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Business Analytics for Decision Making

By: Steven Orla Kimbrough,Hoong Chuin Lau

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Business Analytics for Decision Making

By: Steven Orla Kimbrough,Hoong Chuin Lau

Business Analytics for Decision Making, the first complete text suitable for use in introductory Business Analytics courses, establishes a national syllabus for an emerging first course at an MBA or upper undergraduate level. This timely text is mainly about model analytics, particularly analytics for constrained optimization. It uses implementations that allow students to explore models and data for the sake of discovery, understanding, and decision making. Business analytics is about using data and models to solve various kinds of decision problems. There are three aspects for those who want to make the most of their analytics: encoding, solution design, and post-solution analysis. This textbook addresses all three. Emphasizing the use of constrained optimization models for decision making, the book concentrates on post-solution analysis of models. The text focuses on computationally challenging problems that commonly arise in business environments. Unique among business analytics texts, it emphasizes using heuristics for solving difficult optimization problems important in business practice by making best use of methods from Computer Science and Operations Research. Furthermore, case studies and examples illustrate the real-world applications of these methods. The authors supply examples in Excel®, GAMS, MATLAB®, and OPL. The metaheuristics code is also made available at the book's website in a documented library of Python modules, along with data and material for homework exercises. From the beginning, the authors emphasize analytics and de-emphasize representation and encoding so students will have plenty to sink their teeth into regardless of their computer programming experience.

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CRC Press

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1315362597

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Social Theory, Health and Healthcare

By: Orla McDonnell,Maria Lohan,Abbey Hyde

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Social Theory, Health and Healthcare

By: Orla McDonnell,Maria Lohan,Abbey Hyde

Health research, education and provision have become increasingly interdisciplinary over the last few years, leading health professionals to broaden their knowledge beyond technical aspects of care. Practitioners now need a clear understanding of how society can affect health, and an appreciation of how societal structures can drive healthcare practices. In a clear, systematic and accessible style, this timely text looks at the social context of health and healthcare by: - Analysing a wide range of classic and contemporary theories; - Identifying the relevance of each theory to health; - Showing how theory has been used in research - Outlining the impact of theory on health and health provision. Specifically written for health professionals and those engaged in health studies research, this book will help students and practitioners alike understand the sociology of health and illness, and enable them to critically assess health issues, policies and practices.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350311189

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9781350311183

Agents, Games, and Evolution

Strategies at Work and Play

By: Steven Orla Kimbrough

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Agents, Games, and Evolution

Strategies at Work and Play

By: Steven Orla Kimbrough

Games, or contexts of strategic interaction, pervade and suffuse our lives and the lives of all organisms. How are we to make sense of and cope with such situations? How should an agent play? When will and when won't cooperation arise and be maintained? Using examples and a careful digestion of the literature, Agents, Games, and Evolution: Strategies at Work and Play addresses these encompassing themes throughout, and is organized into four parts: Part I introduces classical game theory and strategy selection. It compares ideally rational and the "naturalist" approach used by this book, which focuses on how actual agents chose their strategies, and the effects of these strategies on model systems. Part II explores a number of basic games, using models in which agents have fixed strategies. This section draws heavily on the substantial literature associated with the relevant application areas in the social sciences. Part III reviews core results and applications of agent-based models in which strategic interaction is present and for which design issues have genuine practical import. This section draws heavily on the substantial literature associated with the application area to hand. Part IV addresses miscellaneous topics in strategic interaction, including lying in negotiations, reasoning by backward induction, and evolutionary models. Modelled after the authors' Agents, Games, and Evolution course at the University of Pennsylvania, this book keeps mathematics to a minimum, focusing on computational strategies and useful methods for dealing with a variety of situations.

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CRC Press

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1439834717

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Creative Teaching in Primary Science

By: Roger Cutting,Orla Kelly

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Creative Teaching in Primary Science

By: Roger Cutting,Orla Kelly

Creative teaching has the potential to inspire deep learning, using inventive activities and stimulating contexts that can capture the imagination of children. This book enables you to adopt a creative approach to the methods and content of your primary science teaching practice and confidently develop as a science educator. Key aspects of science teaching are discussed, including: planning for teaching and learning assessing primary science cross-curricular approaches the intelligent application of technology sustainability education outdoor learning Coverage is supported by illustrative examples, encouraging you to look at your own teaching practice, your local community and environment, your own interests and those of your children to deepen your understanding of what constitutes good science teaching in primary schools. This is essential reading for students on primary initial teacher education courses, on both university-based (BEd, BA with QTS, PGCE) and schools-based (School Direct, SCITT) routes into teaching. Dr Roger Cutting is an Associate Professor in Education at the Institute of Education at Plymouth University. Orla Kelly is a Lecturer in Social, Environmental and Scientific Education in the Church of Ireland College of Education.

