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Handbook of Semiotics (Advances in Semiotics)
By Winfried Noth. 1990
"This is the most systematic discussion of semiotics yet published." —Choice"A bravura performance." —Thomas Sebeok"Nöth's handbook is an outstanding encyclopedia…
that provides first-rate information on many facets of sign-related studies, research results, and applications." —Social Sciences in GeneralThis book serves as an extensive practice manual for the understanding and practice of heat exchanger design fundamentals and principles. …
It also provides a useful resource to upper undergraduate students, who are required to complete final year design projects as part of graduation. The book complements other key topics in science and engineering courses well, such as the branch of thermodynamics which relates closely to the core design principles for heat exchanger networks (FThis book serves as an extensive practice manual for the understanding and practice of heat exchanger design fundamentals and principles. It also provides a useful resource to upper undergraduate students, who are required to complete final year design projects as part of graduation. The book complements other key topics in science and engineering courses well, such as the branch of thermodynamics which relates closely to the core design principles for heat exchanger networks (First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics).Provides balanced content with numerical and open-ended problems;Tailored to the needs of students and teachers; Concise yet rigorous treatment of concepts;Incorporates use of visuals to aid learning;Reinforces engineering concepts in real-life applications.CyberKnife NeuroRadiosurgery: A practical Guide
By Alfredo Conti, Pantaleo Romanelli, Evangelos Pantelis, Scott G. Soltys, Young Hyun Cho, Michael Lim. 2020
This book is a practical guide on image-guided robotic (CyberKnife®) radiosurgery of the brain and the spine. The volume introduces…
the radiosurgical community to the potential of image-guidance in the treatment of neurosurgical diseases including neuro-oncological, vascular and functional disorders. Principles of image-guided radiosurgery, including physics and radiobiology are considered. Each chapter provides a critical review of the literature and analyses of several aspects to offer an assessment of single and hypofractionated treatments. Based on the authors’ experience, tables or summaries presenting the treatment approaches and associated risks are included as well. Providing a practical guide to define the selection of dose, fractionation schemes, isodose line, margins, imaging, constraints to the structures at risk will support safe practice of neuroradiosurgery. This book aims to shed new light on the treatment of neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases of the central nervous system using the CyberKnife® image-guided robotic radiosurgery system. It will be adopted by neurosurgery residents and neurosurgery consultants as well as residents in radiation oncology and radiation oncologists; medical physicists involved in radiosurgery procedures may also benefit from this book.The book contains practical and innovative strategies to train clients with Traumatic Brain Injury, Autism, Intellectual Impairment and Behavioural Disorders…
to compensate for their deficits and to function independently within their environments. The book is a result of 30 years of working directly with clients who are experiencing problems with organization, memory, learning, problem solving and anger management. The book is highly recommended for practitioners working with clients with a range of disability in educational, community or work settings and is a valuable tool to researchers and tertiary institutions to impart this knowledge to future practitioners. The book is highly recommended to be included in a cognitive rehabilitation course for counsellors, neuropsychologists, rehabilitation consultants and vocational rehabilitation consultants. It would be highly relevant for a section in a Special Education course and for school psychologists, special education and mainstream teachers working with children with learning and behavioural disorders.The Human Rights of Older Persons: A Human Rights-Based Approach to Elder Law
By Kelly Purser, Bridget Lewis, Kirsty Mackie. 2020
This book provides a comprehensive human rights analysis of key areas of law affecting older persons, including legal capacity; elder…
