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Libraries serving Hispanic American clienteles and/or supporting
programs in Latin american studies and linguistics will want to
acquire Richard D. Wood's Hispanic First Names. Reference Books
Bulletin
In the US and UK there has been a transformation in child care,
family leave, social assistance and tax credits over the last
twenty years. This book explores the factors behind these changes.
With detailed case studies, it shows that ideas and the power to
wield them are crucial factors in the transformation of family
policy.
As higher educational learning enters a new age, Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are seeking innovative ways to
establish strategies to compete with other academic institutions.
As establishments that have played a pivotal role in transforming
the landscape of higher education, HBCUs are facing rapid
transformation and various obstacles leading to questions regarding
to the cost, quality, and sustainability of these institutions.
Examining Student Retention and Engagement Strategies at
Historically Black Colleges and Universities is a pivotal reference
source that provides vital research on the role of HBCUs in today's
higher education and the various research methods addressing
student retention rates, success levels, and engagement. While
highlighting topics such as enrollment management, student
engagement, and online learning, this publication explores
successful engagement strategies that promote educational quality
and equality, as well as the methods of social integration and
involvement for students. This book is ideally designed for
researchers, academicians, scholars, educational administrators,
policymakers, graduate students, and curriculum designers.
Philosophy flourished in Australia after the war. There was
spectacular growth in both the number of departments and the number
of philosophers. On top of this philosophy spread beyond the
philosophy departments. Serious studies, and interest in philosophy
is now common in faculties as diverse as law, science and
education. Neither is this development merely quantitative, the
Australian researcher has come of age and contributes widely to
international debates. At least one movement originated in
Australia. This makes the study of philosophy in Australia timely,
evidenced by the number of articles concerned with this area that
begin to appear in international journals. In Australia itself
there is growing interest in the history of the country's
philosophical development. There are discussions in conferences and
meetings: the matter is now the subject of courses.
The day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, civic leaders began to
organize four coalitions that aimed to give ordinary citizens a
chance to meet, to heal, and to be heard in rebuilding decisions.
This book tells the inside story of the civic renewal movement they
founded.
LIFE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD has twelve guideposts on your road less
traveled to create a life of success and significance: LIVE, HOPE,
KNOW, LOVE, PLAN, DARE, WORK, LOOK GROW, SEEK, GIVE, PLAY.
Techniques in the neurosciences are evolving rapidly. There are
currently very few volumes dedicated to the methodology - ployed by
neurosclentlsts, and those that are available often seem either out
of date or limited m scope. This series is about the methods most
widely used by modern-day neurosclentists and 1s wrltten by their
colleagues who are practicing experts. Volume 1 will be useful to
all neurosclentists since It concerns those procedures used
routinely across the widest range of subdisciplines. Collecting
these general techniques together m a single volume strikes us not
only as a service, but will no doubt prove of exceptIona
utilitarian value as well. Volumes 2 and 3 - scribe all current
procedures for the analyses of amines and their metabolltes and of
ammo aads, respectively. These collections will clearly be of value
to all neuroscientlsts working m or contemplating research m these
fields. Similar reasons exist for Volume 4 on receptor binding
techniques since experimental - tails are provided for all types of
llgand-receptor bmdmg, including chapters on general prmciples,
drug discovery and - velopment, and a most useful appendix on
computer programs for Scatchard, nonlinear, and competitive
displacement analyses. Volume 5 provides procedures for the
assessment of enzymes - volved m biogenic amme synthesis and
catabolism. Volumes in the NELJROMETHODS series will be useful to
neurochemists, -pharmacologists, -physiologists, -anatomlsts,
psychopharmacologists, psychlatnsts, neurologists, and chemists
(organic, analytical, pharmaceutical, medicinal), in fact, everyone
involved m the neurosclences, both basic and clinical.
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Wawa (Hardcover)
Maria M Thompson, Donald H Price, Foreword Richard D Wood
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Discovery Miles 6 270
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Our fascination with new technologies is based on the assumption
that more powerful automation will overcome human limitations and
make our systems 'faster, better, cheaper, ' resulting in simple,
easy tasks for people. But how does new technology and more
powerful automation change our work? Research in Cognitive Systems
Engineering (CSE) looks at the intersection of people, technology,
and work. What it has found is not stories of simplification
through more automation, but stories of complexity and adaptation.
When work changed through new technology, practitioners had to cope
with new complexities and tighter constraints. They adapted their
strategies and the artifacts to work around difficulties and
accomplish their goals as responsible agents. The surprise was that
new powers had transformed work, creating new roles, new decisions,
and new vulnerabilities. Ironically, more autonomous machines have
created the requirement for more sophisticated forms of
coordination across people, and across people and machines, to
adapt to new demands and pressures. This book synthesizes these
emergent Patterns though stories about coordination and
mis-coordination, resilience and brittleness, affordance and
clumsiness in a variety of settings, from a hospital intensive care
unit, to a nuclear power control room, to a space shuttle control
center. The stories reveal how new demands make work difficult, how
people at work adapt but get trapped by complexity, and how people
at a distance from work oversimplify their perceptions of the
complexities, squeezing practitioners. The authors explore how CSE
observes at the intersection of people, technology, and work, how
CSE abstracts patterns behind thesurface details and wide
variations, and how CSE discovers promising new directions to help
people cope with complexities. The stories of CSE show that one key
to well-adapted work is the ability to be prepared to be surprised.
Are you ready?
