Jay Rosenblatt's Books

The Neuroendocrine Regulation of Behavior

By: Jay Schulkin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Neuroendocrine Regulation of Behavior

By: Jay Schulkin

In this text Jay Schulkin discusses and emphasizes the important roles of steroids and neuropeptides in the regulation of behavior. The guiding principle behind much of the research and insights that are presented in the book is the concept of using certain model animal systems to study how hormones influence the brain. The results from these model systems can then be used to generalize the information obtained and apply it to other animals and humans. Senior undergraduate and graduate students in neuroscience, endocrinology, psychology, and physiology will find this text a useful guide to the role of hormones in behavior. It should be of use to colleagues in the field and medical health-care professionals.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

340

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521459850

ISBN 13

9780521459853

News from the New American Diaspora

And Other Tales of Exile

By: Jay Neugeboren

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

News from the New American Diaspora

And Other Tales of Exile

By: Jay Neugeboren

Prize-winning novelist Jay Neugeboren's third collection of short stories focuses on Jews in various states of exile and expatriation—strangers in strange lands, far from home. These dozen tales, by an author whose stories have been selected for more than fifty anthologies, including Best American Short Stories and O. Henry Prize Stories, span the twentieth century and vividly capture brief moments in the lives of their characters: a rabbi in a small town in New England struggling to tend to his congregation and himself, retirees who live in Florida but dream of Brooklyn, a boy at a summer camp in upstate New York learning about the Holocaust for the first time, Russians living in Massachusetts with the family who helped them immigrate. In "The Other End of the World," an American soldier who has survived life in a Japanese prisoner of war camp grieves for members of his family murdered in a Nazi death camp, and in "Poppa's Books" a young boy learns to share his father's passion for the rare books that represent the Old World. "This Third Life" tells of a divorced woman who travels across Germany searching for new meaning in her life after her children leave home, while both "His Violin" and "The Golden Years" explore the plight of elderly Jews, displaced from New York City to retirement communities in Florida, who struggle with memory, madness, and mortality. Set in various times and places, these poignant stories are all tales of personal exile that also illuminate that greater diaspora—geographical, emotional, or spiritual—in which many of us, whether Jews or non-Jews, live.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

226

Publisher

University of Texas Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0292778791

ISBN 13

9780292778795

The Impact of Outsourcing on Employees: A Guide to Organisations.

By: Jay Charara

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Impact of Outsourcing on Employees: A Guide to Organisations.

By: Jay Charara

On Red River Ranch, terror sleeps - but not long. As investigators search for answers concerning a mysterious pregnancy among the horses and the disappearance of the two veterinarians on the ranch, a killer lurks in the shadows. On the eve of a national horse race, will investigators find the answers they need before the horses give birth - and what exactly grows inside. Alea Publishing Group is proud to present a first in d20 Modern Horror Adventures: - Links to two movie files (with sound) that can be shown to players to depict what thier investigators are actually seeing! - Links to sound effects (such as gunshots and a car crash) that can be heard during play to enhance the mood at that intense moment! - Eye-Openers (freaky little whammies that you can spring on investigators during the adventure. - 8 great maps (expect nothing less from Alea) and much more!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

162

Publisher

Lulu.com

Published Date

ISBN 10

1411633016

ISBN 13

9781411633018

Development of Exposure Assessment Methods for THM and HAA in Water Distribution Systems

By: Jay Nuckols,Lewis A. Rossman,Philip C. Singer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Development of Exposure Assessment Methods for THM and HAA in Water Distribution Systems

By: Jay Nuckols,Lewis A. Rossman,Philip C. Singer

Chlorination is commonly used by water utilities in the United States and around the world for the disinfection of public water supplies. Over the last 25 years, epidemiological research has provided mounting evidence of a possible link between by-products of the chlorination process and the incidence of colorectal, bladder, and brain cancer. This volume resents the results of a study on exposure assessment methods for two of these disinfection by-products (DBPs)--trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetic acids (HAAs). The volume is not indexed. c. Book News Inc.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

184

Publisher

American Water Works Association

Published Date

ISBN 10

1583211071

ISBN 13

9781583211076

Ophthalmology E-Book

By: Myron Yanoff,Jay S. Duker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ophthalmology E-Book

By: Myron Yanoff,Jay S. Duker

Long considered one of ophthalmology’s premier texts, this award-winning title by Drs. Myron Yanoff and Jay S. Duker remains your go-to reference for virtually any topic in this fast-changing field. It offers detailed, superbly illustrated guidance on nearly every ophthalmic condition and procedure you may encounter, making it a must-have resource no matter what your level of experience. Extensive updates throughout keep you current with all that’s new in every subspecialty area of the field. Offers truly comprehensive coverage, including basic foundations through diagnosis and treatment advances across all subspecialties: genetics, optics, refractive surgery, lens and cataract, cornea, retina, uveitis, tumors, glaucoma, neuro-ophthalmology, pediatric and adult strabismus, and oculoplastics. Features streamlined, templated chapters, a user-friendly visual layout, and key features boxes for quick access to clinically relevant information and rapid understanding of any topic. Contains nine brand-new chapters covering OCT angiography and optical coherence tomography, small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE), corneal imaging, electrophysiology in neuro-ophthalmology, glaucoma drainage implants, thyroid eye disease, orbital infections, and aesthetic fillers and botulinum toxin for wrinkle reduction. Covers new imaging techniques including wide-field imaging, anterior segment OCT (AS-OCT), and high definition OCT, as well as two completely reorganized sections on optics and refraction and intraocular tumors that provide a more logical and user-friendly approach for enhanced understanding. Includes more than 2,000 high-quality illustrations (most in full color) and an expanded video library with 50 clips of diagnostic and surgical techniques. New videos cover refractive surgery advances, phakic intraocular lenses, combined cataract procedures, nystagmus, eye movement examinations, and more. Expert ConsultTM eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1729

