Standing Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal examines women’s efforts to end mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia. Mountaintop removal coal mining, which involves demolishing the tops of hills and mountains to provide access to coal seams, is one of the most significant environmental threats in Appalachia, where it is most commonly practiced. The Appalachian women featured in Barry’s book have firsthand experience with the negative impacts of Big Coal in West Virginia. Through their work in organizations such as the Coal River Mountain Watch and the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, they fight to save their mountain communities by promoting the development of alternative energy resources. Barry’s engaging and original work reveals how women’s tireless organizing efforts have made mountaintop removal a global political and environmental issue and laid the groundwork for a robust environmental justice movement in central Appalachia.
An exploration of relationships examines the process of finding a life partner, the fear of intimacy, growing beyond jealousy and blame, and healing a blocked sexual relationship
Take charge of your learning with this comprehensive lab manual and student workbook. Activities and resources include learning objectives, chapter reviews, multiple-choice questions, terminology reviews, application activities, case studies, and critical thinking questions. Answers at the back facilitate both learning and review. The new edition offers expanded application activities and an emphasis on evidence-based practice. A comprehensive revision of terminology review, critical thinking exercises and application exercises aids studying. Practice questions are revised from knowledge and comprehension to application, analysis, and evaluation.
Be prepared in any clinical setting with this portable, full-color, illustrated guide. Key information includes differential diagnosis tips, pediatric variations, sample documentation, and other helpful assessment data for quick reference. Separate chapters cover age-specific exams for infants, children, and adolescents, the healthy female evaluation, and reporting and documenting findings. The two-column format featuring Exam Techniques, Expected Findings, and Unexpected Findings provides quick and reliable reference to key exam steps. Over 250 full-color figures depicting anatomy and physiology, exam procedures, and normal and abnormal findings offer a visual guide to performing exams. Documentation examples promote concise yet thorough patient charting for each system exam. Aids to Differential Diagnosis Tables summarize distinguishing characteristics of abnormalities, making it easier to identify patients’ symptoms. Lists of the equipment required in preparation for each system exam facilitate efficiency in the practice setting. Color-coded tables highlight pediatric variations and provide quick-reference coverage of developmental considerations specific to pediatric patients. Updates throughout reflect the latest research and evidence-based practice findings on all aspects of the physical exam. New content on electronic charting reflects the shift to electronic medical records in clinical practice and offers a current resource on what and how to chart. An updated drug table provides a list of physical findings potentially related to common classes of drugs.
This title shows how a reconception of family and kinship underlies the revolutionary experiments of the modernist novel. While stories of marriage and long-lost relatives were a mainstay of classic Victorian fiction, the book suggests that rival countercurrents within these family plots set the stage for the formal innovations of Joyce and Proust. By investigating how the question of family is a hidden key to modernist structure and style, the book explores the formal narrative potential of queerness and in doing so rewrites the history of the modern novel.
Mosby's Guide to Physical Examination is a comprehensive textbook of physical examination, history-taking, and health assessment with a unique emphasis on differential diagnosis and variations across the lifespan. The book conveys a uniquely compassionate, patient-centered approach to physical examination with a strong evidence-based foundation. Clinical Pearls boxes give brief clinical insights with expert tips on techniques, findings, and patient teaching. Mnemonic boxes deliver engaging auditory, visual, and other memory cues to help you remember series of assessment or exam steps. Physical Variations boxes detail multicultural considerations for assessing patients from diverse ethnic and cultural groups. Staying Well boxes describe holistic approaches to health promotion and patient teaching. Risk Factors boxes highlight modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors for a variety of conditions. Differential Diagnosis boxes give comparisons of expected findings for similar conditions and explain how disease presentations vary. Physical Examination boxes provide current data on the most effective techniques for delivering quality patient care. Functional Assessment boxes focus on the patient’s functional abilities and present a holistic approach to patient care. Downloadable text and PDA summaries allow for quick review of the key steps in each system exam. Dynamic learning exercises on the companion website test your knowledge and provide instant feedback on your progress. Updates throughout reflect the latest research findings and evidence-based practice for techniques, normal and abnormal findings, genetics, and assessment. 60 video clips demonstrate exam techniques for each system and are downloadable for use on Video iPod devices. 25 new anatomy and physiology animations provide narrated explanations of processes beneath the skin. New audio chapter summaries, downloadable for use on MP3 players, offer a convenient way to review key content on the go. New 3-column tables featuring Pathophysiology, Subjective Data, and Objective Data provide an illustrated reference that allows for quick and accurate comparisons. 75 new illustrations and dozens of new photos of normal and abnormal findings help to clarify anatomic concepts and exam techniques.