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SAGE

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1473909449

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9781473909441

Public Service Decentralisation

Governance Opportunities and Challenges

By: Peter C. Humphreys,Orla O'Donnell

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Public Service Decentralisation

Governance Opportunities and Challenges

By: Peter C. Humphreys,Orla O'Donnell

This title includes chapters on decentralisation and reform, an international perspective on decentralisation, opportunities and challenges for leadership and collegiality and moving forward, amongst others, in a geographically decentralised Irish public service.

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Institute of Public Administration

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1904541402

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By the Light of the Moon

An Anthology

By: R.A. Barnes,Maura Barrett,Jeanne Beary,Ilona Blunden,Phyllida Clarke,Eileen Condon,Nora Farrell,Majella Gorman,Patrick Griffin,Mary Healy,Orla Hennessy,Stella Lanigan,Rachel Nolan,Valerie Ryan

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By the Light of the Moon

An Anthology

By: R.A. Barnes,Maura Barrett,Jeanne Beary,Ilona Blunden,Phyllida Clarke,Eileen Condon,Nora Farrell,Majella Gorman,Patrick Griffin,Mary Healy,Orla Hennessy,Stella Lanigan,Rachel Nolan,Valerie Ryan

Long forgotten but dramatic events from history have inspired fourteen short stories in this collection of new fiction from Irish writers. Drawn by the authors’ imagination, these compelling stories reignite familiar historical themes once told through the satire of popular verse. Reinterpreted as an anthology, some tales are retold in their original setting while others are adapted for today's world. A glossary of all the associated rhymes and brief biographies for each author are included at the end of the book. Authors: R.A. Barnes, Maura Barrett, Jeanne Beary, Ilona Blunden, Phyllida Clarke, Eileen Condon, Nora Farrell, Majella Gorman, Patrick Griffin, Mary Healy, Orla Hennessy, Stella Lanigan, Rachel Nolan and Valerie Ryan.

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Marble City Publishing

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1908943513

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The Social Psychology of Trauma

Connecting the Personal and the Political

By: Orla T. Muldoon

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The Social Psychology of Trauma

Connecting the Personal and the Political

By: Orla T. Muldoon

Discover a fresh social and political psychological perspective on the causes and consequences of trauma.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009306987

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Criminology, Crime and Justice in Ireland

An Introduction

By: James Windle,Orla Lynch,Kevin Sweeney,Maggie O'Neill,Fiona Donson,James Cuffe

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Criminology, Crime and Justice in Ireland

An Introduction

By: James Windle,Orla Lynch,Kevin Sweeney,Maggie O'Neill,Fiona Donson,James Cuffe

This book offers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to criminology in Ireland. Logically structured and clearly written, this book explores theory and empirical research through real-life examples from an Irish context. Engaging and challenging, this book encourages critical thinking about, and understanding of, crime and crime control in Ireland, North and South. The book covers the canon of criminological theory, from classical and psychological approaches right through to the contemporary. It offers an overview of the Irish criminal justice system, including the police, prisons and alternatives to punishment. It covers key criminological themes such as victims and victimology, gender, the drug trade and its regulation, terrorism and political violence, and desistance and the life course. Key features include: Critical assessment of key criminological theories, which are later woven into discussions of key thematic areas Case studies of historical and contemporary Irish events, including the Magdalene Laundries, gangland feuds and the decriminalisation of drugs Extensive reading lists of key academic texts and relevant Irish literature, movies, music and art This book is the only comprehensive criminology textbook specifically designed for the Irish undergraduate curriculum. It is essential reading for all criminology students in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and will also be of interest to postgraduates and academics looking for an overview of Irish Criminology.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000685438

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9781000685435

The Social Psychology of Trauma

Connecting the Personal and the Political

By: Orla T. Muldoon

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The Social Psychology of Trauma

Connecting the Personal and the Political

By: Orla T. Muldoon

Many of us have been affected by trauma and struggle to manage our health and well-being. The social psychological approach to health highlights how social and cultural forces, as much as individual ones, are central to how we experience and cope with adversity. This book integrates psychology, politics, and medicine to offer a new understanding that speaks to the causes and consequences of traumatic experiences. Connecting the personal with the political, Muldoon details the evidence that traumatic experiences can, under certain conditions, impact people's political positions and appetite for social change. This perspective reveals trauma as a socially situated phenomenon linked to power and privilege or disempowerment and disadvantage. The discussion will interest those affected by trauma and those supporting them, as well as students, researchers, practitioners, and policy makers in social psychology, health and clinical psychology, and political science. This title is available as open access on Cambridge Core.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009306960

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The Foundations of EU Data Protection Law

By: Orla Lynskey

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The Foundations of EU Data Protection Law