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Published Date

ISBN 10

032352821X

ISBN 13

9780323528214

Sodium Hunger

The Search for a Salty Taste

By: Jay Schulkin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sodium Hunger

The Search for a Salty Taste

By: Jay Schulkin

The hunger for sodium has been used as a model system in which to study how the brain produces motivated behaviour. In this account of the field Jay Schulkin draws together information across a range of disciplines and topics, ranging from the ecology of salt ingestion to the sodium molecule and the action of various hormones. The phenomenon of sodium hunger was discovered by Curt Richter, the great American psychobiologist, over 50 years ago. Its study has been of interest for some time: to naturalists, psychologists, endocrinologists, physiologists and neuroscientists. This book offers a systematic account of the behaviour of the sodium hungry animal, the endocrine and physiological mechanisms that act to maintain sodium balance and then act on the brain to promote the search for and the ingestion of salt. Finally, the book provides a description of a neural network that orchestrates the behaviour of salt seeking and salt ingestion. Graduate students and research workers in psychology, physiology and neuroscience will find valuable information in this review.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

220

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521353688

ISBN 13

9780521353687

Adaptive Approximation Based Control

Unifying Neural, Fuzzy and Traditional Adaptive Approximation Approaches

By: Jay A. Farrell,Marios M. Polycarpou

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Adaptive Approximation Based Control

Unifying Neural, Fuzzy and Traditional Adaptive Approximation Approaches

By: Jay A. Farrell,Marios M. Polycarpou

A highly accessible and unified approach to the design and analysis of intelligent control systems Adaptive Approximation Based Control is a tool every control designer should have in his or her control toolbox. Mixing approximation theory, parameter estimation, and feedback control, this book presents a unified approach designed to enable readers to apply adaptive approximation based control to existing systems, and, more importantly, to gain enough intuition and understanding to manipulate and combine it with other control tools for applications that have not been encountered before. The authors provide readers with a thought-provoking framework for rigorously considering such questions as: * What properties should the function approximator have? * Are certain families of approximators superior to others? * Can the stability and the convergence of the approximator parameters be guaranteed? * Can control systems be designed to be robust in the face of noise, disturbances, and unmodeled effects? * Can this approach handle significant changes in the dynamics due to such disruptions as system failure? * What types of nonlinear dynamic systems are amenable to this approach? * What are the limitations of adaptive approximation based control? Combining theoretical formulation and design techniques with extensive use of simulation examples, this book is a stimulating text for researchers and graduate students and a valuable resource for practicing engineers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

440

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

0471781800

ISBN 13

9780471781806

Lucky Bruce

A Literary Memoir

By: Bruce Jay Friedman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Lucky Bruce

A Literary Memoir

By: Bruce Jay Friedman

Like a Twilight zone with Charlie Chaplin"–Mario Puzo Writer, screenwriter, playwright, editor, actor, teacher: Bruce Jay Friedman has done it all, charming the glitziest industries of American golden-age culture for more than half a century. Lucky Bruce is his long-awaited memoir, and it's everything we'd expect and more: here is Friedman at his best, waltzing from Madison Avenue to Hollywood and back again, and reilluminating with brilliant clarity the dazzle of post-war American life. Self-effacing, wry, sharp, and laugh-out-loud funny, Friedman details with lovable candor his friendships and rivalries with the greatest writers, actors, publishers, directors and personalities of the last fifty years. He stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Steve Martin and Woody Allen. He's a dynamo of comedy and a recognized master of American letters. And in Lucky Bruce, whether he's fist-fighting with Norman Mailer, explaining to Richard Pryor why there are so few Jewish junkies, or writing screenplays in a closet with Natalie Wood as his secretary, Friedman is the king of understated charm. With cameos by Joseph Heller, Philip Roth, Mario Puzo, Lillian Hellman, Warren Beatty, Marlene Dietrich, Brian Grazer, Candida Donadio, Crazy Joe Gallo, Joyce Carol Oates, Jack Richardson, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Kurt Vonnegut, and the irreplaceable Elaine, Lucky Bruce is moving, scandalous, and guaranteed to shed new light on the brightest of American luminaries ... with Bruce Jay Friedman bright among them. Bruce Jay Friedman is a best-selling author, an Academy Award–nominated screenwriter, a magazine editor, a Hollywood actor, and a celebrated playwright. He lives in Manhattan, New York.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

313

Publisher

Biblioasis

Published Date

ISBN 10

1926845544

ISBN 13

9781926845548

NAEP 1994 Reading Report Card for the Nation and the States

Findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress and Trial State Assessment

By: Jay R. Campbell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

NAEP 1994 Reading Report Card for the Nation and the States

Findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress and Trial State Assessment

