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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. Methods for Applying Risk Analysis to Fire Scenarios (MARIAFIRES)-2010. Washington, DC: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, 2013.

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Great Britain. Health and Safety Executive. and Steel Construction Institute, eds. Generic foundation data to be used in the assessment of blast and fire scenarios and typical structural details for primary, secondary andsupporting structures/components. London: H.M.S.O., 1992.

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Walter, Forster Kurt, ed. Hodgetts + Fung :scenarios and spaces. [New York]: Rizzoli International Publications, 1997.

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Courbage, Youssef. Scenari demografici mediterranei: La fine dell'esplosione. Torino: Edizioni Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli, 1998.

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Brnich, M. J., and Erica E. Hall. Incorporating judgment and decisionmaking into quarterly mine escape training based on a mine fire scenario. Pittsburgh, PA: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, 2013.

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Berardi, Franco. Mutazione e cyberpunk: Immaginario e tecnologia negli scenari di fine millennio. Genova: Costa & Nolan, 1994.

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1943-, Davis Paul K., Bigelow J. H, and National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), eds. EXHALT: An interdiction model for exploring halt capabilities in a large scenario space. Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 2000.

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Bernardoni, Marco. Scenari dalla fine del mondo: Teologia e scienza nell'opera di Robert John Russell. Bologna: EDB Edizioni Dehoniane Bologna, 2021.

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R, Lim Marie, and Geological Survey (U.S.), eds. A clarification, correction, and updating of Parkfield, California, earthquake prediction scenarios and response plans: (USGS Open-File Report 87-192). [Reston, Va.]: Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1995.

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Arnold, John E. Anyone who can be fired needs a fallback position: Preparing a contingency plan for the worst case scenario. Topeka, KS: Exurba, 2003.

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International Seminar on Present Scenario of Post Multi Fibre Agreement (MFA): A Comparative Study of India and China (2006 Nagpur, India). International Seminar on Present Scenario of Post Multi Fibre Agreement (MFA), A Comparative Study of India and China: 27th and 28th January, 2006 : seminar volume. [Nagpur: Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, 2006.

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Raspini, Federico, Francesca Cigna, Sandro Moretti, and Nicola Casagli, eds. Advanced Terrain Mapping of the Gioia Tauro Plain Calabria Region, Italy. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-6655-022-8.

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In the framework of the Terrafirma project, Persistent Scatterers Interferometry (PSI) has be used for mapping land subsidence at basin scale in Gioia Tauro plain (Italy). The investigated area is built over unconsolidated fine-grained sediments, where the increasing groundwater demands for irrigation have caused the natural sediment consolidation to progressively accelerate. Both historical (1992-2001; ERS1/2 images) and recent (2002-2006; ENVISAT images) scenarios are analyzed to solve the spatial variability and temporal evolution of ground displacements affecting the plain. The results show deformation rates as high as 10-12 mm/yr in 1992-2007, with highest velocities occurred between 1992 and 2000 within the central part of the basin, in the area of Rizziconi (5 km ESE of Gioia Tauro). The outcomes of this PSI study could support the future improvement of groundwater management and the implementation of best strategies for land use planning and sustainable use of groundwater resources.

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Moretti, Anna, and Francesco Zirpoli. Osservatorio sulla componentistica automotive italiana 2020. Venice: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-482-0.

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Nell’anno 2020 l’Italia ha dovuto fare i conti con la crisi sanitaria ed economica determinata dalla diffusione del virus COVID-19. La straordinarietà della situazione, con l’Europa alle prese con lockdown e fermi produttivi, ha portato l’Osservatorio a far seguire alla tradizionale rilevazione avviata a fine Febbraio 2020 una seconda indagine di approfondimento mirata a raccogliere le prime reazioni delle imprese della filiera alla crisi da coronavirus. Questa edizione del volume è, quindi, particolarmente ricca di spunti in quanto collega la fotografia del 2019 alla situazione generata dalla pandemia nel 2020. Il quadro complessivo è quello di una filiera i cui risultati in termini di fatturato, produzione ed export erano già in contrazione nel 2019 e, di conseguenza, particolarmente esposta alla crisi del 2020, soprattutto per alcune categorie di imprese meno resilienti. Il superamento di questa situazione critica potrà giocarsi sulla capacità di sviluppare aggregazioni e reti per l’innovazione, con obiettivi importanti di competitività dell’intera filiera sullo scenario internazionale.

