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ECC Essentials: Teaching the Expanded Core Curriculum to Students with Visual Impairments
By Carol B. Allman, Sandra Lewis, Susan J. Spungin. 2014
The book discusses the nine ECC content areas along with relevant assessments, the important roles of teachers of students with…
visual impairments as well as their students' parents, and learning activities and resources.
Demon Hunters of Kitty Cat Café
By Davina Lee. 2023
Miss Nakamura’s Kitty Cat Café in downtown Neo Tokyo provides a unique service. The hostesses who serve tea routinely strip…
down to nothing but cat ears and a tail to entertain their female clients. But that's just their day job. Behind the scenes, they also use their supernatural abilities to protect the city from ancient demons thought to exist only in folklore.When new girl Kaiya joins the team, she's unaware of anything more than the serious crush she’s developing on Miss Nakamura’s daughter Ayumi. But soon the demons come calling, forcing Kaiya, Ayumi, and the other warrior hostesses into action. Will Kaiya find her power? Will she get her girl?Demon Hunters of Kitty Cat Café is a fast-paced, girl power, fantasy adventure in the style of near future, supernatural, manga and anime, against a tender backdrop of a budding lesbian love story. If you like fantasy adventure tales, but think they need more lesbians, Demon Hunters of Kitty Cat Café is the story for you.
The King's Privateer (Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures #4)
By Dewey Lambdin. 1992
In The King's Privateer, the fourth novel in a series of colorful, authentic and at times ribald adventures on and…
off the high seas, we rejoin intrepid rogue-hero Alan Lewrie in his rise through the ranks of His Majesty's Royal Navy in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Here Lewrie, now a lieutenant, sails for the South China Seas as Artillery Officer aboard the 80-gun 3rd Rate Telesto, a vessel disguised as a merchant ship but actually on a top-secret mission to keep an eye on the Dutch, the Spanish and especially the French, to make sure they don't cause trouble for His Majesty's territories in the region. From Canton to Calcutta, Lewrie finds skullduggery at every turn. And, as his followers have come to expect, between roaring broadsides at sea and perilous cloak- and-dagger escapades ashore, Lewrie still finds time for mischief among the femmes fatales of the Far East.
Star, The Sea Horse (Star Bright #5)
By Patsey Gray. 1968
Debbie was at that stage which her mother described as “restless” and which Deb characterized more colloquially by saying “I’m…
ready for a blast.” She was tired of the same old routine — the bus back and forth from school; good old Wally, the boy next door; doing the same chores every day. Of course, this feeling did not extend to the time she spent riding and caring for her three-year-old stallion, Star Bright. There was nothing that Debbie would rather do than that! Still, she longed for something new. Then the letter arrived from Deb’s cousin Kitty, with an invitation to visit her for a whole month in Pine Beach, on the Pacific Ocean. Kitty hadn’t exactly invited Star, but Debbie never would have considered leaving him behind! She and Star set off for what Deb hoped would be a month of adventure, and maybe a little romance. Deb’s vacation turned out to be all she had hoped for, and more. Deb soon found a stable for Star, and immediately became involved in the familiar, yet exciting, routine of stables everywhere. Rides along the ocean were a new delight, and Star grew to love the water so much he became known as “the sea horse.” New friends made the vacation even more exciting, especially sophisticated and good-looking Jeff, so unlike anyone Deb had ever known. It seemed to Deb that no vacation could be so perfect, but as is frequently the case, the minute she became too confident she ran into trouble. In an exciting climax, Debbie almost lost Star to the powerful Pacific, and as a result, had to make some difficult decisions about herself, and Jeff, and life in general.
Global Perspectives of Early Childhood Education: Valuing Local Cultures
By Naomi McLeod, Emem Effiong Okon, Diane Garrison, Diane Boyd, Angela Daly. 2023
This text offers students rich local cultural examples of Early Childhood Education from around the world. Informed by first-hand research and…
practice, the book provides authentic snapshots of ECE from countries, including Afghanistan, Australia, Ghana, Nigeria, Brazil, Eswatini, Mongolia, Nepal, Sami children of Finland, and Syrian refugee children, enabling readers to better understand the wider determinants influencing the multiplicity and diversity of children’s daily experiences. With expert contributors drawn from across the world, this book is essential reading for those interested in global perspectives on early childhood. Dr Naomi McLeod is a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at Liverpool John Moores University. Dr Emem E.Okon develops professional development programmes for educational practitioners in Nigeria. Diane Garrison is an anti-racist, educator, leader and community mentor. Dr Diane Boyd is a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at Liverpool John Moores University. Dr Angela Daly is a Reader in Education and Global Learning at Liverpool John Moores University.
