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Self-Help That Works

Resources to Improve Emotional Health and Strengthen Relationships

By: John C. Norcross Ph.D.,Linda F. Campbell Ph.D.,John M. Grohol PsyD,John W. Santrock Ph.D.,Florin Selagea M.S.,Robert Sommer Ph.D.

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Self-Help That Works

Resources to Improve Emotional Health and Strengthen Relationships

By: John C. Norcross Ph.D.,Linda F. Campbell Ph.D.,John M. Grohol PsyD,John W. Santrock Ph.D.,Florin Selagea M.S.,Robert Sommer Ph.D.

Self-help is big business, but alas, not always a scientific one. Self-help books, websites, and movies abound and are important sources of psychological advice for millions of Americans. But how can you sift through them to find the ones that work? Self-Help That Works is an indispensable guide that enables readers to identify effective self-help materials and distinguish them from those that are potentially misleading or even harmful. Six scientist-practitioners bring careful research, expertise, and a dozen national studies to the task of choosing and recommending self-help resources. Designed for both laypersons and mental-health professionals, this book critically reviews multiple types of self-help resources, from books and autobiographies to films, online programs, support groups, and websites, for 41 different behavioral disorders and life challenges. The revised edition of this award-winning book now features online self-help resources, expanded content, and new chapters focusing on autism, bullying, chronic pain, GLB issues, happiness, and nonchemical addictions. Each chapter updates the self-help resources launched since the previous edition and expands the material. The final chapters provide key strategies for consumers evaluating self-help as well as for professionals integrating self-help into treatment. All told, this updated edition of Self-Help that Works evaluates more than 2,000 self-help resources and brings together the collective wisdom of nearly 5,000 mental health professionals. Whether seeking self-help for yourself, loved ones, or patients, this is the go-to, research-based guide with the best advice on what works.

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The Life Story, Domains of Identity, and Personality Development in Emerging Adulthood

Integrating Narrative and Traditional Approaches

By: Michael W. Pratt Ph.D.,M. Kyle Matsuba Ph.D.

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The Life Story, Domains of Identity, and Personality Development in Emerging Adulthood

Integrating Narrative and Traditional Approaches

By: Michael W. Pratt Ph.D.,M. Kyle Matsuba Ph.D.

The Life Story, Domains of Identity, and Personality Development in Emerging Adulthood focuses on individuals' formulations of the unique episodes and events of their lives that give one meaning and a sense of personal identity. This book brings the growing research on narrative study and the life story into focus by drawing from the existing research on personality development during emerging adulthood. In this book, authors Michael W. Pratt and M. Kyle Matsuba present a series of chapters exploring how one's life story manifests across the many components of their developing identity, including their religion, morality, vocation, society, and the relationships they have with their parents, peers, and romantic partners. Taking their cue from Erik Erikson's model of adolescent and adult development, the authors show readers exactly how a life story approach can illuminate the distinctive features of an individual's personality and development during this formative phase of life. Organized around a set of life contexts where personality is manifested (i.e. adjustment, personal ideology, close relationships, occupation, and civic life), this book draws on the authors' own longitudinal research on the development of the life story in emerging adulthood. Throughout the book, they incorporate fascinating case studies and historical examples (e.g., Darwin, Pope Francis, Martin Luther King, Jr., Jane Fonda) of individuals' unique development during this period of life in order to better illustrate the application of this approach to understanding the whole person in context.

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0190669993

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Hydronarratives

Water, Environmental Justice, and a Just Transition

By: Matthew S. Henry

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Hydronarratives

Water, Environmental Justice, and a Just Transition

By: Matthew S. Henry

The story of water in the United States is one of ecosystemic disruption and social injustice. From the Standing Rock Indian Reservation and Flint, Michigan, to the Appalachian coal and gas fields and the Gulf Coast, low-income communities, Indigenous communities, and communities of color face the disproportionate effects of floods, droughts, sea level rise, and water contamination. In Hydronarratives Matthew S. Henry examines cultural representations that imagine a just transition, a concept rooted in the U.S. labor and environmental justice movements to describe an alternative economic paradigm predicated on sustainability, economic and social equity, and climate resilience. Focused on regions of water insecurity, from central Arizona to central Appalachia, Henry explores how writers, artists, and activists have creatively responded to intensifying water crises in the United States and argues that narrative and storytelling are critical to environmental and social justice advocacy. By drawing on a wide and comprehensive range of narrative texts, historical documentation, policy papers, and literary and cultural scholarship, Henry presents a timely project that examines the social movement, just transition, and the logic of the Green New Deal, in addition to contemporary visions of environmental justice.

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Frozen End

A Novel

By: F.H. Nader PH.D.

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Frozen End

A Novel

By: F.H. Nader PH.D.

