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In the Realm of Legal and Moral Philosophy

Critical Encounters

By: M. Kramer

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In the Realm of Legal and Moral Philosophy

Critical Encounters

By: M. Kramer

In this wide-ranging investigation of many prominent issues in contemporary legal, political, and moral philosophy, Matthew Kramer combines penetrating critiques with original theorising as he examines the writings of numerous major theorists (including Ronald Dworkin, H.L.A. Hart, Alan Gewirth, Ronald Coase and Richard Posner). Among the many topics covered by Kramer's essays are the relative merits of legal positivism and natural-law theory, the appropriate understanding of justice, the role of consequences in moral decision-making, and the ultimate foundations of moral judgements.

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Springer

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0230377491

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9780230377493

Signal Transduction

By: ljsbrand M. Kramer

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Signal Transduction

By: ljsbrand M. Kramer

A reference on cellular signaling processes, the third edition of Signal Transduction continues in the tradition of previous editions, in providing a historical overview of how the concept of stimulus-response coupling arose in the early twentieth century and shaped our current understanding of the action of hormones, cytokines, neurotransmitters, growth factors and adhesion molecules. In a new chapter, an introduction to signal transduction, the book provides a concise overview of receptor mechanisms, from receptor – ligand interactions to post-translational modifications operational in the process of bringing about cellular changes. The phosphorylation process, from bacteria to men, is discussed in detail. Signal transduction third edition further elaborates on diverse signaling cascades within particular contexts such as muscle contraction, innate and adaptive immunity, glucose metabolism, regulation of appetite, oncogenic transformation and cell fate decision during development or in stem cell niches. The subjects have been enriched with descriptions of the relevant anatomical, histological, physiological or pathological condition. - In-depth insight into a subject central to cell biology and fundamental to biomedicine, including the search for novel therapeutic interventions - Essential signaling events embedded in rich physiological and pathological contexts - Extensive conceptual colour artwork to assist with comprehension of key topics - Special emphasis on how molecular structure determines protein function and subcellular localization - Employment of unambiguous protein names (symbols) in agreement with leading protein- and gene databases, allowing the learner to extend his/her exploration on the web

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Academic Press

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0123948193

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9780123948199

Negotiation as a Social Process

By: Roderick M. Kramer,David M. Messick

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Negotiation as a Social Process

By: Roderick M. Kramer,David M. Messick

A collection of 14 studies emphasizing the social dimensions of negotiation as a means of reducing the domination of the field by cognitive approaches. Among the topics are an information-processing perspective on the social context in negotiation, social factors that make freedom unattractive and more.

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365

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SAGE

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0803957386

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9780803957381

Signal Transduction

By: Bastien D. Gomperts,Ijsbrand M. Kramer,Peter E.R. Tatham

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Signal Transduction

By: Bastien D. Gomperts,Ijsbrand M. Kramer,Peter E.R. Tatham

Signal Transduction is a text reference on cellular signalling processes. Starting with the basics, it explains how cells respond to external cues (hormones, cytokines, neurotransmitters, adhesion molecules, extracellular matrix etc), and shows how these inputs are integrated and co-ordinated. The first half of the book provides the conceptual framework, explaining the formation and action of second messengers, particularly cyclic nucleotides and calcium, and the mediation of signal pathways by GTP-binding proteins. The remaining chapters deal with the formation of complex signalling cascades employed by cytokines and adhesion molecules, starting at the membrane and ending in the nucleus, there to regulate gene transcription. In this context, growth is an important potential outcome and this has relevance to the cellular transformations that underlie cancer. The book ends with a description at the molecular level of how signalling proteins interact with their environment and with each other through their structural domains. Each main topic is introduced with a historical essay, detailing the sources, key observations and experiments that set the scene for recent and current work.