Global Perspectives of Early Childhood Education: Valuing Local Cultures
By Naomi McLeod, Emem Effiong Okon, Diane Garrison, Diane Boyd, Angela Daly. 2023
This text offers students rich local cultural examples of Early Childhood Education from around the world. Informed by first-hand research and…
practice, the book provides authentic snapshots of ECE from countries, including Afghanistan, Australia, Ghana, Nigeria, Brazil, Eswatini, Mongolia, Nepal, Sami children of Finland, and Syrian refugee children, enabling readers to better understand the wider determinants influencing the multiplicity and diversity of children’s daily experiences. With expert contributors drawn from across the world, this book is essential reading for those interested in global perspectives on early childhood. Dr Naomi McLeod is a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at Liverpool John Moores University. Dr Emem E.Okon develops professional development programmes for educational practitioners in Nigeria. Diane Garrison is an anti-racist, educator, leader and community mentor. Dr Diane Boyd is a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at Liverpool John Moores University. Dr Angela Daly is a Reader in Education and Global Learning at Liverpool John Moores University.
The Seaside Library: A Novel
By Brenda Novak. 2023
There are secrets that bring friends together, and others that drive them apart… Mariners Island is barely ten miles long,…
but when Ivy, Ariana and Cam were teenagers, it was their whole world. Beyond the pristine beaches and iconic lighthouse lies the beautiful old library that belongs to Ivy&’s family. While that bound Ivy to the island as an adult, Ariana could not leave Mariners behind fast enough. The town holds too many…memories. Not only her unrequited feelings for Cam, but the tragedy that left a scar on the community. When a young girl went missing, a teenage Cam was unthinkably the prime suspect. Ariana and Ivy knew he couldn&’t have hurt anyone, and they promised to protect him—even if it meant lying on his behalf. Now, twenty years later, Ariana returns to Mariners just as new evidence emerges on the case, calling into question everything the three friends thought they knew—and everyone they thought they could trust. What really happened that night? Over the course of one eventful summer, Ariana, Ivy and Cam will learn the truth—about their pasts, their futures and the ties that still bind them as closely as the pages of a book…
First in Line: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and the Pursuit of Power
By Kate Andersen Brower. 2018
From the author of the New York Times bestsellers First Women and The Residence, an intimate, news-making look at the…
men who are next in line to the most powerful office in the world—the vice presidents of the modern era—from Richard Nixon to Joe Biden to Mike Pence.Vice presidents occupy a unique and important position, living partway in the spotlight and part in the wings. Of the forty-eight vice presidents who have served the United States, fourteen have become president; eight of these have risen to the Oval Office because of a president’s death or assassination, and one became president after his boss’s resignation. John Nance Garner, FDR’s first vice president, famously said the vice presidency is "not worth a bucket of warm piss" (later cleaned up to "warm spit"). But things have changed dramatically in recent years. In interviews with more than two hundred people, including former vice presidents, their family members, and insiders and confidants of every president since Jimmy Carter, Kate Andersen Brower pulls back the curtain and reveals the sometimes cold, sometimes close, and always complicated relationship between our modern presidents and their vice presidents.Brower took us inside the lives of the White House staff and gave us an intimate look at the modern First Ladies; now, in her signature style, she introduces us to the second most powerful men in the world, exploring the lives and roles of thirteen modern vice presidents—eight Republicans and five Democrats. And she shares surprising revelations about the relationship between former Vice President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama and how Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump interact behind closed doors.From rivals to coworkers, there is a very tangible sense of admiration mixed with jealousy and resentment in nearly all these relationships between the number two and his boss, even the best ones, Brower reveals. Vice presidents owe their position to the president, a connection that affects not only how they are perceived but also their possible future as a presidential candidate—which is tied, for better or worse, to the president they serve. George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan had a famously prickly relationship during the 1980 primary, yet Bush would not have been elected president in 1988 without Reagan’s high approval rating. Al Gore’s 2000 loss, meanwhile, could be attributed to the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal and Bill Clinton’s impeachment. Current Vice President Mike Pence is walking a high-stakes political tightrope as he tries to reassure anxious Republicans while staying on his boss’s good side.This rich dynamic between the president and the vice president has never been fully explored or understood. Compelling and deeply reported, grounded in history and politics, and full of previously untold and incredibly personal stories, First In Line pierces the veil of secrecy enveloping this historic political office to offer us a candid portrait of what it’s truly like to be a heartbeat away.