Object-Oriented Programming With Java Was Developed For Students In The Science, Engineering, And Business Fields Where Knowledge Of Programming Is Thought To Be Essential. This Text, On Modern Software Development, Contains Material That Is Typically Covered In A CS1 Course. In Addition To Traditional Introductory Programming Concepts, Object-Oriented Concepts And Techniques Such As Inheritance And Polymorphism Are Presented In A Student-Friendly Manner. Java-Related Topics Such As Exception Handling And The Java I/O Models Are Carefully Treated, And An Entire Chapter Is Devoted To Java Applets.
This is a Pageburst digital textbook; Be prepared in any clinical setting with this portable, full-color, illustrated guide. Key information includes differential diagnosis tips, pediatric variations, sample documentation, and other helpful assessment data for quick reference. Separate chapters cover age-specific exams for infants, children, and adolescents, the healthy female evaluation, and reporting and documenting findings. The two-column format featuring Exam Techniques, Expected Findings, and Unexpected Findings provides quick and reliable reference to key exam steps. Over 250 full-color figures depicting anatomy and physiology, exam procedures, and normal and abnormal findings offer a visual guide to performing exams. Documentation examples promote concise yet thorough patient charting for each system exam. Aids to Differential Diagnosis Tables summarize distinguishing characteristics of abnormalities, making it easier to identify patients' symptoms. Lists of the equipment required in preparation for each system exam facilitate efficiency in the practice setting. Color-coded tables highlight pediatric variations and provide quick-reference coverage of developmental considerations specific to pediatric patients. Updates throughout reflect the latest research and evidence-based practice findings on all aspects of the physical exam. New content on electronic charting reflects the shift to electronic medical records in clinical practice and offers a current resource on what and how to chart. An updated drug table provides a list of physical findings potentially related to common classes of drugs.
Designed to compliment the 7th edition of the Mosby's Guide to Physical Examination textbook, this dynamic online course comprises over 8000 stand-alone electronic assets - including video clips, animations, interactive exercises, case studies, and review questions. Self-paced learning modules and capstone cases for each body system provide a structured tutorial for learning how to conduct focused physical exams. Three-dimensional anatomic illustrations and animations of physiologic processes in motion bring important anatomic and physiologic processes to life. Adult and pediatric video clips demonstrate how to conduct exams on patients of various ages, ethnicities, and genders. Audio clips of recorded heart, lung, and abdominal sounds provide an opportunity to hear and review real expected audio findings. Dynamic interactive activities help reinforce key learning points for assessment techniques, terms, and findings. A Lab and Diagnostic Tests Reference allows for one-stop referral of lab and diagnostic tests commonly performed as part of the physical exam. PDA-Downloadable Step-By-Step Exams Checklists provide portable, quick reference to the main points of each system exam. Tutorial modules walk you through an anatomy and physiology review, subjective data, objective data, documentation, and abnormal findings for each system. 15 NEW case studies walk you through taking a history, conducting a physical exam, and determining the likely diagnoses for each case. Comprehensive capstone case studies for each system give you the opportunity to apply your knowledge of exam techniques and findings in real-world scenarios. An audio glossary features recorded pronunciations, making it easy to master key terms for physical examinations. An English-to-Spanish audio glossary features recorded pronunciations, making it easy to master key terms for physical examinations, and offering a resource for communicating with Spanish-speaking patients.
