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Despite being labeled as adults, the approximately 200,000 youth
under the age of 18 who are now prosecuted as adults each year in
criminal court are still adolescents, and the contradiction of
their legal labeling creates numerous problems and challenges. In
Courting Kids Carla Barrett takes us behind the scenes of a unique
judicial experiment called the Manhattan Youth Part, a specialized
criminal court set aside for youth prosecuted as adults in New York
City. Focusing on the lives of those coming through and working in
the courtroom, Barrett's ethnography is a study of a microcosm that
reflects the costs, challenges, and consequences the "tough on
crime" age has had, especially for male youth of color. She
demonstrates how the court, through creative use of judicial
discretion and the cultivation of an innovative courtroom culture,
developed a set of strategies for handling "adult-juvenile " cases
that embraced, rather than denied, defendants' adolescence.
The critically acclaimed laboratory standard, Methods in
Enzymology, is one of the most highly respected publications in the
field of biochemistry. Since 1955, each volume has been eagerly
awaited, frequently consulted, and praised by researchers and
reviewers alike. The series contains much material still relevant
today--truly an essential publication for researchers in all fields
of life sciences.
Key Features
* Presents new ideas on classification of proteolytic enzymes
* Covers 100 individual proteolytic enzymes
* Offers numerous medical implications of work in this area
* Provides uses of these enzymes in biotechnology
Focusing on improving the diagnosis, prognosis, and management of
human disease, this book takes on the issues of research design,
measurement, and evaluation which are critical to clinical
epidemiology. This second edition of Clinical Epidemiology:
Practice and Methods opens with how best to frame a clinical
research question, the ethics associated with doing a research
project in humans, and the definition of various biases that occur
in clinical research. From there, it continues by examining issues
of design, measurement, and analysis associated with various
research designs, including determination of risk in longitudinal
studies, assessment of therapy in randomized controlled clinical
trials, and evaluation of diagnostic tests, and then delves into
the more specialized area of clinical genetic research, before
concluding with basic methods used in evidence-based decision
making including critical appraisal, aggregation of multiple
studies using meta-analysis, health technology assessment, clinical
practice guidelines, development of health policy, translational
research, how to utilize administrative databases, and knowledge
translation. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular
Biology series, chapters include the kind of detail and practical
advice to ensure real world success. Comprehensive and
authoritative, Clinical Epidemiology: Practice and Methods, Second
Edition is intended to educate researchers on how to undertake
clinical research and should be helpful not only to medical
practitioners but also to basic scientists who want to extend their
work to humans, to allied health professionals interested in
scientific evaluation, and to trainees in clinical epidemiology.
This book sheds new light on the life and the influence of one of
the most significant critical thinkers in psychology of the last
century, Theodore R. Sarbin (1911-2005). In the first section
authors provide a comprehensive account of Sarbin's life and
career. The second section consists in a collection of ten
publications from the last two decades of his career. The essays
cover topics such as the adoption of contextualism as the
appropriate world view for psychology, the establishment of
narrative psychology as a major mode of inquiry, and the rejection
both mechanism and mentalism as suitable approaches for psychology.
The book is historically informed and yet focused on the future of
psychological theory and practice. It will engage researches and
scholars in psychology, social scientists and philosophers, as well
general readership interested in exploring Sarbin's theories.
This third edition volume expands on the previous editions with
updated chapters on longitudinal studies, randomized trials,
evidence-based decisions making, and a new section on changing
health-related behaviors. The chapters in this book are organized
into six parts: Part One focuses on framing clinical research
questions and choosing a suitable design; biases that may occur in
clinical research; and the ethics associated with doing conducting
research on humans. Parts Two through Four discuss designs,
measurements, and analysis that pertain to evaluation of risk in
longitudinal studies; assessment of therapy in controlled trials;
and evaluation of diagnostic tests. Part Five presents methods used
in various components of evidence-based decision-making; and Part
Six highlights interventions focused on changing health-related
behaviors. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular
Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their
respective topics, lists of various types of bias, step-by-step,
readily reproducible protocols for different research designs, and
tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Cutting-edge
and thorough, Clinical Epidemiology: Methods and Protocols, Third
Edition is a valuable resource for clinicians and researchers who
want to expand their works to humans and use their findings in the
health system.
