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Complexity, Society and Social Transactions

Developing a Comprehensive Social Theory

By: Thomas B. Whalen

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Complexity, Society and Social Transactions

Developing a Comprehensive Social Theory

By: Thomas B. Whalen

This book develops and presents a general social theory explaining social, cultural and economic ontology and, as a by-product, the ontology of other social institutions and structures. This theory is called social transaction theory. Using the framework of the complex adaptive systems model, this transdisciplinary social theory proposes that society, culture and economy are emergent from social and environmental transaction and negotiation. Each transaction contains an element of negotiation. With each transaction, there is continual renegotiation, however small or large. Even if the result is no change, renegotiation takes place. Thus, there is a constant emergence of social constructions and a continuous reconstruction of society in the ‘specious present.’ Practices, beliefs, explanations, and traditions become part of the accepted canon of a group through continual social transaction. Deviations from canon and expected outcomes are managed through narrative. Narrative can be either rejected or accepted into the social canon of a group or society. This social theory applied Bhaskar’s critical realism to refine the several theoretical works that were utilized. These include complex adaptive systems, Mead’s social theory, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Strauss’s negotiated order theory, game theory, Bruner’s narrative and folk psychology, Giddens's structuration theory and Ricoeur’s interpretation theory. A transdisciplinary account of the emergence of society and culture and the role of narrative, Complexity, Society and Social Transactions will appeal to scholars and practitioners of social theory and sociology.

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Routledge

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1351717766

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9781351717762

Advances in Anesthesia 2014

By: Thomas M. McLoughlin

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Advances in Anesthesia 2014

By: Thomas M. McLoughlin

Each year, Advances in Anesthesia brings you the best current thinking from the preeminent practitioners in your field. A distinguished editorial board identifies current areas of major progress and controversy and invites specialists to contribute original articles on these topics. These insightful overviews bring concepts to a clinical level and explore their everyday impact on patient care.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323264603

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9780323264600

ADHD Comorbidities

Handbook for ADHD Complications in Children and Adults

By: Thomas E. Brown

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ADHD Comorbidities

Handbook for ADHD Complications in Children and Adults

By: Thomas E. Brown

The only book that covers the multiple ways in which ADHD is complicated by other psychiatric and learning disorders in both children and adults, ADHD Comorbidities: Handbook for ADHD Complications in Children and Adults features comprehensive, research-based information on ADHD and its full range of coexisting syndromes. Contributing researcher-clinicians, familiar with the complications that additional disorders pose, summarize in accessible language what is currently known about ADHD and its comorbidities, from preschool age to adulthood. These authors describe how ADHD leads to different profiles at different stages of development and how to adjust treatment strategies for both ADHD and additional disorders to reduce the impairments resulting from their combination. The book offers a new paradigm for understanding ADHD, viewing it not as a simple behavior disorder but as a complex developmental impairment of executive functions in the brain. This important handbook gives developmental context to ADHD by describing how symptoms at preschool onset differ from those of older age at onset. Clinicians will find practical help for patients whose ADHD appears in conjunction with 11 other syndromes -- from mood disorders to developmental coordination disorder -- and acquire valuable guidance on adapting and adjusting medications and other interventions to optimize treatment effects for the wide diversity of complex cases that embody ADHD.

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480

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American Psychiatric Pub

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1585621587

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9781585621583

Sprayed Concrete Lined Tunnels

By: Alun Thomas

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Sprayed Concrete Lined Tunnels

By: Alun Thomas

Practising engineers on site, in the design office or in client organizations will find this book an excellent introduction to the design and construction of sprayed concrete lined (SCL) tunnels. The complex behaviour of the early age behaviour of the sprayed concrete requires careful management. This book covers all aspects of SCL tunnelling – from the constituents of sprayed concrete to detailed design and management during construction. Although there is a close interdependence between all the facets of sprayed concrete, few engineers have the right breadth of experience and expertise, and this urgently needs to be transferred to the wider engineering community. Disseminating essential information for tunnelling engineers, Sprayed Concrete Lined Tunnels is key reading for all involved in or studying the process.

