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Simulation Strategies to Reduce Recidivism
Risk Need Responsivity (RNR) Modeling for the Criminal Justice System
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
The use of simulation modeling in criminal justice dates back to the 1970s. Early models were developed to capture the realities of the criminal justice system, to identify what changes were needed, and how small changes would affect the overall picture. Significant time and effort were devoted...
Advanced Free Space Optics (FSO)
A Systems Approach
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
This title provides a comprehensive, unified tutorial covering the most recent advances in the emerging technology of free-space optics (FSO), a field in which interest and attention continue to grow along with the number of new challenges. This book is intended as an all-inclusive source to serve...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
The book aims to introduce the reader to the emerging field of Evolutionary Systems Biology, which approaches classical systems biology questions within an evolutionary framework. An evolutionary approach might allow understanding the significance of observed diversity, uncover “evolutionary design...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2010
This concise manual is for sports medicine specialists who want to effectively prescribe footwear and orthotics for the athlete. The book provides a logical approach designed to maximize performance and minimize injury. In addition to the fundamentals, including athletic foot types, basic biomechanics,...
Environmental Problem Solving
Psychosocial Barriers to Adaptive Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Human influences create both environmental problems and barriers to effective policy aimed at addressing those problems. In effect, environmental managers manage people as much as they manage the environment. Therefore, they must gain an understanding of the psychological and sociopolitical dimensions...
A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts
Volume II: Space, Time and Motion
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
This book provides a chronological introduction to the science of motion and rest based on the reading and analysis of significant portions of Galileo’s Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences, Pascal’s Treatise on the Equilibrium of Fluids and the Weight of the Mass of Air, Newton’s Mathematical...
Seeds
Physiology of Development, Germination and Dormancy, 3rd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
This updated and much revised third edition of Seeds: Physiology of Development, Germination and Dormancy provides a thorough overview of seed biology and incorporates much of the progress that has been made during the past fifteen years. With an emphasis on placing information in the context of the...
by Arnel R. Hallauer, Marcelo J. Carena, J.B. Miranda Filho
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Maize is used in an endless list of products that are directly or indirectly related to human nutrition and food security. Maize is grown in producer farms, farmers depend on genetically improved cultivars, and maize breeders develop improved maize cultivars for farmers. Nikolai I. Vavilov defined...
The Chemical Cosmos
A Guided Tour
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
If you have ever wondered how we get from the awesome impersonality of the Big Bang universe to the point where living creatures can start to form, and evolve into beings like you, your friends and your family, wonder no more. Steve Miller provides us with a tour through the chemical evolution of...
by Sujata K. Bhatia
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
Biomaterials for Clinical Applications is organized according to the World Health Organization’s report of the top 11 causes of death worldwide, and lays out opportunities for both biomaterials scientists and physicians to tackle each of these leading contributors to mortality. The introductory...
Under a Crimson Sun
Prospects for Life in a Red Dwarf System
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Gliese 581 is a red dwarf star some 20.3 light years from Earth. Red dwarfs are among the most numerous stars in the galaxy, and they sport diverse planetary systems. At magnitude 10, Gliese 581 is visible to amateur observers but does not stand out. So what makes this star so important? It is that...
Heritage Management, Tourism, and Governance in China
Managing the Past to Serve the Present
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2012
This monograph analyzes current cultural resource management, archeological heritage management, and exhibitionary practices and policies in the People’s Republic of China. Academic researchers, preservationists, and other interested parties face a range of challenges for the preservation of...
Globalization and Families
Accelerated Systemic Social Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
As our world becomes increasingly interconnected through economic integration, technology, communication, and political transformation, the sphere of the family is a fundamental arena where globalizing processes become realized. For most individuals, family in whatever configuration, still remains...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2013
This book examines the role of economic violence (violations of economic and social rights, corruption, and plunder of natural resources) within the transitional justice agenda. Because economic violence often leads to conflict, is perpetrated during conflict, and continues afterwards...