Take your Linux skills to the next level! Whether you're a system
administrator, software developer, site reliability engineer, or
enthusiastic hobbyist, this practical, hands-on book will help you
work faster, smarter, and more efficiently. You'll learn how to
create and run complex commands that solve real business problems,
process and retrieve information, and automate manual tasks. You'll
also truly understand what happens behind the shell prompt, so no
matter which commands you run, you can be more successful in
everyday Linux use and more competitive on the job market. As you
build intermediate to advanced command-line skills, you'll learn
how to: Choose or construct commands that get your work done
quickly Run commands efficiently and navigate the Linux filesystem
with ease Build powerful, complex commands out of simpler ones
Transform text files and query them like databases to achieve
business goals Control Linux point-and-click features from the
command line
This series is designed to meet the needs of students and lecturers
of the National Certificate Vocational. Features for the student
include: Easy-to-understand language; Real-life examples; A key
word feature for important subject terms; A dictionary feature for
difficult words; A reflect-on-how-you-learn feature to explore
personal learning styles; Workplace-oriented activities; and
Chapter summaries that are useful for exam revision.
This third edition volume expands on the previous editions with
updated chapters on longitudinal studies, randomized trials,
evidence-based decisions making, and a new section on changing
health-related behaviors. The chapters in this book are organized
into six parts: Part One focuses on framing clinical research
questions and choosing a suitable design; biases that may occur in
clinical research; and the ethics associated with doing conducting
research on humans. Parts Two through Four discuss designs,
measurements, and analysis that pertain to evaluation of risk in
longitudinal studies; assessment of therapy in controlled trials;
and evaluation of diagnostic tests. Part Five presents methods used
in various components of evidence-based decision-making; and Part
Six highlights interventions focused on changing health-related
behaviors. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular
Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their
respective topics, lists of various types of bias, step-by-step,
readily reproducible protocols for different research designs, and
tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Cutting-edge
and thorough, Clinical Epidemiology: Methods and Protocols, Third
Edition is a valuable resource for clinicians and researchers who
want to expand their works to humans and use their findings in the
health system.
"A History of Alternative Dispute Resolution" offers a
comprehensive review of the various types of peaceful practices for
resolving conflicts. Written by Jerome Barrett--a longtime
practitioner, innovator, and leading historian in the field of
ADR--and his son Joseph Barrett, this volume traces the evolution
of the ADR process and offers an overview of the precursors to ADR,
including negotiation, arbitration, and mediation. The authors
explore the colorful beginnings of ADR using illustrative examples
from prehistoric Shaman through the European Law Merchant. In
addition, the book offers the historical context for the use of ADR
in the arenas of diplomacy and business.
This book sheds new light on the life and the influence of one of
the most significant critical thinkers in psychology of the last
century, Theodore R. Sarbin (1911-2005). In the first section
authors provide a comprehensive account of Sarbin's life and
career. The second section consists in a collection of ten
publications from the last two decades of his career. The essays
cover topics such as the adoption of contextualism as the
appropriate world view for psychology, the establishment of
narrative psychology as a major mode of inquiry, and the rejection
both mechanism and mentalism as suitable approaches for psychology.
The book is historically informed and yet focused on the future of
psychological theory and practice. It will engage researches and
scholars in psychology, social scientists and philosophers, as well
general readership interested in exploring Sarbin's theories.
Fundamentals of DRUG DEVELOPMENT Enables readers to understand the
process of pharmaceutical research, its regulatory basis, and how
it fits into the global healthcare environment This book discusses
how to conduct pharmaceutical research and the context for how the
industry fits into global healthcare. Holistically, the
well-qualified author helps readers and students of drug
development appreciate the time and expense of the process.
Specifically, the work identifies the emerging trends shaping the
future of drug development, along with important related topics
like generic drugs, data sharing, and collaboration. To aid in
seamless reader comprehension, the book includes a glossary of
terms and a self-assessment quiz for each chapter at the end.
PowerPoint slides are also available as an online ancillary for
adopting professors. Sample topics covered in the book include:
Drug development and its phases Decision-making processes, drug
development milestones, and compound progression metrics The
various disciplines involved along with an assessment of the
complexity and risks associated across the stages of development
Differences in the nature and scope of development programs due to
the therapeutic area of interest Associated costs and resources
required Graduate students and professors teaching courses in drug
development, drug discovery, pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemistry,
and drug synthesis will be able to use this book as a complete
resource for understanding all the complexities and nuances
involved in the drug development process.
Knowledge-Driven Work is a pioneering study of the cross-cultural
iffusion of ideas about the organization of work. These ideas,
linked with the knowledge of the workforce, are rapidly becoming
the primary source of competitive advantage in the world economy.