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CRC Press

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0415365465

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9780415365468

Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine E-Book

Expert Consult - Online and Print

By: Meir H. Kryger,Thomas Roth,William C. Dement

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Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine E-Book

Expert Consult - Online and Print

By: Meir H. Kryger,Thomas Roth,William C. Dement

Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 5th Edition, by Meir H. Kryger, MD, FRCPC, Thomas Roth, PhD, and William C. Dement, MD, PhD, delivers the comprehensive, dependable guidance you need to effectively diagnose and manage even the most challenging sleep disorders. Updates to genetics and circadian rhythms, occupational health, sleep in older people, memory and sleep, physical examination of the patient, comorbid insomnias, and much more keep you current on the newest areas of the field. A greater emphasis on evidence-based approaches helps you make the most well-informed clinical decisions. And, a new more user-friendly, full-color format, both in print and online, lets you find the answers you need more quickly and easily. Whether you are preparing for the new sleep medicine fellowship examination, or simply want to offer your patients today's best care, this is the one resource to use! - Make optimal use of the newest scientific discoveries and clinical approaches that are advancing the diagnosis and management of sleep disorders. - Stay on top of the hottest topics in sleep medicine with 56 new chapters, including: - Postpartum Sleep Disturbances - Fatigue Risk Management - What does Brain Imaging Reveal about Sleep Genesis and Maintenance? - Physician Examination of the Sleep Patient - Forensic Sleep Medicine - Pathophysiology and Models of Insomnia - Treatment of Insomnia: Developing Treatment Guidelines - Restrictive Lung Disorders - Sleep Medicine in the Elderly: Obstructive - Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Metabolic, and Renal Disorders - Sleep Apnea, Obesity and Bariatric Surgery - Sleep and Renal Disease - Theories of Dreaming - Why We Dream - Sleep, Stress, and Burnout - Evaluating Sleep EEG and Sleep Stage Scoring - And more - Master the newest areas in the field with 5 new sections covering: - Sleep Mechanisms and Phylogeny - Genetics of Sleep - Physiology in Sleep - Occupational Sleep Medicine - Sleep Medicine in the Elderly - Access the complete contents online, fully searchable, and follow links to abstracts for most bibliographical references. - Apply evidence-based approaches wherever available. - Find answers more easily thanks to a new user-friendly, full-color format.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1437727735

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9781437727739

Kryger's Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine - E-Book

By: Meir H. Kryger,Thomas Roth,Cathy A Goldstein

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Kryger's Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine - E-Book

By: Meir H. Kryger,Thomas Roth,Cathy A Goldstein

Offering today's most authoritative, comprehensive coverage of sleep disorders, Kryger's Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 7th Edition, is a must-have resource for sleep medicine specialists, fellows, trainees, and technicians, as well as pulmonologists, neurologists, and other clinicians who see patients with sleep-related issues. It provides a solid understanding of underlying basic science as well as complete coverage of emerging advances in management and treatment for a widely diverse patient population. Evidence-based content, hundreds of full-color illustrations, and a wealth of additional resources online help you make well-informed clinical decisions and offer your patients the best possible care. - Contains new chapters on sleep in intersex and transgender individuals; sleep telemedicine and remote PAP adherence monitoring; and sleep and the menstrual cycle, as well as increased coverage of treatment and management of pediatric patients. - Includes expanded sections on pharmacology, sleep in individuals with other medical disorders, and methodology. - Discusses updated treatments for sleep apnea and advancements in CPAP therapy. - Offers access to 95 video clips online, including expert interviews and sleep study footage of various sleep disorders. - Meets the needs of practicing clinicians as well as those preparing for the sleep medicine fellowship examination or recertification exams, with more than 950 self-assessment questions, answers, and rationales online. - Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323675050

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9780323675055

Contemporary Dental and Maxillofacial Imaging

By: Steven Thomas

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Contemporary Dental and Maxillofacial Imaging

By: Steven Thomas

A comprehensive overview of current techniques in dental, oral and maxillofacial imaging for all practicing dentists! Articles will include cone beam computed tomography of the head and neck, using cone beam CT in the office setting, oral pathology in 3D, CT-guided implant surgery, CAD-CAM applications using cone beam CT, contemporary imaging of the temporomandibular joint, 3D imaging in orthodontics and endodontics, diagnostic imaging and sleep medicine, and much more!

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1416062866

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Complexity, Society and Social Transactions

Complexity, Society and Social Transactions

Advances in Anesthesia 2014

Advances in Anesthesia 2014

ADHD Comorbidities

ADHD Comorbidities

Sprayed Concrete Lined Tunnels

Sprayed Concrete Lined Tunnels

Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine E-Book

Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine E-Book

Kryger's Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine - E-Book

Kryger's Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine - E-Book

Contemporary Dental and Maxillofacial Imaging

Contemporary Dental and Maxillofacial Imaging

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