L.J. Haber's Books

Assessing What Professors Do

An Introduction to Academic Performance Appraisal in Higher Education

By: D M Bialik,David A. Dilts,L.J. Haber

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Assessing What Professors Do

An Introduction to Academic Performance Appraisal in Higher Education

By: D M Bialik,David A. Dilts,L.J. Haber

This book is a basic treatment of faculty performance appraisal in higher education. It is written for those scholars faced with the need to understand the issues and solutions to the often thorny problems posed by having to judge the performance of their colleagues in teaching, service, research and citizenship. Neophyte administrators, committee members, and those facing evaluation are often perplexed by the range and depth of the questions concerning what constitutes an effective and reasonable performance appraisal system. This book provides answers to the most common of these questions and integrates current thinking from education literature with models of strategic management from business administration.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

198

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

0313029237

ISBN 13

9780313029233

Repairing the Climate

A Plea for Carbon Capture

By: L.J. Reinders

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Repairing the Climate

A Plea for Carbon Capture

By: L.J. Reinders

Climate change is triggered by a too high concentration of greenhouse gases in the air, carbon dioxide in particular, primarily originating from fossil fuel-burning. Since such burning will not stop any time soon, the concentration will undoubtedly rise further, exacerbating climate change. There is no escape from this. That is where carbon capture comes in: direct air capture (DAC) scrubs the surplus carbon dioxide out of the air for actually lowering this concentration. At the same time emission levels must be drastically lowered by fitting point-source emitters with carbon capture installations. This book sets out the case for such carbon capture, which is a must, without which the climate cannot be repaired.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

307

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1040154174

ISBN 13

9781040154175

The Braconid and Ichneumonid Parasitoid Wasps

Biology, Systematics, Evolution and Ecology

By: Donald L. J. Quicke

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Braconid and Ichneumonid Parasitoid Wasps

Biology, Systematics, Evolution and Ecology

By: Donald L. J. Quicke

The Ichneumonoidea is a vast and important superfamily of parasitic wasps, with some 60,000 described species and estimated numbers far higher, especially for small-bodied tropical taxa. The superfamily comprises two cosmopolitan families - Braconidae and Ichneumonidae - that have largely attracted separate groups of researchers, and this, to a considerable extent, has meant that understanding of their adaptive features has often been considered in isolation. This book considers both families, highlighting similarities and differences in their adaptations. The classification of the whole of the Ichneumonoidea, along with most other insect orders, has been plagued by typology whereby undue importance has been attributed to particular characters in defining groups. Typology is a common disease of traditional taxonomy such that, until recently, quite a lot of taxa have been associated with the wrong higher clades. The sheer size of the group, and until the last 30 or so years, lack of accessible identification materials, has been a further impediment to research on all but a handful of ‘lab rat’ species usually cultured initially because of their potential in biological control. New evidence, largely in the form of molecular data, have shown that many morphological, behavioural, physiological and anatomical characters associated with basic life history features, specifically whether wasps are ecto- or endoparasitic, or idiobiont or koinobiont, can be grossly misleading in terms of the phylogeny they suggest. This book shows how, with better supported phylogenetic hypotheses entomologists can understand far more about the ways natural selection is acting upon them. This new book also focuses on this superfamily with which the author has great familiarity and provides a detailed coverage of each subfamily, emphasising anatomy, taxonomy and systematics, biology, as well as pointing out the importance and research potential of each group. Fossil taxa are included and it also has sections on biogeography, global species richness, culturing and rearing and preparing specimens for taxonomic study. The book highlights areas where research might be particularly rewarding and suggests systems/groups that need investigation. The author provides a large compendium of references to original research on each group. This book is an essential workmate for all postgraduates and researchers working on ichneumonoid or other parasitic wasps worldwide. It will stand as a reference book for a good number of years, and while rapid advances in various fields such as genomics and host physiological interactions will lead to new information, as an overall synthesis of the current state it will stay relevant for a long time.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

756

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1118907051

ISBN 13

9781118907054

Assessing What Professors Do

An Introduction to Academic Performance Appraisal in Higher Education

By: D M Bialik,David A. Dilts,L.J. Haber

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Assessing What Professors Do

An Introduction to Academic Performance Appraisal in Higher Education

By: D M Bialik,David A. Dilts,L.J. Haber

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

198

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

0313029237

ISBN 13

9780313029233

Book's by L.J. Haber

Assessing What Professors Do

Assessing What Professors Do

Repairing the Climate

Repairing the Climate

The Braconid and Ichneumonid Parasitoid Wasps

The Braconid and Ichneumonid Parasitoid Wasps

Assessing What Professors Do

Assessing What Professors Do

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email