By: Jay R. Campbell

This report describes students' reading achievements at grades 4, 8, and 12 and within various subgroups of the general population. State-level results are presented for individual states that chose to participate in the 1994 Trial State Assessment. Chapter 1 presents an overview of the 1994 NAEP reading assessment and sample questions and responses. Chapter 2 provides overall average proficiency results for the nation, regions, subgroups of students, and jurisdictions participating in the Trial State Assessment. Chapter 3 describes students' reading performance in terms of achievement levels. Chapter 4 focuses on cross-state comparisons of proficiency results from the state-by-state assessment at grade 4. Chapter 5 describes contextual factors related to students' reading achievement. Chapter 6 describes specific abilities demonstrated by students in the NAEP reading assessment and reports student performance when reading for different purposes. The "most striking" finding from the 1994 assessment is that the average reading proficiency of 12th-grade students declined significantly from 1992 to 1994. Other major findings include: (1) the decline in average proficiency among 12th-graders between 1992 and 1994 was concentrated among lower performing students; (2) reading proficiency at all three grade levels was higher on average for students whose parents had more education; (3) at all three grade levels, female students had higher average reading proficiencies than male students; and (4) students who reported having a greater array of literacy materials in their homes displayed higher average reading achievement. Contains 38 tables and 23 figures of data. Appendixes provide an overview of procedures used in the 1994 assessment and describe students' reading performance; cross-state proficiency and achievement level results; and sample texts and questions. (RS)

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

199

Publisher

DIANE Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1428989862

ISBN 13

9781428989863

Sincerity: How a moral ideal born five hundred years ago inspired religious wars, modern art, hipster chic, and the curious notion that we all have something to say (no matter how dull)

By: R. Jay Magill Jr.

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sincerity: How a moral ideal born five hundred years ago inspired religious wars, modern art, hipster chic, and the curious notion that we all have something to say (no matter how dull)

By: R. Jay Magill Jr.

“A serious and engaging cultural history painted on an admirably large canvas.”—Laura Kipnis, New York Times Book Review What do John Calvin, Sarah Palin, Jean-Jacques Rosseau, and Bon Iver have in common? A preoccupation with sincerity. With deep historical perspective and a brilliant contemporary spin, R. Jay Magill Jr. tells the beguiling tale of sincerity’s theological past, its current emotional resonance, and the deep impact it has had on the Western soul. At a time when politicians are scrutinized less for the truth of what they say than for how much they really mean it, Sincerity provides a wide-ranging examination of a moral ideal that remains a strange magnetic north in our secular moral compass.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

268

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

0393084191

ISBN 13

9780393084191

Curt Richter

A Life in the Laboratory

By: Jay Schulkin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Curt Richter

A Life in the Laboratory

By: Jay Schulkin

In the first half of the twentieth century, psychology was a discipline in search of scientific legitimacy. Debates raged over how much of human and animal behavior is instinctive and how much is learned, and how behavior could be quantified accurately. At the Johns Hopkins University's new Phipps Psychiatric Clinic, Curt P. Richter stood aside from these heated theoretical arguments, choosing instead to apply his data-collection methods, innovative measurement techniques, playful sense of exploration, and consummate surgical skill to laboratory examinations of the biological basis of behavior. From identifying the biological clocks that govern behavior and physiology to observing the self-regulation of nutrient levels by the body, the cyclical nature of some mental illnesses, and the causes of hopelessness, Richter's wide-ranging discoveries not only influenced the burgeoning field of psychobiology and paved the way for later researchers but also often had implications for the treatment of patients in the clinic. At the time of his death in 1988, Richter left behind a massive collection of laboratory data. For this book, Jay Schulkin mined six decades of Richter's archived research data, personal documents, and interviews to flesh out an engaging portrait of a "laboratory artisan" in the context of his work.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

208

Publisher

JHU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1421429373

ISBN 13

9781421429373

Travel Medicine

Expert Consult - Online and Print

By: Jay S. Keystone,David O Freedman, MD,Phyllis E. Kozarsky, MD,Bradley A. Connor, MD,Hans D. Nothdurft, MD

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Travel Medicine

Expert Consult - Online and Print

By: Jay S. Keystone,David O Freedman, MD,Phyllis E. Kozarsky, MD,Bradley A. Connor, MD,Hans D. Nothdurft, MD

Travel Medicine, 3rd Edition, by Dr. Jay S. Keystone, Dr. Phyllis E. Kozarsky, Dr. David O. Freedman, Dr. Hans D. Nothdruft, and Dr. Bradley A. Connor, prepares you and your patients for any travel-related illness they may encounter. Consult this one-stop resource for best practices on everything from immunizations and pre-travel advice to essential post-travel screening. From domestic cruises to far-flung destinations, this highly regarded guide offers a wealth of practical guidance on all aspects of travel medicine. "This is an excellent reference source that contains words of wisdom which covers an area of medicine which can sometimes get lost on the radar screen". Reviewed by: Dr Harry Brown on behalf of Glycosmedia, Apr 2014 Benefit from the advice of international experts on the full range of travel-related illnesses, including cruise travel, bird flu, SARS, traveler's diarrhea, malaria, environmental problems, and much more. Prepare for the travel medicine examination with convenient cross references for the ISTM "body of knowledge" to specific chapters and/or passages in the book. Search the complete text and download images at expertconsult.com. Effectively protect your patients before they travel with new information on immunizations and emerging and re-emerging disease strains, including traveler's thrombosis. Update your knowledge of remote destinations and the unique perils they present. Stay abreast of best practices for key patient populations, with new chapters on the migrant patient, humanitarian aid workers, medical tourism, and mass gatherings, as well as updated information on pediatric and adolescent patients.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

