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Purchasing Medical Innovation
Innovation in medical technology generates a remarkable supply of new drugs, devices, and diagnostics that improve health, reduce risks, and extend life. But these technologies are too often used on the wrong patient, in the wrong setting, or at an unaffordable price. The only way to moderate the gr... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
An Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations
This refreshing, introductory textbook covers both standard techniques for solving ordinary differential equations, as well as introducing students to qualitative methods such as phase-plane analysis. The presentation is concise, informal yet rigorous; it can be used either for 1-term or 1-semester... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
Okinawa: A People and Their Gods
Okinawa is a fascinating account of the most unusual religious practices of the Okinawan people.Subject throughout their long history to many foreign influences, the Okinawan people still retain to a remarkable degree a strong reverence for their prehistoric animistic beliefs. nevertheless, in acco... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1969 -
Strategic Business Partner: A Critical Role for Human Resource Professionals
Organizations are becoming increasingly complex, and the requirements to manage and optimize the people working in these organizations are also becoming more complex.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2005 -
Performance Consulting: A Practical Guide for HR and Learning Professionals (2nd edition)
This work helps readers master the science and art of performance consulting, looking at analytical and assessment techniques as well as consultative and partnering practices. This second edition covers dozens of new tools and techniques, with numerous templates, checklists, and graphics available o... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Mathematical Analysis of the Navier-Stokes Equations: Cetraro, Italy 2017 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics #2254)
This book collects together a unique set of articles dedicated to several fundamental aspects of the Navier–Stokes equations. As is well known, understanding the mathematical properties of these equations, along with their physical interpretation, constitutes one of the most challenging questions of... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
The Three-Dimensional Navier-Stokes Equations
A rigorous but accessible introduction to the mathematical theory of the three-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations, this book provides self-contained proofs of some of the most significant results in the area, many of which can only be found in research papers. Highlights include the existence of g... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Partial Differential Equations in Fluid Mechanics (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series #452)
The Euler and Navier–Stokes equations are the fundamental mathematical models of fluid mechanics, and their study remains central in the modern theory of partial differential equations. This volume of articles, derived from the workshop 'PDEs in Fluid Mechanics' held at the University of Warwick in ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Mathematical Aspects of Fluid Mechanics
The rigorous mathematical theory of the equations of fluid dynamics has been a focus of intense activity in recent years. This volume is the product of a workshop held at the University of Warwick to consolidate, survey and further advance the subject. The Navier–Stokes equations feature prominent... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Les Misérables (Abridged)
A monumental classic and one of the most widely read novels in history, Les Misérables portrays the epic struggle between good and evil in the soul of one man: Jean Valjean. In a world brutalized by poverty and ignorance, the ex-convict struggles to renew his life and reaffirm his humanity. But he i... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1964 -
Performance Consulting: A Strategic Process to Improve, Measure, and Sustain Organizational Results
NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATEDIn America, organizations spend $175 billion in training initiatives and more than $500 billion in human resource solutions every year yet often have little to show for it. One reason is that people "jump to solutions" before they identify the causes of the problem. P... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Recent Progress in the Theory of the Euler and Navier-Stokes Equations
