James David: 657 books
Water in Kentucky
Natural History, Communities, and Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
Home to sprawling Appalachian forests, rolling prairies, and the longest cave system in the world, Kentucky is among the most ecologically diverse states in the nation. Lakes, rivers, and springs have shaped and nourished life in the Commonwealth for centuries, and water has played a pivotal role...
by David B. D.Min Biebel, James E. MD Dill, Bobbie RN Dill
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Everyone wants to live a healthy, long life. The A to Z Guide to Healthier Living is a practical, scientifically reliable, biblically sound, and easy-to-read handbook that combines current research on living healthfully with important findings on the connection between longevity and faith. From commonsense...
by Raymond L. Goldsteen, DrPH, Karen Goldsteen
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
This is the only survey of the US public health system to combine the perspectives of academicians and public health professionals. Replete with illuminating case studies, the text describes basic public health activities and services including the organization of our public health system, administrative...
Subjectivity
Ancient and Modern
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Subjectivity, sixteen leading scholars examine the turn to the subject in modern philosophy and consider its historical antecedents in ancient and medieval thought. Some critics of modernity reject the turn to the subject as a specifically modern error, arguing that it logically leads to nihilism...
by William S. Cohen, Janet Langhart Cohen, Enola Gay Aird
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities...
CFDs
The Definitive Guide to Contracts for Difference
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2010
CFDs, or contracts for difference, provide the investor with unparalleled trading opportunities in today's volatile markets. CFDs are derivative products that allow you to trade on the price movements of securities and indices without ever owning the underlying asset. They offer a leveraged, flexible,...
The Sortino Framework for Constructing Portfolios
Focusing on Desired Target Return™ to Optimize Upside Potential Relative to Downside Risk
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2009
The most common way of constructing portfolios is to use traditional asset allocation strategies, which match the client’s risk appetite to a weighted allocation strategy of fixed income, equities, and other types of assets. This method focuses on how the money is allocated, rather than on future...
Leadership Passages
The Personal and Professional Transitions That Make or Break a Leader
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
Leaders face numerous critical crossroads in their careers, moments that can provide extraordinary learning and growth opportunities or ensnare them and prevent further development. The good thing about these passages is that they’re predictable, and with proper preparation, leaders not only can...
Effects of Deregulation on Safety
Implications Drawn from the Aviation, Rail, and United Kingdom Nuclear Power Industries
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Effects of Deregulation on Safety provides a comprehensive overview of the safety experiences of these three case study industries and their implications for the U.S. nuclear power industry. The treatment of the subject is not highly technical, and hence is accessible to a wide range of readers with...
Root Cause Analysis Handbook
A Guide to Efficient and Effective Incident Investigation
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Are you trying to improve performance, but find that the same problems keep getting in the way? Safety, health, environmental quality, reliability, production, and security are at stake. You need the long-term planning that will keep the same issues from recurring. Root Cause Analysis Handbook: A...
School To Work
Research On Programs In The United States
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
An in-depth investigation into career-related programmes in American secondary schools and two-year further education colleges is given in this book. In addition to reviewing evidence on the effectiveness of vocational coursework, the authors analyse programmes involving students who study and work...
by Preston C. Russett, James W. Chesebro, David T. McMahan
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
This textbook examines the Internet as a communication system – the single most pervasive, involving, and global communication system ever created by human beings, with a host of political, economic, cognitive, and sociocultural implications. The Internet crosses all cultural boundaries and is the...
by David James,Graham Seibert,Simon Russell
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2001
Officially endorsed by Oracle Corporation, this detailed resource from Oracle Press explains how to maximize the centralized planning, accounting, treasury, purchasing, and management features of Oracle Financials--and revolutionize your company's finance infrastructure.
Catastrophism
The Apocalyptic Politics of Collapse and Rebirth
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
Amid a global zeitgeist of impending catastrophe, this book explores the culture of fear so prevalent in today's politics, economic climate, and religious extremism. The authors of this collection argue that the lens of catastrophe through which so many of today's issues are examined distorts understanding...