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The Skilled Facilitator

A Comprehensive Resource for Consultants, Facilitators, Coaches, and Trainers

By: Roger M. Schwarz

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The Skilled Facilitator

A Comprehensive Resource for Consultants, Facilitators, Coaches, and Trainers

By: Roger M. Schwarz

Help groups deliver results with an updated approach to facilitation and consulting The Skilled Facilitator: A Comprehensive Resource for Consultants, Facilitators, Trainers, and Coaches, Third Edition is a fundamental resource for consultants, facilitators, coaches, trainers, and anyone who helps groups realize their creative and problem-solving potential. This new edition includes updated content based on the latest research and revised models of group effectiveness and mutual learning. Roger M. Schwarz shows how to use the Skilled Facilitator approach to: boost improvement processes such as Six Sigma and Lean, create a psychologically safe learning environment for training, and help coaches work with teams and individuals in real-time. This edition features a new chapter that explains how to facilitate virtual teams using conferencing technology. Facilitation skills are essential in many kinds of work, and if you are looking to bring your skills up to date it is critical that you rely on trusted information like the knowledge offered in this go-to reference. Develop the facilitative mentality and skills that enable you to help groups get better results, even in the most challenging situations Help groups achieve greater performances, stronger working relationships, and higher levels of individual well-being Quickly develop productive and trusting work relationships with the groups you help Establish the functions of your facilitative role Implement a research-based, systematic approach to diagnose and intervene in groups and improve their performance and results The Skilled Facilitator is a practical resource for corporate, government, non-profit, and educational practitioners, as well as graduate students in group-focused programs. This edition contains up-to-date material, based on recent studies, to help facilitators move beyond arbitrary tactics to utilize cutting edge, research-based strategies that improve group processes, relationships, mindsets, and outcomes.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119064406

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Pictorial Archaeology

Modernity and the Muse of Antiquity

By: Roger Balm

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Pictorial Archaeology

Modernity and the Muse of Antiquity

By: Roger Balm

This book explores the expressly pictorial type of visual archaeology, the transcribing of three-dimensional materiality into two-dimensional depictions, and its influential history within the discipline. The picturing of ancient sites and artifacts to convey information links visual reporting with the workings of the imagination and indicates that the study of antiquity has always had a hybrid identity: part artistic and part scientific. In examining expressly pictorial forms of visual story-telling about the past, this book looks beyond certain supposed "creative turns" and focuses instead on creative continuities, answering key questions about the power of picturing and its ability to not only inform documentary practices but actively structure those practices. How are prints, drawings, paintings and photographs able to collapse the three-dimensional world of the ancient past onto a flat page but also convey a sense of material reality? In contemporary practice, how do pictorial ways of seeing enable the interpretation of material remains but also shape the recognition of digital traces on a computer screen? Published illustrations, both historical and contemporary, are primary sources of evidence for answering such questions and identifying common patterns of pictorial information. This book provides a framework for scholars researching the visual culture of archaeology as well as the history of archaeology. It is also recommended for professionals in the fields of heritage studies, conservation and community archaeology.

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Taylor & Francis

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100385057X

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Speedball

The Masked Marvel

By: Steve Ditko,Roger Stern,Jo Duffy,Tom Defalco,Hollis Bright,Fabian Nicieza

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Speedball

The Masked Marvel

By: Steve Ditko,Roger Stern,Jo Duffy,Tom Defalco,Hollis Bright,Fabian Nicieza

Collects Speedball #1-10 And material from Amazing Spider-Man Annual #22, Marvel Age Annual #4, Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #14 And #56 And Marvel Super-Heroes (1990) #1-2 And #5-6. Few creators have left their mark like the inimitable Steve Ditko. His unmistakable creative vision brought the world the Amazing Spider-Man, Doctor Strange and, in 1988, Speedball! Together with writers Roger Stern, Tom DeFalco and Jo Duffy, Ditko crafted the adventures of Robbie Baldwin, a high school student with strange other-dimensional powers that create an energetic kinetic field, transforming him into Speedball! In the classic Ditko style, Baldwins life is complicated his father is a district attorney with no love for costumed vigilantes, and there is serious marital strife between Robbies parents. This complete collection brings together every Steve Ditko tale of the future New Warriors superstar for the first time!

