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Harry's Hair (Hardcover)
Mark C. Collins; Illustrated by Mark C. Collins
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Wuff (Hardcover)
Mark C. Collins; Illustrated by Mark C. Collins
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This volume represents the proceedings of the third in a series of
annual inter national symposia. The first, The Neuroregulation of
Autonomic, Endocrine, and Immune Systems, was held in Indianapolis
in the fall of 1985. The second, Psychological and Biological
Approaches to the Understanding of Human Disease, was held in
Bielefeld, Germany in the fall of 1986. The theme of this series
concerns the communication between the central nervous system and
the other major systems of the body, and the purpose is to monitor
the frontiers of research into these neuronal/hormonal regulatory
interactions and their application to medicine. The present volume
deals with the role of peptides and amino acids in these
information transfer processes. Great strides have been made in
exploring the important role of amino acids and pep tides in
neuroregulation, and the ongoing biotechnology revolution promises
signi ficant scientific and medical advances throughout the next
decade and beyond. The work described in this volume captures the
great excitement and pro mise of this biomedical renaissance. This
meeting was cosponsored by Searle/ Monsanto and Washington
University and held in St. Louis in the early fall of 1986. A major
contributor to these proceedings was Dr. Thomas O'Donohue whose
chapter deals with his work in characterizing the endogenous
ligands for the PCP and sigma opioid receptors. Tom's personality
and career personi fied the dedication of this series to the
principle of a broad multidisciplinary approach to scientific
problems."
Many numerical predictions of experimental phenomena in particle
physics are made possible by exploiting the discovery that
simplifications can happen when phenomena are investigated on short
distance and time scales. This book provides a coherent exposition
of the renormalization techniques underlying these calculations.
After reminding the reader of some basic properties of field
theories, examples are used to explain the problems to be treated.
The technique of dimensional regularization and the renormalization
group is then shown. Finally a number of key applications are
demonstrated, culminating in the treatment of deeply inelastic
scattering. Originally published in 1977, this title has been
reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.
This book explores the performance of Irish collective memories and
forgotten histories. It proposes an alternative and more
comprehensive criterion of Irish theatre practices. These practices
can be defined as the 'rejected', contested and undervalued plays
and performativities that are integral to Ireland's political and
cultural landscapes.
This handbook presents an expansive exploration of critical theory,
critical perspectives, critical praxis, and the impact on the
research, theory, and practice of Human Resource Development (HRD).
Critical Human Resource Development (CHRD) aims to challenge the
normative structures, practices, policies, definitions, and
approaches which have historically dominated the field of Human
Resource Development (HRD). As an approach to HRD, CHRD raises
awareness of social systems, organizational policies and practices,
and research paradigms that silence new ways of knowing and
understanding, while advancing underrepresented and emerging
approaches. Through an analysis of power and privilege, morality
and ethics, and ideology and context, CHRD situates diversity,
equity, inclusion, social justice, and resistance as a path forward
in a rapidly-changing global society. In contrast to HRD's
traditional focus on organization development, training and
development, and career development, this handbook adopts a more
critical vantage point which classifies the scope and outcomes of
HRD across five domains identified by CHRD scholars as key to
understanding the nature and work of the field- organizing,
relating, learning, changing, and advocating.
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Where Did Summer Go? (Hardcover)
Mark C. Collins; Illustrated by Mark C. Collins; Edited by Stacy Radil
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Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication provides an accessible
and practical introduction to the use of corpus linguistic methods
to analyse health-related language use across various contexts and
genres. Offering a critical review of the field, discussion of
extended case studies, and practical exercises based on spoken,
written and digital language data, this book: â—Ź introduces the
fields of health communication and corpus linguistics, and
critically reviews cutting-edge studies in the burgeoning area of
corpus-based health communication; â—Ź describes the processes
involved in planning a corpus linguistic study of health
communication, including designing and building a corpus, selecting
tools, and implementing techniques of analysis; â—Ź demonstrates
how corpus linguistic methods can - and have - been applied to the
study of spoken, written and digital health communication, offering
critical reflections and suggesting areas for future development.
Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication is essential reading
for those working at the interface of corpus linguistics and health
communication. Both those with a little or a lot of experience in
either field will find value in its pages.
Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication provides an accessible
and practical introduction to the use of corpus linguistic methods
to analyse health-related language use across various contexts and
genres. Offering a critical review of the field, discussion of
extended case studies, and practical exercises based on spoken,
written and digital language data, this book: â—Ź introduces the
fields of health communication and corpus linguistics, and
critically reviews cutting-edge studies in the burgeoning area of
corpus-based health communication; â—Ź describes the processes
involved in planning a corpus linguistic study of health
communication, including designing and building a corpus, selecting
tools, and implementing techniques of analysis; â—Ź demonstrates
how corpus linguistic methods can - and have - been applied to the
study of spoken, written and digital health communication, offering
critical reflections and suggesting areas for future development.
Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication is essential reading
for those working at the interface of corpus linguistics and health
communication. Both those with a little or a lot of experience in
either field will find value in its pages.
We are living in a time of extreme inequality: America's three
richest people now own as much wealth as the bottom half of the
population. Although most accept that this is grotesque, many
politicians accept it as irreversible. In this book, leading US
researcher and activist Chuck Collins succinctly diagnoses the
drivers of rampant inequality, arguing that such disparities have
their roots in 40 years of the powerful rigging the system in their
favor. He proposes a far-reaching policy agenda, analyzes the
barriers to progress, and shows how transformative local campaigns
can become a national movement for change. This book is a powerful
analysis of how the plutocracy sold us a toxic lie, and what we can
do to reverse inequality.
The first book to present original research into language aspects
of the Covid-19 pandemic for a student audience but with a built-in
shelf life as it also functions as an introduction to quantitative
and qualitative methods of discourse analysis. Great interest in
linguistics for systematic analysis of relatable global events but
also significant demand for guides to research methods. Unlike
existing titles, the authors cover a wide range of methods, draw on
a wide range of data and also include a practical focus on how the
research findings can be translated into practice.
The first book to present original research into language aspects
of the Covid-19 pandemic for a student audience but with a built-in
shelf life as it also functions as an introduction to quantitative
and qualitative methods of discourse analysis. Great interest in
linguistics for systematic analysis of relatable global events but
also significant demand for guides to research methods. Unlike
existing titles, the authors cover a wide range of methods, draw on
a wide range of data and also include a practical focus on how the
research findings can be translated into practice.
First student-oriented text on critical human resource development
Contains core material to meet the needs of ordinary HRD modules,
but avoids the dominant instrumentalist, managerialist, masculine
rationality of most competing textbooks International perspectives
in all chapters, through a repeated "Notes from the World of HRD"
feature where global academics and practitioners contribute a short
note about a technique, practice, theory, exercise, or policy that
is particularly relevant for their regional/country context Other
pedagogical features include case studies, vignettes,
end-of-chapter application and reflection questions, and links to
relevant resources and websites
Statistical Experiment Design and Interpretation concentrates on the practicalities of statistical analysis for anyone involved in agricultural research. The presentation has not been cluttered with statistical jargon; there are key points at the start of each section giving a quick reference to the contents and plenty of examples using 'real' data. Successful experiment design starts with a statement of aims. The authors guide the reader through planning an experiment, including defining objectives, considering the treatments, measurements of interest and the time and timing of assessments. Advantages and disadvantages of different experiment designs and the importance of data exploration and graphical presentation are covered, as are data collection, storage, validation and verification. Statistical techniques include the t-test, analysis of variance, basic regression analysis and non-parametric techniques. Assumptions inherent to these techniques are clearly identified (bearing in mind the principles and aims) without losing the reader in statistical theory. All of the techniques are illustrated with worked examples and give full interpretation of the results. Formulae are kept to a minimum in the main text, but are given in full in the appendix.
Many numerical predictions of experimental phenomena in particle
physics are made possible by exploiting the discovery that
simplifications can happen when phenomena are investigated on short
distance and time scales. This book provides a coherent exposition
of the renormalization techniques underlying these calculations.
After reminding the reader of some basic properties of field
theories, examples are used to explain the problems to be treated.
The technique of dimensional regularization and the renormalization
group is then shown. Finally a number of key applications are
demonstrated, culminating in the treatment of deeply inelastic
scattering. Originally published in 1977, this title has been
reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.
This issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics, edited by Dr. Laura C.
Collins, will focus on Breast Pathology. Topics include, but are
not limited to: Core needle biopsy of the breast, Mucinous Lesions
of the Breast: Pragmatic approach to fibroepithelial lesions; Lymph
node inclusions; Differential diagnosis of benign spindle cell
lesions of the breast; Ancillary Prognostic and Predictive Testing
in Breast Cancer; Lesions of the Low Grade Breast Neoplasia
Pathway; Genotype-Phenotype Correlation in Breast Neoplasia;
Lobular Carcinoma in Situ; and Processing and Reporting of Breast
Specimens in the Neoadjuvant Setting.
