This graduate level text covers an exciting and active area of research at the crossroads of several different fields in mathematics and physics. In mathematics it involves Differential Geometry, Complex Algebraic Geometry, Symplectic Geometry, and in physics String Theory and Mirror Symmetry. Drawing extensively on the author's previous work, the text explains the advanced mathematics involved simply and clearly to both mathematicians and physicists. Starting with the basic geometry of connections, curvature, complex and Kahler structures suitable for beginning graduate students, the text covers seminal results such as Yau's proof of the Calabi Conjecture, and takes the reader all the way to the frontiers of current research in calibrated geometry, giving many open problems.

Mechanical Circulatory Support: Principles and Applications offers innovative approaches to complex clinical scenarios and represents the current state-of-the-art for managing patients on mechanical circulatory support devices. Topics are presented in a concise fashion, making it a practical resource for care givers who need a user's manual in the heat of the moment during patient care as well as a reference for a better understanding of the unique components of every device available for human use. This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of the most relevant issues facing health care providers in the management of advanced heart failure. With content that features patient selection strategies, implantation techniques, device specific considerations, and management of clinical challenges in the post-operative setting, this textbook offers evidence-based answers to the complex questions facing nurses, perfusionists, advanced practice providers, and physicians.

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to effectively conduct a comprehensive temperament assessment

Understanding temperament has the potential to better inform treatment and intervention choices as well as promote awareness for qualities that are somewhat malleable. "Essentials of Temperament Assessment" presents balanced coverage of those instruments that directly measure temperament qualities in adults and children. This guide enables mental health professionals to select the method that best fits the situations, groups of people, and programs that are involved.

With an overview of clinical applications of temperament assessments, Essentials of Temperament Assessment gathers as many resources as possible to enable professionals to make their own judgment about the most appropriate temperament assessments, including:

• New York Longitudinal Scales Adult Temperament Questionnaire (ATQ)
• Carey Temperament Scales (CTS)
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator? (MBTI?)
• Student Styles Questionnaire (SSQ)Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy mental health professionals, and those in training, quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of major psychological assessment instruments. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.

  Offering a myriad of ways to assess temperament, "Essentials of Temperament Assessment" arms professionals with the most appropriate technique or combination of techniques for their particular temperament assessment purposes.

This graduate level text covers an exciting and active area of research at the crossroads of several different fields in Mathematics and Physics. In Mathematics it involves Differential Geometry, Complex Algebraic Geometry, Symplectic Geometry, and in Physics String Theory and Mirror Symmetry. Drawing extensively on the author's previous work, the text explains the advanced mathematics involved simply and clearly to both mathematicians and physicists. Starting with the basic geometry of connections, curvature, complex and Kahler structures suitable for beginning graduate students, the text covers seminal results such as Yau's proof of the Calabi Conjecture, and takes the reader all the way to the frontiers of current research in calibrated geometry, giving many open problems.

After taking Davis D. Joyce's course in Oklahoma history, a student once said, ""I saw an Oklahoma I'd never seen before.""""This is a splendid collection of writings in the true spirit of a ‘people's history'. It begins with a delightful, wry overlook at Oklahoma by George Milburn, and goes on to tell about the state in way rarely seen in traditional histories. There are accounts of progressivism, of socialism, of labor radicalism, of Indian resistance, of black struggle against segregation, of women's campaigns for abortion rights. It includes fascinating portraits of people, some famous, some obscure, who were engaged in these struggles. I hope this become a model for similar volumes on other states.""-Howard Zinn, author of People's History of the United States. Contents: ""Oklahoma,"" George Milburn; ""The Difficulty of Celebrating an Invasion, ""Jerald C. Walker;""Progressivism in Oklahoma Politics, 1900-1913: A Reinterpretation,"" Kenny L. Brown;""Kate Barnard, Progressivism, and the West,"" Suzanne J. Crawford and Lynn R. Musslewhite; ""'In Death You Shall not Wear It Either': The Persecution of Mennonite Pacifists in Oklahoma,"" Marvin E. Kroeker;""She Never Weakened: The Heroism of Freda Ameringer,"" John Thompson; ""Wobblies in the Oilfields: The Suppression of the Industrial Workers of the World in Oklahoma,"" Nigel sellars; ""The Road Once Taken: Socialist Medicine in Southwestern Oklahoma,"" Alana Hughes;  ""Woody Guthrie: The Oklahoma Years, 1912-1929,"" Harry Menig;  ""The  New Deal Comes to Shawnee,"" Dale E.Soden; ""The Social Gospel of Nicholas Comfort,"" Bob Cottrell; ""Behold the Walls,"" Clara Luper;  ""The Case of  the Deerslayer,""  Stan Steiner; ""Black Oklahoma and Sense of place ,"" Jimmie L. Franklin; ""The Southern Influence on Oklahoma ,"" Danney Goble; ""The Creation of an Oklahoma Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights: A Presonal/Historical Essay"" Carole Jane Joyce; ""Violence and Oppression of Women in Rural Oklahoma,""  Elizabeth D. Barlow; ""Oklahoma's Gay Liberation Movement,"" Thomas E. Guild, Joan Luxenburg, and Keith Smith; ""Even Among the Sooners, There Are More Important Things than Football,"" Alan Ehrenhalt. In revealing an Oklahoma many have never seen, this book can remind Oklahoma citizens of changes yet to be made, show how to mark them, and (perhaps most important of all) inspire them to do the job.

Blind Sight is a sequel to "Stalked," also by Joyce Fraser. In this novel, Kathryn has finally overcome her years of terror at the hands of a stalker. This same terror has now mutated into a vast network of evil and has begun to target her beloved step-daughter, Julianna. The family bands together, enlisting powerful outside resources. The terror only increases as the resilience of the human spirit is pitted against the deadly force of evil.

These beautifully conceived and sculpted essays reveal a deep humanity and extensive knowledge. Weaving together local, national, world, and even ancient histories with personal stories, Joyce dips deeply into politics, religion, love for his adopted home of Oklahoma, and throughout, a thread of tribute to the great Howard Zinn. -Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz author of Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie

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