abuse; accommodation and aged care; healthcare; employment; financial security, retirement, and estate planning; and social and cultural participation. The research identifies individual autonomy and participation in decision-making as fundamental to a human rights-based approach to elder law. The book argues that a paradigm shift must occur away from traditional medical and charity-based understandings of ‘old age’ to instead acknowledge older persons as active holders of enforceable rights. The book argues that a Convention on the Rights of Older Persons is an essential tool in achieving this, but that even without a dedicated treaty there is much to be gained from a human rights-based approach. Significantly, because the issues arising in ‘old age’ are often the culmination of experiences occurring throughout the life course, a human rights-based approach to elder law must begin with a commitment to human rights for people of all ages.Emotionale Kompetenz im Lehrberuf: Grundwissen, Anleitungen & Übungsmaterialien – ein Lehrbuch für Studium und Unterrichtspraxis
By Christof Kuhbandner, Iris Schelhorn. 2020
Eine hohe emotionale Kompetenz ist für den Lehrberuf von enormer Wichtigkeit. Lehrkräfte, die ihre Emotionen gut kennen und regulieren und…
damit emotional flexibel reagieren können, schaffen nachweislich ein besseres Klassenklima, können mit schwierigen Situationen besser umgehen und sind psychisch und körperlich gesünder und widerstandsfähiger. Dieses Buch hilft Lehrerinnen und Lehrern, sich ihrer Emotionen bewusst(er) zu werden und eine hohe emotionale Kompetenz zu entwickeln. Dazu vermittelt es auf anschauliche Weise fundiertes Wissen darüber, was Emotionen sind, wie sie uns beeinflussen und auf welcher Grundlage sie entstehen. Weiterhin liefert das Buch praktische Anleitungen und Materialien für Übungen, Reflexionen, Diskussionsrunden und Rollenspiele, sowohl zum Selbststudium als auch für den Einsatz in der Ausbildung und Fortbildung von Lehrkräften und Trainings.Reproductive Ecology of Flowering Plants: Patterns and Processes
By K. R. Shivanna, Rajesh Tandon, Monika Koul. 2020
Sexual reproduction is the predominant mode of perpetuation for flowering plant species. Investigating the reproductive strategies of plants has grown…
to become a vast area of research and, in crop plants, covers events from flowering to fruit and seed development; in wild species, it extends up to seed dispersal and seedling recruitment. Thus, reproduction determines the extent of yield in crop plants and, in wild plants, also determines the efficacy of recruiting new adults to the population, making this field important both from fundamental and applied plant biology perspectives. Moreover, in light of the growing concerns regarding food and nutritional security for the growing population and preserving biological diversity, reproductive biology of flowering plants has acquired special significance. Extensive studies on various facets of reproduction are being carried out around the world. However, these studies are scattered across research journals and reviews from diverse areas of biology.The present volume covers the whole spectrum of reproductive ecology, from phenology and floral biology, to sexuality and pollination biology/ecology including floral rewards, breeding systems, apomixis and seed dispersal. In turn, transgene flow, its biosafety and mitigation approaches, and the ‘global pollinator crisis’, which has become a major international concern in light of the urgent need to sustain crop yield and biodiversity, are discussed in detail. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable resource for students, teachers and researchers of botany, zoology, ecology, agriculture and forestry, as well as conservation biologists.The Secret Island, The Secret of Spiggy Holes
By Enid Blyton. 1938
The Thermodynamics of Linear Fluids and Fluid Mixtures
By Miloslav Pekař, Ivan Samohýl. 2014
In this book, Samohýl and Pekař offer a consistent and general non-equilibrium thermodynamic description for a model of chemically reacting…
mixtures. This type of model is frequently encountered in practice and up until now, chemically reacting systems (out of equilibrium) have rarely been described in books on non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Readers of this book benefit from the systematic development of the theory; this starts with general principles, going through the applications to single component fluid systems, and finishing with the theory of mixtures, including chemical reactions. The authors describe the simplest mixture model – the linear fluid – and highlight many practical and thermodynamically consistent equations for describing transport properties and reaction kinetics for this model. Further on in the book, the authors also describe more complex models. Samohýl and Pekař take special care to clearly explain all methodology and starting axioms and they also describe in detail applied assumptions and simplifications. This book is suitable for graduate students in chemistry, materials science and chemical engineering as well as professionals working in these and related areas.The Little Book of Hope (The Little Book of...)
