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This classic textbook in the field, now completely revised and
updated, provides a bridge between theory and practice. Appropriate
for the second course in Finance for MBA students and the first
course in Finance for doctoral students, the text prepares students
for the complex world of modern financial scholarship and practice.
It presents a unified treatment of finance combining theory,
empirical evidence and applications.
This best-selling classic provides a graduate-level,
non-historical, modern introduction of quantum mechanical concepts.
The author, J. J. Sakurai, was a renowned theorist in particle
theory. This revision by Jim Napolitano retains the original
material and adds topics that extend the text's usefulness into the
21st century. The introduction of new material, and modification of
existing material, appears in a way that better prepares the
student for the next course in quantum field theory. Students will
still find such classic developments as neutron interferometer
experiments, Feynman path integrals, correlation measurements, and
Bell's inequality. The style and treatment of topics is now more
consistent across chapters. The Second Edition has been updated for
currency and consistency across all topics and has been checked for
the right amount of mathematical rigor.
This book identifies a distinctive kind of urban neighborhood that
is on the rise throughout the USA, the dense, walkable, mixed-use
bourgeois-bohemian suburb or the "boburb." It looks at case studies
of areas to live in Louisville, Kentucky. Based on scores of
interviews with college graduates, backed by survey data and Census
figures, it provides a clear, historical account of how these
spaces arose. Chapters depict, analyze, and compare the Highlands
neighborhood with other Louisville boburbs, contrasting them with
the ephemeral bohemian quarters and the many suburban subdivisions.
The Highlands are also compared with five other boburbs around the
USA. Attention is given to the influence of transportation systems
in shaping residential, community, and commercial spaces. Deeper
cultural reasons for choosing the boburbs or the suburbs are also
explored, including the political "big sort" between liberal and
conservative places, and Bourdieu's account of how the distinction
between economic and cultural capital shapes how people choose to
live where they live. This book will appeal to those interested in
the evolution and distinctions among urban neighborhoods. It is
ideal for academics and students within urban geography, urban
gentrification, cities, and population.
This book identifies a distinctive kind of urban neighborhood that
is on the rise throughout the USA, the dense, walkable, mixed-use
bourgeois-bohemian suburb or the "boburb." It looks at case studies
of areas to live in Louisville, Kentucky. Based on scores of
interviews with college graduates, backed by survey data and Census
figures, it provides a clear, historical account of how these
spaces arose. Chapters depict, analyze, and compare the Highlands
neighborhood with other Louisville boburbs, contrasting them with
the ephemeral bohemian quarters and the many suburban subdivisions.
The Highlands are also compared with five other boburbs around the
USA. Attention is given to the influence of transportation systems
in shaping residential, community, and commercial spaces. Deeper
cultural reasons for choosing the boburbs or the suburbs are also
explored, including the political "big sort" between liberal and
conservative places, and Bourdieu's account of how the distinction
between economic and cultural capital shapes how people choose to
live where they live. This book will appeal to those interested in
the evolution and distinctions among urban neighborhoods. It is
ideal for academics and students within urban geography, urban
gentrification, cities, and population.
Talking about Leaving Revisited discusses findings from a five-year
study that explores the extent, nature, and contributory causes of
field-switching both from and among "STEM" majors, and what enables
persistence to graduation. The book reflects on what has and has
not changed since publication of Talking about Leaving: Why
Undergraduates Leave the Sciences (Elaine Seymour & Nancy M.
Hewitt, Westview Press, 1997). With the editors' guidance, the
authors of each chapter collaborate to address key questions,
drawing on findings from each related study source: national and
institutional data, interviews with faculty and students,
structured observations and student assessments of teaching methods
in STEM gateway courses. Pitched to a wide audience, engaging in
style, and richly illustrated in the interviewees' own words, this
book affords the most comprehensive explanatory account to date of
persistence, relocation and loss in undergraduate sciences.
Comprehensively addresses the causes of loss from undergraduate
STEM majors-an issue of ongoing national concern. Presents critical
research relevant for nationwide STEM education reform efforts.
Explores the reasons why talented undergraduates abandon STEM
majors. Dispels popular causal myths about why students choose to
leave STEM majors. This volume is based upon work supported by the
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award No. 2012-6-05 and the National
Science Foundation Award No. DUE 1224637.
Talking about Leaving Revisited discusses findings from a five-year
study that explores the extent, nature, and contributory causes of
field-switching both from and among "STEM" majors, and what enables
persistence to graduation. The book reflects on what has and has
not changed since publication of Talking about Leaving: Why
Undergraduates Leave the Sciences (Elaine Seymour & Nancy M.
Hewitt, Westview Press, 1997). With the editors' guidance, the
authors of each chapter collaborate to address key questions,
drawing on findings from each related study source: national and
institutional data, interviews with faculty and students,
structured observations and student assessments of teaching methods
in STEM gateway courses. Pitched to a wide audience, engaging in
style, and richly illustrated in the interviewees' own words, this
book affords the most comprehensive explanatory account to date of
persistence, relocation and loss in undergraduate sciences.
Comprehensively addresses the causes of loss from undergraduate
STEM majors-an issue of ongoing national concern. Presents critical
research relevant for nationwide STEM education reform efforts.
Explores the reasons why talented undergraduates abandon STEM
majors. Dispels popular causal myths about why students choose to
leave STEM majors. This volume is based upon work supported by the
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award No. 2012-6-05 and the National
Science Foundation Award No. DUE 1224637.
