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A comprehensive guide for those caring for a loved one nearing the
end of life. Many people seek the comfort and dignity of dying at
home. Advances in pharmacology and hospice care allow the dying to
remain at home relatively free of pain and symptoms, but navigating
professional services, insurance coverage, and family dynamics
often compounds the complexity of this process. Extensively updated
and revised, this third edition of Andrea Sankar's Dying at Home: A
Family Guide for Caregiving provides essential information that
caregivers and dying persons need to navigate this journey.
Featuring contributions by professionals and personal stories from
in-depth case studies of family caregivers, this guide discusses
the challenges, resources, benefits, and barriers to care at home.
With updates on advance care planning, developments in palliative
care medicine, and the availability of legally assisted dying, this
edition discusses how to: - Arrange medical care, nursing, and
ancillary therapies - Understand costs, sources of financial
support, and insurance coverage - Collaborate with health
professionals in the home - Assist in implementing pain management
techniques - Find social and spiritual support, as well as
self-care for caregivers - Handle family dynamics and legal matters
- Collaborate to make complex care and treatment decisions -
Navigate the process of dying and caring for the body after death
The Social Enterprise Zoo employs the metaphor of the zoo to gain a
more comprehensive understanding of social enterprise: the
diversity of its forms; the various ways it is organized in
different socio-political environments; how different forms of
enterprise behave, interact, and thrive; and what lessons can be
drawn for the future development and study of organizations that
seek to balance social or environmental impact with economic
success. After setting the stage with a thorough introduction, top
scholars explore the different ways that social enterprises can be
classified, nurtured, and understood. The book not only details the
legal forms utilized in social enterprise and the social
entrepreneurs involved in them, but it also addresses the reasons
for the success or failure of these activities and looks at the
ecologies in which they operate. The ?zookeepers,? such as
governments and the regulatory regimes they establish, are compared
and the important roles they play are examined. The volume
concludes with a look at the future of social enterprise, providing
suggestions for further research and implications for policy and
practice. This innovative and accessible book is recommended for
students, researchers, policymakers, entrepreneurs and managers of
social purpose organizations. Contributors: F.O. Andersson, D.
Brakman-Reiser, C.V. Brewer, F. Calo, J.A. Kerlin, J.D. Lecy, W.
Longhofer, T. Monroe-White, E.A.M. Searing, J.-I. Soh, S. Teasdale,
J.E. Tyler III, D.R. Young, S. Zook
The Social Enterprise Zoo employs the metaphor of the zoo to gain a
more comprehensive understanding of social enterprise: the
diversity of its forms; the various ways it is organized in
different socio-political environments; how different forms of
enterprise behave, interact, and thrive; and what lessons can be
drawn for the future development and study of organizations that
seek to balance social or environmental impact with economic
success. After setting the stage with a thorough introduction, top
scholars explore the different ways that social enterprises can be
classified, nurtured, and understood. The book not only details the
legal forms utilized in social enterprise and the social
entrepreneurs involved in them, but it also addresses the reasons
for the success or failure of these activities and looks at the
ecologies in which they operate. The ?zookeepers,? such as
governments and the regulatory regimes they establish, are compared
and the important roles they play are examined. The volume
concludes with a look at the future of social enterprise, providing
suggestions for further research and implications for policy and
practice. This innovative and accessible book is recommended for
students, researchers, policymakers, entrepreneurs and managers of
social purpose organizations. Contributors: F.O. Andersson, D.
Brakman-Reiser, C.V. Brewer, F. Calo, J.A. Kerlin, J.D. Lecy, W.
Longhofer, T. Monroe-White, E.A.M. Searing, J.-I. Soh, S. Teasdale,
J.E. Tyler III, D.R. Young, S. Zook
A readable, workable text that deals with everything about theatre
and the artists who make theatre possible. Styles of drama,
staging, production, directing and acting, along with all backstage
functions, are defined in detail. Theatre history and the business
of theatre are covered fully for the use of both students and
instructors. The book is divided into three sections: Part I -
Theatre, Drama and Place, Part II - The Production, Part III -
Theatre History. At the end of each chapter is a summary and
questions for in-class discussion. This text has been classroom
tested and updated to be fully adaptable to any teaching
requirement. 15 chapters: What Are Theatre and Drama?, Dramatic
Structure, Dramatic Genre and Style. Theatre Design, The
Production. The Actor, The Director, The Designers, The Business of
Theatre, The Audience and Critic, five Theatre History chapters,
plus a Glossary and Theatre on the Web guide.
Uses twenty-two sketches and one-act plays to explore the major devices of comedy and various comedic genre.
On the debate over whether or not arms transfers increase or deter
the chances of war, Cassady B. Craft offers a balanced assessment
of the effect of arms transfers on war involvement and outcomes. He
considers correlations at the state and global level, supplier and
recipient relationships, and the extent of the relationship in the
perceptions of individual leaders.