By Helen Exley. 2019
This book is intended as a source of hope and encouragement. Here are well over a hundred thoughts of memorable…
writers like Victor Hugo and Louisa May Alcott and more memorable writers you may not have met like Pam Brown and DALTON EXLEY. Dolly Parton shares a page with William Shakespeare, something she may never have imagined to hope for. Here hope is a simile for raindrops, sunlight, a bulb, a bird, summer, and more obscure images which will be a delight to discover. Examples are given where hope is a lifeline in times of illness, poverty, imprisonment, catastrophe and more. Delve deeply into this book of short but powerful quotations from hundreds of years and several cultures which offers hope for all situations and all peopleStreusel Creme Killer (INNcredibly Sweet #5)
By Summer Prescott. 2016
If you loved the Frosted Love Series, you'll love the INNcredibly Sweet Series, which continues the ongoing adventures of Missy,…
Chas and the gang, after their move from LaChance, Louisiana, to the sleepy seaside town of Calgon, Florida. Missy and Echo return to Calgon, after an eventful visit to Louisiana. Trouble arises when the sweet bookstore owner, whose business is right next door to Echo's candle shop, discovers a body in her store. Newly appointed Medical Examiner, the enigmatic Timothy Eckels, makes a gruesome discovery that will have prominent citizens of Calgon shaking in their boots.Cheesecake Madness
By John J. Segreto. 1981
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
By Svetlana Alexievich. 2005
On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history occurred in Chernobyl and contaminated as much as three…
quarters of Europe. Although the Soviet government claims that only 31 people died as a result, the aftermath of the event is astounding. Over 485 villages are lost, and approximately 2.1 million people (including 700,000 children) live on contaminated land. There is no official record of how many thousands have died, but thousands of children have been born with catastrophic birth defects. Countless others suffer ongoing health problems resulting from their exposure to radiation. [Translated by Keith Gessen] Svetlana Alexievich won the 2015 Novel Prize for Literature.Nowhere Boy
By Katherine Marsh. 2018
Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do with him. Newly arrived in Brussels, Belgium, Ahmed…
fled a life of uncertainty and suffering in Aleppo, Syria, only to lose his father on the perilous journey to the shores of Europe. Now Ahmed’s struggling to get by on his own, but with no one left to trust and nowhere to go, he’s starting to lose hope. Then he meets Max, a thirteen-year-old American boy from Washington, D.C. Lonely and homesick, Max is struggling at his new school and just can’t seem to do anything right. But with one startling discovery, Max and Ahmed’s lives collide and a friendship begins to grow. Together, Max and Ahmed will defy the odds, learning from each other what it means to be brave and how hope can change your destiny. Set against the backdrop of the Syrian refugee crisis, award-winning author of Jepp, Who Defied the Stars Katherine Marsh delivers a gripping, heartwarming story of resilience, friendship and everyday heroes.Trail Guide to the Body: Student Workbook (Fourth Edition)
By Andrew Biel. 2010
Vanishing Acts (A Maggie Brooklyn Mystery)
By Leslie Margolis. 2012
Life is confusing for seventh-grader Maggie, who must track down a missing person and find out who is behind a…
string of dog eggings at the local dog run, while also dealing with issues involving her brother and two of her friends.Las metamorfosis del oro: El Tesoro de los Quimbayas
By Pablo Gamboa. 2020
La verdadera historia detrás del Tesoro de los Quimbayas En 1890, un grupo de guaqueros desenterraron sobre el río La…
Vieja, en el Quindío, un conjunto de piezas hechas en oro. Estatuillas de hombres y mujeres desnudos, cascos con figuras en relieve, poporos en forma de fruta e instrumentos musicales, eran parte de los deslumbrantes objetos. Habían sido puestos allí como ofrendas funerarias por el pueblo Quimbaya y luego de siglos bajo tierra volvían a brillar con la luz. A este grupo de piezas de admirable manufactura se le conoce como el Tesoro de los Quimbayas y este libro, del historiador del arte Pablo Gamboa Hinestrosa, reconoce el contexto cultural al momento de su extracción, traza su biografía y trata los asuntos artísticos de su orfebrería. Con las excepcionales fotografías de Juan Mayr, la historia del Tesoro conecta la obra de maestros orfebres precolombinos con el tiempo presente.Cartas a Antonia: Las conmovedoras reflexiones y enseñanzas de un abuelo a su nieta
By Alfredo Molano Bravo. 2020
“Muchas veces se le oyó hablar de este texto, lo hizo no como uno más de sus veinte y tantos…