The book provides an in-depth look at eight Japanese-affiliated
manufacturing facilities operating in the United States, combined
with examinations of their sister facilities in Japan. The authors
offer their insights into the complex process by which elements of
work systems in one country interact with those in another. They
trace the flow of ideas from Japan to the US and other nations, and
the beginnings of a reverse diffusion of innovation back to Japan.
The authors organize their findings into six categories: the
cross-cultural diffusion of work practices, team-based work
systems, kaizen and employee involvement, employment security,
human resource management, and labor-management relations. Their
study of team-based work systems yields a taxonomy of teams and
reveals some conflicts between the desire for self-management and
the existence of interdependencies.
Investigations into kaizen (ongoing incremental improvement)
indicate that its emphasis on employee-driven, systematic problem
solving makes it a strong counterpoint to the idea of top-down
"re-engineering." Looking at employment security, the authors note
that while most US managers believe that it restrains managerial
flexibility, managers at the firms they observed see it as
essential to the flexibility associated with teamwork and kaizen.
The study of human resource management practices suggests
competitive advantages in diverse, older, unionized, and urban work
forces, and emphasizes the importance of wide-ranging training
programs in a work system premised on a long-term perspective. The
"wildcard" in the work places observed is labor-management
relations, the area in which Japanese managers have been least
likely to import their ideas. The authors report on several
situations in which existing labor-management structures remained
untouched, with mixed results: greater labor-management
consultation, for example, but also increased ambiguity of roles.
The thread running through all of these areas of work is "virtual
knowledge," an ephemeral form of knowledge derived from a
particular combination of people focused on a given issue. The
authors point out that this powerful form of knowledge is only
effectively harnessed in environments that are free of fear, that
have established procedures for collective problem-solving, and
that have some stability in group composition. They claim that too
often companies allow virtual knowledge to dissipate, squandering
opportunities to create more competitive workplaces. For those
organizations that have succeeded in anticipating and channeling
it, however, virtual knowledge leads to a knowledge-driven
workplace and continuous improvement.
Are you serious about network security? Then check out SSH, the
Secure Shell, which provides key-based authentication and
transparent encryption for your network connections. It's reliable,
robust, and reasonably easy to use, and both free and commercial
implementations are widely available for most operating systems.
While it doesn't solve every privacy and security problem, SSH
eliminates several of them very effectively.
Everything you want to know about SSH is in our second edition
of "SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide," This updated book
thoroughly covers the latest SSH-2 protocol for system
administrators and end users interested in using this increasingly
popular TCP/IP-based solution.
How does it work? Whenever data is sent to the network, SSH
automatically encrypts it. When data reaches its intended
recipient, SSH decrypts it. The result is "transparent"
encryption-users can work normally, unaware that their
communications are already encrypted. SSH supports secure file
transfer between computers, secure remote logins, and a unique
"tunneling" capability that adds encryption to otherwise insecure
network applications. With SSH, users can freely navigate the
Internet, and system administrators can secure their networks or
perform remote administration.
Written for a wide, technical audience, "SSH, The Secure Shell:
The Definitive Guide" covers several implementations of SSH for
different operating systems and computing environments. Whether
you're an individual running Linux machines at home, a corporate
network administrator with thousands of users, or a PC/Mac owner
who just wants a secure way to telnet or transfer files between
machines, ourindispensable guide has you covered. It starts with
simple installation and use of SSH, and works its way to in-depth
case studies on large, sensitive computer networks.
No matter where or how you're shipping information, "SSH, The
Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide" will show you how to do it
securely.
Unlock the secrets of the Terminal and discover how this
powerful tool solves problems the Finder can't handle. With this
handy guide, you'll learn commands for a variety of tasks, such as
killing programs that refuse to quit, renaming a large batch of
files in seconds, or running jobs in the background while you do
other work.
Get started with an easy-to-understand overview of the Terminal
and its partner, the shell. Then dive into commands neatly arranged
into two dozen categories, including directory operations, file
comparisons, and network connections. Each command includes a
concise description of its purpose and features.Log into your Mac
from remote locationsSearch and modify files in powerful
waysSchedule jobs for particular days and timesLet several people
use one Mac at the same timeCompress and uncompress files in a
variety of formatsView and manipulate Mac OS X processesCombine
multiple commands to perform complex operationsDownload and install
additional commands from the Internet
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