This is the first study to examine the influence of arms transfers
on combined interstate and civil wars. Drawing on a variety of
theories and quantitative methods, including force-on-force
attrition models, it uses innovative techniques that have the
potential to change the way analysts weigh the impact of weapons
sales. This book will provide both analysts and policymakers with a
comprehensive examination of the various tradeoffs between weapons
sales and the probability of conflict.
Nothing will ever replace the active pleasure of telling and
listening to stories. Only a live storyteller can impart to a tale
that very human touch that brings a gleam of understanding to the
listener's eye. The wonderful world of storytelling is revealed in
this resource manual for beginners and seasoned performers. Many
ideas for finding, writing, adapting and presenting stories are
included. Three parts including: Choosing Stories to Tell,
Developing Original Ideas and Presenting the Story. Story examples
and exercises are given throughout. Each chapter is concluded with
discussion questions and activities. A comprehensive textbook for
oral interpretation. Sample chapters: What Is Storytelling?:
Choosing a Story to Tell; Types of Stories and Where to Tell Them;
The Situation, Audience and Location; Analyzing the Story; Ideas
from Experience; Creating Character.
A readable, workable text that deals with everything about theatre
and the artists who make theatre possible. Styles of drama,
staging, production, directing and acting, along with all backstage
functions, are defined in detail. Theatre history and the business
of theatre are covered fully for the use of both students and
instructors. The book is divided into three sections: Part I -
Theatre, Drama and Place, Part II - The Production, Part III -
Theatre History. At the end of each chapter is a summary and
questions for in-class discussion. This text has been classroom
tested and updated to be fully adaptable to any teaching
requirement. 15 Chapters: What Are Theatre and Drama? Dramatic
Structure, Dramatic Genre and Style. Theatre Design, The
Production. The Actor, The Director. The Designers, The Business of
Theatre, The Audience and Critic, five Theatre History chapters,
plus a Glossary and Theatre on the Web Guide.
A comprehensive guide for those caring for a loved one nearing the
end of life. Many people seek the comfort and dignity of dying at
home. Advances in pharmacology and hospice care allow the dying to
remain at home relatively free of pain and symptoms, but navigating
professional services, insurance coverage, and family dynamics
often compounds the complexity of this process. Extensively updated
and revised, this third edition of Andrea Sankar's Dying at Home: A
Family Guide for Caregiving provides essential information that
caregivers and dying persons need to navigate this journey.
Featuring contributions by professionals and personal stories from
in-depth case studies of family caregivers, this guide discusses
the challenges, resources, benefits, and barriers to care at home.
With updates on advance care planning, developments in palliative
care medicine, and the availability of legally assisted dying, this
edition discusses how to: • Arrange medical care, nursing, and
ancillary therapies • Understand costs, sources of financial
support, and insurance coverage • Collaborate with health
professionals in the home • Assist in implementing pain
management techniques • Find social and spiritual support, as
well as self-care for caregivers • Handle family dynamics and
legal matters • Collaborate to make complex care and treatment
decisions • Navigate the process of dying and caring for the body
after death
In the first 200 years of New Orleans history, the Crescent City
has earned a reputation for sin, temptation, intrigue, lawlessness,
ritual-magic, and ghosts. Step back in time to the city's first few
crime-stained centuriesfrom 17181918to explore classic tales of
mischief, mayhem, and skullduggery. Arranged by topic you will be
compelled to find out whether the heart of Dixie truly beats with
wicked rhythms. Meet a cast of rascals and ruffians as you relive
the era of American piracy and smuggling. Discover legendary
sorcery and unspeakable rumors surrounding Voodoo and ghosts.
Examine violence, the largest mass-lynching ever on US soil, and a
unique red-light district. Remember, though, to have a jazz band or
recording handy...or the famed and frightening Axman may get you!
Here, the sallow specter of crime tends to stand with one foot in
the annals of historical fact, the other in folklore.
Tour the mighty Mississippi River with this first A-Z
encyclopedia-style listing of paranormal phenomena along its
winding length. Presented in a convenient, cross-referenced format,
these pages are an indispensable guide of the supernatural for the
curious traveler, brave riverboat pilot, ghost-folklore buff,
aspiring vampire slayer, and dedicated UFO chaser. Learn how to
distinguish hoodoo from Voodoo and examine posthumous
perambulations and visitations of the pirate Jean Lafitte. Find out
about the domain and habits of devil babies and grunch, assess
haunted plantations and mansions, and chart prominent water-monster
hazards. Please note, though, that the root work conjure-spells,
blues-musician pacts with the devil, loup-garou assemblies,
Bigfoot-trackings, Judas Eyes, and exorcism rituals are offered for
entertainment and historical enlightenment only, and because
dangerous, should not be undertaken by amateurs. So take a ride
down the mighty Mississippi and experience the paranormal for
yourself!
Anxiety in Schools presents current theory and research addressing
both context- and content-specific contributions to anxieties
experienced in schools. The concept of "academic anxiety" is a new
construct, formed through the content within this book, and is
proposed as a unifying representation for various forms of
specialized manifestations of anxiety in school settings. With
contributions from leaders in their respective fields of academic
anxieties, the book provides detailed and thorough explorations of
the varied and specific orientations toward anxieties in school
settings. Explicit attention is given to the broader construct of
academic anxiety and the contextual influences that can be brought
to overcome or mitigate the impact of the many academic anxieties
encountered by learners.