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Budak, Adam, Peter Pakesch, and Paweł Althamer. Fabricators of the world: Scenarios of self-will : Pawel Althamer and his class of objects/sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna--Franz Kaper, L/B, Christian Philipp Müller, Maria Papadimitriou, Kateřina Šedá : June 3-October 31, 2010. Edited by Universalmuseum Joanneum. Graz: Universalmuseum Joanneum, 2010.

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Avillo, Anthony. Fireground Strategies Scenarios Workbook. Pennwell Books, 2017.

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Avillo, Anthony. Fireground Strategies Scenarios Workbook. Fire Engineering Books & Videos, 2010.

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Representative Range of Blast and Fire Scenarios (Offshore Technology Information). Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 1992.

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Agopian, Ana. Scenariul ca specie literara. Editura Universitara, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5682/9786062813819.

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Teoreticieni de film, scriitori sau profesionisti activi in lumea filmului au scris despre posibilitatea de a privi scenariul ca forma literara. George Garrett, poet si romancier, noteaza in introducerea unui volum de scenarii: „Aceasta remarcabila colectie de scenarii ar putea foarte bine sa reprezinte o veritabila manifestare a literaturii secolului 20”. Scriitorul Sam Thomas considera ca este important sa „recunoastem si sa admitem ca scenariul pentru film, in cele mai reusite forme ale sale, poate si ar trebui sa fie considerat literatura in aceeasi masura ca un roman sau o piesa de teatru de mare insemnatate”. Regizorul rus Andrey Tarkovsky afirma exact contrariul: „Nu privesc scenariul ca pe un gen literar. Intr‑adevar, cu cat un scenariu este mai cinematografic, cu atat mai putin poate pretinde un statut literar de sine statator, in maniera in care o piesa de teatru o poate face atat de des. Si noi stim ca in practica niciun scenariu nu a fost vreodata la nivelul literaturii”. Paul Schrader, scenarist la „Raging Bull” si „Taxi Driver”, celebrele filme regizate de Martin Scorsese, a insistat spunand ca „eu nu sunt un scriitor. Sunt scenarist, adica jumatate de regizor”. Iar regizorul suedez Ingmar Bergman admitea ca „Filmul nu are nicio legatura cu literatura”. In 1984, Gary Davis, teoretician de film, citat de Stevan Maras, scrie: „desi anumite sectii de critica si de literatura engleza incep sa studieze filmul dintr‑o perspectiva literara, nimeni nu prea stie ce sa faca cu scenariul”.

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Avillo, Anthony. Fireground Strategies Scenario Workbook. Fire Engineering Books, 2002.

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Would You Rather Game Book - for Kids : Crazy Jokes and Silly Scenarios for Children and Family , SBD 012: Airplane or Drive a Fire Truck, Brown Cover. Independently Published, 2020.

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Generic Foundation Data to Be Used in the Assessment of Blast Fire Scenarios and Typical Structural Details for Primary, Secondary and Supporting Structures/components ... (Offshore Technology Information). Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 1992.

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John, Cunningham, and Manny Granillo. Line of Battle: FIRE AS SHE BEARS! Scenario Book I. Lulu Press, Inc., 2022.

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Barlow, Jeffrey R. Fire Officer's Guide to Management and Leadership: A Scenario-Based Approach. Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, 2018.

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Il Novecento: Scenari di fine secolo. Milano: Garzanti, 2001.

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Windows Security Monitoring: Scenarios and Patterns. Wiley, 2018.

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Wilson, Robyn S., Sarah M. McCaffrey, and Eric Toman. Wildfire Communication and Climate Risk Mitigation. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.570.

