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Covering theory and practice, Reward Management is an ideal
textbook for postgraduate HR students, particularly those taking
the CIPD Advanced level module in Strategic Reward Management Now
in its fifth edition, Reward Management covers everything
postgraduate HR students need to know about the topic to excel in
their studies and start their careers as people professionals. It
covers reward management systems, frameworks and strategies through
to pay setting, pensions, benefits and non-financial reward. There
is also coverage of the legal and employment relations context of
reward management as well as discussion of international reward
management. This new edition now includes brand new content on
deferred reward, executive reward, the impact of social
transformation and the wider economy on reward as well as changes
to reward post the Covid-19 pandemic. The content has been fully
updated throughout and now includes new discussion of
sustainability and equality, diversity and inclusion and how they
apply to reward management. This book is supported by examples,
case studies and a range of pedagogical features such as learning
objectives, self-test assessment exercises, key learning points and
explore further boxes. Online resources include a lecturer manual
and PowerPoint slides for every chapter.
This book provides critical commentary on key issues around virtual
reality, using media technology as a tool to challenge perspectives
for learning and understanding cultural diversities. With a focus
on empathy, embodiment and ethics, the book interrogates the use of
immersive technologies for formal and informal educational
contexts. Taking a critical approach to discourses around emerging
technology and learning, the book presents the idea that a new
literacy is emerging and an emphasis on media and technology is
needed in the context of education to explore and experience
cultural diversities. Employing a personal reflexive narrative, the
chapters highlight key issues through research and interviews with
leading practitioners in the field. Understanding Virtual Reality
will be of great interest to academics and students interested in
the effects of immersive realities on the education experience, and
to anyone keen on exploring the paradigm shift from entertainment
to education.
Covering theory and practice, Reward Management is an ideal
textbook for postgraduate HR students, particularly those taking
the CIPD Advanced level module in Strategic Reward Management Now
in its fifth edition, Reward Management covers everything
postgraduate HR students need to know about the topic to excel in
their studies and start their careers as people professionals. It
covers reward management systems, frameworks and strategies through
to pay setting, pensions, benefits and non-financial reward. There
is also coverage of the legal and employment relations context of
reward management as well as discussion of international reward
management. This new edition now includes brand new content on
deferred reward, executive reward, the impact of social
transformation and the wider economy on reward as well as changes
to reward post the Covid-19 pandemic. The content has been fully
updated throughout and now includes new discussion of
sustainability and equality, diversity and inclusion and how they
apply to reward management. This book is supported by examples,
case studies and a range of pedagogical features such as learning
objectives, self-test assessment exercises, key learning points and
explore further boxes. Online resources include a lecturer manual
and PowerPoint slides for every chapter.
This book sets out cutting-edge new research and examines future
prospects on 360-degree video, virtual reality (VR), and augmented
reality (AR) in journalism, analyzing and discussing virtual world
experiments from a range of perspectives. Featuring contributions
from a diverse range of scholars, Immersive Journalism as
Storytelling highlights both the opportunities and the challenges
presented by this form of storytelling. The book discusses how
immersive journalism has the potential to reach new audiences,
change the way stories are told, and provide more interactivity
within the news industry. Aside from generating deeper emotional
reactions and global perspectives, the book demonstrates how it can
also diversify and upskill the news industry. Further contributions
address the challenges, examining how immersive storytelling calls
for reassessing issues of journalism ethics and truthfulness,
transparency, privacy, manipulation, and surveillance, and
questioning what it means to cover reality when a story is told in
virtual reality. Chapters are grounded in empirical data such as
content analyses and expert interviews, alongside insightful case
studies that discuss Euronews, Nonny de la Pena's Project Syria,
and The New York Times' NYTVR application. This book is written for
journalism teachers, educators, and students, as well as scholars,