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Gulf Professional Publishing

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0122896327

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9780122896323

Mental Health, Racism, and Sexism

By: Charles V. Willie

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Mental Health, Racism, and Sexism

By: Charles V. Willie

The essays in this volume discuss racism and sexism as they affect mental health. In particular, they focus on training, diagnosis, treatment, and research, emphasizing the power relationships between individuals and groups that cause unequal access to mental health care. They offer perspectives on issues and their distinct effects on mental health: interracial adoptions, teenage motherhood, gender bias in mental health diagnosis and therapy, prisons used as substitutes for hospitals, homeless families, and increasing violence- in the home, on college campuses, and in the streets.

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465

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University of Pittsburgh Pre

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082297469X

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9780822974697

Voluntary Agencies in the Welfare State

By: Ralph M. Kramer

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Voluntary Agencies in the Welfare State

By: Ralph M. Kramer

The rise of the welfare state threatens the autonomy and survival of nonprofit voluntary agencies as providers of social services. Or does it? In this cross-national, empirical study of the workings of voluntary agencies, Ralph M. Kramer cuts through the conceptual confusion surrounding voluntarism and the boundaries between the public and private sectors. He draws on a survey of voluntary agencies helping disabled people in four welfare democracies (the United States, England, Israel, and the Netherlands) to explain the virtues and flaws of different patterns of government-voluntary relationships in coping with the growing demand for human services. Kramer concludes that many of the most cherished beliefs about the voluntary sector have little basis in fact. The most innovative agencies, for example, are not the smallest, but rather among the largest, most bureaucratized, and most professionalized. Government funding does not necessarily constrain agency autonomy. And giving voluntary agencies the primary responsibility for social services can reduce, not increase, citizen participation. This comparative analysis of the distinctive competence, vulnerability, and potential of the voluntary agency should replace some of the myths that guide public policy and the day-to-day activities of social service agencies. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.

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Univ of California Press

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0520309707

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9780520309708

Rethinking Culture in Health Communication

Social Interactions as Intercultural Encounters

By: Elaine Hsieh,Eric M. Kramer

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Rethinking Culture in Health Communication

Social Interactions as Intercultural Encounters

By: Elaine Hsieh,Eric M. Kramer

Rethinking Culture in Health Communication An interdisciplinary overview of health communication using a cultural lens—uniquely focused on social interactions in health contexts Patients, health professionals, and policymakers embody cultural constructs that impact healthcare processes. Rethinking Culture in Health Communication explores the ways in which culture influences healthcare, introducing new approaches to understanding social relationships and health policies as a dynamic process involving cultural values, expectations, motivations, and behavioral patterns. This innovative textbook integrates theories and practices in health communication, public health, and medicine to help students relate fundamental concepts to their personal experiences and develop an awareness of how all individuals and groups are shaped by culture. The authors present a foundational framework explaining how cultures can be understood from four perspectives—Magic Consciousness, Mythic Connection, Perspectival Thinking, and Integral Fusion—to examine existing theories, social norms, and clinical practices in health-related contexts. Detailed yet accessible chapters discuss culture and health behaviors, interpersonal communication, minority health and healthcare delivery, cultural consciousness, social interactions, sociopolitical structure, and more. The text features examples of how culture can create challenges in access, process, and outcomes of healthcare services and includes scenarios in which individuals and institutions hold different or incompatible ethical views. The text also illustrates how cultural perspectives can shape the theoretical concepts emerged in caregiver-patient communication, provider-patient interactions, social policies, public health interventions, and other real-life settings. Written by two leading health communication scholars, this textbook: Highlights the sociocultural, interprofessional, clinical, and ethical aspects of health communication Explores the intersections of social relationships, cultural tendencies, and health theories and behaviors Examines the various forms, functions, and meanings of health, illness, and healthcare in a range of cultural contexts Discusses how cultural elements in social interactions are essential to successful health interventions Includes foundational overviews of health communication and of culture in health-related fields Discusses culture in health administration, moral values in social policies, and ethics in medical development Incorporates various aspects and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic as a cultural phenomenon through the lens of health communication Rethinking Culture in Health Communication is an ideal textbook for courses in health communication, particularly those focused on interpersonal communication, as well as in cross-cultural communication, cultural phenomenology, medical sociology, social work, public health, and other health-related fields.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119496101