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Marvel Entertainment

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1302513737

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Motion Practice

By: David F. Herr,Roger S. Haydock,Jeffrey W. Stempel

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Motion Practice

By: David F. Herr,Roger S. Haydock,Jeffrey W. Stempel

This comprehensive guide not only analyzes every applicable rule of civil procedure, but also gives you practice-proven techniques for evaluating what motions will work most effectively in each of your cases. From early pretrial motions dealing with complaints and jurisdiction to appellate motion practice for both victor and vanquished, Motion Practice, Eighth Edition shows you both what is permissible and what is advisable in such aspects of motion practice as:

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Wolters Kluwer

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1454883898

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Road to the New Deal, 1882-1939

By: Roger Daniels

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Road to the New Deal, 1882-1939

By: Roger Daniels

Franklin D. Roosevelt, consensus choice as one of three great presidents, led the American people through the two major crises of modern times. The first volume of an epic two-part biography, Franklin D. Roosevelt: Road to the New Deal, 1882-1939 presents FDR from a privileged Hyde Park childhood through his leadership in the Great Depression to the ominous buildup to global war. Roger Daniels revisits the sources and closely examines Roosevelt's own words and deeds to create a twenty-first century analysis of how Roosevelt forged the modern presidency. Daniels's close analysis yields new insights into the expansion of Roosevelt's economic views; FDR's steady mastery of the complexities of federal administrative practices and possibilities; the ways the press and presidential handlers treated questions surrounding his health; and his genius for channeling the lessons learned from an unprecedented collection of scholars and experts into bold political action. Revelatory and nuanced, Franklin D. Roosevelt: Road to the New Deal, 1882-1939 reappraises the rise of a political titan and his impact on the country he remade.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252097629

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William Dorsey's Philadelphia and Ours

On the Past and Future of the Black City in America

By: Roger Lane

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William Dorsey's Philadelphia and Ours

On the Past and Future of the Black City in America

By: Roger Lane

Lane here illuminates the African-American experience through a close look at a single city, once the metropolitan headquarters of black America, now typical of many. He recognizes that urban history offers more clues, both to modern accomplishments and to modern problems, than the dead past of rural slavery. The book's historical section is based on hundreds of newly discovered scrapbooks kept by William Henry Dorsey, Philadelphia's first black historian. These provide an intimate and comprehensive view of the critical period between the Civil War and about 1900, when African-Americans, formally free and increasingly urban, made the biggest educational and occupational gains in history. Dorsey's tens of thousands of newspaper clippings and other sources, detail records of high culture and low, success and scandal, personal and public life. In the final chapters Lane outlines the urban situation today, the strong parallels between past and present that suggest the power of continuity and the equally strong differences that point to the possibility of change.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195065662

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Monkeys as Perceivers

By: Roger T. Davis

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Monkeys as Perceivers

By: Roger T. Davis

Primate Behavior: Developments in Field and Laboratory Research, Volume 3: Monkeys as Perceivers illustrates some general procedures for studying nonverbal perceiving in monkeys. This book takes into account the environment that was present when the monkeys were evolving their basic patterns of behavior in order to describe monkeys as perceivers. The topics include the general requirements for a description of nonverbal perception, inferences about attention, and complex conflicting cues of space. The interpretation of spatial discontiguity, alternative ways to measure detour performance, and methodological problems in specifying form are also described. This publication likewise covers the confusion errors in short-term memory and color perception. This volume is suitable for biologists and researchers interested in monkeys as perceivers.

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Academic Press

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1483259730

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Rosen & Barkin's 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult

By: Jeffrey J. Schaider,Stephen R. Hayden,Richard E. Wolfe,Adam Z. Barkin,Philip Shayne,Peter Rosen,Roger M. Barkin

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Rosen & Barkin's 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult

By: Jeffrey J. Schaider,Stephen R. Hayden,Richard E. Wolfe,Adam Z. Barkin,Philip Shayne,Peter Rosen,Roger M. Barkin

The sixth edition of this comprehensive yet concise Rosen & Barkin’s 5 Minute Emergency Medicine Consult pulls together up-to-date and evidence-based practice guidelines for easy use in a busy emergency department. In just two brief, bullet-friendly, clutter-free pages, you can quickly decipher the information you need to confirm your diagnosis, order tests, manage treatment and more!

