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The lands and waters of the Mid-Atlantic Region (MAR) have changed
significantly since before the 16th century when the Susquehannock
lived in the area. Much has changed since Captain John Smith
penetrated the estuaries and rivers during the early 17th century;
since the surveying of the Mason-Dixon Line to settle border
disputes among Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware during the
middle of the 18th century; and since J. Thomas Scharf described
the physiographic setting of Baltimore County in the late 19th
century. As early as 1881, Scharf provides us with an assessment of
the condition of the aquatic ecosystems of the region, albeit in
narrative form, and already changes are taking place - the
conversion of forests to fields, the founding of towns and cities,
and the depletion of natural resources. We have always conducted
our work with the premise that "man" is part of, and not apart
from, this ecosystem and landscape. This premise, and the
historical changes in our landscape, provide the foundation for our
overarching research question: how do human activities impact the
functioning of aquatic ecosystems and the ecosystem services that
they provide, and how can we optimize this relationship?
Collects over 150 years of key moments in the visual history of the
Southern United States, with over two hundred photographs taken
from 1850 to present The South is perhaps the most mythologized
region in the United States and also one of the most depicted.
Since the dawn of photography in the nineteenth century,
photographers have articulated the distinct and evolving character
of the South’s people, landscape, and culture and reckoned with
its fraught history. Indeed, many of the urgent questions we face
today about what defines the American experience—from racism,
poverty, and the legacy of slavery to environmental disaster,
immigration, and the changes wrought by a modern, global
economy—appear as key themes in the photography of the South. The
visual history of the South is inextricably intertwined with the
history of photography and also the history of America, and is
therefore an apt lens through which to examine American identity. A
Long Arc: Photography and the American South accompanies a major
exhibition at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, with more than one
hundred photographers represented, including Walker Evans, Robert
Frank, Gordon Parks, William Eggleston, Sally Mann, Carrie Mae
Weems, Dawoud Bey, Alec Soth, and An-My Lê. Insightful texts by
Imani Perry, Sarah Kennel, Makeda Best, and Rahim Fortune, among
others, illuminate this broad survey of photographs of the Southern
United States as an essential American story. Copublished by
Aperture and High Museum of Art, Atlanta
A charming family comedy for readers of 8+, with a dash of magic,
and the occasional moment of mayhem! These are the third memoirs
Holly Hopkinson, aged ten - except without any of the rubbish
adults usually put in, thank you very much. Welcome to volume III
of my memoirs - with me, Holly Hopkinson, still in the middle of
flipping nowhere, and still on the brink of MULTIPLE CATASTROPHES,
like my parents announcing that we might be moving STATESIDE. Good
thing my sister is still into organising protests, thank you very
much. PLUS Mum is about to lose what little money we have left on a
vegetable shop, there's been a biscuit-fight fiasco in the village
and a family secret I uncovered means my suitcase is packed, my
goodbyes are prepared - life is cruel at ten. But fear not because
with the help of my Magic Pocket Watch I might get an ACTUAL
FACTUAL ROCK STAR to play with my brother's band! Oh yes. The
middle of nowhere, AKA Lower Goring, could be about to hit the news
headlines again . . .
A charming domestic comedy for readers of 8+, with a dash of magic,
and the occasional moment of mayhem! These are the continued
memoirs Holly Hopkinson, aged ten, except without any of the
rubbish adults usually put in, thank you very much. Earlier this
year, me and the rest of my family had to move to the MIDDLE OF
NOWHERE after my dad lost his job. Now my mum has just lost HER job
as well, and I must once again save my family from FINANCIAL RUIN
and CATASTROPHE - while dealing with silent brother Harold's girl
drama, and sorting out my older sister Harmony, who has joined the
protests about a new housing development in the village. Thank
GOODNESS I am armed with my Magic Pocket Watch. At least the
business empire of Holly Hopkinson is set to IMPLODE on to the
world stage as I am about to do business with a WORLD-FAMOUS
HOLLYWOOD director who needs a horse and a location. . . I tell
you, I may be a world away from my old life, but the drama here
never stops.
Leah and Dexter are brother and sister. They don't always get
along. In fact, there are times they can be downright mean to each
other. The ooey, gooey jelly donuts in this story are a testament
to the power of kindness, caring and generosity. Find out if Leah
and Dexter will ever learn to get along! Bite into the power of
paying it forward by adding The Jelly Donut Difference to your
family's home collection or classroom library.
