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Global Forest Fragmentation
by Stacy M. Stacy M. • Jürgen Jürgen • Bruce L. Bruce L. • Ute Ute • Timm F. Timm F. • Lian Pin Koh • Katharine J.M. Katharine J.M. • Raphael K. Didham • Joern Joern • Panut Panut • Sarah H. Sarah H. • Chris Kettle • Jan C. Jan C. • Claude Claude • Richard T. Richard T. • Sarah A. Sarah A. • Laurène Laurène • Edgar C. Edgar C. • Campbell O. Campbell O. • Andrew D. Barnes • Shonil Shonil • Aline Finger • Keith Keith • Alexandra-Maria Klein • Kinari Kinari • Jahi Jahi • Richard B. Richard B. • Kelvin S.H Kelvin S.H • Christopher Christopher • Rhett D. Rhett D.Forest fragmentation will inevitably continue over the coming years, especially in developing economies. This book provides a cutting edge review of the multi-disciplinary sciences related to studies of global forest fragmentation. It specifically addresses cross-cutting themes from both an ecologic... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Global Forest Fragmentation
by Stacy M. Stacy M. • Jürgen Jürgen • Bruce L. Bruce L. • Ute Ute • Timm F. Timm F. • Katharine J.M. Katharine J.M. • Raphael K. Didham • Joern Joern • Panut Panut • Sarah H. Sarah H. • Jan C. Jan C. • Claude Claude • Richard T. Richard T. • Sarah A. Sarah A. • Laurène Laurène • Edgar C. Edgar C. • Campbell O. Campbell O. • Andrew D. Barnes • Shonil Shonil • Aline Finger • Keith Keith • Alexandra-Maria Klein • Kinari Kinari • Jahi Jahi • Richard B. Richard B. • Kelvin S.H Kelvin S.H • Christopher Christopher • Rhett D. Rhett D.Forest fragmentation will inevitably continue over the coming years, especially in developing economies. This book provides a cutting edge review of the multi-disciplinary sciences related to studies of global forest fragmentation. It specifically addresses cross-cutting themes from both an ecologic... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Developing Property Sustainably
Developing Property Sustainably introduces readers to the key issues surrounding sustainable property development in the global marketplace. Pulling together received wisdom and original research, the authors provide a clear and practical overview of the sustainable property development process as w... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Gender and Free Speech at Google
In August 2017, Google fired James Damore, a 28-year-old software engineer who had been employed by the company since 2013. The move came after Damore penned an internal company memo titled "Google's Ideological Echo Chamber," which posited that innate biological differences between men and women-as... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Gender and Free Speech at Google (A)
In August 2017, Google fired James Damore, a 28-year-old software engineer who had been employed by the company since 2013. The move came after Damore penned an internal company memo titled "Google's Ideological Echo Chamber," which posited that innate biological differences between men and women-as... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Interprofessional Rehabilitation
Interprofessional Rehabilitation: a Person-Centred Approach is a concise and readable introduction to the principles and practice of a person-centred interprofessional approach to rehabilitation, based upon a firm scientific evidence base.Written by a multi-contributor team of specialists in physiot... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Drug Repurposing and Repositioning: Workshop Summary
Drug development can be time-consuming and expensive. Recent estimates suggest that, on average, it takes 10 years and at least $1 billion to bring a drug to market. Given the time and expense of developing drugs de novo, pharmaceutical companies have become increasingly interested in finding new ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Genomics-Enabled Learning Health Care Systems: Workshop Summary
The inclusion of genomic data in a knowledge-generating health care system infrastructure is one promising way to harness the full potential of that information to provide better patient care. In such a system, clinical practice and research influence each other with the goal of improving the effic... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Harriet Tubman: The Moses of her People
After reaching Philadelphia, Tubman began thinking of her family. "I was a stranger in a strange land," she said later. "My father, my mother, my brothers and sisters, and friends were in Maryland. But I was free, and they should be free." For 11 years Tubman returned again and again to the Eastern ... More
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Neurodiversity Works: A Study Of Employees With ADHD, AS And PTSD
This research paper focuses on the experiences of employees with hidden disabilities in the workplace. Three cognitive disorders were studied, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Asperger's Syndrome, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Literature by experts on these subjects is reviewed and ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Cancer in the Lives of Older Americans
The "oldest old," individuals aged 85 and above, are the most rapidly growing segment of American society. And although more than a third of cancer occurs in people over 75 years of age, their tumors are less fully diagnosed and often less fully treated than those in younger patients. Ageism may acc... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Leaders of Their Race: Educating Black and White Women in the New South (Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History)