569

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Published Date

ISBN 10

1455710768

ISBN 13

9781455710768

Agency of Fear

Opiates and Political Power in America

By: Edward Jay Epstein

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Agency of Fear

Opiates and Political Power in America

By: Edward Jay Epstein

President Bush has made the war against drugs the number one issue on the contemporary American political agenda. In this revised edition of his classic book, available for the first time in paperback, Edward Jay Epstein argues that the president has adopted the strategy of his forebear, Richard Nixon, in using the drugs war to blame foreigners for the crisis in America’s cities, and to provide a smokescreen for unrelated political activity designed to bolster executive power. The drugs crackdown has seen an almost hundredfold increase in the federal budget for narco-politics in the fifteen years since Agency of Fear was first published, while statistics on drug-running have been massaged. Epstein points out that, despite the massive budgets and public relations brouhaha, drug importation, as measured against wholesale price, has in fact grown.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

372

Publisher

Verso

Published Date

ISBN 10

0860915298

ISBN 13

9780860915294

The Lukan Passion Narrative

The Markan Material in Luke 22,54-23,25 : a Historical Survey: 1891-1997

By: Jay M. Harrington

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Lukan Passion Narrative

The Markan Material in Luke 22,54-23,25 : a Historical Survey: 1891-1997

By: Jay M. Harrington

This volume offers a detailed chronological and systematic history of the debate surrounding Luke's use of Mark's Gospel and special sources in a section of the passion narrative, concluding with an exegesis of Lk 23,6 - 16 as a testing ground of material derived from the survey. An extensive bibliography and useful appendices round out the volume.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1026

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

9004115900

ISBN 13

9789004115903

A Midsummer Night's Dream

By: Jay L. Halio

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Midsummer Night's Dream

By: Jay L. Halio

After an historical survey of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" from Shakespeare's time through to the 19th century, Jay Halio focuses primarily on 20th century productions and adaptations, for film and television as well as for the stage. Chapters are devoted to productions by Max Reinhardt, Peter Hall, Robert Lepage, and especially to Peter Brook's landmark production in 1970 and the reactions to it. Using a wealth of personal experience, as well as original promptbooks and critical reviews, Halio shows how differently but still very effectively the play may be staged, as the wide variety of plays he records. This second, enlarged edition contains three new chapters on Adrian Noble's RSC production and film, Michael Hoffman's film, and the "Dream "in China. Written in clear, jargon-free language, this is the only book so far in print that offers an extended study of major 20th-century productions of the "Dream "in their historical context.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

168

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0719034043

ISBN 13

9780719034046

Cognitive Science

An Introduction to the Study of Mind

By: Jay Friedenberg,Gordon Silverman,Michael J. Spivey

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Cognitive Science

An Introduction to the Study of Mind

By: Jay Friedenberg,Gordon Silverman,Michael J. Spivey

Cognitive Science provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the study of the mind from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

569

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Published Date

ISBN 10

154438016X

ISBN 13

9781544380162

Family Stress Management

A Contextual Approach

By: Pauline Boss,Chalandra M. Bryant,Jay A. Mancini

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Family Stress Management

A Contextual Approach

By: Pauline Boss,Chalandra M. Bryant,Jay A. Mancini

Why do some families survive stressful situations while others fall apart? Can a family’s beliefs and values be used as a predictor of vulnerability to stress? And most importantly, can family stress be prevented? The Third Edition of Family Stress Management continues its original commitment to recognize both the external and internal contexts in which distressed families find themselves. With its hallmark Contextual Model of Family Stress (CMFS), the Third Edition provides practitioners and researchers with a useful framework to understand and help distressed individuals, couples, and families. The example of a universal stressor—a death in the family—highlights cultural differences in ways of coping. Throughout, there is new emphasis on diversity and the nuances of family stress management—such as ambiguous loss—plus new discussions on family resilience and community as resources for support.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

324

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Published Date

ISBN 10

1506352219

ISBN 13

9781506352213

Liquid Crystals

Frontiers in Biomedical Applications

By: Scott J. Woltman,Gregory Philip Crawford,Gregory D. Jay

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Liquid Crystals

Frontiers in Biomedical Applications

By: Scott J. Woltman,Gregory Philip Crawford,Gregory D. Jay

The confluence of the fields of liquid crystals and biomedical engineering is resulting in remarkable interdisciplinary research. This book focuses on the potential for inherently translational research in one field of engineering to radically alter the scope of another. The text reviews the exciting advances being made in displays, spectroscopy, sensors and diagnostics, biomimicking, actuators and lasers with regards to liquid crystalline materials, and biomedicine. The liquid crystal field ? which has delivered revolutionary devices in the display, optics, and telecommunications industries ? is now poised to make significant inroads into biology, medicine, and biomedical engineering.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

514

Publisher

World Scientific

Published Date

ISBN 10

9812705457

ISBN 13

9789812705457

Connecting Literature and Science

By: Jay A. Labinger

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Connecting Literature and Science