Nothing has been more prolific over the past century than
human/machine interaction. Automobiles, telephones, computers,
manufacturing machines, robots, office equipment, machines large
and small; all affect the very essence of our daily lives. However,
this interaction has not always been efficient or easy and has at
times turned fairly hazardous. Cognitive Systems Engineering (CSE)
seeks to improve this situation by the careful study of
human/machine interaction as the meaningful behavior of a unified
system. Written by pioneers in the development of CSE, Joint
Cognitive Systems: Foundations of Cognitive Systems Engineering
offers a principled approach to studying human work with complex
technology. The authors use a top-down, functional approach and
emphasize a proactive (coping) perspective on work that overcomes
the limitations of the structural human information processing
view. They describe a conceptual framework for analysis with
concrete theories and methods for joint system modeling that can be
applied across the spectrum of single human/machine systems,
social/technical systems, and whole organizations. The book
explores both current and potential applications of CSE illustrated
by examples. Understanding the complexities and functions of the
human/machine interaction is critical to designing safe, highly
functional, and efficient technological systems. This is a critical
reference for students, designers, and engineers in a wide variety
of disciplines.
Nothing has been more prolific over the past century than
human/machine interaction. Automobiles, telephones, computers,
manufacturing machines, robots, office equipment, machines large
and small; all affect the very essence of our daily lives. However,
this interaction has not always been efficient or easy and has at
times turned fairly hazardous. Cognitive Systems Engineering (CSE)
seeks to improve this situation by the careful study of
human/machine interaction as the meaningful behavior of a unified
system. Written by pioneers in the development of CSE, Joint
Cognitive Systems: Foundations of Cognitive Systems Engineering
offers a principled approach to studying human work with complex
technology. The authors use a top-down, functional approach and
emphasize a proactive (coping) perspective on work that overcomes
the limitations of the structural human information processing
view. They describe a conceptual framework for analysis with
concrete theories and methods for joint system modeling that can be
applied across the spectrum of single human/machine systems,
social/technical systems, and whole organizations. The book
explores both current and potential applications of CSE illustrated
by examples. Understanding the complexities and functions of the
human/machine interaction is critical to designing safe, highly
functional, and efficient technological systems. This is a critical
reference for students, designers, and engineers in a wide variety
of disciplines.
Our fascination with new technologies is based on the assumption
that more powerful automation will overcome human limitations and
make our systems 'faster, better, cheaper,' resulting in simple,
easy tasks for people. But how does new technology and more
powerful automation change our work? Research in Cognitive Systems
Engineering (CSE) looks at the intersection of people, technology,
and work. What it has found is not stories of simplification
through more automation, but stories of complexity and adaptation.
When work changed through new technology, practitioners had to cope
with new complexities and tighter constraints. They adapted their
strategies and the artifacts to work around difficulties and
accomplish their goals as responsible agents. The surprise was that
new powers had transformed work, creating new roles, new decisions,
and new vulnerabilities. Ironically, more autonomous machines have
created the requirement for more sophisticated forms of
coordination across people, and across people and machines, to
adapt to new demands and pressures. This book synthesizes these
emergent Patterns though stories about coordination and
mis-coordination, resilience and brittleness, affordance and
clumsiness in a variety of settings, from a hospital intensive care
unit, to a nuclear power control room, to a space shuttle control
center. The stories reveal how new demands make work difficult, how
people at work adapt but get trapped by complexity, and how people
at a distance from work oversimplify their perceptions of the
complexities, squeezing practitioners. The authors explore how CSE
observes at the intersection of people, technology, and work, how
CSE abstracts patterns behind the surface details and wide
variations, and how CSE discovers promising new directions to help
people cope with complexities. The stories of CSE show that one key
to well-adapted work is the ability to be prepared to be surprised.
Are you ready?
Inspired by the love of nature, Davis and Pop Go Hiking is a book
that explores God's beautiful world and some of the creatures He
has created. Davis is a young boy that loves his grandfather, Pop.
Pop takes Davis on a hiking adventure that allows Davis to explore
and just be a boy. Pop and Davis have a wonderful day together that
Davis will never forget.
Inspired by the love of nature, Davis and Pop Go Hiking is a book
that explores God's beautiful world and some of the creatures He
has created. Davis is a young boy that loves his grandfather, Pop.
Pop takes Davis on a hiking adventure that allows Davis to explore
and just be a boy. Pop and Davis have a wonderful day together that
Davis will never forget.
Spanish-English Cognates / Los Cognados Espanoles-Ingleses offers
students of Spanish and English special insight into the cognates
of each language. It provides an in-depth examination of words that
may be safely used from one language to another (true cognates) and
also words that may inhibit or even distort understanding (false
cognates). This bilingual and visual dictionary includes a total of
7,650 true and false cognates. A comprehensive index is also
provided. Designed for high school and/or graduate students, the
dictionary is appropriate for almost anyone interested in Spanish
or English.
In many respects, lead in drinking water has become a forgotten
problem, since the mid 1980s when a range of environmental controls
were implemented to reduce exposure to lead. This is largely
because the sampling protocols, that underpin regulatory controls,
are mostly inadequate and have tended to under-estimate the amount
of lead that can be present in drinking water (IWA, 2010).
Optimisation of Corrosion Control for Lead in Drinking Water Using
Computational Modelling Techniques shows how compliance modelling
has been used to very good effect in the optimisation of
plumbosolvency control in the United Kingdom, particularly in the
optimisation of orthophosphate dosing. Over 100 water supply
systems have been modelled, involving 30% of the UK's water
companies. This "proof-of-concept" project has the overall
objective of demonstrating that these modelling techniques could
also be applicable to the circumstances of Canada and the United
States, via three case studies. This report is the first in the
Research Report Series published by the IWA Specialist Group on
Metals and Related Substances in Drinking Water. Authors: Dr. C. R.
Hayes and Dr. T. N. Croft Collaborators A. Campbell, City of Ottawa
Water (CA) I. P. Douglas, City of Ottawa Water (CA) P. Gadoury,
Providence Water (US) M. R. Schock, US Environmental Protection
Agency (US)
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