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Throughout the late 19th century and most of the 20th century, risks associated with wildfire were addressed by suppressing fires as quickly as possible. However, by the 1960s, it became clear that fire exclusion policies were having adverse effects on ecological health, as well as contributing to larger and more damaging wildfires over time. Although federal fire policy has changed to allow fire to be used as a management tool on the landscape, this change has been slow to take place, while the number of people living in high-risk wildland–urban interface communities continues to increase. Under a variety of climate scenarios, in particular for states in the western United States, it is expected that the frequency and severity of fires will continue to increase, posing even greater risks to local communities and regional economies.Resource managers and public safety officials are increasingly aware of the need for strategic communication to both encourage appropriate risk mitigation behavior at the household level, as well as build continued public support for the use of fire as a management tool aimed at reducing future wildfire risk. Household decision making encompasses both proactively engaging in risk mitigation activities on private property, as well as taking appropriate action during a wildfire event to protect personal safety. Very little research has directly explored the connection between climate-related beliefs, wildfire risk perception, and action; however, the limited existing research suggests that climate-related beliefs have little direct effect on wildfire-related action. Instead, action appears to depend on understanding the benefits of different mitigation actions and in engaging the public in interactive, participatory communication programs that build trust between the public and natural resource managers. A relatively new line of research focuses on resource managers as critical decision makers in the risk management process, pointing to the need to thoughtfully engage audiences other than the lay public to improve risk management.Ultimately, improving the decision making of both the public and managers charged with mitigating the risks associated with wildfire can be achieved by carefully addressing several common themes from the literature. These themes are to (1) promote increased efficacy through interactive learning, (2) build trust and capacity through social interaction, (3) account for behavioral constraints and barriers to action, and (4) facilitate thoughtful consideration of risk-benefit tradeoffs. Careful attention to these challenges will improve the likelihood of successfully managing the increasing risks that wildfire poses to the public and ecosystems alike in a changing climate.

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Johnston, Taylor, Steven Miller, and Joseph Rumley. Critical Care. Oxford University PressNew York, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190885939.001.0001.

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Abstract The modern-day intensivist requires facility with a wide variety of complex clinical scenarios. This book will present thirty-five of the most common scenarios in a problem-based learning format. It is the author’s intensions that the reader will think about the scenarios as presented at the beginning of each chapter and discuss the therapeutic challenges with colleagues prior to reading the discussion. The discussion of each chapter is then followed by a number of questions that the reader may use to test their retention of the material or use for teaching purposes when interacting with students and trainees. Lastly, we would encourage our readers to go back and re-read the initial scenarios once have read the discussion and rework the case. While the authors have suggested one course of treatment, there are other therapeutic options that should be considered.

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McEver, Jimmie. Exhalt: Interdiction Model for Exploring Halt Capabilities in a Large Scenario Space. RAND Corporation, 2000.

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Mitchem, Laura, Henrietta Harrison, and Alex G. Stewart. Fire and fear: Immediate and long-term health aspects. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198745471.003.0014.

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Fires can cause significant health concerns within local communities impacted by any associated smoke plume. This chapter discusses the potential public health concerns associated with fires, in particular fires at waste-processing installations. Using an example scenario, actions to be undertaken throughout the incident response, from initial acute phase to recovery, are considered, along with health concerns and fears, real or perceived, involvement of asbestos-contaminant material, multi-agency communication mechanisms, and potential issues associated with long-running fires. The multi-agency mechanisms for response are detailed, including the various coordinating groups (strategic, tactical, recovery coordinating groups (SCG, TCG, RCG, respectively), and expert cells (scientific and technical advisor cell, air quality cell (AQC)). Key points to note in the incident response include concerns raised by the local population, typical health effects associated with exposure to a smoke plume, and tools that support the response to the incident and the public health risk assessment.

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sutaffu, Sutajio bento. FINAL FANTASY 20th Anniversary Ultimania File 2 : Scenario [Japanese Edition] Game Guide Book (SE-MOOK). ToÌ"kyoÌ" : SukuÌ"ea Enikkusu, 2008., 2008.