By: Jay A. Labinger

This book presents a case for engagement between the sciences and the humanities. The author, a professional chemist, seeks to demonstrate that the connections between those fields of intellectual activity are far more significant than anything that separates them. The book combines a historical survey of the relationships between science and literature with a number of case studies that examine specific scientific episodes—several drawn from the author’s own research—juxtaposed with a variety of literary works spanning a wide range of period and genre—Dante to detective fiction, War and Peace to White Teeth—to elicit their common themes. The work argues for an empirical, non-theory-based approach, one that is closely analogous to connectionist models of brain development and function, and that can appeal to general readers, as well as to literary scholars and practicing scientists, who are open to the idea that literature and science should not be compartmentalized.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

257

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000472922

ISBN 13

9781000472929

The Death of Industrial Civilization

The Limits to Economic Growth and the Repoliticization of Advanced Industrial Society

By: Joel Jay Kassiola

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Death of Industrial Civilization

The Limits to Economic Growth and the Repoliticization of Advanced Industrial Society

By: Joel Jay Kassiola

The Death of Industrial Civilization explains how the contemporary ecological crisis within industrial society is caused by the values inherent in unlimited economic growth and competitive materialism. Kassiola shows that the limits-to-growth critique of industrial civilization is the most effective stance against what seems to be a dominant and invincible social order. He prescribes the social changes that must be implemented in order to transform industrial society into a sustainable and more satisfying one.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

320

Publisher

SUNY Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0791403513

ISBN 13

9780791403518

Who Owns the Dead?

The Science and Politics of Death at Ground Zero

By: Jay D. Aronson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Who Owns the Dead?

The Science and Politics of Death at Ground Zero

By: Jay D. Aronson

After September 11, with New Yorkers reeling from the World Trade Center attack, Chief Medical Examiner Charles Hirsch proclaimed that his staff would do more than confirm the identity of the individuals who were killed. They would attempt to identify and return to families every human body part recovered from the site that was larger than a thumbnail. As Jay D. Aronson shows, delivering on that promise proved to be a monumentally difficult task. Only 293 bodies were found intact. The rest would be painstakingly collected in 21,900 bits and pieces scattered throughout the skyscrapers’ debris. This massive effort—the most costly forensic investigation in U.S. history—was intended to provide families conclusive knowledge about the deaths of loved ones. But it was also undertaken to demonstrate that Americans were dramatically different from the terrorists who so callously disregarded the value of human life. Bringing a new perspective to the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, Who Owns the Dead? tells the story of the recovery, identification, and memorialization of the 2,753 people killed in Manhattan on 9/11. For a host of cultural and political reasons that Aronson unpacks, this process has generated endless debate, from contestation of the commercial redevelopment of the site to lingering controversies over the storage of unclaimed remains at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum. The memory of the victims has also been used to justify military activities in the Middle East that have led to the deaths of an untold number of innocent civilians.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

327

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0674972651

ISBN 13

9780674972650

Comprehensive Children's Mental Health Services in Schools and Communities

A Public Health Problem-Solving Model

By: Robyn S. Hess,Rick Jay Short,Cynthia E. Hazel

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Comprehensive Children's Mental Health Services in Schools and Communities

A Public Health Problem-Solving Model

By: Robyn S. Hess,Rick Jay Short,Cynthia E. Hazel

Despite the growing emphasis on a population-based training and service delivery model for school psychology, few resources exist to provide guidance concerning how such services might be conceptualized and put into place. In this book, the authors propose a public health model for comprehensive children’s mental health services that expands, rather than replaces, the traditional model of school psychology. The background and theoretical perspective for this public health model are discussed as an important way to solve problems and accomplish goals in schools, after which the authors outline and develop a clear, practical procedure for implementing and evaluating programs based on public health ideas. A case study in one elementary school walks readers through the stages of applying a public health model, detailing the key steps of each stage. Finally, the authors consider the changes to the role of school psychologist that will be required to practice a public health problem-solving model. Accompanying downloadable resources contain sample forms, handouts, and other valuable materials that will be of use to school psychologists implementing this public health model in their schools.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

204

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

113522157X

ISBN 13

9781135221577

Sincerity: How a Moral Ideal Born Five Hundred Years Ago Inspired Religious Wars, Modern Art, Hipster Chic, and the Curious Notion that We All Have Something to Say (no Matter how Dull)

By: R Jay Magill

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sincerity: How a Moral Ideal Born Five Hundred Years Ago Inspired Religious Wars, Modern Art, Hipster Chic, and the Curious Notion that We All Have Something to Say (no Matter how Dull)

By: R Jay Magill

Explores the history, religion, art, and politics behind the history of sincerity, spanning a timeline dotted with Protestant theology, paintings by the insane, French satire, and the anti-hipster movement.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

273

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

0393080986

ISBN 13

9780393080988

Shareholder Activism Handbook

By: Jay W. Eisenhofer,Michael J. Barry

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Shareholder Activism Handbook

By: Jay W. Eisenhofer,Michael J. Barry

Shareholder Activism Handbook is the single most comprehensive guide on all matters relating to enforcing shareholders' rights. As shareholder activism becomes a more integral part of investing, the law continues to respond accordingly. Legislators

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1458

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer

Published Date

ISBN 10

0735557004

ISBN 13

9780735557000

Jerome’s Commentary on Daniel

A Study of Comparative Jewish and Christian Interpretations of the Hebrew Bible

By: Jay Braverman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Jerome’s Commentary on Daniel

