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Complexity and Control in Team Sports

Dialectics in Contesting Human Systems

By: Felix Lebed,Michael Bar-Eli

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Complexity and Control in Team Sports

Dialectics in Contesting Human Systems

By: Felix Lebed,Michael Bar-Eli

Complexity and Control in Team Sports is the first book to apply complex systems theory to 'soccer-like' team games (including basketball, handball and hockey) and to present a framework for understanding and managing the elite sports team as a multi-level complex system. It analyzes behaviour across five inter-connected levels: the team as a 'managed institution'; coaching staff controlling players via cybernetic flows; the team as a playing unit; the individual player as a complex dynamic system expressed through behaviour; and a player's complex physiological/biological system. Drawing these together, the book throws fascinating new light on the elite sports team and will be useful reading for all students, researchers or professionals with an interest in sport psychology, sport management, sport coaching, sport performance analysis or complex systems theory.

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Routledge

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0415672880

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9780415672887

Photoassimilate Distribution Plants and Crops Source-Sink Relationships

By: Zamski

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Photoassimilate Distribution Plants and Crops Source-Sink Relationships

By: Zamski

Adopting an interdisciplinary approach to the study of photoassimilate partitioning and source-sink relationhips, this work details the major aspects of source-sink physiology and metabolism, the integration of individual components and photoassimilate partitioning, and the whole plant source-sink relationships in 16 agriculturally important crops. The work examines in detail the components of carbon partitioning, such as ecology, photosynthesis, loading, transport and anatomy, and discusses the impact of genetic, environmental and agrotechnical factors on the parts of whole plant source-link physiology.

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Routledge

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1351424912

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9781351424912

I Told You I Wasn't Perfect

By: Denny McLain,Eli Zaret

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I Told You I Wasn't Perfect

By: Denny McLain,Eli Zaret

In 1968, 24-year old Denny McLain turned the baseball world upside down by winning 31 games for the Detroit Tigers. McLain was also a musician. After he won both the MVP and Cy Young Awards in '68, he cut two albums for Capitol Records and played the Hammond organ in a three-week stint in Las Vegas. But winning games and performing on stage were never enough for McLain. He was driven by an insatiable thirst for attention and adventure and in 1969, flying back from a dental appointment in Detroit that he could have rescheduled, Denny arrived 20 minutes after he was supposed to have thrown out the first pitch of the All-Star Game in Washington, D.C. McLain recounts his fabulous success in one of baseball's most exciting eras, as well as his rapid fall from glory, two prison stints, and a horrific personal tragedy. It's one of the most compelling baseball memoirs to come along in a generation.

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425

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Triumph Books

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1617491470

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9781617491474

Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics

By: Eli Minkoff,Eli Baker

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Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics

By: Eli Minkoff,Eli Baker

Since the publication of the previous edition of this volume, there has been substantial progress in a number of areas of multiple sclerosis (MS) research. Although immunosuppressive treatments continue to be developed and refined, more targeted immunomodulatory therapies are surfacing as we learn more about how the immune system works in health an

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CRC Press

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0203012054

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9780203012055

Troublesome Presence

Democracy and Black Americans

By: Eli Ginzberg,Alfred S. Eichner

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Troublesome Presence

Democracy and Black Americans

By: Eli Ginzberg,Alfred S. Eichner

Ginzberg and Eichner, in an innovative interpretation of basic political conflict in the American experience, reveal how democracy evolved without making a place for African Americans. The volume emphasizes the national, rather than regional, character of racial prejudice.

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380

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Transaction Publishers

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1412840449

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9781412840446

Crimson Nation

The Shaping of the South's Most Dominant Football Team

By: Eli Gold

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Crimson Nation

The Shaping of the South's Most Dominant Football Team

By: Eli Gold

The Crimson Tide have won 16 national championships (more than any other school), produced more than 100 All-Americans, and sent more than 200 players to the NFL. Alabama is arguably the most successful and most prestigious college football program in history, shaped by proud players wearing the Crimson and White and molded by hugely successful coaches. In Crimson Nation, Voice of the Crimson Tide Eli Gold shares what he sees as the greatest moments that shaped the Alabama football program. Recalling everything from the beginning of radio broadcasting to the four recent national championships under Nick Saban, this book gives a private look into Bama football. It's all here and told as only Eli Gold can tell it.