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Yashua Klos: Our Labour
Yashua Klos; Edited by Tracy L Adler; Interview by LeRonn P. Brooks; Text written by Lauren Haynes
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R1,339
Discovery Miles 13 390
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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A charming domestic comedy for readers of 8+, with a dash of magic,
and the occasional moment of mayhem! These are the continued
memoirs Holly Hopkinson, aged ten, except without any of the
rubbish adults usually put in, thank you very much. Earlier this
year, me and the rest of my family had to move to the MIDDLE OF
NOWHERE after my dad lost his job. Now my mum has just lost HER job
as well, and I must once again save my family from FINANCIAL RUIN
and CATASTROPHE - while dealing with silent brother Harold's girl
drama, and sorting out my older sister Harmony, who has joined the
protests about a new housing development in the village. Thank
GOODNESS I am armed with my Magic Pocket Watch. At least the
business empire of Holly Hopkinson is set to IMPLODE on to the
world stage as I am about to do business with a WORLD-FAMOUS
HOLLYWOOD director who needs a horse and a location. . . I tell
you, I may be a world away from my old life, but the drama here
never stops.
Since the rheumatic diseases are among the most prevalent of
conditions, the anti-rheumatic drugs make up one of the largest
groups of drugs prescribed. They vary from the non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs through to the complex imrnunomodulators.
There are significant differences between these groups of drugs as
regards their mechanism of action and within each spectrum of
adverse reactions, yet there is also some overlap. class there are
also subtle individual differences between the drugs despite a
sharing of the basic mechanisms of action and range of side
effects. It is this individual variation and, in particular, the
individual reaction of the patient to the drug that we attempted to
address at this symposium. The first symposium on Individual
Variation in Response to Non Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs was
held at Leura, New South Wales, Australia as a satellite symposium
to the XVI International Congress of Rheumatology in August, 1985.
Following a successful meeting, proceedings of which were published
in a supplement to Agents and Actions (Suppl. 17, 1986), it was
decided to organise a second symposium as a satellite meeting of
the International Congressof Pharmacology Meeting in Sydney,
August, 1987. The meeting was held at the Manly Pacific and focused
on variability in response to anti-rheumatic drugs in general
rather than just concentrating on the non-steroidal drugs."
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Hughie Lee-Smith
Hughie Lee-Smith; Interview of Kellie Jones, LeRonn P. Brooks, Reggie Burrows Hodges; Text written by Hilton Als, …
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R1,377
Discovery Miles 13 770
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Phosphorus is an essential element for plant growth and its input
has long been recognized as necessary to maintain profitable crop
production. However, phosphorus inputs can also increase the
biological activity of surface waters and this can lead to the
destruction of such aquatic ecosystems. Advanced eutrophication of
surface water leads to problems with its use for fisheries,
recreation, industry and drinking, due to the increased growth of
undesirable algae and aquatic weeds, and oxygen shortages caused by
their death and decomposition. It is therefore important to have a
good understanding of the causes and mode of phosphorus loss from
soil to water, to enable the problems to be controlled and managed.
This book has been developed from an international workshop held in
Ireland in late 1995. It is the first comprehensive consideration
of the topic, and many leading researchers in the area have
contributed to it. It is essential reading for all soil scientists
and freshwater biologists, as well as for environmentalists,
ecologists and agriculturalists concerned with sustainable land
management and pollution. The book is also recommended to fisheries
managers, fertilizer manufacturers and biologists working for water
utilities.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Since the first publication of The Mythical Man-Month in 1975, no software engineer's bookshelf has been complete without it. Many software engineers and computer scientists have claimed to be "on their second or third copy" of the book. Now, Addison-Wesley is proud to present the 20th anniversary edition-and first revised edition ever-of Fred Brooks's now legendary collection of essays on the management of computer programming projects. The 20th Anniversary edition is an updated, enhanced re-release of the Brooks classic. Included are all of the existing essays that were originally presented, with the addition of three new essays assessing the current status of software project management. Brooks's well-known 1986 article, No Silver Bullet, is also included. This 20th Anniversary edition is a major event in computer publishing.
This issue of Neurosurgery Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Nathaniel
P. Brooks and Dr. Michael Y. Wang, is devoted to New Technologies
in Spine Surgery. Articles in this issue include: Endoscopic Lumbar
Discectomy, Endoscopic Cervical Foraminotomy, Endoscopic Lumbar
Interbody Fusion, Endoscopic Lumbar Decompression, Lateral Lumbar
Interbody Fusion, Retropleural Thoracic Approach, Novel
Intervertebral Technologies, Surface Technologies for Fusion, Cell
derived/Stem Cell Technologies for Fusion, Disk Replacement,
Enhanced Recovery in Spine Surgery/Perioperative pain management,
Imaging Technologies, Robotic Instrumentation Placement, Minimally
Invasive Deformity Advances, Tissue Engineering/Regenerative
Treatments, Minimally Invasive Tumor Ablation, and more.