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Din, Nicoleta, and Gabriela Iasmina Stan. Proiecte de activitate si scenarii didactice. Invatamant prescolar. Editura Universitara, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5682/9786062813789.

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Cartea de fata reprezinta o sursa de inspiratie atat pentru elevii liceelor pedagogice sau studentii de la specializarea Pedagogia invatamantului primar si prescolar care se pregatesc sa lucreze in invatamantul precsolar, cat si pentru cadrele didactice debutante (aflate la inceputul carierei didactice) sau pentru cadrele didactice care-si sustin inspectiile pentru obtinerea gradelor didactice sau, de ce nu, pentru cadrele didactice cu experienta vasta care au epuizat toate ideile si sunt in cautarea unor viziuni noi de desfasurare a activitatilor didactice intr-un mod atractiv si creativ. Stim cu totii ca generatiile actuale de copii au nevoie sa fie stimulate in permanenta si, de multe ori, cadrele didactice sunt puse in situatia de a veni mereu cu ceva nou. Cartea contine 11 proiecte de activitate si 18 scenarii didactice intocmite conform rigorilor pedagogice si metodologice si in concordanta cu Curriculumul pentru educatie timpurie.

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Supervisory Control System for Ship Damage Control: Volume 2 - Scenario Generation and Physical Ship Simulation of Fire, Smoke, Flooding, and Rupture. Storming Media, 2001.

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Shealey, Thomasina. 50 Thoughts to Consider Before You File for Divorce: Former Corporate Spouse Presents a Transparent, Heartfelt Scenario Approach for Weighing Your Personal Decision to File for Divorce. Independently Published, 2017.

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Kalhan, Atul, ed. Best of Five MCQs for the Endocrinology and Diabetes SCE. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198864615.001.0001.

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Best of Five MCQs for the Endocrinology and Diabetes SCE is a dedicated revision guide containing 350 ‘best of five’ multiple-choice questions (MCQs) covering the main themes of the specialty curriculum. The questions mirror the format which trainees in diabetes and endocrinology can expect to find in the Specialty Certificate Examination (SCE) and cover all of the key topics, including the pituitary and hypothalamus gland, the thyroid gland, bone disease, the adrenal glands, reproductive endocrinology, diabetes, and lipid metabolism. The majority of the questions are based on clinical scenarios, with an emphasis on investigations and management of complex endocrinological disorders based on an evidence-based approach. Explanatory answers include references to guidelines and other sources to enable further reading and study. This is the most widely read and recommended revision book which will help candidates prepare and pass the Endocrinology and Diabetes Specialty SCE.

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Breeze, Johno, Sat Parmer, and Niall MH McLeod, eds. Vivas for the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery FRCS. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198814306.001.0001.

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Training in oral and maxillofacial surgery is lengthy and demanding, requiring dual qualification and basic training in dentistry and medicine, followed by completion of a higher surgical training programme. The ‘exit examination’ leading to the awarding of the specialty Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (FRCS(OMFS)) represents the final academic step of training in the specialty. For part 2 of the FRCS(OMFS) examination, one day is dedicated to ‘vivas’, where the candidate is interviewed by two senior clinicians in their diagnosis and management of conditions in the specialty. As such it encompasses the entire remit of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, including orthognathic surgery, craniomaxillofacial trauma, surgical oncology and dermatology, oral medicine, craniofacial surgery, dentoalveolar surgery, temporomandibular joint disorders, salivary gland disease, local flap and free tissue transfer, oral implantology and cleft surgery. This daunting syllabus is covered in four viva sessions of thirty minutes, with six five-minute vivas in each session. The aim of this book is to give candidates a structure as to how to answer such scenarios as well as provide clinical subject matter encompassing the range of the specialty. This includes pertinent scenarios that are generally not covered in other FRCS revision books such as ethics, consent and negligence. As such it will be of interest to clinicians in related specialties, including dermatology, oral surgery, ENT, and plastic surgery.