politicians, lawmakers, and citizens with an interest in emerging
technologies for media practice. The Open Access version of this
book, available at
http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780367713294, has been made
available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No
Derivatives 4.0 license
This book sets out cutting-edge new research and examines future
prospects on 360-degree video, virtual reality (VR), and augmented
reality (AR) in journalism, analyzing and discussing virtual world
experiments from a range of perspectives. Featuring contributions
from a diverse range of scholars, Immersive Journalism as
Storytelling highlights both the opportunities and the challenges
presented by this form of storytelling. The book discusses how
immersive journalism has the potential to reach new audiences,
change the way stories are told, and provide more interactivity
within the news industry. Aside from generating deeper emotional
reactions and global perspectives, the book demonstrates how it can
also diversify and upskill the news industry. Further contributions
address the challenges, examining how immersive storytelling calls
for reassessing issues of journalism ethics and truthfulness,
transparency, privacy, manipulation, and surveillance, and
questioning what it means to cover reality when a story is told in
virtual reality. Chapters are grounded in empirical data such as
content analyses and expert interviews, alongside insightful case
studies that discuss Euronews, Nonny de la Pena's Project Syria,
and The New York Times' NYTVR application. This book is written for
journalism teachers, educators, and students, as well as scholars,
politicians, lawmakers, and citizens with an interest in emerging
technologies for media practice. The Open Access version of this
book, available at
http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780367713294, has been made
available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No
Derivatives 4.0 license
This book provides critical commentary on key issues around virtual
reality, using media technology as a tool to challenge perspectives
for learning and understanding cultural diversities. With a focus
on empathy, embodiment and ethics, the book interrogates the use of
immersive technologies for formal and informal educational
contexts. Taking a critical approach to discourses around emerging
technology and learning, the book presents the idea that a new
literacy is emerging and an emphasis on media and technology is
needed in the context of education to explore and experience
cultural diversities. Employing a personal reflexive narrative, the
chapters highlight key issues through research and interviews with
leading practitioners in the field. Understanding Virtual Reality
will be of great interest to academics and students interested in
the effects of immersive realities on the education experience, and
to anyone keen on exploring the paradigm shift from entertainment
to education.
Focuses on Biology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutic Applications The
study and diverse applications of bioactive peptides traverse many
sub-disciplines within chemistry, biology, physics, and medicine.
Answering a long-standing need, Bioactive Peptides focuses on the
biology, pharmacology, and therapeutic applications of endogenous
peptide mediators and their analogues. Moving peptide science
beyond chemical synthesis strategies and into the realms of peptide
biology and therapeutics, it presents the overall contribution that
peptide science has made to molecular, cellular, and whole organism
biology, while also discussing future targets and therapeutic
applications. Beneficial for Experts and Novices Alike Part I
provides details of bioactive peptides that interact with common
drug targets and analyzes some of the most competitive areas of
current research worldwide. While it is widely known that mammalian
physiological systems utilize bioactive peptides that have yet to
be discovered, other animals provide a rich and valuable source of
bioactive peptides. This fascinating area of science is the theme
of Part II. Parts III and IV investigate the unique bioactivities
of various peptides that are ripe for further exploration. This
definitive reference also includes: A detailed description and
analysis of a broad range of peptides that interact with G
protein-coupled receptors, the quantitatively dominant drug target
A discussion of non-ribosomal peptides, which hold promise as
sources of endogenous mediators Important examples of common
methodologies employed to identify, characterize, and further
develop bioactive peptides from a range of natural sources With
mounting worldwide interest in their therapeutic potential,
bioactive peptides-includ
Focuses on Biology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutic Applications The
study and diverse applications of bioactive peptides traverse many
sub-disciplines within chemistry, biology, physics, and medicine.