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1496392973

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Why Science?

To Know, to Understand, and to Rely on Results

By: Roger G. Newton

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Why Science?

To Know, to Understand, and to Rely on Results

By: Roger G. Newton

This volume is based on lectures given at the highly successful three-week Summer School on Geometry, Topology and Dynamics of Character Varieties held at the National University of Singapore's Institute for Mathematical Sciences in July 2010. Aimed at graduate students in the early stages of research, the edited and refereed articles comprise an excellent introduction to the subject of the program, much of which is otherwise available only in specialized texts. Topics include hyperbolic structures on surfaces and their degenerations, applications of ping-pong lemmas in various contexts, introductions to Lorenzian and complex hyperbolic geometry, and representation varieties of surface groups into PSL(2, R) and other semi-simple Lie groups. This volume will serve as a useful portal to students and researchers in a vibrant and multi-faceted area of mathematics.

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World Scientific

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9814397342

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The American Approach to Foreign Affairs

An Uncertain Tradition

By: Roger S. Whitcomb

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The American Approach to Foreign Affairs

An Uncertain Tradition

By: Roger S. Whitcomb

America's foreign relations tradition, for all its successes, has not always served the American people well. Utilizing tradition as a framework of analysis of the historic American approach to foreign affairs, this book critically examines the country's international conduct over time, leading to a number of provocative and controversial conclusions. The first section deals with ideas, ideals, and ideology in American history that provide a context and value structure that have long conditioned the American people's conception of the world. The second part critically examines the problematic American national style of interacting with others. The nation's parochial approach to problem-solving is explicated in the third section. The fourth part centers upon the country's historic isolationist-interventionist impulse--a two-sided, often contradictory dynamic. The fifth section is an extended analysis of the country's approach to alliance-building after World War II as a case study of its approach to foreign affairs in the past. The final section proposes that America's traditional values and decision-making style have often been incompatible, and this contradiction has brought forth the exorcising role of violence in American's relationships with others.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313389675

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9780313389672

The Rush to Policy

Using Analytic Techniques in Public Sector Decision Making

By: Peter William House,Roger Roger Don Shull

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The Rush to Policy

Using Analytic Techniques in Public Sector Decision Making

By: Peter William House,Roger Roger Don Shull

Rush to Policy explores the appropriate role of technical analysis in policy formulation. The authors ask when and how the use of sophisticated analytic techniques in decision-making benefits the nation. They argues that these techniques are too often used in situations where they may not be needed or understood by the decision maker, where they may not be to answer the questions raised but are nonetheless required by law. House and Shull provide an excellent empirical base for describing the impact of politics on policies, policy analysis, and policy analysts. They examine cost-benefit analysis, risk analysis, and decision analysis and assess their ability to substitute for the current decision-making process in the public sector. They examine the political basis of public sector decision-making, how individuals and organizations make decisions, and the ways decisions are made in the federal sector. Also, they discuss the mandate to use these methods in the policy formulation process. The book is written by two practicing federal policy analysts who, in a decade of service as policy researchers, developed sophisticated quantitative analytic and decision-making techniques. They then spent several years trying to use them in the real world. Success and failures are described in illuminating detail, providing insight not commonly found in such critiques. The authors delineate the interaction of politics and technical issues. Their book describes policy analysis as it is, not how it ought to be. Peter W. House is the director of policy research and analysis at the National Science Foundation. He is the author of ten books on multidisciplinary science and technology policy research and analyses in government, private, and university sectors, including The Art of Public Policy Analysis and with Roger D. Shull, Regulatory Reform: Politics and the Environment and Regulations and Science: Management of Research on Demand. Roger D. Shull is a senior analyst at the Division of Policy Research and Analysis, National Science Foundation.

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Transaction Publishers

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1412831059

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Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation

By: Gerald G. Briggs,Roger K. Freeman,Craig V. Towers,Alicia B. Forinash

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Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation

By: Gerald G. Briggs,Roger K. Freeman,Craig V. Towers,Alicia B. Forinash

Put essential information at your fingertips – before you prescribe. The updated 11th edition of Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk lists more than 1,200 commonly prescribed drugs taken during pregnancy and lactation, with detailed monographs that provide the information you need on known or possible effects on the mother, embryo, fetus, and nursing infant. For the 11th edition, this bestselling reference has two new authors, both highly knowledgeable on the effects of drugs on the embryo-fetus and nursing infant: Craig V. Towers, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist, and Alicia B. Forinash, a clinical pharmacologist specialist in obstetrics.