His encounter with a strikingly beautiful woman sets off a chain of events that lead professor Sam Baradi to track down the people responsible for the collapse of economies and markets. The accumulation of seemingly unrelated events -- like the meltdown of financial markets, the flare-up of hostilities in Gaza, the tsunami of Internet misinformation, and the flood of anti-Semitic gossip -- threatens to bring the world to a frozen end. Thrust in the middle of this mayhem, Sams adventures take him from the splendors of Bostons waterfront to the snow-capped Swiss Alps and the stunning Mediterranean beaches, as he tries to prevent a nefarious group from pushing mankind past a threshold where an irreversible shift in power would occur. Book Review A suave, intelligent technology analyst combines forces with a beautiful government attorney to combat international terrorism. Sam Baradi has it all - Ivy League degrees, tenure at Cornell University (quite a feat at age 28), a moneyed, international pedigree, and to top it off, killer good looks. So he's excited to meet his match one night at a bar -the stunning Samantha Holzman, whose interests and talents eerily match his own. They quickly discover that they both deal in high-level national security issues, and , as they learn the hard way, both their families are somehow involved. Meanwhile, halfway across the world in a hotbed of Middle Eastern terrorism, a dangerous Islamic seet is plotting an ultimate coup -they plan to undermine the American financial system, which will weaken every major market, so they can snatch up companies and assets at basement-level prices. Unfortunately, the terrorist organization plans to do this via hacking influential financiers' computers, an area in which Sam is supremely skilled. This sets a stage for high-tech, high-stakes global battle that pits the budding couple against a series of devious enemies. All the elements of a good thriller are present and accounted for. The old-world wealth and leading-protagonists' good looks combined with an eager sense of character development add to the action. What Nader does well is paint pictures of evil, both individual and societal. The leader of the terrorist group is a slithering, deviant-eyed tyrant, and he oozes malice. Kirkus Discoveries

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From Biotechnology to Genomes

The Meaning of the Double Helix

By: Ph Goujon

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From Biotechnology to Genomes

The Meaning of the Double Helix

By: Ph Goujon

Aimed at scientists and non-specialised readers alike, this book retraces the source of national and international biotechnology programmes by examining the origins of biotechnology and its political and economic interpretation by large nations. With a foreword by Andr Goffeau, who initiated the European Yeast Genome Project, the book describes the achievements of the first genetic and physical maps, as well as the political and scientific genesis of the American Human Genome Project. Following these advances, the author discusses the European biotechnology strategy, the birth and implementation of European biotechnology programmes and the yeast genome project. After a detailed description of scientific policy and administrative, technical and scientific achievements, the principal stages of the yeast project and its major benefits are discussed. This enables the reader to obtain a panoramic view of this developing discipline at the dawn of the twenty-first century, as well as a better knowledge of the means deployed at international level. The conclusion gives a very detailed account of the genesis and early stages of this new scientific and technological field called genomics which appears to be a key component of modern industry. By using an epistemological analysis, the conclusion poses the problem of a new representation of life and critically appraises the limitations and deficiencies.

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9810243286

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1000 Buddhas of Genius

By: T.W. Rhys Davids Ph.D. LLD.,Victoria Charles

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1000 Buddhas of Genius

By: T.W. Rhys Davids Ph.D. LLD.,Victoria Charles

„All living beings are Buddhas and have wisdom and virtue within them. (Buddha) Buddha ranks among the most often depicted holy figures of the world perhaps appearing more than Christ, a subject widely treated by Western artists. Venerated in all the nations of Asia, and even beyond, his image took form along the Silk Road, the birthplace of many schools of Buddhism. Indeed, the Buddhist religion recognises many Buddhas representing various traditions: such as Buddhism of „the Ancient Teaching‰ (Theravada), of „the Great Vehicle‰ (Mahayana) and Tantric Buddhism (Varjrayana). A figure adored by all, Buddha has been depicted in every art form: sculpture, often of monumental size, like the now destroyed Buddhas of Bamyan, painting, and above all in countless cave murals, such as those of Ajanta in India or Dunhuang in China. Perfect for all those passionate about Asian art, from neophytes to Buddhists, this fascinating work invites the reader to discover or rediscover Buddha, his history, his codes, but also his innumerable faces through one thousand representations selected from among the most beautiful works held in the worldÊs greatest museums.

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A New Counterterrorism Strategy

Why the World Failed to Stop Al Qaeda and ISIS/ISIL, and How to Defeat Terrorists

By: T. Hamid Al-Bayati Ph.D.

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A New Counterterrorism Strategy

Why the World Failed to Stop Al Qaeda and ISIS/ISIL, and How to Defeat Terrorists

By: T. Hamid Al-Bayati Ph.D.

Why is the problem of terrorism-and the emergence of more extreme and more brutal terrorist groups-one that cannot be solved, even after decades of trying? The world has up to now failed to stop Al Qaeda terrorist attacks and also failed to stop the emergence of more extreme and more brutal terrorist groups than Al Qaeda, such as ISIS/ISIL, as well as newer lone wolf terrorists. Current strategies of counterterrorism have many shortcomings that allow terrorists to continue their operations. A New Counterterrorism Strategy: Why the World Failed to Stop Al Qaeda and ISIS/ISIL, and How to Defeat Terrorists identifies the shortcomings of present approaches and presents a comprehensive and sustainable strategy to combat terrorism. Author Ambassador T. Hamid Al-Bayati, an Iraqi politician, offers a unique insider's perspective about the war on terrorism. As a leader of the opposition against the terrorist regime of Saddam Hussein, he was arrested and tortured, until he fled Iraq. From the UK, he continued involvement in unfolding political events, until returning to Iraq and assuming high political appointments. These special insights are interwoven with accounts of detailed interactions and policies that provide the background for his explanation of the failures of counterterrorism strategies to date, and lessons learned from those mistakes. Al-Bayati spotlights the problems of terrorist cells, lone wolves, and foreign fighters developing in all parts of the world, where members work from safe havens to plan attacks, acquire weapons, and gain fighting experience. His proposed strategy further emphasizes issues neglected in current counterterrorism strategies, such as undermining the ideology of terrorists, interrupting their use of the Internet to promote evil, understanding the motivations and psychology of terrorists, deterring youth from joining ISIS, creating effective media campaigns against terrorism, and shutting off the flow of funding that currently buoys the financial resources of terrorist organizations.

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1440847150

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Baby Hearts

A Guide to Giving Your Child an Emotional Head Start

By: Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D.,Linda Acredolo, Ph.D.