A Study of Comparative Jewish and Christian Interpretations of the Hebrew Bible

By: Jay Braverman

The book presents for the first time a systematic comparison of Origen's and Jerome's attitudes toward the Biblical text in the Hebrew and Septuagint versions. And toward the canon of the Scriptures and traces the stages in Jerome's abandonment of the primacy of the Septuagint. One of the most important accomplishment of this work is Braverman's discussion of Jerome's commentary on the story of Susanna and the elders. Also valuable is his comparison of Jerome with earlier (especially Origen), contemporary, and later Church Fathers in their aggadic treatment of Daniel, thus presenting, in effect, a case study in the history of Christian exegesis, as compared with the Jewish exegesis of the Apocrypha, the Pseudepigrapha, Josephus, and rabbinic literature.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

178

Publisher

Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1666780057

ISBN 13

9781666780055

Chic Ironic Bitterness

By: R. Jay Magill

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Chic Ironic Bitterness

By: R. Jay Magill

A brilliant and timely reflection on irony in contemporary American culture “This book is a powerful and persuasive defense of sophisticated irony and subtle humor that contributes to the possibility of a genuine civic trust and democratic life. R. Jay Magill deserves our congratulations for a superb job!” —Cornel West, University Professor, Princeton University “A well-written, well-argued assessment of the importance of irony in contemporary American social life, along with the nature of recent misguided attacks and, happily, a deep conviction that irony is too important in our lives to succumb. The book reflects wide reading, varied experience, and real analytical prowess.” —Peter Stearns, Provost, George Mason University “Somehow, Americans—a pragmatic and colloquial lot, for the most part—are now supposed to speak the Word, without ironic embellishment, in order to rebuild the civic culture. So irony’s critics decide it has become ‘worthy of moral condemnation.’ Magill pushes back against this new conventional wisdom, eloquently defending a much livelier American sensibility than the many apologists for a somber ‘civic culture’ could ever acknowledge." —William Chaloupka, Chair and Professor, Department of Political Science, Colorado State University The events of 9/11 had many pundits on the left and right scrambling to declare an end to the Age of Irony. But six years on, we're as ironic as ever. From The Simpsons and Borat to The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, the ironic worldview measures out a certain cosmopolitan distance, keeping hypocrisy and threats to personal integrity at bay. Chic Ironic Bitterness is a defense of this detachment, an attitude that helps us preserve values such as authenticity, sincerity, and seriousness that might otherwise be lost in a world filled with spin, marketing, and jargon. And it is an effective counterweight to the prevailing conservative view that irony is the first step toward cynicism and the breakdown of Western culture. R. Jay Magill, Jr., is a writer and illustrator whose work has appeared in American Prospect, American Interest, Atlantic Monthly, Foreign Policy, International Herald Tribune, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Print, amongother periodicals and books. A former Harvard Teaching Fellow and Executive Editor of DoubleTake, he holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Hamburg in Germany. This is his first book.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

297

Publisher

University of Michigan Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0472024329

ISBN 13

9780472024322

Judaism

By: Jay G. Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Judaism

By: Jay G. Williams

All people interested in man's evolutionary struggles will excite over this account of the interaction of a distant and separate people with the great worldly powers. It is a vivid world and picture story of the Jewish people from 538 B.C. to 1,500 A.D. It is not a dray history of dates and bland events, but rather a story of sin, suffering, and the capacity of human beings to endure. Professor Williams, author of the Quest book, Yeshua Buddha, divides his history into four 500 year periods, and for each time period it is a non-Jewish figure, Cyrus, Pompey, Mohommed, Ferdinand, who acts as a punctuation mark.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

268

Publisher

Quest Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

083560540X

ISBN 13

9780835605403

Explorations in Environmental Political Theory

Thinking About What We Value

By: Joel Jay Kassiola

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Explorations in Environmental Political Theory

Thinking About What We Value

By: Joel Jay Kassiola

The contributors to this volume focus on the political and value issues that, in their shared view, underlie the global environmental crisis facing us today. They argue that only by transforming our dominant values, social institutions and way of living can we avoid ecological disaster.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

248

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317470745

ISBN 13

9781317470748

Hands-On Mathematics for Deep Learning

Build a solid mathematical foundation for training efficient deep neural networks

By: Jay Dawani

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Hands-On Mathematics for Deep Learning

Build a solid mathematical foundation for training efficient deep neural networks