Total Revenue Management: Fallstudien, bewährte Praktiken und Einblicke in die Branche
By Marc Helmold. 2023
Dieses Buch befasst sich mit dem Total Revenue Management (TRM), einem aufkommenden Konzept im Revenue Management, das die bestehenden Prinzipien…
und Instrumente des Revenue Managements in alle Gewinnbereiche einbezieht. Es ist ein professioneller Leitfaden für denoptimalen und innovativen Einsatz von TRM, um Wettbewerbsvorteile zu erzielen. Der Leser erhält einen umfassenden Einblick in die Strategien, Instrumente und Prinzipien des TRM, einschließlich bestehender und neu entstehender Ertragsströme entlang der Wertschöpfungskette. Der Autor bietet eine transparente und ganzheitliche Erklärung von Preisstrategien, Segmentierungsmethoden und Vertriebsprinzipien, die die Umsetzung von TRM in Unternehmen ermöglichen.
Advances in Orchid Biology, Biotechnology and Omics
By Pragya Tiwari, Jen-Tsung Chen. 2023
This book provides comprehensive insights into the existing and emerging trends in orchid biology based on the findings of omics,…
high-throughput technology, biotechnology, molecular breeding, and genome editing approaches in orchids. It illustrates molecular mechanisms of orchid mycorrhizal symbiosis according to the recent achievements of transcriptomics and bioinformatics studies which accelerate the progress of orchid research with the aid of their high-throughput tools. In this book, a comprehensive view of orchid breeding was presented, and it includes fundamental methods as well as advanced strategies through the combination of several technologies such as genetic engineering, omics, computational biology, and genome editing. These resulting knowledge and tools are highly beneficial for obtaining novel and fascinating varieties in the orchid market which is a competitive industry of global trade. Another interesting content is the focus on the production of orchid bioactive compounds and their values in the field of ethnomedicine. Their sources chiefly came from secondary metabolites and can be enriched through elicitors and produced more efficiently by improved tissue culture protocols and bioreactors. In this edited collection, we provided space for presenting an updated review of in vitro seed germination which is a routine technology for well-trained researchers but can give a complete demonstration for the potential audiences including growers and research beginners. This book collects refined knowledge from a broad source of scientific literature by experts in the field of orchid research and surely is an adequate reference and textbook for students, teachers, and researchers. It includes methods and applications of orchid breeding technology which would gain high attention from growers, breeders, and the related fields of agriculture.
Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt im Mittelstand 2: Ergebnisse und Best Practice des BMBF-Forschungsschwerpunkts "Zukunft der Arbeit: Mittelstand – innovativ und sozial"
By Verena Nitsch, Christopher Brandl, Roger Häußling, Philip Roth, Thomas Gries, Bernhard Schmenk. 2022
Dieses Buch zeigt, wie das Innovationspotenzial kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen im digitalen Wandel der Arbeitswelt durch Maßnahmen der Arbeitsgestaltung und…
-organisation gestärkt werden kann. Die Beiträge der Autor*innen aus Industrie und Forschung umfassen sowohl Ergebnisse als auch Best-Practice-Beiträge der Verbundprojekte des BMBF-Forschungsschwerpunkts "Zukunft der Arbeit: Mittelstand – innovativ und sozial".In den Themenbereichen • Unterstützung strategischer Entscheidungsprozesse zur Digitalisierung von Unternehmen • Weiterbildungs- und Qualifizierungsangebote für und durch Digitalisierung• Assistenzsysteme zur Unterstützung in der digitalisierten Arbeitswelt und der digitalen Gestaltung von Arbeit• Gestaltung inner- und überbetrieblicher Kollaboration von Menschen durch virtuelle Umgebungenbeschreiben die vorgestellten Beiträge einerseits ein großes Spektrum technischer, organisatorischer und personeller Entwicklungen und andererseits auch deren Umsetzung in betrieblichen Anwendungsfällen im Sinne von Best Practice.Die Kapitel 2, 5, 6, 7 und 9 sind unter einer Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License über link.springer.com frei verfügbar (Open Access).