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Baby Hearts

A Guide to Giving Your Child an Emotional Head Start

By: Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D.,Linda Acredolo, Ph.D.

Who says your baby can’t “talk” about his or her feelings? In fact, babies’ actions often speak louder than words! Understanding those actions–and responding appropriately to them–is the key to giving your child a head start to a healthy and happy future. Now the authors of the bestselling Baby Minds and Baby Signs translate the latest research on the rich inner life of babies into practical, fun activities that will foster your child’s emotional skills during the most critical period–between birth and age three. This comprehensive guide will help you help your child express emotions effectively, develop empathy, form healthy friendships, and cope with specific challenges. Learn how to: •Talk with your child about emotions in order to help him recognize and control his own •Use face-to-face interaction, tone of voice, song, and touch to make your infant feel safe and secure •Start a gratitude journal to help your child appreciate the good things in life •Nurture self-esteem with “try, try again” activities and simple chores •Create a “What are they feeling” deck of cards to help your child understand and practice emotions •Use games and songs to help your child practice self-control •Overcome temper tantrums, aggression, shyness, separation anxiety, and other challenges Whether your child is as easy to raise as a sunflower, as difficult as the prickly holly bush, requires the patience of the delicate orchid, or is as active as the exuberant dandelion, Baby Hearts helps you provide the emotional support that may be the most important gift a parent can give.

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Portrait of an American Rabbi: in His Own Words

By: Rabbi Lance J. Sussman Ph.D.

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Portrait of an American Rabbi: in His Own Words

By: Rabbi Lance J. Sussman Ph.D.

In short, I believe, a little bit of religion is a good thing whether or not you fully embrace the idea of God. I believe that Judaism should accept this approach and help its adherents translate their deep, inherent religious needs with the symbols and practices of our ancient tradition. Judaism understands that not only does it have to adapt as part of its cultural dance, but it also has to choose and to create in order to complete its mission: to help modern Jews, the children of Spinoza, and the disciples of Einstein, to stay on course, to see the poetry written into the cosmos, and to help one another on the road to contentment with kindness, with concern and with love. Every once in a while, somebody comes to me and says: “Rabbi, I’m so glad I’m Jewish.” “Rabbi, I’m lucky. I have what I need. I have what I want.” And I smile and count my blessings, too.

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Learning & Teaching in Higher Education

The Reflective Professional

By: Greg Light (Ph. D.),Greg Light,Roy Cox

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Learning & Teaching in Higher Education

The Reflective Professional

By: Greg Light (Ph. D.),Greg Light,Roy Cox

This book addresses the practice of learning and teaching within higher education. Higher education is currently a sector challenged worldwide by increased numbers and diversity of students, tougher demands for professional accountability, increasing calls for educational relevance, thinning resources and the exacting demands of a global education market. This book brings together key issues of theory and practice to develop an overall professional 'language' of teaching situated within communities of academic practice. This 'language' provides teachers with a conceptual 'vocabulary' and 'grammar' for understanding and improving practice, enables them to critically reflect upon their teaching in a range of key 'genres

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076196553X

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Pharmaceutical Statistics Using SAS

A Practical Guide

By: Alex Dmitrienko, Ph.D.,Alex Dmitrienko, PhD,Christy Chuang-Stein, Ph.D.,Ralph B. D'Agostino,Sr., Ph.D.

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Pharmaceutical Statistics Using SAS

A Practical Guide

By: Alex Dmitrienko, Ph.D.,Alex Dmitrienko, PhD,Christy Chuang-Stein, Ph.D.,Ralph B. D'Agostino,Sr., Ph.D.

Introduces a range of data analysis problems encountered in drug development and illustrates them using case studies from actual pre-clinical experiments and clinical studies. Includes a discussion of methodological issues, practical advice from subject matter experts, and review of relevant regulatory guidelines.

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1629590304

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Transformation of the Heart: a Renewed Life

By: Susana J. Bertuna Ph.D.

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Transformation of the Heart: a Renewed Life

By: Susana J. Bertuna Ph.D.

Dr. Bertuna asserts that there is a gap in conflict resolution research concerning successful gang member rehabilitation. This book looks to fill that void by evaluating the social transformation and rehabilitation of former gang members via the use of faith-based approaches. By focusing on research concerning a faith-based approach to gang removal, the outcome allowed Dr. Bertuna to create the theory HOPE (Holistic Outreach Program for Exit). The culmination of the design of this theory was based on the application of a faith-based approach to rehabilitation of gang members. Furthermore, Dr. Bertuna is co-author of MAPCID (Model for the Analysis of Potential Conflict in Development), which allowed her to analyze conflict as an intrinsic part of development. It transcends a static view of conflict by capturing the dynamics between all parties involved during a development project. By following the model, one analyzes seven levels of conflict drivers and stimulates the continuous alignment of power, culture, and goals, enabling timely participation of all parties in the development process.

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1973611457

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Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications

By: Grady Booch,Robert Maksimchuk,Michael Engle,Jim Conallen,Kelli Houston,Bobbi Young Ph.D.

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Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications

By: Grady Booch,Robert Maksimchuk,Michael Engle,Jim Conallen,Kelli Houston,Bobbi Young Ph.D.