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317

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Triumph Books

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1633196232

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9781633196230

A History of Victorian Literature

By: James Eli Adams

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A History of Victorian Literature

By: James Eli Adams

Incorporating a broad range of contemporary scholarship, A History of Victorian Literature presents an overview of the literature produced in Great Britain between 1830 and 1900, with fresh consideration of both major figures and some of the era's less familiar authors. Part of the Blackwell Histories of Literature series, the book describes the development of the Victorian literary movement and places it within its cultural, social and political context. A wide-ranging narrative overview of literature in Great Britain between 1830 and 1900, capturing the extraordinary variety of literary output produced during this era Analyzes the development of all literary forms during this period - the novel, poetry, drama, autobiography and critical prose - in conjunction with major developments in social and intellectual history Considers the ways in which writers engaged with new forms of social responsibility in their work, as Britain transformed into the world's first industrial economy Offers a fresh perspective on the work of both major figures and some of the era’s less familiar authors Winner of a Choice Outstanding Academic Title award, 2009

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470672390

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9780470672396

Child Psychopathology

By: Barry H. Schneider,Paul David Hastings,Amanda Guyer,Mara Brendgen,Eli Cwinn

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Child Psychopathology

By: Barry H. Schneider,Paul David Hastings,Amanda Guyer,Mara Brendgen,Eli Cwinn

This textbook provides authoritative and up-to-date coverage of the classification, causes, treatment and prevention of psychological disorders in children.

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Cambridge University Press

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052119377X

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9780521193771

Teaching Hospitals and the Urban Poor

By: Eli Ginzberg

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Teaching Hospitals and the Urban Poor

By: Eli Ginzberg

Academic health centers (AHCs) have played a key role in propelling the United States to world leadership in technological advances in medicine. At the same time, however, many of these urban-based hospitals have largely ignored the medical care of their poor neighbors. Now one of the leading experts in American health policy and economics ponders whether current and proposed changes in the financing and delivery of medical care will result in a realignment between AHCs and the poor. Basing his discussion on an analysis of the nation’s twenty-five leading research-oriented health centers, Eli Ginzberg and his associates trace the history of AHCs in the twentieth century. He claims that AHCs are once again moving toward treating the poor because these hospitals need to admit more Medicaid patients to fill their empty beds, and their medical students need opportunities to practice in ambulatory sites. He also assesses some of the more important trends that may challenge the AHCs, including financial concerns, changing medical practice environments, and the likelihood of some form of universal health insurance. Eli Ginzberg is director of The Eisenhower Center for Conservation of Human Resources, Columbia University. He has been a consultant to nine U.S. presidents and chaired the National Commission for Employment Policy for six presidents. He is the author of numerous books as well as articles on health affairs in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and many other journals.

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141

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Yale University Press

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0300133014

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9780300133011

Judgment, Decision-making and Success in Sport

By: Michael Bar-Eli,Henning Plessner,Markus Raab

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Judgment, Decision-making and Success in Sport

By: Michael Bar-Eli,Henning Plessner,Markus Raab

Judgment, Decision-Making and Success in Sport presents a thorough overview and assessment of the study of Judgment and Decision-Making (JDM) in sports psychology, and represents an important source of information for those interested in the possible causes and reasons for success and failure in sport. The only book to apply the principles of JDM to sport Applies theory to practice by looking at problems of athletes, coaches, and referees and providing recommendations for dealing with them Offers an overview of current JDM research Useful for psychologists, physical education teachers, sports scientists, and researchers in this field

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119976936

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9781119976936

United States Health Care and the Future Supply of Physicians

By: Eli Ginzberg,Panos Minogiannis

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United States Health Care and the Future Supply of Physicians