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1496350375

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Marvel Two-In-One Epic Collection

Cry Monster

By: Steve Gerber,Bill Mantlo,Len Wein,Mike Friedrich,Chris Claremont,Roger Slifer,Marv Wolfman,Scott Edelman,Tony Isabella

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Marvel Two-In-One Epic Collection

Cry Monster

By: Steve Gerber,Bill Mantlo,Len Wein,Mike Friedrich,Chris Claremont,Roger Slifer,Marv Wolfman,Scott Edelman,Tony Isabella

Collecting Marvel Feature (1971) #11-12, Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #1-19 And Marvel Team-Up (1972) #47.Al #1. Watch out, Yancy Street! Benjamin Grimm, A.K.A. the Fantastic Fours ever-lovin blue-eyed Thing, is stomping his way into his own series guest-starring the greatest heroes in the Marvel Universe! In this inaugural MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE Epic Collection, the Thing battles the Incredible Hulk, the minions of Thanos and the giant monster Braggadoom and even brings the Guardians of the Galaxy back into the firmament of Marvel stars! He also joins forces with icons like Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, Daredevil and Luke Cage to battle all manner of fearsome foes! And to top it all off, the Thing travels to the pages of MARVEL TEAM-UP to join the amazing Spider-Man in a MTIO/MTU crossover classic! Collecting Marvel Feature (1971) #11-12, Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #1-19 And Marvel Team-Up (1972) #47.Al #1.

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130250536X

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Fear City Cinema

The Dark Side of New York in Film, 1965-1995

By: Roger A. Salerno

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Fear City Cinema

The Dark Side of New York in Film, 1965-1995

By: Roger A. Salerno

This book studies a grouping of films set in New York City between 1965 and 1995, reflecting a town besieged by rampant criminality, social distress and physical decay. "Fear City" is a term the NYPD used to label New York as a frightening environment, incapable of securing the safety of its residents. This book not only deals with the social problems evident in New York during this period, but also provides a study of how independent filmmakers were able to capture unsettling urban imagery, capitalizing on feelings of paranoia and dread. The author explores how the tone of these films reflects upon the anti-urbanism that led to the War on Crime, the mass exodus of working-class people from the city and mass incarceration of young Black men.

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McFarland

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1476645914

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The Penultimate Curiosity

How Science Swims in the Slipstream of Ultimate Questions

By: Roger Wagner,Andrew Briggs

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The Penultimate Curiosity

How Science Swims in the Slipstream of Ultimate Questions

By: Roger Wagner,Andrew Briggs

The curiosity that leads to the search for religious understanding and the curiosity that leads to the search for scientific understanding have common origins in aspects of the human mind that go back as far as the earliest records of human intellectual endeavour. Tracing that history all the way from cave painting to quantum physics, this book (a collaboration between a painter and a physical scientist that uses illustrations throughout the narrative) sets out to explain the nature of the long entanglement between religion and science: the ultimate and the penultimate curiosity. --Adapted from publisher description.

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Oxford University Press

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0198747950

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Marvel Team-Up Masterworks Vol. 5

By: Bill Mantlo,Gerry Conway,Roger Stern,Tony Isabella

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Marvel Team-Up Masterworks Vol. 5

By: Bill Mantlo,Gerry Conway,Roger Stern,Tony Isabella

Collects Marvel Team-Up (1972) #41-52; Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #17; Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) #9, 13; Marvel Comics Calendar 1976. MARVEL TEAM-UP goes all timey-wimey as Spider-Man takes a bicentennial journey through America’s past, present — and futures! When the man behind the Salem witch trials pulls the Vision and Scarlet Witch back in time, Spidey gets dragged along for the ride. But Doctor Doom doesn’t cotton to people messing with his time platform, and he soon enters the fray — as they all must battle the Dark Rider! Then, it’s off to the dystopian futures of Killraven and Deathlok — before landing back in the 20th century for a crossover co-starring the Thing! Finally, Spidey, Iron Man and Doctor Strange face the Wraith in a saga featuring the debut of a Marvel mainstay: tough-as-nails NYPD Captain Jean DeWolff!