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Patterson, Caroline, and Meg Coleman. Revision Notes for the Respiratory Medicine Specialty Certificate Examination. Oxford University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199693481.001.0001.

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The newly introduced Specialty Certificate Examinations are a compulsory component of assessment for all UK medical trainees and represent the final examination barrier before getting the certificate of completion of training. This book provides a unique exam-specific revision guide for the Respiratory specialty certificate exam. Comprising of best of five test multiple choice questions and revision notes to facilitate targeted study, Revision Notes for the Respiratory Medicine Specialty Certificate Examination is the only book you need to prepare for this important examination. Questions are based around clinical scenarios and supplemented with images of radiological investigations such as x-rays, and lung function tests. Each question is structured as in the exam itself. The second half of the book comprises of a series of tutorials covering key areas and difficult concepts assessed in the examination including respiratory infection, respiratory malignancy, industrial lung disease, sleep disorders, standard respiratory tests and medical statistics. The combined approach allows trainees to become acquainted with the "best of five" format and facilitate recognition of areas of weakness and targeted study.

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Collins, Buck, and Survivr Source. 101 Wilderness Survival Tips, Tricks and Scenarios: All in One Survivalist Handbook with over 100 Hacks for Building Shelters, Starting Fires, and Much More with Everyday Items. Independently Published, 2020.

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Boski, Pawel. Explorations in Dynamics of Symbolic Meaning with Cultural Experiments. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190879228.003.0006.

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To counterbalance the predominantly verbal measures and psychometric orientation in cross-cultural psychology, this chapter proposes the concept of cultural experiment. It is a method of sampling normative behavioral scripts, exploring their inner structures of meaning, and finally designing reversals, with the expectation of disconfirmation as their ultimate validity test. Pictorial materials (videos) are the preferred methods in this approach as contextualized models of existing cultural arrangements or their modifications. Empirical evidence comes from five cross-cultural research projects spanned over 30 years. These experiments illustrate contrasts in psychological adaptation to congruent and incongruent scenarios. They provide answers when new cultural ways meet with resistance and when novelty is appreciated or tolerated. Three experiments focus on dynamics of gender role prescriptions from Polish and Scandinavian perspectives. Another study investigates person perception of culturally familiar and remote African actors. The last study explores tolerance priming through religious icons from in-group and out-group cultures.

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Department of Defense. Earth, Wind, and Fire: Elemental Properties of Army and Air Force Cooperation in Close Air Support 1945-1991 - Study of the Most-Dangerous Scenario - Nuclear Weapons, Cold War, to Desert Storm. Independently Published, 2018.

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PsyD, Daniel Zwillenberg. Anxiety and Panic Attacks. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400613616.

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A new title in the Q&A Health Guides series, this book tackles readers’ questions regarding anxiety and panic attacks, dispelling misconceptions and examining real-world scenarios that highlight important concepts and controversies. How is social anxiety different from shyness or introversion? Are anxiety disorders only a problem in the Western, industrialized world, and if not, are they expressed differently in other cultures? Why do some people suffer from panic attacks while others do not? What kinds of therapy and medication are available for anxiety? What happens in therapy? How can well-meaning family and friends help a person with an anxiety disorder rather than make things worse? Anxiety and Panic Attacks: Your Questions Answered addresses all of these topics and much more, presenting information in a question-and-answer format that makes finding the desired information easy. The book begins with a “Guide to Health Literacy” section that explains what health literacy is and provides readers with tools to improve their health literacy, and then examines five myths and misconceptions about anxiety and supplies five case studies that provide real-world context and reinforce the concepts discussed in the book. All of the Greenwood Q&A Health Guides series books are specifically designed to provide readers with authoritative yet accessible answers to their questions in a concise, targeted resource that they can trust to be medically accurate.

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Kaplan, Mark. Philosophical Detachment Revisited. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198824855.003.0003.