By: Eli Ginzberg,Panos Minogiannis

Many different sectors of modern society influence the nation's healthcare system. Government, health insurance companies, managed care organizations, academic health centers, the pharmaceutical industry, and other groups all affect healthcare. In the areas of medical access, cost, and quality, the physician remains the key to the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare services. Eli Ginzberg and Panos Minogiannis, in Ginzberg's final book, examine the supply of health personnel in the United States. They consider the ways it has been influenced by federal and state legislation, healthcare financing, the transformation of the hospital, managed care, and health trends in the last part of the twentieth century. Through this historical approach, the book identifies key moments in U.S. health policy history that have led to problems in the geographical distribution of medical personnel, gender and race representation in the health personnel pool, and subsequent attempts to resolve these problems. This volume pays special attention to current trends in healthcare and tries to forecast the direction of the debate over health personnel supply in the coming years. Chronic care conditions and the ageing of the population on the one hand and the penetration of managed care and the subsequent transformation of American hospitals on the other converge to present policymakers with tremendous challenges in financing healthcare. Ginzberg and Minogiannis argue that a more balanced production and distribution of U.S. health personnel will go far in easing the financial burden of healthcare and at the same time improve the quality of services provided to the American people. "Ginzberg and Minogiannis provide a historical perspective [in U.S. Healthcare and the Future Supply of Physicians] on the current controversies, revealing the complex issues underlying them. Indeed, the authors point out that U.S. policymakers have often focused on the topic of the supply of physicians in addressing larger issues in health care. Questions of how to ensure equitable access to care, improve the quality of health care, contain costs, and best deliver services have shaped the assessments of how many physicians we should have." -Andrew Bindman and Margaret Wheeler, The New England Journal of Medicine Eli Ginzberg was A. Barton Hepburn Professor Emeritus at the Graduate School of Business and director of the Eisenhower Center for the Conservation of Human Resources at Columbia University. An activist scholar rather than academic-turned-activist, he is author of numerous books. Panos Minogiannis is with the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and a research associate at the Eisenhower Center. Currently, he is health services coordinator in Athens for the 2004 Olympics.

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1412840597

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9781412840590

The Valley of Ashes

By: Eli Thorpe

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The Valley of Ashes

By: Eli Thorpe

A City of Dreams and AshesSo begins the story of two young men trying to find their way through the turbulence of the 1970s -- not the nostalgic 1970s of popular culture, but the 1970s of drugs, violence, economic crisis, dying industry and lost dreams. They were members of an age group sometimes called The Blank Generation, lost between the Boomers and the Genexers. These are not the people of discos, gold chains and polyester leisure suits, the Boomers who were shaped by the Vietnam War. These are the people on the edges, shaped and disillusioned by Watergate, Ford and Carter. Set against the backdrop of a city built on steel, the novel follows Mike Shaunessey and his relationship with the unorthodox Dave Freeman on and off from 1973 through 1979. Upon this shifting base, Mike, ever conventional and practical, tries to build a life, while Dave, living his life without plan or structure, seems always to get by. Undisturbed by circumstances, reserved and self-contained, he continually hopes to be accepted as he is. Mike and Dave form an unlikely friendship. Mike follows Dave into places where he never would never go alone, places where Dave seems comfortable and in control. Daves life is not idyllic, however, as he is dogged by CJ, who will not understand anything that is not normal, and seeks to destroy whatever he cannot understand. Despite their differences, Mike and Dave try to maintain their friendship through comings and goings and ever-changing circumstances and relationships. As they mature, the differences between them become more stark, and the effort needed to maintain their relationship is ever greater. Their friendship and their strength of character are tested many times before Mikes final test comes along with the end of the turbulent decade.

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143276019X

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Complexity and Control in Team Sports

Complexity and Control in Team Sports

Photoassimilate Distribution Plants and Crops Source-Sink Relationships

Photoassimilate Distribution Plants and Crops Source-Sink Relationships

I Told You I Wasn't Perfect

I Told You I Wasn't Perfect

Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics

Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics

Troublesome Presence

Troublesome Presence

Crimson Nation

Crimson Nation

A History of Victorian Literature

A History of Victorian Literature

Child Psychopathology

Child Psychopathology

Teaching Hospitals and the Urban Poor

Teaching Hospitals and the Urban Poor

Judgment, Decision-making and Success in Sport

Judgment, Decision-making and Success in Sport

United States Health Care and the Future Supply of Physicians

United States Health Care and the Future Supply of Physicians

The Valley of Ashes

The Valley of Ashes

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