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This book is devoted to the theoretical and experimental investigation of the optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) with direct and external modulation of laser emission. Such devices, sources of precision radio frequency oscillations using laser excitation, are novel and technologically relevant, with ma... More

SummaryMahout in Action is a hands-on introduction to machine learning with Apache Mahout. Following real-world examples, the book presents practical use cases and then illustrates how Mahout can be applied to solve them. Includes a free audio- and video-enhanced ebook.About the TechnologyA computer... More

This volume presents a sophisticated set of archival, forensic, and excavation methods to identify both individuals and group affiliations—cultural, religious, and organizational—in a multiethnic historical cemetery. Based on an extensive excavation project of more than 1,000 nineteenth-century buri... More

Edgar Allan Poe wrote his great works while living in several cities on the East Coast of the United States, but Baltimore's claim to him is special. His ancestors settled in the burgeoning town on the Chesapeake during the 18th century, and it was in Baltimore that he found refuge when his foster f... More

The reader is given a rare view of the operations of the Vatican in the diplomatic world and some fascinating sidelights into the Vatican archives such as the role Benjamin Franklin played in the selection of the first Catholic Bishop in the United States and what the Pope actually intended to do ab... More

Crawfordsville, founded in the early 1820s, has a diverse history for a small town located in rural, west-central Indiana. The town was the site of an important land office, which attracted many settlers, as well as speculators, to the area. Crawfordsville became known for its intellectual and progr... More

Gain an understanding of the increased role religious congregations now play in providing social support to the elderlyReligious congregations and faith-based organizations (FBO) from the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions have worked on behalf of older adults for centuries. But the initiatio... More

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.... More

Human service organizations are under increasing pressure to demonstrate that their programs work. Organization Practice, Second Edition helps students and professionals in human services and nonprofit management understand complex behaviors in organizations. This new edition provides a new, pract... More

From formulation to implementation, an approach to the analysis of social policy through the lens of research Analyzing Social Policy prepares professionals and students to make better informed decisions related to identifying and understanding the intricacies and potential impact of social policyma... More

"As a practitioner in the field for over thirty years, I have been exposed to endless 'planning' sessions that are prescriptive to the point of being oppressive. Thistext 'gives permission' to the practitioner to allow for emergence, uncertainty, and ambiguity in the planning process. Comparative Ap... More

This undergraduate textbook challenges social workers accustomed to working with individuals and families to expand their efforts at generating change at the community and organizational level. The third edition adds a final chapter on strategies for implementing a planned change intervention. Anno... More

Contending that despite current efforts to make social workers sensitive to differences of race, ethnicity, and gender, the diversity and impact of religious beliefs has often been overlooked, three professors of social work/human services offer a guide to direct practice concerns. Spiritual assessm... More

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.... More

This tour d'horizon book reviews airport regulation and competition in different regions of the world and contrasts different policy perspectives. Organized in four parts, the first three examine, in turn, Australasia, North America, and Europe, while the last section looks at the institutional refo... More

This book approaches the field of social work recognising that all social workers must be able to engage, assess, and intervene with individuals, families, groups, organisations, and communities. It focuses on enabling social work practitioners to undertake whatever types of macro-level intervention... More

Hoe is in de loop van de tijd gereageerd op bedreigingen van de volksgezondheid? Waar, hoe en door wie werd de daartoe benodigde kennis verworven? Hoe werd die kennis in de praktijk gebracht? Bij wie ligt eigenlijk de verantwoordelijkheid voor de gezondheidszorg? Wat kunnen we leren van het verleden... More

Dit boek biedt een overzicht van de geschiedenis van wetenschappelijke en maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen van de geneeskunde en de doorwerking daarvan in de moderne gezondheidszorg. Hoe is in de loop van de tijd gereageerd op ziekte en bedreigingen van de volksgezondheid? Waar, hoe en door wie werd ... More

A Course in Miracles is the acclaimed spiritual guide that teaches the way to universal love and peace is by undoing guilt through forgiving others. The "miracles" of the title refers to shifts in perception from fear to love, which fosters the healing and sanctification of relationships. Although e... More

Written in a clear, easy-to-follow style, Ethnography in Organizations evaluates the wide range of ethnographic research that has been-- and continues to be-- conducted in organizations. Beginning with the classic definition of bureaucracy and rational organization presented by Max Weber, author Hel... More

New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles have long been shaped by immigration. These gateway cities have traditionally been assumed to be the major flashpoints in American debates over immigration policy—but the reality on the ground is proving different. Since the 1980s, new immigrants have increasingly ... More

First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.... More

An integrated guide to the entire range of clinical art therapy. Its scope is immense, covering every age range in a variety of settings from schools and outpatient clinics to psychiatric hospitals and private treatment. Of special value are the extensive case studies and 148 illustrations.... More

An integrated guide to the entire range of clinical art therapy. Its scope is immense, covering every age range in a variety of settings from schools and outpatient clinics to psychiatric hospitals and private treatment. Of special value are the extensive case studies and 148 illustrations.... More

Increasingly scholars of international relations are rallying around the idea that "domestic politics matters." Few, however, have articulated precisely how or why it matters. In this significant book, Helen Milner lays out the first fully developed theory of domestic politics, showing exactly how d... More