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Rising Seas

Past, Present, Future

By: Vivien Gornitz

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The Earth's climate is already warming due to increased concentrations of human-produced greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and the specter of rising sea level is one of global warming's most far-reaching threats. Sea level will keep rising long after greenhouse gas emissions have ceased, because of the delay in penetration of surface warming to the ocean depths and because of the slow dissipation of excess atmospheric carbon dioxide. Adopting a long perspective that interprets sea level changes both underway and expected in the near future, Vivien Gornitz completes a highly relevant and necessary study of an unprecedented age in Earth's history. Gornitz consults past climate archives to help better anticipate future developments and prepare for them more effectively. She focuses on several understudied historical events, including the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Anomaly, the Messinian salinity crisis, the rapid filling of the Black Sea (which may have inspired the story of Noah's flood), and the Storrega submarine slide, an incident possibly connected to a sea level occurrence roughly 8,000 years old. By examining dramatic variations in past sea level and climate, Gornitz concretizes the potential consequences of rapid, human-induced warming. She builds historical precedent for coastal hazards associated with a higher ocean level, such as increased damage from storm surge flooding, even if storm characteristics remain unchanged. Citing the examples of Rotterdam, London, New York City, and other forward-looking urban centers that are effectively preparing for higher sea level, Gornitz also delineates the difficult economic and political choices of curbing carbon emissions while underscoring, through past geological analysis, the urgent need to do so.

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Columbia University Press

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0231147392

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9780231147392

Reinvent Yourself

The Power Of Self Mastery

By: Vivien N Ndebele

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Reinvent Yourself

The Power Of Self Mastery

By: Vivien N Ndebele

Reinvent Yourself is about my personal Journey struggling with the impact from Adverse Childhood Experiences. This book also features Peter Sage: Discussing the Feel Great Now Factor, in overcoming daily adversities. The aim of this book is to give Hope, Inspiration and Encouragement to anyone going through life adversities that there is always an alternative future. This book highlights the negative effects and impacts of why holding onto the past is what keeps you stuck in that traumatic self-distractive cycle…. you have the right to choose how you live your life…. So choose?! Reinvent yourself encourages the reader to Say Enough is Enough and leave the Past in the Past…and choose for yourself to free your Mind and Unleash the Best Version of yourself that is your Divine right to live as you were born to live.

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Norma V Ndebele

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9798373294003

Clinical Manual of Women's Mental Health

By: Vivien K. Burt,Victoria C. Hendrick

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Clinical Manual of Women's Mental Health

By: Vivien K. Burt,Victoria C. Hendrick

This comprehensive update of the popular second edition of the authors' Concise Guide to Women's Mental Health provides the latest evidence-based medical and psychiatric facts related to the assessment and treatment of women with psychiatric disorders -- particularly as women pass through reproductive transitions or experience hormonal challenges -- reviewing the ways in which these times are integral to gender-sensitive case formulations, diagnoses, and treatment planning. The Clinical Manual of Women's Mental Health emphasizes evidence-based medicine and reflects the authors' expanding clinical experience. Key features include Extensively revised chapters on the use of psychiatric medications during pregnancy and breast-feeding, abortion and contraception, and the use of hormones during menopause. A meticulous review of the use of psychopharmacological agents to treat women at important reproductive transition points. Numerous and thorough references and citations from the latest peer-reviewed journals. More than 50 carefully annotated tables and charts -- especially those on the use of psychiatric medications in pregnancy and breast-feeding. Summary passages that enable readers to quickly gain access to important evidence-based data that will inform their practice. Asserting that a multidisciplinary, comprehensive approach -- one that incorporates both psychotherapy and careful attention to social needs -- is integral to successful treatment, the authors of Clinical Manual of Women's Mental Health discuss the latest data on women's mental health, including premenstrual dysphoric disorder, hormonal contraception and effects on mood, mood/anxiety/psychotic disorders during pregnancy and postpartum, the effect of breast-feeding on the treatment of postpartum disorders, perimenopause and menopause, postmenopause, psychological implications of infertility, abortion and miscarriage, female-specific cancers, and gender issues in the treatment of mental illness. Easily accessed by clinicians at every level of medicine, psychiatry, obstetrics-gynecology, psychology, and social work, the Clinical Manual of Women's Mental Health is best used as an ancillary text for students, interns, residents, and graduated clinicians and researchers in psychiatry, family medicine, internal medicine, internal medicine subspecialties, and obstetrics-gynecology. Finally, lay women with psychiatric conditions who wish to better understand how they can make wise decisions regarding their care and well-being as they face important issues such as pregnancy, breast-feeding, and hormone therapy will welcome this updated edition of the Clinical Manual of Women's Mental Health.