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Marvel Entertainment

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1302521012

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9781302521011

Genetically Modified Plants

Assessing Safety and Managing Risk

By: Roger Hull,Graham Head,George T. Tzotzos

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Genetically Modified Plants

Assessing Safety and Managing Risk

By: Roger Hull,Graham Head,George T. Tzotzos

Genetically Modified Plants, Second Edition, provides an updated roadmap and science-based methodology for assessing the safety of genetic modification technologies, as well as risk assessment approaches from regulators across different agroecosystems. This new edition also includes expanded coverage of technologies used in plant improvement, such as RNA-dependent DNA methylation, reverse breeding, agroinfiltration, and gene-editing technologies such as CRISPR and TALENS. This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in crop improvement, including students and researchers, practitioners in regulatory agencies, and policymakers involved in plant biotechnology risk assessment. - Provides a roadmap for assessing the safety of genetically modified plants - Expands coverage of technologies used in plant improvement, such as RNA-dependent DNA methylation, Reverse Breeding and Agro-infiltration - Introduces new chapters addressing the potential applications and associated risks of new gene editing technologies such as CRISPR and TALENS

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Academic Press

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012822648X

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9780128226483

Neuromechanics of Human Movement

By: Roger M. Enoka

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Neuromechanics of Human Movement

By: Roger M. Enoka

Neuromechanics of Human Movement, Fourth Edition, provides a scientific foundation to the study of human movement by exploring how the nervous system controls the actions of muscles to produce human motion in relation to biomechanical principles.

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Human Kinetics

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0736066799

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9780736066792

Plant Virology

By: Roger Hull

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Plant Virology

By: Roger Hull

The seminal text Plant Virology is now in its fifth edition. It has been 10 years since the publication of the fourth edition, during which there has been an explosion of conceptual and factual advances. The fifth edition of Plant Virology updates and revises many details of the previous edition while retaining the important earlier results that constitute the field's conceptual foundation. Revamped art, along with fully updated references and increased focus on molecular biology, transgenic resistance, aphid transmission, and new, cutting-edge topics, bring the volume up to date and maintain its value as an essential reference for researchers and students in the field. - Thumbnail sketches of each genera and family groups - Genome maps of all genera for which they are known - Genetic engineered resistance strategies for virus disease control - Latest understanding of virus interactions with plants, including gene silencing - Interactions between viruses and insect, fungal, and nematode vectors - Contains over 300 full-color illustrations

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0123848725

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Lead With Purpose

Reignite Passion and Engagement for Professionals in Crisis

By: Roger A. Gerard

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Lead With Purpose

Reignite Passion and Engagement for Professionals in Crisis

By: Roger A. Gerard

In a work environment where micromanagement, devaluing of workers, and even bullying run rampant, it’s no wonder professionals today are more disengaged than ever. They do not feel their perspectives are being heard or their expertise valued, leading to a slow erosion of organizational culture, which only contributes to more disengagement. It’s a vicious circle, and it’s causing negative impacts on organizations of all kinds, from stifled innovation to costly turnover to loss of customer and social confidence. So, who is responsible for fixing it? The leaders, of course! With deep insights drawn from his 53-year career as a healthcare executive and leadership consultant, Dr. Roger A. Gerard explains how leaders can bring passion and drive back to their demotivated professionals using time-tested approaches such as: • Empathetic listening, with an expectation that their opinions will be influenced by their employees. • Respecting the autonomy of their professionals to follow their intuition. • Providing the tools, resources, and guidance professionals need to achieve their most ambitious dreams. As a leader, do you have the courage to confront the challenges in your organization—and the compassion to respect and recognize the professionals who work in it?