The history of Azerbaijan is a chronology of its domination. Its
most recent ruler was the USSR, but Azerbaijan has been within the
boundaries of many conquerers from the Medians to Alexander the
Great to the Arabs and Turks. Through the long history of foreign
occupations, the Azeris have preserved a national identity and they
have periodically generated local leaders. With the recent break up
of the USSR, Azerbaijan can once again assert itself as an
independent nation. Strategically located and of economic interest
to other nations, Azerbaijan cannot be ignored. The Azeris are
united by their language, Azeris, their religion, Islam, and a
common history. However, since the Russian conquest of northern
Azerbaijan in the first half of the nineteenth century, they have
been divided by politics. Azerbaijan is a divided land; its
cultural boundaries stretch beyond the geopolitical ones so that a
large portion of what was once Azerbaijan is currently part of
Iran, and more Azerbaijanis live within Iran (in Iranian
Azerbaijan) than in the independent Republic of Azerbaijan. The
contemporary history of Azerbaijan has been a complicated story.
There is an on-going conflict with neighboring Armenia which has
shaped not only foreign policy and relations, but the domestic
politics of the nation. Those politics have been further
complicated by Western interest in Azerbaijani off-shore oil
deposits. Given its history, Azerbaijan is certainly not the
easiest country to describe. This historical dictionary does an
excellent job despite the difficulties. It provides entries on
persons, institutions and events, with some emphasis on recent
periods, but with a view of the earliest history. There are other
entries on the important aspects of the economy, society, religion
and culture. Also useful are an introduction for context, and a
helpful chronology. A select bibliography of works in English and
other languages completes the volume.
First student-oriented text on critical human resource development
Contains core material to meet the needs of ordinary HRD modules,
but avoids the dominant instrumentalist, managerialist, masculine
rationality of most competing textbooks International perspectives
in all chapters, through a repeated "Notes from the World of HRD"
feature where global academics and practitioners contribute a short
note about a technique, practice, theory, exercise, or policy that
is particularly relevant for their regional/country context Other
pedagogical features include case studies, vignettes,
end-of-chapter application and reflection questions, and links to
relevant resources and websites
Planetary Tectonism across the Solar System, Volume Two in the
Comparative Planetology series, addresses key questions surrounding
planetary tectonism, such our understanding of the global
contraction of Mercury, the formation of giant rift zones on
Saturn’s icy moons, or the tesserated terrain on Venus. The book
makes connections to Earth, such as how deformation on Mercury is
both similar and different, and how to apply theoretical
considerations behind plate tectonics on Earth to other planets.
The book offers up-to-date, accessible and comprehensive
discussions on the major tectonic processes and landforms that
shape and drive the evolution of planets, moons and smaller bodies.
By placing a singular emphasis on comparing tectonic processes and
landforms on all relevant Solar System bodies, with the explicit
objective of providing a systems-level understanding of this
widespread phenomenon, this book is ideal for anyone studying
planetary tectonism.
First published in 1932, this book presents a historical study of
the problems associated with controlling the 'North-West Frontier'
region of British India. The text focuses in the main on the period
1890 to 1908, although a survey of policy since 1849 is also
provided. It was based almost entirely on analysis of numerous
official documents and original sources, which are quoted
throughout. Appendices and a select bibliography are included at
the end. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in
perspectives on British India and historiography.
In 1865, The Christian Recorder, the national newspaper of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church, serialized The Curse of Caste;
or The Slave Bride, a novel written by Mrs. Julia C. Collins, an
African American woman living in the small town of Williamsport,
Pennsylvania. The first novel ever published by a black American
woman, it is set in antebellum Louisiana and Connecticut, and
focuses on the lives of a beautiful mixed-race mother and daughter
whose opportunities for fulfillment through love and marriage are
threatened by slavery and caste prejudice. The text shares much
with popular nineteenth-century women's fiction, while its dominant
themes of interracial romance, hidden African ancestry, and
ambiguous racial identity have parallels in the writings of both
black and white authors from the period.
Begun in the waning months of the Civil War, the novel was near
its conclusion when Julia Collins died of tuberculosis in November
of 1865. In this first-ever book publication of The Curse of Caste;
or The Slave Bride, the editors have composed a hopeful and a
tragic ending, reflecting two alternatives Collins almost certainly
would have considered for the closing of her unprecedented novel.
In their introduction, the editors offer the most complete and
current research on the life and community of an author who left
few traces in the historical record, and provide extensive
discussion of her novel's literary and historical significance.
Collins's published essays, which provide intriguing glimpses into
the mind of this gifted but overlooked writer, are included in what
will prove to be the definitive edition of a major new discovery in
African American literature. Its publicationcontributes immensely
to our understanding of black American literature, religion,
women's history, community life, and race relations during the era
of United States emancipation.
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