Object-Oriented Design with Applications has long been the essential reference to object-oriented technology, which, in turn, has evolved to join the mainstream of industrial-strength software development. In this third edition--the first revision in 13 years--readers can learn to apply object-oriented methods using new paradigms such as Java, the Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.0, and .NET. The authors draw upon their rich and varied experience to offer improved methods for object development and numerous examples that tackle the complex problems faced by software engineers, including systems architecture, data acquisition, cryptoanalysis, control systems, and Web development. They illustrate essential concepts, explain the method, and show successful applications in a variety of fields. You'll also find pragmatic advice on a host of issues, including classification, implementation strategies, and cost-effective project management. New to this new edition are An introduction to the new UML 2.0, from the notation's most fundamental and advanced elements with an emphasis on key changes New domains and contexts A greatly enhanced focus on modeling--as eagerly requested by readers--with five chapters that each delve into one phase of the overall development lifecycle. Fresh approaches to reasoning about complex systems An examination of the conceptual foundation of the widely misunderstood fundamental elements of the object model, such as abstraction, encapsulation, modularity, and hierarchy How to allocate the resources of a team of developers and mange the risks associated with developing complex software systems An appendix on object-oriented programming languages This is the seminal text for anyone who wishes to use object-oriented technology to manage the complexity inherent in many kinds of systems. Sidebars Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Section I: Concepts Chapter 1: Complexity Chapter 2: The Object Model Chapter 3: Classes and Objects Chapter 4: Classification Section II: Method Chapter 5: Notation Chapter 6: Process Chapter 7: Pragmatics Chapter 8: System Architecture: Satellite-Based Navigation Chapter 9: Control System: Traffic Management Chapter 10: Artificial Intelligence: Cryptanalysis Chapter 11: Data Acquisition: Weather Monitoring Station Chapter 12: Web Application: Vacation Tracking System Appendix A: Object-Oriented Programming Languages Appendix B: Further Reading Notes Glossary Classified Bibliography Index

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Pearson Education

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0132797445

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Play Therapy

A Psychodynamic Primer for the Treatment of Young Children

By: Pamela Meersand, Ph.D.,Karen J. Gilmore, M.D.

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Play Therapy

A Psychodynamic Primer for the Treatment of Young Children

By: Pamela Meersand, Ph.D.,Karen J. Gilmore, M.D.

Why play therapy? Introduction to the psychodynamic treatment of young children -- Play, playfulness, and the sequence of play forms in development -- Pretend play -- Play in the digital age -- Basic psychodynamic concepts and their use in play therapy -- Therapeutic action and the multiple functions of play therapy -- Play and developmental psychopathology, deprivation, or disability -- The logistics -- Getting started, creating an alliance and facilitating play -- Working with parents over the course of treatment -- Deepening play therapy via verbalizing inner states, expanding narratives and working -- With transference and defense -- Ending play therapy and the process of termination -- Play therapy, variations in development and serious psychopathology

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American Psychiatric Pub

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1615370439

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Iraq's Dysfunctional Democracy

By: David Ghanim Ph.D.

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Iraq's Dysfunctional Democracy

By: David Ghanim Ph.D.

This book examines Iraq since 2003 and argues that a new democratic Iraq cannot be grounded on destructive politics of victimization, narrow nationalism, sectarian confessionalism, and a consensual, power-sharing political arrangement. This book provides an in-depth analysis from an Iraqi perspective on the political development in Iraq since 2003, thereby filling a gap that currently exists in the discussion of this embattled nation. Within its pages, author David Ghanim scrutinizes the many contradictions of the new experience in Iraq and exposes the myth of a "new democratic Iraq." By providing a unflinching look at the dysfunctional nature of democracy in Iraq, the centrality of violence in Iraqi society and politics, and the deterioration of the rights and treatment of minorities and women in Iraq, Iraq's Dysfunctional Democracy exposes how the New Iraq after the nearly decade-long involvement of the United States is becoming a republic of corruption. Complex issues such as ethnic federalism, ethno-sectarian elections, politics of victimization, deceptive legitimacy, and the effects of de-Ba'athification are covered in detail, serving to illuminate the multilayered obstacles to stabilizing Iraq—a country that serves as the linchpin for the security of the Middle East as well as the rest of the world.

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031339802X

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Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

By: W. Henle,P. H. Hofschneider,P. Koldovský,H. Koprowski,O. Maaløe,F. Melchers,R. Rott,H. G. Schweiger,L. Syru?ek,P. K. Vogt

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Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

By: W. Henle,P. H. Hofschneider,P. Koldovský,H. Koprowski,O. Maaløe,F. Melchers,R. Rott,H. G. Schweiger,L. Syru?ek,P. K. Vogt

Several discoveries are noteworthy for allowing us to probe the recesses of the virus infected cell and to search for cryptic viral genomes which might provide clues in our studies of cancer etiology or developmental biology. One of the most notable was the dis covery of reverse transcriptase. This marked a momentous occasion in the history of molecular biology. Not only did it provide insight into the mechanism of persistence of retroviruses but it also provided us with an enzyme that could synthesize a DNA copy of any RNA. This DNA copy could then be used as a hybridization reagent to search for both complementary DNA and viral-specific RNA. Thus one could follow the course of any viral infection or probe in tumor cells for hidden viral genomes. Second, a great deal of credit must be given to the geneticists who isolated the various deletion mutants in the 'avian retrovirus system and thus provided us with the frrst means of isolating gene-spe cific probes. Finally, the laboratories which have mapped the genome have provided us with the framework in which to ask very specific questions with our gene-specific probes. Recently, numerous excellent reviews concerning various aspects of the retroviruses have appeared. In this review I shall not even attempt to present a comprehensive review of retroviruses.

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3642680585

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Terrorism, an Unconventional Crime

Do We Have the Wisdom and Capability to Defeat Terrorism?

By: Vahab Aghai Ph.D

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Terrorism, an Unconventional Crime

Do We Have the Wisdom and Capability to Defeat Terrorism?

