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This long-awaited and ground-breaking book from cognitive scientist
John Morton helps to clarify the nature of developmental disorders.
It challenges the basis of standard behaviourally based diagnostic
practice, showing how the role of biology and cognition is crucial
to understanding the underlying nature of these disorders. It also
sets out a clear method for assessing and comparing the many
alternative theories.
An understanding of developmental disorders depends on being
able to address the issue of cause and on making the link between
disorder and normal process. These were the driving forces behind
the emergence of the causal modelling methodology at the Cognitive
Development Unit in London by the author and his colleague Uta
Frith. John Morton elucidates this method and uses it ruthlessly to
compare different theories of particular developmental disorders
and to pinpoint their weaknesses. The result is a book that will
have a profound impact on research and thinking in the fields of
psychology, neuroscience and medicine.
In this collection scholars, policymakers, and military officials explore the conditions that gave rise to the Balkan wars in the 1990s, the application of international law to the wars, the conduct of the wars, and post-war issues. The essays are based on presentations given at the International Conference on the Balkans held at Florida Atlantic University in February 2002. The contributors come from varied backgrounds, including international law, genocide studies, peacekeeping, European politics, communications, history, and military studies.
This early work is an absorbing read and thoroughly recommended for
the shelf of any horticulturalist. It contains much information
that is still useful and practical today. Contents Include:
Tomatoes: Choice of Site. Type of House. Varieties; The Soil;
Propagation. Potting. Planting; Pots and Boxes; Care after
Planting. Mulching. Trimming. Weight of Crop; Gathering and
Marketing. Grading. Packing; Diseases of Tomatoes; Pests;
Cucumbers: Site. Propagation. Varieties; Preparation and Planting.
Cleaning; Care after Planting. Trimming, Training and Stopping;
Gathering and Marketing; Pests and Diseases; Outdoor Tomatoes and
Ridge Cucumbers. Many of the earliest books, particularly those
dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and
increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in
affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text
and artwork.
This handbook covers the most common paediatric problems
encountered in Accident and Emergency departments. The contents
include cardiopulmonary resuscitation, major trauma, fractures and
other orthopaedic problems, burns, scalds and poisoning. Child
abuse and its recognition and management are described. Emphasis
has been placed on the emergency management of serious illness and
injury and on the management of common problems. In many cases,
further management is described for those studying for the Accident
and Emergency Fellowship examination. This edition includes a
revised section on paediatric resuscitation which summarizes the
latest guidelines in this area. The section on major trauma has
been extended to follow the Advanced Paediatric Life Support
guidelines, and the section on fractures is now in tabular format
for the comparison of possible diagnoses.
P. Marler* and H. S. Terrace** *The Rockefeller University Field
Research Center Millbrook, NY 12545 **Dept. of Psychology, Columbia
University New York, NY 10027, USA For the first half of this
century, theories of animal conditioning were regarded as the most
promising approach to the study of learning - both animal and
human. For a variety of reasons, disillusionment with this point of
view has become widespread during recent years. One prominent
source of disenchantment with conditioning theory is a large body
of ethological observations of both learned and unlearned natural
behavior. These challenge the generality of principles of animal
learning as derived from the intensive study of a few species in
specialized laboratory situations. From another direction, the
complexities of human language acquisition, surely the most
impressive of learned achievements, have prompted developmental
psychologists to doubt the relevance of principles of animal
learning. Even within the realm of traditional studies of animal
learning, it has become apparent that no single set of currently
available principles can cope with the myriad of new empirical
findings. These are emerging at an accelerating rate from studies
of such phenomena as selective attention and learning, conditioned
food aversion, complex problem solving behavior, and the nature of
reinforcement. Not very surprisingly, as a reaction against the
long-held but essentially unrealized promise of general theories of
learning, many psychologists have asked an obvious question: does
learning theory have a future? 2 r. Marler and B. S."
In this collection scholars, policymakers and military officials
explore the conditions that gave rise to the Balkan wars in the
1990s, the application of international law to the wars the conduct
of the wars, and post-war issues. The essays are based on
presentations given at the International Conference on the Balkans
held at Florida Atlantic University in February 2002. The
contributors come from varied backgrounds, including international
law, genocide studies, peacekeeping, European politics,
communications, history and military studies.
This handbook covers the most common paediatric problems
encountered in Accident and Emergency departments. The contents
include cardiopulmonary resuscitation, major trauma, fractures and
other orthopaedic problems, burns, scalds and poisoning. Child
abuse and its recognition and management are described. Emphasis
has been placed on the emergency management of serious illness and
injury and on the management of common problems. In many cases,
further management is described for those studying for the Accident
and Emergency Fellowship examination. This edition includes a
revised section on paediatric resuscitation which summarizes the
latest guidelines in this area. The section on major trauma has
been extended to follow the Advanced Paediatric Life Support
guidelines, and the section on fractures is now in tabular format
for the comparison of possible diagnoses.
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