This edited volume brings together work from leading scholars and
new voices in the field of emotional intelligence. It examines
emotional intelligence from the perspectives of educational
psychology and positive psychology, with integrations across the
two disciplines. Viewing emotional intelligence through these
frameworks allows and illuminates the exploration of its positive
potential and of emotional processing in contexts such as schools
and workplaces. Readers will find leading empirical and theoretical
views on emotional intelligence presented in this comprehensive
collection, as well as inspiration for future research.
Over the years, the Great Lakes - Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie,
and Ontario - have carried Native Americans, explorers, immigrants,
bandits, miners, warriors, and entrepreneurs and have inspired
great tales of life on and around the water. What secrets do the
Great Lakes, also known as the Five Sisters, hold deep? With nearly
60 images and illustrations, Great Lakes Folklore aims to answer
that question. Relive the saga and tragedy of maritime ships the
Success and Griffin. Meet the nefarious Lake Erie monster. Learn
the story of Oliver Hazard Perry and the Battle of Lake Erie. These
stories and more await. May they take you to places you have never
been before.
The world's second largest reserves of petroleum lie beneath the
land-locked Caspian Sea, making the Caucasus of vital importance to
both regional and global economic and security interests. This book
brings together experts from the US, Russia and the Caucasus to
examine the issues of conflict, foreign policy tradeoffs, and
security in the region. It takes into account the geopolitical
factors, Western and Russian involvement, and the interaction
between domestic and external pressures. Crossroads and Conflict
looks at the challenges faced by these countries and examines the
possibilities for future peace and prosperity in the region.
On the debate over whether or not arms transfers increase or deter
the chances of war, Cassady B. Craft offers a balanced assessment
of the effect of arms transfers on war involvement and outcomes. He
considers correlations at the state and global level, supplier and
recipient relationships, and the extent of the relationship in the
perceptions of individual leaders.
This is the first study to examine the influence of arms transfers
on combined interstate and civil wars. Drawing on a variety of
theories and quantitative methods, including force-on-force
attrition models, it uses innovative techniques that have the
potential to change the way analysts weigh the impact of weapons
sales. This book will provide both analysts and policymakers with a
comprehensive examination of the various tradeoffs between weapons
sales and the probability of conflict.
The first A-to-Z listing of extraordinary, supernatural,
paranormal, and Fortean/inexplicable phenomena on the American
Great Lakes. These five majestic freshwater seasLakes Superior,
Huron, Erie, Michigan and Ontariohave hosted a treasure-trove of
fantastic sailors' tales, mysteries, and legends. Here abide the
long-standing rumors, myths and lore about mermaids, ghost ships,
lake monsters, UFOs, USOs, vortices and triangles, Flying Dutchmen,
wendigos, spook lights, haunted lighthouses, headless apparitions,
melancholy mist-maidens, curses, talismans, thunderbirds, and
sorcerers. Presented for the traveler, folklorist, ghost-buster,
skeptic, cryptozoologist, or the just plain curious.
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Rocket Propulsion (Hardcover)
Stephen D. Heister, William E. Anderson, Timothee L. Pourpoint, R. Joseph Cassady
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R1,891
Discovery Miles 18 910
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A modern pedagogical treatment of the latest industry trends in
rocket propulsion, developed from the authors' extensive experience
in both industry and academia. Students are guided along a
step-by-step journey through modern rocket propulsion, beginning
with the historical context and an introduction to top-level
performance measures, and progressing on to in-depth discussions of
the chemical aspects of fluid flow combustion thermochemistry and
chemical equilibrium, solid, liquid, and hybrid rocket propellants,
mission requirements, and an overview of electric propulsion. With
a wealth of homework problems (and a solutions manual for
instructors online), real-life case studies and examples
throughout, and an appendix detailing key numerical methods and
links to additional online resources, this is a must-have guide for
senior and first year graduate students looking to gain a thorough
understanding of the topic along with practical tools that can be
applied in industry.
Industrial engineering has expanded from its origins in
manufacturing to transportation, health care, logistics, services,
and more. A common denominator among all these industries, and one
of the biggest challenges facing decision-makers, is the
unpredictability of systems. Probability Models in Operations
Research provides a comprehensive overview of the probabilistic and
stochastic modeling approaches commonly used to capture the
randomness in industrial and systems engineering.
A four-section book of acting games and improvisations to assist
students in developing their creative abilities. Section one
includes games for relaxing and focusing. Section two helps
students discover new ways of seeing themselves, others and the
world around them. The third section demonstrates with
improvisations how to use space to build scenes and create
characters from imagination. Section four features acting games to
analyze and play characters from existing plays. All of the
essential elements of acting and character development are
explored. A working textbook for acting students of all ages. Four
parts: Relaxing and Focusing Exercises: Acting Games:
Improvisations: Exercises for Characters, Scenes and Plays.
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