Secondary level female education played a foundational role in reshaping women's identity in the New South. Sarah H. Case examines the transformative processes involved at two Georgia schools--one in Atlanta for African-American girls and young women, the other in Athens and attended by young white ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Genomics-Enabled Learning Health Care Systems: Workshop Summary
The inclusion of genomic data in a knowledge-generating health care system infrastructure is one promising way to harness the full potential of that information to provide better patient care. In such a system, clinical practice and research influence each other with the goal of improving the effic... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
The Inclusion Toolkit
With downloadable electronic resources Are you looking for ways to make your classroom more inclusive to children with learning difficulties? The practical strategies suggested in this book are supported by current research into effective teaching and learning, and the author shows you how inclusi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
World Music Pedagogy, Volume I: Early Childhood Education (Routledge World Music Pedagogy Series)
World Music Pedagogy, Volume I: Early Childhood Education is a resource for music educators to explore the intersection of early childhood music pedagogy and music in cultural contexts across the world. Focusing on the musical lives of children in preschool, kindergarten, and grade 1 (ages birth to ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Satellite Remote Sensing for Archaeology
This handbook is the first comprehensive overview of the field of satellite remote sensing for archaeology and how it can be applied to ongoing archaeological fieldwork projects across the globe. It provides a survey of the history and development of the field, connecting satellite remote sensing in... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Every Home a Distillery: Alcohol, Gender, and Technology in the Colonial Chesapeake (Early America: History, Context, Culture)
In this original examination of alcohol production in early America, Sarah Hand Meacham uncovers the crucial role women played in cidering and distilling in the colonial Chesapeake. Her fascinating story is one defined by gender, class, technology, and changing patterns of production. Alcohol was es... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Territories of History: Humanism, Rhetoric, and the Historical Imagination in the Early Chronicles of Spanish America (Penn State Romance Studies #2)
Sarah H. Beckjord’s Territories of History explores the vigorous but largely unacknowledged spirit of reflection, debate, and experimentation present in foundational Spanish American writing. In historical works by writers such as Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo, Bartolomé de Las Casas, and Bernal Díaz ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People
This memorable biography is about Harriet Tubman, a former slave who led a heroic struggle more bravely and more successfully than any other to liberate African-Americans from slavery. ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
Complementarity in the Line of Fire
Of the many expectations attending the creation of the first permanent International Criminal Court, the greatest has been that the principle of complementarity would catalyse national investigations and prosecutions of conflict-related crimes and lead to the reform of domestic justice systems. Sar... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Conflict of Interest and Medical Innovation: Workshop Summary
Scientific advances such as the sequencing of the human genome have created great promise for improving human health by providing a greater understanding of disease biology and enabling the development of new drugs, diagnostics, and preventive services. However, the translation of research advances... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Assessing Genomic Sequencing Information for Health Care Decision Making: Workshop Summary
Rapid advances in technology have lowered the cost of sequencing an individual's genome from the several billion dollars that it cost a decade ago to just a few thousand dollars today and have correspondingly greatly expanded the use of genomic information in medicine. Because of the lack of eviden... More
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Love and Liberation: Autobiographical Writings of the Tibetan Buddhist Visionary Sera Khandro
Sarah H. Jacoby is assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Northwestern University. She is the coauthor of Buddhism: Introducing the Buddhist Experience and coeditor of Buddhism Beyond the Monastery: Tantric Practices and Their Performers in Tibet and the Himalayas.... More
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Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Genomic Science Translation: Workshop Summary
The process for translating basic science discoveries into clinical applications has historically involved a linear and lengthy progression from initial discovery to preclinical testing, regulatory evaluation and approval, and, finally, use in clinical practice. The low rate of translation from bas... More
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Refining Processes for the Co-Development of Genome-Based Therapeutics and Companion Diagnostic Tests
Many drug developers have examined new strategies for creating efficiencies in their development processes, including the adoption of genomics-based approaches. Genomic data can identify new drug targets for both common and rare diseases, can predict which patients are likely to respond to a specif... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014