By: Vahab Aghai Ph.D

The terrorist attacks of 9 /11 opened a window on a host of questions and assumptions about terrorism. Terrorism, An Unconventional Crime, uses those questions and assumptions as a starting point to explore the history, ideology, movements, leaders, and modern methodology of what is in fact an ancient phenomenon. Chapter topics include the following: What Are the Historic Roots of Terrorism? September 11How Could It Happen Here? Who Are the Taliban? Is al Qaeda Taking Root in America? What Are the Tactics of Terrorism? Are Rebels, Guerillas, and Drug Cartels Terrorists? Is Islam a Major Threat to Europe? Can Terrorism Be Eradicated? If Terrorism Is an Unconventional Crime, What Are the Unconventional Solutions? The book's principal focus is the current war on terrorism. The book discusses the various reasons for conducting operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, examines the tactics used, and evaluates their effectiveness. It devotes multiple chapters to the Taliban and al Qaeda, allowing readers to distinguish between the two groups and their varying interests and motives. There is also a detailed, chapter-long biography of the late Osama bin Laden. One of the most important chapters is the one dedicated to the September 11 attacks. The rapid narration of the timeline of events, along with the descriptions of each of the nineteen hijackers and the modus operandi they used to succeed in the attack, transports the reader back to that fatal day. The gaps in the security system, the near misses of local authorities, the hijacker- pilot who was a near no-showthe what-ifs of the day are brought into sharp and painful focus. Finally, Terrorism, An Unconventional Crime, presents factual information to debunk the idea, all too common in some circles, that all Muslims are terrorists or potential terrorists. The book cites a wide spectrum of studies, ranging from statistical surveys of terrorist incidents to social demographics, psychological profiles, compilations of correspondence, and the views of religious scholars specializing in many faiths. The latter affirm that every faith has a fundamentalist wing that could be radicalized at any time. This kind of approach is a hallmark of Terrorism An Unconventional Crime. When dealing with contemporary material, the book carefully presents at least two different points of view, usually starting with official government reports and then comparing and contrasting the opinions of various experts. The object of the book is not to impose a particular viewpoint on readers, but to inform and involve them in what for years to come will likely be an urgent and important issue.

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Under Pressure

Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls

By: Lisa Damour, Ph.D.

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Under Pressure

Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls

By: Lisa Damour, Ph.D.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgently needed guide to the alarming increase in anxiety and stress experienced by girls from elementary school through college, from the author of Untangled “An invaluable read for anyone who has girls, works with girls, or cares about girls—for everyone!”—Claire Shipman, author of The Confidence Code and The Confidence Code for Girls Though anxiety has risen among young people overall, studies confirm that it has skyrocketed in girls. Research finds that the number of girls who said that they often felt nervous, worried, or fearful jumped 55 percent from 2009 to 2014, while the comparable number for adolescent boys has remained unchanged. As a clinical psychologist who specializes in working with girls, Lisa Damour, Ph.D., has witnessed this rising tide of stress and anxiety in her own research, in private practice, and in the all-girls’ school where she consults. She knew this had to be the topic of her new book. In the engaging, anecdotal style and reassuring tone that won over thousands of readers of her first book, Untangled, Damour starts by addressing the facts about psychological pressure. She explains the surprising and underappreciated value of stress and anxiety: that stress can helpfully stretch us beyond our comfort zones, and anxiety can play a key role in keeping girls safe. When we emphasize the benefits of stress and anxiety, we can help our daughters take them in stride. But no parents want their daughter to suffer from emotional overload, so Damour then turns to the many facets of girls’ lives where tension takes hold: their interactions at home, pressures at school, social anxiety among other girls and among boys, and their lives online. As readers move through the layers of girls’ lives, they’ll learn about the critical steps that adults can take to shield their daughters from the toxic pressures to which our culture—including we, as parents—subjects girls. Readers who know Damour from Untangled or the New York Times, or from her regular appearances on CBS News, will be drawn to this important new contribution to understanding and supporting today’s girls. Praise for Under Pressure “Truly a must-read for parents, teachers, coaches, and mentors wanting to help girls along the path to adulthood.”—Julie Lythcott-Haims, New York Times bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult

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Born and Raised in Sawdust

My Journey around the World in Eighty Years

By: Lewis Thigpen Ph.D. PE

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Born and Raised in Sawdust

My Journey around the World in Eighty Years

By: Lewis Thigpen Ph.D. PE

Born and Raised in Sawdust: My Journey Around the World in Eighty Years is the deeply moving autobiography of Lewis Thigpen as a black boy growing up in a loving family in a small, tight knit community in the deep South during the extremely segregated Jim Crow era. It captures his life on the farm and in school in a revealing, instructive, yet colorful way despite the discrimination he encountered. Fearful of being a farm worker or common laborer for the rest of his life, he joined the U.S. Army, where racism persisted even though President Truman had ordered desegregation of the entire military in 1948. He served for three years. Against the odds, Thigpen persevered. Despite adversity and lack of money, he attended college, earned the Ph.D. degree, and became a renowned engineer, research scientist, and scholar. He rose to become chair of mechanical engineering at a distinguished university. The book is an easy read, designed for those who choose to pick it up at a bookstore, order it online, check it out at their public library, or download it to Kindle or other apps. It is a valuable addition to the canon of biographies, histories, literary works and cultural studies of the South. It captures the mood of Southern writers such as Flannery O’Conner, Pearl Cleage, William Faulkner, Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison. Readers interested in family history and ancestry will love tracing through Dr. Thigpen’s family tree, photographs and drawings. One photo shows him holding a silver salmon, the outcome of one of his favorite hobbies—fishing. In his autobiography, Dr. Thigpen brings the clarity and conciseness of an engineer and research scientist who has written and published numerous articles in refereed journals.

