D A L: 362 books
by Angela Calabrese Barton, Jason L. Ermer, Tanahia A. Burkett-Benton
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
How might science education reflect the values of a socially just and democratic society? How do urban youth living in poverty construct science in their lives in ways that are enriching, empowering, and transformative? Using a combination of in-depth case studies and rigorous theory, this volume:
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by H.H. Scheld, U. Löhrs, K.-M. Müller
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Increasingly, pathologists are being confronted with the effects of a number of complex devices on the body. Cardiac pace-makers are becoming increasingly sophisticated, ventricular support systems for the heart are well established, and vascular and other protheses are being used in increasing numbers....
Animal Cognition
Evolution, Behavior and Cognition
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2017
What occupies the mind of an animal? To what extent do they experience consciousness? Is there such a thing as culture in the animal kingdom? For those new to this fascinating topic, this innovative text delivers an apt and comprehensive introduction to the rich and complex world of animal behaviour...
Baking, Bourbon, and Black Drink
Foodways Archaeology in the American Southeast
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2018
Archaeological case studies that explore the rituals and cultural significance of foods in the southeastern United States
Understanding and explaining societal rules surrounding food and foodways have been the foci of anthropological studies since the early days of the discipline. Baking, Bourbon,...
The Human Pain System
Experimental and Clinical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010
Pain is a subject of significant scientific and clinical interest. This has resulted both from realistic rodent models, and the publication of imaging, psychological and pharmacological studies in humans. Investigators studying rodents refer to anatomical and physiological studies in non-human primates...
by Márton Veress, Tamás Telbisz, Gábor Tóth
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
This book discusses the theoretical and practical issues of glaciokarsts. After a research history, a general description of glaciokarsts is provided. Thereafter, the glacial erosion on karst, the karstic features of glaciokarsts, the development of these features, the karstic zones of glaciokarsts,...
by M.E. Blazina, D.H. O'Donoghue, S.L. James
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Different views about the biomechanics of the knee joint and late re construction of ligamentous injuries underline the obstacles impeding the establishment of generally acceptable principles for the treat ment of such lesions. As late as June 1976, HUGHSTON emphasized in the Journal of Bone and...
by Mª Paula Díaz Pita, Mª Paula Díaz Pita, Pedro Alberto Barea Gallardo
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 17, 2019
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 17, 2019
Acceso a la Abogacía responde a un proyecto dirigido a cubrir una necesidad que acuciaba a los alumnos y alumnas de los Másteres en Abogacía: disponer de un texto que respondiera ordenadamente a los enunciados de los temas del programa de materias de la Prueba de Evaluación de Aptitud Profesional...
Imaniman
Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
In homage to Gloria Anzaldúa and her iconic work Borderlands/La Frontera, award-winning poets ire'ne lara silva and Dan Vera have assembled the work of 54 writers who reflect on the complex terrain—the deeply felt psychic, social, and geopolitical borderlands—that Anzaldúa inhabited, theorized,...
The Simple Book of Profound Truths
A Spiritual Guide for Skeptic and Believer Alike
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
This book is a revolutionary text for revolutionary spiritual times. Facing imminent global financial collapse and great adversity for the foreseeable future, people will need a powerful faith in God just to survive. But who can have great faith if they dont know anything about God and how he works...
Where Credit is Due
Bringing Equity to Credit and Housing After the Market Meltdown
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
While much recent attention has been focused on the subprime lending and foreclosure crisis, little has been said about its radically-disparate impact. Drawing upon history as well as insight into the current crisis, this book shows that this crisis is not an anomaly, especially for people of color;...
Police Ethics
The Corruption of Noble Cause
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Police Ethics, Fourth Edition, provides an analysis of corruption in law enforcement organizations. The authors argue that the noble cause—a commitment to “doing something about bad people”—is a central “ends-based” police ethic. This fundamental principle of police ethics can paradoxically...
by J. L. Sapphire, Adrienne Thompson, Penelope Christian
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Love is a powerful drug…whether it’s the love of family, friends, or that special someone who takes your breath away…chances are, you know the feeling. But what happens when it all goes wrong? Do you break up, then make up? Or do you just walk away? In The Ex Chronicles, twenty talented writers...
Beyond Time-Out
From Chaos to Calm
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The covers of such magazines as Time and Newsweek have described parents as living in “mayhem” and “madness” with their children. TV’s Supernanny regularly captures kids wildly, unbelievably out of control. How did our families get to such a state? Child psychologist Dr. Beth Grosshans has...