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American Psychiatric Pub

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1585626597

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Murder!

25 True Australian Crimes

By: Alan Sharpe,Vivien Encel

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Murder!

25 True Australian Crimes

By: Alan Sharpe,Vivien Encel

From the Batavia massacre through to the disappearance of Donald Mackay, the killing of Megan Kalajzich, the Hilton bombing and the Lesbian Vampire killing, this book documents 25 of Australia's most notorious criminal cases.

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Kingsclear Books Pty Ltd

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0908272472

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Off the Books

Understanding and Mitigating the Fiscal Risks of Infrastructure

By: Matías Herrera Dappe,Vivien Foster,Aldo Musacchio,Teresa Ter-Minassian

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Understanding and Mitigating the Fiscal Risks of Infrastructure

By: Matías Herrera Dappe,Vivien Foster,Aldo Musacchio,Teresa Ter-Minassian

Developing countries face massive infrastructure needs, but public spending on infrastructure is inadequate, and public investment has been declining in recent years. Rising debt levels and tightening fiscal and monetary conditions are putting further pressure on the funds available for infrastructure, heightening the importance of increasing the efficiency of infrastructure spending. Off the Books: Understanding and Mitigating the Fiscal Risks of Infrastructure shows that however governments deliver infrastructure—through direct public provision, state-owned enterprises (SOEs), or public-private partnerships (PPPs), the risk of fiscal surprises is high in both good times and bad. As a result, infrastructure service delivery often ends up costing significantly more than expected, eroding limited fiscal space for productive spending. This book makes a unique contribution by quantifying the magnitude and prevalence of fiscal risks from electricity and transport infrastructure and identifying their root causes across a range of low- and middle-income countries. Drawing on important new sources of evidence and compiling many others, the analysis sheds light on how much is at stake in the good governance of infrastructure sectors. It allows policy makers to weigh the magnitudes of different types of risks and examine how they vary across contexts. Off the Books shows how a deeper understanding of the fiscal risks of infrastructure can help policy makers target reforms to areas where they can be expected to have the greatest impact. It lays out a reform agenda for mitigating the fiscal risks associated with infrastructure based on building government capacity; adopting integrated public investment management and integrated fiscal risk management; improving fiscal and corporate governance of SOEs; and ensuring robust PPP preparation, procurement, and contract management. The book will be of enormous value to policy makers, practitioners, and academics who have an interest in infrastructure and fiscal policy.

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World Bank Publications

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1464819386

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Wisdom, Authority and Grammar in the Seventh Century

Decoding Virgilius Maro Grammaticus

By: Vivien Law

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Wisdom, Authority and Grammar in the Seventh Century

Decoding Virgilius Maro Grammaticus

By: Vivien Law

The works of the seventh-century writer Virgilius Maro Grammaticus are among the most puzzling medieval texts to survive. Ostensibly a pair of grammars, they swarm with hymns, riddles, invented words and imaginary writers. Conventionally interpreted either as a benighted barbarian's unfortunate attempt to write a 'proper' grammar, or as a parody of the pedantic excesses of the ancient grammatical tradition, these texts have long been in need of an alternative reading. Why should a grammarian attack the very notion of authority, thereby destabilizing his own position? The search for an answer leads us via patristic exegesis and medieval wisdom literature to the tantalizingly ill-documented reaches of heterodox initiatory traditions. Vivien Law's book opens important new perspectives on the intellectual life of the early Middle Ages and on the decoding of medieval literature in general.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521471133

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9780521471138

Vanishing Ice

Glaciers, Ice Sheets, and Rising Seas

By: Vivien Gornitz

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Vanishing Ice

Glaciers, Ice Sheets, and Rising Seas

By: Vivien Gornitz

The Arctic is thawing. In summer, cruise ships sail through the once ice-clogged Northwest Passage, lakes form on top of the Greenland Ice Sheet, and polar bears swim farther and farther in search of waning ice floes. At the opposite end of the world, floating Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking. Mountain glaciers are in retreat worldwide, unleashing flash floods and avalanches. We are on thin ice—and with melting permafrost’s potential to let loose still more greenhouse gases, these changes may be just the beginning. Vanishing Ice is a powerful depiction of the dramatic transformation of the cryosphere—the world of ice and snow—and its consequences for the human world. Delving into the major components of the cryosphere, including ice sheets, valley glaciers, permafrost, and floating ice, Vivien Gornitz gives an up-to-date explanation of key current trends in the decline of ice mass. Drawing on a long-term perspective gained by examining changes in the cryosphere and corresponding variations in sea level over millions of years, she demonstrates the link between thawing ice and sea-level rise to point to the social and economic challenges on the horizon. Gornitz highlights the widespread repercussions of ice loss, which will affect countless people far removed from frozen regions, to explain why the big meltdown matters to us all. Written for all readers and students interested in the science of our changing climate, Vanishing Ice is an accessible and lucid warning of the coming thaw.