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Doing the Right Thing

Taking Care of Your Elderly Parents Even If They Didn't Take Care of You

By: Roberta Satow, Ph.D.

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Doing the Right Thing

Taking Care of Your Elderly Parents Even If They Didn't Take Care of You

By: Roberta Satow, Ph.D.

Now in paperback, one of the first books to help navigate the profound emotional challenges of caring for elderly parents in a strained parent-child relationship.

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A Year of Reading

A Month-by-Month Guide to Classics and Crowd-Pleasers for You or Your Book Group

By: Elisabeth Ellington,Jane Freimiller Ph.D.

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A Year of Reading

A Month-by-Month Guide to Classics and Crowd-Pleasers for You or Your Book Group

By: Elisabeth Ellington,Jane Freimiller Ph.D.

Desire a book to cozy up with by a wintery window? How about an addictive page-turner for sunbathing on the beach? Thousands of new books are published each year, and if you're a book lover – or just book curious – choosing what to read next can seem like an impossible task. A Year of Reading relieves the anxiety by helping you find just the right read, and includes fun and interactive subcategories for each choice, including: Description and history Extra credit Did You Know? Have You Seen the Film? and more! A Year of Reading also gives advice and tips on how to join or start a book group, and where to look for other reading recommendations. Perfect for clubs or passionate individuals, this beautiful and concise second edition is the essential guide to picking up your next inspiring, entertaining, and thought-provoking book.

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Survivism

An Attitude Movement with Managerial Intelligences toward Existential Change

By: Dr. Scott Hockin, Ph. D.

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Survivism

An Attitude Movement with Managerial Intelligences toward Existential Change

By: Dr. Scott Hockin, Ph. D.

Survivism reveals itself primarily within attempts to solve an unsolicited problem and other accompanying encounters thereof. Secondarily, a movement arises, resulting from intelligences deemed necessary to process a vast array of complexities engulfing this otherwise ancient yet modern symbolic Parthenon structure representation, hence dynamically riddled with existential change infiltrated throughout a range of time and space. What manifests deeply rooted upon its foundational structure are the cornerstone pillars of consciousness, emotion, rationality, and behavior. Survivism learns via acquisition of knowledge and experience to grow and develop identities, intent to pursue and acquire a higher need of mindfulness, shrouded with intellectual guidance and a self-determinant personality. There, too, is an equilibrium of functionalities devised to sustain the balance of cognitive flow from within the structural and organizational symbolic complex, and then throughout the greater abstract concrescence of social or relational exchanges. Survivism maintains motivation to preserve valuation, respect negation, and comprehensively strive toward actualization. Thus, survivism remains not only created and exposed of the aforementioned inputs compounded with a metaphysical ideal process but also profoundly thrives and possesses a real purposeful outcome.

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Buddhist Practice on Western Ground

Reconciling Eastern Ideals and Western Psychology

By: Harvey B. Aronson, Ph.D.

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Buddhist Practice on Western Ground

Reconciling Eastern Ideals and Western Psychology

By: Harvey B. Aronson, Ph.D.

This is the first book to offer Buddhist meditators a comprehensive and sympathetic examination of the differences between Asian and Western cultural and spiritual values. Harvey B. Aronson presents a constructive and practical assessment of common conflicts experienced by Westerners who look to Eastern spiritual traditions for guidance and support—and find themselves confused or disappointed. Issues addressed include: • Our cultural belief that anger should not be suppressed versus the Buddhist teaching to counter anger and hatred • Our psychotherapists' advice that attachment is the basis for healthy personal development and supportive relationships versus the Buddhist condemnation of attachments as the source of suffering • Our culture's emphasis on individuality versus the Asian emphasis on interdependence and fulfillment of duties, and the Buddhist teachings on no-self, or egolessness

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EDUCATION & SCIENCE 2022-II

By: Ph. D. Muslim ALANOGLU

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EDUCATION & SCIENCE 2022-II

By: Ph. D. Muslim ALANOGLU

ART THERAPY APPROACHES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS Olivera RASHIKJ CANEVSKA, Nergis RAMO AKGÜN SYSTEMS APPROACH TO INSTUCTIONAL DESIGN Ali BAYKAL ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF ONLINE LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION Saliha TOSCU THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE EDUCATION EVALUATION SCALE: VALIDATION WITH A TURKISH STUDENTS SAMPLE Tuncay AKINCI, Erol SÜZÜK REFLECTIONS ON SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER CANDIDATES’ EXPERIENCES WITH ACTIVITIES RELATED TO FOREIGN STUDENTS AND THEIR PROBLEMS Türkan ÇELİK AN INVESTIGATION OF PEER INFLUENCES ON FACTORS AFFECTING SUCCESS IN A PREP-YEAR PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY Duygu İŞPINAR AKÇAYOĞLU

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Raising Happiness

10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents

By: Christine Carter, Ph.D.

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Raising Happiness

10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents

By: Christine Carter, Ph.D.

What do we wish most for our children? Next to being healthy, we want them to be happy, of course! Fortunately, a wide array of scientific studies show that happiness is a learned behavior, a muscle we can help our children build and maintain. Drawing on what psychology, sociology, and neuroscience have proven about confidence, gratefulness, and optimism, and using her own chaotic and often hilarious real-world adventures as a mom to demonstrate do’s and don’ts in action, Christine Carter, Ph.D, executive director of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, boils the process down to 10 simple happiness-inducing steps. With great wit, wisdom, and compassion, Carter covers the day-to-day pressure points of parenting—how best to discipline, get kids to school and activities on time, and get dinner on the table—as well as the more elusive issues of helping children build healthy friendships and develop emotional intelligence. In these 10 key steps, she helps you interact confidently and consistently with your kids to foster the skills, habits, and mindsets that will set the stage for positive emotions now and into their adolescence and beyond. Inside you will discover • the best way avoid raising a brat—changing bad habits into good ones • tips on how to change your kids’ attitude into gratitude • the trap of trying to be perfect—and how to stay clear of its pitfalls • the right way to praise kids—and why too much of the wrong kind can be just as bad as not enough • the spirit of kindness—how to raise kind, compassionate, and loving children • strategies for inspiring kids to do boring (but necessary) tasks—and become more self-motivated in the process Complete with a series of “try this” tips, secrets, and strategies, Raising Happiness is a one-of-a-kind resource that will help you instill joy in your kids—and, in the process, become more joyful yourself.