By: Jay Dawani

A comprehensive guide to getting well-versed with the mathematical techniques for building modern deep learning architectures Key FeaturesUnderstand linear algebra, calculus, gradient algorithms, and other concepts essential for training deep neural networksLearn the mathematical concepts needed to understand how deep learning models functionUse deep learning for solving problems related to vision, image, text, and sequence applicationsBook Description Most programmers and data scientists struggle with mathematics, having either overlooked or forgotten core mathematical concepts. This book uses Python libraries to help you understand the math required to build deep learning (DL) models. You'll begin by learning about core mathematical and modern computational techniques used to design and implement DL algorithms. This book will cover essential topics, such as linear algebra, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, the singular value decomposition concept, and gradient algorithms, to help you understand how to train deep neural networks. Later chapters focus on important neural networks, such as the linear neural network and multilayer perceptrons, with a primary focus on helping you learn how each model works. As you advance, you will delve into the math used for regularization, multi-layered DL, forward propagation, optimization, and backpropagation techniques to understand what it takes to build full-fledged DL models. Finally, you’ll explore CNN, recurrent neural network (RNN), and GAN models and their application. By the end of this book, you'll have built a strong foundation in neural networks and DL mathematical concepts, which will help you to confidently research and build custom models in DL. What you will learnUnderstand the key mathematical concepts for building neural network modelsDiscover core multivariable calculus conceptsImprove the performance of deep learning models using optimization techniquesCover optimization algorithms, from basic stochastic gradient descent (SGD) to the advanced Adam optimizerUnderstand computational graphs and their importance in DLExplore the backpropagation algorithm to reduce output errorCover DL algorithms such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs), sequence models, and generative adversarial networks (GANs)Who this book is for This book is for data scientists, machine learning developers, aspiring deep learning developers, or anyone who wants to understand the foundation of deep learning by learning the math behind it. Working knowledge of the Python programming language and machine learning basics is required.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

347

Publisher

Packt Publishing Ltd

Published Date

ISBN 10

183864184X

ISBN 13

9781838641849

The CRF Signal

Uncovering an Information Molecule

By: Jay Schulkin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The CRF Signal

Uncovering an Information Molecule

By: Jay Schulkin

Information molecules such as corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) are ancient and widely distributed across diverse organs. The scientific community is beginning to realize that CRF is a dynamic and diversely widespread peptide hormone (e.g. placenta) with many functions (parturtion, metamorphosis, circadian rhythmicity) beyond acting as a releasing factor in the brain. Indeed, CRF has been associated with a range of states of the brain, including fear and anxiety, social contact, and incentive salence and addiction. Examining the evolutionary origins of CRF, its diverse endocrine and neural functions, this book provides insights into CRF that will be of interest to students and researchers in the biological, medical and behavioral sciences."--Page 4 of cover.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

353

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0198793693

ISBN 13

9780198793694

Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory

By: Jay R. Greenberg,Stephen A. Mitchell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory

By: Jay R. Greenberg,Stephen A. Mitchell

Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory provides a masterful overview of the central issue concerning psychoanalysts today: finding a way to deal in theoretical terms with the importance of the patient's relationships with other people. Just as disturbed and distorted relationships lie at the core of the patient's distress, so too does the relation between analyst and patient play a key role in the analytic process. All psychoanalytic theories recognize the clinical centrality of “object relations,” but much else about the concept is in dispute. In their ground-breaking exercise in comparative psychoanalysis, the authors offer a new way to understand the dramatic and confusing proliferation of approaches to object relations. The result is major clarification of the history of psychoanalysis and a reliable guide to the fundamental issues that unite and divide the field. Greenberg and Mitchell, both psychoanalysts in private practice in New York, locate much of the variation in the concept of object relations between two deeply divergent models of psychoanalysis: Freud's model, in which relations with others are determined by the individual's need to satisfy primary instinctual drives, and an alternative model, in which relationships are taken as primary. The authors then diagnose the history of disagreement about object relations as a product of competition between these disparate paradigms. Within this framework, Sullivan's interpersonal psychiatry and the British tradition of object relations theory, led by Klein, Fairbairn, Winnicott, and Guntrip, are shown to be united by their rejection of significant aspects of Freud's drive theory. In contrast, the American ego psychology of Hartmann, Jacobson, and Kernberg appears as an effort to enlarge the classical drive theory to accommodate information derived from the study of object relations. Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory offers a conceptual map of the most difficult terrain in psychoanalysis and a history of its most complex disputes. In exploring the counterpoint between different psychoanalytic schools and traditions, it provides a synthetic perspective that is a major contribution to the advance of psychoanalytic thought.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

462

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0674417003

ISBN 13

9780674417007

Disrupt You!

Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation

By: Jay Samit

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Disrupt You!

Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation

By: Jay Samit

A digital innovator's examination of the process employed by leading disruptors, showing how to achieve success in a volatile world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

304

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

ISBN 10

1250059372

ISBN 13

9781250059376

Travel Medicine E- Book

Expert Consult

By: Phyllis Kozarsky,Jay S. Keystone,David O. Freedman,Hans D. Nothdurft,Bradley A. Connor

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Travel Medicine E- Book

Expert Consult

By: Phyllis Kozarsky,Jay S. Keystone,David O. Freedman,Hans D. Nothdurft,Bradley A. Connor

The second edition of this popular text features a team of international experts who discuss all aspects of travel medicine-from immunizations and pre-travel advice for adults and children...to the latest information on cruise travel, bird flu, and SARS...to the essentials of post-travel screening. It reflects current ‘best practices’ and remains both the leading comprehensive reference text on the principles and practice of travel medicine and a rich resource of practical guidance that you can use daily. And, as an Expert Consult title, this thoroughly updated second edition comes with access to the complete contents online, fully searchable-enabling you to consult it rapidly from any computer with an Internet connection. Discusses common travel illnesses, including traveler’s diarrhea and malaria to help you treat whatever you see. Addresses environmental problems such as altitude sickness, extremes in temperatures, and sun exposure to help your patients prepare for high-risk activites in extreme environments. Offers advice on establishing and running a travel clinic. Provides access to the complete contents online, fully searchable, enabling you to consult it rapidly from any computer with an Internet connection. Features revised chapters to reflect current best practices as well as completely updated chapters, keeping you abreast of this rapidly changing field. Presents a new chapter on cruise travel to help you provide complete travel medicine advice. Provides cross references for the ISTM “body of knowledge? to specific chapters and/or passages in the book to help you prepare for the ISTM travel medicine examination. Uses a new logical organization that speeds you to the information you need. Provides cross references for the ISTM “body of knowledge? to specific chapters and/or passages in the book to help you prepare for the ISTM travel medicine examination.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1827