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Examines five attempts to show that the skeptically inclined philosopher has things she can point to that genuinely constrain what we can say from a detached philosophical perspective—things that suggest that we should say (from that perspective) exactly what the skeptically inclined philosopher would have us say; included are Barry Stroud’s appeals to a scenario involving plane-spotters, to the nature of the project of trying to understand human knowledge in general, to the tug of the dream argument, and to the thought that our ordinary practice of knowledge attribution is overly influenced by practical exigency; also included is a fifth appeal (not by Stroud) to the thought that there really isn’t anything out of the ordinary about waxing skeptical from a detached philosophical perspective; shows how each of these attempts goes wrong; along the way, explains and defends Austin’s take on the nature of perceptual experience.

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Silva, Sandra Célia Coelho Gomes da. Peregrinação Acadêmica: A mulher Romeira do Bom Jesus da Lapa. Brazil Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.31012/978-65-86854-04-6.

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This work is the result of the doctoral thesis entitled Pilgrimage of Bom Jesus da Lapa: Social Reproduction of the Family and Female Gender Identity, specifically the second chapter that talks about women in the Pilgrimage of Bom Jesus da Lapa, emphasizing gender relations, analyzing the location of the pilgrimage as a social reproduction of the patriarchal family and female gender identity. The research scenario is the Bom Jesus da Lapa Pilgrimage, which has been held for 329 years, in that city, located in the West part of Bahia. The research participants are pilgrim women who are in the age group between 50 and 70 years old and have participated, for more than five consecutive years in the Bom Jesus da Lapa Pilgrimage, belonging to five Brazilian states (Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Espírito Santo and Goiás) that register a higher frequency of attendance at this religious event. We used bibliographic, qualitative, field and documentary research and data collection as our methodology; we applied participant observation and semi-structured interviews as a technique. We concluded that the Bom Jesus da Lapa Pilgrimage is a location for family social reproduction and the female gender identity, observing a contrast in the resignification of the role and in the profile of the pilgrim women from Bom Jesus da Lapa, alternating between permanence and the transformation of gender identity coming from patriarchy.

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Conant, James K., and Peter J. Balint. The Life Cycles of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190203702.001.0001.

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In 1970, due to increasing public concern about the environment, a dramatic series of bipartisan actions were taken to expand the national government's efforts to control pollutants. In that year, the Congress and President Nixon established two key federal agencies to address the nation's growing environmental problems: the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). But despite this initial recognition of the pressing problems presented by environmental degradation, support for related policymaking and administration waxed and waned over the next thirty-five years, as other domestic and foreign policy problems rose to the top of the public and legislative agendas. What does the future hold for environmental policy in the United States, given the highly polarized politics surrounding the issue today? In this book, James K. Conant and Peter J. Balint examine what happened to the CEQ and EPA between 1970 and 2010 by using changes in leadership and budgetary resources as key indicators of the agencies' vitality and capacity for implementing pollution control laws. They also examine correlations between the agencies' fortunes and various social, political, and economic variables. The authors conclude with several scenarios about what the future holds for these important environmental agencies.

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Bohlmann, Heinrich, and Rod Crompton. The impact on the South African economy of alternative regulatory arrangements in the petroleum sector. UNU-WIDER, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.35188/unu-wider/2020/910-5.

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This paper adds quantitative analysis to the study by Crompton et al. (2020), in which various alternative regulatory arrangements regarding the petrol price in South Africa were explored. We use a multi-sector dynamic computable general equilibrium model for South Africa to conduct our economic impact analysis. Five scenarios are modelled, first individually to correctly calibrate the shocks, and then cumulatively to find the overall economy-wide effects of the proposed reforms. Under the most comprehensive set of reforms to the determination of petrol prices, which seeks to emulate market forces, the South African economy is seeing substantial benefits. GDP is expected to rise by 0.67 per cent and real wages by over 1.1 per cent relative to the baseline. Refineries are assumed to shrug off reforms targeted at removing pure profits earned via the import parity price (Basic Fuel Price) methodology by accepting a slightly lower rate of return, enabling them to meet the expected increase in demand for petrol on the back of the lower consumer prices achieved via the reforms. Whilst job losses at fuel service stations may be expected as a result of reduced revenues and margins, increased activity and job opportunities in the rest of the economy, facilitated through cheaper trade and transport margins, will more than offset those losses.

