Richard B : 338 books
Tibes
People, Power, and Ritual at the Center of the Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2009
The first comprehensive analysis of a strategically located ceremonial center on the island of Puerto Rico.
The prehistoric civic-ceremonial center of Tibes is located on the southern coast of Puerto Rico, just north of the modern coastal city of Ponce. Protected on two sides by a river, and...
Urbanism in the Preindustrial World
Cross-Cultural Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2009
A baseline study of the growth of preindustrial cities worldwide.
This work employs a subset of preindustrial cities on many continents to answer questions archaeologists grapple with concerning the populating and growth of cities before industrialization. It further explores how scholars differently...
by Arthur N. Popper, Anthony D. Hawkins, Soraya Bartol
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
This Technical Report presents the outcome of a Working Group that was established to determine broadly applicable sound exposure guidelines for fishes and sea turtles. After consideration of the diversity of fish and sea turtles, guidelines were developed for broad groups of animals, defined by the...
Radiology of the Heart
Cardiac Imaging in Infants, Children, and Adults
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In this unprecedented era of revolutionary developments in clinical imaging, in no area of the body are dramatic breakthroughs better exemplified than in imaging of the heart. It is difficult for this writer to be objective about this work because he has watched its development in the exceptionally...
Exodus in the Jewish Experience
Echoes and Reverberations
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
Exodus in the Jewish Experience: Echoes and Reverberations investigates how the Exodus has been, and continues to be, a crucial source of identity for both Jews and Judaism. It explores how the Exodus has functioned as the primary model from which Jews have created theological meaning and historical...
Organizational Design
A Step-by-Step Approach
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2015
Written specifically for executives and MBA students, the third edition of this successful textbook provides a step-by-step guide to designing an organization, from diagnosis, to design and implementation. It provides comprehensive coverage of the key aspects of organizational design, including goals,...
by Richard K. Burdick, Jorge Quiroz, Lori B. Pfahler
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
This book examines statistical techniques that are critically important to Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Control (CMC) activities. Statistical methods are presented with a focus on applications unique to the CMC in the pharmaceutical industry.
The target audience consists of statisticians...
by John A. Dixon, Richard A. Carpenter, Louise A. Fallon
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
It has always been thought that some level of pollution and waste is unavoidable in development projects. But no one has made much effort to quantify and assess the extent of this sort of damage.
In this book a group of analysts from the Asian Development Bank and from the East West Center...
by Samuel Bostaph, Ph.D., Bryan Caplan
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
Ayn Rand wrote and lectured on economic concepts and topics. This volume addresses the economic and business aspects of her writings. The authors of this anthology are from a variety of fields and all of them are enthusiastic supporters of her ideas.
City-County Consolidation and Its Alternatives: Reshaping the Local Government Landscape
Reshaping the Local Government Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
City-country consolidation builds upon the Progressive tradition of favoring structural reform of local governments. This volume looks at some important issues confronting contemporary efforts to consolidate governments and develops a theoretical approach to understanding both the motivations for...
by Jorge Soberón, Enrique Martínez-Meyer, Miguel Nakamura
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
This book provides a first synthetic view of an emerging area of ecology and biogeography, linking individual- and population-level processes to geographic distributions and biodiversity patterns. Problems in evolutionary ecology, macroecology, and biogeography are illuminated by this integrative...
Embodiment and Epigenesis: Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Understanding the Role of Biology within the Relational Developmental System
Part A, Philosophical, Theoretical, and Biological Dimensions
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2013
Volume 44 of Advances in Child Development and Behavior includes chapters that highlight some the most recent research in the area of embodiment and epigenesis.
A wide array of topics are discussed in detail, including cytoplasmic inheritance redux, emergence, self organization and developmental...
"These Kids Are Out of Control"
Why We Must Reimagine "Classroom Management" for Equity
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2018
Today’s classrooms reimagined
If you’re looking for a book on how to “control” your students, this isn’t it! Instead, this is a book on what classroom learning could be if we aspire to co-create more culturally responsive and equitable environments—environments that are safe,...
Analysis, Synthesis and Design of Chemical Processes
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Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
The Leading Integrated Chemical Process Design Guide: With Extensive Coverage of Equipment Design and Other Key Topics
More than ever, effective design is the focal point of sound chemical engineering. Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Chemical Processes, Fifth Edition, presents design as...