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The Continuing American Revolution

A Psychological Perspective

By: Robert A Blume Ph. D,Arthur Wright Combs,Robert Allen Blume,Arthur W Combs Ph. D

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The Continuing American Revolution

A Psychological Perspective

By: Robert A Blume Ph. D,Arthur Wright Combs,Robert Allen Blume,Arthur W Combs Ph. D

Is the American Revolution continuing? The events of 1776-1781 were just the beginning and the revolution goes on today. In the 19th and 20th centuries we solved many of our physical problems, but now we need to solve people problems, such as divorce, wars, and ignorance. The authors, a psychologist and an Education professor recommend the use of Humanistic Psychology as a way of approaching what they consider to be the most serious problems of the 21st Century. Find out why psychology is so important to everyone at this time.

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The National Environmental Policy Act

Judicial Misconstruction, Legislative Indifference, and Executive Neglect

By: Matthew J. Ph. D. Lindstrom,Matthew J. Lindstrom,Zachary A. Smith

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The National Environmental Policy Act

Judicial Misconstruction, Legislative Indifference, and Executive Neglect

By: Matthew J. Ph. D. Lindstrom,Matthew J. Lindstrom,Zachary A. Smith

Environmental degradation and the compromised integrity of the earth's ecological system were growing public concerns in the mid to late 1960s. These issues spurred Congress to pass the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the first law to focus such environmental concerns into a comprehensive national policy. The new legislation encompassed an array of environmental values and ethics, as well as administrative tools to achieve the ecological goals of the nation while taking into account other important societal needs. Though NEPA has had a positive effect on U.S. environmental policy and the national quality of life, this challenging new book shows how federal courts and agencies have failed to implement many of the values and goals fundamental to the success of NEPA. To explain this divergence, authors Matthew J. Lindstrom and Zachary A. Smith examine NEPA's origins, address how NEPA has been implemented and enforced, and highlight the shortcomings of its practice. Lindstrom and Smith strongly argue that if NEPA were fully and properly implemented, it would prove to be a valuable and realistic tool for balancing the needs of the world population and the protection of the earth's environment. They offer a new, hopeful look at how the law's structure can be properly utilized in order to give future generations hope of living on a sustainable planet. This book is well suited for audiences interested in public policy formation and implementation, especially environmental policy administrators, environmental historians, and those involved in environmental law, its policy, and its politics.

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Commit to Win

How to Harness the Four Elements of Commitment to Reach Your Goals

By: Heidi Reeder, Ph.D.

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Commit to Win

How to Harness the Four Elements of Commitment to Reach Your Goals

By: Heidi Reeder, Ph.D.

Anyone who’s ever given up on a New Year’s resolution knows: Willpower eventually runs out. Whether the goal is personal or professional, the factor that really determines success is an individual’s commitment level. Heidi Reeder, PhD, is a highly regarded communication expert with a slew of high-level clients. In Commit to Win, she unpacks forty years of research by psychologists and economists to show how commitment boils down to just four variables: Treasures, Troubles, Contributions, and Choices. Showing how to harness these elements—and providing practical examples and action plans—Reeder gives everyone the tools to stop wishing—and start achieving.

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0142181811

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The Sanctimonious Psychoproctological Invasions: The Handbook for Political Analysis

By: The Reverend Dr. Len Bergantino, ED. D, PH.D.

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The Sanctimonious Psychoproctological Invasions: The Handbook for Political Analysis

By: The Reverend Dr. Len Bergantino, ED. D, PH.D.

The Sanctimonious Psychoproctological Invasions By: The Reverend Dr. Len Bergantino, ED. D, PH.D. From 2012 through 2018, Len Bergantino began each day with pro bono writings and invasive interventions that insist and expand upon the first amendment rights of United States citizens. In all areas, he is both knowledgeable and feels national, state, and local governments are stuck in socially immobile positions. He created ways to invade entire cultures and governments to move those stuck in quicksand off the dime and into a society that spirals upward. He refers to the creation of these methods as sanctimonious psychoproctological invasions in the creation of a political psychology that should be studies by all human beings who want to make a difference and give meaning to their lives.

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164610238X

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Giving Hope

Conversations with Children About Illness, Death, and Loss

By: Elena Lister, M.D.,Michael Schwartzman, Ph.D.

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Giving Hope

Conversations with Children About Illness, Death, and Loss

By: Elena Lister, M.D.,Michael Schwartzman, Ph.D.

The best and only resource you will ever need for helping any child understand and cope with illness, death, and loss Just as death is inevitable, talking about death is an inevitable part of parenting. Dr. Elena Lister and Dr. Michael Schwartzman offer us the way to have conversations with children that are as much about life as they are about death—conversations that anyone who parents, teaches, or counsels children can have. Giving Hope is a must-have resource that expands our understanding of how to prepare for, initiate, and facilitate these personal and profound conversations. The approach is honest, practical, and compassionate and will benefit a grieving child both now and in the future. Giving Hope provides us with the tools to make our children’s experiences positive and life-affirming.