Vision and Art with Two Eyes (Vision, Illusion and Perception #3)
By Nicholas Wade. 2023
This book celebrates binocular vision by presenting illustrations that require two eyes to see the effects of cooperation and competition…
between them. Pictures are flat but by printing them in different colours and viewing them through similarly coloured filters (included with the book) they are brought to life either in stereoscopic depth or in rivalry with one another. They are called anaglyphs and all those in the book display the ways in which the eyes interact. Thus, the reader is an integral element in the book and not all readers will see the same things. The history, science and art of binocular vision can be experienced in ways that are not usually available to us and with images made specifically for this book. The study of vision with two eyes was transformed by the invention of stereoscopes in the early 19th century. Anaglyphs are simple forms of stereoscopes that have three possible outcomes from viewing them – with each eye alone to see the monocular images, with both eyes to see them in stereoscopic depth or rivalry, or without the red/cyan glasses where they can have an appeal independent of the binocularity they encompass. Through the binocular pictures and the words that accompany them there will be an appreciation of just how remarkable the processes are that yield binocular singleness and depth. Moreover, the opportunities for expressing these processes are explored with many examples of truly binocular art.
Supply Chain Management Strategies and Methodologies: Experiences from Latin America (Lecture Notes in Logistics)
By Jorge Luis García Alcaraz, Diego Fernando Manotas Duque, Rosa Guadalupe González-Ramírez, Mario Gustavo Chong Chong, Irineu de Brito Junior. 2023
This book showcases the successful practices of manufacturing companies in Latin America, highlighting the strategies and technologies they have implemented…
to produce high-quality products and remain competitive in the market. Divided into three parts, the book covers various aspects of the manufacturing process. Part I presents methodologies and strategies for demand forecasting and raw material procurement, providing insights into how companies are meeting their production needs and managing costs. Part II focuses on methodologies and strategies applied in the production process, exploring the various techniques and practices that companies are utilizing to optimize their manufacturing operations. Finally, Part III lists methodologies and strategies applied to product distribution, demonstrating how companies are delivering their products to market efficiently and effectively. Overall, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the best practices being employed by successful manufacturing companies in Latin America, offering valuable insights for businesses looking to improve their manufacturing processes and remain competitive in today's market.
Judgment in Predictive Analytics (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science #343)
By Matthias Seifert. 2023
This book highlights research on the behavioral biases affecting judgmental accuracy in judgmental forecasting and showcases the state-of-the-art in judgment-based…
predictive analytics. In recent years, technological advancements have made it possible to use predictive analytics to exploit highly complex (big) data resources. Consequently, modern forecasting methodologies are based on sophisticated algorithms from the domain of machine learning and deep learning. However, research shows that in the majority of industry contexts, human judgment remains an indispensable component of the managerial forecasting process. This book discusses ways in which decision-makers can address human behavioral issues in judgmental forecasting. The book begins by introducing readers to the notion of human-machine interactions. This includes a look at the necessity of managerial judgment in situations where organizations commonly have algorithmic decision support models at their disposal. The remainder of the book is divided into three parts, with Part I focusing on the role of individual-level judgment in the design and utilization of algorithmic models. The respective chapters cover individual-level biases such as algorithm aversion, model selection criteria, model-judgment aggregation issues and implications for behavioral change. In turn, Part II addresses the role of collective judgments in predictive analytics. The chapters focus on issues related to talent spotting, performance-weighted aggregation, and the wisdom of timely crowds. Part III concludes the book by shedding light on the importance of contextual factors as critical determinants of forecasting performance. Its chapters discuss the usefulness of scenario analysis, the role of external factors in time series forecasting and introduce the idea of mindful organizing as an approach to creating more sustainable forecasting practices in organizations.
Marketing and Smart Technologies: Proceedings of ICMarkTech 2021, Volume 2 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies #280)
By José Luís Reis, Marc K. Peter, Zorica Bogdanović, Ricardo Cayolla. 2022
This book includes selected papers presented at the International Conference on Marketing and Technologies (ICMarkTech 2021), held at University of…
La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, during December 2–4, 2021. It covers up-to-date cutting-edge research on artificial intelligence applied in marketing, virtual and augmented reality in marketing, business intelligence databases and marketing, data mining and big data, marketing data science, web marketing, e-commerce and v-commerce, social media and networking, geomarketing and IoT, marketing automation and inbound marketing, machine learning applied to marketing, customer data management and CRM, and neuromarketing technologies.