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FriesenPress

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1038301262

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Discovery Practice

By: Roger S. Haydock,David F. Herr

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Discovery Practice

By: Roger S. Haydock,David F. Herr

Discovery Practice, Eighth Edition gives you hard-nosed, trial-tested guidance through all the intricacies of what to do, whether to do it, and how to do it -- at every stage of the discovery process. Turn to this trusted guide for thorough, up-to-date clarification of: Insurance discoverability Discovery abuse -- its penalties and sanctions Confidentiality and discovery of trade secrets Use of experts Use of investigation files Use of witness statements Protective orders Invoking Rule 29 powers Tapes and telephones depositions Using the Manual for Complex Litigation Foreign discovery Discovery in administrative hearings Discovery in arbitration. Plus detailed coverage of such cutting edge areas as e-mail depositions and FOIA proceedings. Appendices include ready to adapt sample forms. Now, with all the practice tips and valuable strategies packed into Discovery Practice, you can Facilitate early and thorough disclosure of information Quickly determine a core of undisputed facts Intensively promote and pursue a negotiated settlement.

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Wolters Kluwer

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1454871504

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9781454871507

Greek Political Imagery from Homer to Aristotle

By: Roger Brock

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Greek Political Imagery from Homer to Aristotle

By: Roger Brock

An investigation of the political imagery found in ancient Greek history, literature and culture.

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A&C Black

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1780932065

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Anticipating China

Thinking through the Narratives of Chinese and Western Culture

By: David L. Hall,Roger T. Ames

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Anticipating China

Thinking through the Narratives of Chinese and Western Culture

By: David L. Hall,Roger T. Ames

By providing parallel accounts of the contrasting developments of classical Chinese and Western traditions, Anticipating China offers a means of avoiding the implicit cultural biases which so often distort Western understanding of Chinese intellectual culture. The book shows that failure to assess the significant cultural differences between China and the West has seriously affected our understanding of both classical and contemporary China, and makes the translation of attitudes, concepts, and issues extremely problematic.

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SUNY Press

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0791424774

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The Democracy of the Dead

Dewey, Confucius, and the Hope for Democracy in China

By: Roger T. Ames,David L. Hall

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The Democracy of the Dead

Dewey, Confucius, and the Hope for Democracy in China

By: Roger T. Ames,David L. Hall

Will democracy figure prominently in China's future? If so, what kind of democracy? In this insightful and thought-provoking book, David Hall and Roger Ames explore such questions and, in the course of answering them, look to the ideas of John Dewey and Confucius. Those most sanguine about the future of Chinese-Western relations presume that a modernized China will be essentially westernized as well. They believe that in order to enter the family of nations China must be transformed into a liberal democracy, complete with free enterprise capitalism and rational technologies. Only in this manner, so this argument goes, can there be hope for increased rights and freedoms for the individual Chinese. Contrary to this view, the authors argue that it is a mistake to equate modernization with westernization and to believe that individualist, rights-based democracy and its economic and technological accouterments are inevitable consequences of civilized development. Modernity, the authors claim, far from being a universal expression of the human spirit, is a peculiarly Western invention which must be adapted significantly if it is to be useful in a Chinese environment. In The Democracy of the Dead, Hall and Ames argue for the viability of the traditional Chinese cultural sensibility and claim that the China which may well come to dominate the global culture of the twenty-first century will not be a society of increasingly rugged individuals, nor will it be the Netscaped, McDonaldized Theme Park of which Western entrepreneurs have begun to dream. Rather, China is likely to maintain far more of its traditional character than most now suspect possible, and will, therefore, enter the modernworld largely on its own terms. Hall and Ames argue that accommodating the legitimate desires of the Chinese people will require the promotion of a communitarian form of democracy seriously at odds with the liberal democratic model which dominates Western democracies. This will best be accomplished by appealing to the communitarian strain of thought within our own tradition. To this end the authors offer John Dewey's theory of democracy, that of the "communicating community", as the vision which is best suited to engage the realities of Chinese social practice and to promote the realization of a Confucian democracy in China.

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Open Court

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0812699386

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Dynamics of Weed Populations

By: Roger Cousens,Martin Mortimer

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Dynamics of Weed Populations

By: Roger Cousens,Martin Mortimer

Puts the broad empirical knowledge on weed ecology into a theoretical framework.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521499690

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The Chemistry of Environmental Tobacco Smoke

Composition and Measurement, Second Edition

By: Roger A. Jenkins,Bruce Tomkins,Michael R. Guerin

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The Chemistry of Environmental Tobacco Smoke

Composition and Measurement, Second Edition

By: Roger A. Jenkins,Bruce Tomkins,Michael R. Guerin

Written by experts in the field, The Chemistry of Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Composition and Measurement, Second Edition compiles data on the properties of Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) and on concentrations of its constituents in indoor air. The authors focus on common natural indoor environments and environments associated with chronic exposure. They stress measurement methods and competing sources of indoor air contaminants commonly attributed to ETS.