Clinical Ultrasound has been thoroughly revised and updated by a
brand new editorial team in order to incorporate the latest
scanning technologies and their clinical applications in both adult
and paediatric patients. With over 4,000 high-quality
illustrations, the book covers the entire gamut of organ systems
and body parts where this modality is useful. It provides the
ultrasound practitioner with a comprehensive, authoritative guide
to image diagnosis and interpretation. Colour is now incorporated
extensively throughout this edition in order to reflect the
advances in clinical Doppler, power Doppler, contrast agents. Each
chapter now follows a consistent organizational structure and now
contains numerous summary boxes and charts in order to make the
diagnostic process practical and easy to follow. Covering all of
the core knowledge, skills and experience as recommended by the
Royal College of Radiologists, it provides the Fellow with a
knowledge base sufficient to pass professional certification
examinations and provides the practitioner with a quick reference
on all currently available diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound
imaging procedures. Individual chapters organized around common
template therefore establishing a consistent diagnostic approach
throughout the text and making the information easier to retrieve.
Access the full text online and download images via Expert Consult.
Three brand new editors and many new contributing authors bring a
fresh perspective on the content. Authoritative coverage of the
most recent advances and latest developments in cutting edge
technologies such as: colour Doppler, power Doppler, 3D and 4D
applications, harmonic imaging, high intensity focused ultrasound
(HIFU) microbubble contrast agents, interventional ultrasound ,
laparoscopic ultrasound brings this edition right up to date in
terms of the changes in technology and the increasing
capabilities/applications of ultrasound equipment. New sections on
musculoskeletal imaging. Addition of coloured text, tables, and
charts throughout will facilitate quick review and enhance
comprehension. The new edition of Clinical Ultrasound has been
thoroughly revised and up-dated by a brand new editorial team in
order to incorporate the latest scanning technologies and their
clinical applications in both adult and paediatric patients. With
over 4,000 high quality illustrations, the book covers the entire
gamut of organ systems and body parts where this modality is
useful. It provides the ultrasound practitioner with a
comprehensive, authoritative guide to image diagnosis and
interpretation. Colour is now incorporated extensively throughout
this edition in order to reflect the advances in clinical Doppler,
power Doppler, contrast agents. Each chapter now follows a
consistent organizational structure and now contains numerous
summary boxes and charts in order to make the diagnostic process
practical and easy to follow. Covering all of the core knowledge,
skills and experience as recommended by the Royal College of
Radiologists, it provides the Fellow with a knowledge base
sufficient to pass professional certification examinations and
provides the practitioner with a quick reference on all currently
available diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound imaging procedures.
Contains over 4,000 high quality images (over 1,000 of which are in
colour) to provide a comprehensive visual guide to help the
practitioner identify and interpret diagnostic problems. Practical
considerations such as image interpretation, image optimization
techniques, pitfalls in technical acquisition and interpretation
stressed throughout provide the trainee and practitioner with a new
and improved knowledge in order to optimize clinical
decision-making. Highlights the selection of other modalities (such
as CT/MRI) whenever appropriate i.e. when there is a limited field
of view or poor resolution and provides the user with a balanced
perspective by referring to those occasions when ultrasound may not
be the best modality to provide the best diagnostic information.
If I had but one wish to be fulfilled, it would be that I could
be happy always. Do you ever ask yourself, "Why am I here?" "Who am
I?" "What is my purpose?" Be assured you are not alone.
While some people are happy to settle for the comfortable,
routine path through life, others of us find that path simply
unacceptable. True happiness is as varied as there are those to
experience it; the challenge lies in allowing ourselves the chance
to seek it out. In Lessons in Life: Travelling through the Colours
of the Rainbow, author and world traveller Deborah J Weston leads
us on a journey of self-discovery-a search for our own sense of
purpose and for the answers to our questions about love, life,
happiness, fate and consequence.
Oil of Joy for Mourning: the Healing Touch of God What happens when
we hand over our burden to God and trust in Him completely? Oil of
Joy for Mourning: the Healing Touch of God tells the true stories
of ordinary people who turned to God during times of hopelessness
and seemingly impossible challenges and found extraordinary help
and healing. In her follow-up to Beauty for Ashes: Portraits of
Faith, author and founder of Garments of Praise Ministries, Inc.,
Sharon Weston offers up stories of remarkable healing through
faith. Oil of Joy for Mourning: the Healing Touch of God also
offers people of faith inspiring, spirit-filled poetry and insights
into the author's journey to Zambia, and the many courageous women
she met along the way.
In this unique book, Duncan Ferguson and Beau Weston argue that
the calling to teach is distinctively Reformed and a primary
mission of the Presbyterian Church. This collection of essays first
lays the biblical, theological, and historical foundations for this
calling, then explores how it is lived out today in educational
institutions--church-related as well as secular. Ferguson and
Weston conclude that today's church must have the nurture of the
teacher as a central part of its mission.
In "Leading from the Center," sociologist William Weston
provides an enlightening look at the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
and the tensions that exist between key groups in the denomination.
Weston defines the key groups as conservatives, liberals, and
loyalists and structures his view of the denomination around the
third group. Defining "loyalists" as the largest and those who have
no wish to see the denomination split apart, Weston argues that
while conservatives may consider splitting the church over
doctrinal issues and liberals may consider splitting the church
over social issues, the loyalists want to work for peace and unity
in an effort to hold the church together. His in-depth analysis
examines the "left" and "right" sides of the church and their
competition to win the loyalist center to their respective sides.
Meticulously researched but engaging and insightful, "Leading from
the Center" is a concise sketch of the denomination that is often
surprising and always revealing.
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