Mobility for Smart Cities and Regional Development - Challenges for Higher Education: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2021), Volume 2 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #390)
By Michael E. Auer, Thomas Köhler, Hanno Hortsch, Oliver Michler. 2022
This book presents recent research on interactive collaborative learning. We are currently witnessing a significant transformation in the development of education and…
especially post-secondary education. To face these challenges, higher education has to find innovative ways to quickly respond to these new needs. On the one hand, there is a pressure by the new situation in regard to the COVID pandemic. On the other hand, the methods and organizational forms of teaching and learning at higher educational institutions have changed rapidly in recent months. Scientifically based statements as well as excellent experiences (best practice) are absolutely necessary.These were the aims connected with the 24th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2021), which was held online by Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, on 22–24 September 2021.Since its beginning in 1998, this conference is devoted to new approaches in learning with a focus on collaborative learning in Higher Education. Nowadays, the ICL conferences are a forum of the exchange of relevant trends and research results as well as the presentation of practical experiences in Learning and Engineering Pedagogy. In this way, we try to bridge the gap between ‘pure’ scientific research and the everyday work of educators.This book contains papers in the fields ofTeaching Best PracticesResearch in Engineering PedagogyEngineering Pedagogy EducationEntrepreneurship in Engineering EducationProject-Based LearningVirtual and Augmented LearningImmersive Learning in Healthcare and Medical Education.Interested readership includes policymakers, academics, educators, researchers in pedagogy and learning theory, schoolteachers, learning industry, further and continuing education lecturers, etc
Mappings: Feminism and the Cultural Geographies of Encounter
By Susan Stanford Friedman. 1999
In this powerful work, Susan Friedman moves feminist theory out of paralyzing debates about us and them, white and other,…
first and third world, and victimizers and victims. Throughout, Friedman adapts current cultural theory from global and transnational studies, anthropology, and geography to challenge modes of thought that exaggerate the boundaries of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, class, and national origin. The author promotes a transnational and heterogeneous feminism, which, she maintains, can replace the proliferation of feminisms based on difference. She argues for a feminist geopolitical literacy that goes beyond fundamentalist identity politics and absolutist poststructuralist theory, and she continually focuses the reader's attention on those locations where differences are negotiated and transformed. Pervading the book is a concern with narrative: the way stories and cultural narratives serve as a primary mode of thinking about the politically explosive question of identity. Drawing freely on modernist novels, contemporary film, popular fiction, poetry, and mass media, the work features narratives of such writers and filmmakers as Gish Jen, Julie Dash, June Jordon, James Joyce, Gloria Anzald%a, Neil Jordon, Virginia Woolf, Mira Nair, Zora Neale Hurston, E. M. Forster, and Irena Klepfisz. Defending the pioneering role of academic feminists in the knowledge revolution, this work draws on a wide variety of twentieth-century cultural expressions to address theoretical issues in postmodern feminism.
Restoration, Revolution, Reaction: Economics and Politics in Germany, 1815-1871
By Theodore S. Hamerow. 1958
A study of the economic and social changes which shaped the movement for German unification. The author emphasizes the effect…
of industrialism on urban life, traces the decline of manorialism in agriculture and seeks to show that the political movements of these years were profoundly influenced by the economic transition from agrarianism to capitalism.
Scott's Shadow: The Novel in Romantic Edinburgh (Literature in History)
By Ian Duncan. 2007
Scott's Shadow is the first comprehensive account of the flowering of Scottish fiction between 1802 and 1832, when post-Enlightenment Edinburgh…
rivaled London as a center for literary and cultural innovation. Ian Duncan shows how Walter Scott became the central figure in these developments, and how he helped redefine the novel as the principal modern genre for the representation of national historical life. Duncan traces the rise of a cultural nationalist ideology and the ascendancy of Scott's Waverley novels in the years after Waterloo. He argues that the key to Scott's achievement and its unprecedented impact was the actualization of a realist aesthetic of fiction, one that offered a socializing model of the imagination as first theorized by Scottish philosopher and historian David Hume. This aesthetic, Duncan contends, provides a powerful novelistic alternative to the Kantian-Coleridgean account of the imagination that has been taken as normative for British Romanticism since the early twentieth century. Duncan goes on to examine in detail how other Scottish writers inspired by Scott's innovations--James Hogg and John Galt in particular--produced in their own novels and tales rival accounts of regional, national, and imperial history. Scott's Shadow illuminates a major but neglected episode of British Romanticism as well as a pivotal moment in the history and development of the novel.All global countries are interdependent and all aspects of the global economy operate synergistically. The COVID-19 pandemic gave a renewed…
sense of urgency to focus on the synergies between supply chain, climate change, COVID-19, and sustainable development as they affect business in Africa and how what occurs in one part of the world affects the whole world. This book examines this synergy and the reciprocal impact of businesses, government, and society. Featuring contributions presented at the 2022 Current Business Issues in African Countries (CBIAC) Conference held at Wagner College in Staten Island, NY, USA, this book explores topics such as agriculture, entrepreneurship, education, gender, and capital flows in Africa demonstrating the wealth of business opportunities across the continent.