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1566705096

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Statistical Thinking

Improving Business Performance

By: Roger W. Hoerl,Ronald D. Snee

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Statistical Thinking

Improving Business Performance

By: Roger W. Hoerl,Ronald D. Snee

Apply statistics in business to achieve performance improvement Statistical Thinking: Improving Business Performance, 3rd Edition helps managers understand the role of statistics in implementing business improvements. It guides professionals who are learning statistics in order to improve performance in business and industry. It also helps graduate and undergraduate students understand the strategic value of data and statistics in arriving at real business solutions. Instruction in the book is based on principles of effective learning, established by educational and behavioral research. The authors cover both practical examples and underlying theory, both the big picture and necessary details. Readers gain a conceptual understanding and the ability to perform actionable analyses. They are introduced to data skills to improve business processes, including collecting the appropriate data, identifying existing data limitations, and analyzing data graphically. The authors also provide an in-depth look at JMP software, including its purpose, capabilities, and techniques for use. Updates to this edition include: A new chapter on data, assessing data pedigree (quality), and acquisition tools Discussion of the relationship between statistical thinking and data science Explanation of the proper role and interpretation of p-values (understanding of the dangers of “p-hacking”) Differentiation between practical and statistical significance Introduction of the emerging discipline of statistical engineering Explanation of the proper role of subject matter theory in order to identify causal relationships A holistic framework for variation that includes outliers, in addition to systematic and random variation Revised chapters based on significant teaching experience Content enhancements based on student input This book helps readers understand the role of statistics in business before they embark on learning statistical techniques.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119605725

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9781119605720

Charles Clifton of Pierce-Arrow

A Sure Hand and a Fine Automobile

By: Roger J. Sherman

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Charles Clifton of Pierce-Arrow

A Sure Hand and a Fine Automobile

By: Roger J. Sherman

As head of Pierce-Arrow in its formative years, Colonel Charles Clifton played a significant role in the development of a venerated automobile manufacturer. Roundly respected in his time, Clifton was a force in automobile trade associations for nearly a quarter century but slipped into undeserved obscurity after his death in 1928. This biography covers Charles Clifton's role in the earliest conflicts and achievements of the American automobile industry and the growth of the Pierce-Arrow company, using industry publications and periodicals of the time as well as recollections of his associates and contemporaries. It details his wider importance in shaping the industry itself, especially his role in the controversies surrounding the Selden patent and the patent cross-licensing agreement between auto manufacturers. The impact of World War I on the industry and Clifton's activities responding to the vast operational changes the war brought about conclude the book.

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McFarland

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1476675848

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9781476675848

Comparative Plant Virology

By: Roger Hull

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Comparative Plant Virology

By: Roger Hull

Comparative Plant Virology provides a complete overview of our current knowledge of plant viruses, including background information on plant viruses and up-to-date aspects of virus biology and control. It deals mainly with concepts rather than detail. The focus will be on plant viruses but due to the changing environment of how virology is taught, comparisons will be drawn with viruses of other kingdomes, animals, fungi and bacteria. It has been written for students of plant virology, plant pathology, virology and microbiology who have no previous knowledge of plant viruses or of virology in general. - Boxes highlight important information such as virus definition and taxonomy - Includes profiles of 32 plant viruses that feature extensively in the text - Full color throughout

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Academic Press

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0080920969

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Champions Classic

The Complete Collection

By: Tony Isabella,Bill Mantlo,Chris Claremont,Jim Shooter,John Byrne,Roger Stern

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Champions Classic

The Complete Collection

By: Tony Isabella,Bill Mantlo,Chris Claremont,Jim Shooter,John Byrne,Roger Stern

Collects Champions (1975) #1-17, Iron Man Annual (1970) #4, Avengers (1963) #163, Super-Villain Team-Up (1975) #14, Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #17-18, Hulk Annual #7. Join Black Widow, Hercules, Ghost Rider, Iceman and Angel as they form an all-new super-team: the Champions! Now, their complete adventures are available in a single volume! Savor every issue, every highlight, every page as the lives of these Marvel icons play out together! Their struggles will reveal the origin of the man who created the Black Widow, pit them against the combined might of Magneto and Doctor Doom, unleash the Crimson Dynamo and Titanium Man on Los Angeles, team them with the Stranger in the fight for an Infinity Gem and bring fan-favorite artist John Byrne aboard for some of his greatest early work, including stories featuring the Sentinels and Brotherhood of Evil Mutants!