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Columbia University Press

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0231548893

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9780231548892

A Guide to Algorithm Design

Paradigms, Methods, and Complexity Analysis

By: Anne Benoit,Yves Robert,Frédéric Vivien

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A Guide to Algorithm Design

Paradigms, Methods, and Complexity Analysis

By: Anne Benoit,Yves Robert,Frédéric Vivien

Presenting a complementary perspective to standard books on algorithms, A Guide to Algorithm Design: Paradigms, Methods, and Complexity Analysis provides a roadmap for readers to determine the difficulty of an algorithmic problem by finding an optimal solution or proving complexity results. It gives a practical treatment of algorithmic complexity and guides readers in solving algorithmic problems. Divided into three parts, the book offers a comprehensive set of problems with solutions as well as in-depth case studies that demonstrate how to assess the complexity of a new problem. Part I helps readers understand the main design principles and design efficient algorithms. Part II covers polynomial reductions from NP-complete problems and approaches that go beyond NP-completeness. Part III supplies readers with tools and techniques to evaluate problem complexity, including how to determine which instances are polynomial and which are NP-hard. Drawing on the authors’ classroom-tested material, this text takes readers step by step through the concepts and methods for analyzing algorithmic complexity. Through many problems and detailed examples, readers can investigate polynomial-time algorithms and NP-completeness and beyond.

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CRC Press

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1439898138

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The Story of Taxol

Nature and Politics in the Pursuit of an Anti-Cancer Drug

By: Jordan Goodman,Vivien Walsh

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The Story of Taxol

Nature and Politics in the Pursuit of an Anti-Cancer Drug

By: Jordan Goodman,Vivien Walsh

Taxol is arguably the most celebrated, talked-about and controversial natural product in recent years. It is celebrated because of its efficacy as an anti-cancer drug and because its discovery has provided powerful support for policies concerned with biodiversity; talked about because in the late 1980s and early 1990s the American public was bombarded with news reports and special programmes about the molecule and its host, the Pacific yew; and controversial because during the early 1990s the drug and the tree became embroiled in a number of very sensitive political issues with wide implications for the conduct of public policy. The Story of Taxol tells this story.

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Cambridge University Press

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052156123X

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9780521561235

Winning by Design

Technology, Product Design and International Competitiveness

By: Vivien Walsh,Robin Roy,Margaret Bruce,Stephen Potter

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Winning by Design

Technology, Product Design and International Competitiveness

By: Vivien Walsh,Robin Roy,Margaret Bruce,Stephen Potter

The crucial role of product design in international competition is only now becoming fully appreciated. Based on a wide range of research in over 100 leading companies worldwide, this book describes and analyzes from a new perspective how good product design contributes to competitiveness and profitability.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0631185119

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9780631185116

The History of Linguistics in Europe

From Plato to 1600

By: Vivien Law

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The History of Linguistics in Europe

From Plato to 1600

By: Vivien Law

This authoritative and wide-ranging book, first published in 2003, examines the history of western linguistics over a 2000-year timespan, from its origins in ancient Greece up to the crucial moment of change in the Renaissance that laid the foundations of modern linguistics. Some of today's burning questions about language date back a long way: in 1400 BC Plato was asking how words relate to reality. Other questions go back just a few generations, such as our interest in the mechanisms of language change, or in the social factors that shape the way we speak. Vivien Law explores how ideas about language over the centuries have changed to reflect changing modes of thinking. A survey chapter brings the coverage of the book up to the present day. Classified bibliographies and chapters on research resources and the qualities the historian of linguistics needs to develop, provide the reader with the tools to go further.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521565324

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9780521565325

Reaching Key Financial Reporting Decisions

How Directors and Auditors Interact

By: Stella Fearnley,Vivien Beattie,Tony Hines

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Reaching Key Financial Reporting Decisions