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Ramsay, Caird, and Lisle Rudolph. Landscape and Building Design for Bushfire Areas. CSIRO Publishing, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9780643090996.

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Shortlisted in TAFE Vocational Education category in the 2004 Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing. The devastation wreaked by bushfires on Australian homes and landscapes is an all too familiar scenario. Yet, why do we often see one house burn, whilst an apparently similar house on an adjacent block can endure? Research has shown that many factors affect the chances of a building surviving a bushfire. If you are designing landscapes and buildings in bushfire areas you need to be aware of these factors so that the chances of losses to life and property can be minimised. Landscape & Building Design for Bushfire Areas integrates the latest scientific knowledge about buildings and bushfires with a flexible design approach. The book contains two main sections: 1) Provides a clear description of what happens in a bushfire. It describes the environment in which bushfires occur, how a fire attacks, and how buildings are ignited and destroyed. 2) Sets out a practical design approach to the design of buildings and their immediate surroundings. It presents a range of options for designing the various elements of both landscapes and buildings in bushfire-prone areas. This book encourages design for bushfire to be included as a normal part of designing in bushfire-prone areas, rather than as an undesirable add-on. It will assist planning and building regulatory authorities to improve and administer regulatory requirements and guidelines.

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Hack, Kathryn. Emergency Planning for the Solo Entrepreneur. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400644993.

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The challenges facing a solo entrepreneur when calamity strikes are unique in the realm of disaster planning, and the only effective strategy for preventing a business failure after an unexpected major setback is to have a clearly thought-out emergency backup plan. This book guides you to being 100 percent ready for the worst-case scenario. Disasters are sudden, calamitous events that can bring about great loss and failure to a business. Some disasters can be prevented through good judgment and careful planning; others—whether "acts of God" such as flood or fire or a personal health crisis—cannot be. What will happen if the one person responsible for the day-to-day operations of a solo entrepreneurship is suddenly incapacitated and unable to manage the business? In cases of small businesses that do not have a clear backup or disaster recovery plan, the outcome is often the total failure of the business. This book is both a wakeup call and an action plan for small business owners. It will guide readers toward creating a backup system that will enable a business to "run itself" without the immediate presence of its owner—for a week, a month, or even longer. The author presents a tested strategy that has its roots in preparing for natural disasters, and replaces the all-too-common refusal to believe that bad things can and do happen with hard facts and realism. Clearly, solopreneurs cannot afford to take risks of failure when it comes to their businesses—the most important thing in their lives aside from family and health.

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MacLean, Allan B. Vulval pain. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198749547.003.0009.

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Vulval pain or pain involving the vulval tissue is discussed in Chapter 9. It becomes chronic when lasting for at least three months. Vulvodynia is a subset of chronic vulval pain, once known causes (infective, inflammatory, neoplastic, neurological, traumatic, iatrogenic and hormone deficiencies) are excluded. It reportedly affects one in six women at some stage of their lives. Uncertain terminology has hampered understanding. Even the latest classification from the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease has deficiencies but it allows the discarding of previously used unhelpful terms. Differentiating features between provoked (entry dyspareunia), and unprovoked, localised and generalised, overlap, both in diagnosis and management. Older theories on causation included infection, irritation and inflammation but laboratory-based research has not supported these. Hormonal and neural mechanisms seem more likely to cause the pain, while the interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors has recently gained credence. Publications on successful management demonstrate a powerful placebo effect. The role of specially designated vulval pain clinics, multidisciplinary approaches, and team working is emphasised. General measures in vulval care, such as wearing clothes made of natural fibre, using emollients or carrying out pelvic floor exercises besides reducing stress, can minimise the pain. Topical anaesthetic creams or systemic treatments with antidepressants or anti-epileptics have advocates. Treatment is most effective when careful selection, adequate counselling, and ongoing psychosomatic evaluation address all the interactive factors that initiate, and maintain vulval pain besides modulating patient response. Case scenarios illustrate the complexities of diagnosis and management.