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Published Date

ISBN 10

0323070566

ISBN 13

9780323070560

Ophthalmology

By: Myron Yanoff,Jay S. Duker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ophthalmology

By: Myron Yanoff,Jay S. Duker

Based on feedback, the authors have streamlined their bestselling reference to zero in on just the clinical answers ophthalmologists need in day-to-day practice. This new edition presents unparalleled guidance on nearly every ophthalmic condition and procedure.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1551

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Published Date

ISBN 10

0323043321

ISBN 13

9780323043328

Using Understanding by Design in the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classroom

By: Amy J. Heineke,Jay McTighe

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Using Understanding by Design in the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classroom

By: Amy J. Heineke,Jay McTighe

How can today’s teachers, whose classrooms are more culturally and linguistically diverse than ever before, ensure that their students achieve at high levels? How can they design units and lessons that support English learners in language development and content learning—simultaneously? Authors Amy Heineke and Jay McTighe provide the answers by adding a lens on language to the widely used Understanding by Design® framework (UbD® framework) for curriculum design, which emphasizes teaching for understanding, not rote memorization. Readers will learn * the components of the UbD framework; * the fundamentals of language and language development; * how to use diversity as a valuable resource for instruction by gathering information about students’ background knowledge from home, community, and school; * how to design units and lessons that integrate language development with content learning in the form of essential knowledge and skills; and * how to assess in ways that enable language learners to reveal their academic knowledge. Student profiles, real-life classroom scenarios, and sample units and lessons provide compelling examples of how teachers in all grade levels and content areas use the UbD framework in their culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms. Combining these practical examples with findings from an extensive research base, the authors deliver a useful and authoritative guide for reaching the overarching goal: ensuring that all students have equitable access to high-quality curriculum and instruction.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

304

Publisher

ASCD

Published Date

ISBN 10

1416626123

ISBN 13

9781416626121

Computer Forensics

Incident Response Essentials

By: Warren G. Kruse II,Jay G. Heiser

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Computer Forensics

Incident Response Essentials

By: Warren G. Kruse II,Jay G. Heiser

Every computer crime leaves tracks–you just have to know where to find them. This book shows you how to collect and analyze the digital evidence left behind in a digital crime scene. Computers have always been susceptible to unwanted intrusions, but as the sophistication of computer technology increases so does the need to anticipate, and safeguard against, a corresponding rise in computer-related criminal activity. Computer forensics, the newest branch of computer security, focuses on the aftermath of a computer security incident. The goal of computer forensics is to conduct a structured investigation to determine exactly what happened, who was responsible, and to perform the investigation in such a way that the results are useful in a criminal proceeding. Written by two experts in digital investigation, Computer Forensics provides extensive information on how to handle the computer as evidence. Kruse and Heiser walk the reader through the complete forensics process–from the initial collection of evidence through the final report. Topics include an overview of the forensic relevance of encryption, the examination of digital evidence for clues, and the most effective way to present your evidence and conclusions in court. Unique forensic issues associated with both the Unix and the Windows NT/2000 operating systems are thoroughly covered. This book provides a detailed methodology for collecting, preserving, and effectively using evidence by addressing the three A's of computer forensics: Acquire the evidence without altering or damaging the original data. Authenticate that your recorded evidence is the same as the original seized data. Analyze the data without modifying the recovered data. Computer Forensics is written for everyone who is responsible for investigating digital criminal incidents or who may be interested in the techniques that such investigators use. It is equally helpful to those investigating hacked web servers, and those who are investigating the source of illegal pornography.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

729

Publisher

Pearson Education

Published Date

ISBN 10

0672334089

ISBN 13

9780672334085

Standards of Value

Theory and Applications

By: Jay E. Fishman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Standards of Value

Theory and Applications

By: Jay E. Fishman

Expert direction on interpretation and application of standardsof value Written by Jay Fishman, Shannon Pratt, and WilliamMorrison—three renowned valuationpractitioners—Standards of Value, Second Editiondiscusses the interaction between valuation theory and its judicialand regulatory application. This insightful book addressesstandards of value (SOV) as applied in four distinct contexts:estate and gift taxation; shareholder dissent and oppression;divorce; and financial reporting. Here, you will discover some ofthe intricacies of performing services in these venues. Features new case law in topics including personal good willand estate and gift tax, and updated to cover the new standardsissued since the first edition Includes an updated compendium discussing the standards ofvalue by state, new case law covering divorce, personal goodwill,and estate and gift tax, and coverage of newly issues financialstandards Shows how the Standard of Value sets the appraisal process inmotion and includes the combination of a review of court cases withthe valuator's perspective Addresses the codification of GAAP and updates SOV inindividual states Get Standards of Value, Second Edition and discover theunderlying intricacies involved in determining "value.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

496

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1118225406

ISBN 13

9781118225400

Book's by Jay Rosenblatt

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email