libros, sino como el mejor regalo que le habría hecho a esa niña que tanto amó. De todos sus libros es el más profundo, autobiográfico y universal”. Alfredo Molano Jimeno Este es el libro inédito que Alfredo Molano Bravo le escribió a su nieta durante más de una década, en el que reúne sus historias y pensamientos más íntimos para explicarle el país en el que nació, y le relata muchos de los viajes que lo llevaron a recorrer casi 14.000 kilómetros del territorio colombiano, a pie, subido en sus Converse de colores. Este libro incluye el diario que Molano llevó hasta pocos días antes de morir, donde narra los detalles de su lucha contra el cáncer con la rigurosidad de cronista que lo caracterizó y que lo llevó a convertirse en uno de los escritores más destacados de la historia reciente del país. Un libro imperdible para entender a Colombia y convencerse de la importancia de vivir con intensidad. “Lo de los perros fue una metáfora que nos permitió volver a hablar de los miedos. Esos mismos que por la noche, cuando ya todo está en silencio y las luces se han apagado, saltan sobre mi cama y mi almohada, me cercan, me paralizan y se llevan mi sueño entre sus fauces. Al miedo, le decía yo a Antonia, hay que mirarle la cara. A los perros hay que mirarlos a los ojos, a la muerte también”. Alfredo Molano BravoFocus on Nursing Pharmacology (Coursepoint+)
By Amy M. Karch. 2020
Master the Principles of Effective Drug Therapy Current, concise, and optimized for today’s nursing practice, Focus on Nursing Pharmacology makes…
challenging concepts more approachable to establish a foundation for effective drug therapy throughout your nursing career. This updated 8th edition builds on your knowledge of physiology, chemistry and nursing fundamentals to help you conceptualize need-to-know information about each group of drugs, while engaging learning features cultivate your clinical application, critical thinking and patient education capabilities. NEW! Concept Mastery Alerts alert you to commonly misunderstood concepts. NEW! Unfolding case-based vignettes written by the National League for Nursing bring concepts to life through realistic clinical scenarios. Concise, streamlined approach emphasizes need-to-know information for efficient learning. Nursing Processes clarify the process for planning patient-centered care. Critical Thinking Scenarios guide you through the collection and application of data for commonly encountered clinical interactions. Nursing Considerations sections detail the rationale behind each nursing intervention to enhance your clinical decision-making capabilities. Drug Lists at the beginning of each chapter enable fast identification of prototype drugs for each class. Drugs in Focus tables provide at-a-glance reference for generic and trade names, usual dosage and indications for each drug within a class. Focus on Safe Medication Administration boxes help you ensure patient safety and increase the therapeutic effectiveness of drugs. Focus on the Evidence boxes identify the best nursing practices associated with specific drugs based on available evidence. Focus on Herbal and Alternative Therapies alert you to known interactions with specific herbs or alternative therapies that could affect drug actions. Focus on Calculations refine your calculation and measurement skills. Focus on Drug Therapy Across the Lifespan boxes provide quick access to drug class considerations for use with children, adults and the elderly. Focus on Gender Considerations and Focus on Cultural Considerations help you ensure effective, culturally sensitive drug therapy across diverse populations. Check Your Understanding sections equip you for your exams with NCLEX®-style review questions, including alternate-format questions. Watch and Learn videos available on thePoint® help you avoid medication errors in practice.TinyML: Machine Learning with TensorFlow Lite on Arduino and Ultra-Low-Power Microcontrollers
By Pete Warden, Daniel Situnayake. 2020
Deep learning networks are getting smaller. Much smaller. The Google Assistant team can detect words with a model just 14…
kilobytes in size—small enough to run on a microcontroller. With this practical book you’ll enter the field of TinyML, where deep learning and embedded systems combine to make astounding things possible with tiny devices.Pete Warden and Daniel Situnayake explain how you can train models small enough to fit into any environment. Ideal for software and hardware developers who want to build embedded systems using machine learning, this guide walks you through creating a series of TinyML projects, step-by-step. No machine learning or microcontroller experience is necessary.Build a speech recognizer, a camera that detects people, and a magic wand that responds to gesturesWork with Arduino and ultra-low-power microcontrollersLearn the essentials of ML and how to train your own modelsTrain models to understand audio, image, and accelerometer dataExplore TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers, Google’s toolkit for TinyMLDebug applications and provide safeguards for privacy and securityOptimize latency, energy usage, and model and binary size