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Hamson-Utley, Jordan, Cynthia Kay Mathena, and Tina Patel Gunaldo, eds. Interprofessional Education and Collaboration. Human Kinetics, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781718215504.

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Interprofessional Education and Collaboration: An Evidence-Based Approach to Optimizing Health Care is a groundbreaking text in the field of interprofessional education (IPE) and interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP). As the health care industry continues to grow, it is critical that those entering health care careers possess interprofessional competency and a collaborative skill set. As such, the World Health Organization and academic program accreditors have amplified their calls for interprofessional training. This text guides the reader through the core competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice that have been set by the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) and takes an inclusive approach to the education standards set by professional programs that are members of the Health Professions Accreditors Collaborative (HPAC), including the Commission on Accreditation of the Athletic Training Education (CAATE). Authored by a team of experts representing seven health care professions, this text uses simple definitions and uniform terminology to supply a foundational basis for IPE and IPCP. Introductory topics include building professional t`knowledge of self and others, creating a culture for teams, building interprofessional relationships, and fostering collaboration. Later chapters move beyond the basics to provide guidance in leading interprofessional teams, managing conflict, and sustaining the interprofessional effort. Interprofessional Education and Collaboration offers a unique pedagogical structure that links IPE concepts with IPCP strategies by connecting research with evidence-based practices. Case studies create opportunities to assimilate and discuss IPE concepts. To optimize student engagement and comprehension, each chapter contains the following valuable learning aids: • Each chapter begins with a Case Study that presents a realistic IPCP scenario. At the close of each chapter, the case study is revisited to apply the chapter themes to the case study, and three to five discussion questions are supplied. • Collaborative Corner sidebars aid comprehension with reflective questions or statements related to chapter topics. This feature will facilitate collaborative learning as students share their interprofessional perspectives. • Tools of IPE sidebars equip readers with resources such as surveys, inventories, and activities to implement in their daily practice. • EBP of Teamship sidebars showcase contemporary research articles and findings. This feature reinforces the connection between IPE and IPCP by summarizing relevant research and supplying corresponding evidence-based ICPC strategies. As leading health care institutions continue to prioritize IPE and IPCP, educators have a responsibility to shape the future of health care through an interprofessional curriculum. Interprofessional Education and Collaboration is focused on developing a dual identity that leads to intentional behaviors designed to improve patient outcomes through IPCP. Readers will conclude this text with a firm understanding of IPE concepts and IPCP implementation strategies that aim to create change in daily practice and improve the impact of health care.

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Misra, Girishwar, ed. Psychology: Volume 3. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199498864.001.0001.

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This survey of research on psychology in five volumes is a part of a series undertaken by the ICSSR since 1969, which covers various disciplines under social science. Volume Three of the survey, Psychology of Organizations, focusses on some of the important facets of organizational behaviour. Research in the work setting has observed that factors like family responsibilities, non-work events, and employment-related legislation also influence work behaviour. Today, technology is increasingly playing greater role in organizational settings and workplaces are becoming more and more diverse in their social compositions. In addition, work is increasingly being accomplished by teams rather than by single individuals. The performance in work settings is not determined by the mental and physical abilities but by other attributes such as personality, interpersonal skills, and emotional intelligence. Work is also becoming complex, as people who participate in the activities at workplace often interact in complex ways. In this scenario, worker motivation is becoming a key challenge as it influences organizational performance. This volume examines issues of motivation, performance, and leadership in Indian organizations, along with consumer concerns in India. It explicates the dynamics of organizational performance and analyses the impact of employees’ negative attitude, affect, and behaviour in the corporate setting. The contributors also study moral and ethical dimensions of the corporate life and look at the way consumption practices have evolved in contemporary India. This volume also presents a model of ethical leadership based on Guna theory and principle of Karma appropriate for Indian setting. It explores the potential of inspirational meta value for revamping the corporate functioning and overcoming corruption and other malpractices.

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