This cutting-edge collection of 8,000 online assets provides a wealth of resources designed to be used with Seidel: Mosby's Guide to Physical Examination, 6th Edition. Online resources are provided for each chapter include animations, adult and pediatric video clips, case studies, glossary terms with audio pronunciations, images, interactive exercises, multiple-choice review questions, PowerPoint slides, health history checklists, test bank questions, audio clips, web links, and more. Features 70 full-color animations that clarify anatomic and physiologic processes and provide a visual understanding of underlying structures and functions, such as pulmonary circulation, events of the cardiac cycle, and sensory and motor pathways of the CNS. Includes 28 audio segments with 19 cardiac and 9 respiratory sounds that allow users to hear actual heart and lung sounds, including murmurs, friction rubs, crackles, and wheezes. Includes 820 full-color images of anatomy, physiology, assessment procedures, and normal and abnormal findings that make lectures or online assignments more visual and engaging. Features 200 interactive exercises using a variety of engaging activities such as Hangman, Quiz Show, Cryptogram, and Memory Match. Presents 75 updated lab and diagnostic tests as a reference to aid in understanding the lab values that can affect assessment findings. Provides 1,200 PowerPoint slides (for faculty use only) to enhance classroom lectures. Incorporates 1,000 multiple-choice review questions for student review and self-assessment. Includes an additional 1,280 multiple-choice test bank questions for faculty use, with coded answers and rationales. Features full-color adult and pediatric video clips demonstrating a total of over 380 step-by-step physical exam procedures performed on both adult and pediatric patients. Includes extensive web links for further research or online assignments. Includes a user guide with complete information on getting started, a full description of each asset, and how to work through each section. Presents new in-depth interactive case study modules that walk students through history taking, examination, normal and abnormal findings, and, in select cases, differential diagnosis. Features 15 health history checklists, formatted for downloading to handheld devices. Includes new pediatric video clips. Provides over 100 new adult exam video clips from the new Seidel: Mosby's Guide to Physical Examination Video Series. Includes 10 new animations that visually depict complex anatomic processes or examination procedures. Provides a complete glossary with audio pronunciations to facilitate mastery of key terms and concepts.
Astrology brought to life in a practical and meaningful way. Joyce Hopewell has been principal of the UK Astrological Psychology Institute for 17 of its first 25 years, bringing the teachings of Swiss astrologers/psychologists Bruno and Louise Huber and their system of astrological psychology to the English-speaking world. In 2004, with co-author Richard Llewellyn, Joyce wrote The Cosmic Egg Timer, which has proved a popular introduction to the Hubers work, itself now documented in a series of eight volumes on astrological psychology. In The Living Birth Chart, Joyce provides a deeper, more practical workbook, based on her many years of experience in facilitating popular workshops. This book aims to provide insight into the full power of the Huber Method and give a feel for its practical use. Numerous examples and practical exercises are included, enabling the reader to experience the approach for themselves, and develop their own understanding. This book will be of interest to the general reader seeking more insight into themselves and their own growth process. It will particularly interest astrologers, psychologists and counsellors who are not familiar with the Huber approach, but wish to gain insight into it. Current and past API(UK) students will also find The Living Birth Chart a helpful supplement to their studies.
First introduced in Bruno and Louise Huber's Aspect Pattern Astrology, aspect patterns provide a key to understanding our inner motivation. In Aspect Patterns in Colour, the individual aspect figures from that book are fully illustrated in colour, together with the meaning of each figure, example charts and interpretations. Joyce Hopewell is the author of The Cosmic Egg Timer and The Living Birth Chart.
In a letter to his brother in 1906, James Joyce confessed: 'Sometimes thinking of Ireland it seems to me that I have been unnecessarily harsh. I have not been just to its beauty'. One reason for the composition of The Dead in 1907 was to compensate for this injustice and to add a new and quite different conclusion to his collection of short stories, Dubliners. Why Joyce felt compelled to change his view of Ireland, and how his narrative technique evolved to accommodate this change, becomes one of the focal points for this illuminating study. Furthermore, why John Huston felt compelled to adapt The Dead, and how he did so, provides another enlightening context. Although eighty years separate Huston's film from Joyce's text, the presence of Joyce's story can be found earlier in European cinema, in Roberto Rossellini's Voyage in Italy (1953). Kevin Barry here explores the extraordinary relationships between these three works, and the radically different aesthetics of fidelity and infidelity practiced by these exemplary artists of the twentieth century.
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