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Marvel Entertainment

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1302504681

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9781302504687

Dispersal in Plants

A Population Perspective

By: Roger Cousens,Calvin Dytham,Richard Law

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Dispersal in Plants

A Population Perspective

By: Roger Cousens,Calvin Dytham,Richard Law

This advanced textbook is the first to explore the consequences of plant dispersal for population and community dynamics, spatial patterns, and evolution. It successfully integrates a rapidly expanding body of theoretical and empirical research. · The first comprehensive treatment of plant dispersal set within a population framework · Examines both the processes and consequence of dispersal · Spans the entire range of research, from natural history and collection of empirical data to modeling and evolutionary theory · Provides a clear and simple explanation of mathematical concepts

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OUP Oxford

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0191538396

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Australia's Biodiversity and Climate Change

By: Will Steffen,Andrew A. Burbidge,Lesley Hughes,Roger Kitching,David Lindenmayer,Warren Musgrave,Mark Stafford Smith,Patricia A. Werner

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Australia's Biodiversity and Climate Change

By: Will Steffen,Andrew A. Burbidge,Lesley Hughes,Roger Kitching,David Lindenmayer,Warren Musgrave,Mark Stafford Smith,Patricia A. Werner

Australia's unique biodiversity is under threat from a rapidly changing climate. The effects of climate change are already discernible at all levels of biodiversity - genes, species, communities and ecosystems. Many of Australia's most valued and iconic natural areas - the Great Barrier Reef, south-western Australia, the Kakadu wetlands and the Australian Alps - are among the most vulnerable. But much more is at stake than saving iconic species or ecosystems. Australia's biodiversity is fundamental to the country's national identity, economy and quality of life. In the face of uncertainty about specific climate scenarios, ecological and management principles provide a sound basis for maximising opportunities for species to adapt, communities to reorganise and ecosystems to transform while maintaining basic functions critical to human society. This innovative approach to biodiversity conservation under a changing climate leads to new challenges for management, policy development and institutional design. This book explores these challenges, building on a detailed analysis of the interactions between a changing climate and Australia's rich but threatened biodiversity. Australia's Biodiversity and Climate Change is an important reference for policy makers, researchers, educators, students, journalists, environmental and conservation NGOs, NRM managers, and private landholders with an interest in biodiversity conservation in a rapidly changing world."--Publisher.

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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0643096051

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9780643096059

Inspiring Leadership

Becoming a Dynamic and Engaging Leader

By: Kerrie Fleming,Roger Delves

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Inspiring Leadership

Becoming a Dynamic and Engaging Leader

By: Kerrie Fleming,Roger Delves

With 13 contributors, and edited by Dr. Kerrie Fleming and Roger Delves, Inspiring Leadership showcases the best of leadership development practice and the most effective leadership styles that have evolved in recent years or are currently gaining attention. Enhanced by a perspective and vision of the types of leaders and leadership skills that will be needed to meet future global demand, the book has three distinctive characteristics: · it will help leaders to translate the latest thinking and offers a simple way of applying this to their current role; · it offers leaders a means by which to develop themselves and their teams, while assessing how their organization may need to evolve in the changing business environment around them; and · it offers a diverse view of leadership perspectives, from which readers can choose in order to enhance their own leadership style and practice. By mapping out the context of the past, present and future of leadership, including a focus on values, Inspiring Leadership looks at developing authenticity and using emotional intelligence to better cultivate a high level of self-awareness in every leader. The book offers invaluable insights on how best to 'practise' leadership, using the techniques and leadership perspectives that are most commonly used in business school interventions around the world.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472932080

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9781472932082

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