the expanding use of satellite sensor imagery and long-term
spectral measurements for assessing and modelling Earth's
environments in context of public health surveillance. It addresses
vector-borne, air-borne, water-borne, and zoonotic diseases, and
explores analytical methods for forecasting environmental
conditions and their potential for consequent disease outbreaks.
Infectious and contagious diseases are of particular interest in
this volume because once parasite-vector-human host pathways are
triggered by favourable biological circumstances, pandemic diseases
can spread to global scale in a matter of hours. The chapters
advance readers through three sets of material. Part I reviews the
1970-2012 history of satellite Earth-science surveillance
technology that led to linking natural environments to human
diseases, and more generally to public health applications. Part II
describes specific infectious and contagious diseases and the
threat of emerging and re-emerging diseases. Part III explores the
kinds of satellite data, modelling, and electronic information
systems being developed to expedite health intercessions and
responses at local to regional and global scales of reference.
Equally important are the extensive reference sections for chapters
in Parts II and III. For readers interested in tracking the
development of Earth-science technology, these constitute a
thorough entree to both the health and environmental literature.
The chapters are written jointly by experts in both the health and
Earth-science technologies. Each chapter is accompanied by an
extensive list of citations to provide background and validation of
the current state-of-the-art for a variety of high-interest human
diseases and associated health and well-being issues. The
importance of day-to-day weather patterns, the impacts of severe
weather events and longer-term climate cycles form the basis for
developing information systems that meet goals and expectations of
national and international health monitoring bodies. Environmental
Tracking for Public Health Surveillance provides a state-of-the-art
overview on how environmental tracking data from satellite,
airborne, and ground-based sensors are being integrated into
appropriate geophysical and spatial information system models to
enhance public health surveillance and decision-making from local
to global levels, and is intended primarily for a
cross-disciplinary professional audience consisting of public
health decision-makers, spatial data analysts, modelers, Earth
observation specialists, and medical researchers.
In these dynamic, musically-arcing poems Padraig O'Morain weaves
subtle, captivating narratives with the skill and relish of a
natural story-teller. The poems in The Blue Guitar conjure at once
the pathos of the individual human situation and the echoes of the
world beyond. The Blue Guitar is Padraig O'Morain's first full
collection. His pamphlet of 20 poems, You've Been Great (Smith/
Doorstop 2008), was a winner of the Poetry Business Pamphlet
Competition 2007, and he was shortlisted in the top three for the
Cinnamon Poetry Publications Award 2010.
THE IRISH TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER In this wise and practical book,
psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher Padraig O'Morain explains
how practising acceptance can help us find happiness. It can be
difficult to make peace with things that happen to you and affect
your situation. Undesired events can knock us for six, leaving us
harbouring resentment, anger and frustration. These negative
emotions can affect us deeply and be difficult to shift.
Acknowledging these feelings and learning how to accept what has
happened - even if you do not agree with it - can be life-changing.
In Acceptance you will discover how to stop brooding on what
happened in the past and free yourself up to focus on more positive
feelings. Using an approach derived from his years of experience,
Padraig introduces us to the power of acceptance through a range of
themes including accepting uncertainty, acceptance in
relationships, climate emotions and acceptance and gratitude. The
path towards acceptance is not always straightforward, but
ultimately it will help you get unstuck and move on with your life.
Find out more in the stories, case studies and practical exercises
in this thoughtful book and discover how to lighten the load you
have been carrying. 'I read the book from start to finish and I
think it might change my life.' - Ray D'Arcy, television and radio
presenter of the Ray D'Arcy Show
Pol Bury (1922-2005) was a painter, sculptor, jewelry designer,
writer, and graphic artist, but is perhaps best known to the
general public for his fountains and sculpture in public spaces
throughout the world. Acclaimed as one of the first proponents of
"moving" works, driven by a motor, he became one of the
protagonists of kinetic art and was without doubt one of Belgium's
most important postwar artists. Accompanying a major exhibition in
Belgium, this publication presents an opportunity to rediscover
Bury's multifaceted oeuvre. Distributed for Mercatorfonds
Exhibition Schedule: BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
(02/23/17-06/04/17)
'This is a quiet poetry, strong with the humours and occasional
horrors of country life, affectionate but never sentimental, its
music grave and necessary as time.' - Alison Brackenbury'Their
apparent simplicity arises from well-digested experience and a
habit of accurate observation. Not a word is wasted, but there is
tenderness and humour here and a very good ear at work.' - Meg
PeacockeA winner in The Poetry Business Pamphlet Competition 2007
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