A charming domestic comedy, with a dash of magic, and the occasional moment of mayhem!
These are the memoirs of ME, Holly Hopkinson, aged almost ten, except without any of the rubbish adults usually put in, thank you very much.
My dad just lost his job, which means me and the rest of my family have to leave London and move to the middle of nowhere, which is a TOTAL DISASTER! There's no Wi-Fi, the local kids are FERAL and there's animal poo EVERYWHERE.
But then for my birthday, my eccentric aunt gave me a magic pocket watch, which I can use to hypnotise and CONTROL people. I actually wanted a new phone, but I won't complain because this new power is REALLY FUN and has led to the MOST unexpected things - including a visit to the QUEEN.
Maybe the countryside isn't so bad after all…
A hilarious family comedy for readers of 8+, with a dash of magic
and the occasional moment of mayhem! These are the third memoirs of
Holly Hopkinson, aged ten - except without any of the rubbish
adults usually put in, thank you very much. Welcome to volume III
of my memoirs - with me, Holly Hopkinson, still in the middle of
flipping nowhere, and still on the brink of MULTIPLE CATASTROPHES,
like my parents announcing that we might be moving STATESIDE. Good
thing my sister is still into organising protests, thank you very
much. PLUS Mum is about to lose what little money we have left on a
vegetable shop, there's been a biscuit-fight fiasco in the village
and a family secret I uncovered means my suitcase is packed, my
goodbyes are prepared - life is cruel at ten. But fear not because
with the help of my Magic Pocket Watch I might get an ACTUAL
FACTUAL ROCK STAR to play with my brother's band! Oh yes. The
middle of nowhere, AKA Lower Goring, could be about to hit the news
headlines again . . .
An invaluable primer on the surgical and nonsurgical treatment of
aging patients with spine conditions The growing population of
people aged 65 and older has significant implications for health
care systems and spine care providers. Older patients today demand
interventions that enable them to return to a functional lifestyle.
Treatment of degenerative spine disease in aging adults requires
in-depth understanding of changes in physiology, biomechanics,
function, and modifiable risk factors. Equally important, providers
need to listen to patients, diagnose thoughtfully, learn about the
person's goals, and teach them in plain language about the risks,
alternatives, and expectations of treatment options. This
foundation is critical to developing informed patient-centered
treatment plans to improve outcomes. Spine Surgery in an Aging
Population by Nathaniel Brooks, Andrea Strayer, and a cadre of
global contributors reflects a rich array of expertise. With
multidisciplinary contributions from renowned specialists in
neurosurgery, orthopaedic surgery, geriatrics, and rehabilitation,
the book provides invaluable insights on caring for aging adults
with degenerative spine disease. Throughout 21 chapters, readers
are provided with key concepts, expert knowledge, and effective
management strategies to avoid complications and improve outcomes
for older adult spine patients. Key Highlights Diagnosis and
treatment of osteoporosis to help prevent fractures and optimize
treatment approaches prior to elective surgery Management of common
pathologies of the aging spine such as cervical spondylosis, lumbar
stenosis, spondylolisthesis, degenerative scoliosis and trauma
Special topics include value-based care, nonsurgical management of
spinal pain, vertebral augmentation, minimally invasive surgery,
and instrumentation considerations This one-stop compendium is
essential reading for orthopaedic and neurosurgical residents and
fellows, as well as veteran surgeons and allied health providers
who care for older adults with spine conditions. This book includes
complimentary access to a digital copy on
https://medone.thieme.com.
Roof crush describes a vehicles roof as it is deformed during a
rollover crash. According to some analysts, a collapsing roof can
compromise all a vehicles safety features, including its seatbelts
and side-curtain airbags. Partial or complete ejection of the
occupants can result. This book is focused on automobile safety,
specifically on the NHTSA rulemaking on vehicle roof strength
standards to protect automobile passengers in the event of rollover
accidents. Biomechanics and what occurs in a rollover, the
relationship between the vehicle roof strength and the occupant
injury risk, the history and efficacy of the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administrations roof strength standards in improving
vehicle safety are all examined and discussed at length.
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