Answering a long-standing need, Bioactive Peptides focuses on the
biology, pharmacology, and therapeutic applications of endogenous
peptide mediators and their analogues. Moving peptide science
beyond chemical synthesis strategies and into the realms of peptide
biology and therapeutics, it presents the overall contribution that
peptide science has made to molecular, cellular, and whole organism
biology, while also discussing future targets and therapeutic
applications. Beneficial for Experts and Novices Alike Part I
provides details of bioactive peptides that interact with common
drug targets and analyzes some of the most competitive areas of
current research worldwide. While it is widely known that mammalian
physiological systems utilize bioactive peptides that have yet to
be discovered, other animals provide a rich and valuable source of
bioactive peptides. This fascinating area of science is the theme
of Part II. Parts III and IV investigate the unique bioactivities
of various peptides that are ripe for further exploration. This
definitive reference also includes: A detailed description and
analysis of a broad range of peptides that interact with G
protein-coupled receptors, the quantitatively dominant drug target
A discussion of non-ribosomal peptides, which hold promise as
sources of endogenous mediators Important examples of common
methodologies employed to identify, characterize, and further
develop bioactive peptides from a range of natural sources With
mounting worldwide interest in their therapeutic potential,
bioactive peptides-includ
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Afrotopia (Paperback, 1)
Felwine Sarr; Translated by Drew S. Burk, Sarah Jones-Boardman
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A vibrant meditation and poetic call for an African utopian
philosophy of self-reinvention for the twenty-first century In the
recent aftermath of colonialism, civil wars, and the AIDS crisis, a
new day finally seems to be shining on the African continent.
Africa has once again become a site of creative potential and a
vibrant center of economic growth and production. No longer
stigmatized by stereotypes or encumbered by the traumas of the
past-yet unsure of the future-Africa has other options than simply
to follow paths already carved out by the global economy. Instead,
the philosopher Felwine Sarr urges the continent to set out on its
own renewal and self-discovery-an active utopia that requires a
deep historical reflection on the continent's vast mythological
universe and ancient traditions, nourishes a cultural reinvention,
and embraces green technologies for tackling climate change and
demographic challenges. Through a reflection on contemporary
African writers, artists, intellectuals, and musicians, Sarr
elaborates Africa's unique philosophies and notions of communal
value and economy deeply rooted in its ancient traditions and
landscape-concepts such as ubuntu, the life force in Dogon culture;
the Rwandan imihigo; and the Senegalese teranga. Sarr takes the
reader on a philosophical journey that is as much inward as
outward, demanding an elevation of the collective consciousness.
Along the way, one sees the contours of an africanity, a
contemporary Africa united as a continent through the creolization
of its cultural traditions. This is Felwine Sarr's Afrotopia.
Sarah had lived in fear for over a decade. Humiliated,
ostracised and brainwashed, her spirit had been crushed. But as the
realisation of what she was subjecting her children to began to
sink in, she found new strength and determination the strength to
try to escape the world that had consumed her for so long.
Sarah was never a troublesome child. She smoked and drank a bit
when she was underage, and shoplifted once, but she was generally
well-behaved and didn t mean to upset her mum and dad. But Sarah s
parents had seen first hand what could happen when a teenager went
off the rails. Scared the same would happen to Sarah, they sent her
away, many miles from home, to a church school that would put a
stop to her bad behaviour.
They had no idea they were sending Sarah to a place where she
would be forced into obedience a place that sanctioned
force-feeding and beating in order to smash a child s will. They
had no idea she would end up marrying a boy from the cult, and
cutting the rest of her family out of her life. Or that she would
begin to treat her own children in the same way believing there was
no other option, and that everyone in the outside world was
evil.
But she did. And the day they sent Sarah away to the little
church school miles from home was the last time they saw their real
daughter for over a decade. Until one day when Sarah found the
courage to fight back, the strength to protect her children and
bravely venture into the world she believed was full of evil.
This is Sarah s story the shocking but ultimately inspiring true
story of her struggle to save her children from the suffering she
was forced to endure."
Presents the findings of a training project in Nepal which teaches
basic animal health care techniques to Nepalese villagers. Ten
years later an evaluation was conducted to determine whether there
was a continuing need for the courses and to assess their
effectiveness. This book describes the course structure, content
and approach, and presents the finding of the evaluation, offering
an insight into a programme which could usefully be replicated in
other rural areas all over the world.