How Directors and Auditors Interact

By: Stella Fearnley,Vivien Beattie,Tony Hines

The regulatory framework for financial reporting, auditing and governance has changed radically in recent years, as a result of problems identified from the Enron scandal and more recently from the drive to implement global standards. In a key regulatory change, a company audit committee is now expected to play a significant role in agreeing the contents of the financial statements and overseeing the activities of the auditors. Finance Directors, Audit Committee Chairs and Audit Engagement Partners are required to discuss and negotiate financial reporting and auditing issues, a significant process leading to the agreement of the published numbers and disclosures, and to the issuing of the auditor's report which accompanies them, but which is entirely unobservable by third parties. Reaching Key Financial Reporting Decisions: How Directors and Auditors Interact is a fascinating, behind-the-scenes examination of this closed process. The authors draw on the results of face to face interviews, and an extensive survey of finance directors, audit committee chairs and audit partners, and present nine company case studies highlighting the process of discussion and negotiation and the methods by which the agreed financial reporting outcome was reached. Detailed analysis of the case studies: Allows those involved in the process to benchmark their behaviours against those of others Enables a comparison between the previous and current regulatory environments to see what has changed, and sheds light on the sorts of behaviours the current regulatory framework encourages Evaluates the effectiveness of the changed regulatory regime, providing evidence relevant to current policy debates concerning the value of audit, IFRS and the relative merit of rules-based versus principles-based accounting standards in relation to professional judgement and compliance The unprecedented access and unique insights offered by this book make it invaluable for audit firm staff and partners, audit committee chairs and company directors involved in agreeing the published financial statements, as well as those who have an interest in the financial statements, but do not have access to the negotiation process.

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1119973759

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9781119973751

Business Studies

By: Donald Sykes,Vivien Hansen,Edward Codsi

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Business Studies

By: Donald Sykes,Vivien Hansen,Edward Codsi

The second volume in a series introducing students to current business practice in Australia, and focusing on the changing business environment. Follows the Year 12 New South Wales two-unit business studies course and covers topics such us accounting, business law, financial management and product marketing. Includes comprehension questions, discussion and essay topics, and an index. Co-authors are Vivien Hansen and Edward Codsi.

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0582909996

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9780582909991

Business Studies, Preliminary

By: Donald Sykes,Vivien Hansen,Edward Codsi

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Business Studies, Preliminary

By: Donald Sykes,Vivien Hansen,Edward Codsi

First in a series of two volumes for a business studies course to be implemented in 2000 and 2001. Based on 'Business Studies: An Introduction' and 'Business Studies: Book 2'. Focuses on small business and provides new material, case studies, summaries, a correlation chart for the revised syllabus, interest boxes and activities. Includes answers to activities and an index.

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0733912389

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9780733912382

Business Studies

An Introduction

By: Donald Sykes,Vivien Hansen,Edward Codsi

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Business Studies

An Introduction

By: Donald Sykes,Vivien Hansen,Edward Codsi

Revised second edition which has been updated and reorganised especially in the chapters on accounting, finance and contemporary business practice. Includes activities such as report writing and group projects for students at a variety of levels. By the authors of 'Business Studies Book 2'.

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0582913411

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9780582913417

Business Studies

A Student Companion

By: Donald Sykes,Sykes Hansen,Don Codsi,Vivien Hansen,Edward Codsi

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Business Studies

A Student Companion

By: Donald Sykes,Sykes Hansen,Don Codsi,Vivien Hansen,Edward Codsi

Complements core texts by assisting students in their preparation for the New South Wales Higher School Certificate examination in business studies. Provides overviews of optional topics, and case studies, advice on report writing, 120 multiple-choice questions throughout the chapters on core topics, and a guide to answering examination questions. Includes glossaries of syllabus terminology and an index.

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0582912989

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9780582912984

Business Studies

An Introduction

By: Donald Sykes,Charles E. Noble,Vivien Hansen

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Business Studies

An Introduction

By: Donald Sykes,Charles E. Noble,Vivien Hansen

An introduction to current business practice, designed for Year-11 students in the NSW two-unit business studies course. Covers such issues as management, accounting, marketing and organisation. Includes sets of optional exercises, a glossary and an index.

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0582875668

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Three Unit Business Studies

By: Donald Sykes,Vivien Hansen,Edward Codsi

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Three Unit Business Studies

By: Donald Sykes,Vivien Hansen,Edward Codsi

Third book in a series designed to introduce students to current business practice in Australia. The series is based on the 3-unit NSW HSC business studies syllabus. Topics such as business and technology, financial markets, human resource management, production management and international business are covered. Includes comprehension questions and activities.

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