Africana Health Psychology: A Cultural Perspective consists of a discussion of health psychology among populations of African descent throughout the diaspora and includes those living in the US such as Caribbean and continental Africans of color. The focus of this work is on health equity with an emphasis on cultural affirmation as protective factors. This book is unique because it merges Africana/Black psychology and health psychology, endorses a strength-based, rather than a deficits-based model of health among Black people, and describes research consisting solely of African-descended participants. From the first chapter designed to disrupt the narrative to the last chapter offering hope for a brighter day, the reader is asked to suspend all preconceived notions of Black people and health. Research findings from childhood to old age are explored in culturally grounded theoretical frameworks. Resilience and spirituality are key themes throughout this volume, meant to enhance cultural competency for practitioners, scholars, students, community members, and anyone interested in expanding their skill set or leaving their comfort zones.

The use of single crystals for scientific and technological applications is now widespread in solid-state physics, optics, electronics, materials science, and geophysics. An understanding of the variation of physical properties with crystalline direction is essential to maximize the performance of solid-state devices. Written from a physical viewpoint and avoiding advanced mathematics, Tensor Properties of Crystals provides a concise introduction to the tensor properties of crystals at a level suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. While retaining the successful basic format of the well-known first edition, this second edition brings the material up to date with the latest developments in nonlinear optics and modulated structures. Because of the increasing importance of nonlinear optics, a new chapter on optoelectronics has been added. This edition also includes a short discussion on incommensurate modulated structures in the final chapter because they are relevant to high temperature superconductors and to ferroelectric and ferromagnetic materials. The book extensively contains diagrams, worked examples, and problems with answers throughout.

An aspiring mystery writer mines his world for greater meaning, and perhaps a soul mate along the way. A kind-hearted chemical engineer casts a cold eye on his disappointing marriage. A stunning journalist conceals her surprising shyness through her well-chosen words. "Transplanting Hope," the debut work of fiction by Jessica D. Lovett charts the sometimes hapless, sometimes hopeful lives of divergent individuals whose paths cross in the heat of a corporate cover up, and whose connections help each of them heal past wounds and find inroads to heartening new horizons. With craft and compassion, this absorbing novel will engage readers who seek out subtly wrought character-driven stories with evocative detail.

Being born with a silver spoon, the happy-go-lucky novelist Simon Kincade has the luxury to dabble in mysteries with his poison pen, while living in considerable comfort. His best friend from college, Dr. George Morris, faces an altogether different reality each day. His job at the pharmaceutical company Chemi-Life is proving complex, and his marriage to the shopaholic Emily has long since soured. His only solace comes from offloading to Simon, who patiently buoys his friend, while marveling that he is now cast in this new role of advisor in their friendship. While somewhat incredulous that the forgiving George continues to endure the crass consumption and coldness of Emily, his friend remains awestruck by George's persistent, unflappable kindness.

Simultaneously, "Times" reporter Madeline Bryson has her own crisis on hand. Her boss has deemed her stories "flighty," and her job is on the line if she doesn't come up with a serious piece of investigative journalism. And, while she reels from her new probation status at work, she must also suffer the obscene confidence of her colleague Blaine Maxwell, an extravagant, well-dressed player who zips around town in a yellow sports car. Her chance for redemption arrives in the nefarious activities connected to Chemi-Life, and her hunt for the story entwines all of them in a sinister swirl that exposes far more than any of them had bargained for.

As old secrets are unearthed, and new allegiances are fused, "Transplanting Hope" offers a richly drawn, suspenseful foray into three lives, and how feelings, failings, hearts, and hopes can be transformed by chance meetings and redemptive twists of fate. Intimate and optimistic, this deeply affecting novel offers a richly drawn look at the human experience, one individual at a time.

Awareness is a concept that encompasses the totality of life. It is multi-dimensional in the sense that it is recognized by the mind on many diffeerent levels of understanding. Awareness is part of the life force within us that created our individual self. It is also the bridge betwen our understanding of the physical world and the unseen dimensions of the spirit world.