The diverse challenges that clinicians and children's workers
tasked with safeguarding babies and young children face are
complex, and this unique book looks at effective, practice-based
and evidence-informed approaches to working across a wide range of
issues. It outlines relevant theory and good practice, gathering
case examples from around the world to illustrate what
interventions look like in direct practice. Leading contributors
address a wide range of challenges, including babies and very young
children who have a serious illness, have complex diagnoses, or
have been exposed to violence or adversity in early childhood. This
is an essential guide for those who work to support and safeguard
the welfare of babies and very young children, including
professionals in health care, social work, mental health and child
protection settings, as well as paediatricians, child psychologists
and child psychiatrists.
This practical guide provides legal practitioners, participants,
witnesses and all those with an interest in public inquiries, with
stage-by-stage 'hands on' guidance on the process of public
inquiries into matters of public concern. With its user-friendly
format of summaries, checklists, 'top tips' and flow charts, this
book looks at the setting up of a public inquiry through to its
close. It includes information on: - the appointment of the chair
and inquiry team; - the choice and significance of the venue; - the
drawing up of inquiry procedures, protocols and rulings; - the
appointment and role of core participants; - evidence taking; -
conducting and attending hearings; - the role of experts; - the
writing and publication of the inquiry report. Drawing on the
authors' extensive experience as public inquiry lawyers, working on
inquiries such as the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, Mid Staffordshire NHS
Foundation Trust Inquiry, Leveson Inquiry and Grenfell Tower
Inquiry, together with contributions from a number of other eminent
practitioners in the field, this book provides valuable,
comprehensive guidance on the public inquiry process.
Whether you have spent a night or six months on the Appalachian
Trail, every hiker eventually experiences one of the trail's iconic
lean-tos or huts. More than 250 such backcountry structures exist
on the 2,200-mile route, and they have welcomed hikers since the
trail's inception in 1937. The Appalachian Trail organizes and
assembles every single shelter for the first time in this
informative and unique resource packed with trail and shelter
photos, information, and detailed maps. Photographer and writer
Sarah Jones Decker thru-hiked the AT in 2008 and re-hiked it again
in 2018 and 2019 for this massive documentary project. Decker
worked with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy--and in collaboration
with the trail community of hikers, historians, photographers,
writers, and clubs--to produce this first-of-its-kind resource. It
is the ideal gift for anyone planning or dreaming of a hike on the
AT.
Physical Geology Lab Exploration is designed and written for the
introductory physical geology course. It provides students with
fundamental concepts and principles, as well as examples and lab
exercises to apply what is learned in lectures and reading. The
publication promotes and nurtures learning through critical
thinking and active hands-on activities for problem solving, to
achieve a better understanding of earth's internal composition and
structures, and to obtain a deeper appreciation for the surface
landform features and earth's external dynamic processes.Physical
Geology Lab Exploration is divided into three major components: (1)
earth's composition, (2) geological time and internal dynamic
processes, and (3) external processes and surface landforms. Each
lab is organized around a central topic. These labs are made to be
interactive and hands-on by using real samples, real-world landform
examples, Google Earth and other online resources. Students are to
review and enhance understanding of each lab in wrap-up sessions.
This short book gives you the information, suggestions and
step-by-step guidance you need to create funerals which truly
reflect the person who has died. This second edition includes
updates chapters about green funerals, funerals in the digital age
and information about how to support wellbeing after bereavement.
It will help you if you want to express your own wishes, want to
have a meaningful conversation with someone close to you or if you
need to arrange a funeral at need. It is designed to support people
who intend to use the services of a funeral director, but would
also give inspiration to those who would rather not.
Savannah has been with Logan for four years. She thought he was the
man she was going to marry, and one day start a family together.
The life she imagined with Logan changes in a matter of seconds.
Her entire life comes crashing down all around her; when she
catches Logan in bed with another woman. Needing to get away from
Logan and the paparazzi Savannah decides to leave Los Angeles and
stay at her family's beach house in Galveston, Texas. She never
imagined a man she only met once before, would come back into her
life and be the one to mend her broken heart. Kayden storms into
her life faster than a tornado. After a wild hot weekend together,
their lives will be changed forever.
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