The rigorous mathematical theory of the Navier–Stokes and Euler equations has been a focus of intense activity in recent years. This volume, the product of a workshop in Venice in 2013, consolidates, surveys and further advances the study of these canonical equations. It consists of a number of re... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Psychosomatic Medicine: An Introduction to Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Psychosomatic medicine or consultation-liaison psychiatry is the branch of psychiatry that focuses on the mental health issues which accompany, or develop as a result of, other medical disorders. This subdiscipline forms an important part of training in psychiatry. This book provides an ideal firs... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Concepts in Health and Wellness
Concepts in Health and Wellness provides postsecondary students with the essential body of personal health information that they can use to develop a lifetime of wellness skills. The text will help you enhance your motivation to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure optimal wellness t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Budgeting for Local Governments and Communities
Budgeting for Local Governments and Communities is designed as the primary textbook for a quarter or semester-long course in public budgeting and finance in an MPA programme.Many currently available texts for this course suffer from a combination of defects that include a focus on federal and state ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Rolling Back the Islamic State
by James Dobbins • Seth G. Jones • Christopher S. Chivvis • Jeffrey Martini • Daniel Byman • Ben Connable • Eric Robinson • Nathan ChandlerThe Islamic State has lost substantial amounts of territory but continues to conduct and inspire attacks around the world. This report assesses the threat the Islamic State poses to the United States and examines strategies to counter the group and prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State or other ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Mental Health and Well-being in Animals
by Karen L. Overall • Temple Grandin • Alexander Weiss • Debra F. Horwitz • Ngaio J Ngaio J • Gary Landsberg • Ian J.H. Duncan • Professor Michael Mendl • Professor Daniel Mills • Gina Alvino • Melissa Bain • C. A. Buffington • Larry Carbone • Kathy Carlstead • Sharon Crowell-Davis • Victoria Cussen • Carine Elkhoraibi • Daniel Q. Estep • Sophie S. Hall • Suzanne Hetts • Lori Marino • David J. Mellor • Elizabeth S. Paul • Pamela J. Reid • Claire Ricci-Bonot • Lauren M. Robinson • Amy Robinson-Junker • Lynne M. Seibert • David Shepherdson • Daniel M. Weary • Jacqueline Wilhelmy • James W. YeatesThe second edition is fully revised, expanded, and comprehensively updated with the most current knowledge about the full array of mental health issues seen in animals. Written by key opinion leaders, internationally-recognized experts and specialists, it is comprehensive covering basic principles ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Managing Hospitality Experiences
by Peter Cox • Josephine Pryce • Alexandra Kenyon • Ade Oriade • Roya Rahimi • Peter Robinson • Adenike Adebayo • Rudin Beka • Kevan Burke • Sandra J Cooper • Martin Hilton • James Musgrave • Lucy Hack • Gonzalo Díaz MenesesManaging hospitality experiences is a crucial part of the hospitality business and industry alike. While many textbooks cover the management of hospitality services, this text focuses specifically on experiences, while also providing a full and detailed insight into the ways in which experiences are... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Taking Chances: The Coast after Hurricane Sandy
by Joanna Burger • Tammy L. Lewis • Kenneth A. Gould • Robert B. Gramling • Mark Alan Hewitt • Mariana Leckner • Bonnie Mccay • Briavel Holcomb • Angela Oberg • Melanie Mcdermott • Steven G. Decker • Professor Karen M. O'Neill • Patricia M. Clay • Daniel Redlaswk • Frank A. Felder • Clinton J. Andrews • Adelle Thomas • Lisa L. Colburn • Larry Niles • Daniel Baldwin Hess • David A. Robinson • Brian W. Conley • James K. Mitchell • Ashley Koning • Shankar Chandramowli • Daniel J. Van Abs • Julia FlaggHumanity is deeply committed to living along the world's shores, but a catastrophic storm like Sandy--which took hundreds of lives and caused many billions of dollars in damages--shines a bright light at how costly and vulnerable life on a shoreline can be. Taking Chances offers a wide-ranging explo... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Successful Marriages And Families