By: Orla Lynskey

Nearly two decades after the EU first enacted data protection rules, key questions about the nature and scope of this EU policy, and the harms it seeks to prevent, remain unanswered. The inclusion of a Right to Data Protection in the EU Charter has increased the salience of these questions, which must be addressed in order to ensure the legitimacy, effectiveness and development of this Charter right and the EU data protection regime more generally. The Foundations of EU Data Protection Law is a timely and important work which sheds new light on this neglected area of law, challenging the widespread assumption that data protection is merely a subset of the right to privacy. By positioning EU data protection law within a comprehensive conceptual framework, it argues that data protection has evolved from a regulatory instrument into a fundamental right in the EU legal order and that this right grants individuals more control over more forms of data than the right to privacy. It suggests that this dimension of the right to data protection should be explicitly recognised, while identifying the practical and conceptual limits of individual control over personal data. At a time when EU data protection law is sitting firmly in the international spotlight, this book offers academics, policy-makers, and practitioners a coherent vision for the future of this key policy and fundamental right in the EU legal order, and how best to realise it.

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Oxford University Press

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0191028061

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9780191028069

Criminal Women

Gender Matters

By: Grace, Sharon,O'Neill, Maggie,Tammi Walker,Hannah King

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Criminal Women

Gender Matters

By: Grace, Sharon,O'Neill, Maggie,Tammi Walker,Hannah King

Bringing together cutting-edge feminist research, this collection uses participatory, inclusive and narrative methodologies to highlight the lived experiences of women involved with the criminal justice system.

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Policy Press

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1529208416

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9781529208412

Reflections on Irish Criminology

Conversations with Criminologists

By: Orla Lynch,Yasmine Ahmed,Helen Russell,Kevin Hosford

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Reflections on Irish Criminology

Conversations with Criminologists

By: Orla Lynch,Yasmine Ahmed,Helen Russell,Kevin Hosford

This book explores the development of the discipline of Criminology on the island of Ireland, through conversations with leading criminologists. Adding depth and breadth to the understandings of this growing discipline, leading scholars discuss their personal journey to Criminology, their research areas, their theoretical influences and the impact of the discipline of Criminology on how we think about criminal justice in Ireland and beyond. Research topics include desistence, victims’ rights, parole, policing and research methods. The book explores what influences framed the work of key thinkers in the area and how Criminology intersects with policy and practice within and beyond the criminological and criminal justice fields. It provides an insight into how the discipline has emerged as a discrete subject through a discussion of Ireland's key historical moments. It argues that Ireland's unique historical, cultural, political, social and economic arrangements and research about Ireland have much to offer the international field of Criminology. This volume also reflects on future directions for Irish Criminology, as well as sounding warnings to ensure the healthy development of the field as a discipline in its own right and as an interdisciplinary undertaking.

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Springer Nature

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3030605930

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9783030605933

Design Thinking for Digital Well-being

Theory and Practice for Educators

By: Fiona Chambers,Anne Jones,Orla Murphy,Rachel Sandford

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Design Thinking for Digital Well-being

Theory and Practice for Educators

By: Fiona Chambers,Anne Jones,Orla Murphy,Rachel Sandford

Design Thinking for Digital Well-being empowers teacher educators/student teachers to teach pupils how to critically embrace technology in their lives. It provides a pedagogical framework for teaching young people to flourish in a digital society and enjoy digital well-being. In so doing, it establishes the need for digital literacy, digital fluency and values fluency within the education system as a whole. With a unique focus on empathy-centric design thinking, and using a case study informed educational model of technological, pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK), this expert guide: • Explores the challenges that pupils (and teachers) face balancing their digital lives • Supports the ‘wired generation’ in navigating the cyber sphere and understanding how their data are used • Acknowledges the necessity of supporting the digital well-being of pupils (and teachers) to create a healthy and successful learning environment • Promotes the effective use of technology to enhance teaching and learning • Aids professionals in ensuring pupils enjoy digital literacy, digital fluency, values fluency and safety online Design Thinking for Digital Well-being deals with the core concepts of digital literacy, digital fluency and values fluency that are essential for anyone in the teaching profession. It is a source of support and guidance for all those involved in exploring the challenges of using technology to promote digital well-being.

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Routledge

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1351265431

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Book's by Orla Murphy

Business Analytics for Decision Making

Business Analytics for Decision Making

Social Theory, Health and Healthcare

Social Theory, Health and Healthcare

Agents, Games, and Evolution

Agents, Games, and Evolution

Creative Teaching in Primary Science

Creative Teaching in Primary Science

Public Service Decentralisation

Public Service Decentralisation

By the Light of the Moon

By the Light of the Moon

The Social Psychology of Trauma

The Social Psychology of Trauma

Criminology, Crime and Justice in Ireland

Criminology, Crime and Justice in Ireland

The Social Psychology of Trauma

The Social Psychology of Trauma

The Foundations of EU Data Protection Law

The Foundations of EU Data Protection Law

Criminal Women

Criminal Women

Reflections on Irish Criminology

Reflections on Irish Criminology

Design Thinking for Digital Well-being

Design Thinking for Digital Well-being

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