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0593419162

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Treating Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Among Homeless Men and Women

Nine Community Demonstration Grants

By: Milton Argeriou,Dennis McCarty (Ph. D.)

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Treating Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Among Homeless Men and Women

Nine Community Demonstration Grants

By: Milton Argeriou,Dennis McCarty (Ph. D.)

Understand and learn how to effectively address the burgeoning social problem of homelessness, particularly among alcoholics and drug addicts. Although one study cannot provide a definitive statement on the best services for the homeless, the variety of services and evaluation approaches described in this insightful book begin the process of identifying effective recovery approaches for homeless men and women with alcohol and drug problems. Professionals involved in the development and implementation of nine community demonstration grants in Alaska, California, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, and Pennsylvania reflect upon the unique needs and opportunities in their communities and explain the features of their programs in regards to clients, project services, project implementation, and evaluation. In Treating Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Among Homeless Men and Women, you will read about specially targeted programs for women, Alaskan natives, American Indians, blacks, and Hispanics, homeless individuals with mental illness, clients who use both drugs and alcohol, chronic alcoholics, and cocaine addicts. You will also observe the varying philosophical and programmatic differences; the problems of implementing programs, including community resistance and staffing issues; and the procedures for assessing the outcome of their programs. In addition to a comprehensive review of each project, this exciting new volume also includes an overview of the efforts of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism with the homeless and implications for future policy and programming decisions. An important book for health care providers, program administrators, state and local officials, researchers, and educators.

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0866569928

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Information Resources in the Humanities and the Arts

By: Anna H. Perrault Ph.D.,Elizabeth S. Aversa,Sonia Ramírez Wohlmuth,Cynthia J. Miller,Cynthia F. Miller

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Information Resources in the Humanities and the Arts

By: Anna H. Perrault Ph.D.,Elizabeth S. Aversa,Sonia Ramírez Wohlmuth,Cynthia J. Miller,Cynthia F. Miller

This familiar guide to information resources in the humanities and the arts, organized by subjects and emphasizing electronic resources, enables librarians, teachers, and students to quickly find the best resources for their diverse needs. Authoritative, trusted, and timely, Information Resources in the Humanities and the Arts: Sixth Edition introduces new librarians to the breadth of humanities collections, experienced librarians to the nature of humanities scholarship, and the scholars themselves to a wealth of information they might otherwise have missed. This new version of a classic resource—the first update in over a decade—has been refreshed to account for the myriad of digital resources that have rewritten the rules of the reference and research world, and been expanded to include significantly increased coverage of world literature and languages. This book is invaluable for a wide variety of users: librarians in academic, public, school, and special library settings; researchers in religion, philosophy, literature, and the performing and visual arts; graduate students in library and information science; and teachers and students in humanities, the arts, and interdisciplinary degree programs.

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Low Bridge Ahead

The “Old Erie”’s Impact on the Port of New York

By: Donald E. Mellon, Ph.D.

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Low Bridge Ahead

The “Old Erie”’s Impact on the Port of New York

By: Donald E. Mellon, Ph.D.

Some economic historians attribute the growth and prosperity of the city of New York to the successful completion of the Erie Canal in 1825. Others disagree, citing the importance of the “Cotton Triangle” whereby the Port became the financial and trade intermediary between the producers of “King Cotton” in America’s Southland and the rapidly growing textile industry of England. This thesis examines the publicly initiated role of entrepreneur assumed by the citizens of New York state through their legislature and personified by their Governor DeWitt Clinton. It also considers the facts and statistics that champion the school of thought which held “Old Erie” superior to “King Cotton” in assessing the importance of events leading to New York’s ascendency. As the reader navigates the Canal packet boat, his/her way along the waterway avoiding the hazards occasionally encountered, the author, acting as boatswain, cautions “Low Bridge Ahead.”

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1480902128

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Molecular Photofitting

Predicting Ancestry and Phenotype Using DNA

By: Tony Frudakis Ph.D.

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Molecular Photofitting

Predicting Ancestry and Phenotype Using DNA

By: Tony Frudakis Ph.D.

In the field of forensics, there is a critical need for genetic tests that can function in a predictive or inferential sense, before suspects have been identified, and/or for crimes for which DNA evidence exists but eye-witnesses do not. Molecular Photofitting fills this need by describing the process of generating a physical description of an individual from the analysis of his or her DNA. The molecular photofitting process has been used to assist with the identification of remains and to guide criminal investigations toward certain individuals within the sphere of prior suspects. Molecular Photofitting provides an accessible roadmap for both the forensic scientist hoping to make use of the new tests becoming available, and for the human genetic researcher working to discover the panels of markers that comprise these tests. By implementing population structure as a practical forensics and clinical genomics tool, Molecular Photofitting serves to redefine the way science and history look at ancestry and genetics, and shows how these tools can be used to maximize the efficacy of our criminal justice system. - Explains how physical descriptions of individuals can be generated using only their DNA - Contains case studies that show how this new forensic technology is used in practical application - Includes over 100 diagrams, tables, and photos to illustrate and outline complex concepts

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0080551378

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Today's Transgender Realities: Crossdressing in Context

By: Ph. D. G. G. Bolich,Gregory G. Bolich

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Today's Transgender Realities: Crossdressing in Context

By: Ph. D. G. G. Bolich,Gregory G. Bolich

The second in a landmark five volume set by gender scholar G. G. Bolich, this volume looks at the lives of people called "transgender." These people are allowed to speak for themselves in the various studies conducted with them by many scholars over the last few decades. What the research reveals provides a fascinating and compelling look at a group of people increasingly visible in our society.

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