by James M. Harper • Elaine Walton • Richard B. Miller • Craig H. Hart • Scott Gardner • Leslie Feinauer • Christian Greiner • Elizabeth Vandenberghe • Alan Hawkins • Tamara A. Fackrell • Jonathan G. Sandberg • James Strait • Carly Larsen • Lloyd D. Newell • Julie H. Haupt • David A. Nelson • Jenet J. Erickson • Sean Brotherson • E. Jeffrey Hill • Sarah June Carroll • Kaylene Fellows • Kenneth W. Matheson • Kyle L. Pehrson • Ron Cook • Nancy L. Madsen • Jeremy B. Yorgason • Loren D. Marks • David C. Dollahite • Joanna Jacob • Nathan M. Lambert • Jason S. Carroll • Hillary M. Hendricks • Kathleen Slaugh Bahr • Kristine Manwaring • Cheri Loveless • Erika Bailey • Mark A. Widmar • Stacy T. Taniguchi • W. David Robinson • Elaine Sorensen Marshall • Kay Bradford • Thomas B. Holman • Jason B. Whiting • Lynn D. Wardle • Cynthia L. Hallen • Michael M. Seipel • Thomas W. Draper • Dallin D. Oaks • Evelyn S. Stanley • Daniel K. Judd • Frank Poulsen • Stephen F. Duncan • Valarie M. Hudson • Sara S. Mccarty ZasukhaSuccessful Marriages and Families explores in-depth the principles and practices in "The Family: A Proclamation to the World. " Understanding and implementing these principles and practices will help build and strengthen families and help to prevent problems common to families all over the world. ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln
by Frederick Douglass • James Smith • Julius Lester • Barack Obama • Clarence Thomas • Langston Hughes • Benjamin Quarles • John Hope Franklin • Daisy Bates • Elizabeth Keckley • Mary Frances Berry • Richard Carwardine • James Weldon Johnson • Paul Laurence Dunbar • T. Thomas Fortune • James Oakes • Douglas L. Wilson • Charles Chesnutt • Gwendolyn Brooks • W. E. Du Bois • George Washington • Vincent Harding • Jackie Robinson • Sojourner Truth • Henry Johnson • St. Clair Drake • Thomas Hamilton • Michael Burlingame • Matthew Pinsker • Kelly Miller • Elizabeth Thomas • Rodney O. Davis • Hannah Johnson • Walter White • John Proctor • Claude McKay • Booker T Washington • Martin Delany • Robert Hamilton • Henry Louis Gates • Henry Highland Garnet • Edna Greene Medford • Alice Dunbar-Nelson • Thurgood Marshall • Gerald J Prokopowicz • John R Sellers • Jennifer L Weber • H. Ford Douglas • Jabez P Campbell • Henry McNeal Turner • Daniel Alexander Payne • Philip A Bell • Edward M Thomas • Alfred P Smith • Frances Ellen Harper • George B Vashon • Thomas Strother • Ezra R Johnson • Alexander T Cps • Alexander T Augusta • Jeremiah B Sanderson • Osborne P Anderson • Thomas Morris Chester • James H Hudson • Robert Purvis • Leonard A Grimes • Jeremiah Asher • John Willis Menard • Henry African Civilization Society • William Florville • Thomas R Street • John H Morgan • Mattild Burr • Amos G Beman • Richard H Cain • Jean Baptiste Roudanez • Arnold Bertonneau • George E North Carolina Freedmen • Don Carlos Rutter • George E Stephens • James W.C Pennington • S. W. Africano" • Annie Davis • S. W. Chase • Isaac J Hill • Alexander H Newton • Jacob Thomas • Angeline R Demby • Henry O Wagoner • George W Le Vere • Paul Trevigne • Thomas N.C Liverpool • H Cordelia • Emmanuel K Love • William S Scarborough • John Mercer Langston • Peter H Clark • Ews Hammond • Charles W Anderson • Harriet Tubman • Julius F Taylor • Ida B Wells-Barnett • Archibald H Grimke • Elizabeth Keckly • William A Sinclair • Jesse Max Barber • Mary Church Terrell • Reverdy C Ransom • William Monroe Trotter • Maude K Griffin • Hightower T Kealing • Silas X Floyd • George L Knox • Thomas S Inborden • George W Henderson • William Pickens • Etta M. Cottin • John M Gandy • Fred R Moore • Sylvanie F Williams • Harry C Smith • James H Magee • James L Curtis • John W. Bowen • Cora J Ball • Thomas Nelson Baker • Josephine Silone Yates • William H Lewis • John H Murphy • Robert R Wright • Theophile T Allain • Oliva Ward Bush-Banks • Richard W Gadsden • Edward A Johnson • Hubert H Harrison • Carter G Woodson • Robert R Moton • Georgia Douglas Johnson • Lamar Perkins • Samuel A Haynes • William E Lilly • Robert L Vann • William Lloyd Imes • Eugene Gordon • Arthur W Mitchell • Grace Evans • Aaron H Payne • Roscoe Conkling Simmons • Joel A Rogers • Mary McLeod Bethune • Ella Baker • Luther Porter Jackson • Willard Townsend • Ralph J Bunche • Roy Wilkins • Mordecai W Johnson • Carl J Murphy • Martin Luther King • Edith Sampson • Charles H Wesley • Julius Malcolm X • Lerone Bennett • Henry Lee Moon • John H Sengstacke • Norman E. Hodges • Arvarh E. Strickland • Barbara Jeanne FieldsThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023