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9781119496106

Independent Queer Cinema

Reviews and Interviews

By: Gary M. Kramer

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Independent Queer Cinema

Reviews and Interviews

By: Gary M. Kramer

Independent Queer Cinema collects 100 of Kramer’s reviews and interviews (from 1999 to 2004) that celebrate the latest “queer wave” of actors, writers, and directors. These are films and filmmakers to be discovered and discussed—from the independent American hit Kissing Jessica Stein and the provocative foreign gem Come Undone, to tantalizing insights from Stephen Fry and Tilda Swinton. Independent Queer Cinema is a valuable reference guide as well as an entertaining compilation of Kramer’s astute reviews and interviews."--pub. description.

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Psychology Press

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1560233435

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9781560233435

A Woman's Guide to Heart Attack Recovery

How to Survive, Thrive, and Protect Your Heart

By: Harvey M. Kramer,Charlotte Libov

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A Woman's Guide to Heart Attack Recovery

How to Survive, Thrive, and Protect Your Heart

By: Harvey M. Kramer,Charlotte Libov

As a heart attack survivor, you know that you must do everything within your power to prevent yourself from having another heart attack. The reason is simple; as a heart attack survivor, you are at greater risk of suffering another heart attack, one that could end your life. A Woman's Guide to Heart Attack Recovery provides heart attack survivors with a multi-faceted approach to preventing subsequent heart attacks. First, you need to empower yourself, and the way to do that is to learn as much as you can about your heart, the heart attack treatments you may have undergone, and, if you've only recently had your heart attack, the key steps to recuperation. You also need to know what to do in an emergency in case you experience another heart attack. Many chapters in this book — such as the ones on high blood pressure, diabetes, weight control, diet and exercise — are filled with information on how to achieve these specific goals. A heart attack can be a life-affirming wake-up call and many women find their life afterward to be better than it was before. Many of you will find it to be the impetus you need to make changes towards living a healthier life. A Women's Guide to Heart Attack Recovery is devoted to helping you do just that.

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M. Evans

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1461710774

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9781461710776

Privatization in Four European Countries

Comparative Studies in Government - Third Sector Relationships

By: Ralph M. Kramer

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Privatization in Four European Countries

Comparative Studies in Government - Third Sector Relationships

By: Ralph M. Kramer

This book has a dual focus: on how four countries use voluntary non-profit organizations to provide services to the physically, mentally, and sensorially handicapped; and on the changing role of the voluntary, or "third," sector in welfare states. At the same time, it is also a comparative study of privatization in the special sense of using nongovernmental organizations to implement public policy. Most comparative studies of the welfare state have neglected this form of "indirect public administration" because researchers have usually conceived of government as monolithic and consequently overlook the frequent separation of financing from the delivery of public services.

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Routledge

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1315485710

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9781315485713

Power and Influence in Organizations

By: Roderick M. Kramer,Margaret A. Neale

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Power and Influence in Organizations

By: Roderick M. Kramer,Margaret A. Neale

This book provides an exploration of emerging trends and new perspectives on power and influence in organizations. Each contributor provides an overview of general trends, and thoughts about the direction of future research. Topics examined include: manipulation of employee perceptions and values; links between power and accountability; sharing power; the effects of gender on power and influence; illusions of influence; and impression management.

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SAGE Publications, Incorporated

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0761908609

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9780761908609

Book's by M. Kramer

In the Realm of Legal and Moral Philosophy

In the Realm of Legal and Moral Philosophy

Signal Transduction

Signal Transduction

Negotiation as a Social Process

Negotiation as a Social Process

Signal Transduction

Signal Transduction

Mental Health, Racism, and Sexism

Mental Health, Racism, and Sexism

Voluntary Agencies in the Welfare State

Voluntary Agencies in the Welfare State

Rethinking Culture in Health Communication

Rethinking Culture in Health Communication

Independent Queer Cinema

Independent Queer Cinema

A Woman's Guide to Heart Attack Recovery

A Woman's Guide to Heart Attack Recovery

Privatization in Four European Countries

Privatization in Four European Countries

Power and Influence in Organizations

Power and Influence in Organizations

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